No. Easter Saturday is not a public holiday uniformly across Australia. There is no single national answer that applies to every employee. Public holidays in Australia are set by each state and territory (under their own holiday legislation), so whether Easter Saturday (Saturday 4 April 2026) is a public holiday depends on the jurisdiction in which the employee is based.

The answer turns on the employee's state or territory:

Jurisdictions where Easter Saturday (4 April 2026) IS a gazetted public holiday:
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Northern Territory

Jurisdictions where Easter Saturday is NOT a public holiday:
- Western Australia - Easter Saturday is not a public holiday.
- Tasmania - Easter Saturday is generally not a public holiday statewide (Tasmania's standard Easter public holidays are Good Friday and Easter Monday; Easter Tuesday applies for some public-sector and award arrangements). It is not a general statewide public holiday for all employees.

So for a payroll officer the practical position is:
- Good Friday (3 April 2026), Easter Sunday and Easter Monday (6 April 2026) treatment is more consistent, but Easter Saturday is the day that varies.
- An employee's public-holiday entitlement for Easter Saturday 2026 turns on which state or territory governs their employment, not on a single nationwide rule.
- The relevant source is the public-holiday declaration/gazettal made under the employee's own state or territory holidays legislation (e.g. NSW Public Holidays Act 2010, Vic Public Holidays Act 1993, Qld Holidays Act 1983, etc.), together with any applicable modern award, enterprise agreement or contract that may add or substitute days.

Payroll action: determine each affected employee's work jurisdiction and apply that jurisdiction's Easter Saturday status (public holiday in NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, ACT and NT; not a public holiday in WA; not a general statewide public holiday in Tasmania). Do not apply one blanket rule to the whole national workforce.