News Diary for Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2009
News Diary for Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009
Good Evening News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Wednesday (not for publication).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

TOP STORIES
PNG PLANE
- Search resumes for missing plane in PNG; carrying 13 people including nine Australians.

Weather clearing over the mountainouse area.

- Wife fears Bendigo man Peter Holliday was on the missing Kokoda flight. Other Australians
believed to include a Victorian fireman and at least three women.

- Australian support rescue and airforce planes expected to arrive soon.

- PM says govt throwing every asset possibl into search.

INDON BLASTS
- Indonesian police press conference to officially reveal identity of man killed in counter-terrorism
raid at weekend. 1200 AEST.

POST
- Licensee of a Sydney post office charged over what's believed to be Australia's largest
postal fraud involving $4.2 million.

SYDNEY
- Findings of defence inquiry into loss of HMAS Sydney in WWII to be released in Canberra.

COURTS
MELBOURNE
1000 - NRL player Greg Inglis appears in court on assault charges.

1000 - Contest mention for AFL player manager Ricky Nixon who is facing charges over an
incident in which he allegedly crashed his car into a tram and fled.

1000 - Sentence of a minor charged over the "curry bashing" murder of a university researcher.

1015 - Pre-sentence hearing for Burnley tunnel crash truck driver David Kalwig.

1030 - Supreme Court hearing over an injunction preventing Nine Network's 60 Minutes from
broadcasting a story on the Geelong teen suicide cluster.

SYDNEY
0930 - Hearing for Chady Wazir, accused of misconduct with a corpse. Downing Centre Local Court 5.1.

1000 - Inquest into plunge death of Rebekah Lawrence continues. Glebe Coroners Court.

1000 - Judgment at trial of teenager accused of murdering his father and trying to murder
his mother. Supreme Court 2, King Street.

PERTH
- Rita Ariyaratnam, 30, to appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court charged with murdering
her twin babies.

- John Patrick O'Kane to appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court charged with murdering
his four-month-old son.

ADELAIDE
- Outwatching suspected murder-suicide attempt in which 4yo boy died.

BRISBANE
1000 - Government launches report into economic and social impact of clubs.

- Ekka public holiday in Brisbane.

- Seeking update on Hendra virus.

CANBERRA
0735 - Stephen Smith on Radio National.

Outwatching Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey on ABC2 after 0800.

0830 - Built Environment Meets Parliament Summit, Theatre Parliament House. Keynote speakers
include: Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner at 0845, Environment Minister Peter Garrett at
1030, Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek at 1150, Innovation Minister Kim Carr at 1530.

0900 - House of Representatives sits.

0930 - Senate sits.

1000 - Launch of National Science Week by Science Minister Kim Carr and Chief Scientist
Professor Penny Sackett, Questacon.

1000 - Inquiry into meteorological forecasting's public hearing, Committee Room 1R5, Parliament
House.

1100 - Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union to lodge application to hold ballot
for protected industrial action, Senate Courtyard, Parliament House.

1115 - Defence Minister John Faulkner to release The Loss of HMAS Sydney II Commission
of Inquiry Report, Courtyard Gallery, Australian War Memorial.

1115 - Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) president Scott
Wagner to present top 10 priorities for regional health reform, Parliament House.

1145 - Youth Minister Kate Ellis to address National Press Club.

1300 - Indigenous Health Minister Warren Snowden to launch Healthy Spaces and Places guide
at the Built Environment Meets Parliament Summit, Theatrette Parliament House.

DARWIN
- Outwatching NT government tensions.

MELBOURNE
1030 - National Gallery of Victoria announces 2010 Winter Masterpieces exhibition.

1400 - Parliament question time.

- Paramedics strike deal for 10-hour rest breaks and increased wages after protracted negotiations.

PERTH
- Seeking reaction to release of defence inquiry report into the loss of HMAS Sydney in 1941.

SYDNEY
- Eleven people now charged with murder over airport bikie crawl.

0730 - Sydney Property Outlook 2009-10 featuring UNSW economist Dr Nigel Stapledon. Sheraton
on the Park.

1530 - Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts Virginia Judge to launch results of
Guess Who's Going to the Gallery? A strategic audience evaluation and development study
for galleries in NSW. Museum of Contemporary Art.

1800 - Liberal frontbencher Tony Abbott to deliver "What's Right? Liberalism and Conservatism
Inside The Liberal Party" for The Sydney Institute. Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library
NSW.

ENTERTAINMENT
- Interview with British singer Pixie Lott.

- Phone interview with Men At Work singer Colin Hay about his new solo album.

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS
Canberra - Australian Office of Financial Management tender of $500 million April 2020
Treasury bonds.

Sydney - ABS labour price index data for June quarter.

Sydney - Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment for August.

EQUITIES NEWS
Sydney - Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd annual results.

Sydney - Stockland Group annual results.

Sydney - Aevum Ltd annual results.

Sydney - Bell Financial Group Ltd general meeting.

Melbourne - BHP Billiton Ltd annual results.

Melbourne - Computershare Ltd annual results.

SPORT
CRICKET
CANTERBURY, England - Australia and England prepare for deciding Ashes Test next week.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Presser for Collingwood utility Leigh Brown, who plays his 200th game, 10.25am,
Gosch's Paddock.

MELBOURNE - Presser for Jason Blake, Max Hudghton, Ben McEvoy.

SOCCER
LIMERICK, Ireland - Socceroos news ahead of match v Ireland early Thursday AEST.

GOLF
HAZELTINE, Minnesota - Preview of Aussies preparing for the US PGA Championship starting Thursday.

SWIMMING
HOBART - Final day of Australian shortcourse championships.



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