Four states get Monday off for Labour Day, Queensland marks King's Birthday
The ACT, NSW and South Australia observe Labour Day on Monday; Queensland celebrates King's Birthday instead.
Four Australian states get public holiday next Monday while the other four keep working. Labour Day is observed in ACT, New South Wales and South Australia.
Queensland has King's Birthday on the same day instead. Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia have no public holiday Monday.
Labour Day marks the eight-hour workday victory won by Melbourne stonemasons on April 21, 1856. The effort led to Australia winning the five-day, 40-hour working week in 1948.
King's Birthday is celebrated on different dates across Commonwealth countries.
- April 21, 1856
- Stonemasons protest date
- 1948
- Working week established
- ACT, NSW, South Australia
- States with Labour Day
- NT, Tasmania, Victoria, WA
- States without Monday holiday
Why it mattersMany Australian workers get an extra day off for a long weekend; many in other states face at least a month-long wait until the next public holiday.
AustraliaIf you're in ACT, NSW or SA, you get Monday off. If you're in NT, Tas, Vic or WA, you'll be back at work and waiting until November.
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