Diary for Wednesday December 9, 1998

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-1998
Diary for Wednesday December 9, 1998
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS
STATED OTHERWISE.

ADELAIDE
TBA - Allan Border OA to officially launch the 1999 Torpedoes
Cup Australian Under 19 Cricket Championship, 4th fl, Bradman
Stand, Adelaide Oval. Contact: Fiona Hollister (08) 8300 3838.

1400 - Question Time, Parliament House, North Tce.


BRISBANE
0700 - Breakfast briefing on Brisbane as an emerging
destination for head office functions, Lord Mayor Soorley
guest speaker, Balmoral Room, first floor, City Hall, King
George Square. Contact: Richard Joel 3403-4058.

0800 - Institution of electrical and electronic Engineers
conference on formal engineering methods, Carlton Crest Hotel,
Dec 9-11. Contact: (0417) 292-663.

1030 - Telstra to celebrate the switching over of its last
south-east Queensland exchange to digital technology,
Kallangur exchange, Duffield Road (cnr Brickworks Road).

Contact: Steve Johnston, 3838-7174 or (0417) 788-941.

1200 - Arts Minister Matt Foley to launch new headquarters for
some of Queenslands key arts organisations, 381 Brunswick
Street, Fortitude Valley (parking in McWhirters Car Park).

Contact: Kate Maccheroni Collins 3239-3614.

1200 - Peter FitzSimons, ex-Wallaby and author of biography on
Kim Beazley, the guest speaker at Property Council of
Australia luncheon, Hilton Hotel. Contact: Rosey McGrath
3229-0666.

1330 - Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk launches
fisheries awareness campaign, Hendra State Primary School, 309
Nudgee Road, Hendra (enter via School Road). Contact: Kirby
Anderson (07) 3239-6530, pager 3835-9900 (quote 96161).

1830 - Tony Fitzgerald the keynote speaker at Legal,
Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee of
Queensland Parliaments launch of handbook Queenslanders
Basic Rights at Legislative Council Chamber, Parliament House.

Contact: committee secretariat 3406-7307.

CANBERRA
0930 - The House of Representatives and The Senate sit.

0945 - President of Italy His Excellency Mr Oscar Scalfaro, to
lay wreath on Tomb of Unknown Australian Soldier, Australian
War Memorial, Canberra.

1100 - The Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister for
Industry, Science and Resources, Warren Entsch to launch the
publication on Oil and Gas Resources of Australia 1998, Senate
Alcove, Parliament House, Canberra.

1200 - Geoffrey Robertson at the National Press Club for the
50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
NPC, National Circuit, Barton, Canberra.

1245 - Peak IT&T Forum Task Force Chairman, Gerry Moriarty
will give a summation of the days proceedings, Committee Room
1S4, Parliament House, Canberra.

1530 - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Tim
Fischer and the Australia-South Africa Joint Ministerial
Commission are holding a Press Conference following their
meeting, Committee Room 2S2, Parliament House, Canberra.

MELBOURNE
0700 - Victorian Trades Hall Council Secretary Leigh Hubbard
to speak at Hume City Councils business breakfast, on
over-employment, Hume City Town Hall, 1079 Pascoe Vale Road,
Broadmeadows. Contact: Nicole Simons 9205 2223, 0419 740 094.

0910 - National Energy Users two-day forum on Innovative
Solutions for Electricity and Gas Customers and Retailers,
Centra Melbourne, cnr Flinders and Spencer Streets. Contact:
9210 5777.

1000 - ADI Limited to hand over to army the first Australian
designed and manufactured High Speed Engineering Military
Vehicle which travels at speeds of 100kph, Australian Armys
vehicle proving ground, Lancefield Road, Monegeetta (south of
Romsey.) Contact: Leigh Funston 0414 866 697 or Capt Belinda
Byrne 9282 6226, 0419 302 692.

1000 - Koori and ethnic communities celebration commemorating
the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights at Melbourne Town Hall. 1830 - Mayoral reception with
guests Geoffrey Robertson and Evelyn Scott, chairperson of the
Council for Reconciliation; 1945 - Welcome Ceremony from the
Wurundjeri people and Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman to
representatives of ethnic communities. Contact: Jacqui Gela
015 527 894, Hakan Akyol 0419 511 646 or Graeme Stephen 9427
7055.

1245 - Brotherhood of St Laurence executive director The Right
Reverend Michael Challen to address Rotary Club luncheon on
Caring through Jobs. Naval & Military Club, 27 Little
Collins Street, Melbourne. Contact: Alison Francis 9209 9333.

1930 - Bendigo Bank to brief local community on setting up a
Warburton Community Bank at public meeting, Warburton Arts and
Entertainment Centre. Contact: Don Vickers 5966 9077.

PERTH
0900 - Session 6 of the Australasian Society for Human
Biology's 12th annual conference, Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.

Contact: Neville Bruce 08 9380 3292 or 08 9380 3289.

1330 - The Australian competition and Consumer Commission's
seminar, Duxton Hotel, St Georges Terrace, on the new
country-of-origin laws, including use of the labels Australian
Made or Product of Australia. Contact: Richard Fitzpatrick 02
6243 1062.

1800 - Perth Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass hosts a sundowner on
Heirrison Island to mark the release of five western grey
kangaroos at the southern end of the island. No contact
number.

SYDNEY
0845 - United States Information Service to host a one-hour
digital video conference with Stuart E. Eizenstat, US Under
Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural
Affairs on The Buenos Aires Climate Change Conference, USIS,
MLC Centre, Level 59, 19-29 Martin Place, Sydney. Contact:
Kathy Topley 9373 9222.

0900 - Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Human
Rights, Human Values, What Do We Think Now conference, 1150
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer addresses the conference,
1415 - Press Conference with Marzuki Darusman and Justice
Albie Sachs, Dockside Conference Centre, Cockle Bay, Darling
Harbour. Contact: Margie Cook 0418 637 230.

1000 - Preview of the National Maritime Museums new
exhibition, The Last Windjammers, The National Maritime
Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Contact: Bill Richards 9552
7545.

1000 - Disabled Death Demo, concerned groups unite to say
enough is enough, Department of Community Services
Headquarters, Ashfield. Contact: Lyn Dunnachie 9264 5893.

1100 - Cars and Culture: Our Driving Passions, the Power House
Museums new exhibition, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street,
Ultimo. Contact: Jason Donohoe 9217 0157.

1200 - Sydney media preview to the 1999 Fosters Tamworth
Country Music Festival, Carlton Clydesdale Pavilion, RAS
Showground, Homebush. Contact: 9518 8455.

1830 - Book Launch of Up for Rego A Social History of the
Holden Kingswood, Blackwater Studios, 465 Glebe Point Road,
Glebe. Contact: Amanda Perram 9519 3299.

SPORT
GALLOPS:
Cranbourne
TROTS:
Warragul, Mildura
GREYHOUNDS:
Sandown, Ballarat, Warrnambool
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