8.30am (AEST) – CEDA: Infrastructure Minister Catherine King will outline federal govt infrastructure priorities to the 2024 Infrastructure Conference

7.00am (AEST) – Beyond Bitumen Car Rally to raise money for Beyond Blue (until 15 April) – Gundagai to Goulburn

10.00am (AEST) – International Cake Show starts (until 14 April) – Brisbane

12.00pm (AEST) – Tennis: Billie Jean King Cup, Australia v Mexico (until 13 April) – Brisbane

6.30pm (ACST) – Parrtjima Aboriginal Light Festival (until April) – Alice Springs

ABS Data Release – Consumption of Selected Foods, 22/23

NSW, ACT, SA Term 1 ends

Coachella – 1st weekend – Palm Springs

International Day of Human Space Flight 

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

Birthdays for David Letterman (1947), Magda Szubanski (1961), Clare Danes (1979), and Saoirse Ronan (1994)

Anniversary of:

• the publication of Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary (1857)
• the beginning of the US Civil War with the Battle of Fort Sumter (1861)
• US President Bill Clinton cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit (1999)