Squiz the Day / 02 July 2024
2 July 2024
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9.00am (AEST) – Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly (on until 4 July) – Canberra
10.30am (AEST) – Skateboarding: The official announcement of Australia’s skateboarding team heading to the Paris Olympics – Gold Coast
12.30pm (AEST) – Councillor Linda Scott from ALGA will address the National Press Club on ‘Future-proofing local government in Australia: support, safety and sustainability’
9.05pm (AEST) – Cycling: Tour de France stage 4, Pinerolo, Italy to Valloire, France (138km) and watch on SBS
AIHW Release – Australia’s Health
Shortlist to be announced for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award
The Big Red Bash outback music festival kicks off with Tina Arena headlining (on until 4 July) – Birdsville
World Sports Journalists Day
World UFO Day
Birthdays for Larry David (1947), Lindsay Lohan (1986), and Margot Robbie (1990)
Anniversary of:
- the deaths of Nostradamus (1566 – he should have seen that coming…), author Ernest Hemingway (1961) and James Stewart (1997)
- US President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law (1964)
- the rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a cave in Thailand after being trapped for 9 days (2018)
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