Public holidays
Public holidays can be different depending on the state or territory you work in.
Find recent and upcoming public holidays in your state or territory below.
On this page:
- Video: Public holidays
- About public holidays
- Upcoming public holidays
- Working outside your state or region on a public holiday
- Tools and resources
- Related information
Video: Public holidays
Watch our short video to learn about:
- working or not working on a public holiday
- when an employer can ask an employee to work a public holiday
- refusing an employer’s requests to a work a public holiday.
About public holidays
It's important to know when public holidays fall each year because different pay and entitlements can apply on these days.
All employees have a right to be absent from work on a public holiday. Learn more at Not working on public holidays.
Calculating public holiday rates
You can calculate pay and entitlements using our Pay and Conditions Tool.
Working a public holiday
Learn more about workplace entitlements for working a public holiday, including:
- extra pay (for example, public holiday rates)
- taking an extra day off
- minimum shift lengths.
Go to Public holiday penalty rates.
Not working a public holiday
Find out about entitlements and responsibilities for not working a public holiday, including:
- the right not to work on a public holiday
- pay
- leave (such as during a period of paid leave).
Go to Not working on public holidays.
Substituting a public holiday
A substitute public holiday is an ordinary day that is treated like a public holiday instead of the actual public holiday. For information about when a public holiday can be substituted, see:
- our Library article Substituting public holidays
- Public holiday penalty rates.
Upcoming public holidays
Below are the public holidays over the next few months in each state and territory.
For a full list of public holidays in your state or territory this year, go to our 2025 public holidays page.
Australian Capital Territory
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Monday 10 March - Canberra Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - Easter Saturday – the day after Good Friday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
New South Wales
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - Easter Saturday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Northern Territory
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - Easter Saturday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Queensland
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - The day after Good Friday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
South Australia
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Monday 10 March - Adelaide Cup Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - Easter Saturday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Tasmania
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Monday 10 February - Royal Hobart Regatta (only observed in certain areas of the state)
- Monday 10 March - Eight Hours Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Tuesday 22 April - Easter Tuesday (generally Tasmanian Public Service only)
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Victoria
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Monday 10 March - Labour Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Saturday 19 April - Saturday before Easter Sunday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Western Australia
- Wednesday 1 January - New Year’s Day
- Monday 27 January - Australia Day
- Monday 3 March - Labour Day
- Friday 18 April - Good Friday
- Sunday 20 April - Easter Sunday
- Monday 21 April - Easter Monday
- Friday 25 April - Anzac Day
Working outside your state or region on a public holiday
An employee is entitled to the public holidays that fall where they are based for work, not where they are working on the day of the public holiday.
Example: Employee working outside their state on a day that is a public holiday
Cass is an employee of a business located in Melbourne. She has been sent to Sydney to perform work during November. During her interstate visit, the Melbourne Cup public holiday is observed in Melbourne. As Cass's job is based in Melbourne, she's entitled to her public holiday entitlements that day, even though there isn't a public holiday where she is physically working in Sydney.
Source reference: Fair Work Act 2009 s.114-116
