Events Diary for Wednesday, April 15, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2009
Events Diary for Wednesday, April 15, 2009
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
1150 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young keynote speaker at Environmental Health Australia Institute
annual conference, The Old Mill, Hahndorf. Contact: Gemma Clark 0427 604 760

BRISBANE
0900 - The Fair Work Bill. How will it impact your business? Statewide seminar series
presented by Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Hotel Grand Chancellor, Spring Hill. Contact:
Gail Gillord 3842 2264.

1000 - Annual bravery awards presentation - 22 Queenslanders to receive awards. Government House.

1130 - Kidney Kids face life's challenges. Children suffering from kidney disease, many
of them transplanted or on dialysis, will take on life's challenges. Tallebudgera Active
Recreation Centre, North Palm Beach. Contact: Anne Wilson 0400 165 391.

CANBERRA
0900 - Leading climate change experts from Australia and China to meet at the Australian
National University. Contact: Roz Smith, 02 6125 6599/0402 286 325.

1030 - Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon to release findings of Defence White Paper
Community Consultation Program. Mural Room, Parliament House, Canberra. Contact: Christian
Taubenschlag, 02 6277 7800 or 0438 595 567.

MELBOURNE
0900 - National Career Conference. Grand Hyatt Hotel. Contact: Georgie Clark 02 97757000.

0930 - Promo for new ABC childrens show WotWots Wednesday. Melbourne Zoo. Contact: Sarah
Osmotherly 0402 882683
1200 - Media launch for Marysville-Lake Mountain bushfire relief bike ride. 5-time Olympian
Shane Kelly to attend. At Marysville. Contact Adam Smith 03 8480 3000.

PERTH
- No events listed.

SYDNEY
1030 - Release of NSW Crime Statistics. Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Contact:
Don Weatherburn 9231 9190.

1100 - Media briefing providing update on ABC2 Group sale and transfer process. PPB Sydney
office, MLC Building, Level 46, 19 Martin Place. Contact: Ben Jarvis: 0413 150 448 or
Matt Paterson 0402 140 757.

1230 - Hugh White presents "Australia's defence priorities in the Asian century" to Lunch
At Lowy. The Lowy Institute for International Policy, Ground Floor, 31 Bligh Street, Sydney.

Contact: Katherine Gamble 8238 9181.

1730 - Peter Hartcher presents "Greenspan, Bush and Obama - The Global Financial Crisis"

to the Sydney Institute. Clayton Utz Seminar Room, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney. Contact:
9252 3366.

SPORT
SWIMMING - Australian Age C'ships - to April 18
Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Cnt
SURFING (Men's) - ASP World Tour - to April 18
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach, Vic
GALLOPS -
Warwick Farm
Sandown
Ipswich
Murray Bridge
Ascot
New Zealand
TROTS -
Bathurst
Geelong
Redcliffe
Horsham
Sth Africa
UK
GREYHOUNDS -
The Gardens
Sandown
Ipswich
Angle Park
Ballarat
Bulli
Cannington
Albion Park
Warrnambool



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