{"id":2201,"date":"2019-04-09T05:56:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2019-04-09T05:56:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T05:56:12","slug":"city-strengthens-anzac-day-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/09\/city-strengthens-anzac-day-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"City strengthens Anzac Day partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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City of Newcastle\u2019s strong commitment to commemorating the Anzac spirit continues with a $100,000 Presenting Partner sponsorship ensuring the delivery of the second largest Anzac Dawn Service in Australia.
\nCity of Newcastle will provide a number of vital services to ensure the smooth delivery of this iconic event, including free Park and Ride services for Hunter residents eager to pay respects at this year\u2019s Nobbys Anzac Day Dawn Service.
\n\"LM,-Stephen,-James-inside.jpg\"Combined Schools Anzac Service\u00a0organiser James MacKay OAM,\u00a0the Lord Mayor\u00a0and City of Newcastle
\nRSL Sub-Branch Vice President Stephen Finney<\/strong><\/sup>
\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes announced the free park and ride service and a $75,000 sponsorship of Anzac Day events ahead of\u00a0today\u2019s Combined Schools Anzac Service.
\n\u201cThe Anzac spirit will never be diminished among Hunter residents and the City is proud to be Presenting Partner with a $75,000 sponsorship to the City of Newcastle RSL Sub-Branch for the Dawn Service at Nobbys Beach, the march from Hunter St Mall and the United Commemoration Service in Civic Park as major events for the region,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\n\u201cLarge numbers are once again expected at both the 5am Dawn Service and 9am march, so we are pleased to provide Novocastrians with a free park and ride option by funding the $20,000 cost of the service. We strongly encourage anyone intending to attend Anzac Day events to take advantage of it or to link up with the early light rail services.”
\nCity of Newcastle RSL Sub-Branch President Ken Fayle said he expected the Anzac Spirit to remain resurgent into a second century, a year after the Centenary commemorations ended.
\n\u201cI\u2019d like to thank the Lord Mayor for the City\u2019s ongoing support and ensuring the Dawn Service continues to honour all war veterans, and I expect Hunter residents will turn out\u00a0en masse<\/em>\u00a0once again in 2019, 104 years after the legend was born,\u201d Mr Fayle said.
\n\u201cI\u2019m proud to say we\u2019ve exceeded our wildest expectations since we relocated the Dawn Service from Civic Park to Nobbys in the year 2000, and we\u2019re grateful to both the City and Keolis Downer for further strengthening what is now a fine tradition.\u201d
\n\"LM-and-Ken-Fayle-inside.jpg\"The Lord Mayor with City of Newcastle RSL Sub-Branch President Ken Fayle at last year’s United Commemoration Service in Civic Park.<\/strong><\/sup>
\nThe Lord Mayor also announced the City\u2019s $10,000 sponsorship\u00a0of the schools\u00a0event held at Civic Theatre today.
\nThe combined schools performance, the first of 16 commemorations across the city in 2019, saw Hunter schoolkids come together for the 64th consecutive year.
\n\u201cOrganised by year-11 students from public, Catholic and Independent schools, this year\u2019s theme is peace keepers and peace keeping telling the story of local veteran peace keeper Major Pete Green OM\u201c, Combined Schools Anzac Service Secretary Michael Voorbij said.
\nThe Combined Schools Anzac Service is highly regarded by the Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs, educators and the broader community. With the City of Newcastle\u2019s ongoing support, this event proves the relevance of Anzac Day shall not weary.\u201d
\nAnzac Day Park and Ride & Public Transport options\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBuses will depart McDonald Jones Stadium for Queens Wharf from 3.30am, just as the light rail begins from Wickham, thanks to Newcastle Transport\u2019s decision to start services earlier than normal to transport Dawn Service crowds.
\nInformation on Park and Ride services and Newcastle Transport services is available at newcastletransport.info\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of Newcastle\u2019s strong commitment to commemorating the Anzac spirit continues with a $100,000 Presenting Partner sponsorship ensuring the delivery of the second largest Anzac Dawn Service in Australia. City of Newcastle will provide a number of vital services to ensure the smooth delivery of this iconic event, including free Park and Ride services for … Continue reading “City strengthens Anzac Day partnerships”<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201","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=2201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}