Find out what the next public holiday is in your country.
Public holidays in Australia are more complicated than they appear — while some are national, many important ones are set by individual states and can fall on completely different dates depending on where you live. Labour Day is in March in Victoria, May in Queensland and the NT, and October in NSW and ACT. The King's Birthday is in June in most states but September in WA and October in Queensland.
This tool shows the next upcoming public holiday for your country and — for Australia — your specific state, so you're seeing the holidays that actually apply to you rather than a generic national list.
For planning leave, the gap between public holidays varies enormously throughout the year. The Easter to ANZAC Day window in April is one of the most leave-efficient periods on the Australian calendar — four days of annual leave can create an 11-day break.
Each Australian state sets its own public holiday dates by legislation. Queensland moved its King's Birthday holiday to the last Monday in October. Western Australia observes it on the fourth Monday in September. Most other states observe it on the second Monday in June.
Yes — Queensland shows the Brisbane Show (Ekka) and Victoria shows Melbourne Cup day as regional public holidays when those states are selected.
When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, most Australian states observe a substitute holiday on the following Monday (or Tuesday if Monday is already a public holiday). The specific substitution rules vary by state.
National public holidays total 7-8 per year. With state-specific additions, most Australian states have 11-13 public holidays annually. Queensland and South Australia tend to have slightly more than other states due to additional state-specific days.