Monday 11 April.Victoria has no plans to move or create a new public holiday on the Friday before the AustralianNearly 420,000 fans poured through the gates of Albert Park from Thursday to Sunday, as the Formula One returned to Melbourne for the first time since the 2020 race was cancelled at the 11th hour over Covid-19 concerns.
The success of this year’s event has raised the question of whether the Victorian government would consider adding or moving a public holiday to further lift crowd numbers for 2023 and beyond. “We’ve got no plans to change our suite of public holidays. We think it serves Melbourne and Victoria well,” he told reporters on Monday.The deputy premier, James Merlino, said the number of Victorians enrolled in a Certificate IV in Mental Health had increased by 427% since it was added to the free Tafe program in 2020.