Diary for Tuesday, April 4, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2006
Diary for Tuesday, April 4, 2006

EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
0900 - The International Education Forum 2006 discusses the future of education. Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank Precinct. Contact: Virginia Cook 0412 971
323 or Julianne Stewart 0412 581 397.

1000 - RACQ to release the latest survey on child restraints. Lady Gowrie Child Care Centre,
Quarry Street, Spring Hill. Contact: Jim Kershaw 0417 001 697.

1000 - Health Minister Stephen Robertson will open a $35 million central pathology laboratory
at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Education centre auditorium, Royal Brisbane
and Women's Hospital, Herston Road, Herston. Contact: Joshua Cooney 3234 1185.

1100 - Chair of the Impact of Petrol Pricing Select Committee, Andrew Fraser, to table
the committee's report and hold a media conference. Dandir Room, Level 5 Parliamentary
Annexe. Contact Rob Hansen on 0403 792 881.1200.

1800 - Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Huber (Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute
of Biochemistry near Munich in Germany) will present the studies that earned him the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry (1988) and discuss the future of protein crystallography in reducing

diseases such as influenza and cancer. Queensland Bioscience Precinct (Building 80) auditorium,
University of Queensland, St Lucia. Contact: Elizabeth Kerr 3365 2339.

CANBERRA
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
0730 - Webjet chief Richard Noon to speak on technology issues at Committee for Economic
Development Australia (CEDA) breakfast. Zinc at Federation Square, corner of Flinders
and Swanston St. Contact: Nicole Poynton 0422 575 578.

0900 - Premier Steve Bracks in radio interview with Neil Mitchell on Southern Cross radio (3AW).

0915 - Anne Gooley, lawyer for US activist Scott Parkin, to speak ahead of today's appeal
against Parkin's deportation. Media event outside the Federal Court at 305 William St.

Contact: Scott Parker (Parker) 0432 828 003.

1015 - Cathy Freeman announced as official starter for the Citylink Run for the Kids.

Steve Moneghetti also present at media event. Harbour Esplanade near the "Cow in the tree"

sculpture, Docklands. Contact: Jean Ker Walsh 0438 506 001 or Steve Moneghetti 0412 503
046.
1100 - Premier Steve Bracks, Treasurer John Brumby and Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to
make a post-budget "Life Sciences" statement. Level 1, Foyer Austin Hospital Tower, 145
Studley St, Heidelberg.

2000 - The GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence to be announced at the National
Gallery of Victoria. Contact: Bernadette Basell 0409 977 358.

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0945 - Influenza Specialist Group demonstration of how contagious influenza is. AGL Theatre,
Museum of Sydney, corner Bridge and Philip Streets, Sydney. Contact: Petra Rosen 0423
242 957 or Sarah Cornhill 0408 978 629.

1000 - The Botanic Gardens Trust will launch Grandparents' Day. Royal Botanic Gardens,
Mrs Macquarie's Road, Sydney. Contact: Clare Chenoweth 9231 8111.

1030 - NSW finalist announced at the 2006 Barnardos Australia's Mother of the Year Awards.

Reel Room, State Theatre, Market Street, Sydney. Contact: Sofey Youssef 0419 272 237.

1215 - Launch of Red Shield Appeal. The Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney.

Contact: Pat Daley 0419 245 908.

SPORT
BOWLS - Australian Open tournament - to April 8
Darebin International Sports Centre, Melbourne
CYCLING - Junior Track C'ships - to April 4
Perth
CRICKET -
1930 (AEST) - Sth Africa v Australia, Wanderers, Johannesburg
GALLOPS -
Terang
Mackay
Port Macquarie
Albany
TROTS -
Harold Park
Mildura
Albion Park
Northam
GREYHOUNDS -
Gosford
Warragul
Gold Coast
Gawler
Lismore
Horsham
Devonport
Ipswich

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KEYWORD: DIARY TUESDAY APRIL 4, 2006

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