Q. Tuesday 26th January is Australia Day. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
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% |
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Doing something to celebrate Australia Day |
40% |
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Just a public holiday |
40% |
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Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday |
6% |
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Don’t know |
14% |
40% of people surveyed will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, a further 40% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 6% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday.
Females were more likely to indicate they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (43%) while males were more likely to think it is just a public holiday (43%).
18 – 24 year olds were more likely than those in other age groups to be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (44%).