This is laughable!!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-12-02/premier-declares-holiday?utm_medium=RSS

While we all want more holidays, all it does is increase the cost of business, especially small business who will have to pay staff penalty rates so a few thousand people can go to a parade!! Outside Swanston St it is business-as-usual but at much higher the cost. Andrews has no idea!! Unbellievable!!

This is laughable!!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-12-02/premier-declares-holiday?utm_medium=RSS

While we all want more holidays, all it does is increase the cost of business, especially small business who will have to pay staff penalty rates so a few thousand people can go to a parade!! Outside Swanston St it is business-as-usual but at much higher the cost. Andrews has no idea!! Unbellievable!!

I don't like the Andrew's Government but I think they've nailed this.

Public Holidays don't have the same crippling effect they had on the economy 20 years ago. The dynamics have changed. People work longer hours, work from home, are connected to email and their mobiles 24/7. Industries that would suffer due to loss of output like manufacturing are dead.

Melbourne wants to be the sporting capital of the world well lets cement it with a festival revolving around the Grand Final. I went for a walk through Yarra Park this morning and it looks awesome with rides and activities for the kids. The Grand Final can only fit 100,000 but the Grand Final festival can attract 100's of thousands more. All the train lines head there. I'd rather take the kids their than the Royal Melbourne Show. i can only see this getting bigger.