October 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.
October 2024
Day | Category | Observance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | International Day of Older Persons | https://www.un.org/en/observances/older-persons-day, opens in a new tab | |
1-30 | National Safe Work Month | National Safe Work Month | Safe Work Australia, opens in a new tab | |
1-30 | Disability | Dyslexia Awareness Month | A month to shine a light on dyslexia and spread the word about ways to support those with this learning difficulty. |
1-30 | Disability | Blindness Awareness Month | A month of awareness and advocacy to educate the public on blindness and vision impairment. It is a great time to share stories about blind or visually impaired people accomplishing incredible things and learn about how to support them. |
1-2 | CALD | Yom Kippur | Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the holiest and most solemn day of the Jewish year observed with fasting and prayers. |
4-11 | Disability | National Amputee Awareness Week | |
6 | Disability | World Cerebral Palsy Day | |
6 | CALD | Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival | It is the second grandest festival for East and South-East Asian communities after the Lunar New Year. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, where the moon is believed to be at its fullest and brightest. The full moon symbolises reunion so families reunite for celebrations to worship and appreciate the moon together, and share mooncakes to celebrate. |
6-13 | CALD | Sukkot | A Jewish pilgrimage festival that commemorates the sheltering and protection that God gave the Jews as they were fleeing Egypt with Moses during the Exodus. It lasts 7 days and many Jewish Australians may observe work restrictions on the first day. |
8 | LGBTQ+ | International Lesbian Day | International Lesbian Day - LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, opens in a new tab |
9 (second Thur) | World Sight Day | ||
10 | World Mental Health Day | ||
11 | Women | International Day of the Girl Child | https://www.un.org/en/observances/girl-child-day, opens in a new tab |
11 | LGBTQ+ | National Coming Out Day | International Coming Out Day | For government | Queensland Government, opens in a new tab |
12-18 | National Carer’s Week | National Carers Week | 12 - 18 October 2025, opens in a new tab | |
15 | Disability | International White Cane Awareness Day | nternational White Cane Day 2022 - Guide Dogs Australia, opens in a new tab |
15 | International Day of Rural Women / Rural Women’s Day | ||
15 (third Wed) | LGBTQ+ | International Pronouns Day | International Pronouns Day — Pronouns.org Resources on Personal Pronouns, opens in a new tab |
19-25 | LGBTQ+ | Asexual Awareness Week | |
20 | CALD | Inauguration (Gurgaddi) of Guru Granth Sahib | It commemorates the eternal installation of the Sikh holy scripture referred to as Guru Granth Sahib. |
20 | CALD | Deepavali / Diwali (Festival of Light) and Bandi Chhor Divas (The Celebration of Freedom) | What is Diwali and how do Australian communities celebrate it? | SBS Hindi, opens in a new tab |
22-23 | CALD | Birth of the Báb | The Birth of the Bab – and a New Spiritual Reality - BahaiTeachings.org, opens in a new tab |
26 | LGBTQ+ | Intersex Awareness Day | Intersex Awareness Day – Intersex Human Rights Australia (ihra.org.au), opens in a new tab |