No, Easter Saturday (4 April 2026) is **not** a public holiday uniformly across Australia. Its status as a public holiday depends entirely on the state or territory in which the employee is employed.

### Jurisdictional Breakdown for Easter Saturday 2026

*   **Declared Public Holiday:** Easter Saturday is a gazetted public holiday in the **Australian Capital Territory (ACT)**, **New South Wales (NSW)**, the **Northern Territory (NT)**, **Queensland (QLD)**, **South Australia (SA)**, and **Victoria (VIC)**.
*   **Not a Public Holiday:** Easter Saturday is **not** a public holiday in **Western Australia (WA)** or **Tasmania (TAS)**. 

### What an Employee's Entitlement Turns On

An individual employee's entitlement to public holiday rates or a day off on Easter Saturday turns on two main factors:

1.  **The State or Territory of Employment:** Because public holidays are declared at the state and territory level, the physical location of the employee's workplace (or the jurisdiction governing their employment) is the primary determinant. An employee working in Melbourne (VIC) will be entitled to public holiday conditions, whereas an employee performing the same role in Perth (WA) or Hobart (TAS) will not.
2.  **The Applicable Industrial Instrument:** The employee's modern award, enterprise agreement (EA), or employment contract dictates how public holidays are compensated. Some enterprise agreements contain clauses that nationalize public holiday benefits (e.g., treating a day as a public holiday for all employees nationwide if it is a public holiday in at least one state), or they may define specific holiday entitlements that differ from default state declarations.