Diary Events for Thursday, December 14, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2006
Diary Events for Thursday, December 14, 2006

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

ADELAIDE
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BRISBANE
1030 - Dutton Park ferry farewell hosted by University of Queensland vice-chancellor Professor
John Hay. Under the poinciana trees opposite the ferry terminal on Sir William McGregor
Drive at UQ's St Lucia campus. Shirley Glaister 3365 1931.

1315 - Westpac AGM. Journalist/photographers must register 10 minutes prior to meeting.

Ballroom Le Grand, Sofitel Brisbane, 249 Turbot St. Marketlink Services 1800 804 255.

1735-1830 - Climate change address by entrepreneur, author and philanthropist, Jamie McIntyre.

Arrive to register 1710, Brisbane Chifley at Lennons, 66 Queen Street Mall. Rhiannon at
World Solutions Institute 02 9361 4500.

CANBERRA
1015 - Royal Australian Air Force F/A Hornet will conduct a flypast in support of the
Australian Defence Force Academy 2006 Graduation Parade, Australian Defence Force Academy,
Northcott Drive, Campbell, ACT. Contact: Jennifer Reilly 02 6268 8623 or 0411 403 489.

1100 - Raiders General Manager Don Furner and players Alan Tongue and Lincoln Withers
will unveil a new billboard and 2007 home and away playing strips, Raiders HQ Billboard,
Corner Haydon Drive and Battye Streets, Bruce, ACT. Contact: Ben Pollack 02 6253 3515.

All day - Political cartoon exhibition - Behind the Lines - opens at the National Museum
of Australia. Contact: 6208 5338.

DARWIN
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HOBART
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PERTH
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MELBOURNE
1000-1230 - UK energy expert Dr Gill Owen (Warwick University Business School, UK), special
guest at The Australian Business Council of Sustainable Energy (BCSE) workshop. 60 Leicester
Street, Carlton. Contact: Amy Kean 9349 3077, 0403 247 212 or Jim Downey 0414 547 217.

1030 - Paediatrician Susie Gibb to discuss research on bed wetting and teenagers. Rendezvous
Hotel, 328 Flinders Street (between Queen & Elizabeth streets). Contact: Margot Gorski
9533 6783, 0412 393 394.

2030 - Women Out Front - fundraiser for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre, hosted by
Julia Zemiro (Rockwiz) and performers including Grace Knight and the McClymont Sisters,
The Gershwin Room, The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda. Contact: Jodie Harrison 0425 754370
or Lillina Thoms 0405 180 815.

SYDNEY
0930 - Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott and Member for Macarthur Pat Farmer to begin
a 24-hour `vertical marathon' of Sydney Tower to raise money for Ovarian Cancer Research.

Sydney Tower, Pitt St Mall entrance. Contact: Carolyn Grant 9368 7277 or 0407 898 727.

1000 - Youth Fusion project launch - a forum which aims to promote social cohesion and
oppose extremism by empowering Muslim youth to speak out. FAIR Centre, Suite 3, 36 Queen
St, Auburn. Contact: Andrew Coombe 0438 777 145.

1000 - Continues all day, until January 28 - A Bird In The Hand exhibition of paintings
by Tony Clark and John Wolseley to begin. Level 2 Contemporary Project Space, Art Gallery
of NSW, Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney. Contact: Claire Martin 9225 1791 or 0412
268 320.

1030 - Story embargoed for Friday 4am (AEDT) - Australian Science Media Centre national
media briefing on 2006: A Year of Drought and an Opportunity for Change, Bureau of Meteorology,
Level 16, 300 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. Contact: Peta Newbold 08 8207 7415 or 0410 496
800 or Susannah Eliott 0424 676 136.

1130 - Aboriginal Employment Strategy school-based trainee program announcement graduation
and expansion. AES head office, 1-9 Glebe Point Road, Glebe. Contact: Phil Lockyer 0427
938 908.

1400 - The funeral of a homeless man murdered in Sydney Square near St Andrew's Cathedral
last week. St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, Sydney. Contact: Margaret Rodgers 0411 692
499 or 9265 1507.

1600 - Public forum on: Do we need protection from law? Lecture theatre 67.104 (McKinnon
Building), University of Wollongong. Contact: Rick Mohr 4267 1694 or 4221 4632.

1800 - Professor Jerald Greenberg from Macquarie University to give a free lecture on
management, justice and employee theft. Mason Theatre (Building E7B) at Macquarie University.

Contact: Ben Searle 9850 8066 or Greg Walsh 9850 7383.

SPORT
GOLF - Gow & Lonard Charity Golf Day -
Morning field play available, Lakes Golf Course, Eastlakes
CRICKET - 3rd test - to December 18 -
Australia v England, Perth
SOCCER - 2006/07 A-League Season Draw -
Round 17 - to December 17
2000 - Sydney FC v Perth Glory FC, Aussie Std
TENNIS - Australian Open training camp - to December 14
Melbourne Park
ATHLETICS - Zatopek Classic -
Olympic Park, Melbourne
SURFING - 2006 Foster's Men's WCT -
Rip Curl Pipeline Masters, Oahu, Hawaii - to December 20
SURFING - 2006 ASP Women's WCT -
Billabong Pro, Honolua Bay, Maui-Hawaii - to December 20
GALLOPS-
Wagga
Bendigo
Townsville
Geraldton
New Zealand
TROTS -
Penrith
Geelong
Gold Coast
Maryborough
Young
GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Bendigo
Maitland
Wangaratta
Hobart

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