9.00am (AEDT) – ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence index

9.30am (AEDT) – Federal Parliament resumes – both houses

7.30pm (AEDT) – Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down an updated 2022-23 Federal Budget – Canberra

10.00pm (AEDT) – Men’s T20 World Cup Cricket – Australia v Sri Lanka – Perth

The trial of Simiona Tuteru, the manager of the trucking company whose vehicle was involved in the crash that killed 4 Victorian police officers in 2020, begins – Melbourne

ABS Data Release – Births, 2021; Language Statistics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2021

The 2022 Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit begins (until 26 October) – Sydney

International Artist Day 

World Pasta Day

National Greasy Foods Day – US

Birthdays for author Anne Tyler (1941), author Zadie Smith (1975) and singer Katy Perry (1984)

Anniversary of:
• the flight of the first Airbus A380 passenger flight – the world’s largest passenger airliner – operating for Singapore Airlines, flying between Singapore and Sydney (2007)
• a wedding anniversary for Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner (2009)
• the release of Taylor Swift’s third studio album Speak Now (2010)
• the death of 4 people on a theme park ride at Dreamworld (2016)
• the birthdays of painter Pablo Picasso (1881) and singer Helen Reddy (1941)