From 7.45am (AEDT) – Australian Pool Lifesaving Championships (on until Saturday, 20 January 2024) – Melbourne

8.30pm (AEDT) – Powerball $100m Jackpot Draw – ticket sales close at 7.30pm (AEDT)

ABS Data Release – Labour Force, December

National Winnie The Pooh Day – US, commemorating author A.A. Milne’s birthday (1882)

A birthday for former PM Paul Keating (1944)

Anniversary of:

• Captain James Cook coming across the Hawaiian Islands, which didn’t end well… (1778)

• the first group of ships from the First Fleet arriving in Botany Bay (1788)