May 2025
Australian Sports Commission is determined to have more Australians participating and excelling in sport, from grass-roots right up to the pinnacle of elite competition.
May 2024
Day | Category | Observance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
5 | LGBTQ+ | International Family Equality Day | |
15 | ALL | International Day of Families | International Day of Families | United Nations, opens in a new tab |
16 | Disability | Global Accessibility Awareness Day | |
17 | LGBTQ+ | International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia | |
19-25 | ALL | National Volunteer Week | National Volunteer Week - Volunteering Australia, opens in a new tab |
20 | CALD | Dehwa Daymaneh | A festival observed by the Mandaean community celebrating the birthday of John the Baptist, the Mandaean greatest and final prophet. |
21 | CALD | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development | https://www.un.org/en/observances/cultural-diversity-day, opens in a new tab |
22-23 | CALD | Declaration of the Báb & Ascension of Baha’u’lláh | A religious day for the Baha’i community around the world commemorating Bahá’u’lláh – the prophet and founder of the Baha’i faith. |
23 | CALD | Vesak / Buddha’s Day | https://www.buddhaday.org.au/ Vesak Day | United Nations, opens in a new tab |
24 | LGBTQ+ | Pansexual Visibility Day | We can take some info from this page if we can’t link to it: Panoramic Views: In conversation for Pansexual Pride dayPride in Diversity (prideinclusionprograms.com.au), opens in a new tab |
25 | CALD | Africa Day | |
26 | First Nations | National Sorry Day | National Sorry Day - Reconciliation Australia, opens in a new tab |
27 May-3 June | First Nations | Reconciliation Week | National Reconciliation Week - Reconciliation Australia, opens in a new tab |
28 | LGBTQ+ | LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness | LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day - LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, opens in a new tab |