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Post by ironchefcanadian on Aug 18, 2009 20:29:57 GMT -5
Welcome back.
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Post by herringchoker on Aug 19, 2009 12:31:53 GMT -5
I hope everyone's been having a good summer (or winter, in the case of KK )
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Sept 6, 2009 4:14:20 GMT -5
Winter's been fine, thanks, but the weather is getting a bit warmer now that it's spring (or for everyone in the northern hemisphere, the beginning of autumn)
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 7, 2009 11:28:42 GMT -5
Is there a Labour Day holiday in Australia, KK? It's today in Canada & US.
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Sept 8, 2009 22:35:14 GMT -5
There is, HC, although it's on different dates, depending on which state you live in. If you live in the ACT [Australian Capital Territory], NSW [New South Wales] or SA [South Australia], then it's on the first Monday in October. If you live in QLD [Queensland], then it's on the first Monday in May (in the NT [the Northern Territory] it's celebrated on this day as well, but it's called May Day). If you live in WA [Western Australia], then it's on the first Monday in March. If you live in VIC [Victoria], then it's on the second Monday in March (in TAS [Tasmania] it's celebrated on this day as well, but it's called 8-hour day).
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 10, 2009 16:57:02 GMT -5
Wow......
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Sept 18, 2009 1:31:57 GMT -5
yeah. it gets a bit confusing...
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 18, 2009 20:57:21 GMT -5
No kidding!
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Sept 20, 2009 5:17:13 GMT -5
it's nearly the same for the queen's birthday. It's celebrated at different times too, and not 1 near the real date, either...
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 22, 2009 16:48:59 GMT -5
I know that in Great Britain the Queen's official birthday is in June (when the weather is likely better than around her real birthday in April); you mean there are multiple different dates used in Oz depending on the state?
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Sept 25, 2009 23:18:51 GMT -5
yep. Confusing, huh?
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 26, 2009 12:53:54 GMT -5
Definitely! Is the whole of Australian government that state-centered? In other words, is it a system with a (relatively) weaker central/federal government and stronger state governments? That's the way the US started out, but over time the federal government has become stronger and the states (again, relatively) weaker in their powers/control over daily life.
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Oct 17, 2009 23:53:43 GMT -5
pretty much. Each state controls it's own education system, health system and police force. They control the road system as well, with a bit of federal help as well. Gets a bit confusing if you move interstate, for instance, and your ids have to start at a new school.
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Post by herringchoker on Oct 19, 2009 12:27:35 GMT -5
I can see how it could get confusing...
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Post by keroppikeroppi007 on Oct 23, 2009 20:07:01 GMT -5
and i'm winning...
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