The Royal Queensland Show, known as the Ekka, runs in Brisbane through August every year, bringing a public holiday for the greater Brisbane area on the Wednesday of the show. 4 August 2028 falls inside the same 31-day month as this regional observance, which does not apply outside greater Brisbane and leaves the rest of Queensland working an ordinary day.
Friday 4 August 2028 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 4 August 2028 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.