Australia’s Significant Dates To Remember in 2025
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When planning staff, member, or client events, the calendar offers ready-made opportunities to inspire, reward, and connect your audience. The key is choosing the right moments and pairing them with the right entertainment or speaker.
- Values-driven occasions – Days like International Women’s Day, RU OK? Day, NAIDOC Week, Reconciliation Week, or World Environment Day give organisations a meaningful reason to bring people together. Booking a speaker with lived experience or deep expertise makes these moments powerful and authentic.
- Motivational & celebratory occasions – Milestones such as EOFY, staff awards nights, sporting finals, the Olympics, or the Melbourne Cup are ideal for energising teams. Sporting greats, motivators, or high-profile entertainers can deliver the buzz, performance lessons, and inspiration people remember.
And then, of course, there are your own organisational events and milestones – kick-off events, conferences, awards nights, team incentives, and year-end celebrations.
The key to securing the best speakers is forward planning. We can help you curate an entire year of events, or simply source the right speaker for your next conference.
Whether you want to spark conversations about inclusion and wellbeing, or motivate staff with lessons from elite performers, ICMI speakers and entertainers can help you deliver an event that hits the right note.
2025 Australian Significant Days Calendar
JANUARY |
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| 1 January | New Year’s Day |
| 26 January | Australia Day |
MARCH |
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| 2 March | Clean Up Australia Day |
| 8 March | International Women’s Day |
| 13 – 16 March | Australian Grand Prix |
| 18 – 24 March | Neurodiversity Celebration Week |
| 20 March | International Day of Happiness |
| 21 March | Harmony Day |
| 21 March | International Day of Racial Discrimination |
APRIL |
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| 18 April | Good Friday |
| 19 April | Easter Saturday |
| 20 April | Easter Sunday |
| 21 April | Easter Monday |
| 22 April | Earth Day |
| 25 April | ANZAC Day |
| 28 April | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
MAY |
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| 11 May | Mother’s Day |
| 26 May | National Sorry Day |
| 27 May – 3 June | Reconciliation Week |
JUNE |
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| 3 June | Mabo Day |
| 5 June | World Environment Day |
| 9 – 15 June | Men’s Health Week |
| 30 June | End of Financial Year |
JULY |
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| 6 – 13 July | NAIDOC Week |
AUGUST |
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| 12 August | International Youth Day |
| 30 August | Wear It Purple Day |
SEPTEMBER |
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| 1 – 5 September | Women’s Health Week |
| 3 September | Australian National Flag Day |
| 7 September | Father’s Day |
| 10 September | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 11 September | R U OK? Day |
| 27 September | AFL Grand Final |
| 28 September | NRL Grand Final |
OCTOBER |
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| 1 – 31 October | Mental Health Month |
| 1 – 31 October | National Work Safe Month |
| 10 October | World Mental Health Day |
NOVEMBER |
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| 1 – 30 November | Movember |
| 4 November | Melbourne Cup Day |
| 11 November | Remembrance Day |
| 13 November | World Kindness Day |
| 19 November | International Men’s Day |
DECEMBER |
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| 3 December | International Day of People with Disability |
| 24 December | Christmas Eve |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |
| 31 December | New Year’s Eve |