Queensland, Australia public holidays 2026

2026 at a glance

• ANZAC Day falls on Saturday 25 April and no substitute weekday is counted; Boxing Day falls on Saturday 26 December and is observed on Monday 28 December.
• In 2026, public holidays fall on 8 weekdays in Queensland, one fewer than in 2025.

Public holidays in 2026

12 dates are counted as non-working in Queensland in 2026; 8 of them fall on a weekday.

• observed substitute weekday off
• not counted some employers only

Also observed by some

1 more day is a holiday only for some employers, sectors or areas in 2026. It is not counted as a non-working day here.

Working days and hours by month

Working days are Monday to Friday minus the counted holidays. Hours are shown for a 7.5-hour and an 8-hour working day.

• Jan 20 working days in January, 2 holidays
• Feb 20 working days in February
• Mar 22 working days in March
• Apr 20 working days in April, 5 holidays
• May 20 working days in May, 1 holiday
• Jun 22 working days in June
• Jul 23 working days in July
• Aug 21 working days in August
• Sep 22 working days in September
• Oct 21 working days in October, 1 holiday
• Nov 21 working days in November
• Dec 21 working days in December, 3 holidays

Compare with the rest of Australia

Long weekends in 2026

Runs of three or more days off in a row without taking leave.

• 3 days Saturday 24 January 2026 to Monday 26 January 2026
• 4 days Friday 3 April 2026 to Monday 6 April 2026
• 3 days Saturday 2 May 2026 to Monday 4 May 2026
• 3 days Saturday 3 October 2026 to Monday 5 October 2026
• 4 days Friday 25 December 2026 to Monday 28 December 2026

Best days to take leave in 2026

The longest single break for each number of leave days, built around a public holiday.

Leave plans for the whole year

Non-overlapping breaks that give the most days off for a given number of leave days.

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Countdown

The days to the next holiday appear here when JavaScript is on.

The working days left this month and this year appear here when JavaScript is on.

Count working days between two dates

Calendar and data downloads

The subscription works in Google Calendar, Outlook and Apple Calendar. The CSV file also lists the days observed by some.

About public holidays in Queensland

Public holidays in Queensland are set by the Holidays Act 1983. The Queensland Government list has New Year's Day (1 January), Australia Day (26 January), Good Friday, the day after Good Friday (Easter Saturday), Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day (25 April), Labour Day, the Royal Queensland Show day in the Brisbane area, the King's Birthday, Christmas Day (25 December) and Boxing Day (26 December), plus a part-day holiday on Christmas Eve.

Labour Day and the King's Birthday fall on different dates from New South Wales and Victoria. Labour Day is Monday 4 May 2026, Monday 3 May 2027 and Monday 1 May 2028. The King's Birthday is Monday 5 October 2026, Monday 4 October 2027 and Monday 2 October 2028. The Queensland Government publishes dates up to 2028.

Since Christmas 2011 the Act adds an extra public holiday when Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day falls on a weekend. In 2026 Boxing Day is Saturday 26 December and Monday 28 December is added. In 2027 Christmas Day is a Saturday and Boxing Day a Sunday, so Monday 27 December and Tuesday 28 December are added. In 2028 New Year's Day is Saturday 1 January and Monday 3 January is added.

Anzac Day is handled differently. For 2027, when 25 April is a Sunday, the Queensland Government list shows the Anzac Day holiday on Monday 26 April. For 2026, when 25 April is a Saturday, the list shows Saturday 25 April only, with no weekday added.

The Royal Queensland Show holiday, listed by the Queensland Government as Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day, applies in the Brisbane area only: Wednesday 12 August 2026, Wednesday 11 August 2027 and Wednesday 16 August 2028. Other parts of Queensland have their own show holidays, which the Queensland Government lists separately. Because none of these show days applies to the whole State, this site counts neither the Brisbane show day nor the regional show holidays: the Brisbane show day is listed among the days observed by some, and the regional show holidays are not listed. The monthly figures for Brisbane or for a town with its own show day are therefore one day higher than its local calendar.

Christmas Eve has been a part-day public holiday from 6pm to midnight since 2019. Because it covers only the evening, this site does not count it as a non-working day.

Easter Sunday is appointed as a public holiday, and Easter Saturday is the day after Good Friday. Both fall on a weekend and do not change the number of working days.

At the national level, section 115 of the Fair Work Act 2009 names eight core public holidays and recognises the days and part-days that a State law declares or substitutes, which includes the Queensland additional days and the Christmas Eve part-day.

Source and last check

Dates are calculated with the python-holidays library 0.108 and checked against the official sources below. Last checked: 15 November 2026.

Sources

• https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/public
• https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2009A00028/latest/text

How the counts are made