Victory funding battle finally won

Email Minister Matt Keogh will announce federal funding for Townsville’s Victory in the Pacific 80th anniversary commemorations during his visit to the city today, ending months of uncertainty over support for what organisers call the garrison city’s most significant event of the year

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