The school year ends for most students partway through December, handing over to the long summer holidays that run through January and into February of the following year. 31 December 2027 falls inside this end-of-year school stretch, the longest holiday period on the Australian school calendar.
Friday 31 December 2027 is the last working day of the standard Monday-to-Friday week, the fifth and final working day before the weekend begins. A public holiday landing on this day of the week joins directly onto the Saturday and Sunday that follow it, forming a three-day weekend without using any annual leave.
Contracts and legal deadlines that specify calendar days count every day from 31 December 2027 including weekends and public holidays, while deadlines specified in working or business days count only the days this page includes in its working-day total. The difference between the two conventions can shift a deadline by several days once weekends and holidays are counted.