Public holidays 2028 – Australia
The 7 public holidays of 2028 in Australia, with the law behind each one and the weekday it falls on.
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| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Saturday | New Year's Day | Public holiday |
| 26 January | Wednesday | Australia Day | Public holiday |
| 14 April | Friday | Good Friday | Public holiday |
| 17 April | Monday | Easter Monday | Public holiday |
| 25 April | Tuesday | Anzac Day | Public holiday |
| 25 December | Monday | Christmas Day | Public holiday |
| 26 December | Tuesday | Boxing Day | Public holiday |
Holidays in the year
7
Holidays falling on a weekend
1
Working days
254
Australia has no national list: each state and territory declares its own public holidays. These seven days are observed in every state and territory, without the substitute days each state adds.
Local and municipal holidays are not on this page.
Related pages
States and regions
How to read these numbers
How movable feasts are worked out
Carnival, Good Friday, Corpus Christi and other Easter-linked dates are not picked at random: they are counted a fixed number of days before or after Easter Sunday, which itself follows the Easter computus (first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox). In 2028 Easter falls on 16 April 2028.
Where this list comes from
The legal basis cited for Australia is Leis de feriados dos Estados e Territorios australianos, an official source. This page is based only on the legal rule, not yet cross-checked.
What a "discretionary day" is not
A discretionary day is not a holiday: closing is a decision each office, business or school makes for itself, not a legal requirement. Two places in the same city can decide differently on the same day, which is why this kind of date is listed separately on this page.
This page is not yet indexed
Australia's 2028 calendar comes only from the legal rule, without cross-checking against an independent source. That is why the page stays out of search results until that check happens — the content may well be right, but it has not been verified twice yet.
Understanding the 2028 holiday calendar of Australia
How many of Australia's 2028 holidays fall on a weekday?
Of Australia's 7 effective holidays in 2028, 6 fall on a weekday and 1 fall on a Saturday or Sunday — 14% of the calendar. Most fall on a weekday, which is the scenario that actually keeps people out of work: anyone planning a trip or a day off gets more real dates to choose from.
Which month has the most holidays in Australia in 2028?
April is the busiest month for holidays in Australia in 2028, with 3 dates. February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October and November have no effective holiday at all this year. More than a third of the year's calendar is concentrated in that single month, so anyone planning travel or building work in Australia gains more by reading the month-by-month calendar than the yearly count.
Is there a bridge day to take in Australia in 2028?
Australia has 1 possible bridge day in 2028, for a total of 1 leave day that, taken at the right time, stretch into a longer break. The biggest is around Anzac Day, which yields 4 consecutive days off.
Does Australia have more or fewer holidays in 2028 than in 2027?
In 2027, the year before this one, Australia had 7 effective holidays, against 7 in 2028. The total did not change, but the civil calendar shifts by seven days a week, so the same fixed dates can fall on different weekdays — what really changes is how many turn into real time off.
Why do Australia's movable dates shift every year?
In 2028, Easter falls on 16 April 2028, and every movable feast on Australia's calendar is counted from that date: Good Friday, Easter Monday. Easter has no fixed date because it follows the Easter computus, a fourth-century rule that ties it to the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox — which is why it ranges between 22 March and 25 April, dragging every holiday counted from it along with it.
Words on this page
National holiday and regional holiday
A national holiday applies across the whole country, set by federal law; a regional one (state, provincial or municipal) applies only inside that jurisdiction, under its own law. The same date can be a day off in one city and an ordinary working day a hundred kilometres away — which is why this page always states each date's scope.
Working day
A day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or an effective holiday (discretionary days and bank holidays do not count here). It is the unit used for legal deadlines, contracts and payroll, so the year's total of working days changes with that place's holiday calendar.
Standard definition by Convenção OIT 52/1936 (descanso semanal e feriados) · Working day
Movable holiday
A holiday that does not fall on a fixed civil-calendar date because it is counted from Easter (Carnival, Good Friday, Corpus Christi) or follows an "nth weekday of the month" rule (such as US Thanksgiving). The date shifts every year within a known range.
Easter computus
The algorithm that fixes Easter on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the March equinox, a rule set at the Council of Nicaea (325 CE). Because it depends on the Moon, the date ranges between 22 March and 25 April, and every movable Christian holiday is counted from it.
Standard definition by Meeus/Butcher algorithm (Gregorian calendar) · Easter computus
Bridge day
One or two working days between a holiday and the weekend (or between two holidays) that, taken as leave, join up into a longer break without spending many vacation days. This page's bridge-day table shows where that happens each year.
Discretionary day off
A day on which public offices may close, but closing is not required by law — each agency, business or school decides for itself. It does not count as a holiday for labour-law purposes, which is why this page lists it separately from the table.
ISO 8601 week
The week numbering of the international ISO 8601 standard: the week starts on Monday, and week 1 of the year is the one containing January's first Thursday. Under that rule, the last days of December can belong to week 1 of the next year, and the first days of January can belong to the previous year's last week.
Standard definition by ISO 8601 · ISO 8601 week
Legal source
- Leis de feriados dos Estados e Territorios australianos · Checked on 7 October 2026
Nao foi possivel ler as paginas oficiais de VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT e ACT na geracao (bloqueio 403). As listas desses Estados ficam sem confirmacao e as paginas saem com noindex.
- NSW Government - Public holidays (Public Holidays Act 2010) · Checked on 7 October 2026
fonte oficial lida na geracao