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Details of future holidays can be found on the NSW Industrial Relations website. Public holidays are regulated by the New South Wales Public Holidays Act 2010 No 115, which supersedes the Banks and Bank Holidays Act 1912 No 43. The first Monday in August is a Bank Holiday, during which banks and financial institutions are closed. [46]
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
Holiday Date ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA Ref. New Year's Day: Wednesday 1 January Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [92] Australia Day: Monday 27 January Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Royal Hobart Regatta (only observed in certain areas of Tasmania) Monday 10 February No No No No No Yes No No Labour Day (WA) Monday 3 March No No No No No No No Yes
22 September – A national day of mourning occurs in Australia for the late Queen Elizabeth II with a public holiday and a National Memorial Service at Parliament House in Canberra. 22 September – Optus advises at least ten million current and former customers personal details are accessed in a cyber attack.
As the King's Birthday is a public holiday, all government offices, educational institutions, and most businesses are closed for the day. [54] [55] [56] As of 2021, Tuvaluans also celebrated the birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, who at the time was heir to the Tuvaluan Throne. Heir to the Throne Day was a public holiday in November. [57]
In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday and public holiday observed on the first Monday of September. It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer vacation season. [40] Many schools open for the year on the day after Labor Day. [41] The origins of Labor Day can be traced back to 1872.
In 2019, 40% celebrated the day; in 2020, 34%, and in 2021 it was down to 29% of over 1000 people surveyed. In 2021, 53% said that they were treating the day as just a public holiday. [88] An IPA poll commissioned in December 2020 and published in January 2021 showed that support for changing the date had remained a minority position.
The date of the first event is not known. The event included Public Works employees on some occasions. [5] [a] Between 1926 and 1935 a railway Picnic Day event was not held. An attempt was made to revive the holiday in 1933, [6] but it was not officially observed again until three years later. [7]