6.30am – Women’s Rugby League World Cup – Australia v Cook Islands – England

10.30am (AEDT) – Former PM Malcolm Turnbull to launch the Australia Institute’s 2022 Climate of the Nation report – Sydney

12.30pm (AEDT) – Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

7.30pm (AEDT) – Netball – Australia v England – Brisbane

ABS Data Release – International Trade in Goods and Services, September

National Days for Dominica, Micronesia and Panama

National Sandwich Day – US

Birthdays for US Vogue editor Anna Wintour (1949), sports star Ellyse Perry (1990) and model/TV personality Kendall Jenner (1995)

Anniversary of:
• the English parliament passing the Act of Supremacy, which saw Henry VIII and subsequent monarchs become Head of the Church of England (1534)
• the patenting of the first modern elastic bra by New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob (1913)
• the Soviet Union launching Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, the first animal in space (1957)
• the election of US Presidents Lyndon B Johnson (1964) and Bill Clinton (1992)
• the release of Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s single I Will Always Love You (1992)
• LA Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant becoming the then youngest player to make his NBA debut at 18yo (1996)
• Michelle Payne becoming the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup (2015)