5.10pm (AEDT) – Men’s Hockey – FIH Pro League – Australia v Argentina – Hobart

7.10pm (AEDT) – Women’s Hockey – FIH Pro League – Australia v Argentina – Hobart

7.30pm (AEDT) – Men’s Basketball – NBL Grand Final Game One – Sydney Kings v NZ Breakers – Sydney

Global Climate Strike

World Wildlife Day

World Hearing Day

Start of Melbourne Fashion Week (until 11 March)

Adelaide Festival starts (until 19 March)

Enlighten Festival begins in Canberra (until 19 March)

Sculpture by the Sea begins (until 20 March) – Cottesloe, WA

Australian International Airshow – Avalon, Victoria (until 5 March)

World Day of Prayer

Mulled Wine Day

Birthdays for Ronan Keating (1977), Jessica Biel (1982) and Camila Cabello (1997)

It’s the anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner becoming the USA’s national anthem (1931)