Not a great way to honour their service...

[jonesy]

www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-10/no-free-lunch-for-wwii-bomber-brothers-who-won-highest-honour/5880230

You'd think the Govt could dig a little deeper to get these guys over to Canberra for a feed with the P.M. Either do it properly or not bother I say...

[lesterpk]

www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-11/brothers-offered-flight-to-attend-lunch-in-their-honour/5881824

And its sorted, by the public, not the govt.

[suthg]

That's good news indeed, but not from the AU Govt though, Qantas and Virgin Australia were both prepared to be generous benefactors as well as the public swell of donations.

[Dave Homewood]

It is no surprise at all really. The Aussie Government are already well known at not being interested in giving veterans flights to places - they only took one Bomber Command veteran from each state (6 people) to the opening of the Bomber Command Memorial in London, whereas New Zealand sent a planeload.

[lesterpk]

Follow up story of them at the meeting:
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-14/wwii-pilots-flown-in-from-wa-meet-uk-australian-pms/5892146