We're the holiday state

2. written paper with signatures of people who want the government to do something
6. (3 words)going around the country areas of Victoria
9. planned on a calendar, organised, on a timetable
10. (2 words)The name of the chief of a group called Restaurants and Catering Australia
11. (changing one thing for another thing)
12. (abbreviation)Australian Industry Group (business and shop people who are in a group together)
13. pay for work
15. promises, responsibilities, duties
16. about, approximated, guessed
17. think again
18. cancelled, got rid of, abandoned

1. begs, beseeches, implores
2. (2 words)extra pay for working on public holidays
3. (3 words)someone who works for the political leader of Victoria and talks to the newspapers
4. (hyphenated word)having little information about something
5. how much work is done
6. thinking about
7. (2 words)careless or out of control behaviour
8. no order or control, everything is in a mess
14. abbreviation for Australian Football League