Diary for Friday, April 23, 2004

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2004
Diary for Friday, April 23, 2004
EVENTS ARE LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED


ADELAIDE


0815 - Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward speaks at women in management
breakfast. Hyatt Regency, North Tce, Adelaide. Contact: Angela Maglieri 0411 636 768.

0900 - Adelaide International Workplace Conflict conference. Holiday Inn, Hindley St,
Adelaide. Contact: Malcolm Robertson 0411 495 635.

1000 - Adelaide Crows coach Gary Ayres media conference. Adelaide Airport Qantas check-in
counter. Contact: Phil Harper 0417 851 665.

1245 - Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams media conference. AAMI Stadium. Contact: Hitaf
Rasheed 0414 826 813.


BRISBANE


1030 - Handover of Tugun bypass petition between federal MP for McPherson Margaret May
and state MP for Currumbin Jann Stuckey. 1045 Gold Coast Hwy, Palm Beach. Contact: Daniel
Wood 0415 199 603.

1400 - Former Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge speaks at Griffith University graduation
ceremony. Gold Coast Arts Centre. Contact: Jenny Waller 0439 875 648.


CANBERRA


1000- Australian Democrats leader Senator Andrew Bartlett will be releasing the Democrats'
health funding proposal for the federal Budget. 1S4, Parliament House. Contact: Daela
Healy 041 9867649.

1100 - Doorstop media conference to be carried out by the Australian health care alliance
with guest speakers to include Ged Cowin from the Nursing Federation, Francis Sullivan
from Catholic Health Australia, John Dwyer from National Public Hospital Clinicians Task
Force, Prue Power from Australian Health Care Association. The National Convention Centre,
Civic. Contact: Annuk Ride 041 9626155.

1225 - Lecture to be given by Dr Bruce Kent on post-war Iraq and post-war Germany: a false
analogy. National Europe Centre, 1 Liversidge St, Civic. No contact given.

1300 - Australian Health Minister conference. National Convention Centre in Canberra City.

Contact: Kay McNiece 041 2132585.


MELBOURNE


0900 - International conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm continues. John
Batman Theatre, Melbourne Convention Centre, cnr Flinders and Spencer streets. Contact:
Anne Learmonth 0409 175 826.

1000 - All Sports four-day Expo. Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton. Contact: Kelly Berzins
9357 4466, 0401 064 470.

1030 - Minister for Environment & Water John Thwaites to launch environmental rating tool
for new office buildings. The Sustainable Energy Centre, Ground floor, 215 Spring Street.

Contact: Sarah Turner 0416 147 534.

1030 - Anzac memorial service with 77-year-old WWII veteran Graham Ryan witnessing the
unveiling of three new plaques. Remembrance Garden, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (enter
via gate 9), Waterdale Road, Heidelberg West. Contact: Tanya Carter 9496 3132, 0419 597
262 or Alexandra Neumann 9496 5222, 0417 422 250.

1030 - Premier Steve Bracks, Linfox founder Lindsay Fox and Jetstar executive general
manager Alan Joyce progress update on Melbourne's second airport. Avalon Airport, Avalon.

Contact: Bianca Stanley 9349 1099, 0425 729 165.

1115 - Premier Steve Bracks media briefing. Avalon Airport, Avalon. Contact: Bianca Stanley
9349 1099, 0425 729 165.

1700 - Moreland Peace Group emergency rally: Stop the US massacre in Iraq - Troops out
now. GPO, cnr Bourke and Elizabeth streets. Contact: James Supple 0438 718 348.


PERTH


All Day - Perth Motor Show continues. Burswood Dome, Perth. Contact: Amelia Goyder 9420
8999 or 0408 938 413.

All Day - Local hearing of the public inquiry being held by the Treaties Committee into
the Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Committee Room 2, Legislative Assembly
Building, Harvest Terrace, Perth. Contact: John Deller 8374 0511 or 0439 802 767.

0830 - Conference on the capture and storage of Carbon Dioxide, hosted by the Australian
Conservation Foundation. Duxton Room 2, Duxton Hotel, 1 St George's Tce, Perth. Contact:
Tristy Fairfield 0411 220 704.

0845 - A graduation ceremony to be held for a group of 28 police recruits. Police Academy,
81 Lakeside Drive Joondalup. Contact: Police media 9222 1701.

0915 - Mr John Chaney SC will be sworn in as a judge of the District Court of WA, in a
ceremony performed by WA Governor John Sanderson. Central Law Court building, St George's
Tce, Perth. Contact: Carol Buckley 9429 9154 or Val Buchanan 9324 4319.


SYDNEY


0845 - NSW Premier Bob Carr and NSW Fire Brigades Commissioner Greg Mullins to attend
Search and Rescue Operation. Milperra Concrete Recycling Centre, Henry Lawson Drive, Milperra.

Contact: Tim Gleason 9228 3288/0401 719 679.

0900 - NSW Assistant Planning Minister Diane Beamer to give keynote address at Local Government
Infrastructure Conference. Ibis Room, Sydney Marriott Hotel, 36 College Street, Sydney.

Contact: Steve Adams 9228 4130/0411 253 345 or Miles Clemans: 0422 524 615.

0945 - NSW Education Minister Andrew Refshauge and state and territory education ministers
available for a photo opportunity at the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment,
Training and Youth Affairs. On the steps at Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place,
Sydney. Contact: Nino Tesoriero: 9228 4499/ 0411 313 689.

1000 - Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Melbourne to return home after six month deployment
in Gulf. Fleet Base East, Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo. Contact: Alicia Miriklis 9359
2785 or 0411 203 579.

1100 - Australia's top ten student designer in the Australian Design Award's Dyson Student
award to discuss their innovative designs. Australian Design Awards Stand, designEX, Hall
3, Stand 046, Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour. Contact: Ash Jarvis
9540 0407, 0411 676 047 or Tom Godfrey 8206 6863 or 0414 191 034.

1300 - NSW Education Minister Andrew Refshauge and state and territory education ministers
joint press conference. Level 41, Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney. Contact:
Nino Tesoriero: 9228 4499/0411 313 689.


SPORT


AFL - round 5 -
1940 - Richmond v Adelaide, Telstra Dome
UNION - Super 12 round 10 -
1935 - Chiefs v Stormers, Hamilton
LEAGUE -
Australia v New Zealand, Brisbane
GALLOPS -
Geelong
Rockhampton
Naracoorte
Queanbeyan
Ballina
TROTS -
Harold Park
Warragul
Gold Coast
Gawler
Bendigo
Dubbo
Gloucester Park
GREYHOUNDS -
Richmond
Geelong
Albion Park
Casino
Singleton
Mandurah
Cranbourne



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KEYWORD: DIARY FRIDAY APRIL 23, 2004

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