Public holidays

Holiday	2021	2022	2023
New Year's Day	Friday 1 January	Saturday 1 January and Monday 3 January²	Sunday 1 January and Monday 2 January²
Australia Day	Tuesday 26 January	Wednesday 26 January	Thursday 26 January
Good Friday	Friday 2 April	Friday 15 April	Friday 7 April
The day after Good Friday	Saturday 3 April	Saturday 16 April	Saturday 8 April
Easter Sunday⁴	Sunday 4 April	Sunday 17 April	Sunday 9 April
Easter Monday	Monday 5 April	Monday 18 April	Monday 10 April
Anzac Day	Monday 26 April	Monday 25 April	Tuesday 25 April
Labour Day	Monday 3 May³	Monday 2 May³	Monday 1 May³
Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only)¹ Other show holidays	The day previously appointed has been repealed	Wednesday 10 August	Wednesday 16 August
2021 People's long weekend⁶ only in the following areas: Brisbane; Moreton Bay and Scenic Rim	Friday 29 October	-	-
Queen’s Birthday	Monday 4 October³	Monday 3 October³	Monday 2 October³
Christmas Eve⁵ (24 December) 6pm–Midnight	Friday 24 December	Saturday 24 December	Sunday 24 December
Christmas Day	Saturday 25 December and Monday 27 December²	Sunday 25 December and Tuesday 27 December²	Monday 25 December
Boxing Day	Sunday 26 December and Tuesday 28 December²	Monday 26 December	Tuesday 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.
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 2021 only, a public holiday will be appointed in place of previously appointed show public holidays for Brisbane City, Moreton Bay Region and Scenic Rim local government areas.

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