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Friday 27 November – coronavirus cases in Queensland:
• 0 new cases
• 13 active cases
• 1,198 total confirmed cases
• 1,345,299 tests conducted
Sadly, six Queenslanders with COVID-19 have died. 1,178 patients have recovered.#covid19 pic.twitter.com/HmlHBnGubs
The Gunner government has declared Saturday 26 December a public holiday.
While Boxing Day has always been considered a public holiday, when it falls on a Saturday, the public holiday is observed on the following Monday with no official public holiday on the Saturday.
The Northern Territory is one of only three jurisdictions that doesn’t recognise both the Saturday and the Monday as public holidays.
For 2020, we will join the majority of states and territories in Australia by making both Saturday 26 December and Monday 28 December public holidays.
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