News Diary for Monday, Aug 17, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2009
News Diary for Monday, Aug 17, 2009
Good Evening News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Monday (not for publication).

This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are subject to change. In
some cases times and locations may not be available. Story coverage is subject to staffing.

NATIONAL
- More on fire near Geelong in which a mother and her four young children died.

- More on PNG plane crash.

BRISBANE
0900 - Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett opens the 10th International Ecology
Congress. Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane. Jenni Metcalfe 0408 551 866.

0900 - Tourism Futures Forum. Surfers Paradise Marriott. Michelle Farquhar 0432 334 994.

CANBERRA
0855 - Australian Industry Group national forum and annual dinner, Parliament House Theatrette,
Level 1, Parliament House, Canberra. Contact: Tony Melville 0419 190 347.

1000 - House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training inquiry into
Combining study and work, Room 1R0, Parliament House, Canberra.

1000 - Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Committee Inquiry into Treaties tabled on
13 May and 25 June 2009, Room 2R1, Parliament House, Canberra.

1200 - House of Reps sits.

1230 - Senate sits.

MELBOURNE
- Outwatching fatal fire near Geelong.

- Bushfires Royal Commission due to hand down its interim report
- Committal mention for Brendan Sokaluk, charged with arson causing death in the Black
Saturday bushfires and one charge of possessing child porn
- Pre-sentence hearing for Shane Kent who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges
- Trial of Faruk Orman and Vince Benvenuto over murder of gangland figure Victor Peirce
due to start.

SYDNEY
1000 - Special hearing for Craig James Grant, mentally ill man accused of murdering his
pregnant teenage girlfriend. Supreme Court 5, King Street.

1015 - Application by the administrators of ABC Learning Centres Limited. Federal Court, 19A.

- Truong Thi Nguven (NFP) murdering her two children, Supreme Court trial due to start
1600 - Racing and Gaming Minister Kevin Greene to speak. to speak at 20th Annual Australasian
Gaming Expo. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.

- RSPCA cupcake day.

PERTH
- Everett James Tyson, on trial in the WA Supreme Court charged with the murder of a Maori
man during a brawl in Perth's eastern suburbs.

- Sudanese immigrant Cosmas Bundu, to be sentenced in the WA Supreme Court for repeatedly
stabbing his pregnant former wife in the street.

ENTERTAINMENT
- Sydney Fashion Festival (RSFF) starts

FINANCE
EQUITIES NEWS
Sydney - NIB Holdings Ltd annual results
Sydney - The Mac Services Group Ltd annual results
Sydney - Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund annual results
Melbourne- Ansell Ltd annual results
Melbourne - BlueScope Steel Ltd annual results
Perth - Croesus Mining NL general meeting
Perth - iiNet Ltd annual results
Brisbane - Austin Engineering Ltd annual results
Auckland, New Zealand - Fisher& Paykel Appliances Ltd annual general meeting

SPORT
CRICKET
LONDON - Latest after wrap-up from tour match as Australia turn to the fifth and final
Ashes Test at The Oval.

AFL
MELBOURNE - AFL news.

LEAGUE
NEWCASTLE - NRL: Newcastle Knights v Melbourne Storm at EnergyAustralia Stadium 1900 AEST.

SYDNEY - Rugby league news/citings from weekend matches.

SOCCER
SYDNEY - Latest A-League news.

RUGBY UNION
SYDNEY - Wallabies media session ahead of Saturday's Tri Nations clash against NZ featuring
Matt Giteau, Nathan Sharpe, Drew Mitchell and Luke Burgess.

SYDNEY - All Blacks available after their first training session in Sydney.

ATHLETICS
BERLIN - Australian action on day three of the world athletics championships including
Women's 800m semi-finals, Men's 1,500m semi-finals and Men's 10,000m final.

GOLF
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Wrap up after final round of the PGA with Tiger Woods homing
in on another Major + Australian coverage.

BASKETBALL
GEELONG - Opals play China in the second game of their international series.



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