Public holidays 2026 – Queensland
The 11 public holidays of 2026 in Queensland, with the law behind each one and the weekday it falls on.
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We could not confirm this list against an official source for this year. It is here for reference only, it is not indexed, and it should not be used for payroll, travel or contracts. Check the official source listed below.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day | Public holiday |
| 26 January | Monday | Australia Day | Public holiday |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday | Public holiday |
| 4 April | Saturday | Easter Saturday | Public holiday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday | Public holiday |
| 25 April | Saturday | Anzac Day | Public holiday |
| 4 May | Monday | Labour Day | Public holiday |
| 5 October | Monday | King's Birthday | Public holiday |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day | Public holiday |
| 26 December | Saturday | Boxing Day | Public holiday |
| 28 December | Monday | Additional day (Boxing Day) | Public holiday |
Holidays in the year
11
Holidays falling on a weekend
3
Working days
253
We could not read this state government page when this dataset was built, so these dates are not confirmed against the official proclamation. Check the official page before relying on them.
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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 2026 Easter falls on 5 April 2026.
Where this list comes from
The legal basis cited for Queensland 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
Queensland's 2026 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 2026 holiday calendar of Queensland
How many of Queensland's 2026 holidays fall on a weekday?
Of Queensland's 11 effective holidays in 2026, 8 fall on a weekday and 3 fall on a Saturday or Sunday — 27% 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 Queensland in 2026?
April is the busiest month for holidays in Queensland in 2026, with 4 dates. February, March, June, July, August, September 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 Queensland gains more by reading the month-by-month calendar than the yearly count.
Is there a bridge day to take in Queensland in 2026?
Queensland has 1 possible bridge day in 2026, for a total of 1 leave day that, taken at the right time, stretch into a longer break. The biggest is around New Year's Day, which yields 4 consecutive days off.
Does Queensland have more or fewer holidays in 2026 than in 2025?
In 2025, the year before this one, Queensland had 11 effective holidays, against 11 in 2026. 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 Queensland's movable dates shift every year?
In 2026, Easter falls on 5 April 2026, and every movable feast on Queensland'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.
What holidays does Queensland add on top of Australia's own?
On top of the holidays that apply across all of Australia, Queensland has 4 dates of its own in 2026: Easter Saturday, Labour Day, King's Birthday and Additional day (Boxing Day). Those dates only apply inside the region, so anyone living or travelling outside it is not entitled to that day off.
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.
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