Both announcements come ahead of the major party campaign launches in Sydney and Perth on Sunday
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Minns says a permanent memorial will come – but will take time to get right
Chris Minns was also up on ABC News Breakfast this morning, asked whether a permanent memorial would still be happening.
We want to make sure that it’s appropriate, that it’s a place for [the families] to come for quiet reflection, and that it doesn’t add to the pain that they’re feeling, that it’s an appropriate commemoration.
That takes a bit of time. The Martin Place siege took many years to get right, but I think we got that right. The reason it took place, and took a bit of time, and is now considered an appropriate venue for commemoration, is because we didn’t rush into it.
No doubt [the families are] thinking about what their loved ones would have achieved over the last 12 months and what they had in front of them.
The one commonality amongst all six of the people who were killed is that they were ambitious, bright, optimistic people that seemed to have the world at their feet – which means this tragedy is just all the more harrowing for Sydney and for those people.
I know that people want answers and we need to do everything we possibly can to ensure that it doesn’t happen again, and that the state and the authorities learn the lessons.
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Author : Emily Wind
Publish date : 2025-04-12 22:54:00
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