Western Australians could see a realignment of public holidays to coincide with the east coast and have an additional public ...

If you are planning your next trip away, timing it with one of the many public holidays Australia enjoys is a great move. In ...

Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman has shared the country's list of public holidays for 2025, according to state and territory. Employers are required to pay employees at least their base pay rate for ...

Premier Roger Cook said changes to the public holiday regime could take place as early as next year, but were more likely for ...

Australia should have more communal public holidays that celebrate values everyone has a stake ... space to celebrate the important events in their culture or religion’s calendar? One idea is to give ...

Work has started on a shake-up of WA’s public holiday calendar, Premier Roger Cook has revealed, as he indicated a ...

Picture: Damian Shaw/NCA NewsWire The institute argues adding more public holidays to Australia’s annual calendar would reframe the country’s reputation as a “Western outpost on the edge of ...

and then you'd find the whole calendar is just full of holidays," he said. "It's not appropriate for the Australian economy." Rather than a public holiday, Mr Town said Australia should promote ...

The annual festival of lights, which falls this year on October 31, is the most important holiday in the Hindu calendar. There have been calls for a number of years for Australia to recognise more ...

The majority of Australian workers are allowed to exchange ... “There is a growing recognition that a one-size-fits-all approach to public holidays doesn’t work in today’s diverse workforce ...

Corporations including Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and AustralianSuper allow staff to work Australia Day and other public holidays for another day off – perhaps one culturally important to them ...