9.00am (AWST) – National Rural Health Commissioner Professor Jenny May will address the National Rural Health Conference (until 17 Sep) – Perth

9.00am (AEST) – First public hearings into the NSW inquiry into Greyhound racing – Sydney

10.00am (AEST) – 2024 Emmy Awards – Los Angeles

3.00pm (AEST) – Queensland Premier Steven Miles to appear at the Queensland Council of Social Services (QCOSS) In Conversation event – online

Senate is sitting (until 19 September)

Independence Days for Mexico and Papua New Guinea

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 

Guacamole Day 🥑

Birthdays for Amy Poehler (1971) and Nick Jonas (1992)

Anniversary of: 

• the birthdays of Lauren Bacall (1924) and BB King (1925)
• the Wall Street Bombing, killing 38 people and injuring 143 (1920)
• the sparking of widespread protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini (2022)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger gaining US citizenship at 36yo (1983) 
• the launch of TV in Australia (1956)