/ 02 August 2024

2 August 2024

8.00am (AEST) – PwC CEO Kevin Burrowes along with former CEOs and Independent Reviewer Dr Ziggy Switkowski will face a parliamentary inquiry into corporations and financial services looking into allegations and responses to misconduct – Canberra

11.00am (AEST) – Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation case against Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz begins – Perth

Democratic National Convention (DNC) roll call voting begins (voting open until 7 August)

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney 

GREAZEFEST rockabilly and hot rod festival begins (until 4 August) – Cleveland, Queensland

ABS Data Release: Monthly Household Spending Indicator, June 

Garma Festival begins (until 5 August) – Arnhem Land 

Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins (until 26 August)

Put on your Green and Gold – it’s Green and Gold Day to show your support for our Aussie Olympians in Paris

Jeans for Genes Day  

International Beer Day

Ice Cream Sandwich Day

Birthdays for author Isabel Allende (1942), actor Sam Worthington (1976), and pop star Charli XCX (1992)

Anniversary of:

  • the formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence (1776)
  • rubber bullets being used for the first time in Northern Ireland during ‘The Troubles’ (1970)
  • Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour becoming the most attended and highest-grossing tour of all time, overtaking U2 (2019)

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