Sources: The Age and Australia public holidays. Despite some predictable, but low-key, protests from the business community, the ACT government has gone through the final steps needed to make Melbourne Cup Day (the first Tuesday in November) a public holiday in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) as we had reported in our news post of April 5.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Australia's ACT Moves Ahead With Melbourne Cup Public Holiday
Sources: The Age and Australia public holidays. Despite some predictable, but low-key, protests from the business community, the ACT government has gone through the final steps needed to make Melbourne Cup Day (the first Tuesday in November) a public holiday in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) as we had reported in our news post of April 5.