Holidays in Australia 2028

Last reviewed: October 14, 2026 · Holiday data: August 26, 2026

The 2028 Australia holiday table below lists 9 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed. 8 fall on a weekday and 1 lands on a weekend, leaving 252 business days across the year on the national-only count. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 1 is marked observed or additional, the day a holiday was moved to or a further day granted with it.

2028 public holidays calendar

Date	Day	Holiday	Notes
Jan 1	Saturday (weekend)	New Year's Day
Jan 3	Monday	New Year's Day (additional)	New Year's Day (additional) on Monday January 3 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Jan 26	Wednesday	Australia Day	Australia Day on Wednesday January 26 falls mid-week, with at least two working days between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend on each side.
Apr 14	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday on Friday April 14 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Apr 17	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday on Monday April 17 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Apr 25	Tuesday	ANZAC Day	ANZAC Day on Tuesday April 25 leaves Monday April 24 as a bridge day, the only working day between it and the Saturday-Sunday weekend.
Jun 12	Monday	King's Birthday	King's Birthday on Monday June 12 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Dec 25	Monday	Christmas Day	Christmas Day on Monday December 25 sits next to the Saturday-Sunday weekend, which makes it a long weekend.
Dec 26	Tuesday	Boxing Day	Boxing Day on Tuesday December 26 is joined to the Saturday-Sunday weekend by the holiday before it, with no working day in between.

2028 year summary

Total days

366

Weekend days

106

Public holidays on weekdays

Working days

252

The 1 weekend date in 2028 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a day the count already excludes, so the working-day reduction comes only from the 8 weekday dates. Section 115(1)(a) of the Fair Work Act 2009 names the national public holidays in this table: New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the King's Birthday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The Act attaches no weekend rule to them. A further public holiday is a day declared under State or Territory law (s 115(1)(b)), a day substituted under such a law is the public holiday (s 115(2)), and an award, an enterprise agreement or an employer and employee may agree another substitute (s 115(3) and (4)). The table adds a weekday only where Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day falls on a weekend, marked additional, and keeps the weekend date on the list as well; it moves Australia Day to the Monday when 26 January is a Saturday or Sunday. Both follow Victoria's Public Holidays Act 1993 (s 6(b), (c), (ka) and (m)), which also puts the King's Birthday on the second Monday in June (s 6(i)), the date the table uses.

Sources for these rules

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources

Holidays not included

Every other public holiday belongs to a State or Territory, and each has its own page on this site. Victoria's Act shows how much one jurisdiction adds: Labour Day on the second Monday in March, the Saturday before Easter Sunday, Easter Sunday, the Friday before the AFL Grand Final and Melbourne Cup Day on the first Tuesday in November (s 6), and the Minister may appoint further days by notice in the Government Gazette (s 7). The King's Birthday is national in name only: the Fair Work Act takes it on the day it is celebrated in each State or Territory or region, so a jurisdiction that keeps it on another day moves it off this table's date. Each State and Territory page states the weekend rule of its own Act; use that page, or add its dates under Advanced options.

Sources for these rules

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources

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Sources and verification

Official source: Fair Work Ombudsman (fairwork.gov.au) (opens in a new tab)

Cross-checked against this source on August 26, 2026.

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Australia Holidays 2028 - FAQ

How many dates are on the 2028 Australia holiday calendar?

9 dates, each one a day this calculator treats as closed in 2028. Of those, 8 fall on a weekday and 1 lands on a weekend. A date is not always a holiday of its own: 1 is marked observed or additional, the day a holiday was moved to or a further day granted with it. The complete list with dates and weekday placements is in the calendar table above.

How many business days does Australia have in 2028?

Australia has 252 business days in 2028 on the national-only count, after subtracting 106 weekend days and 8 weekday-falling public holidays. This is the national count: it uses only the dates in the table above, so a holiday kept only in one region or by one sector is not in it.

Which 2028 national public holiday dates fall on a weekday?

8 of the 9 dates in the 2028 Australia holiday table fall on a weekday and reduce the business days count: New Year's Day (additional) (Monday, January 3); Australia Day (Wednesday, January 26); Good Friday (Friday, April 14); Easter Monday (Monday, April 17); ANZAC Day (Tuesday, April 25); King's Birthday (Monday, June 12); Christmas Day (Monday, December 25); Boxing Day (Tuesday, December 26).

Which 2028 holidays fall on a weekend and how are they handled?

1 of the 2028 dates falls on a weekend: New Year's Day on Saturday, January 1. Each is listed on its calendar date, and none of those entries takes a working day out of the count. On weekdays, the table also carries New Year's Day (additional) on Monday January 3. In 2028 the state and territory tables on this site also carry New Year's Day (observed) on Monday January 3 in Tasmania. Each of those tables rests on its own source, listed below the questions.

Sources for these rules

Tasmania: the source of this site's Tasmania holiday table (legislation.tas.gov.au)

Checked October 13, 2026. All sources