If you live in these parts of Australia, you’ll get an extra public holiday for it this year. But millions of others aren’t so lucky.
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Whether you’re single, a parent or carer, or an employer trying to look after your business and staff, a legal expert explains your rights ahead of the holidays.
By establishing holidays for different celebrations from around the world, Canadian schools can foster learning environments that are inclusive of students from various cultures.
Giving workers an extra week of annual leave could take pressure off employers to increase their workers pay.
Many believe Australia became it’s own country at federation in 1901, but that’s not strictly true. Instead, it happened more than 80 years later. Why don’t we celebrate it?
Some have estimated a holiday for a Matildas win would cost Australia’s economy $2 billion. But new international research suggests the true cost could be much lower – and here’s why.
Australia Day has not always been celebrated on January 26, and the meaning of the date has been contested historically and today.
For years, we’ve taken major sporting events, a public holiday, added alcohol and gambling, then watched domestic violence rates rise. It’s time we did something different.
Matariki is New Zealand’s newest public holiday but businesses are being warned to tread carefully before using the celebration to lure customers.
Music has often been used as a political tool to urge Kenyans to forget the sins of colonial and post-colonial regimes.
Australians are entering our most dangerous time of year for fatal drownings. So what can you do to keep yourself and loved ones safer this summer?
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Associate Professor of History, CQUniversity Australia
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Lecturer of Music, Kabarak University
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Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
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Research associate, University of Bristol
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow at the La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney