12.30pm (AEST) – Senior Economist at BIS Oxford Economics Dr Sarah Hunter, Senior Economist at Committee on the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Gabriela D’Souza, and chair of Women in Economics Dr Leonora Risse discuss the Federal Budget at the National Press Club – Canberra

ABS Data Release – International Trade in Goods and Services, March; Lending Indicators, March

International Firefighters’ Day

Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You…)

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Audrey Hepburn (1929) and Keith Haring (1958)
• Margaret Thatcher becoming the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the UK (1979)