Australian Politics Forum - Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.

imcrookonit

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Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.
Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:23pm

IT was meant to be a major demonstration calling for Halloween to be made a public holiday in New South Wales, but only a small crowd turned out to wave placards.

The demonstration of adult, costume-wearing participants was organised by the so-called Halloween Institute of Australia to lobby NSW Premier Kristina Keneally to make October 31 an official holiday.

Tell us what you think. Do Australians deserve another public holiday?

The institute's chairman Sanjay Gidwani today read an open letter to the premier outside Parliament House, outlining the group's reasons.

While some may say it's an American holiday, Mr Gidwani believes Halloween can be about celebrating Aussie values.

"What is more Australian than meeting the neighbours and engaging in the local community?" he said in his letter.

Mr Gidwani spoke of Halloween as a fun day for children and adults, but no children were present in the group of about 14 that marched from the MLC Centre in Martin Place to the front of parliament.

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Jaykaye_09 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 583 Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #1 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:25pm Hey, I got nothing against meaningless days off, but this is a stretch even for me.
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imcrookonit

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Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.
Reply #2 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:30pm

Well I suppose some people would say yes, other people would say no. Then again I remember that we used to have Easter Tuesday as a public holiday. That is of course until one liberal premier in Victoria came along and changed it. Also What ever happened to show day?. Was that not considered a public holiday years ago?.

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Reply #3 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 6:10pm

This calendar is almost too well thought out isn't it.

In our lives, we are living an average of 2 days out of a week, 10 days out of a month, 118 days in a year and yes, that does include the 14 public holidays for us VICTORIANS.

247 days a year we are forced to slave.
129 days we work more than we live in a single year.

So why the f.u.c.k not, make it a 128, please, please GOD. Oh wait, the wrong department did you say? Well who the F.U.C.K DECIDES HOW MANY DAYS I HAVE OFF EVERY YEAR THEN HAA? DO I GET A VOTE? NOO? AWW WHY THE F.U.C.K NOTT?

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tickfen Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1405 Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #4 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 6:28pm stick with the pyramids it's lets complicated buddy
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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #5 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 7:11pm I dont get how anyone could justify wanting halloween as a holiday. What a joke.
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aikmann4 Gold Member Offline Posts: 2093 canberra	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #6 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 7:23pm No. Get a smacking job.
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Reply #7 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 7:26pm

No wonder no-one wants to run a business in Australia, if anything sell it off overseas. We have stuff all 'manufacturing' in Australia for starters and just run off selling our Resources be in Mineral Wealth, the Fish in 'our' seas or Old Wood Forests to name some.

Besides paying dead-beats, who can't even do their jobs properly due to drug and alcohol influences, a wage that is one of the best for 'working class' in the world. Employers now have to pay double-time and a half upon another day, because lets face it ...a lot of people work on those days and chuck sickies on ordinary days.

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Life_goes_on Gold Member Offline Posts: 4772 400kms south of Yobsville, Qld Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #8 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 7:33pm The more public holidays the better. As long as the pubs are open and kebab vans are operating. I'll happily welcome any new public holiday.
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It_is_the_Darkness Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4000 in a ReTardis Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #9 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 7:56pm Don't expect me to hire you dude, I'll let you keep the entire year a holiday to enjoy as many kebabs and pub flies as you like upon Govt/taxpayer benefits.
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aussiefree2ride Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3538	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #10 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 8:01pm Crook, why not just take the whole year off. Oops, forgot who I was talking to for a minute.
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Verge Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6329 Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #11 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 8:04pm Funny thing is there has already been an extra public holiday granted this year. There is christmas day 25, then monday 27, and also tuesday 28th. The Tuesday being granted as an additional public holiday.
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Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.
Reply #12 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 8:10pm

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Employers now have to pay double-time and a half upon another day, because lets face it ...a lot of people work on those days and chuck sickies on ordinary days.

Not for those of us on a salary. No penalty rates, no payed overtime. Public holidays? You end up working through half of them anyway.

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It_is_the_Darkness Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4000 in a ReTardis Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #13 - Oct 26^th, 2010 at 8:12pm I'm still surprised we celebrate some old fat Finnish dude getting high on a magic sleigh from the same magic mushrooms he feeds his deers. ...oh yes, thats right RETAILING.
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renegadeviking Junior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #14 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:01pm I vote for Halloween Say Canada and Japan did it, we feel left out. I heard Japan only does Punken and Witches.
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