Is 7 October a public holiday?
No Wednesday 7 October 2026 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / King's Birthday on Mon 5 Oct (NSW, QLD, SA and ACT), and Royal Launceston Show on Thu 8 Oct (parts of TAS).
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 7 October looks like in every published year.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Wednesday 7 October 2026 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
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Thursday 7 October 2027 Regional only
- Royal Launceston Show regionalLaunceston only
A Thursday, so one day of leave on Fri 8 Oct turns it into a four-day break in TAS (in the areas that observe it).
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Saturday 7 October 2028 Working day
No public holiday in any state or territory.
The holidays that fall on 7 October
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Royal Launceston Show
Launceston's show holiday is the Thursday before the second Saturday in October, a mid-week break for the north of the state while Hobart waits for its own show two weeks later.
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October in the public holiday calendar
October starts with a cluster on the first Monday: Labour Day in NSW, South Australia and the ACT, and the King's Birthday in Queensland. That single Monday is a public holiday in four jurisdictions and a working day in the other four, one of the clearest examples of how the state calendars differ. Later in the month Tasmania's show holidays fall by municipality, with the Royal Hobart Show on a Thursday in the fourth week. Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory have no October holiday.
How public holidays are decided, and what you are owed7 October FAQ
Is 7 October a public holiday in 2025?
Tuesday 7 October 2025 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / King's Birthday on Mon 6 Oct (NSW, QLD, SA and ACT), and Royal Launceston Show on Thu 9 Oct (parts of TAS).
Is 7 October a public holiday in 2026?
Wednesday 7 October 2026 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Labour Day / King's Birthday on Mon 5 Oct (NSW, QLD, SA and ACT), and Royal Launceston Show on Thu 8 Oct (parts of TAS).
Is 7 October a public holiday in 2027?
Thursday 7 October 2027 is Royal Launceston Show in parts of TAS (Launceston only). It is a normal working day everywhere else.
Is 7 October a public holiday in 2028?
Saturday 7 October 2028 is not a public holiday anywhere in Australia. The nearest public holidays are Burnie Show on Fri 6 Oct (parts of TAS), and Royal Launceston Show on Thu 12 Oct (parts of TAS).
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