From 9.30am (AEDT) – The body of Cardinal George Pell will lie in state at St Mary’s Cathedral
with masses to be held for the late cardinal at 1.10pm and 8pm – Sydney

12.30pm (AEDT) – Employment and Arts Minister and Leader of the House of Representatives Tony Burke addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

ABS Data Release – Selected Living Cost Indexes, December 2022

Beginning of Ovarian Cancer Month

Start of African-American History Month in the US

World Hijab Day

A birthday for charismatic crooner Harry Styles (1994)

Anniversary of:
• the arrest of Martin Luther King Jr and 700 protestors in Selma, Alabama (1965)
• the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster killing all 7 astronauts aboard (2003)