Happy New Year Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope you\u2019ve had the chance to celebrate with friends and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s no doubt 2023 was a challenging year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet, right around our country, Australians rose to meet those challenges \u2013 as they always do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We achieved a great deal as a nation \u2013 and we achieved it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is the Australian spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these times of global uncertainty, it\u2019s worth reflecting on what we have as a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are a people of optimism, determination and, above all, fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have the unique privilege of being home to the oldest continuous culture in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And our society has been enriched and enlarged by people of every faith, background and tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have so much to cherish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let that guide us in 2024 as we make the greatest country on Earth even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the very best to you and loved ones for a safe and happy year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Happy New Year Australia. I hope you\u2019ve had the chance to celebrate with friends and loved ones. There\u2019s no doubt 2023 was a challenging year. Yet, right around our country, Australians rose to meet those challenges \u2013 as they always do. We achieved a great deal as a nation \u2013 and we achieved it together. … Continue reading “New year’s message – 2024”<\/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-24683","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\/24683","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=24683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24684,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24683\/revisions\/24684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}