From 4.08am (AEST) – Sydney’s new Metro City rail service opens 

8.00am (AEST) – Launch of the Adult Media Literacy in 2024 report – Canberra

From dusk – A blue sturgeon super moon will light up skies

Federal Parliament sitting, both houses (until 22 August)

Company results – Ampol, Lendlease, Suncorp

Equal Pay Day 2024 

Start of National Skills Week (until 25 August) 

World Humanitarian Day 

Afghanistan’s Independence Day

International Orangutan Day

World Photography Day 

Birthdays for Bill Clinton (1946) and Missy Higgins (1983)

Anniversary of:

Coco Chanel’s birthday (1883)

Soviet satellite Korabl-Sputnik 2 carrying 2 dogs, 2 rats, 40 mice, one rabbit and fruit flies into orbit (1960)

The Beatles’ All You Need is Love hitting #1 (1967)

the release of Lady Gaga’s record-breaking debut album The Fame (2008)