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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 holiday is marked by the presentation of the Australian of the Year Awards on Australia Day Eve, announcement of the Australia Day Honours list and addresses from the governor-general and prime minister. It is an official public holiday in every state and territory.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
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]
Woolworths Group, owning Woolworths supermarkets and Big W, announced in January 2025 that they would once again sell merchandise for Australia Day and that the national holiday would be celebrated in store. Furthermore, in 2024 the company began stocking Australian National, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags for the entire year. [43 ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
Human remains discovered by police during an unrelated operation in the Blue Mountains on 30 April 2024 and 27 May 2024 are identified as belonging to Geelong woman Kellie Ann Carmichael who disappeared on 29 April 2001. [337] [338] The bodies of a woman and a man are discovered at a property at Albany Creek near Brisbane in a suspected murder ...
1 January – New South Wales police confirm Richmond player Noah Balta has been charged with assault following an alleged incident at a sports club in Mulwala, New South Wales in the early hours of 30 December 2024. [23] Balta is granted conditional bail to appear before Corowa Local Court on 30 January 2025. [23] 3 January –