Submitted by Paul Daley on
Australia still clings to 1788 and Anzac at the expense of too much else
There are just seven months to go before the profligate commemorative folly that has been Anzac 100 comes to an end.
And now that the best part of $600m has been blown on a non-stop, four-year Anzac sound and light show, perhaps 25 April will come to reprise its intended place in Australian consciousness as a day of solemn commemorative reflection.
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