NSW public holidays 2026: full list, the extra Anzac Monday and Boxing Day additional day

NSW has thirteen public-holiday dates in 2026, and two of them are extra Mondays because Anzac Day and Boxing Day land on a Saturday. Here is the full list, how many working days that leaves, and how to put the dates straight into a calendar.

New South Wales 2026 at a glance

Dates match the NSW Government and Fair Work Ombudsman 2026 lists. Weekend dates (Easter Saturday and Sunday, Anzac Day, Boxing Day) are still public holidays, which matters for penalty rates and for shop trading rules, even though most office workers are not rostered on.

Why is there an extra Monday after Anzac Day?

Under the NSW Public Holidays Act, Anzac Day stays on 25 April whatever day it falls on; ceremonies are never moved. Until recently NSW gave no extra day when it fell on a weekend. For 2026 (Saturday) and 2027 (Sunday) the state declared an additional public holiday on the following Monday, which does not replace Anzac Day itself. The ACT and Western Australia also get Monday 27 April 2026; Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory do not. Anzac Day shop-trading restrictions apply to 25 April only, not to the extra Monday.

Additional days for New Year, Christmas and Boxing Day

When New Year's Day, Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a weekend, NSW keeps the weekend date and adds a weekday. In 2026 only Boxing Day is affected, so Monday 28 December is the additional day. In 2027 both Christmas (Saturday) and Boxing Day (Sunday) fall on the weekend, so NSW gets Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December; see additional public holidays explained.

Bank Holiday in August

Monday 3 August 2026 is the NSW Bank Holiday: retail bank branches must close under the Retail Trading Act, but it is not a declared public holiday, so it is not in the list above and does not reduce working days for most employers.

Working days in NSW 2026

2026 has 261 weekdays. Nine of the holidays above land on a weekday, which leaves 252 working days. The same count works for any range: open Bank Holidays, or ask the API.

# every NSW holiday in 2026 as JSON
curl -s 'https://api.oddlathe.com/v1/holidays?region=au-nsw&year=2026'

# working days between two dates (both ends included)
curl -s 'https://api.oddlathe.com/v1/workdays?region=au-nsw&from=2026-01-01&to=2026-12-31'

# subscribe-once calendar feed (Outlook / Google / Apple)
https://api.oddlathe.com/v1/holidays.ics?region=au-nsw

Things this list leaves out

• Local and regional days such as some show days are declared for particular areas only; check the NSW Government list for your town.
• Other states differ: Victoria has Labour Day in March and Melbourne Cup Day, Queensland has Labour Day in May and King's Birthday in October, WA has King's Birthday in late September. Change the region in the calculator to compare.

Related

Australian additional public holidays explained · Matariki dates (New Zealand) · Working days until a deadline · Countdown (days and sleeps) · Bank holidays calculator · Anvil holidays API

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Published 7 November 2026.