Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) – Australia

The next Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) is on Monday, October 5, 2026 – in 20 days.

Labour Day in New South Wales, the ACT and South Australia falls on the first Monday of October. In Australia it's a regional holiday. Some states, provinces or regions take the day off and others don't, so check what applies where you live.

When is it? Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) falls on the 1st Monday of October. Because the rule points at a weekday rather than a fixed date, it moves every year, which is exactly why the table below is worth a bookmark. Next time round is Monday, October 5, 2026, 20 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) on a Monday. In eleven of those it sits next to a weekend, turning it into a three-day break. Those are the years to book early. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. It depends entirely on where you are. In the states or regions that observe it, expect the usual public holiday pattern of closures. Everywhere else in Australia it's a normal working day, which is worth remembering if you're arranging anything across regional lines. In 2026 it falls in October, which also holds Halloween on the 31st. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a list, so the later years are as reliable as this one. If a date looks wrong for your region, please say so. Regional holiday rules do change, and we'd rather fix the rule than leave it.

Labour Day (NSW, ACT, SA) dates 2026–2036