I would like to acknowledge the Lovett brothers from Lake Condah, who were recently added to the Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll.
Alfred, Leonard, Edward, Herbert and Frederick Lovett all fought on the Western Front in World War I, and all returned home safely.
It has been noted by Britain’s Imperial War Museum that no other record of military service by a single family matches that of the Lovett family.
I also take this opportunity to echo the sentiments expressed by the President earlier today in acknowledging National Reconciliation Week 2014 — ‘Let’s walk the talk’.