Australia Public Holidays
Statutory public holidays in Australia. See at a glance whether today is a day off and how long until the next one. Days observed only in some regions carry the regions they apply to.
Australia has 26 public holidays in 2026, 3 of which fall on a weekend. There are 4 long weekends of three days or more; the longest runs 4 days around New Year's Day (1–4 January).
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2025 · 25 days
| Date | Holiday | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025.01.01Wed | New Year's Day | |
| 2025.01.27Mon | Australia Day | |
| 2025.03.03Mon | Labour Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2025.03.10Mon | Canberra Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2025.03.10Mon | Adelaide Cup Day1 regionsSA | |
| 2025.03.10Mon | Eight Hours Day1 regionsTAS | |
| 2025.03.10Mon | Labour Day1 regionsVIC | |
| 2025.04.18Fri | Good Friday | |
| 2025.04.19Sat | Holy Saturday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VICEaster Eve | |
| 2025.04.20Sun | Easter Sunday7 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VIC · WA | |
| 2025.04.21Mon | Easter Monday | |
| 2025.04.25Fri | Anzac Day | |
| 2025.05.05Mon | May Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2025.05.05Mon | Labour Day1 regionsQLD | |
| 2025.06.02Mon | Reconciliation Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2025.06.02Mon | Western Australia Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2025.06.09Mon | King's Birthday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · SA · TAS · VIC | |
| 2025.08.04Mon | Picnic Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2025.09.26Fri | Friday before AFL Grand Final1 regionsVIC | |
| 2025.09.29Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsWA | |
| 2025.10.06Mon | Labour Day3 regionsACT · NSW · SA | |
| 2025.10.06Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsQLD | |
| 2025.11.04Tue | Melbourne Cup1 regionsVIC | |
| 2025.12.25Thu | Christmas Day | |
| 2025.12.26Fri | St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day |
Australia public holidays in 2026
| Date | Holiday | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.01.01Thu | New Year's Day | |
| 2026.01.26Mon | Australia Day | |
| 2026.03.02Mon | Labour Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2026.03.09Mon | Canberra Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2026.03.09Mon | Adelaide Cup Day1 regionsSA | |
| 2026.03.09Mon | Eight Hours Day1 regionsTAS | |
| 2026.03.09Mon | Labour Day1 regionsVIC | |
| 2026.04.03Fri | Good Friday | |
| 2026.04.04Sat | Holy Saturday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VICEaster Eve | |
| 2026.04.05Sun | Easter Sunday7 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VIC · WA | |
| 2026.04.06Mon | Easter Monday | |
| 2026.04.25Sat | Anzac Day5 regionsNT · QLD · SA · TAS · VIC | |
| 2026.04.27Mon | Anzac Day3 regionsACT · NSW · WA | |
| 2026.05.04Mon | May Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2026.05.04Mon | Labour Day1 regionsQLD | |
| 2026.06.01Mon | Reconciliation Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2026.06.01Mon | Western Australia Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2026.06.08Mon | King's Birthday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · SA · TAS · VIC | |
| 2026.08.03Mon | Picnic Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2026.09.25Fri | Friday before AFL Grand Final1 regionsVIC | |
| 2026.09.28Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsWA | |
| 2026.10.05Mon | Labour Day3 regionsACT · NSW · SA | |
| 2026.10.05Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsQLD | |
| 2026.11.03Tue | Melbourne Cup1 regionsVIC | |
| 2026.12.25Fri | Christmas Day | |
| 2026.12.28Mon | St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day |
2027 · 26 days
| Date | Holiday | |
|---|---|---|
| 2027.01.01Fri | New Year's Day | |
| 2027.01.26Tue | Australia Day | |
| 2027.03.01Mon | Labour Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2027.03.08Mon | Canberra Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2027.03.08Mon | Adelaide Cup Day1 regionsSA | |
| 2027.03.08Mon | Eight Hours Day1 regionsTAS | |
| 2027.03.08Mon | Labour Day1 regionsVIC | |
| 2027.03.26Fri | Good Friday | |
| 2027.03.27Sat | Holy Saturday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VICEaster Eve | |
| 2027.03.28Sun | Easter Sunday7 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · SA · VIC · WA | |
| 2027.03.29Mon | Easter Monday | |
| 2027.04.25Sun | Anzac Day3 regionsSA · TAS · VIC | |
| 2027.04.26Mon | Anzac Day5 regionsACT · NSW · NT · QLD · WA | |
| 2027.05.03Mon | May Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2027.05.03Mon | Labour Day1 regionsQLD | |
| 2027.05.31Mon | Reconciliation Day1 regionsACT | |
| 2027.06.07Mon | Western Australia Day1 regionsWA | |
| 2027.06.14Mon | King's Birthday6 regionsACT · NSW · NT · SA · TAS · VIC | |
| 2027.08.02Mon | Picnic Day1 regionsNT | |
| 2027.09.24Fri | Friday before AFL Grand Final (Tentative Date)1 regionsVIC | |
| 2027.09.27Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsWA | |
| 2027.10.04Mon | Labour Day3 regionsACT · NSW · SA | |
| 2027.10.04Mon | King's Birthday1 regionsQLD | |
| 2027.11.02Tue | Melbourne Cup1 regionsVIC | |
| 2027.12.27Mon | Christmas Day | |
| 2027.12.28Tue | St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day |
2025 · 4 long weekends
| Dates | Break | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025.01.25Sat ~ 01.27Mon | 3-day break | |
| 2025.04.18Fri ~ 04.21Mon | 4-day break | |
| 2025.04.25Fri ~ 04.27Sun | 3-day break | |
| 2025.12.25Thu ~ 12.28Sun | 4-day break |
Australia Long Weekends 2026
Stretches of three days or more where weekends and public holidays run together. Days you would have to take off to join them up are marked as bridge days.
| Dates | Break | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026.01.01Thu ~ 01.04Sun | 4-day break1 bridge day | |
| 2026.01.24Sat ~ 01.26Mon | 3-day break | |
| 2026.04.03Fri ~ 04.06Mon | 4-day break | |
| 2026.12.25Fri ~ 12.28Mon | 4-day break |
2027 · 4 long weekends
| Dates | Break | |
|---|---|---|
| 2027.01.01Fri ~ 01.03Sun | 3-day break | |
| 2027.01.23Sat ~ 01.26Tue | 4-day break1 bridge day | |
| 2027.03.26Fri ~ 03.29Mon | 4-day break | |
| 2027.12.25Sat ~ 12.28Tue | 4-day break |
Holiday data from Nager.Date · only entries whose types includes Public. Updated 2026-09-01.
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