Fed: Cleanup group offered services at Gallipoli

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2005
Fed: Cleanup group offered services at Gallipoli

Clean Up Australia Chairman Ian Kiernan says he's upset about the litter problem at
Gallipoli on Anzac Day, especially after having approached authorities to help manage
it more than a year ago.

Mr Kiernan says he offered the group's services at Gallipoli but was knocked back by
the Australian government.

Thousands of people who attended the services at Gallipoli have come under criticism
for leaving the place strewn with litter.

Mr Kiernan says Prime Minister John Howard's attitude towards the mess left behind
by Australians is not acceptable.

He says it'll only encourage people to have no respect and litter everywhere.

Mr Kiernan says when Australians go to Gallipoli, they're on show and shouldn't act
like a bunch of yobbos.

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KEYWORD: ANZAC CLEANUP (CANBERRA)

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