Editing Shopping hours (section)

===Australia===
Shop trading hours in Australia are regulated by individual states and territories.

The [[Australian Capital Territory]],<ref name="auto">{{cite report |chapter-url=http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/113775/13-retail-industry-chapter10.pdf |title=Retail Trading Hours Regulation |accessdate=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317004825/http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/113775/13-retail-industry-chapter10.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-17 |publisher=Australian Government Productivity Commission|work=Australian Retail Industry|pages=275–312|chapter=Chapter 10}}</ref> the [[Northern Territory]]<ref name="auto"/> and the states of [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[Tasmania]],  totally or almost totally deregulate shopping hours. All retail businesses in the two territories, regardless of size or product offer, are allowed to decide their trading hours to suit their individual customer demand. Non-essential shops in the three states are required to remain closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday, ANZAC Day (until 1&nbsp;pm), and in Tasmania and NSW on Easter Sunday, and in NSW on Boxing Day (outside the Sydney special trading precinct). Shops in the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory<ref name="workplaceinfo.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.workplaceinfo.com.au/resources/employment-topics-a-z/shop-trading-hours|title=Shop trading hours|date=23 November 2015|website=Workplace Info|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.retail.org.au/index.php/articles/Federal_Govt_must_nationalise_Easter_trading_hours_-_ARA_calls_for_archaic_burden_to_be_lifted_from_retailers|title=Federal Govt must nationalise Easter trading hours - ARA calls for archaic burden to be lifted from retailers|website=Australian Retailers Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228160351/http://www.retail.org.au/index.php/articles/Federal_Govt_must_nationalise_Easter_trading_hours_-_ARA_calls_for_archaic_burden_to_be_lifted_from_retailers|archive-date=28 February 2011|date=12 March 2008}}</ref> can remain open on any public holiday. The two main supermarket operators, [[Woolworths Limited|Woolworths]] and [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles]], generally trade between 6 am and midnight every day, although some inner-city shops in Sydney and Melbourne operate twenty-four hours. In Canberra, stores such as Woolworths  Kmart and Coles were open 24/7; however during the Covid-19 pandemic store closures, these stores did not reopen with 24/7 shopping hours.

Melbourne generally has the most relaxed rules. Almost all shopping centres in Melbourne now trade until 9&nbsp;pm on Thursdays and Fridays as well as being open longer hours on Sundays. Interstate late night trading only occurs on either Thursday or Friday rather than both.

Melbourne is also famous for beginning the trend of 36-hour overnight trades in the lead-up to Christmas. Some of the larger shopping centres will open from 8 am December 23 until 6 pm on Christmas Eve. Centres often open to 10&nbsp;pm or midnight on most other nights in the fortnight before Christmas, and the first few days of the annual Boxing Day Sales.

Trading hours in the Australian Capital Territory have been deregulated since the repeal of the Trading Hours Act 1996 [ACT] on 29 May 1997.<ref name="workplaceinfo.com.au"/>

Shopping hours in [[South Australia]] are still regulated, but there have been numerous changes to relax the laws. Nonetheless, trading laws are still face complicated and confusing: legal trading hours vary depending on size and product offer. Supermarkets that trade with fewer than seven workers and with a trading floor less than 500&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup> are exempt from the laws. Larger supermarkets are required by law to close at 9 pm on Mondays to Fridays, and 5 pm on Saturdays; they are permitted to trade on Sundays and public holidays only from 9&nbsp;am to 5&nbsp;pm, except [[ANZAC Day]], which is 12 noon to 5&nbsp;pm; they must remain closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.

In all areas of [[Queensland]], trading hours of major supermarkets are Monday to Saturday from 7&nbsp;am to 9&nbsp;pm and Sundays and public holidays from 9&nbsp;am to 6&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/southeast-queensland-trading-hours-extended-20161014-gs2gxr.html|title=South-east Queensland trading hours extended|date=14 October 2016|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref> Most major shopping centres close at 5&nbsp;pm every day, except for "late night shopping" on one night a week. Supermarkets in major shopping centres must still cease trading at 9&nbsp;pm, with special access for just the supermarket.

In rural areas of [[Western Australia]] below{{clarify|date=June 2019}} the 27th [[latitude|parallel]], local governments nominate shop closing hours to the State government, which, if accepted, are implemented by ministerial order. Shopping hours in the state's capital, Perth, are regulated by laws similar to South Australia's. Trading hours are stipulated in law, and are based on size and product offer. As in South Australia, smaller, independently operated supermarket retailers are exempted. Chain supermarkets are required to close Monday to Friday at 9&nbsp;pm, Saturdays at 5&nbsp;pm, and are permitted to trade on Sundays and public holidays only from 11&nbsp;am to 5&nbsp;pm.