Editing Public holidays in Australia (section)

===Victoria===
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Public holidays in Victoria are regulated by the Victorian ''Public Holidays Act'' 1993.

Victorian employees fall under the [[Workchoices]] system either as coming within the Commonwealth constitutional power (called "constitutional corporation employees") or because of Victoria's referral of its legislative powers to the Commonwealth for particular workplace relations matters.

Employee entitlements to public holidays and additional pay depend on whether they are covered by a federal award or agreement.

Employees not covered by a federal award or agreement are entitled to public holidays under the Victorian ''Public Holidays Act'' 1993. Also, all permanent employees not covered by a federal award or agreement who would normally work on a public holiday (or a substitute public holiday) are entitled to the holiday without loss of pay. Their employers are not required to provide additional payment if they work on a public holiday, but this does not exclude the possibility of employees and employers negotiating for additional pay.

Employees who are covered by a federal award or agreement are entitled to public holidays as provided by the relevant federal award or agreement and the ''Public Holidays Act'' 1993. Many federal awards and agreements also provide for additional penalty rates for work performed on a public holiday.

Restricted [[Shopping hours|shop trading laws]] apply to Good Friday, Christmas Day and before 1&nbsp;pm on Anzac Day. On these days only exempted businesses are permitted to open for trading.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC/STANDARD//PC_62300.html |title=Business Victoria - Resource Centre - Can I open my shop on a public holiday? |access-date=2 January 2008 |archive-date=8 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908202300/https://business.vic.gov.au/BUSVIC/STANDARD//PC_62300.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> All public holidays and substitute public holidays are [[bank holidays]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/pha1993163/s9.html|title=PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT 1993 - SECT 9 Bank holidays|website=8.austlii.edu.au|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

In August 2015, the day before the [[AFL Grand Final]], as well as Easter Sunday, were gazetted as Public Holidays within Victoria.  The date of this holiday is as gazetted by the Victorian Government and cannot be accurately predicted. In 2019, the Victorian Parliament legislated the AFL Grand Final public holiday by amending the ''Public Holidays Act 1993 (Vic)''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/914a785c-770c-3948-bc50-43c33a41d55a_19-029aa%20authorised.pdf|title=Public Holidays Amendment Act 2019|website=Content.legislation.vic.gov|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>

The Victorian public holidays are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://business.vic.gov.au/business-information/public-holidays/victorian-public-holidays-2022 |title=Business Victoria - Resource Centre - Victorian Public Holidays & Shop Trading Hours, 2022 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Date
|-
| [[New Year's Day]] || 1 January
|-
| [[Australia Day]] || 26 January
|-
| [[Labour Day (Australia)|Labour Day]] || 2nd Monday in March
|-
| [[Good Friday]] || Friday before Easter
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| [[Saturday before Easter Sunday]] || Day before Easter
|-
| [[Easter Sunday]] || Day of Easter
|-
| [[Easter Monday]] || Day after Easter
|-
| [[Anzac Day|ANZAC Day]] || 25 April
|-
| [[King's Official Birthday#Australia|King's Birthday]] || 2nd Monday in June
|-
| [[Friday before the AFL Grand Final]]|| Variable date (usually late September/early October)
|-
| [[Melbourne Cup Day]] || 1st Tuesday of November*
|-
| [[Christmas|Christmas Day]] || 25 December
|-
| [[Boxing Day]] || 26 December
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Melbourne Cup Day is observed in most of the state, but various [[horse racing#Australia|cup days]] and [[Agricultural show|show days]] in the state's west are locally substituted. See the list at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807092429/http://www.vic.gov.au/about-victoria-tourism/holidays-daylight-saving/public-holidays/victorian-non-metropolitan-public-holiday-dates.html Non-Metropolitan Public Holiday Dates (Victoria Online)].

Melbourne Show Day used to be observed on the Thursday in the last full week of September as a half-day public holiday—later changing to full day—until 1994 (abolished by the state government).<ref name="ShowDay">{{cite web|url=http://www.rasv.com.au/Heritage/RASV_Heritage_About/HistoryOfRASV/RASV_History_Detail/|title=Detailed History|date=15 September 2014|access-date=15 September 2014|publisher=Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604130354/http://www.rasv.com.au/Heritage/RASV_Heritage_About/HistoryOfRASV/RASV_History_Detail/|archive-date=4 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Easter Tuesday was observed as a Bank Holiday in Victoria until 1994 (also abolished by the state government).