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-2026 in 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.

Public holidays recorded for New South Wales in 2026
DateDayHolidayApplies 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.

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