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National Holidays in Australia in 2020

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DayDateHoliday NameTypeComments
WednesdayJanuary 01New Year's DayNational Holiday
MondayJanuary 27Australia Day (in lieu)National Holiday
MondayFebruary 10Royal Hobart RegattaRegional HolidayTasmania Regional
MondayMarch 02Labour DayRegional HolidayWA
MondayMarch 09Labour DayRegional HolidayVIC, TAS
MondayMarch 09Canberra DayRegional HolidayACT. Second Monday in March
MondayMarch 09Adelaide CupRegional Holiday2nd Monday in March. SA Only
FridayApril 10Good FridayNational Holiday
SaturdayApril 11Holy SaturdayRegional HolidayExcept TAS, WA
SundayApril 12Easter SundayRegional HolidayACT, NSW, QLD, VIC
MondayApril 13Easter MondayNational HolidayMonday after Easter Sunday
TuesdayApril 14Easter TuesdayGovernment HolidayTasmania. Government only
SaturdayApril 25Anzac DayNational Holiday
MondayApril 27Anzac Day (in lieu)Regional HolidayACT, Western Australia
MondayMay 04Labour DayRegional HolidayQLD, NT
SundayMay 10Mother's DayNot a Public Holiday2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
MondayJune 01Western Australia DayRegional HolidayFirst Monday in June. WA only
MondayJune 01Reconciliation DayRegional HolidayACT Only. Monday on or after 27 May
MondayJune 08Queen's BirthdayRegional Holiday2nd Monday in June. except QLD, WA
MondayAugust 03Picnic DayRegional Holiday1st Monday in August. NT Only
MondayAugust 03Bank HolidayNot a Public HolidayNew South Wales. Banks only
FridayAugust 14Ekka People's DayRegional HolidayMoved due to COVID-19
SundaySeptember 06Father's DayNot a Public Holiday1st Sunday in September. Not a public holiday
MondaySeptember 28Queen's BirthdayRegional HolidayLast Monday in September. WA Only
MondayOctober 05Queen's BirthdayRegional Holiday1st Monday in October. QLD
MondayOctober 05Labour DayRegional HolidayNSW, ACT, SA
FridayOctober 23Thank You DayRegional HolidayVictoria
MondayNovember 02Recreation DayRegional HolidayTasmania regional
TuesdayNovember 03Melbourne Cup DayRegional Holiday1st Tuesday in November. VIC Only
ThursdayDecember 24Christmas EveRegional HolidaySouth Australia. From 7pm - midnight
ThursdayDecember 24Christmas EveRegional HolidayNorthern Territory. From 7pm - midnight
ThursdayDecember 24Christmas EveRegional HolidayQueensland. From 6pm - midnight
FridayDecember 25Christmas DayNational Holiday
SaturdayDecember 26Boxing DayRegional HolidayExcept South Australia
MondayDecember 28Boxing Day (in lieu)Regional HolidayExcept South Australia
MondayDecember 28Proclamation DayRegional HolidaySouth Australia. First working day after Christmas Day
ThursdayDecember 31New Year's EveRegional HolidayNorthern Territory. From 7pm - midnight
ThursdayDecember 31New Year's EveRegional HolidaySouth Australia. From 7pm - midnight