Four Australian jurisdictions to have a public holiday on Monday — ABC News Australia

In Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia will have a public holiday on Monday. According to ABC News Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia will mark Labour Day, while Queensland will observe the King’s official birthday.

The Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia will not have a day off on that day. Residents of these regions will have to wait at least a month for their next public holiday.

A workers’ holiday on different dates

Labour Day in Australia is dedicated to the labour movement and the struggle for workers’ rights, rather than to a political party. One of the movement’s key dates was 21 April 1856, when stonemasons in Melbourne protested, demanding an eight-hour working day.

New South Wales and Victoria passed the Eight Hours Act in 1916. The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration approved a nationwide 40-hour, five-day working week in 1948.

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Labour Day is celebrated on different dates in different parts of Australia. In Western Australia, it fell on 2 March; in Victoria and Tasmania, on 9 March, with the holiday called Eight Hours Day in Tasmania. It was observed on 4 May in the Northern Territory and Queensland; in the Northern Territory, it is called May Day.

Switch to daylight saving time

Daylight saving time also begins in parts of Australia this weekend. On Sunday, clocks will be moved forward by one hour in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

The Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia do not observe daylight saving time.