12.30pm (AEST) – Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

2.15pm (AEST) – Ben Roberts-Smith defamation verdict to be delivered – Sydney

7.45pm – Game 1 of the Women’s State of Origin Rugby League series – Sydney

Independence Day – Samoa

PM Anthony Albanese heads off for a 4-day trip to Singapore and Vietnam

Global Day of Parents

International Children’s Day

World Reef Day

Start of LGBT Pride Month

Start of Migraine Awareness Month

Start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

World Milk Day

Birthdays for Morgan Freeman (1937), Heidi Klum (1973), Alanis Morissette (1974), and Amy Schumer (1981)

Anniversary of:
• Anne Boleyn being crowned Queen of England (1533)
• the birthday of Marilyn Monroe (1926)
• the launch of CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news channel (1980)
• the deaths of Helen Keller (1968) and Yves Saint Laurent (2008)