5.00am (AEST) – Eurovision 2024 begins – Malmö, and broadcast live on SBS/SBS on Demand

9.00am (AWST) – Breakfast with the PM – Anthony Albanese outlines the government’s agenda for WA ahead of the federal budget – Perth

9.30am (AEST) – Brett Button, driver in the fatal Hunter Valley bus crash, will enter a plea today – Newcastle

9.30am (AEST) – CEDA 2024 Climate & Energy Forum with a focus on improving Australia’s climate outcomes – Brisbane

10.15am (AEST) – Federal Court appeal hearing in the repatriation case of 21 Aussie women and 12 children linked to Islamic State from Syrian detention camps – Melbourne

12.30pm (AEST) – Saul Eslake & Colin Barnett speaking at the National Press Club on the “GST debacle” – Canberra

4.30pm (AEST) – Case management hearing for Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner against X over video takedown order – Melbourne

Prince Harry returns to the UK for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games at St Paul’s Cathedral – London

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War 

World Ovarian Cancer Day 

World Red Cross Day 

A birthday for David Attenborough (1926)

Anniversary of:

• the first Westminster Dog Show (1877)
• Coca Cola being sold publicly for the first time at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia – cocaine and all… (1886)
• VE Day: World War II ends in Europe after Nazi Germany formally surrenders (1945)
• The Beatles releasing their final album Let It Be (1970)
• the World Health Organization announcing the eradication of smallpox (1980)
• Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering the first budget surplus in 15 years (2023)