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Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.
Oct 26th, 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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Reply #1 - Oct 26th, 2010 at 5:25pm
 
Hey, I got nothing against meaningless days off, but this is a stretch even for me.
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Reply #2 - Oct 26th, 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 26th, 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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Reply #4 - Oct 26th, 2010 at 6:28pm
 
stick with the pyramids it's lets complicated buddy
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Reply #5 - Oct 26th, 2010 at 7:11pm
 
I dont get how anyone could justify wanting halloween as a holiday.

What a joke.
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Reply #6 - Oct 26th, 2010 at 7:23pm
 
No. Get a smacking job.
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Reply #7 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #8 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #9 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #10 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #11 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #12 - Oct 26th, 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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Reply #13 - Oct 26th, 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. Roll Eyes
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Reply #14 - Oct 28th, 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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