Labour Day falls on the first Monday of October in New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT, the only three jurisdictions observing the holiday on this date. 31 October 2026 carries this public holiday in those three states, with every other state and territory working through an ordinary day.
A public holiday that falls on a Saturday sits inside the weekend rather than beside it, so it does not automatically create a substitute day off during the working week; whether one applies depends on the specific holiday and the state. Saturday 31 October 2026 falls on this day of the week, inside the weekend itself.
The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 31 October 2026 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.
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