Sources: The Daily Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald. The State Government's plan to give part of Sydney a public holiday while making the rest of NSW work is in disarray, with businesses refusing to close their doors and give competitors in neighbouring suburbs an advantage. In a last minute, subsequent, report, we learned that the NSW government will draft legislation to ensure no workers lose a day's pay as a result of the APEC public holiday, as "a small number of awards do not recognise a regional public holiday", provided the Labor Party is re-elected in the intervening election.Analysis: For the moment, all the reports of businesses refusing to close are either restaurants, or local shops and convenience stores. We would still expect any business not associated with food, vicinity shopping or entertainment, to be closed in central Sydney on September 7, 2007.
See also: Australia Public Holidays 2007.
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