From 9.00am (AEDT) – Senior officials from the military, Defence, Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs departments to give evidence about Australia’s engagement in Afghanistan, including the chaotic departure from Kabul in August – Canberra

From 11.30am – Australian Reconciliation Convention (on until 17 November) – Sydney

Melbourne Fashion Week begins (on until 21 November)

Start of National Skin Cancer Awareness Week (on until 21 Nov)

Birthdays for ABBA singer Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad (1945), shoe designer Jimmy Choo (1948), Youtuber and entrepreneur Jeffree Star (1985), actor Shailene Woodley (1991)

Anniversary of:
• the ousting of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe (2017)
• the death of rapper Lil Peep at 21yo (2017)