2010 - 2011 ACT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

YEAR 2010
New Year’s Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Canberra Day Monday, 8 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 14 June

Labour Day Monday, 4 October

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Year’s Day Saturday, 1 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Canberra Day Monday, 14 March

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 6 June

Labour Day Monday, 3 October

Christmas Day Sunday, 25 December

Boxing Day Monday, 26 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 - 2011 NT PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT)

YEAR 2010
New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 3 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

May Day Monday, 3 May

Queen's Birthday Monday, 14 June

Alice Springs Show Day Friday, 2 July

Tennant Creek Show Day Friday, 9 July

Katherine Show Day Friday, 16 July

Darwin Show Day Friday, 23 July

Picnic Day Monday, 2 August

Borroloola Show Day Friday, 20 August

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Year's Day Monday, 3 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 23 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April

May Day Monday, 2 May

Queen's Birthday Monday, 13 June

Alice Springs Show Day Friday, 1 July

Tennant Creek Show Day Friday, 8 July

Katherine Show Day Friday, 15 July

Darwin Show Day Friday, 22 July

Borroloola Show Day Friday, 19 August

Christmas Day Monday, 26 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 27 December

Notes:
All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 - 2011 TAS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for TASMANIA (TAS)

YEAR 2010
New Years Day Friday, 1 January

Devonport Day Wednesday, 6 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Royal Hobart Regatta Monday, 8 February

Launceston Cup Wednesday, 24 February

King Island Show Tuesday, 2 March

Eight Hours Day Monday, 8 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

Easter Tuesday Tuesday, 6 April

ANZAC Day Sunday, 25 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 14 June

Burnie Show Friday, 1 October

Royal Launceston Show Thursday, 7 October

Flinders Island Show Friday, 15 October

Royal Hobart Show Thursday, 21 October

Recreation Day Monday, 1 November
(North Tasmania area only)

Devonport Show Friday, 26 November

Christmas Day Holiday Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Holiday Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Years Day Monday, 3 January

Devonport Day Wednesday, 5 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Royal Hobart Regatta Monday, 14 February

Launceston Cup Wednesday, 23 February

King Island Show Tuesday, 1 March

Eight Hours Day Monday, 14 March

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

Easter Tuesday Tuesday, 26 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April

Queen's Birthday Tuesday, 13 June

Burnie Show Friday, 30 September

Royal Launceston Show Thursday, 6 October

Flinders Island Show Friday, 14 October

Royal Hobart Show Thursday, 20 October

Recreation Day Monday, 7 November
(North Tasmania area only)

Devonport Show Friday, 25 November

Christmas Day Holiday Tuesday, 27 December

Boxing Day Holiday Monday, 26 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 - 2011 SA PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for SOUTH AUSTRALIA (SA)

YEAR 2010
New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Adelaide Cup Monday, 8 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

The day after Good Friday Saturday, 3 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday / Volunteer's Day Monday, 14 June

Labour Day Monday, 4 October

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Proclamation Day Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Year's Day Monday, 3 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Adelaide Cup Monday, 14 March

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

The day after Good Friday Saturday, 23 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday / Volunteer's Day Monday, 14 June

Labour Day Monday, 4 October

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Proclamation Day Tuesday, 28 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 - 2011 WA PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for WESTERN AUSTRALIA (WA)

YEAR 2010
New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Labour Day Monday, 1 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Foundation Day Monday, 7 June

Queen's Birthday Monday, 27 September

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Year's Day Monday, 3 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Labour Day Monday, 1 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 6 April

Foundation Day Monday, 7 June

Queen's Birthday Monday, 27 September

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 28 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 - 2011 QLD PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for QUEENSLAND (QLD)

YEAR 2010
New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 3 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Labour Day Monday, 3 May

Queen's Birthday Monday, 14 June

Royal Queensland Show Wednesday, 11 August
(Brisbane area only)

Christmas Day Tuesday, 28 December

Boxing Day Monday, 27 December


YEAR 2011
New Year's Day Monday, 3 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 23 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April

Labour Day Monday, 2 May

Queen's Birthday Monday, 13 June

Royal Queensland Show Wednesday, 17 August
(Brisbane area only)

Christmas Day Monday, 26 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 27 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 & 2011 VIC PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for VICTORIA (VIC)

YEAR 2010
New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Labour Day Monday, 8 March

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

The Saturday before Easter Sunday Saturday, 3 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 4 June

Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday, 2 November

Christmas Day Monday, 27 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 28 December


YEAR 2011
New Year's Day Monday, 3 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Labour Day Monday, 14 March

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

The Saturday before Easter Sunday Saturday, 23 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Tuesday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 13 June

Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday, 1 November

Christmas Day Tuesday, 27 December

Boxing Day Monday, 26 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

2010 & 2011 NSW PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public Holidays for New South Wales (NSW)

YEAR 2010

New Year's Day Friday, 1 January

Australia Day Tuesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 2 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 3 April

Easter Monday Monday, 5 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 26 April

Queen's Birthday Monday, 14 June

Bank Holiday Monday, 2 August

Labour Day Monday, 4 October

Christmas Day Saturday, 25 December

Boxing Day Monday, 27 December


YEAR 2011

New Year's Day Saturday, 1 January

Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January

Good Friday Friday, 22 April

Easter Saturday Saturday, 23 April

Easter Monday Monday, 25 April

ANZAC Day Monday, 25 April

Queen's Birthday Tuesday, 13 June

Bank Holiday Monday, 1 August

Labour Day Monday, 3 October

Christmas Day Monday, 26 December

Boxing Day Tuesday, 27 December

Notes:

All dates are given in good faith and have been extracted from authoritative government sources. However, no responsibility is taken for any inaccuracies that may occur. Dates shown are the day on which the public holiday will be taken and is not necessarily the proclaimed date of the event. eg... If Boxing Day is on a Sunday, the holiday will be on the Monday.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND

Applications for University of Southern Queensland

Want to go to university in 2010? Applications for University of Southern Queensland are now OPEN! Apply now and you could save on application fees.

i) Finishing high school?

Apply by 30 September 2009 and your application fee is only $27.50 (Usually $70.00).

ii) Matured students?

If you have already completed your secondary schooling, you can still save some money. Apply by 31 October 2009 and your application fee is at the discounted rate of $55.00.

So what are you waiting for? Apply now to begin your studies in 2010.

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    (for Singapore).

P/S: If you are thinking about starting your degree this summer – applications for summer programmes close on the 31st of October. Still unsure about what you can study? Find out what programmes are on offer for Summer Semester 2009.

ACCREDITATION

Accreditation of Programmes or Institutes

As reported by The Star, Focus on Sunday, August 23 2009 (pg F20-F22), “More than 50 Malaysians contributed US$7.3mil (RM25.6mil) to the Spokane-based syndicate, which issued phony and counterfeit high school and college degrees from institutions such as Concordia University, St Regis University, St Lourdes University, All Saints American University and Heartland University.”

To verify the authenticity of the programme or institution, here are some of the partners of local accreditation body Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA):

United States of America:

Council for Higher Education Accreditation (www.chea.org)

United Kingdom:

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (www.qaa.ac.uk)

British Accreditation Council (www.the-bac.org)

New Zealand:

New Zealand Qualifications Authority (www.nzqa.govt.nz)

Australia:

Australia Universities Quality Agency (www.auqa.edu.au)

India:

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (www.naacindia.org)

Ireland:

National Framework of Qualifications (www.nfq.ie)

Malaysia:

Malaysian Qualification Agency (www.mqa.gov.my)

Thailand:

Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (www.onesqa.or.th)

Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (www.hkcaa.edu.hk)

Note:

Formal or legal national accreditation and quality assurance agencies are normally members of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE). For more details, go to www.inqaahe.org.