No. There is no extra substitute Monday public holiday for all employees across Australia when Anzac Day 2026 falls on Saturday 25 April. The additional Monday is not a uniform national entitlement - it exists only in particular jurisdictions.

Why there is no single national answer

Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), s 115, public holidays are (a) the listed national days and (b) any day declared or prescribed under a State or Territory law as a public holiday in that State or Territory. Anzac Day itself (25 April) is a public holiday everywhere, but whether an *additional or substitute* day arises when it falls on a weekend is decided by each State and Territory's own public holidays legislation - and the jurisdictions treat Anzac Day differently from days like Christmas Day or New Year's Day, which do commonly attract weekend substitutes.

Position for Saturday 25 April 2026, by jurisdiction

- Western Australia: Yes - an additional public holiday on Monday 27 April 2026. WA is the standout: under its public holidays law, when Anzac Day falls on a weekend the following Monday is also a public holiday (as happened in 2020, the last time Anzac Day fell on a Saturday, when only WA observed Monday 27 April). The Saturday remains Anzac Day as well.
- NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, Northern Territory: No additional Monday. Anzac Day is observed on Saturday 25 April 2026 only. In these jurisdictions Anzac Day is deliberately not substituted when it falls on a Saturday (several of them do provide a Monday only when Anzac Day falls on a *Sunday*, but that is not the 2026 case).

What an employee's entitlement turns on

- The State or Territory in which the employee works (i.e. which jurisdiction's public holiday declaration applies to them), not a national rule. An employee in Perth gets Monday 27 April 2026 as a public holiday; an employee in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra or Darwin does not.
- Whether the employee would ordinarily work on the holiday. Because the holiday everywhere (except the WA Monday) sits on a Saturday, employees who do not normally work Saturdays get no day off in lieu and no extra pay under the NES - the s 116 payment entitlement only applies to ordinary hours the employee would otherwise have worked on the holiday. Employees who do work Saturday 25 April may be entitled to public holiday penalty rates under their award or agreement.
- Any more generous award, enterprise agreement, or contract term (some instruments provide their own substitute-day or additional-holiday arrangements), and any additional local/part-day holidays gazetted in a particular region.

Practical answer for the payroll officer: treat Saturday 25 April 2026 as the Anzac Day public holiday in every jurisdiction, and add Monday 27 April 2026 as a public holiday only for employees whose work is based in Western Australia (subject to any more generous industrial instrument). Do not apply a Monday substitute nationally.