Queen's Birthday Public Holiday in Queensland
QLD only public holiday - Brisbane Show Day (EKKA)
An amendment to the Holidays Act 1983 was passed by the Queensland Parliament in December 2016 that from 2017 onwards Easter Sunday is appointed as a QLD public holiday to bring in line with some of the eastern states.
Brisbane CBD only
Easter Sunday is a public holiday in QLD. (On 1 December 2016 an amendment to the Holidays Act 1983 was passed by Parliament prescribing that from 2017, Easter Sunday be appointed as a public holiday. This brings Queensland into line with the eastern States and ACT where Easter Sunday is a public holiday.)