11.00am (AEDT) – State funeral for former Governor General/Treasurer Bill Hayden – Woodend, Victoria

11.30am (AEDT) – The Financial Services Institute of Australia hosts its annual ‘The Regulators’ lunch where APRA, ASIC, AUSTRAC and the RBA will share their priorities for 2024

5.00pm (AEDT) – Women’s Rugby Union – WXV 1 – Australia v Wales – Penrose, New Zealand

Company shareholder meeting – Qantas; Coles Group

Company Results – Macquarie Group

ABS Data Release – Monthly Household Spending Indicator, September

Start of the 2023 Australian Electric Vehicle Association Conference and Expo (until 4 November) – Perth

National Days for Dominica, Micronesia and Panama

Ribit. Start of FrogID Week (until 12 November)

National Sandwich Day – US

Birthdays for Anna Wintour (1949), Ellyse Perry (1990), and 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)