WA set to get two new public holidays in upcoming shake-up
By Lauren Smith

WA Premier Roger Cook announces plans to change the state's public holidays from 2028, adding Show Day and Easter Saturday to the calendar.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-14/wa-set-to-get-two-new-holidays-in-shake-up-of-public-holidays/105771652

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Appeasing the hungry ghosts of Christmas Island's painful past
By Alistair Bates and Mietta Adams

More than a few spirits haunt the remote Indian Ocean territory, according to islanders deeply connected to its fraught and sometimes tragic history.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-14/hungry-ghost-festivities-mark-christmas-island-troubled-past/105747320

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