Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 21/07/14 04:51 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 04:51 AM (edited) It's a date specific dayI've got no problem with them keeping it that.Taking an extra day off on the next work day if it's over a weekend isn't giving the substituted day any special meaning. Personally - I'd be happier if they added a day in the 2nd half of the year (when public holidays are non-existant) to be a public holiday in lieu of ones "lost" due to them falling on weekends Edited 21/07/14 04:53 AM by Rab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/07/14 05:24 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 05:24 AM ...which negates the long weekend argument doesn't it? But if it was to be following your reasoning then scrap the date and make it the fourth Monday in April or something instead. That way everybody is happy (except for the purists of course that recognise the day for how it was originally intended) Soldiers may not enlist to be remembered, but they certainly do deserve to be. And none of the other holidays have the same level of trading restrictions for retail and hospitality Kimbo. That's why I think it's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 21/07/14 05:41 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 05:41 AM (edited) Doesn't really negate it - more of a separate issue I've had for years WRT long weekendsIn Vic we get all our public holidays in a 7 month (10/11 within a 6 month) period with nothing during the remaining months.Would be much happier to use one of the floating ones during the long winter/spring period than on a "next working day" sort of deal. Edited 21/07/14 05:42 AM by Rab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 21/07/14 07:50 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 07:50 AM Move the Queen's birthday holiday from June to late August. It's not even the Queen's actual birthdate so it shouldn't bother the royalists too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/07/14 07:54 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 07:54 AM Tab as normal your speaking sense. But you have private health insurance companies promoting getting away and getting a better work life balance. You have medical experts of all sorts saying the same thing. I cannot see the need for do many non essential services to be open so many days a year. Don't get me wrong I'm dam glad they are. But I don't believe it's a good thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 21/07/14 08:58 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 08:58 AM ANZAC DAY is on the 25th April for a reason!It's the day Australian , New Zealand army corps landed at Gallipoli and got a hell of a beating!ANZAC Day is a holiday for one reason only, TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN .... The end !!!Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and think of those who made our great lifestyle possible!Also a lot of soldiers were conscripted or forced to volunteer due to public pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 21/07/14 10:49 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 10:49 AM (edited) One could argue that Remembrance day (11th of November) is to remember the fallen soldiers.No reason Anzac day couldn't be moved to another significant date. We did participate in other battles with the Kiwis. If anything changing it would help teach everyone that our soldiers fought in more than one battle. We lost more men on the western front than at Gallipoli albeit over an extended period of time. Words like Somme, Villers-Bretonneux, Crete should all be associated with Anzac too.I think, generally speaking, that we should embrace 11th November a bit more. Our military history gets lost a lot on Gallipoli. It forged the roots of our military history but its important to remember the other battles that Aussie soldiers sacrificed their lives for. Tobruk, Kokoda, Syria-Lebanon, El Alamein, Singapore, Korea, Vietnam, and the last decades are all very important but are cast aside as they weren't fought with the Kiwis. Edited 21/07/14 10:58 AM by _Velocity_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 21/07/14 11:15 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 11:15 AM Yes there have been far higher losses than Gallipoli .But Gallipoli was the first campaign where Aust, NZ forces suffered horrendous casualties.At the time it was considered a national disaster and sent the nation into shock!As time has passed it's been inclusive of all campaigns and grown to a national Remembrance Day .ANZAC DAY has been a Remembrance Day since 1921.Other campaigns are also remembered on their given day.I think ANZAC DAY is connected with Gallipoli because it was such a monumental disaster and waste of our youth and is a good example of the futility of war. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley Scott www.australianflag.org.au Donating Members 6,763 Member For: 19y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 21/07/14 11:18 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 11:18 AM http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Traditions/Anzac-Day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 21/07/14 11:53 AM Share Posted 21/07/14 11:53 AM I grew up being pumped full of the meaning of ANZAC Day and how lucky we were to have people in our past that did what was seen as necessary at the time, and reading that link reminded me how lucky I am today that they did.Cheers Scotty for the reminder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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