Sitting calendar 2015 – text version
Issued 16 October 2014. Last updated: 31 March 2015 – addition of Senate only sitting day on 11 May 2015.
- 1 January – New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 2 to 23 January – Non sitting days
- 26 January – Australia Day holiday
- 27 January to 6 February – Non sitting days
Autumn session
- 9 to 12 February – Both Chambers sit
- 6 to 20 February – Non sitting days
- 23 to 26 February –House of Representatives sits, Senate Additional Estimates
- 27 February – Non sitting day
- 2 to 5 March– Both Chambers sit
- 6 March – Non sitting day
- 9 March – Canberra Day (Public Holiday)
- 10 to 13 March – Non sitting days
- 16 to 19 March – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off on Thursday, 19 March
- 20 March – Non sitting day
- 23 to 26 March – Both Chambers sit
- 27 March to 3 April – Non sitting days
- 3 April – Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 April – Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 7 April to 24 April – Non sitting days
- 25 April – Anzac Day holiday (Public Holiday – Saturday)
- 27 April to 10 May – Non sitting days
Winter (Budget) session
- 11 May – Senate chamber sits
- 12 May – Budget, Both Chambers sit
- 14 to 15 May – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday 13 May
- 15 to 22 May – Non sitting days
- 25 to 28 May – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 29 May – Non sitting day
- 1 to 4 June – House of Representatives sits, Senate Budget Estimates
- 5 June – Non sitting day
- 8 June – Queen's birthday (Public Holiday)
- 9 to 12 June – Non sitting days
- 15 to 18 June – Both Chambers sit
- 19 June – Non sitting day
- 22 to 25 June – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday 23 June
- 26 June to 7 August – Non sitting days
Spring session
- 10 to 13 August – Both Chambers sit
- 14 August – Non sitting day
- 17 to 20 August – Both Chambers sit
- 21 August to 4 September – Non sitting days
- 7 to 10 September – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday, 9 September
- 11 September – Non sitting day
- 14 to 17 September – Both Chambers sit
- 18 to 25 September – Non sitting days
- 28 September – ACT Family and Community Day (Public Holiday)
- 29 September to 2 October – Non sitting days
- 5 October – Labour Day (Public Holiday)
- 6 to 9 October – Non sitting days
- 12 to 15 October – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Wednesday, 14 October
- 19 to 22 October – House of Representatives sits, Senate Supplementary Budget Estimates
- 23 October to 6 November – Non sitting days
- 9 to 12 November – Both Chambers sit
- 13 to 20 November – Non sitting days
- 23 to 26 November – Both Chambers sit, Senate 2/3 Cut Off Thursday 26 November
- 27 November – Non sitting day
- 30 November to 3 December – Both Chambers sit
- 4 to 24 December – Non sitting days
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 28 December – Boxing Day holiday
- 29 to 31 December – Non sitting days