Spring is fully established across the country by October 2027, with milder days and longer evenings standard in every state. Daylight saving returns on the first Sunday of October for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory keep the same clock they run all year. Daylight saving returns on the first Sunday of October in the five states and territories that observe it.
The working-day count for October 2027 subtracts Labour Day only in New South Wales, South Australia and the ACT, where the holiday falls on the first Monday of the month. Every other state and territory counts the full run of weekdays across the 31 days of October without this particular subtraction applying. October opens the fourth calendar quarter of 2027 as well as the financial year's second quarter.
October 2027 runs to 31 days and opens the fourth calendar quarter of 2027, ten months into the 365-day year. The financial year that began the previous July moves into its second quarter at the same point, with eight months still remaining before its 30 June close the following year, when the twelve-month cycle resets again. School Term 4 begins across every state during October, the final term of the school year.