Good morning all and thank you, Brian, for that welcome. I see the serving members and veterans gathered with us today, welcome and thank you for your service. I would also like to acknowledge some very special guests - serving dog instructors, handlers and students, and of course, their canines. Anyone who knows me, or follows me on Twitter for that matter, will see frequent picture of my own dog, Marlo, who is a fourteen-month old Lab-cross. So today`s unveiling is something close to my heart. Today, we are here to remember the service and sacrifice of our four-legged heroes. For more than a century, Australians have gone to war with dogs by their side. They have endured the same...
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