7.50pm (AEDT) – NRL Season Opener – Parramatta Eels v Melbourne Storm – Sydney

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus holds a roundtable on bankruptcy reform with finance, legal and consumer groups – Canberra

Tesla Investor Day – Texas

World Book Day

Empire of Light starring Olivia Colman, Michael Ward and Colin Firth, debuts in Aussie cinemas

Stella Prize 2023 longlist announced

Birthdays for Mark Evans (1956), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Daniel Craig (1968), Chris Martin (1977) and Rebel Wilson (1980)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Dr Seuss (1904), Lou Reed (1942) and Karen Carpenter (1950)
• the release of The Sound of Music (1965)
• Winx setting a world record for Group 1 wins by taking home the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney (2019)