ABS Data Release – Labour Force, August; National, state and territory population March

Start of the 2023 Australian Strategic Policy Institute conference (until 15 September) – Canberra

Start of the Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit – Sydney (until 15 September)

R U OK? Day

A Haunting in Venice premieres in Aussie cinemas

Anniversary of:
• Amy Winehouse’s birthday (1983)
• Francis Scott Key penning the poem that would later become known as The Star-Spangled Banner, the US national anthem (1814)
• the debut of The Golden Girls (1985)
• the deaths of Princess Grace of Monaco (1982) and actor Patrick Swayze (2009)
• Malcolm Turnbull ousting Tony Abbott as PM and leader of the Liberal Party (2015)

Friday
5.00am (AEST) Vogue World event begins – London