I was at the ANZAC dawn service at Brunswick Heads, and as a local councillor, I was honoured to lay a wreath on behalf of Byron Shire Council.
I was interested to notice that for the first time, Indigenous servicemen were publicly acknowledged as part of the service.
When I rang organiser Des Wraight to thank him for including this acknowledgement, he told me it was up to each individual RSL in NSW as to whether they chose to include this in their local service.
As we all know, change happens slowly, but in the light of the disgraceful behaviour of some people at the recent dawn service in Melbourne, I do think this is something in our own community to be acknowledged and to be proud of.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
