Queensland Business Day Calculator

Last reviewed: May 19, 2026 · Holiday data: June 23, 2026

Calculate business days in Queensland with its own public holidays. Queensland shares the Monday to Friday working week and the Saturday and Sunday weekend with the rest of Australia, but its public holiday calendar is different, so due dates and deadlines can land differently from the national count.

How Queensland differs from the national Australian holidays

Queensland reshapes the national calendar in two ways. It adds Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Labour Day on the first Monday of May, and it observes the King's Birthday on the first Monday of October instead of the national June date, so the June holiday is dropped and the October one takes its place. The Royal Queensland Show holiday (the Ekka, in Brisbane) applies only to the Brisbane area, not the whole state, so it is noted here but left out of the statewide count. The working week is Monday to Friday with a Saturday and Sunday weekend.

Worked example

Adding 3 business days to Friday, October 2, 2026 using Queensland's public holidays lands on Thursday, October 8, 2026. With the national Australian public holidays, the same calculation lands on Wednesday, October 7, 2026: the gap comes from Queensland's own calendar.

Queensland public holidays in 2026

Date	Day	Public holiday	Notes
January 1	Thursday	New Year's Day	New Year's Day on Thursday January 1 is a strong bridge-day candidate; many employers grant the Friday as discretionary leave to produce a four-day weekend.
January 26	Monday	Australia Day	Australia Day on Monday January 26 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.
April 3	Friday	Good Friday	Good Friday on Friday April 3 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately following Saturday and Sunday.
April 4	Saturday (weekend)	Easter Saturday	Easter Saturday on a Saturday (April 4) typically shifts to an adjacent weekday for substitute observance, depending on jurisdiction.
April 5	Sunday (weekend)	Easter Sunday	Easter Sunday on a Sunday (April 5) typically shifts to an adjacent weekday for substitute observance, depending on jurisdiction.
April 6	Monday	Easter Monday	Easter Monday on Monday April 6 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.
April 25	Saturday (weekend)	ANZAC Day	ANZAC Day on a Saturday (April 25) typically shifts to an adjacent weekday for substitute observance, depending on jurisdiction.
May 4	Monday	Labour Day	Labour Day on Monday May 4 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.
October 5	Monday	King's Birthday	King's Birthday on Monday October 5 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.
December 25	Friday	Christmas Day	Christmas Day on Friday December 25 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately following Saturday and Sunday.
December 28	Monday	Boxing Day (observed)	Boxing Day (observed) on Monday December 28 produces a three-day weekend with the immediately preceding Saturday and Sunday.

How to count Queensland business days

For an interactive calculation, use the Australia calculator and add Queensland's own dates under Advanced options. The per-year public holiday page below lists every Queensland date ready to paste in.

Queensland public holiday data is verified against the Queensland Government (qld.gov.au).

Queensland FAQ

Does the Queensland calculator use different public holidays from the national Australian set?

Is the Queensland working week Monday to Friday?

Yes. Queensland uses the Monday to Friday working week with a Saturday and Sunday weekend, the same as the rest of Australia. Only the public holiday set changes.