NSW is extending its Anzac Day retail trading ban to encourage more people to commemorate veterans. NSW Premier Chris Minns says there has been a “creeping commercialism” of the day. Video via AAP.
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00:00is to extend the ban on retail trades in the state of New South Wales on Anzac Day
00:06from the middle of the day right up until midnight.
00:09Second is a $2 million allocation to establish for the very first time
00:15a memorial in Sydney CBD for the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
00:22The reason we're taking this decision after consultation with the community and veterans groups
00:27is to commemorate, as best we can, those who've given their life or their service to the people of Australia.
00:37We believe there's been a commercialisation, a sweeping commercialisation,
00:41of Anzac Day over a prolonged period of time to the detriment of the importance of the day.
00:48There's many things that divide up our community of New South Wales and Australia
00:53and the truth of the matter is the nation's national day is Anzac Day.