Holiday Overlap
🇦🇺 Australia Public Holidays 2026
Use this Australia public holiday calendar to plan around national holidays, state-level observances, payroll timing, and travel periods across Australian states and territories.
Australia Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for Australia in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
| Jan 26Monday | Australia Day | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
| Apr 3Friday | Good Friday | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
| Apr 6Monday | Easter Monday | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
| Dec 28Monday | St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) | No | National public holiday listed for Australia |
How to Use This Australia Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for Asia-Pacific operations, payroll calendars, travel planning, and long-weekend coordination. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare Australia with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects Australia and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
Australia combines national holidays with state and territory holidays. Employers, schools, and banks may follow different calendars depending on location, so payroll and leave planning should confirm the applicable state or territory.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare Australia With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which Australia public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.