School holidays run through January in every state and territory, with Term 1 not starting until the last week of January or the first week of February. 24 January 2026 falls inside this national school break, the longest of the four holiday periods on the Australian school calendar and the busiest month of the year for family travel to caravan parks, coastal towns and the roads that lead to them.
Any deadline or bill payment due on Saturday 24 January 2026 moves to the following Monday under standard business-day rules, since Saturday is not a working day for the Monday-to-Friday workforce this page counts by default. Shift-based industries follow their own separate rostering rules instead of this convention.
The quarter containing 24 January 2026 is based on the calendar year running January to December, a separate system from the Australian financial year, which runs from 1 July to 30 June and splits into its own four quarters. Businesses often track both systems side by side, one for tax filings and one for calendar-year planning.
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