Picnic Day public holiday (NT)

8.30am (AEST) – The Australian Institute of Digital Health is holding the Health, Innovation and Community conference – Brisbane

10.00am (AEST) – Aid agencies and federal government departments to appear before a Senate committee hearing into Australia’s support for Ukraine – Canberra

10.00am (AEST) – The final hearing for the independent inquiry into the MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crash will begin (until 16 August) – Sydney

11.30am (AEST) – Archibald Prize 2024 People’s Choice Award announced – Sydney 

RBA monetary policy meeting begins (on until 6 August)

Landcare Week begins

2024 Darwin Cup

Start of Homelessness Prevention Week (until 11 August) 

State of Loneliness Awareness Week (until 11 August)

Start of Dental Health Week (until 11 August) 

International Traffic Light Day

Anniversary of:

• the birthdays of Joseph Merrick aka ‘The Elephant Man’ (1862), former PM Harold Holt (1908), and first man on the moon Neil Armstrong (1930)
• the deaths of Marilyn Monroe (1962),Toni Morrison (2019) and Judith Durham (2022)
• Humphrey Gilbert claiming Newfoundland for Britain – the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire (1583)
• the capture of Nelson Mandela. He would spend the next 27 years in prison in South Africa (1962)
• the Indian Government announcing it would change the status of Indian-controlled Kashmir from a state to a union territory (2019)
• Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan sentenced to 3 years in jail after being found guilty of “corrupt practices” (2023)