Bali on alert over anniversary threat

For many Australians the bombings were a direct attack on their country.

Gillard recently described the event as “a moment of horror that had a profound effect on Australia as a nation.”

“This memorial is just another step in the journey, because it’s something that will never go away,” said Keith Pearce, 65, who flew from Perth with around 30 members of his Australian Rules football club, which lost seven young men. “Each year when we have an anniversary, you look into the boys’ eyes and you can see it’s still very raw for them.”