12.30pm (AEST) – Former PM Malcolm Turnbull addresses the National Press Club – virtual and from Canberra

World Heart Day

National Police Remembrance Day

And it’s one of the best days of the year… It’s the start of Fat Bear Week (on until 5 October)

Anniversary of:
• American oil tycoon John D Rockefeller becoming the world’s first billionaire (1916)
• the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 777.68 points, its largest single-day point loss after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and doubts over the futures other financial institutions, which sparked the Global Financial Crisis (2008)
• the death of iconic Aussie singer Helen Reddy (2020)