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Recorded celebrations of the 26 January date back to 1808 in Australia, and in 1818, Governor Lachlan Macquarie held the first official celebration of Australia Day. [ 34 ] 26 January was chosen because it is the day of the establishment of the first British settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. [ 35 ]
Unlike other forms of smoking, the use of e-cigarettes or vapes has been increasing in Australia, with the proportion of the population who used a vape daily rising from 0.5% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2023, with 7% of the population considering themselves a current user.
The 2024 Dunstan state by-election is held in South Australia which is triggered by the resignation of Steven Marshall. [89] The result sees Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon become the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio.
Participants hit a huge bell to welcome the 2025 New Year's Day during celebrations post-midnight at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025. Hong Kong
After the government's 339% excise duty application in 2010, cigarette prices hit $6.1 per pack, one of the highest in the Asia Pacific after Singapore and Australia. This resulted in the withdrawal of major international tobacco firms, and a tax loss of $63 million due to the proliferating illicit market.
South Australia's History Festival: South Australia: 2004: SA's largest festival, 1–31 May; over 600 individual events in 2016. [112] Stereosonic: Adelaide: 2009–2005: Annual; electronic dance music festival Tarnanthi: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide: 2015: Annual in October; Contemporary Aboriginal and TSI Art Umbrella: Winter ...
South Australia banned smoking inside prison cells starting in January 2015. Smoking in public outdoor dining areas has been banned in South Australia since July 2016 (the second-to-last state to do so). [24] All South Australian prisons had banned smoking by the end of 2019. [25]
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