Diary Events for Friday, August 25, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2006
Diary Events for Friday, August 25, 2006

EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:


ADELAIDE


0915 - South Australian Farmers' Federation annual general meeting. The Observatory Function
Centre, 23 Hackney Road, Hackney. Contact: Carol Vincent 0414 916 884.

1115 - Port Adelaide Football Club news conference with coach Mark Williams. SuiteOne,
AAMI Stadium. Contact: Daniel Bryant 0410 553 706.

1200 - Adelaide Crows news conference with coach Neil Craig. Media Room, AAMI Stadium.

Contact: David Burtenshaw 0409 798 044.


BRISBANE


1000 - Queensland Education Minister Rod Welford will conduct a lunch for the RSL Civics
and Citizenship education program which has been crafted for secondary school students.

Premier's Hall, level 4, Parliamentary Annexe, Brisbane. Contact: Melanie Mead 0432 820
370.

1000 - Whistleblowing: What Are We Learning? National conference with guest speakers including
Tony Morris, QC, and UQ's Professor of the School of Journalism Bruce Grundy. Emmanuel
College, Sir William McGregor Drive, St Lucia, Brisbane. Contact: Kev Lindy 3390 3912.

1045 - Federal Treasurer Peter Costello will attend a community morning tea with Nationals
Ron Boswell and Bruce Scott. Millmerran Civic Centre, Campbell Street, Millmerran. Contact:
Rena Stoikos 0418 568 434.

1340 - Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott will speak on developing partnerships to ensure
the future of public hospitals in Queensland. Russell Strong Auditorium, Princess Alexandra
Hospital. Contact: Penny Geraghty 0412 548 872, 3240 7899.


CANBERRA


1130 - Victoria Cross awarded to Captain Alfred Shout for action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli,
will be donated to the Australian War Memorial. Gallipoli Gallery, Australian War Memorial,
Canberra. Contact: Emma Tinkler 6243 4575.

1215 - Senate Occasional Lecture Series presents Senior Lecturer in politics Dr Paul Strangio,
who will speak on Incumbency Dominance: An Unhealthy Trend? Main Committee Room, Parliament
House, Canberra. Contact: 6277 3074.


DARWIN


No items listed.


HOBART


No items listed.


MELBOURNE


- No time given - Transport Minister Peter Batchelor in Drouin, Morwell and Traralgon
for local announcements. Contact: Louise Perry 0414 456 015.

- No time given - Victorian Communities Minister John Thwaites in Dederang for local announcements.

Contact: Martin Curtis 0400 512 618.

- No Time given - Consumer Affairs Minister Marsha Thomson in Bentleigh for local announcements.

Contact: Licardo Prince 0439 333 153.

0830 - The Nationals spokesman for Water Peter Walsh and candidate for Gippsland East,
Chris Nixon, will tour the Lindenow Flats, near Bairnsdale, prior to water policy launch.

Bulmers Farm Fresh Vegetables, 30 Bulmers Road, Lindenow. Contact: Darren Chester 0418
390 229.

0930 - Federal Parliament's Public Accounts and Audit Committee public hearing into certain
taxation matters will be held. Parliamentary Committee Rooms, level 8, 35 Spring Street.

Contact: 02 6277 4615.

1030 - Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos to launch the Murray Region campaign. Trentham
Estate Winery, Sturt Highway, Trentham Cliffs, NSW (20 minutes from Mildura).

1030 - Leader of The Nationals Peter Ryan and spokesman for water, Peter Walsh, will launch
The Nationals Plan for Water Management. Covinos Farm Produce, Seaspray Road, Longford.

Contact: Darren Chester 0418 390 229.

1445 - LPG-powered car arrives in Melbourne at completion of circuit of Australia using
only LPG. Ford Australia Head Office 1735 Sydney Road, Campbellfield. Includes V8 supercar
driver Jason Bright and Ford Australia president Tom Gorman. Contact: Sinead McAlary 0412
254 388.

1800 - Guests arrive for the Melbourne Premiere of Clerks II. 1830 - Screening of Clerks
II with actors Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach attending. The Astor Theatre, cnr Chapel
Street and Dandenong Road, St Kilda. Contact: Georgina Thompson 9829 0614.

2000 - Opening of The Age Melbourne Writers' 10 day festival, with keynote address delivered
by Tim Flannery (scientist, explorer and conservationist) on global warming. Melbourne
Town Hall. Contact: Shirley Hardy-Rix 0412 057 288, 9842 9740.


PERTH


0730 - Human Services Minister Joe Hockey and Kyle Vander-Kuyp will address the APSC Breakfast
seminar. The Argyle Ballroom, Parmelia Hilton Hotel, Mill St, Perth. Contact: Wendy Black
0437 978 028.

0900 - Human Services Minister Joe Hockey will open a new Health for Industry and Work
Solutions office. Level 3, 553 Hay St, Perth. Contact: Wendy Black 0437 978 028.

1300 - Human Services Minister Joe Hockey will visit Clontarf Aboriginal College. 295
Manning Rd, Waterford. Contact: Wendy Black 0437 978 028.


SYDNEY


0930 - Education Minister Julie Bishop will attend the National Literacy and Numeracy
Week Awards. Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour. Contact:
Murray Hansen 0417 886 155.

1130 - Actor Anthony LaPaglia will unveil the winner of an honorary signing to the Sydney
Football Club. Aussie Stadium, Driver Avenue, Moore Park. Contact: Claire Hosegood 0411
253 663, 9271 1829.

1230 - Dr Cindy Pan will help launch HeartKids Australia Children's Charity to raise awareness
of congenital heart disease. Rydges North Sydney. Contact: Alison Byrne 0419 576 448 or
Maggie Frawley 0406 424 511.

1630 - Communications Minister Helen Coonan will be the guest of honour at the launch
of the 2006 McNair Community Radio National Listener Survey. Cruise Bar, Overseas Passenger
Terminal, level 2, West Circular Quay. Contact: Danny Chifley 9310 2999.

1715 - Former National Museum of Australia director Dawn Casey will give a public lecture
titled Being Collected, the first in the Indigenous Collections, Indigenous Museums? series.

Old Geology Lecture Theatre, Science Rd, University of Sydney. Contact: Katrina O'Brien
9036 7842 or Kath Kenny 9351 2261.

1800 - Stop the War Coalition will hold a War, Terror and Civil Liberties public forum,
with lawyer Rob Stary to speak. Room 29, ground level, Tower Block, University of Technology,
Broadway. Contact: Anna 0401 900 690 or Alex 0413 976 638.


SPORT


AFL -
Round 21 - to August 27 -
1940 - Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, Telstra Dome
RUGBY LEAGUE -
Round 25 - to August 27
1930 - Manly v Bulldogs, Brookvale Oval
SOCCER - 2006/07 A-League Season Draw -
Round 1 - to August 27
2000 - Melbourne Victory FC v Adel United FC, Olympic Park
NETBALL - Commonwealth Bank Trophy -
Preliminary Final -
SWIMMING - Australian Short Course C'ships - to August 28
Tattersall's Hobart Aquatic Centre, Tas
BASKETBALL - FIBA World championships (Mens) -
Japan - to September 3
GOLF - PGA Tour European Invitational - to August 27
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio
GOLF - Reno-Tahoe Open - to August 27
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada
GOLF - LPGA Tour - to August 27
Tartan Fields Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
ATHLETICS - IAAF World Athletics Tour -
Golden League, Brussels, Belgium
ROWING - Senior World C'ships - to August 27
Eton, UK
SURFING - 2006 ASP Women's WTC - to August 28
Billabong Girls, Praia da Tiririca, Itacare, Bahia-Brazil
GALLOPS -
Mornington
Townsville
Scone
Canberra
TROTS -
Harold Park
Moonee Valley
Redcliffe
Globe Derby
Charlton
Bathurst
Gloucester Park
GREYHOUNDS -
Richmond
Geelong
Albion Park
Casino
The Gardens
Mandurah
Traralgon

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