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25 April 2025
Cup day holiday to stay in place

WANGARATTA council will not be changing the date of the Melbourne Cup public holiday, electing to keep the day on Tuesday, November 2.

With the Wangaratta Turf Club's Cup day meet moving from the Tuesday to Thursday, November 4, questions arose around whether council would move the date to match the local races.

Under Victoria's Public Holidays Act of 1993, non–metro councils can request to ob...

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