September 2026
There are 2 different September long weekends, depending on where you live.
The next one starts Fri 25 Sep — in 17 days.
Who gets a long weekend in September 2026
Three days or more in a row without a working day in the middle, computed from each jurisdiction's own gazetted dates rather than assumed from the holiday name.
| Where | Dates | Days | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIC | Fri 25 Sep – Sun 27 Sep | 3 | Friday before the AFL Grand Final |
| WA | Sat 26 Sep – Mon 28 Sep | 3 | King's Birthday |
No September long weekend in: NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, ACT, NT. Those are ordinary working weeks there.
September 2027
| Where | Dates | Days | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA | Sat 25 Sep – Mon 27 Sep | 3 | King's Birthday |
How these are worked out
Measured from the gazetted dates, not from the holiday's name
A long weekend here means three or more days in a row with no working day in the middle — a weekend plus at least one public holiday touching it. It is computed from each jurisdiction's own list rather than assumed, which matters because a public holiday landing on a Saturday does not make one by itself.
Anzac Day 2026 is the case in point. It falls on a Saturday everywhere, and only New South Wales and Western Australia get a long weekend out of it — because only those two add a Monday. The same holiday, the same weekend, and six states and territories go back to work on the Monday.
This models a standard Monday-to-Friday week, which is not everyone's, and it counts only whole-day public holidays: an evening part-day holiday does not extend a weekend. Every date traces to the Act named on the jurisdiction's own page.