Western Australia Public Holidays 2026
Sources and last-checked date
- Source
- Government of Western Australia — Public holidays in Western Australia
- Last checked
- 19 September 2026
- Effective period
- 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
- Data file
- Record
wa-2026in our public holiday dataset. Every date below is read from that record at build time.
What we still need to confirm: Verified 19 Sep 2026 directly from the live wa.gov.au public holidays table (2026-2027 columns, page states 'Last updated: 2 September 2026'). CORRECTION: King's Birthday moved from the previously recorded 22 June 2026 (wrong — holiday-calendar.html error) to the correct 28 September 2026 (fourth Monday in September, by proclamation). Added Labour Day (2 March), Western Australia Day (1 June) and the ANZAC Day additional public holiday (27 April, since 25 April 2026 falls on a Saturday). CONFIRMED ABSENT: WA has no Easter Saturday public holiday (closes C-WA-04 the other way — australian-public-holidays-2026.html was wrong to add it). Regional: City of Karratha and Town of Port Hedland observe an alternative King's Birthday holiday on 3 August 2026 instead of the statewide 28 September date; their 2027 alternative date is not yet published.
Western Australia public holidays in 2026
15 entries recorded in our data file for Western Australia in 2026. Read the verification note above before relying on any of them.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | Thursday | New Year's Day | Statewide |
| 26 January 2026 | Monday | Australia Day | Statewide |
| 2 March 2026 | Monday | Labour Day | Statewide |
| 3 April 2026 | Friday | Good Friday | 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 |
| 1 June 2026 | Monday | Western Australia Day | Statewide |
| 3 August 2026 | Monday | King's Birthday (regional alternative) | regional |
| 3 August 2026 | Monday | King's Birthday (regional alternative) | regional |
| 28 September 2026 | Monday | King's Birthday | Statewide |
| 25 December 2026 | Friday | Christmas Day | Statewide |
| 26 December 2026 | Saturday | Boxing Day | Statewide |
| 28 December 2026 | Monday | Additional Day (Boxing Day) | Statewide |
Disputed and unconfirmed entries
Our sources do not agree on the 5 entries below, so they are not in the table above. We are showing the disagreement rather than picking a winner, because picking one without checking the gazette would be a guess dressed up as an answer.
2 March 2026 — Labour Day
This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the Western Australian Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.
Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html
Missing from: holiday-calendar.html
Tracking reference C-WA-01
1 June 2026 — Western Australia Day
This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the Western Australian Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.
Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html
Missing from: holiday-calendar.html
Tracking reference C-WA-02
28 September 2026 — Queen's Birthday (prose) — DIRECT CONFLICT with King's Birthday (WA) recorded at 2026-06-22
This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the Western Australian Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.
Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html
Missing from: holiday-calendar.html
Tracking reference C-WA-03
4 April 2026 — Easter Saturday
This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the Western Australian Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.
Recorded in: australian-public-holidays-2026.html; business-days-calculator.html; cooling-off-period-calculator.html
Missing from: holiday-calendar.html (WA tag)
Tracking reference C-WA-04
27 April 2026 — ANZAC Day Substitute
This entry is disputed. Our sources disagree about it, and it is being confirmed against the Western Australian Government public holidays gazette. We are not presenting either version as fact.
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
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
- Western Australia public holidays 2027