11.35am (AEST) – the Sturgeon supermoon peaks, but the clearest view starts at 5.30pm

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus chairs his first meeting with state/territory counterparts since the election

Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick delivers her report into NSW Parliament culture

Barunga Festival begins – Katherine

World Elephant Day

International Youth Day

Birthdays for media personality Karl Stefanovic (1974), and models Jesinta Franklin (1991) and Cara Delevingne (1992)

Anniversary of:
• American inventor Isaac Singer patenting the sewing machine (1851)
• Henry Ford’s company building the first Model T car (1908)
• Clarence Birdseye receiving a patent for his method for quick freezing food (1930)
• IBM launching its first Personal Computer (1981)
• the deaths of Cleopatra (30BC), and actors Henry Fonda (1982) and Lauren Bacall (2014)