Events Diary Wednesday, August 26, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2009
Events Diary Wednesday, August 26, 2009
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:


ADELAIDE


0900 - ABARE regional outlook conference, Clare Golf Club, White Hut Road, Clare. Contact:
Angela Ellerman 0408 487 825
1030 - Multiple sclerosis national research initiative media briefing, University of Adelaide,
molecular life sciences building. Contact: David Ellis 8303 5414
1030 - National Meals on Wheels Day event: Hilton Adelaide chef Simon Bryant to visit
Meals on Wheels volunteers at the Norwood kitchen, 5 Orange Lane, Norwood. Contact: Melissa
King 0448 881 644
1100 - Launch of Australia's first internet-enabled commuter bus, Stop 1A, King William
Street, Adelaide. Contact: John Harris 8431 4000


BRISBANE


1030 - Glenn McGrath to launch the McGrath Ingham Breast Care Nurse at the Princess Alexandra
Hospital. McGrath Breast Care Nurses are specially trained registered nurses who act as
patient advocates. 4th Floor Conference Room, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. Penny
Geraghty 3240 7899.

1100 - Local Government Association of Queensland conference continues with speech by
opposition frontbencher Howard Hobbs. Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

1700 - Opening of the William Robinson Art Gallery at Queensland University of Technology
(QUT). Therese Rein, the wife of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will officially open the gallery.

Old Government House, Brisbane. Mechelle McMahon 3138 2130.


CANBERRA


1100 - Major General Digger James will launch a new book "With Healing Hands: the untold
story of the Australian civilian surgical teams in Vietnam," at Western Courtyard gallery
Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Contact:Leigh Harris,0409 600 038.

1130 - World Vision CEO Tim Costello will address the National Press Club, National Circuit, Barton.

1800 - Australian Chief Scientist Penny Sackett will deliver a lecture: "Our Future Climate
- living with fires now and into the future," Lecture Theatre One, Manning Clark Centre
Building 26a, Union Court, Australian National University. Contact: events@anu.edu.au.


MELBOURNE


1030 - The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, visits St Vincents Hospital,
Princes St, Fitzroy as part of a Federal Government round of national consultations on
reform of the Australian health system. Contact: Kay McNiece 0412 132 585


PERTH


- Former prime minister John Howard to give the 2009 Menzies lecture on the proposed charter
of rights, at the University of Western Australia. Media contact: Ben Morton 0416 006
576.


SYDNEY


0840 - Federal Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson to speak at the annual
SkillsDMC National Conference for the resources and infrastructure sectors. Four Seasons
Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney. Contact: Marcela Balart 0422 483 371.

0900 - Alyssa Sutherland, Pania Rose, Erin McNaught, Carla Zampatti and magazine editors
will launch 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty. Cafe Sydney, Customs House, level 5, 31 Alfred
Street, Circular Quay. Contact: Marlene Richardson 0409 888 218.

0930 - Mark Arbib, Federal Minister for Employment Participation to speak at the National
Employment Conference, run by the National Employment Services Association. Hilton hotel,
Sydney. Contact: Veronica McGowan 9686 3500.

1000 - Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing into the security industry continues.

Level 21, 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney. Contact Nicole Thomas on 8281 5799 or 0417 467 801.

1600 - Boxing greats Anthony Mundine and Sugar Ray Leonard will appear at an XBOX 360
conference to launch the new game Fight Night 4. The Ivy Penthouse, 320-330 George Street,
Sydney. Contact: Lewis Khan 9699 2000.

1800 - Greens Senator Christine Milne to speak at a public forum and launch for the new
book Climate Action: A Campaign Manual for Greenhouse Solutions by Dr Mark Diesendorf.

Keith Burrows Theatre, UNSW, Kensington. Contact Dan Gaffney 0411 156 015.


SPORT


CYCLING - UCI Masters MTB World C'ships - to August 30
Pra Loup, France
GALLOPS -
Canterbury
Ballarat
Eagle Farm
Strathalbyn
Belmont
New Zealand
Sth Africa
France
TROTS -
Ballarat
Mildura
Gold Coast
Horsham
France
GREYHOUNDS -
Bulli
The Meadows
Ipswich
Angle Park
Ballarat
Bathurst
Cannington
Albion Park
Warrnambool



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