FED:News Diary for Wednesday, April 6

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2011
FED:News Diary for Wednesday, April 6
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Wednesday (not for publication).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

TOP STORIES

COURTS
CANBERRA
- High Court sits - Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar
ADELAIDE
- Supreme Court trial continues for Angelika Gavare, charged over the murder of an Adelaide
pensioner.

BRISBANE
- Morcombe inquest continues in Maroochydore
- Melissa Anne Englart re murder Scott Richard Englart (abduction alert and missing children)
mention only. Toowoomba Magistrates Court
- Police sergeant in Brisbane Magistrates Court for use and supply of drugs
MELBOURNE
1000 - Federal Court hearing continues for News Ltd columnist Andrew Bolt who is being
accused of racially discriminating against Aborigines through his newspaper articles
1000 - Committal mention for 30 people charged over a cannabis trafficking ring
SYDNEY
0930 - Todd Carney. Roosters player drink driving while on P plates. Sentencing Waverley LC.

1000 - Lopeti and others, on trial over inside job on hotel armed robbery - jury out -
Downing Centre District court LG3.

1000 - Greg Fennelly v United Airlines Inc. claim of acciden hearing.

PERTH
- Trial of father and son continues for the murder of a convicted drug dealer and his
wife. (MIKHAILS)

CANBERRA
0900 - Public Health Association of Australia's Communicable Disease Control Conference.

Hotel Realm. 1230 - Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne at the National Press
Club.

- Climate change expert Ross Garnaut says he expects the federal government to adopt his
recommendation to provide income tax cuts under a carbon price.

SYDNEY
0845 - 5th International Society for Research on Internet Interventions Conference: State
of the Art Forum. Can the internet and mobile phones be more effective at treating mental
health issues than doctors? UNSW. 1000 - Cate Blanchett launches The Oassis Homeless Short
Film Competition. Oasis Youth Support Network, at Surry Hills.

1130 - RSL NSW and Schools Remember ANZAC Commemoration Service. ANZAC Memorial, Hyde Park.

1400 - Former treasurer Peter Costello to give a speech to Infocus Money Management Leadership
Conference. The Four Seasons Hotel, the Rocks.

- Seven people, including two children, not hurt when several shots fired into a house.

- More than 8000 care sector jobs will be created in western Sydney over the next four
years, a carer's forum will be told.

- Conservation society calls on Barry O'Farrell to stop opening of second Sydney drug
injecting room at Potts Point.

MELBOURNE
- State parliament sitting
1000 - Press preview of Tutankhamun exhibition at Melbourne Museum
1900 - Federal enviroment minister Tony Burke addresses a Stop Alpine Grazing meeting
- The Wonthaggi desalination plant running six to 12 months behind schedule with the builder
facing financial penalties over cost over-runs.

- Council to Homeless Persons (CHP)calling on the Vic govt to implement a plan to end homelessness.

1000 - United Voice Union presser claiming PPG Industries, which supplies paint and coatings
to Ford, Holden and Toyota, has hired more than 100 strike-breakers. 14 McNaughton Rd,
Clayton.

BRISBANE
- Diplomatic Corps, led by Kevin Rudd, to visit Queensland.

- Greenhouse 2011 continues in Cairns
- The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Launch

HOBART
- Outwatching developments on no confidence motion against Tasmanian Children's Minister Lin Thorp.

1100 - Former political rivals Duncan Kerr and Michael Hodgman unite against proposed
job cuts at the Hobart Mercury.

PERTH
- WA parly sits.

ADELAIDE
- State parliament sits.

DARWIN
- No items listed

MEDICAL
- Just one in four Australians is aware that bowel cancer is the nation's second deadliest
cancer, according to a new survey.

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS
Sydney - ABS housing finance for February

EQUITIES:
Sydney - ACCC vs Metcash to resume in Federal Court
Sydney - Seven vs James Warburton in NSW Supreme Court
Melbourne - Computershare Ltd chief executive Stuart Crosby to address American Chamber
of Commerce in Australia luncheon
Sydney - Stockland chief executive Matthew Quinn to address a Committee for Economic Development
of Australia luncheon

SPORT
LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Wrap of NRL news.

SYDNEY - Parramatta hooker Matthew Keating 1000 interview outside Eels offices after being
hospitalised by a dog bite which has put him out of NRL action for several weeks.

SYDNEY - NRL chief executive David Gallop with Dragons winger Jason Nightingale and former
stars Trent Barrett and Hazem El Masri, 1100, Entertainment Centre, Moore Park for schools
program launch.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Media conference with Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse and Carlton coach Brett
Ratten ahead of Friday's MCG blockbuster, 0900, Zinc, Fed Square.

GOLD COAST - Gold Coast's Jarrod Harbrow and Charlie Dixon in media conference, 1030, Suns offices.

PERTH - West Coast and Fremantle news.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - NSW Waratahs team named to play Western Force.

SWIMMING
SYDNEY - World championship trials continue, SOPAC, heats in morning, finals in evening.

SYDNEY - Swimming star Alicia Coutts is hoping to crack the 54-second barrier for the
first time in the 100m freestyle as she bids for a hat-trick of national titles on Wednesday
night.


GOLF
AUGUSTA, Georgia - Preview Aussies in Masters starting Thursday, with factbox.

SOCCER
SYDNEY - ACL match: Sydney FC v Shanghai Shenhua (China), SFS, 2000.

SYDNEY - Follow up from ACL match Melbourne Victory v Tianjin Teda.

BOXING
SYDNEY - Danny Green to announce next fight opponent, 1100, InterContinental Hotel.

BASKETBALL
PERTH - Preview opening match of NBL semi-finals; series one, game 1: NZ Breakers v Perth
Wildcats in Auckland on Thursday.

OLYMPICS
MELBOURNE - Media conference with snowboard cross world champion Alex Pullin and halfpipe
world champions Nate Johnstone and Holly Crawford, 1100, Ice House, Docklands.

TENNIS
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Samantha Stosur in first match of her Family Circle Cup claycourt
title defence.

RACING
SYDNEY - Preview of Saturday's AJC Australian Derby.

SYDNEY - Acceptances for Group One TJ Smith Stakes and Group One Sires' Produce Stakes
at Randwick on Saturday.

SYDNEY - Australian Easter Yearling sale continues at Newmarket.

MELBOURNE - Preview Caulfield races Saturday.

BRISBANE - Preview Saturday's Doomben races.

MELBOURNE - Review of Sandown races Wednesday.

BRISBANE - Review of Wednesday's Eagle Farm races.

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