Anniversary messages are personal messages of congratulations from:
- the Prime Minister
- the Governor-General
- His Majesty The King.
Messages are available to Australian citizens and permanent residents celebrating a significant birthday or wedding anniversary.
Significant anniversaries
Messages can be requested for the following occasions:
Message from the Prime Minister
- 50th wedding anniversary or any year thereafter
- 90th birthday or any year thereafter
Message from the Governor-General
- 50th wedding anniversary or any year thereafter
- 100th birthday or any year thereafter
Message from The King
- 60th, 65th and 70th wedding anniversary then every year thereafter
- 100th and 105th birthday then every year thereafter
Messages from The King for previous (or past) anniversaries are not provided. Please submit a request for the next occasion. For example:
- If a message was not requested for a couple's 60th wedding anniversary, then you can submit a request for one anniversary from their 61st to 64th anniversary.
- If a message was not requested for an individual's 100th birthday, then you can submit a request for one birthday from their 101st to 104th birthday.
Requesting a message
You can submit your request online, by email, by post or by visiting your local Member of Parliament.
A request must be submitted for every occasion. Messages are not arranged automatically.
Supporting documentation
Supporting documentation must be provided when submitting a message request. This is to verify the wedding anniversary or birthday details. The supporting documentation can include the following:
- marriage certificate (for wedding anniversaries)
- birth certificate (for birthdays)
- passport including an expired passport (for birthdays)
- driver’s licence including an expired driver’s licence (for birthdays)
- proof of age card or similar documentation (for birthdays)
- statutory declaration from any person with the relevant knowledge, declaring:
- wedding anniversaries - the full names and full date of marriage of the couple, or
- birthdays - the full name and full date of birth of the individual.
Statutory declaration forms are available at any post office, or online from the Attorney-General's Department.
If submitting your request by post, please provide copies of supporting documentation. Please do not provide original documents.
Submit a message request online
Provide the details of the wedding anniversary or birthday using our online form. You can also upload the supporting documentation as part of the online request.
Request an anniversary message online
Print a message request form and submit via email or post
You can use our printable message request form. This form is fillable online or you can print and then complete it. You will also need to include printed copies of the supporting documentation. You can email or post this form to:
Email: anniversary.messages@pmc.gov.au
Post:
Anniversary Messages
Government Division
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
PO Box 6500
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Note: we cannot confirm when we have received postal requests.
Request an anniversary message (printable)
Visit your local Member of Parliament
You can submit your message request via your local Member of Parliament (either State or Federal parliamentarian).
You will need to visit your local parliamentarian's office and they will assist you in completing a message request form. Make sure you take the supporting documentation needed for the relevant occasion. Your local parliamentarian's office will send the request and supporting documentation to us.
To locate your local Federal parliamentarian, you can find their details at:
To find your local State/Territory parliamentarian, you will need to visit the website of the Parliament in your State or Territory. You can also visit the Australian Electoral Commission website.
Delivery of messages
We post anniversary messages to recipients via ordinary mail. If you are arranging a message on behalf of someone and want it to be a surprise, we can send it to a different postal address.
Timing of message request
Submitting requests for messages
Submit the message request no later than two months before the date of the wedding anniversary/birthday. This will help ensure the message arrives on time.
If you are unable to submit the request two months in advance, we can not guarantee delivery by the anniversary or birthday date.
Posting messages
We can post messages up to one month in advance of the anniversary or birthday date, please let us know if you need this. For example, where a surprise party is being held before the anniversary or birthday date.
Belated messages
You can request a message up to six months after the birthday or wedding anniversary.
Privacy information
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (‘the Department’) collects and retains personal information in accordance with the Department’s Privacy Policy.
The Department will generally use and disclose the personal information collected for anniversary messages, including any appropriate supporting documentation supplied to the Department, to relevant Federal and State/Territory government agencies for the purpose of sending anniversary messages to eligible recipients from other dignitaries (such as State Governors, Premiers and Territory Chief Ministers). Other government agencies can include:
- the Office of the Governor‑General,
- Members of the Australian Parliament,
- the offices of State Governors,
- State/Territory Premiers’ Departments and Chief Ministers’ Departments, and
- State/Territory parliamentarians.
If there is a specific request not to disclose an individual’s personal information to other government agencies for these purposes, please provide written advice to the Department when submitting a request for an anniversary message.