/ 18 June 2024

18 June 2024

9.30am (AEST) – The case of former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon, charged with the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, is back in court – Sydney

10.30am (AEST) – Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler to launch new biotech company Ternarx, dedicated to finding treatments for hard to treat cancers – Melbourne

11.30am (AEST) – The Aussie gymnastics team for the Paris Olympics to be named – Melbourne  

2.30pm (AEST) – RBA interest rate decision, followed by a press conference

6.00pm (AEST) – AFL Hall of Fame induction dinner – Melbourne

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the Australia-China CEO roundtable – Perth

The NSW budget for 2024/25 to be handed down by Treasurer Daniel Mookhey

International Day for Countering Hate Speech 

International Sushi Day

Sustainable Gastronomy Day 

International Picnic Day

Sir Paul McCartney’s birthday (1942)

Anniversary of:

  • the Battle of Waterloo, which saw Napoleon defeated by Britain (1815)
  • Amelia Earhart becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (1928)
  • the UN Commission on Human Rights adopting the International Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  • Sally Ride becoming the first US woman in space (1983)

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