The Matildas move to the semifinals marks the furthest any Australian team has progressed in a World Cup.
"We'd love to back the Matildas with a public holiday," he said in a statement read on 4GB.Mr Minns said the idea of a public holiday would be brought up at the national cabinet meeting — which meets with the prime minister as state and territory leaders — on Wednesday.Small businesses aren't keen on the idea
"Look, if the Matildas win the World Cup then obviously we have to celebrate, but doing that through a public holiday will probably not be great for business," he said."It's easy to call for a national holiday when someone else is paying for it," he said. "Why didn't we have a day off after the Diamonds won — they would have put in just as much effort as anybody else," he said.Many Australians have been swept up by Matildas fever in recent weeks.
"Regardless of what happens we need to have a proper celebration of the Matildas and their achievements."New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are the only national public holidays.It's why the King's Birthday holiday is in June for half the country but in October for Queensland and September for Western Australia.
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