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Who gets a public holiday for Anzac Day across Australia?
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Anzac Day is held on 25 April each year to commemorate Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who have served and died in military combat.
The date marks the landings at Gallipoli, Türkiye, during the First World War in 1915, the first major military action fought by Australian soldiers during the conflict.
Each year, the sacrifices made by Anzac soldiers in that and all subsequent conflicts are honoured through dawn services, marches, and performances of the Last Post.
What is open and what is closed on Anzac Day 2026?
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Anzac Day falls on a Saturday this year, which means in Queensland we don’t get an extra day off.
However, restrictions to opening hours and alcohol sales apply just as if the Saturday were a weekday Anzac Day public holiday.
That means non-exempt businesses must remain shut on the day, and some exempt ones can’t open until 1pm or 1.30pm.
Large retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and hardware shops, are “non-exempt shops”, and must remain closed on Anzac Day.
So that means no Coles, Woolies, Aldi, Bunnings, Myer, David Jones, Kmart, Target, or Big W (except the Woolworths at Brisbane Airport, which is open from 1pm).
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Is Anzac Day Saturday or Monday? And what about shops, surcharges and pay?
The national day of remembrance held annually on April 25 will look a little different this year due to it falling on a Saturday.
Anzac Day is one of just three-and-a-half days a year when almost all shops must be closed under the Shop Trading Hours Act.
But as it falls on a weekend, the public holiday is next Monday (the 27th).
That means most shops must close on Saturday until 1pm. But businesses also need to work out how to calculate staff pay for Saturday, or Monday.
The national day of remembrance held on April 25 commemorates the 1915 landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli during WWI.
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