"As first responders at crash scenes, in traffic management and in enforcement, the Traffic & Highway Patrol Command is there for the NSW community on the frontline saving lives every day ... 1997 - ...

New Year’s Day Christmas Day Boxing Day When that happens, there will be an extra public holiday on the following Monday or Tuesday. If Australia Day falls on a weekend, the public holiday is moved to ...

How Australia Got Compulsory Voting.” What began with polling place bake sales in the 1920s became election day sausage sizzles in the 1980s with the invention of the portable barbeque grill.

But when offered at polling places on election day, the humble treat is elevated to a democracy sausage — a national, if light-heated, symbol for electoral participation.

It makes for a hectic election day. People get their "Democracy Sausage" at the Marrickville Public School in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, after voting in the general election.

Sixteen even lives were taken and hundreds were injured on NSW and Victorian roads over the course of the Anzac Day long weekend ... “While double demerits have now concluded, officers will ...