Pretty sure Kennett was premier for the whole of 1994 so it was under his watch that the change was made.
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Australia Day - 26th January?
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You’ve lost me there. Yes Kennett was premier of Victoria for all of 1994 but he can’t change a national public holiday. You said JK and the NSW Premier (John Fahey) put pressure on the PM (Keating) to change it. Keating changed it, not Kennett.
Unless I’m missing something?
Public holidays eg Grand Final Eve, Labour Day, Queen's Birthday etc,are a state government matter.
he was, and still is, a nasty *smile*, so i think it is reasonable to blame him for whatever possible.
Yeah, state government public holidays like Gf Eve, Melbourne cup etc are but this is a national public holiday.
Our National Public Holidays are New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
All other public holidays such as Queen's Birthday and Labour Day are individually declared by the state and territory governments.
Public holidays | australia.gov.au
Entry point for all Australian Commonwealth Government authorised information and services.
From memory there was a day in the early 90’s where Jan 26 fell on a weekend and Victoria didn’t get a day off while some states were given the Monday. Think this is what brought things to a head at federal level.
That is also my re-call of the events and the involvement of Kennet.
Anyway, all this discussion is a distraction from my original proposition to align with the US superbowl afternoon.
Especially with the possible transition of the AFL grand final to a night time telecast by the time the current Tiger dynasty ends.
I think the idea to align the Australia Day public holiday with the American Superbowl is the one that truly captures modern day Australian values the best.
Heaps of breaks and timeouts during the game to duck out and turn the BBQ chops.
You know it makes sense.
Victoria used to have Aust Day on the Monday closest to the 26th. That is why we were known as the land of the long wekend. And that was all it was a long weekend every year. Jingoism and reflection on our past was pretty low priority for me and my peers - Basketball tournaments or bushwalking. Perhaps others were ahead of the curve.
The bicentennial in 88 was probably the catylist for a unified day. And as Jeff was slashing public holidays like Show Day and the extra day if Anzac Day was on a weekend and the Tuesday Bank holiday after Easter he was definitely at the forefront of making 26 Jan the fixed holiday.
Ha ha it definitely was ....I used to think how incongruous it was for us to spend our national,holiday watching a game none of us had ever played and few ever seen live. always seemed to be that Monday until they extended the season by a week. And then there was always the Adelaide test match.
Yeah, it was a harmless, laid-back day before the wreckers turned their sights on it.
Used to work in a bank around that time, but losing Show Day (which meant the Marlboro Cup/Show Day Cup at Caulfield to us) was the one that hurt as it sat in the long stretch from Queen's Birthday to Melbourne Cup Day.
Here is a 1989 article about it. Kennett is involved even then, but the bi-partisan push is coming from the feds.
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Are you able to direct me to the stats to verify this please? Cheers.
And didn’t the Wran government allow Sydney’s first casino? Do you see Wran as having caused the same mental health issues as Kennett?
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