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Member for Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, will be officially opening the Warracknabeal A & P Society’s Annual Show on Thursday October 7th.
“It will give me extra pleasure to open the Show this year as I am sure it will be an even greater success than in recent years after the Brumby Government’s backflip on Council declared Public Holidays,” Mr Walsh said.
“Last year we saw the debacle of where the totally out-of-touch Labor Government decreed that a metropolitan formula for taking the Melbourne Cup Holiday was required for all local government areas.
“Now, after an enormous ground swell of public opinion forced Premier Brumby to overturn his short sighted and ill-informed decision we see different communities holding their Shows on locally declared holidays.
“With what is looking like an excellent year for our farmers and a public holiday for our schools and businesses I am looking forward to a bumper crowd at the Show on Thursday next week.
“I am sure that the Murtoa, Minyip and Rupanyup Shows are also going to benefit enormously from their communities having a holiday on their Show days over the next week,” Mr Walsh said.