8.00am (AEST) – New Zealand’s PM Christopher Luxon will meet with our PM Anthony Albanese at the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders meeting – Canberra

10.00am (AEST) – Motorsport: Supercars Championship, Tasmania Supersprint (until 18 August) – Launceston, Tas

4.00pm (AEST) – A candlelight vigil will be held for 10yo Sophie Wang, allegedly murdered this week by her mother – Gold Coast

US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is set to deliver an economic policy address in North Carolina

The Kennedy Awards for excellence in journalism, gala presentation ceremony – Sydney

Pacific Airshow 2024 (until 18 August) – Gold Coast

Company results – Domain Group, ASX

Birthdays for James Cameron (1954), Madonna (1958), Steve Carell (1962), and Taika Waititi (1975)

Anniversary of:

• the marriage of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi (2008)
• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being granted political asylum by Ecuador (2012)
• the deaths of Elvis (1977) and Aretha Franklin (2018)