New South Wales Public Holidays 2026
Sources and last-checked date
- Source
- NSW Government — Public holidays
- Last checked
- 19 September 2026
- Effective period
- 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
- Data file
- Record
nsw-2026in our public holiday dataset. Every date below is read from that record at build time.
What we checked, and what we changed: Verified against the NSW Government public holidays page on 19 Sep 2026. Previous record was missing Bank Holiday (3 Aug) and Labour Day (5 Oct).
New South Wales public holidays in 2026
14 entries recorded in our data file for New South Wales in 2026, each one checked against NSW Government — Public holidays on 19 September 2026. Not every entry applies to everyone — read the "Applies to" column before you rely on one.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Statewide |
| 26 January 2026 | Monday | Australia Day | Statewide |
| 3 April 2026 | Friday | Good Friday | Statewide |
| 4 April 2026 | Saturday | Easter Saturday | Statewide |
| 5 April 2026 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Statewide |
| 6 April 2026 | Monday | Easter Monday | Statewide |
| 25 April 2026 | Saturday | Anzac Day | Statewide |
| 27 April 2026 | Monday | Additional Day (Anzac Day) | Statewide |
| 8 June 2026 | Monday | King's Birthday | Statewide |
| 3 August 2026 | Monday | Bank Holiday | Restricted — not everyone Bank Holiday applies to banks and certain industries, not all employees. |
| 5 October 2026 | Monday | Labour Day | Statewide |
| 25 December 2026 | Friday | Christmas Day | Statewide |
| 26 December 2026 | Saturday | Boxing Day | Statewide |
| 28 December 2026 | Monday | Additional Day (Boxing Day) | Statewide |
Where our own pages disagreed, and what we found
Before this record was checked, pages on this site contradicted each other about the 5 entries below. We checked NSW Government — Public holidays on 19 September 2026 and recorded the outcome against each one. We are leaving the disagreement on the page rather than quietly deleting it, so you can see what changed and why.
3 August 2026 — Bank Holiday
Settled. This date is in the table above, recorded as "Bank Holiday" and applying to: Restricted — not everyone.
Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html
Missing from: holiday-calendar.html
Tracking reference C-NSW-01
5 April 2026 — Easter Sunday
Settled. This date is in the table above, recorded as "Easter Sunday" and applying to: Statewide.
Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html
Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html; business-days-calculator.html
Tracking reference C-NAT-01
27 April 2026 — ANZAC Day Substitute
Settled. This date is in the table above, recorded as "Additional Day (Anzac Day)" and applying to: Statewide.
Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html
Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html; business-days-calculator.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html
Tracking reference C-NAT-02
28 December 2026 — Boxing Day Substitute
Settled. This date is in the table above, recorded as "Additional Day (Boxing Day)" and applying to: Statewide.
Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html; business-days-calculator.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html
Missing from: australian-public-holidays-2026.html
Tracking reference C-NAT-04
8 June 2026 — NAMING CONFLICT: 'King's Birthday' vs 'Queen's Birthday'
Settled. This date is in the table above, recorded as "King's Birthday" and applying to: Statewide.
Recorded in: holiday-calendar.html (King's); australian-public-holidays-2026.html (Queen's)
Tracking reference C-NAT-05
Regional and part-day holidays
1 of the entries above is not statewide. New South Wales has days that apply only in one area, only for part of a day, or only to some employers. Our calculators count statewide holidays only, so if one of these applies to you, add it yourself.
- 3 August 2026 — Bank Holiday
Restricted — not everyoneBank Holiday applies to banks and certain industries, not all employees.
Calculators that use this data
These tools read the same public holiday data. If a date on this page is wrong, their answers are wrong too — which is exactly why the verification note sits at the top of this page rather than the bottom.
- Business Days Calculator — counts working days between two dates and skips public holidays
- Cooling-Off Period Calculator — counts a cooling-off deadline in business days
- Holiday Calendar — shows the next public holiday for a chosen state
- Long Service Leave Calculator — applies rules that differ by state and territory
- Australian Public Holidays 2026 — the national summary page for the same year
Other years
- 2026 — you are reading this page
- New South Wales public holidays 2027