News Diary events for Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2007
News Diary events for Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for today (not for publication).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

NATIONAL:
- Outwatching equine flu outbreak.

ADELAIDE
- Aboriginal elder Winkie Ingomar due for sentencing in Supreme Court sitting in Port
Augusta after pleading guilty to child sex charges, 1000.

- ACCC inquiry into petrol pricing public hearing, 1300.

BRISBANE
- Climate change roundtable featuring experts at parliament house, 0830.

- Local Government Association of Queensland annual conference continues on Gold Coast.

Minister Andrew Fraser and opposition spokesman Howard Hobbs to speak.

- Seeking further updates on equine influenza outbreak and situation at Warwick quarantine site.

CANBERRA
1200 - Managing Director SBS Corporation Shaun Brown will address the press club.

1230 - Australian National University seminar on Indigenous Victims of Crime.

DARWIN
- Nil listed.

HOBART
- Nil listed.

MELBOURNE
1000 - Committal hearing begins for a man charged with the murder of a Victorian woman
whose body was found wrapped in chicken wire in a lake in Ballarat.

PERTH
- Nil listed.

SYDNEY
- Senator Stephen Conroy (0920) and Senator Helen Coonan (1100) to address the Telecommunications
Summit. Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, Wheat Rd, Darling Harbour.

- Chasing up BP's introduction of ethanol fuel blend to Sydney. BP Rozelle, cnr Evans
St and Victoria Rd, Rozelle.

0730 - Former NSW premier Bob Carr to release Newspoll survey The Environment and Work
study. Cafe Sydney, Customs House, Level 5, 31 Alfred St, Circular Quay, Sydney.

0930 - Teacher Robert Ian Drummond to face court charged with filming up skirts. Manly Local Court.

1000 - Jason Clive McCall's murder trial continues. NSW Supreme Court, Darlinghurst, Court 2.

1100 - Press conference to launch National Identity Fraud Awareness Week. Attorney-General
Philip Ruddock to speak. Shangri-La Hotel, The Rocks, Sydney.

1715 - President of the Movement for Democratic Change and leader of the opposition in
Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai to speak. Lowy Institute for International Policy, ground floor,
31 Bligh St, Sydney.

1800 - Federal Opposition Minister for Education and Training Stephen Smith will visit
the OTEN Distance Education at TAFE NSW. Building A, 51 Wentworth Rd, Strathfield.

1830 - Opposition Treasurer Wayne Swan will address the Chinese Australian community on
The Economic Challenges Facing Australia. Marigold Restaurant, Citymark Building, 683
George St, Sydney.

FINANCE:
ECONOMICS NEWS:
CANBERRA - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases preliminary estimate of construction
work for the June quarter.

SYDNEY - HIA releases new home sales data for July.

EQUITIES:
SYDNEY - Westfield Group interim results due.

SYDNEY - Babcock & Brown Power full year results due.

SYDNEY - Babcock & Brown Residential Land Partners Group full year results due.

SYDNEY - Babcock & Brown Communities Group full year results due.

SYDNEY - Macquarie Media Group full year results due.

SYDNEY - ING Office Fund full year results due.

SYDNEY - Cabcharge Australia Ltd full year results due.

SYDNEY - Coates Hire Ltd full year results due.

MELBOURNE - Beach Petroleum Ltd full year results due.

MELBOURNE - Amcor Ltd full year results due.

MELBOURNE - APA Group full year results due.

MELBOURNE - Origin Energy Ltd full year results due.

MELBOURNE - Myer Ltd chief executive Bernie Brooks speaks at Trans-Tasman Business Circle
lunch on "Building Growth at Myer".

BRISBANE - MacArthur Coal Ltd full year results due.

ADELAIDE - Auspine Ltd full year results due.

ADELAIDE - Petsec Energy Ltd interim results due.

ADELAIDE - Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd full year results due.

SPORT:
AFL
MELBOURNE - News ahead of final round of AFL regular season.

MELBOURNE - Weekly AFL column.

PERTH - West Coast and Fremantle coaches pressers.

SYDNEY - Swans presser.

ADELAIDE - Crows and Port news from training.

MELBOURNE - Essendon media conference, Dustin Fletcher.

MELBOURNE - Melbourne media conference, Russell Robertson and Matthew Bate.

MELBOURNE - Carlton media conference, Brett Ratten.

MELBOURNE - Western Bulldogs media conference, Rodney Eade.

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - News ahead of final round of NRL regular season.

SYDNEY - Manly interviews at training 0945.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - News from Wallabies' pro World Cup camp in Portugal.

SOCCER
SYDNEY - A League news.

TENNIS
NEW YORK - Lleyton Hewitt starts his US Open campaign v American Amer Delic (0100AEST),
other Aussies in action are: Alicia Molik v Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik, Nicole Pratt
v American Jamea Jackson, Casey Dellacqua v Russian Yaroslava Shvedova.

ATHLETICS
OSAKA, Japan - Craig Mottram presser before his 5000m world championship race on Thursday.

Sarah Jamieson and Lisa Corrigan start the morning program in the opening round of the
women's 1,500m.

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