A state premier has flagged his government is in talks to create a new public holiday, accounting for Anzac Day falling on a Saturday. The state pushing for a new public holiday and April long weekendOnly a select few million Australians are in line for an Anzac Day long weekend this year. With that fact dawning on people planning their 2026 escapes, a state premier on Thursday flagged his government is in talks to create a new public holiday, accounting for Anzac Day falling on a Saturday. Remembrance services will be held nationwide on April 25 but only people in Western Australia and ACT will get an additional public holiday on the following Monday. “I’ve got to have confidence that it’s not going to — if we have a public holiday on the Monday — it doesn’t detract from the salience of the 25th,” Minns said.