11.36am (AEST) – The rare ‘blue moon’ supermoon peaks

12.30pm (AEST) – Employment Minister Tony Burke addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

National Days for Malaysia, Kyrgyzstan and Trinidad and Tobago

Daffodil Day (Cancer Council)

International Overdose Awareness Day

International Day for People of African Descent

Company Results – Harvey Norman; Australia Post

Birthdays for Van Morrison (1945), Richard Gere (1949), and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (1985)

Anniversary of:
• the Irish Republican Army (IRA) declaring a ceasefire in 1994, which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998
• the deaths of Arthur Phillip (1814) and Princess Diana (1997)