9.00am (AEST) – Australia’s emergency management conference, AFAC24 begins (on until 6 September) – Sydney 

12.30pm (AEST) – Leading burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood will address the National Press Club on urgent wound care reform – Canberra

1.45pm (AEST) – A roundtable on US-Australia security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific will be hosted by the US Embassy – Canberra 

ABS data release, Government finance stats, June; and sun protection behaviours, Nov 23-Feb 24

National Flag Day, marking the anniversary of the Aussie flag first being flown (1901)

Armed Forces Day in Taiwan

World Skyscraper Day

Anniversary of:

• the British Empire adopting the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days, causing riots when people thought the government stole 11 days of their lives (1752)
• Britain declaring war on Germany after its invasion of Poland (1939)
• Chris the Sheep breaking the world record for the biggest shorn fleece with a hefty 40kg (2015)