Diary for Tuesday, December 22, 1998

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-1998
Diary for Tuesday, December 22, 1998
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS
STATED OTHERWISE.

ADELAIDE
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BRISBANE
0900 - Final day of the two-day Australian/Papua New Guinea
Ministerial Forum, Foreign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER and
Deputy Prime Minister TIM FISCHER will attend the forum at the
Novotel Palm Cove, Cairns. Contact: GEOFF LEACH from DFAT 02
6261 1555 or at the conference on 07 4059 1234.

1000 - Environment Minister RON WELFORD to announce Brisbane
as host of the Second Asia Pacific Cleaner Production
Roundtable and Trade Expo next April, Paper Machine Hall, Visy
Industries, 168 Paringa Rd, Murarrie. Contact: ANDREW CARROLL
or GREG MILNE 07 3896 3688.

1100 - Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum Communique
to be signed, followed by a press conference, Novotel Palm
Cove, Cairns. Contact: GEOFF LEACH from DFAT 02 6261 1555 or
at the conference on 07 4059 1234.

1300 - The Australian Medical Association, Lifeline and
funeral company Service Corporation International Australia to
launch a community service fridge magnet, Sheraton Brisbane
Hotel, 249 Turbot St, Brisbane. Contact: KAREN WARNER 0419 489
891, Dr DAVID BRAND 0411 729 097 or Dr DANA WAINWRIGHT 0418
876 747.

CANBERRA

The Minister for the Environment, Senator ROBERT HILL, will
announce grants totalling $10 million under the Commonwealth
Government's Renewable Energy Showcase Program. ANUTECH, The
Big Dish site, ANU Campus, Garran Avenue, Acton, Canberra.

Contact: CHRIS BUTLER/WARREN LUDSKI 6213 7324/0411 130 7324
MELBOURNE
1000 - Residents of Prime Life Corporation retirement villages
to donate $10,000 to Royal Children's Hospital in historical
room, 1st floor, main building, Royal Children's Hospital.
Contact: TONY ISING 9604 5588, 0418 575 925.

1600 - Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister PHILIP
RUDDOCK to launch the Department of Immigration and
Multicultural Affairs new look Diary of Multicultural Events
for 1999, Royal College of Surgeons, corner Spring and
Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne. Contact: SUSAN SARE 02 6277 7860,
040 741 5797.

PERTH
1100 - The Full Court of the Supreme Court of WA will sit,
bringing to a close the 1998 legal year, Chief Justice DAVID
MALCOLM to address the court on the general state of the
administration of justice in WA, Supreme Court, Courtroom 1.
Contact: VAL BUCHANAN or LISA MANOLAS 08 9421 5303 or pager 08
9324 4319.

1930 - Christmas Carol Service, St Georges Cathedral, 38 St
Georges Terrace. Contact: EVELYN HEDGES 08 93225 5242.

SYDNEY


1015 - Deputy Premier ANDREW REFSHAUGE to inspect storm damage
from the Murwillumbah storms and meet SES volunteers, SES
Headquarters, Murwillumbah. Contact: JULIAN BROPHY 9391 9888
or 0419 013 645.

1015 - Mardi Gras announcement by Labor MP JAN BURNSWOOD,
Parliament House Media Room, Macquarie Street, Sydney.
Contact: 9230 2488.

1030 - Construction Division State Secretary of the CFMEU
Andrew Ferguson to announce changes to the Conservatorium
redevelopment site, builders to vote on lifting the Green Ban,
Conservatorium of Music Building site, Macquarie Street,
Sydney. Contact: ANDREW FERGUSON 9394 9361 or 0413 837 337.

1130 - Public Works Minister RON DYER, press conference on
Conservatorium extensions, Parliament House, Macquarie Street,
Sydney. Contact: PATRICK LOW 9277 1111.

1130 - ICAC Commissioner BARRY O'KEEFE to discuss the effects
ofthe continual budget cutbacks on ICAC operations, ICAC Minor
Hearing Room, 191 Cleveland Street, Redfern. Contact: MARK
DAVIS 9318 5828 or 0417 467 801.

1130 - Police Minister PAUL WHELAN to attend the Police
Academy Attestation Parade, Police Academy, Goulburn. Contact:
INGRID PIPER 9380 0500 or 0419 466 181.

SPORT
CRICKET
England v Australian XI at Hobart
SHEFFIELD SHIELD
New South Wales v Victoria at SCG
Queensland v Tasmania at the Gabba
Western Australia v South Australia at Perth
A W Green Shield

GALLOPS
Pakenham
Muswellbrook
Albury

TROTS
Harold Park
Bendigo (afternoon)
Gold Coast (twilight)
Nyah

GREYHOUNDS
Gosford
Warragul
Ipswich
Lismore
Beenleigh (twilight)
Traralgon (twilight)
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