Australia Public Holidays 2024
January
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 1 Jan | New Year’s Day | National |
| 2024 | 10 Jan | Devonport Cup | TAS |
| 2024 | 26 Jan | Australia Day | National |
March
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 4 Mar | Labour Day | WA |
| 2024 | 5 Mar | King Island Show | TAS |
| 2024 | 11 Mar | Adelaide Cup Day | SA |
| 2024 | 11 Mar | Canberra Day | ACT |
| 2024 | 11 Mar | Eight Hours Day | TAS |
| 2024 | 11 Mar | Labour Day | VIC |
| 2024 | 29 Mar | Good Friday | National |
| 2024 | 30 Mar | Holy Saturday * | ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC |
| 2024 | 31 Mar | Easter Sunday ** | ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, NT |
*30 Mar 2024 – also called Easter Saturday
**31 Mar 2024 – In 2022, Western Australia and Northern Territories made Easter Sunday a public holiday.
*2 Apr 2024 –Easter Tuesday is a restricted public holiday in Tasmania.
July
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 5 Jul | Alice Springs Show Day | NT |
| 2024 | 12 Jul | Tennant Creek Show Day | NT |
| 2024 | 19 Jul | Katherine Show Day | NT |
| 2024 | 26 Jul | Darwin Show Day | NT |
August
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 5 Aug | Picnic Day | NT |
| 2024 | 14 Aug | Ekka Show * | QLD |
| 2024 | 16 Aug | Borroloola Show Day | NT |
*14 August 2024- Ekka Wednesday is observed in Brisbane only
*13 August to 17 August 2024 – Ekka Week
September
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 23 Sep | King’s Birthday | WA |
| 2024 | TBA | AFL Grand Final Friday | VIC |
October
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 4 Oct | Burnie Show * | TAS |
| 2024 | 7 Oct | Labour Day | ACT, NSW, SA |
| 2024 | 7 Oct | King’s Birthday | QLD |
| 2024 | 10 Oct | Royal Launceston Show | TAS |
| 2024 | 18 Oct | Flinders Island Show | TAS |
| 2024 | 24 Oct | Royal Hobart Show | TAS |
*4 October 2024 –The Burnie Show in Tasmania is now called The Show and Agri-Expo
November
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 4 Nov | Recreation Day | TAS |
| 2024 | 5 Nov | Melbourne Cup Day * | VIC |
| 2024 | 29 Nov | Devonport Show | TAS |
*5 November 2024 – Melbourne Cup Day is observed in all of Victoria unless a different local holiday has been arranged.
December
| Year | Date | Holiday | State |
|---|
| 2024 | 24 Dec | Christmas Eve * | NT, QLD, SA |
| 2024 | 25 Dec | Christmas Day | National |
| 2024 | 26 Dec | Boxing Day | ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, TAS, VIC, WA |
| 2024 | 26 Dec | Proclamation Day | SA |
| 2024 | 31 Dec | New Year’s Eve ** | NT, SA |
*24 December 2024 – Queensland has a part-day public holiday for Christmas Eve from 6 pm to midnight
*31 December 2024 – South Australia and Northern Territory have a part-day public holiday for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from 7 pm to midnight.
