Public holidays in Australia refer to the holidays recognised in law in Australia. Although they are declared on a state and territory basis,they comprise a mixture of nationally celebrated days and holidays exclusive to the individual jurisdictions.
Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company,primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia,Woolworths in New Zealand and its discount department store Big W. Headquartered in Bella Vista,Sydney,it is the largest company in Australia by revenue and number of employees,and the second-largest in New Zealand.
AMF Bowling is a major operator of bowling centers and major manufacturer of bowling equipment.
Woodside Energy Group Ltd is an Australian petroleum exploration and production company. Woodside is the operator of oil and gas production in Australia and also Australia's largest independent dedicated oil and gas company. It is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and has its headquarters in Perth,Western Australia. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000,Woodside was ranked as the 1328th-largest public company in the world.
Jakks Pacific,Inc. is an American toy manufacturer founded in January 1995. The company is best known for producing licensed action figures,playsets,dolls,plush toys and dress-up sets.
Emaar Properties is an Emirati real estate development company located in the United Arab Emirates. The two largest shareholders are Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the UAE's sovereign wealth fund Investment Corporation of Dubai.
Keppel Ltd,previously Keppel Corporation is a Singaporean company headquartered in Keppel Bay Tower,HarbourFront. The company consists of several affiliated businesses that specialises in property,infrastructure and asset management businesses.
Rex Airlines Pty Ltd is an Australian regional airline based in Mascot,New South Wales. It operates scheduled regional services using turboprop aircraft. Between 2021 and 2024,Rex also operated jet services between selected major Australian cities. In July 2024,it collapsed and was placed into voluntary administration.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) is a department of the Hong Kong Government,reporting to the Environment and Ecology Bureau. It is responsible for food hygiene and environmental hygiene. It replaced part of the role of the Urban Council and the Urban Services Department,and the Regional Council and the Regional Services Department.
Nicholas Anthony Christopher Candy is a British billionaire luxury property developer and politician,who has been the treasurer of Reform UK since December 2024.
The Midcounties Co-operative Limited,trading as Your Co-op,is a consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom with over 700,000 members. Registered in England under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014,it is a member of Co-operatives UK and Federal Retail Trading Services.
ABC Learning was an Australian company that was once the world's largest provider of early childhood education services. It was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with its market capitalisation reaching A$2.5 billion in March 2006. The company went into administrative receivership after a fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis caused debt repayments to overwhelm the company,and the auditors failed to sign off on the financial reports citing the need to recast previous year's reported profits.
Vicinity Centres ASX: VCX,previously known as Federation Centres and Centro Properties Group,is an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust specialising in the ownership and management of Australian shopping centres. As at December 2021,it had stakes in 60 shopping centres. It is headquartered at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne.
Soul is a 243 m (797 ft) tall residential tower and hotel on the Esplanade,close to Cavill Avenue in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast,Queensland,Australia. it is the 3rd tallest building on the Gold Coast behind Ocean which topped out in late 2021 but above Circle at Cavil. The Gold Coast City Council approved the building in October 2004 and finished construction in 2012,along with the next stage of the Gold Coast renovation project.
Airbus SE is a European aerospace corporation. The company's primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate defence and space and helicopter divisions. Airbus has long been the world's leading helicopter manufacturer and,in 2019,also emerged as the world's biggest manufacturer of airliners.
Baiada Poultry is a privately owned company that produces poultry products throughout Australia. Its operations include broiler and breeder farms,hatcheries,processing plants,feedmilling and protein recovery. Its head office is at Pendle Hill,New South Wales with plants in Beresfield,Tamworth,Victoria,Queensland and South Australia. According to the company,it employs approximately 2,200 people. Baiada is one of Australia's largest poultry processing companies with a market share of more than 20%,producing the Lilydale Select and Steggles brand to retailers including Coles,Woolworths,IGA,Aldi,McDonald's,KFC,Pizza Hut,Red Rooster,Nando's and Subway.
Boeing Brasil–Commercial was a proposed,but failed joint venture between Boeing and Embraer to design,build,and sell commercial airliners worldwide. The partnership was established in February 2019,after Boeing agreed to purchase an 80% stake in Embraer's commercial aircraft division. The deal was approved by Embraer's shareholders and was expected to close in June 2020 pending antitrust reviews,but in April 2020 Boeing terminated the joint venture deal due to impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on aviation and market uncertainty. Embraer alleges that the financial impact of the Boeing 737 MAX groundings contributed to the demise of the deal,while others allege that U.S. labor and political considerations played a role.
The Rafale deal controversy is a political controversy in India related to the purchase of 36 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft for a price estimated at €7.87 billion by the Defence Ministry of India from France's Dassault Aviation. The origin of the deal lies in the Indian MMRCA competition,a multi-billion dollar contract to supply 126 multi-role combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a transfer of technology.
Fair Work Ombudsman v Quest South Perth is a 2015 decision of the High Court of Australia. Quest,a company operating serviced apartment hotels across Australia,used a company to change the employment status of two housekeepers and a receptionist from employees to independent contractors at its South Perth site. They would then no longer be owed the minimum workplace entitlements owed to employees in Australia. The Fair Work Ombudsman,an authority responsible for enforcing Australian workplace laws,initiated proceedings against Quest South Perth in the Federal Court of Australia.
