Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
Review of Anzac Day Laws, Discussion
Paper
Appendices
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Commonwealth
There are references to Anzac Day in the
Australian War Memorial Regulations and the Airports (Control of On-Airport
Activities) Regulations 1998.
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New South Wales
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Allows the game of two-up on Anzac Day.
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Has to be at a licensed venue.
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Any money taken on the day, from the game, has to be
given to charity.
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Queensland
Establishes Anzac Day
as a holiday throughout Queensland. Re-establishes the Anzac Day Trust Fund. Requires the State to pay an annual grant to the Anzac Day Trust Fund.
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All licensed premises cannot serve alcohol before 1.00pm
Anzac Day, unless served with a meal.
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Cabaret premises can remain open until 3.00am on Anzac
Day, but cannot re-open until 1.00pm.
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Australian Capital Territory
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Declares Anzac Day to be a public holiday.
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If it falls on a Sunday, then the following Monday is
taken as a public holiday.
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Northern Territory
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South Australia
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Western Australia
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Establishes an Anzac Day Trust Fund.
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No race meeting can commence before 1.00pm on Anzac
Day.
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If Anzac Day falls on a Sunday, no race meeting is allowed.
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If a race meeting is held within the metropolitan area,
all of the net profit is paid into the Trust, but if held outside
of the metropolitan area, 60% of the net profit is paid into the Anzac
Day Trust Fund.
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No race, match, game, exercise, pastime, contest or
other event of sport shall commence before 1.00pm on Anzac Day.
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Each sporting event is required to pay 60% of their
net profit made into the Anzac Day Trust Fund.
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Monies paid for special licences to serve liquor on
Anzac Day must also be paid into the Fund.
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Provides various regulation of liquor trading hours
on Anzac Day, but generally the major licences are allowed to serve
alcohol between midday and midnight, but with variations if Anzac
Day falls on a Sunday.
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Tasmania
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No race meetings, theatres or sports are allowed to
commence before 12.15pm on Anzac Day.
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An Anzac Trust Fund is established with monies collected
on Anzac Day.
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The Victorian Branch and the National President of the
Returned and Services League (the "RSL")
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The Australian War Memorial
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The Chief of the Army
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The Department of Defence
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The Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Turkish Ambassador
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The New Zealand High Commissioner
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Victorian State Government officials, including the
Director of Liquor Licensing Victoria
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Booksellers' and newsagents' shops.
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Bread shops.
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Chemists' shops.
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Confectionery and pastry shops.
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Dressmakers' shops.
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Dry cleaners' shops.
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Eating-houses and restaurants.
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Fish and oyster shops.
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Flower shops and retail plant nurseries.
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Fruit and vegetable shops.
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Hairdressers' shops.
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Hardware shops.
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Paint shops.
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Petrol shops.
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Pet shops, including shops for the sale
of aviary and cage birds or aquarium fish.
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Photographers' shops.
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Saddlery shops.
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Shoe repairers' shops.
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Shops for the sale of boats, caravans
or other trailers or spare parts or accessories.
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Shops for the sale of foodstuffs and
groceries.
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Shops for the sale of motor car spare
parts or accessories.
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Shops for the sale of old goods, being
furniture, plate, china, statuettes and other curiosities and odds
and ends of an artistic or antiquarian interest.
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Shops for the sale of records, cassettes,
tapes or video cassettes.
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Shops for the sale of swimming pools,
swimming pool equipment or supplies for swimming pools.
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Shops for the sale of works of art or
handicraft.
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Souvenir shops.
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Sporting goods shops located at sporting venues for
the sale of goods appropriate for use at those venues. Stamp and coin
shops.
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Tailors' shops.
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Undertakers' establishments.
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Every factory or warehouse of any of the following classes
or in which any of the following trades is usually carried on:
(a) Printing, publishing or distributing newspapers;
(b) The manufacture, distribution or supply of gas or
electric light or power;
(c) Any necessarily continuous process of manufacture;
(d) Milk supply.
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Any factory in which the trade of a
pastry cook is carried on.
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Every bread factory while dough only
is being prepared in the factory.
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Every bread factory after 8 p.m. when
Anzac Day falls on Friday.
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Every factory or warehouse of any class
or kind added by proclamation of the Governor in Council to this Schedule.
The following sources have been prepared by Dr. Peter Stanley,
Principal Historian, Australian War Memorial. The Committee is grateful
for the assistance provided by Dr. Stanley in compiling these references.
They provide useful insights into how its meanings have been expressed
in the 87 years since the evacuation of Gallipoli. Note that the Australian
War Memorial does not necessarily endorse the views expressed in these
sources. They reflect a range of opinions and views.
Readings
Entry ‘Anzac legend’ from Joan
Beaumont, Australian Defence: Sources and Statistics, Melbourne,
2001
Entries on ‘Anzac’, ‘Anzac
Day’ and ‘Anzac Legend’ from Graeme Davison and others,
The Oxford Companion to Australian History, Melbourne, 1998
Entries on ‘Anzac Day’ and ‘Anzac
legend’ from Peter Dennis and others, The Oxford Companion to
Australian Military History, Melbourne, 1995
Peter Stanley, ‘Reflections on Bean's
last paragraph’, Sabretache: Journal of the Military Historical
Society of Australia, (Jul-Sep 1983), pp. 4-11
Bruce Topperwein, ‘The word "Anzac",
Sabretache: Journal of the Military Historical Society of Australia,
Jul-Sep 1997, pp. 33-36
Extract on Digger Dialects’ from Peter
Stanley, A Guide to the Australian War Memorial, Sydney, 1986
Books
J.M. Arthur & W.H. Ramson (eds), W.H.
Downing's Digger Dialects, Melbourne, 1990
C.E.W. Bean, The Anzac Book, London,
1916
Di Bourke (ed.), ANZAC Day: Traditions,
Facts and Folklore, Brisbane, 2000
Georgina Fitzpatrick, Anzac Day: Past
and Present, Canberra, 1992
Ken Inglis, Sacred Places: War Memorials
in the Australian Landscape, Melbourne, 1998
John Lack (ed.), Anzac Remembered,
Melbourne, 1998
Michael McKernan & Peter Stanley, Anzac
Day: Seventy Years On, Sydney, 1986
John Robertson, Anzac and Empire,
Melbourne, 1990
Jane Ross, The Myth of the Digger,
Sydney, 1985
Seumas Spark, Anzac: A Modern Tradition?:
Anzac Day in Melbourne 1946 and 2000, Melbourne, 2001
Articles
John Barrett, 'The study of Anzac', Journal
of the Australian War Memorial, 16 (1990), p. 54***
Peter Burness, 'A is for Anzac', Journal
of the Australian War Memorial, 16 (1990), p. 76
Peter Cochrane, 'Deliverance and renewal:
the origins of the Simpson legend', Journal of the Australian War Memorial,
16 (1990), p. 18
Bill Gammage, 'Anzac's influence on Turkey
and Australia', Journal of the Australian War Memorial, 18 (1991),
p. 13
Ken Inglis, 'Anzac today', Journal of
the Australian War Memorial, 16 (1990), p. 53.
Marilyn Lake, ‘The Power of Anzac’,
in Michael McKernan & Margaret Browne (eds), Australia Two Centuries
of War and Peace, Canberra, 1998
Geoff Page, 'Some problems with Anzac',
Journal of the Australian War Memorial, 16 (1990), p. 56
Jane Ross, 'The myth of Anzac', Journal
of the Australian War Memorial, 16 (1990) 55
Websites
www.awm.gov.au
www.anzacsite.gov.au
www.gallipoli.gov.au
www.aussieslang.com/features/anzac-day.asap
www.anzacday.org.au
www.enzed.com/hist
www.anaconline.com
Other References
www.anzac.org
www.dva.gov.au
www.rslvic.com.au\
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