1.30pm (AEDT) – SA Premier Peter Malinauskas delivers his first State of the State address – Adelaide

7.45pm (AEDT) – An Evening with President Obama – Melbourne – available to livestream here

Four people including Jack Brearley face court charged with the murder of 15yo Cassius Turvey – Perth

ABS Data Release – Monthly Consumer Price Index indicator, February; Permanent migrants in Australia, 2021

The Hatchery Women in Leadership Summit (until 30 March) – Sydney

Melbourne International Comedy Festival begins (until 23 April) – Melbourne

Piano Day

Birthdays for Vangelis (1943), Elle Macpherson (1964), and Lucy Lawless (1968)

Anniversary of:
• the official opening of Royal Albert Hall by Queen Victoria (1871)
• Australia’s first federal election leading to Edmund Barton being elected Prime Minister (1901)
• Nelson Mandela being acquitted of treason after a 4.5-year trial (1961)
• the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China (1974)