Diary for Wednesday, December 3, 2003

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2003
Diary for Wednesday, December 3, 2003
EVENTS ARE LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE


ADELAIDE


1200 - Announcement of Australia's best cars for 2003. Adelaide Entertainment Centre,
Port Rd, Hindmarsh. Contact: Peter Hennekam 0418 814 234.

1530 - Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation annual general meeting. National Wine Centre,
corner Hackney and Botanic roads. Contact: Karen McManus 8228 2008.


BRISBANE


0900 - Australian cricket team optional training session followed by captain Stephen Waugh's
pre-match media conference. Gymnasium, The Gabba. Contact: Jonathan Rose 0438 190 193.

1030 - Energy Minister Paul Lucas to announce a $6 million boost to improve north Queensland's
electricity network. Louise Street, Cranbrook, Townsville. Contact: Alison Smith 3235
4550 or 0407 166 084.

1030 - Opening of the Mater Mother's Hospital Auxiliary Baby Shop. Mater Mother's Hospital
Foyer, South Brisbane. Contact: Miranda Hunt 3840 1195 or 0410 417 790.

1100 - International Day of People with a Disability Public Protest. King George Square.

Contact: Yvonne Donnan 3358 8049 or 0413 201 049.

1130 - Health Minister Wendy Edmond will open a time capsule buried at Royal Brisbane
Hospital 75 years ago. Level 1, The Atrium, Ned Hanlon Building, Butterfield Street entrance,
Herston. Contact: Christine Bain 0412 557 834.


CANBERRA


0630 - Prime Minister John Howard joins former cricketer Dean Jones on a charity walk
for leukaemia. National entrance, The Lodge guard house, Canberra. Contact: Willie Herron
0419 850 221.

0900 - House of Representatives sit.

0930 - Senate sits.

1100 - West Australian MHR Jann McFarlane will open the 'Free Pneumo' campaign press conference
organised by the Meningitis Centre on Pneumococcal Disease. Committee Room 2S3, Parliament
House. Contact: Barry Thornton 0411 557 328 or Bruce Langoulant 0409 322 204.

1200 - Gardner, Writer, Conservationist and ABC Broadcaster Peter Cundall will address
the press club on 'View from the Compost Heap.' National Press Club, 16 National Circuit,
Barton. Contact: 6273 3644.

1200 - Launch of National Campaign Aged Care: Who'll Care ? Goodwin House, Bonney Street,
Ainslie. Contact: Greg Mundy 0416 203 065.

1230 - Netherlands Ambassador Dr Hans Sondaal will host a reception for the participants
of the 'G for George' Commemorative Gathering 2003. Netherlands residence, 16 Mugga Way,
Red Hill. Contact: Frank Mollen 6220 9403 or Joanna Oktay 6220 9404.

1545 - Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Family Affairs Kay Patterson will unveil
the Commonwealth Franchise ACT and the design of the Suffrage Anniversary Commemorative
Coin. 1st Floor, Members Hall, Parliament House. Contact: Sarah Higginbottom 6277 7560
or 0411 405 341.


MELBOURNE


0730 - Minister for Energy Industries & Resources Theo Theophanous breakfast launch of
Ministerial Statement Promoting Victoria's Prospects: The Challenge for the Mining, Extractive
and Petroleum Industries. JJ Clarke Room, 1st floor, Old Treasury Building. Contact: Helen
Demetriou 9655 6087.

0900 - Premier Steve Bracks on ABC Radio with Jon Faine (no doorstop). Contact: Premier's
Media Unit 9651 5799.

0900 - The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby and Midsumma Festival announcement of
mass commitment ceremony. Parliament House steps, Bourke and Spring streets intersection.

Contact: Kris Darmody 0419 900 437.

1000 - Premier Steve Bracks, Emergency Minister Andre Haermeyer and Environment Minister
John Thwaites at Country Fire Authority Headquarters for the launch of the summer fire
season. Followed by doorstop. 8 Lakeside Drive, East Burwood. Contact: Premier's Media
Unit 9651 5799.

1000 - The Smith Family launches its Christmas Book Appeal. RMIT University, 124 Latrobe
Street, Melbourne. Contact: Eloise Bishop 0402 068 330, Dr Kerry Hempenstall 9925 7522.

1000 - Joint Australian Dairy Industry Council and Dairy Australia information forum.

River Room, Melbourne Park, Swan Street, Jolimont. Contact: Sue Webster 9459 1444, 0402
267 802.

1000 - Blind Citizens Australia rally to reverse cuts to the Multi Purpose Taxi Program.

Lower Level Stairs, Parliament House, Spring Street. Contact: Maryanne Diamond 0419 312
129 or David Brant 0402 540 383.

1000-1100 - Blind and vision impaired people rally over the death of the state disability
plan. Parliament House, Spring Street. Contact: Maryanne Diamond 0419 312 129.

1200 - Minister for Energy Industries & Resources Theo Theophanous to deliver his ministerial
statement on the future of Victoria's minerals and petroleum industry. Legislative Council,
Parliament House. Contact: Premier's Media Unit 9651 5799.

1230 - University of Melbourne Professor Tim McCormack to speak on "Can David Hicks and
Mamdouh Habib really get a fair trial in a US military tribunal?" for the Law Institute
of Victoria. 15th Floor, RACV Club, 123 Queen Street, Melbourne.

1300 - Youth affairs Minister Jacinta Allan to join Victoria Police Chief Commissioner
Christine Nixon at a graduation ceremony of the Victoria Police Youth Corps. Victoria
Police Academy, Glen Waverley. Contact: Premier's Media Unit 9651 5799.

1300 - Minister for Energy Industries & Resources Theo Theophanous to meet staff from
APA, Australia's major producer of automotive LPG cylinders as they express concern about
the federal government's proposal to introduce excise tax on LPG. Treasury Gardens, Melbourne.

Contact: Premier's Media Unit 9651 5799.

Community Services Minister Sherryl Garbutt will be in Wodonga and Shepparton. Contact:
Sarah McKinnon 0409 008 412.

Agriculture Minister Bob Cameron to be in West Gippsland. Contact: Jeremi Moule 0419 384 201.


PERTH


0930 - Education and Health Standing Committee to hold further hearings as part of its
inquiry into Attention Deficit Disorder. Meeting Room 1, Legislative Assembly Committee
Office, Level 1, 11 Harvest Terrace, West Perth. Contact Karen Hall on 9222 7428 or Liz
Kerr on 9222 7480,


SYDNEY


No time given - The National Conference on the State of Australian Cities to begin and
run until December 5. Parramatta. Contact: Angela McIntyre 0419 244 595.

0700 - NTEU members of Sydney University to take industrial action. No location given.

Contact: Michael Thomson 0418 450 812.

0830 - Standards Australia to host the first national sizing discussion forum. Standards
Australia head office, 286 Sussex Street. Contact: Tom Godfrey 0414 191 034.

1300 - John Paul Young to launch the special Outback Christmas event. Central Railway
Station. Contact: Philip Engelberts 0401 716 533.

1300 - Sydney Opera House to present a rare opportunity to film a live public performance
of the Sydney premiere of Daredevil Opera's Cirkus Inferno. Playhouse foyer, Sydney Opera
House. Contact: Michelle Guthrie 0412 547 297 or Christopher Wynton 0403 461 005.

1500 - Internationally renowned plant biotechnologist Ingo Potrykus to give a lecture
as part of his Australian tour. Sydney University. Contact: Rob Lockwood 03 9596 8744.

1830 - NSW Premier Bob Carr to launch Faultlines by George Megalogenis. Gleebooks, 49
Glebe Point Road, Glebe. Contact: Debbie McInnes 0412 818 071.


ENTERTAINMENT


No items listed.


SPORT


BASKETBALL - NBL round 10 -
1900 - Brisbane v Victoria, Brisbane
1930 - Adelaide v Wollongong, Adelaide
HOCKEY - to December 7 -
Women's Champions Trophy, Sydney
GALLOPS -
Cheltenham
Eagle Farm
Sandown
Devonport
Randwick
TROTS -
Redcliffe
Kalgoorlie
Bendigo
Bathurst
Wyong
GREYHOUNDS -
Ipswich
Gold Coast
Ballarat
Sandown
Warrnambool
Bulli
Maitland



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