WHAT’S ON TODAY Sydney Lifeline chair John Brogden and RSF commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons will launch Lifeline’s Australia-wide bushfire support phone line. Tony Abbott will begin a national tour to mark the launch of his book Abbott: The Defining Speeches. Phase three of the NSW ICAC public inquiry into the regulation of lobbying, access and influence will begin, focusing on the roles and perspectives of government officials. Day one of the three-day Future Justice & Corrections Summit, to feature representatives from the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Serco, GEO Group, and others. Melbourne An inquest into Melbourne’s 2017 Bourke St Mall rampage will restart. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will open the Think Pink Living Centre, a breast cancer support facility at Yarra’s Edge. Queen Victoria Market will host its 22nd annual ‘Opera in the Market’ event. Canberra ANU will host a forum event titled “Imagining Australia with 100% renewable energy: how do we get there?” Speakers will include the former head of the CEFC and independent Oliver Yates. Former High Court judge Michael Kirby will deliver the inaugural Canberra Law School commencement oration. Brisbane The 2019 Matilda Awards (a celebration of the Queensland theatre industry) will be held at the Powerhouse. Darwin Early voting opens today for the February 29 by-election for the Northern Territory seat of Johnston. The Indigenous Carbon Industry Network will hold its second annual meeting. Adelaide The Veterans at University Symposium will include a keynote from Air Vice-Marshal Dr Tracy Smart on transition as a health issue for veterans. Perth Pianists Andrew Hagger and Élodie Sablier will perform a classical crossover concert ‘Vivid’ to raise funds for the Minderoo Foundation Fire Fund. Historian Tiffany Shellam will launch her new book, Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago, at UWA Publishing’s Love House. | 