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Australia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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10 Apr 2012 (ACT Government Chief Minister's Department-Canberra) The Chief Minister's Office of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has announced the list of public holidays to be observed in the Australian Capital Territory during the calendar year 2014. • 29 Mar 2012 (The Parliament of Western Australia-Perth) Yesterday, the Parliament of Western Australia passed a law that will rename the annual "Foundation Day" non-working state public holiday as "WA Day", effective immediately. • 22 Mar 2012 (The Australian-Adelaide) The South Australian Government has made a deal with independent MPs to ensure passage of its currently-proposed amendments to the official legislation governing non-working public holidays in the Australian state of South Australia. • 04 Mar 2012 (The Government of South Australia-Adelaide) The South Australian Government has announced that it plans to review and amend the official legislation governing non-working public holidays in the Australian state of South Australia. • 28 Jan 2012 (State Government of Victoria-Melbourne) The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2014. • 19 Jan 2012 (Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce-Perth) The Government of Western Australia has released the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2014. • 03 Jan 2012 (Tasmanian Government Media Releases-Hobart) The Workplace Standards Tasmania of Australia's State of Tasmania, has released the list of 2014 non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Tasmania for the calendar year 2014. • 03 Dec 2011 (The State of Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General-Brisbane) Last month's announced revision of the list of public holidays in Australia's State of Queensland have now been officially gazetted, with immediate effect. • 28 Nov 2011 (Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government-Darwin) The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has gazetted Sunday, January 1, 2012, as a additional public holiday, in addition to the 2012, January 2, day in lieu public holiday on the following Monday. • 25 Nov 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation-ABC) A public holiday has been declared in Australia's State of Queensland on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, to commemorate the first anniversary of the flash floods that occurred at the beginning of this year in Queensland's Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane. • 11 Nov 2011 (Northern Territory Government-Darwin) The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has gazetted the upcoming Christmas Day and New Year's Day as public holidays, in addition to this year's day in lieu public holidays on the following Monday. • 08 Nov 2011 (The State of Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General-Brisbane) The Department of Justice of Australia's State of Queensland has published a revised schedule of 2011-2014 state public holidays following last week's announced revision of Queensland state public holidays beginning in 2012. • 05 Nov 2011 (The Sunday Mail-Brisbane) The Premier of the Australian State of Queensland, Anna Bligh, has finally announced her government's decision as regards the moving the Queen’s Birthday non-working public holiday to the second half of the year in the Australian State of Queensland. • 16 Aug 2011 (NSW Government-Sydney) The State Government of Australia's State of New South Wales has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of New South Wales for the calendar year 2013. • 22 Jun 2011 (State Government of Victoria-Melbourne) The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced the list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria for the calendar year 2013. • 15 May 2011 (Department of Justice and Attorney-General-State of Queensland) The Department of Justice and Attorney-General of Australia's State of Queensland has announced the dates of its state public holidays for 2014. • 14 Mar 2011 (Adelaide Now-Adelaide) The Racing Minister of Australia's State of South Australia, Tom Kenyon, has confirmed that, in the future, the South Australian government would not move the Adelaide Cup public holiday back to the month of May. • 02 Mar 2011 (ACT Government Chief Minister's Department-Canberra) The Chief Minister's Office of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has announced the list of public holidays to be observed in the Australian Capital Territory during 2013. • 13 Nov 2010 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation-ABC) The Premier of the Australian State of New South Wales, Kristina Keneally, has introduced the "Public Holidays Bill 2010" to amend and clarify the status of public holidays in NSW. • 16 Sep 2010 (NT Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment-Darwin) The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has published the Government Gazette No. G35 which lists public holidays from 2012 to 2014 in Australia's Northern Territory. • 26 Jul 2010 (ACT Government Chief Minister's Department-Canberra) The Chief Minister's Office of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has announced the list of public holidays to be observed in the Australian Capital Territory during 2012. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Australia public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Overview: Australian is a federal state with each state declaring its own list of public holidays, each list, theoretically, potentially different. In practice, the majority of public holidays in Australia are common to all states, though there are some public holidays that are specific to one or more states only. There are also cases when the same named public holiday is celebrated on different dates in different states. Finally, the rules for moving public holidays that occur on a Saturday or Sunday to the following Monday do vary by state and by holiday. • State Abbreviations: • ACT: Australia Capital Territory. • NSW: New South Wales. • NT: Northern Territory. • QLD: Queensland. • SA: South Australia. • TAS: Tasmania. • VIC: Victoria. • WA: Western Australia. • Labour Day is on various days depending on the region. It is known as Eight Hours Day in TAS. • Canberra Day is a holiday in the ACT. • Holy Saturday is not a holiday in TAS, but TAS is the only territory to celebrate Easter Tuesday, albeit partially. • Easter Sunday is a public holiday in only two states – in New South Wales and in South Australia by virtue of every Sunday being declared a public holiday in the Public Holidays Act 1910 (SA). • Foundation Day is celebrated in WA only. • The Queen's Birthday is celebrated in June everywhere but WA. • Picnic Day in NT was also a public holiday in ACT and NSW in August, but it was removed from the list of ACT public holidays in 2006, and replaced with Family and Community Day (see below). • Melbourne Cup Day is, officially speaking, only celebrated in Melbourne; but the race is seen or heard on television or radio by about 85 percent of Australia's 20 million people, according to the Victoria Racing Club, not only during the race itself, but for most of the afternoon. • Family and Community Day (ACT) was created, beginning in 2007, to compensate for the abrogation of Picnic Day (see above). • Boxing Day is called Proclamation Day in South Australia. • Australia International Codes AU and AUS (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .au (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Australia information and news: Reserve Bank of Australia (Australia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Australia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Australia), and Wikipedia (includes Australia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Australia, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Australia, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Australia, before planning any trip to Australia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.