Wilson has taken to Twitter to say Anzac Day shouldn’t be politicised.
When contacted by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Wilson stated: “When any person from the Beaumaris RSL asks me to put a wreath as a result of the federal member is absent, I’m more than pleased to oblige.”
He added that he and Peter laid the wreath collectively as soon as it grew to become obvious that the person was volunteering on behalf of Daniel.
Requested why he didn’t hand over the wreath as soon as Daniel’s consultant recognized himself, the previous member for Goldstein replied: “I laid the wreath within the spirit of our neighborhood to honour our fallen heroes.”
A spokesman for Daniel stated Peter’s identify was learn out on the ceremony, and he was recognized because the sitting MP’s consultant, when the second group of wreath-layers had been referred to as to carry out their duties.
“When he received to the desk the place the wreaths had been laid out, it had gone.”
Daniel stated in a press release she was unable to attend the occasion as a result of “a private dedication with my teenaged son in his function as a volunteer surf lifesaver”.
“I symbolize the Goldstein neighborhood,” she stated. “Generally, as Peter did at present, the neighborhood represents me as volunteers which is to be revered and celebrated.
“Thanks additionally to the Beaumaris RSL on your extraordinary dedication to veterans and neighborhood. I might be respectfully attending a number of occasions throughout Goldstein on Anzac Day.”
Her spokesman added that the impartial MP is attending 5 Anzac occasions this yr: one which has already been held at Beaumaris Soccer Membership, three on Anzac day itself and a faculty occasion later this week. He declined to offer Peter’s surname, saying the volunteer had requested for privateness.
The state Liberal MP for Sandringham, Brad Rowswell, was additionally on the wreath-laying ceremony and has been contacted for remark.
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