From 12.00pm (AEDT) – Convicted murderer Chris Dawson sentenced – Sydney

12.30pm (AEDT) – Finland PM Sanna Marin to meet with PM Anthony Albanese and give a speech to the Lowy Institute – Canberra

1.00pm (AEDT) – Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe participates in the panel talk ‘Central Banking amidst Shifting Ground’ at the Bank of Thailand 80th Anniversary Conference – Bangkok, broadcast via the RBA website

National days for the United Arab Emirates and Lao People’s Democratic Republic

ABS Data Release – Lending Indicators, October

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

World Computer Literacy Day

International Sweater Vestival

Birthdays for author Ann Patchett (1963), actor Lucy Liu (1968), and pop star Britney Spears (1981)

Anniversary of:
• Napoleon Bonaparte being crowned Emperor of France (1804)
• the Smith Family charity marks its centenary (1921)
• the release of Fred Astaire’s first film, Dancing Lady (1933)
• Fidel Castro becoming President of Cuba (1976)
• the death of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (1993)