Public holidays 2027

Public holidays in Australia 2027

Australia has 6 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 6 of them on a working day. 20 more holidays apply only in some regions.

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Australia 2027 at a glance

Nationwide public holidays: 6
Of those, on a working day: 6
Of those, on a weekend: 0
Regional only: 20
Longest break: 4 days (26 March to 29 March)
Bridge days: 1
Most nationwide holidays in: January (2)

The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.

All public holidays in Australia, 2027

Public holidays in Australia in 2027, by date
Date	Day	Holiday	Local name	Applies to
1 January	Friday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day	Nationwide
26 January	Tuesday	Australia Day	Australia Day	Nationwide
1 March	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day	Some regions: AU-WA
8 March	Monday	Adelaide Cup Day	Adelaide Cup Day	Some regions: AU-SA
8 March	Monday	Canberra Day	Canberra Day	Some regions: AU-ACT
8 March	Monday	Eight Hours Day	Eight Hours Day	Some regions: AU-TAS
8 March	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day	Some regions: AU-VIC
26 March	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday	Nationwide
27 March	Saturdayweekend	Holy Saturday	Easter Eve	Some regions: AU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-VIC
28 March	Sundayweekend	Easter Sunday	Easter Sunday	Some regions: AU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-VIC, AU-WA
29 March	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday	Nationwide
25 April	Sundayweekend	Anzac Day	Anzac Day	Some regions: AU-SA, AU-TAS, AU-VIC
26 April	Monday	Anzac Day	Anzac Day	Some regions: AU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-QLD, AU-WA
3 May	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day	Some regions: AU-QLD
3 May	Monday	May Day	May Day	Some regions: AU-NT
31 May	Monday	Reconciliation Day	Reconciliation Day	Some regions: AU-ACT
7 June	Monday	Western Australia Day	Western Australia Day	Some regions: AU-WA
14 June	Monday	King's Birthday	King's Birthday	Some regions: AU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-SA, AU-TAS, AU-VIC
2 August	Monday	Picnic Day	Picnic Day	Some regions: AU-NT
24 September	Friday	Friday before AFL Grand Final (Tentative Date)	Friday before AFL Grand Final (Tentative Date)	Some regions: AU-VIC
27 September	Monday	King's Birthday	King's Birthday	Some regions: AU-WA
4 October	Monday	King's Birthday	King's Birthday	Some regions: AU-QLD
4 October	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day	Some regions: AU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-SA
2 November	Tuesday	Melbourne Cup	Melbourne Cup	Some regions: AU-VIC
27 December	Monday	Christmas Day	Christmas Day	Nationwide
28 December	Tuesday	St. Stephen's Day	Boxing Day	Nationwide

Source: Nager.Date, checked on 3 November 2026. Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.

Long weekends and bridge days in Australia

A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.

Long weekends (3)

Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
Friday 26 March to Monday 29 March 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
Saturday 25 December to Tuesday 28 December 2027: 4 days off, with Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day.

Bridge days (1)

Monday 25 January: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Saturday 23 January to Tuesday 26 January 2027 (next to Australia Day).

Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.

Regional holidays

20 of the public holidays in Australia apply only in the regions named in the table. Whether one applies to an employee depends on where they work, so a company with people in several regions has a different list for each.

Add Australia to your calendar

Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.

https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/australia/2027.ics

Plan leave around these dates

Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Australia's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.

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