Statements
Remembrance Day
Every year, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we pause to remember those men and women who have served our country.
I encourage Tasmanians to stop and observe a minute’s silence at 11:00 am today, Remembrance Day.
Today’s silence is a time to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to give thanks to the thousands of Australians who continue to deploy to areas of war and conflict around the world.
A formal wreath laying service will be held at the Hobart Cenotaph today, and services will be held across the state.
Originally known as Armistice Day, the minute’s silence was first observed in 1919, one year after the guns fell silent on the Western Front that saw the end of World War One.
Guy Barnett, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier