2026 sitting dates for each House of the Parliament are set out below.
Dates marked with an asterisk (*) are dates on which both Houses of Parliament are sitting. School holidays and public holidays are summarised in the ‘Other events’ section on this page.
Autumn
- 3 to 5 February*
- 9 to 12 February
- 2 to 5 March*
- 10 to 12 March*
- 23 to 26 March*
- 30 March to 1 April*
Winter
- 12 to 14 May* (Budget on 12 May)
- 25 to 28 May
- 2 to 4 June
- 22 to 25 June*
- 29 June to 2 July*
Spring
- 11 to 13 August*
- 17 to 20 August*
- 7 to 10 September*
- 14 to 17 September*
- 12 to 15 October*
- 26 to 29 October
- 23 to 26 November*
Autumn
- 3 to 5 February*
- 2 to 5 March*
- 10 to 12 March*
- 23 to 26 March*
- 30 March to 1 April*
- Dates of Senate 2/3 cut off: 4 February and 25 March
Additional Estimates
- 9 to 12 February
Winter
- 12 to 14 May*
- 22 to 25 June*
- 29 June to 2 July*
- Dates of Senate 2/3 cut off: 13 May and 30 June
Budget Estimates
- 25 to 28 May
- 22 to 5 June
Spring
- 11 to 13 August*
- 17 to 20 August*
- 7 to 10 September*
- 14 to 17 September*
- 12 to 15 October*
- 16 to 19 November
- 23 to 26 November*
- Dates of Senate 2/3 cut off: 9 September, 14 October and 24 November
Supplementary Budget Estimates
- 26 to 29 October
Public Holidays
- 1 January: New Year’s Day
- 26 January: Australia Day
- 9 March: ACT, SA, TAS, VIC
- 3 April: Good Friday
- 6 April: Easter Monday
- 27 April: Anzac Day (WA only)
- 4 May: NT, QLD
- 1 June: ACT, WA
- 8 June: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, VIC
- 3 August: NT
- 28 September: WA
- 5 October: ACT, NSW, SA, QLD
- 3 November: VIC
- 25 December: Christmas Day
School Holidays
- 1 to 25 January: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, VIC, WA, QLD
- 26 January to 1 February: ACT, NSW, TAS, WA
- 6 to 12 April: ACT, NSW, NT, VIC, WA, QLD
- 13 to 19 April: ACT, NSW, SA, VIC, NT, WA, QLD
- 20 to 26 April: SA, TAS
- 27 April to 3 May: TAS
- 22 to 28 June: NT
- 29 June to 5 July: NT, VIC, QLD
- 6 to 12 July: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA, QLD
- 13 to 19 July: ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, WA
- 20 to 26 July: TAS
- 21 to 27 September: NT, VIC
- 28 September to 4 October: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA, QLD
- 5 to 11 October: ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, WA, QLD
- 12 to 18 October: TAS
- 14 to 20 December: NT, SA, QLD
- 21 to 27 December: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, VIC, WA, QLD