8.00am (AEST) – Rugby Union Champion Test Match: Argentina v Wallabies – Argentina, and watch on Stan Sport

10.00am (AEST) – Koala Army’s March for Creatures Great and Small to Parliament House – Canberra

2.00pm (AWST) – Women’s soccer: Double header in the Women’s Football Cup involving West Ham United, Paris Saint Germain, Manchester City and Leicester City – Perth, and watch on Optus Sport

Father’s Day

The Sydney Fringe Festival kicks off (on until 30 September)

Child Protection Week 2024 begins (on until 7 September)

First day of Spring

Start of Legacy Week (on until 2 September) 

National Wattle Day 

Start of Asthma Week (on until 7 September) 

Start of Headache & Migraine Week (on until 7 September)

Ginger Cat Appreciation Day 🐈

Birthdays for Dr Phil (1950) and Zendaya (1996)

Anniversary of:

• the start of WWII after Germany invades Poland (1939)
• the US, Australia and New Zealand signing the ANZUS defence treaty (1951)
• the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic (1985)