29 July 2007

Melbourne Cup Holiday

29 July 2007 | Kramer

According to the ABC, Andrew Barr announced the ACT’s newest public holiday at the Labor Party Conference. Great! Another day off work, but should we (Canberra) really be celebrating Melbourne’s biggest party? Should we be encouraging gambling (we know Jon Stanhope is)? Isn’t there something better for us to celebrate, with our own public holiday? Maybe Scott 24 Hour Recovery Day on Monday 15 October – I’ll be taking the day off work anyway…

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Kramer10:01 pm 31 Jul 07

Too bad for ACTTAB, as I’ll probably disappear to go mountain biking and not get around to putting a bet on (as you do on a normal business day…).

Danman1:31 pm 31 Jul 07

and wednesday as an (alcohol induced) sickie as well.

marksta10:23 am 31 Jul 07

This echoes in a new wave of stupidity the Melbourne cup is run on a Tuesday. You would have to be insane not to realize a hell of a lot of people are going to make a holiday out of it and take Monday off as a sickie.

Business is going to love this.

Danman10:16 am 31 Jul 07

Thats EXACTLY what I was thinking thumper.

Just another boring day off now… whoop dee fucking doo.

Oh an dI work fpr the public service too – for everyones reference.

I am usually found to be at my desk at 0645 and can have call outs 24/7 for IT support or facilities management issues so please do not stereotype me as a lazy do nothing public servant.

hairy nosed wombat9:30 am 31 Jul 07

This is no good, who is going to look after my kids while I go to the race track and get faced, like what most of the people who go there, do.

Absent Diane8:15 am 31 Jul 07

We work too hard anyway.. far too much emphasis on working and too little on playing…

bd849:26 pm 30 Jul 07

It was only made official in the past day or so.. so that is why it was mentioned now and yes it was first discussed months ago… moving on now..

I don’t think most people will mind the extra day off.. except anyone who owns a business lol

I hold the opinion that it is really a load of bull, but I’m not complaining!

Instead of losing half a day work all government agencies will lose 2 days from their staff, everyone will now flex off on the Monday.. as Melbourne Cup.. sorry I mean “Family and Community Day” is a Tuesday, 4 day long weekend here we come!

Ah well Labor/Unions sure must miss their picnic day.. it wasn’t even a gazetted day off nor was it granted to everyone, only by the suckers of bosses.

I’ll enjoy my paid days off, thanks!

caf8:14 pm 30 Jul 07

And you obviously don’t bother to read the other comments, because I’ve already posted a link to the old riotact story.

paperboy6:53 pm 30 Jul 07

What on earth is going on with RiotAct. Not only was this news broken back in April (three months ago), but Johnboy posted it on RiotAct on April 6th. Nothing has changed. Just Labor re-releasing an old policy to attract the attention of some bored and out-of-date media!

terubo6:22 pm 30 Jul 07

For those who think public servants don’t work hard (OK, some don’t) – my last 3 days at work: 14hrs 5 mins; 7 hrs 25mins; 8 hrs 45mins.

-I eagerly await my public service medal next Queen’s Birthday.

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