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Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year. [46] 26 January – The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced. [47] Allen Cheuk-Seng Cheng, Megan Davis, James Edelman, Gillian Triggs, Lyn Williams and Galarrwuy Yunupingu are all bestowed with the highest honour of the Companion of the Order of ...
Details of future holidays can be found on the NSW Industrial Relations website. Public holidays are regulated by the New South Wales Public Holidays Act 2010 No 115, which supersedes the Banks and Bank Holidays Act 1912 No 43. The first Monday in August is a Bank Holiday, during which banks and financial institutions are closed. [46]
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the executive state government of New South Wales, Australia. The government comprises 11 portfolios, led by a ministerial department and supported by several agencies.
The date of the first event is not known. The event included Public Works employees on some occasions. [5] [a] Between 1926 and 1935 a railway Picnic Day event was not held. An attempt was made to revive the holiday in 1933, [6] but it was not officially observed again until three years later. [7]
Government employees were given the day off to attend, and many businesses closed for at least part of the day. [26] Initially, the day was variously called Labour Day or Labour Demonstration Day. [27] In 1899, the government legislated that the day be a public holiday through the Labour Day Act of 1899.
Weekends and public holidays: Unstaffed: ... a NSW Government initiative planning to improve accessibility on ... This page was last edited on 25 January 2025, ...
As of 18 February 2025, the NSW government's media statement was published advising that due to the Easter Holidays on 27 March 2027, it is being brought forward by two weeks early, 13 March 2027. The 2027 Election is the first time that the election has fallen on the Easter weekend since four-year term parliaments were approved by NSW electors ...
Observed by: Australian citizens, residents and expatriates: Type: National: Significance: Anniversary of the landing of the First Fleet on Sydney Cove in 1788: Observances: Family gatherings, fireworks, picnics and barbecues, parades, citizenship ceremonies, Australia Day honours, Australian of the Year presentation, many other celebrations alongside protests and mourning ceremonies [1]