9.00am (AEST) – The Department of Pacific Affairs’ biennial State of the Pacific (SOTP) Conference begins (until 5 September) – Canberra

12.00pm (AEST) – Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli will address the Queensland Rural Press Club – Brisbane

12.00pm (AEST) – NSW Water Minister Rose Jackson, WaterNSW and Sydney Water heads along with PFAS experts to speak at a CEDA event in Sydney

12.30pm (AEST) – Chair of the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz will address the National Press Club on the housing crisis – Canberra 

3.00pm (AEST) – Meta to face additional questions at a public hearing into Social Media in Australia – Canberra

6.30pm (AEST) – 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for contributions to science – Sydney

10.50pm (AEST) – Men’s Cricket First T20I – Australia v Scotland – UK, and watch on Kayo

ABS data release – Monthly Household Spending Indicator, July; Australian National Accounts, June quarter 

Indigenous Literacy Day 

International Taekwondo Day

Birthdays for Dawn Fraser (1937), Mark Ronson (1975), Samantha Armytage (1976) and Beyoncé (1981)

Anniversary of:

• English astronomer Edmond Halley first observing the comet named after him (1682)
• the founding of the city of Los Angeles (1781)
• Britain ending its policy of penal transportation to NSW (1884)
• George Eastman patenting the first roll-film camera and registering under the name “Kodak” (1888)
• English author Beatrix Potter first writing the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5yo boy (1893)
• Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam withdrawing controversial extradition bill to China after three months of massive protests (2019)
• the deaths of Steve Irwin (2006) and Joan Rivers (2014)