Editing Public holidays in Australia (section)

===Substitute holidays for holidays falling on a weekend===
When a public holiday falls on a weekend, the following work day may be considered a public holiday depending on the state/territory and the holiday in question.
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! width=15% | Name
! width=10% | ACT<ref name="act-law">{{Cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/ha1958106/|title=Holidays Act 1958|publisher=Australian Capital Territory}}</ref>
! width=10% | NSW<ref name="nsw-law">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/act+115+2010+cd+0+N|title=Public Holidays Act 2010 No 115|publisher=New South Wales|access-date=10 August 2012|archive-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805123302/http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/view/inforce/act+115+2010+cd+0+N|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! width=10% | NT<ref name="nt-law">{{Cite web|url=https://legislation.nt.gov.au/Legislation/PUBLIC-HOLIDAYS-ACT|title=Public Holidays Act|publisher=Northern Territory Government}}</ref>
! width=10% | QLD<ref name="qld-law">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1983-018|title=Holidays Act 1983|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>
! width=10% | SA<ref name="Public Holidays SA"/>
! width=10% | TAS<ref name="tas-law" />
! width=10% | VIC<ref name="vic-bill">{{Cite web|url=http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/pha1993163/s6.html|title=Public Holidays Act 1993|publisher=Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=No extra public holiday for Anzac Day 2015|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/no-extra-public-holiday-for-anzac-day-2015-20140720-zv1ep.html|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=20 July 2014}}</ref>
! width=10% | WA<ref name="wa-law"/>
|-
| New Year's Day || colspan="8" | Yes
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| [[Australia Day]] || colspan="8" | Yes
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| [[Easter Monday]] || colspan="7" | Not applicable (always on a Monday) || Yes (when another public holiday coincides)
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| [[ANZAC Day]] || Yes (only if Sunday)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holidays Act 1958 {{!}} Acts|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/|access-date=25 November 2021|website=ACT Legislation Register|language=en-au}}</ref>|| No<ref>{{cite web|title=Holidays for NSW under the Public Holidays Act 2010|url=http://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/oirwww/NSW_public_holidays/NSW_Public_Holidays.page|website=Industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref> || Yes || Yes (only if Sunday)<ref>{{cite web|title=Public School and Show Holidays|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/public|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref> || colspan="3" | No || Yes
|-
| Christmas Eve || colspan="2" | Not applicable (not a holiday) || colspan="3" | No || colspan="3" | Not applicable (not a holiday)
|-
| Christmas Day || colspan="8" | Yes
|-
| [[Boxing Day]]&nbsp;/ [[Proclamation Day (South Australia)|Proclamation Day]] || colspan="8" | Yes 
|-
| New Year's Eve || colspan="2" | Not applicable (not a holiday) || No || Not applicable (not a holiday) || No || colspan="3" | Not applicable (not a holiday)
|}

Holidays that always fall on a particular day of the week are not listed in this table. Prior to 2008, Victorian law only specified substitute holidays for New Year and Boxing Day, and only if they fell on a Sunday.<ref name="vic-law">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/a12f6f60fbd56800ca256de500201e54/B5E771391706115FCA257322000CECB3/$FILE/93-119a022.pdf|title=Public Holidays Act 2003|publisher=Victoria|access-date=16 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225162512/http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/a12f6f60fbd56800ca256de500201e54/B5E771391706115FCA257322000CECB3/$FILE/93-119a022.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 2008, Victorian law specifies the substitute holidays in the table above.<ref name="vic-bill"/>

Since [[Easter Monday]] can occur [[Easter#Date|as late as 26 April]] it is possible for the Easter Monday holiday to coincide with [[Anzac Day]], as occurred in 2011.  State Acts do not give a provision to separate the days when this occurs, so no additional public holiday is given by law. However an extra day is usually proclaimed by the minister, so as to have a steady number of public holidays each year.<ref name="nt-2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocpe.nt.gov.au/legislation/holidays|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012182118/http://ocpe.nt.gov.au/legislation/holidays|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2007|title=Public Holidays 2011|publisher=Northern Territory}}</ref><ref name="sa-2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/show_page.jsp?id=2483#item33650|title=Public Holidays 2011|publisher=South Australia|access-date=16 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219143813/http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/show_page.jsp?id=2483#item33650|archive-date=19 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tas-2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wst.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/84517/2011.pdf|title=Public Holidays 2011|publisher=Tasmania|access-date=16 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907132545/http://www.wst.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/84517/2011.pdf|archive-date=7 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the year 2038, Anzac Day will coincide with Easter Sunday.