National Holidays in Queensland in 2017

Queensland 2017

Queensland
2017

List of Holidays in Queensland in 2017

Day	Date	Holiday Name	Type	Comments
Sunday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Monday	Jan 02	New Year's Day (in lieu)	National Holiday	Public Holiday as News Years Day falls on a Sunday
Thursday	Jan 26	Australia Day	National Holiday
Friday	Apr 14	Good Friday	National Holiday
Saturday	Apr 15	Day following Good Friday	Regional Holiday	Except TAS, WA
Sunday	Apr 16	Easter Sunday	Regional Holiday	ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC
Monday	Apr 17	Easter Monday	National Holiday	Monday after Easter Sunday
Tuesday	Apr 25	Anzac Day	National Holiday
Monday	May 01	Labour Day	Regional Holiday	QLD, NT
Sunday	May 14	Mother's Day	Not A Public Holiday	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Wednesday	Aug 16	Ekka People's Day	Regional Holiday	Royal Queensland Show. Brisbane
Sunday	Sep 03	Father's Day	Not A Public Holiday	1st Sunday in September. Not a public holiday
Monday	Oct 02	Queen's Birthday	Regional Holiday	1st Monday in October. QLD
Monday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday
Tuesday	Dec 26	Boxing Day	Regional Holiday	Except South Australia

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On December 1st 2016 an amendment to the Holidays Act 1983 was passed by Parliament prescribing that from 2017, Easter Sunday be appointed as a public holiday.