FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 17

AAP General News (Australia)
12-16-2010
FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 17
Good Evening News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Friday (not for publication).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

ADELAIDE
- Man in court over driving on to Adelaide airport tarmac.

BRISBANE
- Maurice Blackburn principal Rod Hodgson and Dr Mohamed Haneef media conference ahead
of mediation talks with the Commonwealth's lawyers to be held next week.

- National Launch of Youngcare's inaugural Simpson Desert Challenge 2011. Reddacliff Place,
Brisbane.

- Continuation of Daniel Morcombe Inquest.

CANBERRA
0915 - Public Hearing: Income Support for Regional Students Bill.

1530 - State Memorial Service for Emeritus Professor Frank Fenner. Llewellyn Hall, ANU.

HOBART
- No items listed.

MELBOURNE
1000 - Inquest continues into the police shooting death of teenager Tyler Cassidy.

1000 - Sentence of Leon Borthwick, who ran down and killed his love rival.

1000 - Sentence of a Coles security guard who pressured a young shoplifter into have sex with him.

1130 - Sentence of Michael Farrugia over the death of Des Moran.

PERTH
0930 - The Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry into the repeated tasering of Aboriginal
man Kevin Spratt by police officers and corrective service personnel continues.

- Continuing follow-ups on the Christmas Island boat tragedy.

- Prominent Perth lawyer Lloyd Rayney, charged with murdering his wife, attends a bail
application in the Supreme Court.

SYDNEY
0930 - Jack Beaudean Colley. Inverell manslaughter of man connected to family. Sentence.

King Street 3.

1000 - Michael John Milne. Dealing with the proceeds of crime. Sentence. King Street 1.

1000 - Appeal judgment for fake model manager Paul Diwakar Rajendran, jailed for sexually
assaulting woman. Court 13a.

1030 - Federal Minister for climate change and energy efficiency Greg Combet to address
the Investor Group on Climate Change about "driving the economy in a carbon constrained
world." The Winten Room, Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney. Contact: Nathan
Fabian 0412 128 486.

1400 - Ronald Medich. Decision in bail application. King Street 1. Justice Derek Price.

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS:
SYDNEY - RBA December Quarter Bulletin.

SYDNEY - Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations.

SYDNEY - Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Unemployment Expectations.

CANBERRA - Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Westpac survey of industrial trends.

SYDNEY - ABS labour force data for November (Detailed).

SYDNEY - ABS international merchandise imports, Nov 2010.

EQUITIES:
SYDNEY - National Australia Bank Ltd annual general meeting.

ADELAIDE - Elders Ltd annual general meeting.

MELBOURNE - Orica Ltd annual general meeting.

SPORT
CRICKET
PERTH - Third Test: Australia v England, WACA, 2nd day.

PERTH - Feature on England spinner Graeme Swann.

HOBART - Sheffield Shield: Tas v WA, Bellerive Oval, day one.

ADELAIDE - Sheffield Shield: SA v Vic, Adelaide Oval, day one.

SYDNEY - Preview Sheffield Shield NSW v Qld.

SOCCER
ADELAIDE - Adelaide United v Melbourne Heart, Hindmarsh Stadium, 2000AEDT
SYDNEY - Preview Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets.

MELBOURNE - Preview Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory; media conference with Victory coach
Ernie Merrick and striker Robbie Kruse, 1115 Olympic Park.

TOWNSVILLE - Preview North Queensland v Brisbane Roar.

BASKETBALL
WOLLONGONG - NBL top of table clash: Wollongong v NZ Breakers, WIN Ent Centre, 2000

LEAGUE
WOLLONGONG - News and interviews from NRL premiers St George Illawarra training.

SAILING
SYDNEY - Sydney to Hobart race preview feature with factbox.

SWIMMING
DUBAI/BRISBANE - Cover of Aussies in world shortcourse swimming championships day 2.

SURFING
OAHU, Hawaii - Pipeline Masters continues.

RACING
SYDNEY - Preview Randwick races Saturday.

MELBOURNE - Looking at Saturday's Flemington meeting.

BRISBANE - Preview Doomben feature meeting on Saturday.



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