/ 28 February 2024

28 February 2024

Launceston Cup – a public holiday for some of the region 

12.30pm (AEDT) – HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko & Kateryna Argyrou (and moderated by Chris Uhlmann) will be addressing the National Press Club on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine after 2 years – Canberra

8.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s soccer final Olympic qualifying game – Australia v Ubekezkistan – Melbourne, and broadcast live on Ten/10Play

ABS Data Release – Monthly Consumer Price Index indicator, January 

Company results – Flight Centre; Worley

Ovarian Cancer Australia’s Giving Day 

Rare Disease Day 

Birthday for architect Frank Gehry (1929) 

Anniversary of:

  • Francis Crick and James Watson discovering the chemical structure of DNA (1953)
  • Egypt gaining independence from the United Kingdom (1922)
  • the end of the Gulf War after Iraq accepted a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait (1991)
  • the flooding of northern NSW communities, including Lismore (2022)
  • the passenger and freight train collision in Greece, killing 57 people (2023)

Thursday
About 1.00am (AEDT) – Hunter Biden will appear before the US House of Representatives Oversight and Judiciary Committees for a private deposition, as part of the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden

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