12.30pm (AEST) – Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt will address the National Press Club on “The Greens’ plan to take on corporate greed and build a better life for all of us” – Canberra

Company results – Woolworths, APA, Fortescue, Nine Entertainment, Bega Cheese, Flight Centre 

ABS Data Release – Monthly Consumer Price Index, July; Construction Work Done, June 

2024 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year – South Australia

La Tomatina in Buñol (or the tomato throwing festival) is on in Spain 

Birthdays for Shania Twain (1965), Sonia Kruger (1965), Sheryl Sandberg (1969) and Jack Black (1969)

Anniversary of:

• pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins inventing Worcestershire sauce (1837)
• Reverend Martin Luther King delivering his ‘I have a dream’ speech (1963)