New South Wales essentials
How NSW stacks up
New South Wales has 14 public holidays and 6 long weekends in 2026. That's 1 day behind the leaders, SA, NT & ACT (15). Only NSW gets Bank Holiday.
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Public holidays in New South Wales
New South Wales (NSW) observes the national public holidays every state shares — New Year's Day, Australia Day, the Easter break, Anzac Day, Christmas and Boxing Day — alongside its own gazetted days. Simple Calendar keeps them all in one place, with the weekday each lands on and any substitute or regional notes.
Choose NSW once and your dates follow you across the site: long weekends, school terms, a full-year calendar and the working-day tools all scope themselves to New South Wales. Every date is checked against the official state and territory government gazettes.
Common questions
New South Wales (NSW) has 14 public holidays in 2026, including both the national holidays and its own state-specific days. Of these, 10 fall on a weekday.
The next public holiday in NSW is shown at the top of this page with a live countdown, and the full list of upcoming dates is on the New South Wales public holidays page.
In 2026, Bank Holiday is a public holiday observed only in NSW.
New South Wales has 6 long weekends in 2026 and 252 working days once weekends and public holidays are excluded.