Half Day Holiday

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At its meeting held on 4 December 2008, Orange City Council resolved to support the introduction of a half-day holiday to coincide with the 2009 Colour City Cup to be held on 17 April 2009. The thoroughbred racing day will also mark the opening day of FOOD Week. Council supported the race day for this year and has again received a request from the Golden West Race Club to back the 2009 event. The State Government is the authority with power to gazette the holiday. As part of the gazettal process, Council is seeking feedback from the community through the Bang the Table forum. The library on this site includes a media reports from the 2008 event, an extract from hansard, a media release from the Minister for Primary Industries, the Golden West Race Club report to Council on the 2008 event and a Council report on the mattter. The consultation process also includes contact with other stakeholders including schools and the Orange Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Do you support the proposed half-day holdiay?

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by Online Project Manager 5 Dec 2008, 1:27pm | 819 views

Make the Holiday on Melbourne Cup Day

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Orange has a race meeting that day. There are so many social events to go to. Everyone stops work for the race anyway. I think people wouldn’t mind that so much.

by Elliebumps 9 Dec 2008, 10:25pm | 559 views