Diary for Monday, December 6, 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-1999
Diary for Monday, December 6, 1999
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE


ADELAIDE
0900 - Problem Gambling information workshop, Adelaide Central Mission, Way Hall, 10 Pitt
Street. Contact: Sandra 8202 5180.


BRISBANE
No items listed.


CANBERRA
0900 - House of Representatives Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration
- review of the ANAO audit report No 37, Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra.

Contact: Bev Forbes 02 6277 4587.

0900 - Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References - inquiry into
East Timor, Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House, Canberra. Contact: 02 6277 3535.

1230 - House of Representatives and Senate sit.

1300 - Amnesty International national director Kate Gilmore will be in Canberra to meet
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and for Amnesty International rally, Lawns of Parliament
House, Canberra.


MELBOURNE
0730 - Victorian Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos to address Tourism Council of Australia
breakfast, Crown Towers (River Rooms 1 & 2), 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, Melbourne.

Contact David Weston 0419 376 163 or Jenny Stevenson 0419 214 039.

0900 - Rural & Remote Communications two-day conference: Bridging the Gap Between City
and Bush, Le Meridien at Rialto, Collins Street. Contact: 9923 5090.

1000 - Auditions for Fame The Musical, which opens December 28, The Victorian College
of the Arts, School of Dance, Studio 6, 234 St Kilda Road. Contact: Robbie Harris 9866
4148 or 0412 564 032.

1000 - Victorian Education Minister Mary Delahunty to launch Middle Years of Schooling
Strategy, Princes Hill Secondary College, Arnold Street, Carlton North. Contact: Matt
Phelan 0418 374 496.

1045 - Major Projects and Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos to launch United Airlines
non-stop service to Los Angeles, Departure gate 6, Melbourne International Airport. Contact:
Paul Adams or John Tilton 9663 9871.

1100 - Friends of the Earth to demonstrate against importation of nuclear waste, Uranium
Information Centre, 53 Queens Street. Contact: Daniel Voronoff 0418 178 053 or 9419 8700,
or Loretta O'Brien 9529 2998.

1730 - Major Projects and Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos to unveil Jigsaw Advertising
campaign, Clarendon Room, level five, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 2 Clarendon Street,
Southbank. Contact: Melissa Parisi 9653 9811.

1930 - Windscreens O'Brien awards for achievements in automotive safety, Storey Hall,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 342 Swanston Street. Contact: Greg Shoemark 0419
367 162 or 9820 8018.


PERTH



No items listed.


SYDNEY
0800 - Advanced Australian Fare, a two-day conference on food and the food industry, Powerhouse
Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Contact: Pamela Tyers 0414 324 866.

0800 - Geniuses, Prodigies and Savants - What makes them tick? conference, including an
evening concert by pianist David Helfgott, WP Young Room, Veterinary Science Conference
Room, Sydney University. Contact: Megan Cusack 02 6279 9941.

0830 - Enterprise Innovation 2000 conference. 0915 - Keynote government address by New
South Wales Treasurer Michael Egan, Australian Technology Park. Contact: Michael Johnson
02 9810 8107.

0930 - Central Sydney Area Health Service annual general meeting and NSW Health Minister
Craig Knowles to launch the RPA development, Centenary Research Institute, Royal Prince
Alfred hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown. Contact: 02 9515 9600.

1030 - NRMA releases NSW burglary statistics at a Sydney home, 13 Macquarie Street, Eastlakes.

Contact: 0419 419 731.

1200 - Launch of Q, a program designed by Australia's independent butchers to put the
quality back in meat, Wockpool Restaurant, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Contact: Sue Corlette
02 9326 2211.

1230 - Susannah Fullerton speaking on Dame Daphne du Maurier, author of Rebecca, Dixson
Room, State Libary of NSW, Sydney. Contact: Vanessa Bond 02 9273 1566.

1800 - National Information Industry Network launch, Australian Technology Park, Everly.

Contact: Judy Potter 02 4422 2207.

1930 - Sporting the Pink fundraising dinner for breast cancer, Tumbalong ballroom, Sydney
Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Contact: Suzy Yates 02 9958
7855.


SPORT


ATHLETICS -
Zatopek classic in Melbourne
BOXING -
Olympic trials at Darling Harbour
CYCLING -
Australian Cyclist of the year award at NSW Parliament House
GALLOPS -
Sale
Port Macquarie
Parkes
TROTS:
Cranbourne (afternoon)
Bulli (afternoon)
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
Geelong
Albion Park
Angle Park
Richmond
Nowra (twilight)
Traralgon (twilight)
Launceston


ENTERTAINMENT


0945 - The Blair Witch Project media screening and press conference, Dendy Martin Place
Cinema, 19 Martin Place, Sydney. Contact: Sandie Don 02 9233 8558.

2000 - The Salvation Army Sounds of Christmas concert, The Regent Theatre, 191 Collins
Street. Contact: Barbara Harper 9530 2066.


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