Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria

2.30pm (AEDT) – An announcement on interest rates following the Reserve Bank’s board meeting

3.00pm (AEDT) – And they’re racing in the Melbourne Cup

7.20pm (AEDT) – Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe to speak at the board’s dinner with the business community – Hobart

NSW’s ban on single-use plastics kicks in

Let your lip hair run free… It’s the start of Movember

All Saints’ Day

National Days for Algeria, and Antigua and Barbuda

World Vegan Day

Birthdays for Apple CEO Tim Cook (1960), rocker Anthony Kiedis (1962), singer Tina Arena (1967) and actor Toni Collette (1972)

Anniversary of:
• the premiere of William Shakespeare’s play Othello (1604) and blockbuster film Titanic (1997)
• John Adams becoming the first US President to live in the White House (1800)
• the deployment of the first aerial bomb during the Italo-Turkish War (1911)
• the first use of the Motion Picture Association film rating system G, M, R, X (1968)