8.30am (AEST) – The 2024 News Corp National Bush Summit kicks off, with PM Anthony Albanese and Coalition Leader Peter Dutton speaking – Townsville, Qld

9.00am (AEST) – A public hearing into Family Violence Orders will be held as part of a parliamentary inquiry – Canberra

9.00am (AEST) – A public hearing into Free Trade Agreements will be held – Canberra

From 12.00pm (AEST) – US Vice President Kamala Harris will accept the DNC’s nomination to run for president and she’ll address the convention – Chicago, US

6.30pm (AEST) – NBL pre-season match Brisbane Bullets v Shanghai Sharks – Brisbane 

6.00pm (AWST) – NBL pre-season match Perth Wildcats v NBL1 West Select – Perth

Company results – Coventry Group, Mayne Pharma Group, Latitude Group, Inghams

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 

National Flag Day in Ukraine

Anniversary of:

• the Battle of Stalingrad – 40,000 died in the WWII battle (1942)
• the World Wide Web being opened to the public (1991)
• the release of Jeff Buckley’s only studio album Grace (1995)
• Hurricane Katrina forming over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane that devastated the New Orleans area (2005)
• the birthdays of Gene Kelly (1912), River Phoenix (1970), and Kobe Bryant (1978)