From 3.00pm (AEDT) – A party on Bondi Beach is held as part of Sydney WorldPride

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

6.30pm (AEDT) – The Belmarsh Tribunal presents a case for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – Sydney

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

7.35pm (AEDT) – Men’s Super Rugby Pacific – Round 2 – Waratahs v Fijian Drua – Melbourne

The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are held – Beijing

World Obesity Day

Anniversary of:
• the 2nd Battle of Vinegar Hill (aka Castle Hill rebellion) in NSW, when Irish convicts led the colony’s only significant convict uprising (1804)
• the publication of the song Happy Birthday To You by Claydon Sunny (1924)
• former Zimbabwe PM Robert Mugabe rising to power (1980)
• the deaths of actor Luke Perry (2019) and cricket legends Rob Marsh and Shane Warne (2022)