Diary for Monday December 3, 2001

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2001
Diary for Monday December 3, 2001
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE.


ADELAIDE
0900: Country Fire Service to outline summer fire danger strategies. CFS Headquarters,
4th Floor, 60 Waymouth St, Adelaide. Contact: Adam Thompson 8463 4246
1200: International No Pesticides Day protest, Parliament House. Contact: Peter Evans 8240 5040.

1230: Premier Rob Kerin announces details of new education strategy for secondary students.

Smithfield Plains High School. Contact: Sascha Brooker 0418 806 710
1900: Hypothetical forum about same sex relationships, Adelaide University Union Hall.

Contact: Matthew Loader 0411 224 067


BRISBANE
0715 - The Australian Trade Commission to host a seminar for exporters on the impact of
September 11 on international business markets at the Hilton Hotel ballroom. Contact:
Tanya Lim 0419 204 898.

0930 - An International Day of People with Disability rally to be held at the Roma Street
Forum, Emma Miller Place, followed by a march at 1030.

0930 - The Queensland cabinet to hold its 45th community meeting at the Burnett Shire
Council Chambers, 160 Hughes Road, Bargara. Contact: Steve Keating (07) 3224 4500.


CANBERRA
1200 - National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party, Geoff Walsh, to address the National
Press Club, 16 National Circuit, Barton, ACT. Contact: 02 6273 3644.

1830 - Media Preview of Bruce Petty's exhibition entitled `A Mad Century!', National Archives
of Australia, Canberra. Contact: Robert Beattie 02 6212 3979.


MELBOURNE
1000 - Parks Victoria regional manager Carole Sweatman, Lt Colonel PE Rhoden, war veterans
and local school children to launch book `The Kokoda Walk in the Dandenong Ranges National
Park', by Ross Bastiaan. Dandenong Ranges National Park, Ferntree Gully Education Centre
(Melway 74 H5). Contact: Alysia Brandenburg 9488 3932, 0419 552 781.

1100 - Melbourne Lord Mayor John So to announce priorities and initiatives for council,
Supper Room, Level 2, Melbourne Town Hall. Contact: Josie D'Arino, 9658 9484.

1300 - Victorian Ports Minister Candy Broad to present the first Victorian Boat Operator
Licences to Olympic gold medallist Lauren Burns, VicRoads Registration and Licensing Office,
459 Lygon Street, Carlton. Contact: Tom Laurie 9651 0139.

1330 - Media conference - Queensland nurse and midwife Norma McRae to depart for three-month
assignment as delegate to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan.

Australian Red Cross, 155 Pelman St, Carlton. contact: Mr Andrew Heslop 9345 1865.

1435 - Victorian Community Services Minister Christine Campbell presents the first Celebration
of Ability Awards for including Victorians with a disability in community life, ANZ Pavilion,
Victorian Arts Centre, 10 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Contact: Tim Winkler 0407 688 632.

1500 - Forestry seminar, Sale Memorial Hall supper room, Macalister St, Sale. Contact:
Daran Chester 51 553719.

1830 - Annual general meeting of Watermark, Sale. Contact: Wally Evans 51 43 2017.


PERTH
1600 - Department of Housing and Works industry forum, City West Function Centre, 45 Plaistowe
Mews, West Perth. Contact Julie Cole 08 9213 6500 or 0408 957 785.


SYDNEY
No Time Given - The National Launch of the 2002 Year of the Outback to celebrate the people,
places and achievements of Australia's world famous outback, Broken Hill, NSW. Contact
Scott Crebbin 02 9363 0714, 0419 751 805.

0930 - Start of royal commission into HIH collapse. Hearing Room, Level 8, 345 George St, Sydney.

1030 - NSW Governor Marie Bashir to officially launch the circumnavigation of Australia
by "Windeward Bound" to celebrate Matthew Flinders' remarkable voyage, Woolloomooloo Wharf
(opposite Otto's Restaurant). Contact Sarah Parry 0418 120 399.

1200-1430 - Celebrating Ability - International Day of People with a Disability, Martin
Place, Sydney's CBD. Contact Jeff Lewis 9244 3111, 0401 994 008.

1330 - Greens senator Bob Brown and senate candidate Kerry Nettle to hold a press conference
about senate seats after final preferences are distributed by the Australian Electoral
Commission. The conference will be at the rear of NSW Parliament, Hospital Road, Sydney.

Contact Ben Oquist on 0419 704 095.

1800 - Launch of the book Jane Austen - Antipodean Views, Dixon Room, State Library of
NSW. Contact Amanda Vassallo 02 9273 1768, 0421 057 930.

1800 - Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward to speak on The Success of Women
in Business, The Sydney Institute, 41 Phillip Street. Contact 02 9252 3366.


SPORT
GALLOPS -
Moe
Ballina
Sapphire Coast
TROTS -
Kilmore
Bulli
Gloucester Park
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
Shepparton
Albion Park
Angle Park
Richmond
Grafton
Traralgon
Launceston


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