News Diary events for Wednesday, Dec 10 2008

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2008
News Diary events for Wednesday, Dec 10 2008
Good Evening News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for tomorrow (not for publication).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

CANBERRA
- 0900 Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith press conference to discuss his travel to
Fiji for the second meeting of the Pacific Island Forum Foreign Minister's Ministerial
Contact Group. Parliament House. Canberra.

SYDNEY
0930 - Media briefing of the MCA redevelopment plans. Museum of Contemporary Art, Level
3 galleries, 140 George Street, The Rocks.

1000 - Appeal decision for William Kamm, convicted in a cult sex case. Appeal court 13A.

1000 - Continuation of Iktimal Hage-Ali's wrongful arrest suit. NSW District Court 13C,
John Maddison Tower.

1000 - POssible bail application from Evan Lindsay, accused of grooming a girl over the
internet. Central Local Court.

1000 - NSW Farmers Association donates 5,000 apples to the Sydney Special Children's Christmas
Party. Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush.

1030 - Former Family Court Justice Elizabeth Evatt and UK jurist Lord Bingham visit Australia.

60th anniversary declarations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Law Theatre,
Law Building, UNSW, Kensington Campus.

1200 - 2008 Human Rights Medals and Awards Ceremony. Presented by the Chaser's Julian
Morrow. The Grand Ballroom, Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney.

1230 - Allan Gyngell presents "The Emerging Foreign Policy of the Rudd Government". The
Lowy Institute for International Policy, Ground floor, 31 Bligh Street, Sydney.

MELBOURNE
0830 - Launch of Earth Hour 2009
1015 - ACCC case against cardboard king Richard Pratt continues in the Federal Court.

BRISBANE:
- Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson to open Digging Deeper Conference.

- Earth Hour Brisbane launch.

- Fallout from budget review.

ADELAIDE
- No items listed.

PERTH
- 1000 Perth Magistrates Court - legal action arising from deaths occurring at the Fortescue
Metals Group and associated contractors' sites during Cyclone George, which killed two
workers and injured several others in March 2007.

FINANCE:
ECONOMICS NEWS:
SYDNEY - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance data for October.

MELBOURNE - Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index for December.


EQUITIES DESK:
SYDNEY - OrotonGroup Ltd annual general meeting.

SYDNEY - Rubik Financial Ltd annual general meeting.

MELBOURNE - Resource Star Ltd annual general meeting.

SPORT:
CRICKET
PERTH - News as South Africa prepares for Test series v Australia and preview tour opening
one-day match v WA on Thursday.

ADELAIDE - One-dayer: SA v Tas, Adelaide Oval.


GOLF
SYDNEY - Interviews including Adam Scott and preview Australian Open starting Thursday
with factbox, penpix of favourites.


ATHLETICS
MELBOURNE - Preview Zatopek meeting in Melbourne on Thursday.


SURFING
HAWAII - Men's Pipeline Masters and women's Billabong Pro world tour events scheduled.

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