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Companies Offering 9 Day Fortnights in Australia

Browse 30+ 9 day fortnight companies in Australia—fewer hours each week and a better work-life balance. 59+ open roles.

30
Companies
36.9
Avg Hrs/Week
68/100
Work-Life Score

30 companies

City of Moreton Bay logo

City of Moreton Bay

69 · Good

Delivering sustainable services to enhance the lifestyle of Moreton Bay residents.

9 Day FortnightHybrid40h/week616 employees
7 open positionsView company
City of Gold Coast logo

City of Gold Coast

68 · Good

Australia's second-largest council - serving the Gold Coast with a 36-hour week worked over a 9-day fortnight, every second Friday off.

9 Day FortnightHybrid36h/week4K employees
12 open positionsView company
Grant Thornton logo

Grant Thornton

67 · Good

Grant Thornton Australia is a leading accounting, advisory, and consulting firm offering innovative client solutions with a strong commitment to work-life balance and employee wellbeing.

9 Day FortnightHybrid40h/week1.7K employees
6 open positionsView company
Tenterfield Shire Council logo

Tenterfield Shire Council

67 · Good

NSW high-country council in the "Birthplace of Our Nation" — "Enjoy a 9-day fortnight" verbatim on its white-collar ads.

9 Day FortnightOnsite35h/week140 employees
4 open positionsView company
Nambucca Valley Council logo

Nambucca Valley Council

67 · Good

NSW Mid-North Coast council — "Fortnightly rostered day off (RDO)" verbatim on its office ads; 9-day fortnight on 35-hour indoor conditions.

9 Day FortnightOnsite35h/week160 employees
1 open positionView company
Livingstone Shire Council logo

Livingstone Shire Council

65 · Good

Capricorn Coast council at Yeppoon — "Fortnightly RDOs - because balance matters" verbatim in its own ads; 9-day fortnight across streams.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week350 employees
7 open positionsView company
Gympie Regional Council logo

Gympie Regional Council

65 · Good

Queensland council an hour from the Sunshine Coast — office roles come with a verbatim "Nine-day fortnight" in the benefits list.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week520 employees
3 open positionsView company
Gladstone Regional Council logo

Gladstone Regional Council

65 · Good

Queensland council advertising white-collar roles as "Permanent Full Time, 9-day fortnight" under its Better Balance, Better Benefits programme.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week800 employees
2 open positionsView company
Bundaberg Regional Council logo

Bundaberg Regional Council

62 · Good

Queensland regional council serving the Bundaberg region - with a 9-day fortnight across council roles.

9 Day FortnightOnsite38h/week900 employees
10 open positionsView company
Emesent logo

Emesent

62 · Good

Australian robotics company behind Hovermap — autonomous drone and LiDAR scanning technology used to map mines, tunnels and infrastructure that people cannot safely enter.

9 Day FortnightOnsite38h/week150 employees
7 open positionsView company
Georges River Council logo

Georges River Council

70 · Great

Southern-Sydney council advertising "Enjoy a 9-day fortnight" across its professional roles — 70 hours a fortnight.

9 Day FortnightHybrid35h/week640 employees
No open positionsView company
Woollahra Municipal Council logo

Woollahra Municipal Council

70 · Great

Sydney eastern-suburbs council where indoor staff work a 35-hour week over nine days — a fortnightly RDO for every role.

9 Day FortnightHybrid35h/week470 employees
No open positionsView company
QBE Insurance Group logo

QBE Insurance Group

69 · Good

Global insurer with 135+ years of experience, operating in 28 countries and offering comprehensive insurance solutions with flexible work arrangements including 9-day fortnights.

9 Day FortnightHybrid40h/week6.8K employees
No open positionsView company
Townsville City Council logo

Townsville City Council

68 · Good

North Queensland's largest local government — full-time corporate roles run on a 9-day fortnight at 36.25 hours per week.

9 Day FortnightHybrid36h/week1.7K employees
No open positionsView company
Cumberland City Council logo

Cumberland City Council

67 · Good

Western-Sydney council running a 70-hour fortnight with a rostered day off every fortnight.

9 Day FortnightOnsite35h/week1.1K employees
No open positionsView company
Riverina Water logo

Riverina Water

67 · Good

NSW county-council water utility in Wagga Wagga — a rostered day off on a 9-day fortnight is a listed benefit for its whole workforce.

9 Day FortnightOnsite35h/week92 employees
No open positionsView company
Wollongong City Council logo

Wollongong City Council

67 · Good

NSW coastal council whose staff enjoy a 35-hour week or 9-day fortnight with a regular rostered day off.

9 Day FortnightOnsite35h/week1.5K employees
No open positionsView company
Charters Towers Regional Council logo

Charters Towers Regional Council

65 · Good

North Queensland gold-rush town council — full-time roles are 72.5 hours a fortnight with a fortnightly RDO and five weeks' leave.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week280 employees
No open positionsView company
Fraser Coast Regional Council logo

Fraser Coast Regional Council

65 · Good

Queensland council for Hervey Bay and Maryborough — its white-collar job ads bind a "9-day fortnight" into the package line.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week1K employees
No open positionsView company
North Burnett Regional Council logo

North Burnett Regional Council

65 · Good

Rural Queensland council whose office roles are advertised with "Schedule: 9-day fortnight" — every second Friday off in the North Burnett.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week300 employees
No open positionsView company
Rockhampton Regional Council logo

Rockhampton Regional Council

65 · Good

Central Queensland council where full-time office roles run Monday to Friday on a 9-day fortnight — 72.5 hours per fortnight.

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week950 employees
No open positionsView company
Saab Australia logo

Saab Australia

65 · Good

Australian arm of Swedish defence & security electronics group Saab. Engineering and software roles in Adelaide and Melbourne with an opt-in 9-day fortnight.

9 Day FortnightHybrid38h/week700 employees
No open positionsView company
Sam Crawford Architects logo

Sam Crawford Architects

65 · Good

Sydney architecture studio (Newtown, NSW, 22 ppl) with permanent 9-day fortnight since ~Dec 2021. Every second Friday is "Mies Day" — Mies van der Rohe's "less is more".

9 Day FortnightOnsite36h/week22 employees
No open positionsView company
Wyndham City Council logo

Wyndham City Council

65 · Good

One of Australia's fastest-growing councils (Melbourne's west) — full-time roles carry a fortnightly RDO as part of the package.

9 Day FortnightHybrid38h/week1.5K employees
No open positionsView company
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How we rank these companies

These companies are ordered by their work-life score— a 0–100 rating we calculate from each employer’s published policies, averaging 68 across the 30 companies on this page.

  • Contracted hours carry the most weight — the fewer hours a full-time week actually is, the higher the score. A 40-hour week earns nothing here.
  • Remote and schedule flexibility comes next: whether the role is genuinely remote, how much say you have over your hours, and whether core hours are fixed.
  • Paid leave is scored above a 15-day baseline, so a statutory minimum adds nothing and a genuinely generous allowance does.
  • The schedule itself can add or subtract. A genuine reduced-day week scores positively; a full-week perk such as unlimited PTO scores negatively, because it is not a reduction in hours.

Every company starts from the same baseline and is scored on the policies recorded in its profile, so a company that publishes more detail is scored more precisely. The same score appears on that company’s own page. Read the full scoring rubric →

How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: August 19, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

We list 30 companies that match every filter in this combination — specific schedule type, remote policy, and geography. Compound company pages are naturally smaller than single-dimension pages because fewer employers tick every box. Each new listing is meaningful at this intersection. Expand any company above for their full profile, schedule policy, and open roles.
Employers currently featured here include Australian Institute of Marine Science, Bega Valley Shire Council, and Bundaberg Regional Council. Companies appearing at this compound intersection have typically made deliberate choices across all the filters — remote-friendly and reduced-hours together is a distinct subset of the broader 4-day-week market. Click through to any company profile to see their public statement on schedule, remote policy, and current openings.
Yes — compound pages narrow the set of matching companies significantly compared to single-filter browsing. That makes each listed company more valuable per-match: they've made deliberate policy choices across every dimension you care about. If the list feels thin, relax one filter (often country or remote-specificity) to see nearby matching employers — the sidebar and related-searches section show adjacent pages.
Start with the schedule policy — is it truly fixed, or a flexible arrangement that could shift? Confirm the remote policy covers your location, timezone, and long-term work arrangement. Check how long the company has run the schedule; companies with 18+ months of operating data are more predictable than newer adopters. Each company profile above includes their stated policy; interviews are the place to verify day-to-day practice.
Not always — some profiles show companies that have adopted the matching policies but currently have no open roles. Those still appear on the index because the 4dayweek.io company pages support research and discovery beyond immediate hiring. Use the 'Hiring now' filter in the sidebar to narrow to companies with at least one open position. Job alerts notify you when previously-quiet companies post new roles.