Anzac Day public holiday 2027 in every state and territory

Anzac Day is a public holiday in every state and territory. In 2027 it falls on Sunday 25 April, and the states split three ways: New South Wales, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory keep the Sunday and add Monday 26 April as well, Queensland and Northern Territory move the holiday to the Monday, and Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania keep it on the Sunday with no Monday off.

Next Anzac Day: Sunday 25 April 2027. Monday 26 April 2027 is a public holiday in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. Anzac Day 2026 has passed. It fell on Saturday 25 April.

Anzac Day public holiday dates by state, 2026 and 2027

Every public holiday day for Anzac Day in each state and territory. Where two dates are listed, both days are public holidays.

State20262027Monday 26 April 2027
New South Wales
NSW public holidays
Sat 25 April
Mon 27 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
Mon 26 April
Yes, an extra day
Victoria
VIC public holidays
Sat 25 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
No
Queensland
QLD public holidays
Sat 25 April
Passed
Mon 26 April
Yes, instead of Sunday
Western Australia
WA public holidays
Sat 25 April
Mon 27 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
Mon 26 April
Yes, an extra day
South Australia
SA public holidays
Sat 25 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
No
Tasmania
TAS public holidays
Sat 25 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
No
Northern Territory
NT public holidays
Sat 25 April
Passed
Mon 26 April
Yes, instead of Sunday
Australian Capital Territory
ACT public holidays
Sat 25 April
Mon 27 April
Passed
Sun 25 April
Mon 26 April
Yes, an extra day
Dates from the public holiday lists published by each state and territory government, retrieved 10 November 2026: NSW Government - Public holidays, Business Victoria - Victorian public holidays 2026, Queensland Government - Public holidays, WA Government - Public holidays, SafeWork SA - Public holidays, WorkSafe Tasmania - Public holidays, NT Government - Public holidays, ACT Government - Public holidays, Business Victoria - Victorian public holidays 2027, ACT Legislation Register - Holidays (Anzac Day Additional Public Holiday 2027) Declaration 2026 (No 1), ACT Legislation Register - Holidays (Anzac Day) Amendment Bill 2026, Fair Work Ombudsman - 2027 public holidays.

What happens when Anzac Day falls on a weekend

Anzac Day is a national public holiday, but the weekend rule is set by each state and territory, and there are three different rules. That is why 2026 and 2027 look so different from one state to the next.

  • 25 April only, no extra day: Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Anzac Day is the public holiday on whatever day 25 April falls, Saturday or Sunday included. SafeWork SA puts it plainly: "There is no substitute or additional public holiday when 25 April falls on a Saturday or Sunday."
  • 25 April plus the following Monday: Western Australia, by standing rule: "When New Year's Day, Anzac Day, or Christmas Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday the next following Monday is also a public holiday." NSW also lists an Additional Day after Anzac Day in both 2026 and 2027, while keeping 25 April itself.
  • Moves to Monday only if 25 April is a Sunday: Queensland observes Anzac Day "on 25 April each year or, if 25 April is a Sunday, it shall be observed on the following Monday." A Saturday Anzac Day stays on the Saturday. The Northern Territory's lists follow the same pattern: Saturday 25 April in 2026, Monday 26 April in 2027.

The ACT sits between these. Its own rule moves a Sunday Anzac Day to the Monday, but the ACT Government has declared the other day an additional public holiday in recent weekend years, so ACT workers get both. That is covered in its own section below.

Where a state moves the holiday, the Monday is the public holiday under the Fair Work Act and 25 April is an ordinary weekend day. Where a state adds a Monday, both days count. The substitute public holidays guide explains how substituted and additional days work for every holiday, not just Anzac Day.

Anzac Day 2027: who gets Monday 26 April

Monday 26 April 2027 is a public holiday in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. It is a normal working day in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

  • Sunday and Monday both public holidays: New South Wales, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory. A long weekend from Saturday 24 to Monday 26 April.
  • Monday only: Queensland and Northern Territory. Sunday 25 April is an ordinary Sunday, and Monday 26 April is the Anzac Day public holiday.
  • Sunday only: Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Sunday 25 April is the public holiday and there is no Monday off.

Business Victoria's 2027 list shows Anzac Day as Sunday 25 April with the footnote "There is no replacement holiday when ANZAC Day falls on a weekend." WorkSafe Tasmania says the same for Tasmania: "When Anzac Day falls on Saturday or Sunday, no substitute or additional holiday is observed."

Anzac Day 2026: the Saturday holiday

Anzac Day 2026 fell on Saturday 25 April. Saturday was the public holiday in every state and territory, and New South Wales, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory also made Monday 27 April a public holiday. Queensland and the Northern Territory, which move only a Sunday Anzac Day, kept it on the Saturday with no Monday, as did Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

The NSW Monday is not part of the state's standard weekend rule. The NSW Government says that rule adds a Monday only "when New Year's Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday", and that "The Anzac Day holiday is always recognised and observed on the 25 April every year. This includes when it falls on a weekend." The extra Monday appears on the NSW list for 2026 and 2027 as an Additional Day, so do not assume one in later weekend years until NSW publishes it.

The ACT: two days in 2027, and a bill to make it permanent

Under section 3 of the ACT's Holidays Act 1958, the public holiday is "25 April (Anzac Day), or, if that day falls on a Sunday, the following Monday". Read alone, that would make Monday 26 April 2027 the only ACT holiday. The same section lets the Minister declare any other day a public holiday, and that power has been used to keep both days.

The ACT list for 2026 had Saturday 25 and Monday 27 April. For 2027, the Minister signed a declaration on 13 August 2026 (NI2026-387, in force from 15 August 2026) that reads: "I declare Sunday 25 April 2027 to be an additional public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory." With the Monday from the Act, ACT employees have both Sunday 25 April and Monday 26 April 2027 as public holidays. The ACT Government's holiday page and the Fair Work Ombudsman's 2027 list both show the two days.

The Holidays (Anzac Day) Amendment Bill 2026 would write this into the Act. It was presented on 21 October 2026 and, at 10 November 2026, the ACT Legislation Register shows it as "Before the Assembly". It is a bill, not law. If passed, the rule would read "25 April (Anzac Day), and, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday". The explanatory statement says it "legislates additional public holiday arrangements that have been applied under the Holidays Act in 2020, 2021, 2026 and planned for 2027". Either way, 2027 is already covered by the declaration.

Which state's Anzac Day applies to you

The one for the place where you are based for work, not where you live or happen to be working that day. The Fair Work Ombudsman says "An employee is entitled to the public holidays that fall where they are based for work, not where they are working on the day of the public holiday." A Melbourne-based employee working in Sydney on Monday 26 April 2027 has no public holiday that day, because Victoria has no Monday.

If the public holiday falls on a day you would ordinarily work, you are entitled to the day off and to be paid for it. That is where a weekend Anzac Day bites. A Monday to Friday worker in Victoria, South Australia or Tasmania gets no paid day off for Anzac Day 2027, because Sunday is not one of their ordinary days. A part-timer or casual whose roster never includes the holiday is in the same position in every state.

Fair Work Act 2009, section 116, Note: "If the employee does not have ordinary hours of work on the public holiday, the employee is not entitled to payment under this section. For example, the employee is not entitled to payment if the employee is a casual employee who is not rostered on for the public holiday, or is a part-time employee whose part-time hours do not include the day of the week on which the public holiday occurs."

Anzac Day pay if you work it or take it off

If you take the day off, you are paid your base rate for the ordinary hours you would have worked. That comes from section 116 of the Fair Work Act, so it applies whether or not an award covers you. Base rate means no penalty, no loading and no overtime.

If you work it, the penalty rate comes from your award or enterprise agreement, because the Fair Work Act sets no public holiday penalty of its own. Across the 33 modern awards on this site, 25 pay 250% of the base rate, five pay 225% (Fast Food, Hospitality, General Retail, Restaurant and Pharmacy), two pay 200% (Nurses and Real Estate), and the Teachers Award pays no public holiday penalty at all. A few awards single out Anzac Day: under the Meat Industry Award, Christmas Day and Anzac Day are a flat 300% for permanent employees. The award-by-award table is in public holiday pay rates, and is public holiday pay double time explains why "double pay" is usually the wrong number.

Which day gets the public holiday rate in 2027 depends on your state. Where Sunday 25 April is a public holiday (New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Australian Capital Territory), Sunday hours attract the public holiday rate rather than the Sunday rate. In Queensland and Northern Territory, Sunday 25 April is an ordinary Sunday paid at your award's Sunday rate, and the public holiday rate moves to Monday 26 April.

If you are a casual and you work it, the 25% casual loading is normally added to the penalty rather than compounded with it, so a 225% award pays a casual 250%. See public holiday pay for casual employees.

Your employer can ask you to work on Anzac Day, but the request must be reasonable, and you may refuse if it is not or if your refusal is reasonable. Section 114(4) lists the factors, including your family responsibilities, the nature of the workplace, how much notice you were given and whether your pay reflects an expectation of public holiday work. To put a dollar figure on a shift, use the public holiday pay calculator or check your award on the modern award pay pages.

If Anzac Day falls during your annual leave

You keep the day. A public holiday inside a period of paid annual leave is not deducted from your balance. The Fair Work Ombudsman's own example uses Anzac Day on a Monday inside 10 days of annual leave, and says "only 9 days are deducted from Marissa's annual leave balance."

Fair Work Act 2009, section 89: if a period of paid annual leave includes a day that is a public holiday in the place where the employee is based for work purposes, the employee is taken not to be on paid annual leave on that day.

In 2027 this only helps where Monday 26 April is a public holiday, since a Sunday holiday does not sit inside a normal Monday to Friday leave booking. In those states a week off starting Monday 26 April costs four days of leave. The annual leave planner finds these bridges for you, and the long weekends in Australia page shows which states get the Anzac Day long weekend.

Anzac Day 2028 falls on Tuesday 25 April, a weekday, so the weekend question goes away until 2032. For every date in a year, see the public holidays hub or the full 2027 public holiday calendar, and use the state links in the table above for your own state's list.

Q & A

Anzac Day questions.

The dates and pay questions people ask most about the Anzac Day public holiday.

Is Anzac Day a public holiday?
Yes, in every state and territory. Anzac Day (25 April) is one of the public holidays named in the National Employment Standards, so it is a public holiday everywhere in Australia. What changes from state to state is what happens when 25 April falls on a weekend.
Is Monday 26 April 2027 a public holiday?
Only in some places. Monday 26 April 2027 is a public holiday in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory. In Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania it is an ordinary working day, because Anzac Day stays on Sunday 25 April with no replacement Monday.
Is there an Anzac Day public holiday in Victoria in 2027?
Yes, but it is on Sunday 25 April 2027 and there is no Monday holiday. Business Victoria says Anzac Day "is commemorated on the day it falls. There is no replacement holiday when ANZAC Day falls on a weekend." South Australia and Tasmania follow the same rule.
When is the Anzac Day public holiday in Queensland in 2027?
Monday 26 April 2027. Queensland observes Anzac Day on the following Monday when 25 April is a Sunday, so Sunday 25 April 2027 is not a public holiday there. A Saturday Anzac Day does not move, which is why Queensland had no Monday off in 2026.
Was Monday 27 April 2026 a public holiday?
In New South Wales, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory only. Anzac Day 2026 fell on Saturday 25 April, and those states added Monday 27 April as an extra day while keeping the Saturday. Everywhere else the holiday was the Saturday alone.
What am I paid if I work on Anzac Day 2027?
It depends on which day is the public holiday where you are based. Where Sunday 25 April is the public holiday (NSW, VIC, WA, SA, TAS and ACT), Sunday work is paid at your award's public holiday rate, commonly 250%. In Queensland and Northern Territory the Sunday is an ordinary Sunday paid at the Sunday rate, and the public holiday rate applies to Monday 26 April instead.
Do I get paid for Anzac Day if it falls on a day I do not work?
No. Section 116 of the Fair Work Act pays your base rate only for ordinary hours you would have worked on the public holiday. If you work Monday to Friday, a Sunday Anzac Day gives you no extra paid day unless your state also makes the Monday a public holiday.
Is the ACT changing its Anzac Day public holiday?
A bill is before the ACT Legislative Assembly. The Holidays (Anzac Day) Amendment Bill 2026, presented on 21 October 2026, would make 25 April and the following Monday both public holidays whenever Anzac Day falls on a weekend. It is not law yet. For 2027 the ACT has already declared Sunday 25 April an additional public holiday alongside Monday 26 April.