Public holidays
Holiday | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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New Year's Day | Wednesday 1 January | Friday 1 January | Saturday 1 January and Monday 3 January2 |
Australia Day | Monday 27 January3 | Tuesday 26 January | Wednesday 26 January |
Good Friday | Friday 10 April | Friday 2 April | Friday 15 April |
The day after Good Friday | Saturday 11 April | Saturday 3 April | Saturday 16 April |
Easter Sunday | Sunday 12 April5 | Sunday 4 April5 | Sunday 17 April5 |
Easter Monday | Monday 13 April | Monday 5 April | Monday 18 April |
Anzac Day | Saturday 25 April | Monday 26 April | Monday 25 April |
Labour Day | Monday 4 May4 | Monday 3 May4 | Monday 2 May4 |
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)1 | Show holiday moved to Friday 14 August 2020 for one year only7 | Wednesday 11 August | Wednesday 10 August |
2020 People’s long weekend7 only in the following areas: Brisbane; Burdekin; Charters Towers; Cloncurry; Gold Coast; Livingstone; Logan; Mackay; Rockhampton; Weipa Town Area; and Whitsunday (Bowen area only) | Friday 14 August7 | - | - |
Queen’s Birthday | Monday 5 October4 | Monday 4 October4 | Monday 3 October4 |
Christmas Eve (24 December) 6pm – midnight | Thursday 24 December6 | Friday 24 December6 | Saturday 24 December6 |
Christmas Day | Friday 25 December | Saturday 25 December and | Sunday 25 December and |
Boxing Day | Saturday 26 December and | Sunday 26 December and | Monday 26 December |
- The Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day (Brisbane only) is held on the Wednesday during the RNA Show period. The RNA Show commences on the first Friday in August, unless the first Friday is prior to 5 August, then it commences on the second Friday of August.
- From Christmas Day 2011, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for an extra public holiday to be added when Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day falls on a weekend.
- Australia Day public holiday – if 26 January is a Saturday or Sunday, the public holiday is to be observed on the following Monday.
- Labour Day public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in May and the Birthday of the Sovereign (Queen’s Birthday) public holiday is to be observed on the first Monday in October. These arrangements have been in place since 2016 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 13 October 2015).
- Easter Sunday is appointed as a public holiday. These arrangements have been in place since 2017 following amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 (passed by Parliament on 1 December 2016).
- From 2019, the Holidays Act 1983 provides for a part-day public holiday from 6pm to midnight on Christmas Eve (24 December).
- For 2020 only, a public holiday has been appointed in place of previously appointed show public holidays in certain areas of the State.
Public holiday dates for previous years
- Public holiday dates for 2019
- Public holiday dates for 2018
- Public holiday dates for 2017
- Public holiday dates for 2016
- Public holiday dates for 2015
- Public holiday dates for 2014
- Public holiday dates for 2013
- Public holiday dates for 2012