diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0208c80..22ce737 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: strayr
 Type: Package
 Title: Ready-to-use Australian common structures and classifications and tools for working with them
-Version: 0.2.2.9000
+Version: 0.2.2.9001
 Authors@R: c(person("Will", "Mackey", email = "wfmackey@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
         person("Matt", "Johnson", email = "mrjoh3@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),
         person("David", "Diviny", email = "david.diviny@nousgroup.com.au", role = c("aut")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a161519..051bedd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 * `create read_correspondence_tbl()` reads correspondence tables from
 `absmapsdata` similarly to `read_absmap()`
 * updated `anzsco2006` to include leading zeros in codes (see ). This is a backwards incompatible change that may cause issues (not enough for a major version progression)
+* fixed duplication in auholidays
 
 # strayr 0.2.2
 * `anzsco2022` updated to reflect changes made by the ABS
diff --git a/data-raw/create_au_holidays.R b/data-raw/create_au_holidays.R
index 4440ca7..f974e30 100644
--- a/data-raw/create_au_holidays.R
+++ b/data-raw/create_au_holidays.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ auholidays <- raw_data %>%
     Name = coalesce(`Holiday Name`),
     Jurisdiction = coalesce(`Applicable To`, Jurisdiction),
     Jurisdiction = str_to_upper(Jurisdiction)
-  )
-
+  ) |>
+  distinct()
 
 usethis::use_data(auholidays, internal = FALSE, overwrite = TRUE)
diff --git a/data/auholidays.rda b/data/auholidays.rda
index 5c60529..ad78f47 100644
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