Fiscal Dates

Australia fiscal year

6 national public holidays in 2026 · Fiscal year starts July 1 · Ends June 30

Fiscal year: July 1 to June 30

From Wikipedia

In Australia, a fiscal year is commonly called a "financial year" (FY), and starts on 1 July, ending on 30 June the next year. Financial years are designated by the calendar year of the second half of the period. It is used for official purposes, by individual taxpayers and by the overwhelming majority of business enterprises. Business enterprises may opt to use a financial year that ends at the end of a week (e.g., 52 or 53 weeks in length, and therefore is not exactly one calendar year in length), or opt for its financial year to end on a date that matches the reporting cycle of its foreign parent. All entities within the one group must use the same financial year. For government accounting and budget purposes, pre-Federation colonies changed the financial year from the calendar year to a year ending 30 June on the following dates: Victoria changed in 1870, South Australia in 1874, Queensland in 1875, Western Australia in 1892, New South Wales in 1895 and Tasmania in 1904. The Commonwealth adopted the near-ubiquitous financial year standard since its inception in 1901. The reason given for the change was for convenience, as Parliament typically sits during May and June, while it was difficult for it to meet in November and December to pass a budget. The financial year is split into four quarters which cover the following periods:

Fiscal years

National public holidays 2026

DateEnglish nameLocal name
January 1, 2026New Year's DayNew Year's Day
January 26, 2026Australia DayAustralia Day
April 3, 2026Good FridayGood Friday
April 6, 2026Easter MondayEaster Monday
December 25, 2026Christmas DayChristmas Day
December 28, 2026St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day

Regional holidays

These rows apply only in the regions listed; they are not national public holidays.

DateNameRegions (ISO 3166-2)
March 2, 2026Labour DayAU-WA
March 9, 2026Canberra DayAU-ACT
March 9, 2026Adelaide Cup DayAU-SA
March 9, 2026Eight Hours DayAU-TAS
March 9, 2026Labour DayAU-VIC
April 4, 2026Holy SaturdayAU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-VIC
April 5, 2026Easter SundayAU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-VIC, AU-WA
April 25, 2026Anzac DayAU-SA, AU-TAS, AU-VIC
April 25, 2026Anzac DayAU-NT, AU-QLD
April 27, 2026Anzac DayAU-NSW, AU-ACT, AU-WA
May 4, 2026May DayAU-NT
May 4, 2026Labour DayAU-QLD
June 1, 2026Reconciliation DayAU-ACT
June 1, 2026Western Australia DayAU-WA
June 8, 2026King's BirthdayAU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-NT, AU-SA, AU-TAS, AU-VIC
August 3, 2026Picnic DayAU-NT
September 25, 2026Friday before AFL Grand FinalAU-VIC
September 28, 2026King's BirthdayAU-WA
October 5, 2026Labour DayAU-ACT, AU-NSW, AU-SA
October 5, 2026King's BirthdayAU-QLD
November 3, 2026Melbourne CupAU-VIC

Source: Wikipedia, “Fiscal year”, section “Australia”, revision 1374177130 — Wikipedia, 'Fiscal year', fetched October 2026. Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Source: Nager.Date public holidays API — record: nager_holidays.json — australia, 2023–2027, fetched October 2026. Licence: Nager.Date data, MIT-licensed open source project (github.com/nager/Nager.Date); credit the source on every page that uses it.