Diary for Tuesday December 4, 2001

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2001
Diary for Tuesday December 4, 2001
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE.


ADELAIDE


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BRISBANE


1030 - The first pictures of Russian polar bear cubs, Lia and Lutik, to be available at
Sea World on the Gold Coast where a spokesperson will make a statement about the cubs'
behaviour in their new home. Meet at reception. Contact: Emma Bain 0408 759 659.

1230 - Arts Minister Matt Foley launches the State Library of Queensland's Future Directions
Policy, The Bardon Centre, 390 Simpson's Road, Bardon. Contact: Natasha Pattison 3225
1765.

1330 - Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett to meet the Brisbane Lions to launch a nationwide
initiative aimed to combat depression, Lions Social Club, Stanley Street, Woolloongabba.

Contact: Ron McDonald (07) 3335 1771 or 0415 599 620.

No Time Given - The Brisbane City Council will host its first Australian Drug Conference
to examine the role of local government in responding to the impacts of drug use, Brisbane
Hilton Hotel (runs until Wednesday, December 5). Contact: Pauline Bourke 07 3403 4108
or 0413 334 736.


CANBERRA


1030 - Special Briefing and embargoed access to the 1971 cabinet records on issues and
key players with former deputy prime minister Doug Anthony providing an insight into the
workings of the Gorton and McMahon cabinets, National Archives of Australia, Canberra.

Contact: Robert Beattie 02 6212 3979.


MELBOURNE


0930 - Toyota to launch new range of world's biggest-selling car, the ninth-generation
Toyota Corolla. Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Contact: Mike Breen 0418 447 064 or Steve
Rowland 0408 208 552.

0930 - Liberals for Forests media conference on regional towns threatened by logging.

General Store, Blackwood. Contact: Dr Suresh Pathy 0409 599 315.

1000 - Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sherryl Garbutt to launch the Australian
Greenhouse Calculator. Macleod College, Carwarp Street, Macleod (Melway 20 B6/7). Contact:
Brooke Lord 9695 2704, 0411 116 079.

1030 - The Australian Council for Educational Research media briefing on results of major
international survey of student achievement. Australian Council for Educational Research,
19 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell. Contact: Petros Kosmopoulos 9277 5561, 0419 335 986.

1230 - Open Range Zoo to launch Frog Week with Manorvale Primary School to perform play
on the Gastric Brooding Frog. Open Range Zoo, Werribee. Contact: Miranda Korkou 9731 9632,
0408 030 643.


PERTH


1210 - Victims fatally injured while working in the mining and resource industries to
be remembered in a ceremony. UWA, Nedlands. Contact Steve Marrable 0416 052 843 or Bill
Fairbairn 0419 246 315.


SYDNEY


No Time Given - Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Bathurst campus to host the inaugural
Australian Ornithological Conference. Contact Sheena Frost 02 6338 4787.

0700-0900 - Roy & HG to speak at a Year in Review breakfast as part of a UNICEF fundraiser,
Grand Ballroom, Sheraton on the Park, Elizabeth Street. Contact Pam Garcia 9261 2811,
0413 736 447.

0715-0900 - Austrade seminar for exporters on the impact of September 11 on international
business markets entitled Global Markets - A reality check in turbulent times, Pyrmont
Room, Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Drive, Darling Harbour. Contact Tanya Lim 02 9390
2118, 0419 204 898.

0930-2130 - International human rights forum with indigenous and refugee women living
in Australia to share their experiences of discrimination, violence and dispossession,
University of Technology Sydney, Markets Campus, 59 Quay Street, Ultimo, Building 5B,
Lecture Theatre 5B.1.11. Contact Kiri Hata 02 9385 1839, 0416 153 120.

1000 - Swimmer Susie Maroney to swim almost 2km up Darling Harbour to commemorate the
opening of a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, swim from Miller's Point
to the Museum. Contact Emma Fitzgerald 02 9298 3642.

1030 - The Australian Collaboration to provide a report entitled Where are we going: comprehensive
social, cultural and economic reporting, ACOSS Office, Level 2, 619 Elizabeth Street,
Strawberry Hills. Contact Louise Sylvan 0411 572 800, 02 9577 3229.

1030 - Barnados to launch the 2002 Australia's Mother of the Year Awards, Star Room, Level
6, Imax Theatre, Darling Harbour. Contact Nicole Graham 02 9327 4333.

1030 - Business Council of Australia to launch a report into the extent of Business and
Indigenous relationships, Level 21, AAP Centre, 259 George Street. Contact John Hine 0418
332 272.

1100 - Wheels magazine Car of the Year, Patrick's Wharves, No. 5, Hickson Road, Darling
Harbour. Contact Shannon Kliendienst 02 9818 4044, 0414 662 209.

1300 - British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to speak at the Sydney Institute on
Britain and the Global Issues, Mallesons Conference Room, Governor Phillip Tower (Lvl
60). Contact 02 9252 3366.


SPORT


SOCCER - NSL -
1930 - Wollongong v Canberra, WIN Stadium
GALLOPS -
Werribee
Rockhampton
Cessnock
TROTS -
Harold Park
Wangaratta
Albion Park
GREYHOUNDS -
Gosford
Warragul
Ipswich
Lismore
Horsham
Beenleigh
Hobart


ENTERTAINMENT


MELBOURNE - 1030 - Morning Tea with stars of musical The Wizard of Oz, starring Nikki
Webster as Dorothy. Melbourne Room, Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street. Contact: Eileen
O'Shea 9685 7501.

BRISBANE - 1400 - Media are invited to see extracts from Secret Bridesmaids' Business,
a new play by Elizabeth Cole starring Kym Wilson, at the Optus Playhouse, Queensland Performing
Arts Complex. Contact: Cinnamon Watson (07) 3840 7589.

SYDNEY - 1800 - Official launch of the program and guide of the 2002 Sydney Gay+Lesbian
Mardi Gras season, The York Theatre, Seymour Theatre Centre, cnr City Rd and Cleveland
St, Chippendale. Contact 9557 4332.



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