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No one wants grand final holiday: MP

THE AFL Grand Final public holiday is looking to cost Victorians $1 billion — at least $40,000 here in Swan Hill — and according to local Member for Parliament Peter Walsh, no one wants it. Mr Walsh says the public holiday, this year on Friday, October 2, will cost employers of all creeds lost productivity […]

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