ACT Public Holidays

ACT Public Holidays lists the public holidays observed in the Australian Capital Territory, combining nationally recognised Australian dates with ACT-specific observances and the substitute-day rules that apply when holidays fall on a weekend. The feed covers the legal and practical holiday calendar used across Canberra and the territory rather than informal commemorations, school-only term markers, or broad lifestyle dates that do not carry public-holiday status. Each entry is a named all-day holiday, and the schedule follows the familiar annual pattern of Australian public observance through New Year's Day, Australia Day, Easter, Anzac Day, King's Birthday, Labour Day, Christmas, and Boxing Day, alongside ACT-specific dates such as Canberra Day and Reconciliation Day. That mix is what makes the territory calendar distinct: it sits inside the wider Australian framework but still carries local observances and substitute arrangements that affect government offices, payroll processing, staffing, court timetables, and public-service planning in the ACT. For employers and administrators, the difference between a nationally recognised day and a territory-specific observance can have direct operational consequences, especially where closure notices and staffing assumptions depend on territory law. Employers, administrators, journalists, and households can use this Smart Calendar Feed, free to subscribe, in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook to keep ACT holiday dates visible beside work rosters, travel plans, school planning, and closure schedules. The format is especially practical for anyone who needs the territory's observed-holiday rules in the same calendar as ordinary appointments and deadlines, without having to reconcile national and local lists by hand. The calendar updates regularly so changes to observance, substitute days, or officially declared public holidays appear automatically. That keeps the feed aligned with the ACT holiday framework and gives it a lasting role wherever territory-specific closures need to be tracked accurately.