Australia public holidays 2026

Australia 2026

The calendar above is already set to Australia holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Australia

All 26 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
January 26MondayAustralia Day
March 2MondayLabour DayWestern Australia
March 9MondayCanberra DayAustralian Capital Territory
March 9MondayAdelaide Cup DaySouth Australia
March 9MondayEight Hours DayTasmania
March 9MondayLabour DayVictoria
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 4SaturdayHoly Saturday6 states and territories
April 5SundayEaster Sunday7 states and territories
April 6MondayEaster Monday
April 25SaturdayAnzac Day5 states and territories
April 27MondayAnzac Day3 states and territories
May 4MondayMay DayNorthern Territory
May 4MondayLabour DayQueensland
June 1MondayReconciliation DayAustralian Capital Territory
June 1MondayWestern Australia DayWestern Australia
June 8MondayKing's Birthday6 states and territories
August 3MondayPicnic DayNorthern Territory
September 25FridayFriday before AFL Grand FinalVictoria
September 28MondayKing's BirthdayWestern Australia
October 5MondayLabour Day3 states and territories
October 5MondayKing's BirthdayQueensland
November 3TuesdayMelbourne CupVictoria
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 28MondaySt. Stephen's Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one. 20 of these apply to some regions rather than the whole country; the generator can narrow the calendar to one region so only the days off that actually apply are printed.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
January 24 – January 263Australia Day
April 3 – April 64Good Friday, Easter Monday
December 25 – December 284Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

3 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Australia does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Australia holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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