12.30pm (AEDT) – Former US Navy secretary Richard Spencer addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

Both houses of federal parliament sit for the next 2 weeks – Canberra

Australian Domestic Gas Outlook 2023 meeting starts – Sydney (until 23 March)

Australian Information Security Association Cyber Conference begins – Canberra (until 22 March)

Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees’ Conference 2023 begins – Melbourne (until 22 March)

International Day of Happiness

International Francophonie Day

French Language Day

World Oral Health Day

World Storytelling Day

Start of Harmony Week (until 26 February)

Birthdays for David Malouf (1934), Spike Lee (1957), Holly Hunter (1958), and David Thewlis (1963)

Anniversary of:
• the founding of KFC (1930)
• the marriage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1969), and David and Angie Bowie (1970)
• Oz closing the international border amid the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
• the deaths of Malcolm Fraser (2015) and Kenny Rogers (2020)