Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight saving, so from October onward those three run an hour behind the south-eastern states. 24 October 2030 falls inside this seasonal clock split, which lasts until the following April when the south-east moves back onto standard time.
Thursday 24 October 2030 is a common day for bill payments, invoice due dates and payroll runs across Australian businesses, sitting close enough to the end of the working week to clear outstanding tasks before Friday arrives. Many payroll cycles are timed to land on this day of the week specifically, so that funds clear ahead of the weekend.
2030 has 365 days on the calendar. Leap years add a single extra day to February, giving those years 366 days instead of 365 and shifting the day-of-year number for every date from March onward by one compared with an ordinary year. This is the only irregularity in the length of the Australian calendar year.