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 that this 90th celebration of ANZAC Day could be the biggest ever=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe curious thing is that more and=
 more young people are getting up very early in the morning to take part in =
the traditional ANZAC dawn service=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EThis year tens of thousands will make the pilgrimage to Turkey to =
commemorate the heroic landing of our troops at ANZAC Cove=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
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 argue that the battle for Gallipoli was one of the greatest disasters of Wo=
rld War I=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhy then are yo=
ung people in their droves so interested in this part of Australia=92s story=
=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ECould it possibly be a s=
earch to understand what made our forefathers the men they were=3F<SPAN styl=
e=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAfter all, it is only as you understa=
nd who your father was, that you begin to understand who you are=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAs Michel Marriott says, =93Life=92s=
 journey is circular it appears=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EThe years don=92t carry us away from our fathers =96 they return us t=
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PAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EAt every ANZAC march, it is so moving t=
o see old men, grandfathers, being pushed in wheelchairs or assisted as they=
 walk along the street by their sons, daughters and often their grandchildre=
n=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESurely this is a fulfil=
ment of the ancient command, =91To honour your father and mother=92=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAnother way you can honour your f=
orefathers is to tell your children the exploits of Australia=92s heroes in =
your own words=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=
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=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EOne such hero was =91Fighting=92 M=
cKenzie, an ANZAC chaplain=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
After WW I =91Mac=92 was the most famous man in Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe could not walk three blocks in the middl=
e of Sydney without being mobbed by well-wishers, many of them mothers who h=
ad received handwritten letters of condolence and comfort from this man who =
had been present at the death of their sons=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBy the end of the war McKenzie had served the ANZACs in G=
allipoli, the Middle East, the Somme, Pozieres and Passchendaele=2E <o:p=3E<=
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LY: Verdana'=3E=91Fighting=92 McKenzie took part in the charge at Lone Pine,=
 armed with only a shovel=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
His =91boys=92 pleaded with him to stay behind in the safety of the trench b=
ut he replied: =93Boys, I have lived with you, I=92ve preached to you and I=92=
ve prayed with you=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EDo you=
 think I am afraid to die with you=3F=94<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EKeith Murdoch, a war correspondent of the day, said of McKenzie=
, =93The diggers loved him, describing him as: =91big-hearted, incorruptible=
, considerate of others, one of the bravest of the brave, a friend of sinner=
s =2E =2E =2E=94 <SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0</SPAN=3EHe was summ=
oned to Buckingham Palace by King George to be presented with the Military C=
ross=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETwice he was recomme=
nded for a Victoria Cross but the officers died in battle before they could =
file their nominations=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETh=
ese are the stories worth telling to our children because they give a rare i=
nsight into the reason why ANZAC Day is perhaps the most sacred day of the y=
ear to the average Australian=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMso=
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AMILY: Verdana'=3ERead =91Fighting McKenzie =96 ANZAC Chaplain, Tribute to a=
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na'=3ETell the story to your children=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EThe story of Fighting McKenzie is the story of love and no grea=
ter love has a man for his friends than he lay down his life for them=2E<o:p=
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n for=A029 years=2E He is the father of five children, four boys and one gir=
l, ranging in age from 24 years to=A012 years=2E=A0 Warwick is a musician, s=
ongwriter, producer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh=
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n=3Dcenter=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS' size=3D5=3EBy profession I am a so=
ldier</FONT=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt' al=
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elvetica, sans-serif' color=3D#0000ff size=3D2=3ESitting on the side of the =
highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car=
 puttering along at 22 Mph=2E He thinks to himself, 'This driver is just as =
dangerous as a speeder!' So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over=
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#0000ff size=3D2=3EApproaching the car, he notices that there are five old l=
adies - two in the front seat and three in the back - wide eyed and white as=
 ghosts=2E The driver, obviously confused, says to him, 'Officer, I don't un=
derstand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem=3F=
'</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' color=3D#00=
00ff size=3D2=3E'Ma'am,' the officer replies, 'You weren't speeding, but you=
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o other drivers=2E'</FONT=3E</P=3E<P=3E<FONT face=3D'Arial, Helvetica, sans-=
serif' color=3D#0000ff size=3D2=3E'Slower than the speed limit=3F No sir, I =
was doing the speed limit exactly=2E=2E=2E twenty-two miles an hour!' the ol=
d woman says a bit proudly=2E The State Police officer, trying to contain a =
chuckle, explains to her that '22' was the route number, not the speed limit=
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0000ff size=3D2=3EA bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the offic=
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ask=2E=2E=2E Is everyone in this car ok=3F These women seem awfully shaken a=
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tyle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EAnzac Day, what do I think =
about that=3F Well firstly I=92m grateful, grateful to soldiers who laid dow=
n their lives for me so that today I live in peace because of their selfless=
ness, their courage, their daring=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3ESo I am grateful and I spend the weekend carrying thoughts of those=
 men in my heart=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI wonder=
 how many were fathers, I wonder how many families had to survive without a =
dad because of war=3F I wonder how many kids stood at the front gate waiting=
 for dad to return=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI wond=
er what life would be like if these men hadn=92t sacrificed so much=3F<o:p=3E=
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 that=92s what amazes me=2E We expect men to go to war and defend our shores=
=2E The reality is those men go to war to defend their families, you and me=2E=
 I wonder what they would make of today=92s society, where it is common in t=
he courts of today to see dads cut from their children=92s lives=2E To see d=
ads denied the right to have a continuing relationship with their own childr=
en=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt=92s what they fough=
t for and it=92s what now dads worldwide are fighting to hold on to=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENot every second weekend and part=
 of some holidays=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENot 4 h=
ours a month, but substantial quality time with their kids=2E Enough time to=
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'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EI wonder how many kids are waiting at the front gate fo=
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e raising and educating children these days, one pattern is inescapable=2E B=
oys dominate in all the worst statistics - suicide, accident and imprisonmen=
t, just to name a few=2E Research is increasingly linking these health and s=
ocial problems with poor education, and on almost every measure boys are doi=
ng worse than girls at school=2E Reason enough for about 800 teachers, acade=
mics and researchers to meet in <=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D st1 ns =3D 'urn=
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ference is the story of a <st1:City w:st=3D'on'=3E<st1:place w:st=3D'on'=3EN=
ewcastle</st1:place=3E</st1:City=3E high school that has achieved a dramatic=
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ign and technology class, students are building cars to race=2E In their oth=
er subjects, like English and science, they'll do assignments related to the=
 car project=2E It's an example of how the school is tapping into their inte=
rests, and their desire to learn in a hands-on way and it's certainly won ov=
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=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EGLENN TRONC, YEAR 7 STUDENT: In pr=
imary, there wasn't enough activities=2E All they did was, like, you would s=
it there and they just wouldn't take you out for PE or anything, we just had=
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UDENT: Listen to one teacher the whole time, it just gets really annoying=2E=
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ell would rather kick a soccer ball than read a book=2E Until now, his schoo=
l experience has been one of increasing alienation, which left him depressed=
 and withdrawn=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText styl=
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=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EBRYCE RUSSELL: I wasn't really wan=
ting to go in the morning=2E I got up and just sat on the lounge and just di=
dn't feel up to going=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainTe=
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e were worried that, you know, if it didn't change or get better, things wou=
ld go bad and he could end up anywhere, with drugs, that sort of thing, thos=
e sort of problems=2E His education was going downhill=2E He wasn't getting =
brilliant marks or anything=2E If it had continued, it would have been bad=2E=
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=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EBRYCE RUSSELL: I get up and I get =
ready straightaway and just head off=2E It's a lot better=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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dana'=3ENATASHA JOHNSON: So you look forward to coming to school now=3F <o:p=
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HNSON: Such a dramatic turnaround in attitude and motivation has amazed his =
parents=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MA=
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 He is keen to do his homework, whereas before he was reluctant to do it=2E =
And when he is doing his assignments now, he is getting good marks for 'em=2E=
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ON: While studying his favourite sport as part of the curriculum has boosted=
 Bryce's enthusiasm for school, his father also credits the innovative appro=
aches to teaching, and a push to get dads more involved in their sons' educa=
tion=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGI=
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style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe school encourages fathers or other adul=
t men to help out in the classroom=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=
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'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EThe aim is to=
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articularly because of the high number of students from single-parent famili=
es and the declining number of male teachers nationally=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
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dana'=3EDEBORAH HARTMAN: Women are fine teachers of boys, <IMG hspace=3D3 sr=
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issue=2E But the issue is if a boy goes through his whole school career and =
doesn't see a man in that situation, what is that telling him about men and =
learning=3F What is that teaching him about how he, as a man, should approac=
h learning=3F It's the hidden curriculum=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=
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 JOHNSON: Stewart Russell embraced the school's invitation and even voluntee=
rs in the canteen=2E He knows too well the consequences of not being involve=
d in his son's school life=2E His previous job in the army meant frequent ab=
sences during elder son Gareth's secondary schooling=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPA=
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a'=3ESTEWART RUSSELL: He was sort of teased and bullied at school and didn't=
 have me there to help him over those problem times=2E Psychologically it af=
fected him=2E His school work went down=2E He didn't have that interest that=
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s pretty good, 'cause he helps me out but he also helps everyone else out, d=
on't ya=3F <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MA=
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dana'=3ENATASHA JOHNSON: All this attention on boys at <st1:place w:st=3D'on=
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t=3D'on'=3ESports</st1:PlaceName=3E <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D'on'=3EHigh School=
</st1:PlaceType=3E</st1:place=3E begs the question: what about the girls=3F =
But Paul Tracey argues they're benefiting both from the settled learning env=
ironment that's followed boys behaving themselves and the new teaching style=
s=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'MARGIN: =
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le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPAUL TRACEY: I think a lot of us, a lot of sch=
ools used a one-size fits all approach=2E I would say boys have been no less=
 left out than, say, girls, but we haven't catered necessarily for the prefe=
rred learning styles of students=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
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'on'=3ESports</st1:PlaceName=3E <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D'on'=3EHigh School</st=
1:PlaceType=3E</st1:place=3E has so far only overhauled its Year 7 classes, =
Paul Tracey is planning to extend the programs throughout the whole school c=
ommunity=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoPlainText style=3D'M=
ARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3E<o:p=3E=A0</o:p=
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PAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EPAUL TRACEY: We're here for kids=2E Tha=
t's our number one job=2E We're here to make things better for kids, to prov=
ide the best opportunity for them to succeed=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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 O'BRIEN: Not a bad philosophy=2E That report from Natasha Johnson=2E<o:p=3E=
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ca, sans-serif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor6'=3E</a=3E<b=3ENatio=
nal Day of Thanksgiving</b=3E</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E=
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n=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <DIV id=3Dpage=5Fcontent=3E<P class=3Dbody=3E<FONT face=3D=
Verdana size=3D2=3EIt gives me great pleasure to provide this message to sup=
port the National Day of Thanksgiving on 14 May 2005=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EMany chur=
ches, communities and individuals will come together on this day to particip=
ate in thanksgiving events around Australia=2E Whatever our beliefs, it is a=
n opportunity for all Australians to reflect on what is good about this coun=
try and how privileged we are as a people=2E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P class=3Dbody=3E=
<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EIt is a day to be thankful that Australia is=
 a peaceful nation, one that continues to promote tolerance, harmony and uni=
ty=2E As individuals, we have freedom of choice and the opportunities to liv=
e our lives to the fullest=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EWe can be thankful that we are a so=
ciety that respects all religions, while continuing to respect our own histo=
ry and our own traditions=2E In Australia, Christianity has been an enormous=
 force for good, shaping not only the individual lives of people but also th=
e character of our nation=2E The spiritual depth of the Australian community=
 has had a profound influence on the stability and strength of the values we=
 share=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EThere are many ways of giving thanks - through prayer, =
through reconnecting with our communities and our families, through recognis=
ing those who have served their community or country and through caring for =
others less fortunate than ourselves=2E It is a day to celebrate the warmth =
and generosity of spirit for which Australians are renowned around the world=
=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EOn this day of thanksgiving, as a nation we have much to be g=
rateful for</FONT=3E=2E<BR=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe Hon=
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T size=3D2=3E=A0Prime Minister</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</P=3E<P class=3Dbody=3E<FON=
T face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E=A0</P=3E</DIV=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div align=
=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</d=
iv=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E<td width=3D=
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un: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA third objective of the Forum will be to launch the=
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