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🇦🇺 Australia public holidays 2026

Australia has 29 public holidays in 2026, plus 80 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is St. Stephen's Day on December 28.

25 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in Australia in 2026

Date	Holiday	Type
January 1Thursday	New Year's Day	Public holiday
January 6Tuesday	Epiphany	Religious holiday
January 7Wednesday	Orthodox Christmas Day	Religious holiday
January 14Wednesday	Orthodox New Year	Religious holiday
January 16Friday	Isra and Mi'raj	Religious holiday
January 26Monday	Australia Day	Public holiday
February 2Monday	Tu B'Shevat	Religious holiday
February 17Tuesday	Lunar New Year	Observance
February 17Tuesday	Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Ash Wednesday	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Ramadan Start	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Lunar New Year Holiday (Day 2)	Regional holiday
March 2Monday	Labour Day	Public holiday
March 3Tuesday	Purim	Religious holiday
March 9Monday	Labour Day	Public holiday
March 9Monday	Canberra Day	Public holiday
March 9Monday	Adelaide Cup Day	Public holiday
March 9Monday	Eight Hours Day	Public holiday
March 9Monday	Adelaide Cup	Regional holiday
March 15Sunday	Lailat al-Qadr	Religious holiday
March 17Tuesday	St Patrick's Day	Observance
March 19Thursday	National Close the Gap Day	Observance
March 20Friday	Eid ul Fitr	Religious holiday
March 20Friday	Hari Raya Puasa	Regional holiday
March 21Saturday	March Equinox	Observance
March 21Saturday	Harmony Day	Observance
March 23Monday	Labour Day	Regional holiday
March 29Sunday	Palm Sunday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	First day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 3Friday	Good Friday	Public holiday
April 4Saturday	Holy SaturdayEaster Eve	Public holiday
April 5Sunday	Easter Sunday	Public holiday
April 5Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends	Other
April 6Monday	Easter Monday	Public holiday
April 6Monday	Self Determination Day	Regional holiday
April 7Tuesday	Day off for Self Determination Day	Regional holiday
April 7Tuesday	Easter Tuesday	Public holiday
April 9Thursday	Last day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 10Friday	Orthodox Good Friday	Religious holiday
April 11Saturday	Orthodox Holy Saturday	Religious holiday
April 12Sunday	Orthodox Easter	Religious holiday
April 13Monday	Orthodox Easter Monday	Religious holiday
April 14Tuesday	Yom HaShoah	Religious holiday
April 25Saturday	Anzac Day	Public holiday
April 27Monday	Anzac Day	Public holiday
May 4Monday	Labour Day	Public holiday
May 4Monday	May Day	Public holiday
May 5Tuesday	Lag B'Omer	Religious holiday
May 10Sunday	Mother's Day	Observance
May 14Thursday	Ascension Day	Religious holiday
May 22Friday	Shavuot	Religious holiday
May 24Sunday	Pentecost	Religious holiday
May 25Monday	Pentecost Monday	Religious holiday
May 26Tuesday	National Sorry Day	Observance
May 27Wednesday	Eid al-Adha	Religious holiday
May 27Wednesday	Hari Raya Haji	Regional holiday
May 31Sunday	Trinity Sunday	Religious holiday
June 1Monday	Reconciliation Day	Public holiday
June 1Monday	Western Australia Day	Public holiday
June 4Thursday	Corpus Christi	Religious holiday
June 6Saturday	Queensland Day	Regional holiday
June 8Monday	King's Birthday	Public holiday
June 17Wednesday	Muharram	Religious holiday
June 21Sunday	June Solstice	Observance
June 26Friday	Ashura	Religious holiday
July 5Sunday	First Day of NAIDOC Week	Observance
July 23Thursday	Tisha B'Av	Religious holiday
August 3Monday	Picnic Day	Public holiday
August 3Monday	New South Wales Bank Holiday	Public holiday
August 3Monday	Northern Territory Picnic Day	Regional holiday
August 15Saturday	Assumption of Mary	Religious holiday
August 26Wednesday	Milad un Nabi	Religious holiday
August 26Wednesday	Hari Maulad Nabi	Regional holiday
September 6Sunday	Father's Day	Observance
September 21Monday	Yom Kippur	Religious holiday
September 23Wednesday	September Equinox	Observance
September 25Friday	Friday before AFL Grand Final	Public holiday
September 25Friday	Friday before the AFL Grand Final	Regional holiday
September 26Saturday	First day of Sukkot	Religious holiday
September 28Monday	King's Birthday	Public holiday
October 2Friday	Hoshana Rabbah	Religious holiday
October 3Saturday	Shemini Atzeret	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Daylight Saving Time starts	Other
October 4Sunday	Feast of St Francis of Assisi	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Simchat Torah	Religious holiday
October 5Monday	Labour Day	Public holiday
October 5Monday	King's Birthday	Public holiday
October 5Monday	Territory Day	Regional holiday
October 15Thursday	International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day	Observance
October 31Saturday	Halloween	Observance
November 1Sunday	All Saints' Day	Religious holiday
November 2Monday	All Souls' Day	Religious holiday
November 2Monday	Recreation Day	Regional holiday
November 3Tuesday	Melbourne Cup	Public holiday
November 3Tuesday	Melbourne Cup Day	Regional holiday
November 8Sunday	Diwali/Deepavali	Observance
November 11Wednesday	Remembrance Day	Observance
November 29Sunday	First Sunday of Advent	Observance
December 5Saturday	First Day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 8Tuesday	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Religious holiday
December 12Saturday	Last day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 22Tuesday	December Solstice	Observance
December 24Thursday	Christmas Eve	Holiday
December 25Friday	Christmas Day	Public holiday
December 26Saturday	Boxing Day	Public holiday
December 28Monday	St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day	Public holiday
December 28Monday	Boxing Day Observed	Regional holiday
December 31Thursday	New Year's Eve	Holiday