12.30pm (AEDT) – Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services, Bill Shorten, addresses the National Press Club – Canberra

7.15pm (AEDT) – Men’s Cricket – BBL Opener – Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars – Brisbane

ABS Data Release – International Trade in Goods, October 

Hanukkah begins (until 15 December)

International Civil Aviation Day 

Christmas Jumper Day 

Anniversary of:

the deaths of Roman statesman and philosopher Cicero (43BC) and British naval officer William Bligh (1817)

the attack on the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (1941)

the premiere of the first Star Trek movie (1979)

the passing of same-sex marriage legislation through the Australian Parliament (2017)