From today, Australia joins other Commonwealth nations in celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight Prime Minister the Hon Anthony Albanese MP will light a beacon in Canberra as part of The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee Beacons<\/a>, which coincides with beacon lightings throughout the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Platinum Jubilee marks The Queen\u2019s 70 years of dedication and service to Australia and the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Australian Government will rename Aspen Island in Canberra in Her Majesty\u2019s honour and showcase her 16 visits to Australia by releasing the Australian Visit Programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All Australians are invited to send a personal message<\/a> of congratulations and thanks to The Queen through the Platinum Jubilee website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee will be celebrated from 2\u20135 June 2022 and includes the illumination of iconic buildings and monuments around across Australia in royal purple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their Excellencies, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley, are in London representing Australians. A contingent from Australia\u2019s Federation Guard is also in London to participate in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on 5 June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information is available at: www.platinumjubilee.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday I have the great privilege of lighting a beacon as part of The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee Beacons and to commence Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia will honour and pay tribute to the remarkable dedication and service of Her Majesty The Queen over the course of the Platinum Jubilee official celebrations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI look forward to officially renaming Aspen Island to Queen Elizabeth II Island later this week as a mark of Australia\u2019s appreciation and respect for Her Majesty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From today, Australia joins other Commonwealth nations in celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Tonight Prime Minister the Hon Anthony Albanese MP will light a beacon in Canberra as part of The Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee Beacons, which coincides with beacon lightings throughout the Commonwealth. The Platinum Jubilee marks The Queen\u2019s 70 years … Continue reading “AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16868,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16867\/revisions\/16868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n