Australian Victoria 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Small Business Minister of the State Government of Australia's State of Victoria, Philip Dalidakis, has officially announced a revision to the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2016, with the re-inclusion of Christmas Day as a non-working public holiday in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Australian 2019 Public Holidays In Tasmania

Sources: Tasmanian Government Media Releases (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Workplace Standards Tasmania of Australia's State of Tasmania, has released its annual list of official 2018 non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Tasmania and bank holidays in Tasmania for the calendar year 2019. [full story]

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]

Australian Victoria 2017 AFL Public Holiday Date Announced

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced the 2017 date for the still controversial "Friday before the AFL Grand Final" recently-added annual non-working public holiday observed in Australia's State of Victoria. [full story]

Australia Extends QLD Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Palaszczuk Government of Australia's state of Queensland is moving to make Easter Sunday a new annual non-working public holiday in Australia's state of Queensland, beginning in 2017. [full story]

Australian ACT Reconciliation Day Public Holiday In 2018

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the ACT (Australia's Capital Territory), through its Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Chris Bourke, has confirmed that there will be a new annual Reconciliation Day non-working public holiday in Australia's ACT (Australia's Capital Territory), beginning in 2018. [full story]

New Zealand Rules-Out Land Wars Public Holiday

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following last Friday's announcement that a date was likely to be set to commemorate the New Zealand land wars , New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, earlier today, issued a statement that "a public holiday isn't on the agenda" echoed by a similar statement by New Zealand's Deputy PM, Bill English, also ruling-out the addition of a new annual non-working public holiday in New Zealand ("The Land Wars commemoration day will not be a public holiday"). [full story]

Australian NT 2018-2019 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has published its list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory for the calendar years 2018 and 2019. [full story]

Samoan 2016 Public Holidays Revised

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has released a revised list of the official non-working public holidays in Samoa for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Cook Islands Public Holiday August 4

Sources: Office of Prime Minister Organization (Avarua) and Cook Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Cook Islands has announced that Thursday, August 4, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in the Cook Islands on account of the upcoming Cook Islands public holiday for Constitution Day. [full story]

Australian NT 2016-2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has gazetted, late last week, amendments to its previously-released list of 2016 public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory and list of 2017 public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory. [full story]

Australian ACT Mulls Public Holidays Changes

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the ACT (Australia's Capital Territory) has launched public consultations on the possibility of declaring a new annual non-working public holiday in the ACT, beginning in 2017, and which would replace one of the current annual non-working public holidays of Australia's ACT; either Family and Community Day, in September, or the "Queen's Birthday", non-working public holiday of Australia's ACT in June. [full story]

Australian Territory Day Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Government of Australia's Northern Territory, Adam Giles, has announced that he had ruled-out the replacement of the May Day annual non-working public holiday in the Australian Northern Territory, by a new annual non-working Australian public holiday for Territory Day. [full story]

Australian 2017 Queensland Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Department of Justice and Attorney-General of Australia's State of Queensland has announced the dates of the annual non-working public holidays for 2017 in Australia's State of Queensland, taking into account all the changes to the annual non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Queensland of the past few years. [full story]

Australian Victoria 2017 AFL Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria, through a statement by small business, innovation and trade minister, Philip Dalidakis, has announced that the controversial "Friday before the AFL Grand Final" new annual non-working public holiday is here to stay as a non-working public holiday in Australia's State of Victoria, with the government guaranteeing the long weekend will return in 2017. [full story]

Western Australia 2018 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce (Perth) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian State of Western Australia has released it annual list of the official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2018. [full story]

Austalian 2018 NSW Public Holidays Released

Sources: NSW Government (Sydney) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of New South Wales has released its annually expanded list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of New South Wales (NSW) for the calendar year 2018. [full story]

New Zealand Land Wars Public Holiday Momentum

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following petition, calling for a new annual non-working public holiday to mark the New Zealand Land Wars, gathering 7000 signatures, New Zealand's Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, re-ignited the debate for a new public holiday in New Zealand at last weekend's commemorations for Ruapekapeka Pa. [full story]

South Australian 2018 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of South Australia SafeWork SA (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian State of South Australia has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of South Australia for the calendar year 2018, including the current status of Adelaide Cup public public holiday. [full story]

Australian 2018 Public Holidays In Tasmania

Sources: Tasmanian Government Media Releases (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Workplace Standards Tasmania of Australia's State of Tasmania, has released its annual list of official 2018 non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Tasmania for the calendar year 2018. [full story]