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Haha. True dat. :D

I agree that some of our holidays could do with some reworking. What is and isn't important to a nation changes over time. The Queen's Birthday, as you pointed out, is held dear to only a select few and could/should be replaced with something more meaningful (it's not even her birthday!). Sadly...

Bayview, you too suffer reading difficulties. If we lived in your fantasy world in which public holidays did not exist and Christmas Day was business as usual, only a limited number (the minority) of staff would be able to take the day off. There is nothing in the world to compel an...

It's not 'spin'. Read below: You want to get rid of ALL public holidays. That's just mental. Every culture throughout history worth its salt knows that to do away with public holidays and days of collective celebration is to decimate morale, community, culture and patriotism. You...

EDIT AGAIN (pedant much?): Apparently NSW actually has 12 public holidays, not the 10 I stated above. So NSW has more than average 11.

Bayview, besides the evilness of wanting to get rid of all public holidays (you want to murder Christmas), do you have any idea how much money public holidays put into the economy and how many jobs they create? Not only would you destroy the morale of the populace, but you would be harming the...

No, I don't own a business. However, I am fairly certain that if I did own a business, I wouldn't abandon my firmly entrenched belief that our society and culture would be lacking if we didn't set aside 'special' days for us to collectively celebrate 'special' cultural occasions. It's difficult...

Victoria has less public holidays than other states so I don't see a problem with adding another to Victoria only. A Victorian public holiday for the AFL would be fitting. I don't follow or even like football, but Victorians did invent a whole new sport which isn't something to be ashamed of...