Louise Markus is encouraging the local community to nominate outstanding community workers for their dedication to the community through the Alcoa Foundation 2009 Outstanding Community Worker Award award.
“Every day I come across people who selflessly give their time to keep the community viable an... (05-Mar)
The courage and sacrifice of those Australians who fought in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea was commemorated today in a service, wreath-laying ceremony, and luncheon at RAAF Richmond.
The commemoration was held with the assistance of 30 Squadron RAAF Beaufighter Association. 30 Squadron was formed ... (05-Mar)
On Sunday, 1 March 2009 we remember the tragic loss of HMAS Perth, which was sunk in the Battle of the Sunda Strait, said the Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Louise Markus MP.
Sailing with the USS Houston, Perth was lost while intercepting a Japanese invasion force assigned to western Java. ... (27-Feb)
The proposed World War I and World War II Memorials will be impressive and appropriate monuments which will reflect the legacy and sacrifice of those Australians who served in last century’s World Wars, said the Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Louise Markus MP.
Located in the centre of Canbe... (26-Feb)
Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Louise Markus and Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton have paid tribute to the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Defence Forces.
The Shadow Minister and Mr Coulton visited Bogabilla today to attend a service to honour the l... (20-Feb)
The Government’s poorly crafted Horse Disease Levy Bills were rejected by Coalition Senators last night in the interests of ensuring that any such future levy would be applied fairly to the Australian horse community.
The flawed Bills sought to create a mechanism whereby a levy would be collected f... (11-Feb)
The loss of 82 lives on HMAS Voyager, forty-five years ago today, was a disaster which still is a great cause of grief, said the Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Louise Markus MP.
The destroyer Voyager was operating as ‘rescue destroyer’ for night flying operations when she collided with the ... (10-Feb)
The Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Louise Markus MP, today paid tribute to the aircrew of the RAAF 11 Squadron Neptune A89-308 at a memorial service at RAAF Richmond.
The Neptune Bomber caught fire and crashed shortly after take off from RAAF Richmond on 4 February 1959. All eight aircrew w... (04-Feb)
FEDERAL MP for Greenway, Louise Markus, said Sporting Clubs and Community Groups have been left high and dry by the Rudd Government in today’s rainwater tank re-announcement by Penny Wong.
The re-labelled program, however, is disadvantageous to local groups with a large chunk of the modest grant ha... (02-Feb)
The Rudd Government’s decision to cancel the construction of an Interpretive Centre outside of Villers-Bretonneux could have significant ramifications to how Australians commemorate the sacrifices made on the Western Front during the First World War, said the Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs, Lo... (21-Jan)