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West Australians could soon be enjoying two extra days off every year as the state government looks to overhaul the public holiday calendar.
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Sydney Morning Herald
14 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: WA could soon get two extra public holidays
Latest posts Latest posts 9.31am WA could soon get two extra public holidays West Australians could soon get two extra days off every year with the state government looking to overhaul the public holiday calendar, but businesses are already pushing back against the proposal. WA currently has 11 public holidays a year, among the lowest in the nation. The state government is considering adding two more to bring the state into line with Victoria and the territories. One would be officially recognising Easter Saturday as a holiday, the other would be a new day off in September. Other proposed changes to the calendar includ moving WA Day, held in June, away from winter, and aligning existing public holidays with the rest of the country. While unions support the additional days off, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it will cost small business. Consultation on the dates is open for the next four weeks. 9.31am Across the country and around the world Here's what's making news across the nation and around the world: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to China continues, as he faces continued pressure over the future of AUKUS, and declines to reveal if Australia would fight in any potential future conflict between the US and China over Taiwan Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has distanced herself from donations by her husband's family trust to the controversial conservative lobby group Advance Australia. Overseas, Ukrainian security agents have killed a group of Russian spies near Kyiv in another escalation of the secret war between the two countries. And in the US, President Donald Trump is feuding with Rosie O'Donnell once again, reigniting their long-standing war of words as the comedian likens Trump to a malign king with a 'tangerine spray tan'.
The Age
14 hours ago
- The Age
WA news LIVE: WA could soon get two extra public holidays
Latest posts Latest posts 9.31am WA could soon get two extra public holidays West Australians could soon get two extra days off every year with the state government looking to overhaul the public holiday calendar, but businesses are already pushing back against the proposal. WA currently has 11 public holidays a year, among the lowest in the nation. The state government is considering adding two more to bring the state into line with Victoria and the territories. One would be officially recognising Easter Saturday as a holiday, the other would be a new day off in September. Other proposed changes to the calendar includ moving WA Day, held in June, away from winter, and aligning existing public holidays with the rest of the country. While unions support the additional days off, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it will cost small business. Consultation on the dates is open for the next four weeks. 9.31am Across the country and around the world Here's what's making news across the nation and around the world: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's visit to China continues, as he faces continued pressure over the future of AUKUS, and declines to reveal if Australia would fight in any potential future conflict between the US and China over Taiwan Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal has distanced herself from donations by her husband's family trust to the controversial conservative lobby group Advance Australia. Overseas, Ukrainian security agents have killed a group of Russian spies near Kyiv in another escalation of the secret war between the two countries. And in the US, President Donald Trump is feuding with Rosie O'Donnell once again, reigniting their long-standing war of words as the comedian likens Trump to a malign king with a 'tangerine spray tan'.
West Australian
15 hours ago
- West Australian
Painting of Governor James Stirling and Prinsep Family archive sell at auction for eye-watering sum
Following an intense five-minute bidding war for a painting of WA's first Governor, gasps and applause broke out when the hammer finally slammed down on an eye-watering sum. The portrait of Admiral James Stirling, painted in the 1830s, last sold in 2013 for $77,000, but on Sunday that price was blown out of the water. It was the marquee piece among 236 lots on offer at the auction by Artvisory of David and Marie Louise Wordsworth's private collection of historical treasures. Two anonymous bidders - one on the phone and one on the internet - battled it out to be the new owner of the painting which ultimately sold for $110,000. Mr Wordsworth was a politician in WA's Court government in the 1970s and 80s. He and, particularly his wife Marie, were keen historians and collected furniture and documents they considered important to the State. Other pieces in the collection that drew eyewatering bids included an octant and watch owned by explorer Alexander Forrest that sold for $18,000 and $28,000, respectively. A bidding war also broke out for an auction lot labelled the Prinsep Family Archive, by two in-person collectors for the 3000 documents, paintings, photographs and sketches owned by the family. Ultimately, this historical collection went for $100,000 to a woman who said she was bidding on behalf of an 'institution'. The Prinseps were an early colonial family with connections to the formidable Dutch East India Company, who owned swathes of land in Bunbury and Dardanup in the 1800s. Seven ink drawings by Henry Prinsep sold for $44,000 to the same collector. Other memorable bids include documents belonging to pioneer Captain John Thomas that sold for $18,000, two portraits of an Indigenous man and woman that both sold for $14,000, a collection of watercolour botanical studies by Stan Kelly that sold for $42,000. Mr Wordsworth died last year and the family sold their Peppermint Grove property which left the collection without a home. His daughter, Sara, who helped collate the collection for auction, said last week she hoped West Australians who valued the history of the State would purchase the items.
