9.00am (AEST) – Representatives from the car industry will appear at a parliamentary inquiry into the transition to electric vehicles – Canberra

10.00am (AEST) – Sandown 500 Supercars round – Springvale, Vic

12.00pm (AEST) – Welcome home event for Paris Paralympians – Sydney

7.30pm (AEST) – The world premiere of Oscar by the Australian Ballet, about Oscar Wilde – Melbourne 

7.10pm (ACST) – AFL: Semi-final, Port Adelaide v Hawthorn – Adelaide, and watch on Kayo

7.50pm (AEST) – NRL: Qualifying final, Penrith v Sydney Roosters – Sydney, and watch on Channel 9

Queensland public schools finish up Term 3

Start of the Content Byte Summit (until 14 September) – Sydney 

Anniversary of:

• the birthdays of Roald Dahl (1916) and Shane Warne (1969)
• the release of Nintendo’s first-ever Super Mario Bros game (1985)
• the premiere of Law and Order (1990)