We need all the public holidays we can get, this one for the Queen included

Opinion: We need all the public holidays we can get, this one for the Queen included | JennaPrice

Also, what did you want – the Queen to notify you when her time had come? You lot usually love tradition and protocol.

Sure, there is an itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny economic reason to avoid public holidays. It’s so tiny that the entire drag on the economy of September 22 will be approximately 0.4 per cent in the September quarter only. Blink and you’ll miss it. Senior economist at KPMG Sarah Hunter says the UK’s Office of National Statistics explored what happened when the government bunged in a couple of unexpected public holidays: two for various jubilees and one for the wedding of William and Catherine.

Hunter says three sectors benefited: hospitality, retail and leisure. Construction, manufacturing and office-based work dragged the result down. But in Australia, we know how to party. My prediction is that our capacity for commemoration is epic. Just as we spend a lot of money on Australia Day, we will also indulge on September 22, our national day of mourning.

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