Melbourne Cup this year might not go ahead because of the recent cases of horse influenza. Australia has experienced a bad case of horse flu especially in the state of New South Wales and Queensland. The flu has cancelled many races all around the country devastating horses owners, jockeys, and so on.
Anyway, that is not my point. Yes, there is a possibility that Melbourne Cup might not go ahead (depending how bad the flu spread across Victoria) but the sad news is that the holiday might disappear as well. Victorian Premier, John Brumby, just mentioned that he cannot promise a holiday for the Melbourne Cup if the race does not go on.
This is bad. Australia has only so few holidays as it is. Removing one would be disastrous. So I'd say Mr. Brumby, let us have our holiday, our Melbourne Cup holiday. It's only one day for goodness sake.
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