12.30pm (AEDT) – Ambassador for the State of Israel in Australia, Amir Maimon, addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

7.30pm (AEDT) – Netball – South Africa Series Game 1 – Australia v South Africa – Cairns

7.30pm (AEDT) – Men’s Cricket – World Cup Group Stage – Australia v Netherlands – Delhi

ABS Data Release – Consumer Price Index, September Quarter

Start of All Energy Australia Conference – Melbourne (until 26 October)

International Artist Day

World Pasta Day

National Greasy Foods Day – US

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

Anniversary of:
• the birthdays of Pablo Picasso (1881) and Helen Reddy (1941)
• Vegemite appearing on Aussie supermarket shelves (1923)
• 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)
• 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)