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Is 1 January a public holiday?

Yes Friday 1 January 2027 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (New Year's Day).

Public holidays are set state by state, so the same date can be a day off in one state and a normal Monday in the next. Here is what 1 January looks like in every published year.

  1. Wednesday 1 January 2025 Public holiday

    • New Year's Day
      All states and territories

    A Wednesday, which splits the week everywhere: two days of leave on either side makes a five-day break, or the whole week costs four.

  2. Thursday 1 January 2026 Public holiday

    • New Year's Day
      All states and territories

    A Thursday, so one day of leave on Fri 2 Jan turns it into a four-day break everywhere.

  3. Friday 1 January 2027 Public holiday

    • New Year's Day
      All states and territories

    A Friday, so it makes a three-day weekend everywhere. The long weekend planner shows what a few days of leave either side would add.

  4. Saturday 1 January 2028 Public holiday

    It lands on a Saturday. VIC, NSW, QLD, WA and ACT add an extra holiday on Mon 3 Jan; SA, TAS and NT move the holiday to Mon 3 Jan. The substitute and additional days guide explains the difference.

The holidays that fall on 1 January

  • New Year's Day

    New Year's Day is one of the eight public holidays written into the national employment standards, so it applies in every state and territory without any state having to declare it. It is also the only holiday that lands at the same moment for the whole country, which makes it the simplest date on this site: 1 January, every year, no exceptions. What differs is what happens when 1 January falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Every jurisdiction gives workers a weekday off in that case, but the mechanics are not identical, and the difference matters for people who work weekends.

    More about New Year's Day

January in the public holiday calendar

January opens with New Year's Day everywhere and closes with Australia Day on the 26th, and in between there is nothing: the only January dates that are public holidays anywhere are the 1st, the 26th, and the Mondays those two move to when they land on a weekend. Tasmania's Devonport Cup, in the first week of the month, is the single regional exception. For most of the country January is the tail of the Christmas break rather than a month of its own holidays, and the Australia Day long weekend is the last one before Easter for NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed

1 January FAQ

Is 1 January a public holiday in 2025?

Wednesday 1 January 2025 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (New Year's Day).

Is 1 January a public holiday in 2026?

Thursday 1 January 2026 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (New Year's Day).

Is 1 January a public holiday in 2027?

Friday 1 January 2027 is a public holiday everywhere in Australia (New Year's Day).

Is 1 January a public holiday in 2028?

Saturday 1 January 2028 is New Year's Day in VIC, NSW, QLD, WA and ACT. It is a normal working day everywhere else.

Looking for the whole year? Every 2027 public holiday by state