August 2028 calendar

No school holiday period falls within August, since Term 3 runs through the whole month in every state. August 2028 carries the school year's third term without a break, with Term 3 assessments and the run-up to the AFL and NRL finals both concentrated in the same weeks, ahead of Term 3 ending in September or early October. Wattle, the national floral emblem, comes into bloom across much of the country during August.

The working-day count for August 2028 applies the Ekka public holiday only within greater Brisbane, leaving every other region of the country to count the full run of weekdays across the 31 days of the month. No other state or territory subtracts a public holiday from August under the standard national and fixed-date public holiday list. August sits in the third calendar quarter of 2028, with ten months remaining before the 30 June financial year close.

The shift from August into September brings spring officially into effect and the AFL finals series into full swing. August 2028 hands over the last of the winter cold to a month defined by warmer days, football finals and the first Father's Day of the new season, observed on the first Sunday of September. No state outside Queensland observes a public holiday during August.