South Africans will only get ten instead of twelve days off work from public holidays in 2026 due to the way the Public Holidays Act handles public holidays that fall on weekends. South Africa has ...

ROME - Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name. The plan for the Oct 4 ...

Just weeks after debt-laden France proposed axing two public holidays, Italy is proposing to add a new one in honour of Saint Francis and the pope who took his name. The plan for the October 4 holiday ...

Who doesn’t love a cheeky long weekend? We thought so! In big news for Western Australia, the state government has announced a major shake-up of its public holiday calendar, with the introduction of ...

The Western Australia government would add two new public holidays and shift three existing ones under new legislation to be introduced this week. The government announced that it will introduce to ...

There’s nothing better than a day off. WA Premier Roger Cook is introducing legislation, to be tabled in parliament next week, that will shake up the state’s public holidays. Existing public holidays ...

The state’s WA Day public holiday had until now marked the founding of the Swan River Colony on June 1, 1829, but Mr Cook on Sunday announced it would be shifted to November, “giving us the chance to ...

Starting in 2028, the mining state will bring on Easter Saturday and ‘Show Day’ as new public holidays, increasing the state’s count from 11 to 13 public holidays a year. The overhaul is designed to ...

France will keep its public holidays. The new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, announced on Saturday that he will scrap proposals from his predecessor to eliminate two public holidays as part of a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. After months of consultation, the state government has finally revealed WA’s new-look public holiday calendar, including two new ...

WA is set to get two new public holidays from 2028 in laws the state government plans to introduce in parliament next week. The plan is for Show Day, in line with the first week of the ...

Premier Roger Cook has unveiled a dramatic overhaul of WA's public holiday calendar that will give workers more days off and bring the state in line with the rest of Australia. Western Australians ...