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Australia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2013, 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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29 Apr 2013 Australia Mulls Public Holidays Cap (Department of Justice and Attorney-General-State of Queensland) The Attorney-General of the Australian State of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, has confirmed that the federal government of Australia had asked for his input on a proposal to limit the number of public holidays in Australia to 11 in a given year, by dropping the extra public holiday that is declared when Christmas, Boxing Day or New Year's Day fall on a weekend. • 26 Apr 2013 No Australian Queensland Public Holiday Monday (Department of Justice and Attorney-General-State of Queensland) The Attorney-General of the Australian State of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, has issued a communiqué annoucing that as per last fall's amendments to the Holidays Act 1983, the Labour Day public holiday, in the State of Queensland, was no longer in May as it had been moved to the first Monday in October. • 01 Apr 2013 South Australian Easter Public Holiday Update (The Australian Broadcasting Corporation-Adelaide) A spokesman for Industrial Relations Minister of the Australian State of South Australia, John Rau, has announced that despite last year's amendments to the public holidays in South Australia, there is "no intention to remove Sundays as a public holiday in the immediate future". • 08 Mar 2013 Australian Victoria 2015 Public Holidays (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 2015. • 05 Mar 2013 Austalia 2015 NSW Public Holidays Released (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 (NSW) for the calendar year 2015. • 18 Feb 2013 South Australia 2015 Public Holidays Released (Government of South Australia SafeWork SA-Adelaide) The Government of the Australian State of South Australia has released the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of South Australia for the calendar year 2015. • 13 Feb 2013 South Australia March Public Holiday Maintained Until 2015 (The Australian-Adelaide) The Industrial Relations Minister of the Australian State of South Australia, John Rau, has announced that, despite lobbying by the South Australian Jockey Club, the second Monday of March non-working public holiday (often referred to as Adelaide Cup Day) will remain in March until 2015, at least. • 24 Jan 2013 Western Australia 2016 Public Holidays Released (Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce-Perth) The Government of the Australian State of Western Australia has followed its recent announcement of the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2015, by releasing the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2016. • 22 Jan 2013 Western Australia 2015 Public Holidays Released (Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce-Perth) The Government of the Australian State of Western Australia has released the list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2015. • 07 Jan 2013 Australian 2015 Public Holidays In Tasmania (Tasmanian Government Media Releases-Hobart) The Workplace Standards Tasmania of Australia's State of Tasmania, has released the list of 2015 non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Tasmania for the calendar year 2015. • 02 Nov 2012 Australia Rules-Out Tasmania Cup Public Holiday (Tasmanian Government Media Releases-Hobart) Workplace Relations Minister of Australia's State of Tasmania, David O'Byrne, has stated that the government of the Australian State of Tasmania had no intentions of also making Melbourne Cup day a Tasmanian non-working public holiday. • 30 Oct 2012 Australian Queensland Public Holidays Amended (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 amendments to the Holidays Act 1983 had finally been passed by the Parliament of Queensland, meaning that from 2013 onward, the dates of the Birthday of the Sovereign (Queen’s Birthday) public holiday and of the Labour Day public holiday would be changed. • 13 Sep 2012 South Australian Public Holidays Amendments Update (The Australian Broadcasting Corporation-Adelaide) The Industrial Relations Minister of the Australian State of South Australia, Russell Wortley, has announced that the South Australian government was going to ask the general public for feedback on the proposed changes to the list of non-working public holidays in South Australia. • 11 Sep 2012 Australian Queensland 2013 Public Holidays Change Confirmed (The Courier-Mail-Brisbane) The Attorney-General of the government of the Australian state of Queensland, Jarrod Bleijie, has confirmed that the amendment of the Queensland state public holidays legislation which would see the return of the Queen's Birthday public holiday to its pre-2012 date, and a move of the Labor Day public holiday to October, would take effect in 2013. • 04 Sep 2012 Australian 2015 Queensland Public Holidays (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 2015. • 20 Aug 2012 Australian Queensland Public Holidays Amended Again (The Courier-Mail-Brisbane) The cabinet of the government of the Australian state of Queensland has given its approval to a further amendment of the Queensland state public holidays legislation which would see the return of the Queen's Birthday public holiday to its pre-2012 date, and a move of the Labor Day public holiday to October. • 23 Jul 2012 South Australian Public Holidays Amendments (The Australian-Adelaide) South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill, has announced that the public holidays review he had commissioned, earlier this year, was complete with recommendations on changes to South Australian public holidays to reduce the crowding of events in March. • 13 Jul 2012 Australian 2014 Public Holiday For G20 (The Courier-Mail-Brisbane) A spokesperson for the Premier of Australia's State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has announced that a public holiday would also be considered in conjunction with the G20 being held in Brisbane in 2014. • 12 Jun 2012 Australian Queensland Public Holidays Update (The Courier-Mail-Brisbane) The current Premier of Australia's State of Queensland, Campbell Newman, has announced that he was open to a further revision of the Queensland public holidays change voted last year by the former Labor government. • 01 Jun 2012 Austalia 2014 NSW Public Holidays Released (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 2014. • 28 May 2012 Western Australia 2014-2015 Queen's Birthday Public Holiday (Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce-Perth) The Government of the Australian state of Western Australia has proclaimed the dates of the Queen's Birthday public holiday for the calendar years 2014 and 2015, in the State of Western Australia. • 10 Apr 2012 Australia 2014 ACT Public Holidays (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. • 04 Mar 2012 Australian SA Public Holidays Reviewed (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 Australian 2014 Public Holidays In Victoria (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 2014 Public Holidays Announced (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 Australian 2014 Public Holidays In Tasmania (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. • 16 Aug 2011 Austalia 2013 NSW Public Holidays Released (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 Australian 2013 Public Holidays In Victoria (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 Australia 2014 Queensland Public Holidays (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. • 02 Mar 2011 Australia 2013 ACT Public Holidays (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. • 16 Sep 2010 Australian NT Announces 2012-2014 Public Holidays (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. • 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.

Disclaimer
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 2013 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.