Public holidays in Australia
In 2026, Australia has 7 public holidays, 5 weekday days off, and 256 working days. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Every year from 2024 to 2030 is available below, each with its own calendar file and JSON, or as one calendar feed to subscribe to once.
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7public holidays in 2026
256working days in 2026
3long weekends in 2026
1bridge days in 2026
The dates listed are the national public holidays. Each state and territory adds its own, such as Labour Day, the King's Birthday on different dates and local show days.
Public holidays in Australia 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Australia Day | |
| Friday | Good Friday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Saturday weekend | ANZAC Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | |
| Saturday weekend | Boxing Day |
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To keep the holidays of Australia in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar without importing a file every year, subscribe to https://openworkdays.com/api/v1/au.ics: it holds every year from 2024 to 2030 and your calendar refreshes it by itself.
Working days per year in Australia
| Year | Public holidays | Weekday days off | Working days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 255 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 | 255 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 | 256 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2027 | 7 | 4 | 257 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2028 | 7 | 6 | 254 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2029 | 7 | 7 | 254 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
| 2030 | 7 | 6 | 255 | ICS · JSON · CSV |
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Australia has 7 public holidays and 256 working days in 2026.
Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/australia/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).