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Former Australian rules footballer Neale Daniher is named 2025 Australian of the Year. [41] 26 January – The 2025 Australia Day Honours list is announced. [42] 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 ...
Check out the 2025 calendar dates for holidays, big games, movie releases, award shows and more. ... Dec. 26 through Thursday, Jan. 1New Year's Eve - Wednesday, Dec. 31 2025 major political events ...
The list will be announced on 26 January 2025 by the Governor General of Australia, Sam Mostyn. [1] The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the King's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.
Some counter-observers and others have called for the date of Australia Day to be changed or the holiday to be abolished entirely. [8] [10] [11] [12] Support for changing the date has been a minority position; however, polls from 2021 have indicated that Australians under the age of 30 are much more supportive of the change than older generations.
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day. [9] 1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales. [10]
Cue the fireworks because it's now 2025 in some parts of the world. Australia welcomed the new year with a 12-minute fireworks show featuring a golden waterfall effect falling from the iconic ...
Most public holidays include a second public holiday on a week-day if they happen to fall on Saturday or Sunday. In which case, both days are public holidays. [45] New Year's Day: 1 January, or if 1 January is a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday. Australia Day: 26 January, or if 26 January is a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday.