12.30pm (AEDT) – Actress, writer and trans rights advocate, Georgie Stone, addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

The Reserve Bank holds its monthly meeting ahead of an announcement on interest rates

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Sydney Dialogue begins (until 5 April)

The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) host the 2023 national summit – Melbourne (until 5 April)

International Mine Awareness Day

World Stray Animals Day

World Rat Day

International Carrot Day

Birthdays for Hugo Weaving (1960), Graham Norton (1963) Robert Downey Jr (1965) and Natasha Lyonne (1979),

Anniversary of:
• the signing of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty in Washington, D.C. (1949)
• the founding of Microsoft (1975)
• the founding of Alibaba (1999)
• the marriage of Beyonce and Jay-Z (2008)
• Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos’ record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement (2019)