Today in Sydanee ( forgotten the olympics already?) we celebrate a public holiday.
We do have a number
January 1 new years day
January 26 australia day
April 3 easter friday
April 4 day following
April 5 easter sunday
April 6 easter monday
April 25 anzac day
April 27 anzac day holiday
June 8 kings birthday
october 5 labour day
december 25 christmas day
Australia became a nation on January 1 not 26! We have had three following public holidays because they were on the weekend. We celebrate a birthday on the wrong day.
We are lucky in Australia as we get 4 weeks recreation leave. We also have a number of public holidays as well.
Surely we should only have public holidays for celebrating significant events.
Let me make some recommendations.
Make January 1 Australia day as that is when we became a nation. I am happy to keep easter but no catch up on a monday ( same with christmas.) Why do we celebrate a bad military defeat? Why not the end of a world war?
I am also happy to keep labour day as it is important in our nation's history.
There should be no catch up on a monday because a significant day occurred on the weekend. It only desecrates the importance of the day!
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