Australia public holidays
Public holidays declared for all Australian employees by s.115 of the Fair Work Act 2009, for calendar year 2026, with weekend-substitution days applied.
| Current value | 17 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) s.115 (public holidays) read with each State/Territory public holidays Act (Public Holidays Act 2010 (NSW), Public Holidays Act 2023 (SA) (which repealed the Holidays Act 1910 (SA) on 1 January 2024), Holidays Act 1983 (Qld), Public Holidays Act 1993 (Vic), Public Holidays Act 1981 (NT), Statutory Holidays Act 2000 (Tas), Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 (WA), Holidays Act 1958 (ACT)); Fair Work Ombudsman, 2026 public holidays |
| Last verified | 2026-07-30 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
AUSTRALIA HAS NO SINGLE NATIONAL HOLIDAY CALENDAR - Fair Work Act s.115 fixes the core days and everything else is State/Territory law. This series models that directly: the national list holds only the days actually observed in every jurisdiction (including the shared 27-28 Dec 2027 additional days), and each State/Territory is a subdivision carrying its own additions (Labour Day on five different dates; King's Birthday in June, September (WA) or October (Qld); Easter Saturday/Sunday where observed; state days) and exclusions (Tasmania drops weekend Boxing Day in favour of the substitute; Qld, NT and the ACT move a Sunday Anzac Day to the Monday). All dates were read from each jurisdiction's official government page on 2026-07-30, covering 2026 AND 2027. Not modelled as holidays: part-day holidays (Christmas Eve from 6pm Qld / 7pm SA and NT; New Year's Eve from 7pm SA and NT), banks-only days (NSW/ACT August bank holidays), public-service-only days (Tasmania's Easter Tuesday), and locality-scoped show/regional days. PENDING: Victoria's 2027 Friday before the AFL Grand Final (subject to the AFL schedule) and WA's 2027 regional King's Birthday alternates.
Get it programmatically
curl https://ausref.dev/v1/au/public-holidays
# Free.
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