Squiz the Day / 17 August 2023
17 August 2023
7.45pm (AEST) – Men’s Basketball – FIBA World Cup warm up – Australia v South Sudan – Melbourne
Independence Day – Indonesia
Australian Labor Party national conference – Brisbane
Judgment for Hillsong founder/pastor Brian Houston on charges of concealing his father’s alleged child sex offence in the 1970s
ABS Data Release – Overseas Arrivals and Departures, June; Labour Force, July
Company Results – ASX; Xero; Blackmores; Domain Holdings Australia; Evolution Mining; Goodman Group; Inghams Group; Origin Energy; Seven Group Holdings; Sonic Healthcare; Southern Cross Media Group; Steadfast Group; Super Retail Group; Telstra
Birthdays for Robert de Niro (1943), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Sean Penn (1960), and Lil Pump (2000)
Anniversary of:
• Korea being divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel (1945)
• the Soviet Union’s launch of Venera 7 to Venus, which made history as the first probe to return data after landing on another planet (1970)
• the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain (1980)
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