/ 24 July 2024

24 July 2024

9.00am (AEST) – Senate inquiry into the 3G network shutdown and phone services accessibility – Canberra

10.00am (AEST) – Senate inquiry into ‘buy now, pay later’ laws – Canberra

10.00am (AEST) – Public hearing into right wing extremist movements in Australia – Canberra

12.00pm (ACST) – South Australia CEDA state of the state address – Adelaide

12.30pm (AEST) – Professor Martine Maron & Professor Jamie Pittock from the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists  will address the National Press Club on their Blueprint to Repair Australia’s Landscapes Report – Canberra

11:30pm (AEST) – Olympics: Men’s Rugby 7s, Aus V Samoa – Paris, and watch on 9Now

11.35pm (AEST) – Brisbane 3032 Games organising committee president Andrew Liveris to make a presentation to the 142nd IOC session – Paris

Other preliminary Olympic Games events for Soccer and Archery to begin in Paris 

Lifeline’s Stress Down Day 

International Self-Care Day

Birthdays for Jennifer Lopez (1969), Tony Gustavsson (1973), Rose Byrne (1979), Elisabeth Moss (1982), and Bindi Irwin (1998)

Anniversary of:

  • Jacques Cartier becoming the first person to land in Canada, claiming it for France (1534)
  • American explorer Hiram Bingham ‘discovering’ Machu Picchu (1911)
  • Survivor’s Eye Of The Tiger starting its 6-week run at No. 1 on US charts (1982) 
  • Aussie cyclist Cadel Evans winning the 98th Tour de France (2011)

Thursday
Around 4.00am (AEST) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the joint session of the US Congress

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