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What’s OnOne of the roles of RSL Tasmania is to provide support for commemorative services within our communities. While this includes large events like ANZAC and Remembrance Day ceremonies, it also involves small, local events that might be conducted by your local RSL Sub Branch.
ANZAC AppealPLEASE HELP US CONTINUE SUPPORTING VETERANS 100% of funds raised through the ANZAC Appeal support veterans and their families in times of need. Times are tough for many at the moment and, sadly, that includes…Local EventsStatewide events and also localised Sub Branch events will soon be listed here.Remembrance DayAll Tasmanians are encouraged to commemorate Remembrance Day on 11th November and to commit to pausing for just one minute to remember those who gave their lives in service to their country, those who returned…State CongressState Congress is held in May every year and is the single largest gathering of RSL delegates in one place. Anzac AppealSergeant Stanley McDougall VC MMcontrol2023-04-20T02:58:53+00:00Recherche BayFacebook feed





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MEDIA RELEASE: Tasmania Is Being Abandoned by Defence and Canberra Doesn’t Seem to Care Where will Tasmania’s Army reservists train? Where will our cadets learn the skills that might one day save their lives and ours?These are not rhetorical questions. They are practical questions the Federal Government has failed to answer in announcing the largest sell-off of Defence property in Australian history.Of the 64 Defence sites being divested nationally, Tasmania is being gutted. Today, we have around 15 Defence sites across the state: barracks in Launceston, Devonport and Burnie; training areas; ammunition depots; rifle ranges; and regional facilities that have served Tasmanian soldiers for generations.When the bulldozers finish, we will have one: Anglesea Barracks in Hobart.Let me be clear about what this means. Defence is not trimming the edges in Tasmania. It is withdrawing from every region of the state except the capital. Launceston. Devonport. Burnie. The East Coast. Regional southern Tasmania. All abandoned.Derwent Barracks in Glenorchy home to the 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment, one of the oldest infantry units in Australia is on the chopping block. So are training ships, depots and facilities where young Tasmanians first learn what service and duty mean.The Government insists that no “critical capability” is being lost. That claim does not withstand scrutiny.Capability is not just submarines and fighter jets. It is sustained by people: reservists who train after work, cadets who parade on weekends, and veterans who maintain a lifelong connection to service. All of that requires access — to depots, ranges and training areas.Centralising everything in Hobart does not make our reserves more capable. It makes them less likely to exist at all. A part-time soldier in Launceston facing a five-hour round trip to train will not keep turning up forever. A cadet unit in Devonport that loses its depot will not survive. Attrition will quietly hollow out Tasmania’s Defence presence from the inside.And here is the bitter irony. Tasmania punches well above its weight in answering the call to serve. We sent more soldiers per capita to the World Wars than almost any other state, and that tradition continues today. Tasmania consistently produces some of the strongest recruiting outcomes in the country.So what is Defence’s reward for that loyalty? Abandonment.The Minister speaks of heritage protection. Let me remind Canberra what heritage means in Tasmania. Anglesea Barracks, established in 1811, is the oldest Army barracks still in continuous use in Australia. The 12th/40th Battalion traces its lineage back to 1860. These are not museum pieces. They are living institutions.When you sell the places where that history was written — the barracks, depots and ranges you are not “rationalising the estate”. You are erasing history.I understand the strategic logic. The Defence Strategic Review requires a stronger northern posture. Bases in Darwin and Townsville need investment. Money must come from somewhere.But divestment in Tasmania will not build submarines. Heritage constraints, remediation costs and slow disposal processes mean returns will be modest and delayed. The damage to Tasmania’s Defence community, however, will be immediate and permanent.RSL Tasmania is not opposed to reform. We are opposed to reform that appears rushed, poorly consulted, and undertaken without serious engagement with the Tasmanian Government or Tasmania-based Defence personnel.Until those basic questions are answered, this does not look like strategic reform.It looks like Canberra is forgetting Tasmania exists. Again.John Hardy CEO RSL Tasmania.
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The St Helens Cenotaph has now been repaired and restored.Our sincere thanks to Dobsons Granite and Marble, who generously completed the repairs at no cost, ensuring this important memorial stands with the dignity it deserves.Thank you also to Guy Barnett , Michael Ferguson and Mayor Mick Tucker Break O'Day Counciluncil for their support.This Cenotaph is a symbol of service, sacrifice and remembrance. It once again stands as it should.Lest we forget.Pictured: Dobsons Granite and Marble and St Helens Sub-Branch President Clair Norton
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