Diary for April 14, 2000

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2000
Diary for April 14, 2000
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE

ADELAIDE



0745 - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to launch website - the online information
centre for Australia's international aid program, followed by Access AusAid seminar, Ayers
House, 288 North Terrace, Adelaide. Contact: Innes Willox 02 6277 7500 or 0419 206 890.

0900 - Complementary Healthcare Consultative Forum. Parliament House, Room 2S3. Contact:
Peter McMahon (02) 6277 3436 or 0419 691 443.

0930 - First International Gambling Impact Conference. (Apr 14-15) Grosvenor Hotel,
North Terrace, Adelaide. Contact: Nick Xenophon 0411 626 677.1230 - 2000 Adelaide Biennial
of Australian Art `Beyond the Pale' contemporary Indigenous art exhibition opens to the
public (4 March - 16 April, Art Gallery of South Australia, North Tce. Info: Kate Jordan-Moore
8207 7021.

1530 - Port Adelaide Football Club Media Conference, Adelaide Airport. Contact: Hitaf
Rasheed 8447 9912.

2000 - SOCCER: NSL Soccer. Adelaide Force vs Northern Spirit. Hindmarsh Stadium.


BRISBANE



0830 - Travelsafe public hearings into south-east Queensland public transport, The
Conference Room Level 5 Parliamentary Annex, Alice Street. Contact: 4152 1476.

0900 - Australian Trucking Convention, Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson to address
the convention, Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre, South Brisbane. Contact: Mike
Edmonds 0418 426 497.


CANBERRA



0900 - Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee on Australian
Public Service Employment Matters, Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House, Canberra. Contact:
Helen Donaldson 02 6277 3530.

1000 - Korean War Veteran Major General Digger James to be present at the War Memorial's
Special Exhibition Gallery for Out in the Cold: Australia's involvement in the Korean
War, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Contact: Gillian Freeman 02 6243 4575 or 0412
675 434.

1030 - Governor-General Sir William Deane to hold investitures for honours and award
recipients, including Vice Admiral David Shackleton, Government House, Canberra. Contact:
Dianne Callahan 02 6283 3512.

1100 - RAAF's Martin Andrew to address Strategic & Defence Studies Centre and the Contemporary
China Centre joint seminar on The Influence of China Between the Wars on Western Military
Thought and Training, Contemporary China Centre, 9 Liversidge Street, Australian National
University, Canberra. Contact: Heli 02 6249 4150 or Karen 02 6279 9921.

1100 - Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, Professor Richard Smallwood, to launch the
Second Edition of A Social Health Atlas of Australia, National Convention Centre, Sutherland
Theatre, Constitution Avenue, Canberra. Contact: Kay McNiece 02 6289 6996.

1500 - Governor-General Sir William Deane to hold investitures for honours and award
recipients, including Frank Lowy, Government House, Canberra. Contact: Dianne Callahan
02 6283 3512.


MELBOURNE



0730 - National Party conference, Shadow Police Minister Peter Ryan and Trade Minister
Mark Vaile to address business breakfast, All Seasons International Hotel, Bendigo. Contact:
Brian O'Sullivan 5084 1335, 0419 533 806 or Malcolm Fearn 9654 6588, 0418 335 713.

0835 - Prime Minister John Howard will be interviewed by Terry Laidler on Melbourne
radio station 3LO, ABC Studios, Southbank Bvde, Southbank, Melbourne. No contact listed.

0845 - Premier Steve Bracks will be interviewd by Timbo, Bedders and Pauline on radio
station Triple M, MMM Studios, St Kilda Road, St Kilda. Contact: Philip Reed 9651 0957
or 0419 319 362.

0900 - Housing Minister Bronwyn Pike will announce a major public housing funding initiative
and detail a secret report by the former government outlining plans to sell off inner
city public housing high rise estates, Park Towers, Park St, South Melbourne. Contact:
Philip Reed 9651 0957 or 0419 319 362.

0905 - Prime Minister John Howard will be interviewed by Ben Knight on ABC regional
radio, ABC Studios, Southbank Bvde, Southbank, Melbourne. No contact listed.

0930 - The Liberal Party of Australia National Convention continues: Prime Minister
John Howard guest speaker at the Liberal Women's Conference, Life in Balance, Bellarine
2,3,4 & 5, Melbourne Convention Centre; 1230 - Information Technology Communications Minister
Richard Alston guest speaker at Internet Committee lunch, Corryong 2; 1430 - Victorian
Opposition Leader Denis Napthine welcome address, John Batman Theatre. Contact: Monique
Warnock 6273 2564.

1100 - Western Melbourne Regional Economic Development Organisation chairman Alan Castleman
media briefing on summit Making the Difference, Premier Steve Bracks address, Victoria
University Convention Centre, 460 Ballarat Road, Sunshine. Contact: Ron Smith 98185700.

1100 - Small Business Minister Marsh Thomson will launch the streetLIFE initiative
which will unite retailers in Smith and Brunswick streets, Red Tongue Cafe, 275 Brunswick
St, Fitzroy. Contact: Philip Reed 9651 0957 or 0419 319 362.

1130 - WorkCover Minister Bob Cameron will unveil a new campaign to help reduce the
number of deaths and injuries on Victorian farms, Bendigo Regional Arts Centre, 50 View
St, Bendigo. Contact: Philip Reed 9651 0957 or 0419 319 362. 1230 - Bellarine Bayside
Foreshore Committee of Management to launch Landscape Management Plan The Reconnection
of Town to Beach. Portarlington foreshore (Pier entrance). Contact: Cheryl 5259 2764.

1200 - Premier Steve Bracks will attend the official Anzac Day lunch, ANZ Pavilion,
Theatres Building, Victorian Arts Centre. Contact: Philip Reed 9651 0957 or 0419 319 362.

1230 - Anti-racism protesters will demonstrate outside the Liberal Party's national
convention, Melbourne Convention Centre. Contact: Keren Adams or Miranda Smith 9344 4808
or Corey Oakley 9347 3692 or 0408 567 013.

1245 - APEC Study Centre chairman Alan Oxley to speak at CEDA seminar on Seize the
Future: How Australia Can Prosper in the New Century, CEDA boardroom, Level 1, 123 Lonsdale
Street. Contact: Tennille Paternott 9652 8412.

1300 - Timor Socialist Party leader Avelino da Silva and former political prisoner
Budiman Sujatmiko media conference, ETU, 2nd floor, 520 Swanston Street. Contact: Pip
Hinman 02 9690 1230, 02 9690 1240, 0412 139968.

1300 - The Municipal Association of Victoria regional visit as part of Working for
Local Government tour, Wellington Shire Council. Contact: Brad Matheson 0418 179 872,
9667 5521.

1500 - Attorney General Rob Hulls will announce major changes to the Children's Court
and open the new Children's Court, 477 Lonsdale St, Melbourne. Contact: Philip Reed 9651
0957 or 0419 319 362.


PERTH



0830 - An Austrade business seminar for WA exporters "Latin America - Expand Your Horizons",
Duxton Hotel, 1 St Georges Terrace. Contact: Elizabeth Matthews 0411 752 457 or (02) 9390
2730.


SYDNEY



0930 - Federal opposition leader Kim Beazley to visit the New Children's Hospital,
corner Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Road, Westmead. Contact: Greg Turnbull 0419 692
978

1000 - Legislative Council sitting

1000 - Basketball Australia media conference to address the matter in relation to a
banned anabolic agent and a national team player, Basketball Australia, level 1, 19-23
Hollywood Ave, Bondi Junction. Contact: 0411 640 252.

1100 - Film opportunity as international expert Dr Nathan Cherny challenges Australian
attitudes to pain, Conference Room, Level 6, Gloucester House, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,
Camperdown. Contact: Libby Day 9241 3131

1200 - Newcastle residents to set power to an Olympic message board to Australian athletes,
Newcastle Garden City Shopping Centre, Centre Court, Northcott Drive, Kotara. Contact:
Eric Aubert 9269 4593

1230 - News conference to help a blind cyclist, Lindy Hou, qualify for the Paralympic
Games, Silver Spring Restaurant, 477 Pitt Street. Contact: Dr Tony Pun 0414 976 363

1300 - High school students to walk out of class to protest against Prime Minister
John Howard, Hyde Park North. Contact: 9690 1977
- Start of the 2000 Sydney Royal Easter Show. Contact: Alexis Lindsay 9704 1042 or 0411 725 591


SPORT


AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE -
Western Bulldogs v Essendon, Colonial Stadium (night)
RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
Sharks v Newcastle, Toyota Park 1930
RUGBY UNION - Super 12 -
Queensland Reds v Cape Town Stormers, Brisbane 1935
EQUESTRIAN -
Royal Sydney Show, round four selectors show jumping series

GOLF -
NSW Amateur Championships, Liverpool Golf Club

GYMNASTICS -
Aussie Gym Fest, Challenge Stadium, Perth

HOCKEY -
1900 - Women: Australia v Korea, Perth Hockey Stadium
Contact: Judith Coen (WHA Media Manager) 0419 425 406

NETBALL -
Commonwealth Bank Trophy Round 1
1930 - Queensland Firebirds v Melbourne Phoenix, The Arena
2000 - Adelaide Ravens v Sydney Swifts, ETSA Park
2000 - Perth Orioles v Melbourne Kestrels, Challenge Stadium
2000 - Sydney Sandpipers v Adelaide Thunderbirds, Penrith Sports Centre

ROWING -
National Selection Regatta, SIRC, Penrith

GALLOPS -
Seymour
Esk
Quirindi
Queanbeyan
TROTS -
Harold Park
Maryborough
Redcliffe
Port Pirie
Bendigo
Orange
GREYHOUNDS -
Richmond
Geelong
Ipswich
Casino
Cranbourne


ENTERTAINMENT


1130 - Humphrey B Bear to open an exhibition for children, Eye Spy with My Little Eye,
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Contact: Mark Van Veen 02 6240 6524.

1345 - ZZ Top press conference, Planet Hollywood, 600 George Street, Sydney. Contact:
Megan Heron 9332 2411
2000 - David Helfgott, Jane Rutter and Pot-Pourri take part in The Impossible Dream fundraising
concert for ROMAC (Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children) with master of ceremonies
Max Walker, Melbourne Concert Hall. Contact: Prue Bassett 9533 8136.


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