Diary for Thursday, April 22, 2004

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2004
Diary for Thursday, April 22, 2004
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED


ADELAIDE


0700 - Opposition leader Mark Latham radio interview at 5AA studio. Level 1, 14 Pultney
Court, Adelaide. Contact: Malinda Wink 0408 473 441.

0735 - Opposition leader Mark Latham radio interview at SAFM studio. Level 1, 128 Greenhill
Rd, Unley South. Contact: Malinda Wink 0408 473 441.

0900 - Joint standing committee public hearing into free trade agreement with the US.

Old Chamber Room, Parliament House, Adelaide. Contact: John Deller 0439 802 767.

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

0930 - Quality in Post-Graduate Study conference. Stamford Grand Hotel, Glenelg. Contact:
Georgia Gowing 0405 027 723.

0940 - Opposition leader Mark Latham to tour Salisbury Campus Child Care Centre. Smith
Street, Salisbury East. Contact: Malinda Wink 0408 473 441.

1030 - Opposition leader Mark Latham to hold press conference at Salisbury Campus Childcare
Centre. Smith Street, Salisbury East. Contact: Malinda Wink 0408 473 441.

1130 - Adelaide Crows media conference with assistant coach Mark Mickan. AAMI Stadium.

Contact: Phil Harper 0417 851 665.

1730 - Opposition leader Mark Latham to attend ALP Sundowner. Enfield Community Centre,
540 Regency Road, Enfield. Contact: Malinda Wink 0408 473 441.


BRISBANE


0700 - Queensland opening of the Red Shield Appeal. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition
Centre, South Bank. Contact: Major Warren Parkinson 3222 6602 or 0413 305 992.

0845 - Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett to give opening address to the Internet, Media
and Mental Health conference. Carlton Crest Hotel. Contact: Daele Healy 0419 867 649.

0900 - Public hearing: The Effectiveness of Australia's Military Justice System. Conference
Room W5, Parliamentary Annexe, Alice Street, Brisbane. Contact: Mary Wood 0438 983 908
or Collin Campbell (02)6277 3233.

0930 - Rio Tinto Limited Annual General Meeting. The Great Hall, Brisbane Convention and
Exhibition Centre, South Bank. Contact: Ian Head (03)9283 3620 or 0408 360 101.

1100 - Australasian College for Emergency Medicine to release a major document regarding
access block and overcrowding in emergency departments. Council Room, AMA House, 88 L'Estrange
Terrace, Kelvin Grove. Contact: Marilyn Bitomsky 3371 3057 or 0412 884 114.

1100 - Photo opportunities with Hutchison's Child Care Services CEO Craig Napier celebrating
the company's listing on the ASX with staff and the children they care for. Australian
Stock Exchange lecture theatre, level 5. Riverside Centre, 123 Eagle Street. Contact:
Carrie-Ann Spence 3712 4144 or 0414 288 189.

1145 - Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth and Indigenous Affairs Minister Liddy Clark to
receive the Imparja Cup - the nations top Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cricket
award. On the staircase, main foyer, Parliament House. Contact: Marie Low 3222 2350 or
0408 727 308.

1230 - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie to open Virgin Blue's new training centre. Brisbane
Airport precinct, 3 Melia Street. No contact listed.

1430 - ABA auction for Brisbane FM commercial radio licence. Raffles Room, Stamford Plaza,
Corner Edward and Margaret Streets, Brisbane. Contact: Donald Robertson (02)9334 7980.


CANBERRA


0945 - Australian and American teenagers question UN official. National Museum of Australia
Studio Room. Contact: Leanda Coleman 6208 5338.

1030 - Media briefing on Access Economics intergenerational report. Senate Alcove, Parliament
House. Contact: Gillian Tatt 0413 593 568.

1030 - Junior Legatee wreathlaying ceremony. Australian War Memorial. Contact: Gillian
Freeman 6243 4575.


MELBOURNE


0830 - 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.

0930 - Judging of the Australian International Beer Awards. Melbourne Showgrounds (P B
Ronald Pavilion), Epsom Road, Ascot Vale. Contact: Brian Morley 9281 7420 or Rob Greig
0417 310 998.

1500 - Deakin University Dean of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Prof John Catford, to
launch book Constructing Meaning and Identities in Child Protection Practice. Deakin University,
Level Two Gallery, Waterfront campus, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Contact: Leith Thomas
9246 8058, 0411 055 299.

1730 - Sir Gustav Nossal, Chair Felton Bequests' Committee, to address Philanthropy Australia's
event honouring Alfred Felton and the centenary of his bequests. The Great Hall, National
Gallery Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road. Contact: Lauren Thompson 02 9299 3555, 0438 954 729.

1800 - Macquarie Bank Lecture - Out of a Corner of the Sixties - presented by Yvonne Rainer,
avant-garde film maker of the 70s. Victorian College of the Arts, Grant Street, Southbank.

Contact: Rob Gravestocks 9685 9371, 04111 95550.

1800 - World renowned Australian virologist Prof Frank Fenner to present Monash University's
Rod Andrew Oration: Big lessons from smallpox - bioterrorism and emerging infections.

South 1 lecture theatre, Building 64, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton. Contact:
Penny Fannin 9905 5828, 0417 125 700.


PERTH


No time given - Riders from all over Australia and the US to embark on a 1,200 kilometre
ride across the Nullarbor, finishing in 16 days at Ceduna in South Australia. Norseman,
WA. Contact: Kristy Smith 8232 2644.

1730 - The Department of Industry and Resources and the Australian Indonesian Business
Council host a business networking and market information function. The West Australia
Club, 101 St George's Terrace, Perth. No contact details provided.

1800 - ABC Radio National Personality Dr Norman Swan will ponder the contribution of medical
research in the first of a series of public lectures. Haydn Williams Lecture Theatre,
Curtin University of Technology Bentley Campus, Perth. Contact: Joeley Pettit 9266 4241
or 0401 103 532.

1800 - Author and lecturer Liz Byrski launches her new book: Gang of Four. Elizabeth Jolley
Lecture Theatre, Curtin University, Perth. Contact: Joeley Pettit 9266 4241 or 0401 103
532.

1930 - Dr John Coulter, former Democrats leader, will discuss electricity and water shortages
in WA with other guests of the Conservation Council of WA. City West Lotteries House,
Conference Room, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth. Contact: Dr Coulter 9386 4714 or Dr Paddy
Weaver 9386 1890.


SYDNEY


1200 - Australian Red Cross to hold a lunchtime briefing for journalists focusing on the
recent conflict in the Solomon Islands, interaction between the media and the Red Cross
and ICRC assistance to journalists on dangerous assignments. Australian Institute of International
Affairs, NSW Branch, the Glover Cottages, 124 Kent Street, Sydney. Contact: Pauline Wall
9388 9039.

1230 - The biggest container ship to ever call at an Australian port to end its maiden
voyage tomorrow. Port Botany. Contact: Kevin Clarke 8270 4000 or Archie Bayvel 0412 299
144.

1730 - Speakers from government, industry and universities to attend a civic forum on
Australia and the Pacific being unprepared for impending global development crises. Eastern
Avenue Conference Centre, University of Sydney. Contact: Bridget McManus 9351 8541.

1900 - Australian Institute of Landscape Architects' Awards major award, the Sydney Greenspace
Award, to be presented by NSW Assistant Planning Minister Diane Beamer. Scientia, University
of NSW. Contact: Steve Adams 9228 4130 or 0411 253 345.

2100 - Benefit night featuring comedy, music, film and performances to raise funds for
Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior. Civic Hotel, cnr Pitt and Goulburn streets, Sydney. Contact:
Carolin Wenzel 9263 0358 or 0417 668 957.


SPORT


HOCKEY MEN'S - to April 25 -
HA 4 Nations Challenge, Hockey Centre, Canberra
1800 - Malaysia v South Africa
2000 - Australia v India
GALLOPS -
Hawkesbury
Bendigo
Townsville
Bunbury
TROTS -
Penrith
Moonee Valley
Gold Coast
Charlton
Tamworth
GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Bendigo
Cessnock
Hobart



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