Anniversary messages

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 are not provided for previous (or past) anniversaries that occurred more than 6 months before an application is made. 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.

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.

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)
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.

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

Messages cannot be submitted online (using the link above) more than 3 months prior to the date of the wedding anniversary/birthday.

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 may 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).

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.