1.30pm (AEST) – A total solar eclipse will be visible from the peninsula of the North-West Cape in Western Oz, while the rest of Oz will see a partial eclipse

Treasurer Jim Chalmers releases the Reserve Bank review and the government’s initial response

ABS Data Release – Regional population, 2021-22 financial year

Start of NSW Youth Week (until 30 April)

Surfing – WSL Tour – Margaret River Pro – Perth

Chinese Language Day

Birthdays for Jessica Lange (1949), Carmen Electra (1972), and Miranda Kerr (1983)

Anniversary of:
• Captain James Cook arriving in what is now New South Wales (1770)
• Marie and Pierre Curie isolating the radioactive compound radium chloride (1902)
• the Columbine High School massacre (1999)
• the death of Avicii (2018)
• Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin being sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd (2021)