Public holidays

Holiday	2025	2026	2027	2028
New Year's Day¹	Wednesday 1 January	Thursday 1 January	Friday 1 January	Saturday 1 January and Monday 3 January
Australia Day²	Monday 27 January	Monday 26 January	Tuesday 26 January	Wednesday 26 January
Good Friday	Friday 18 April	Friday 3 April	Friday 26 March	Friday 14 April
The day after Good Friday	Saturday 19 April	Saturday 4 April	Saturday 27 March	Saturday 15 April
Easter Sunday³	Sunday 20 April	Sunday 5 April	Sunday 28 March	Sunday 16 April
Easter Monday	Monday 21 April	Monday 6 April	Monday 29 March	Monday 17 April
Anzac Day⁴	Friday 25 April	Saturday 25 April	Monday 26 April	Tuesday 25 April
Labour Day⁵	Monday 5 May	Monday 4 May	Monday 3 May	Monday 1 May
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)⁶ Other show holidays	Wednesday 13 August	Wednesday 12 August	Wednesday 11 August	Wednesday 16 August
King’s Birthday⁵	Monday 6 October	Monday 5 October	Monday 4 October	Monday 2 October
Christmas Eve⁷ (24 December) 6pm to midnight	Wednesday 24 December	Thursday 24 December	Friday 24 December	Sunday 24 December
Christmas Day¹	Thursday 25 December	Friday 25 December	Saturday 25 December and Monday 27 December	Monday 25 December
Boxing Day¹	Friday 26 December	Saturday 26 December and Monday 28 December	Saturday 26 December and Tuesday 28 December	Tuesday 26 December

From Christmas Day 2011, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for an extra public holiday to be added when Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day falls on a weekend.
Australia Day public holiday is to be observed on the 26 January or, if 26 January is a Saturday or Sunday, it shall be observed the following Monday.
Easter Sunday is appointed as a public holiday. These arrangements have been in place since 2017 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 1 December 2016).
Anzac Day public holiday is to be observed on 25 April each year or, if 25 April is a Sunday, it shall be observed on the following Monday.
Labour Day public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in May and the Birthday of the Sovereign (King’s Birthday) public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in October. These arrangements have been in place since 2016 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 13 October 2015).
The Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day (Brisbane only) is held on the Wednesday during the RNA Show period. The RNA Show commences on the first Friday in August, unless the first Friday is prior to 5 August, then it commences on the second Friday of August.
From 2019, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for a part-day public holiday from 6pm to midnight on Christmas Eve (24 December).

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