On ANZAC Day, this community are ensuring no Australian feels like an ‘outsider’

As a second-generation Italian-Australian, Edda Lampis has always felt alienated on ANZAC Day.

During WWII, the villages of her parents – in southern Italy and Sardinia – were bombed by the allied forces.

“When I wake up to ANZAC Day, and the fighter jets are flying overhead, I just get a full feeling of dread in my body,” says the community health worker.

“I know that those fighter jets are being used in conflicts overseas to bomb people like me.

Until recent years, Ms…