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Australians will be given a public holiday on September 22 to mourn the death of the Queen, Prime Minister ...

The reason for the timing is the prime minister and the Governor-General fly out to London on Thursday and don't return until Wednesday, September. States and territories across Australia will swear in the newly proclaimed King Charles III this week, with a public ceremony to be held in Sydney Sunday afternoon. The public holiday will be a one-off for 2022 to allow Australians to pay their respects.

Watch live as Governor-General David Hurley proclaims King Charles as sovereign from 12pm. Australia will also mark the death of Queen Elizabeth with a ...

The other ministers attending on Sunday are: Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke, Health Minister Mark Butler, Government Services Minister Bill Shorten, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, Resources Minister Madeleine King, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells, Assistance Climate Change Minister Jenny McAllister, Assistant Health Minister Ged Kearney and the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. It’s the sort of debate that never stops. “But that’s obviously a debate that will continue to be held. So, as part of our support for our Pacific Island neighbours, we’re offering that.” “For some of these states, it is difficult for them to get there. Albanese said his views on a republic were well known but added that “now is not the time” to start a new debate over the constitutional change when many Australians were grieving the loss of Queen Elizabeth and marking the accession to the throne of King Charles.

Australians will be given the chance to honour the life of Queen Elizabeth II with a public holiday...

"Queen Elizabeth was admired for her devotion to duty, for her commitment to the people of the United Kingdom, to the people of the Commonwealth including Australia and indeed to the world," he said. "Today, we mark formally the new head of state in King Charles III and in the proclamation, the first in my lifetime and the first in a majority of Australians' lifetime, is an historic event." A national memorial service for the Queen will be held at Parliament House on September 22 and it will be attended by the governor general, prime minister, premiers and other dignitaries. Advertisement A one-off public holiday will be extended nationwide for the commemoration on September 22, three days after the funeral of the Queen in London. Australians will be able to pay their respects for the late Queen Elizabeth II on a national day of mourning after Charles III was officially declared the country's new sovereign.

September 22 has been designated a nationwide public holiday to mourn Queen Elizabeth and celebrate her remarkable life and reign.

I just wanted to do that today,” he said. The Prime Minister said the government would look to make up the days following the period of mourning. The Prime Minister and Mr Hurley will travel to London on Thursday to attend the funeral at Westminster Abbey.

Australia will have a one-off public holiday as the nation remembers the life of Queen Elizabeth II. Prime...

they will have received their letters by now," he told ABC's Insiders program. Mr Albanese said the Queen was a much-respected figure in Australia and he would travel to the UK with past prime ministers in order to attend the funeral He said he had written to premiers and chief ministers asking they declare the day a public holiday to allow people to pay their respects for the Queen.

The extra day off has seen an uptick in bookings for some businesses, but there are also concerns about a lack of staff in the hospitality industry and ...

"It'll just be a little blip in the current quarter and then the economy will bounce right back." "The Friday tends to be a quiet day in the office, as it were, and then people are really going away for the weekend." "There's actually some evidence of that in the UK and some of the recent ones where they've also occurred on a Thursday," she said. "I think we can expect to see a little bit of an impact on the economy, but it'll be very short lived. "At the moment, particularly, the food companies are getting into a rhythm for what they're going to be doing in the lead-up to Christmas." "It's great to say that we may be full for an extra night, but there's a lot of pressure on a lot of our industry, I suppose, at this time with no workers."