Leaders shocked the cenotaph they've branded for two decades got treated like a stage

Sky News Australia · Saturday 25 April 2026

Leaders shocked the cenotaph they've branded for two decades got treated like a stage

Boos and heckles at dawn services drew condemnation from the political class — the same class that's spent twenty years using Anzac Day as a backdrop.

Heckling at a dawn service is a rotten bit of business, no argument. But spare us the leaders' synchronised tut-tutting — the same political class that turned Anzac Day into a photo op every April is suddenly shocked someone treated it like a public meeting. You can't spend twenty years draping the cenotaph in branding and then act surprised when the punters think it's a stage.

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