Family & Community Day around the world in 2024

Family & Community Day around the world in 2024
  How long until Family & Community Day?
There are no upcoming dates for this event
  Dates of Family & Community Day around the world
2017 AustraliaSep 25
ACT Mon, Sep 25Regional Holiday
2016 AustraliaSep 26
ACT Mon, Sep 26Regional Holiday
2015 AustraliaSep 28
ACT Mon, Sep 28Regional Holiday
  Summary

Began in 2007 to let workers take a break and spend some quality time with their family and friends

When is Family & Community Day in ACT?

Family & Community Day is a public holiday celebrated in the Australian Capital Territory region of Australia. Canberra is the only city in the territory.

This public holiday is a day that doesn't mark any historical or religious event, it is simply a chance for people to take a break from work and perhaps spend quality time with their family or friends at the start of Spring.

Mr. Andrew Barr, the ACT Minister for Industrial Relations has stated that the purpose of the public holiday was: "...to enable workers to take a break from their hectic working lives..", adding "... Australians do work the longest hours of any country in the western world. We do deserve a break."

The holiday is taken on the first Monday of the September/October school holidays, except when then the first Monday of the school holidays falls on the Labour Day public holiday, in which case, the holiday will be moved to the second Monday of the term break.

This holiday only began in 2007. Originally the holiday was taken on  the first Tuesday of November, to coincide with the Melbourne Cup horse racing event.

This continued until 2010, when the holiday was switched to the Monday. One reason for the change was that having the holiday on a Tuesday encouraged people to create a four day weekend and take the Monday off as well.


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