no anzac day holliday

[weisyboy]

i recon not having a holiday on anzac day is just plain unaustralian.

anzac day is the most important day on the clandar for most australians.

whada you think.

[Calm]

I think it would be nice to have another public holiday but i guess the day falls on Saturday so what are you going to "pay homage" to on Monday or friday.

The same as Australia Day - do the americans celebrate the 4th of July on the fifth or any other day.

And i suppose now we have 7 day shopping and a lot of people work different days - not just monday to friday - so it may be irrelevant

I'd still like the holiday though, the more the better but i suppose employers done see it that way.

Cheers

[Sir Stinkalot]

It seems odd that it is a public holiday if it falls Monday to Friday but not on a Saturday or Sunday. It would indicate that they only think the workforce are Monday to Friday. I would love a day off on Monday but the day itself is on a Saturday so there is no point having Monday off. The public holiday should be on the 25th April no matter what day of the week it falls on.

It is interesting here in Victoria that in 2009 when Anzac day falls on a Saturday there is no public holiday. In 2010 it falls on a Sunday so we have Monday as a public holiday, but in 2011 when it falls on Easter Monday we get Tuesday off???

"Victorians will receive a substitute public holiday for ANZAC Day in 2010 and 2011, following a Council for the Australian Federation (CAF) agreement to increase harmonisation of all Australian states and territories’ approach to ANZAC Day.

The Premier, John Brumby, said that under the CAF agreement Victorians would have a substitute public holiday on the following Monday when ANZAC Day falls on a Sunday in 2010 and a substitute public holiday on the following Tuesday when ANZAC Day falls on Easter Monday in 2011.

“ANZAC Day holds a special place for so many Victorians, each year providing the opportunity for us all to remember and learn more about the sacrifices made by our veterans and to keep their memory alive in our community,” Mr Brumby said.

“While all states and territories have legislation in place that prescribes Anzac Day as a public holiday on April 25, there have been varied approaches to whether a holiday is observed the following Monday when Anzac Day falls on a Sunday.

“This new agreement is a positive and practical outcome that increases harmonisation of the Anzac Day holiday across state borders, removes some anomalies between the states and means that in 2010 and 2011, Victorians will get a substitute holiday when ANZAC day falls on Sunday and Easter Monday respectively.”

Mr Brumby said that all commemorative events associated with ANZAC day would continue to be observed on 25 April.

“It is important that the commemoration of ANZAC day continue to occur on 25 April,” he said. "

Taken from http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/newsro...-and-2011.html

[weisyboy]

yep i think anzac day isthe one day every shop should close.

[Ironwood]

Saturday is the gazzetted day for the public holiday, as that is Anzac Day.

I can see where you are coming from Weisy, but think of it this way, if you were working in an industry that that was 24 hrs a day 7 days a week (and there's quite a few these days) would you rather have the Friday off and have to work on the Saturday.
I know I would rather have my day off to celebrate Anzac Day on the actual day, and this year that happens to be on Saturday.

[wheelinround]

Weisy I agree but it has to be total closure meaning from all walks of life. But only on the day it falls (edited)

This says a lot of how all these companies feel about Service personell and what they put themselves at risk for, so these people may have a life time of freedom and safe living. So they may try and do in a democratic way rid ANZAC from our lives, in other countries they if trying to remove such events would be jailed or shot.

While they deny one day of homage and thanks to reflect the losses and service given.

So lets drop the Union pushed paid penalties for ANZAC day see how far we'd get.

No sport ie Footy, Golf, Soccer, etc etc as these are now business run ventures with many paid employee's.

No service stations, buses, trains, planes

No Macca's, KFC, etc

What of Police, Ambo's, Nurses

One of the main business pushing for opening is all under one banner Wesfarmers look at who their board of directors are and major share holders not one return service man or woman.

[mic-d]

Apparently there is the same level of services on Saturday as there would be if Anzac day falls on a weekday, ie supermarkets and large shops will be closed etc etc. That's as it should be I reckon, and I hope there is never a public holiday given on a Friday or a Monday if it falls on a weekend. The day should be honoured on the day.

Cheers
Michael

[Lignin]

I'm with Wheelin'.
I seem to recall that ,in days of yore, a public holiday was just that, and there was no commerce (except emergencies),and very little sport etc.
ANZAC Day ,having almost disappeared a few years ago, now has become,in many Aussies' eyes, the most important "celebration" of the year, and as such, should be accorded the respect with which it is due.It is a day on which we should thank all the members of the services, past and present,for what they have done, and continue to do.
Lest we forget.

[blonk]

Should be seen as a regular public holiday, as for no commerce, what if all the pubs closed too!

[Jim Carroll]

All holidays should be on the days they coincide with not before or after.

As mentioned would the US have the fourth of july on any other day.

All business should close for those days and all other activity stop also.

All it is greed for another $ we should respect what those days were for Anzac Day, Labor day Mothers day etc.

Just because it is on a weekend does not mean to get another day of in luie all the weekday workers never complain when it lands in the week as this happens five years in a row but the moment it happens on the weekend all hell breaks loose.

[silentC]

I disagree. I think we should get a day off on Friday. The boss is getting an extra day for free out of me this year.

[Chesand]

I agree with Jim

Anzac Day & Australia Day in particular should be on the actual date

[silentC]

No one is suggesting having it on a different date but the public holiday should be on a weekday. Why should the public holiday and the observance be on the same day? Is the Queen's Birthday actually on the 8th of June? The public holiday is about giving workers a day off, hence the name. Having a public holiday on a weekend is pointless for the majority of the population.

[Barry_White]

Well I don't care anyway because of the economic downturn I get everyday off.

[Big Shed]

Well I don't care anyway because of the economic downturn I get everyday off.

neither do I, every day is a holiday for me