Brisbane has a public holiday today for the Ekka (The Royal Queensland Show) – and for anyone wondering, ‘Ekka’ is a shortened version of exhibition in Queensland-speak 

7.00am (AEST) – The east-coast based Aussie Olympic team members are due to arrive home on a Qantas chartered flight after stopping off in Perth last night – Sydney

8.00am (AEST) – Regional Australia Institute National Summit – Canberra

10.30am (AEST) – White Paper launch on reframing the approach to weight management in Australia – Canberra

12.30pm (AEST) – Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia Professor Barney Glover will address the National Press Club on “Skills success in Australia: Aligning need with know-how” – Canberra

5.45am (AEST) – Art Music Awards 2024 – Melbourne

Company results – CBA, AGL, Seven West Media, Dexus, Evolution Mining

Independence Day in Pakistan

World Lizard Day

Birthdays for David Crosby (1941), Steve Martin (1945), Danielle Steel (1947), Gary Larson (1950), Magic Johnson (1959), Kieren Perkins (1973), Kate Richie (1978) and Mila Kunis (1983)

Anniversary of: 

• Pakistan becoming gaining independence from British rule (1947)
• Australian driver Jack Brabham winning his second consecutive F1 Championship with the Portuguese Grand Prix at Boavista (1960)
• Michael Jackson buying ATV Music which included the rights to most of the Beatles song catalogue for US$47.5M (10 years later he sold half of his interest to Sony for US$150 million) (1985)
• Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt winning the 100m sprint at the Rio Olympics, becoming the first person to win the event in three consecutive Games (2016)