Diary for Tuesday, February 13, 2001

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2001
Diary for Tuesday, February 13, 2001
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE


ADELAIDE


No items listed.


BRISBANE


0930 - Federal Employment Minister Tony Abbott officially opens BoysTown Morgan's Place,
47 Mary Street, Kingston. Contact: John Perry 0418 719 795.

0930 - Premier Peter Beattie officially opens the Princess Alexandra Hospital, main foyer,
main building, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba. Contact: Steve Bishop 0419 779 518.

1000 - Liberal leader David Watson media conference on Labor secret tax proposals, media
room, level 5, Parliamentary Annexe, Alice Street. Contact: Paul Turner 0418 783 480.

1100 - Federal Employment Minister Tony Abbott holds a doorstop interview outside Morgan's
Place Enterprise Centre, 47 Mary Street, Kingston. Contact: Simone Holzapfel 0417 656
668.

1100 - Queensland Governor Major General Peter Arnison will officially launch the Spirit
of Queensland Awards to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia,
Customs House, 399 Queen Street. Contact: Leigh Holohan 3860 1119.

1215 - CEDA business lunch, Lennon's Hotel, 66 Queen Street. Contact: Jan McMaster 0418 731 871.

1300 - Pauline Hanson will hold a public meeting at the Hervey Bay RSL Club, Hervey Bay,
with One Nation candidate Wes Robinson. Contact: Bronwyn Boag 0413 738 603.

1300 - Attorney General and Minister for the Arts Matt Foley will hold a press conference
at the Beenleigh Drug Court to discuss the program's future, Beenleigh Court Complex,
James Street, Beenleigh. Contact: Kate Collins 0408 451 833.

1930 - Pauline Hanson will hold a public meeting at Gympie with One Nation candidate Elisa
Roberts, Surface Hill Hall, Channon St, Gympie. Contact: Bronwyn Boag 0413 738 603.


CANBERRA


1230 - Information about the Monet and Japan exhibition, its importance for the National
Gallery of Australia and the world of art scholarship, Boardroom, National Gallery of
Australia, Canberra. Contact: 02 6240 6431.


MELBOURNE


0500-0700 - Melbourne Market National Flower Centre prepares for Valentines Day, 542 Footscray
Road, West Melbourne. Contact: Kelly 9258 6105.

0730 - Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service inspectors and detector dogs to carry
out quarantine inspections on luxury liner QE2, Station Pier. Contact: Michael Scammell
9246 6885, 0408 467 357.

1030 - Premier Steve Bracks to open the Australian International Airshow 2001, Avalon
Airport, Geelong. Contact: 5282 0312, Georgia Reid 5292 0252, 0416 016 075, Tom Bennett
0407 309 232.

1100 - Education Minister Mary Delahunty to launch Victorian Education Channel website,
Department of Education, Employment and Training, Conference Rooms 1-3, 2 Treasury Place,
East Melbourne. Contact: Phil Reed 0419 319 362 or 9637 2884, 0417 384 160.

1200-1300 - Bell Helicopter media briefing, Conference Room 3, Press Centre, Australian
International Airshow, Avalon Airport, Geelong. Contact: Bob Leder 0414 016313.

1215-1400 - Premier Steve Bracks to address business and community leaders at a Committee
for Melbourne luncheon on Victoria 2001: Strategy for a new millennium, Melbourne Room,
Hotel Sofitel, 25 Collins Street. Contact: Rachael Murnane 9600 0006, 0410 455 027.

1245-1400 - ACTU president Sharan Burrow to address CEDA luncheon, CEDA Boardroom, 136
Exhibition Street.

1800 - The National Museum of Australia preview, RMIT Gallery Storey Hall, 344 Swanston
Street. Contact: 02 9973 4815.


PERTH


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SYDNEY


1000 - ICAC public hearings into contractors' relationships with Liverpool Council, major
hearing room, 191 Cleveland St, Redfern. Contact: Mark Davis 9318 5828.

1100 - NRMA Insurance media conference on making life easier for small business owners,
NRMA media room, level 24, 388 George St. Contact: Jason Falinski 9292 2422.

1200 - Sydney Royal Wine Show Break, Cake and Pie Show, Playfair Room, level 3, council
stand, Sydney Showground, Homebush. Contact: Melissa Clare 9956 7755.

1230 - Media conference on globalisation by Duncan Kerr, Jubilee Room, NSW Parliament,
Macquarie St. Contact: Brendan O'Dwyer 9692 5111.

1230 - Barton Lecture Series - Dr John Hirst - Is Australia more diverse now than it was
40 years ago? The Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, ground floor, Mitchell Wing. Contact:
Anna MacIntosh 9252 3900.

1800 - Launch of book Queer City, Better Read than Dead bookshop, 265 King St, Newtown.

Contact: Brendan O'Dwyer 9692 5111.


SPORT


CRICKET -
1455 - Australian Test team leaves for India, ex-Melbourne, flight CX104
RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
1830 - Roosters season launch, Cargo Bar, King St Wharf, The Promenade
GALLOPS -
Seymour
Rockhampton
Cessnock
TROTS -
Harold Park
Maryborough
Albion Park
Globe Derby
Nyah
GREYHOUNDS -
Gosford
Warragul
Ipswich
Lismore
Beenleigh
Horsham

ENTERTAINMENT


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