Kim Beazley once remarked that he had spent much of his public life engaged in questions about Australia's defence. Now as the new chairman of the Australian War Memorial, he's the custodian of the memories so central to our national myth-making. #abc730
"It is a great institution. It's the best of its kind globally. And it's of course constantly experiencing requirements to expand, because we get committed to conflicts and get committed to humanitarian missions and peacekeeping." – Kim Beazley #abc730
"Since the first time I can recollect going there, I always had a sense it was a sacred place. And it is, apart from the sacred spaces of the First Nations people in this country, it is arguably the most sacred space we have here in Australia." – Kim Beazley #abc730
"We made a promise to the people who went away in World War I and wars ever since that they'll never be forgotten. If you look at the totality of the memorial but particularly that central feature, it's a keeping of that promise." – Kim Beazley #abc730
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