Friday, September 23, 2016

Australian Victoria AFL Public Holiday Faces The Ax

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Opposition Leader of Australia's State of Victoria, Matthew Guy, is reported as stating that, were he to lead the next Government of Australia's State of Victoria, the still controversial "Friday before the AFL Grand Final" recently-added annual non-working public holiday observed in Australia's State of Victoria, could be canceled ("not something his team was looking at keeping") and, were it to be replaced, it would be replaced by a new annual non-working public holiday "that encompasses all Victorians". [full story]