Sunday, September 19, 2010

Australian ANZAC Public Holiday Being Reconsidered By Tasmania

Sources: The Mercury (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Workplace Relations Minister of Australia's State of Tasmania, David O'Byrne, has announced that the State Government is drafting an amendment to the "Statutory Holidays Amendment Act 2000" which will include a provision to provide a substitute public holiday for Anzac Day when it falls on a Sunday or on Easter Monday. [full story]