Diary for Friday, April 21, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2006
Diary for Friday, April 21, 2006
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
1100 - Griffith University Pro Vice Chancellor Health Professor Allan Cripps, Dean of
Dentistry and Oral Health, Professor Newell Johnson, Dr Sandie McCarthy and Barambah Regional
Medical Service officials will sign a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate future
joint initiatives in health research & health education. Barambah Regional Medical Service,
cnr Broadway and Bligh sts, Cherbourg. Contact: Shona Upson 3735 6458 or 0418 799 544.

1230 - Special Rural Press Club lunch with speakers including Tully banana grower Patrick
Leahy, Babinda canegrower Guido Ghidella, and Tableland avocado grower Jim Kochi talking
about cyclone experiences. United Services Club, 143 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. Contact:
Jane Milburn 0408 787 964.

CANBERRA
1100 - Media preview of exhibition Exiles and Emigrants with curator Patricia Tryon Macdonald.

Temporary Exhibition Gallery, National Museum of Australia, Acton Peninsula, Acton, ACT.

Contact: Leanda Kitchen 6208 5338 or 0438 620 710.

DARWIN
No items listed.

HOBART
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
1000 - Melbourne Holden Dealers Group president Dale Smith to hand over Special Edition
Holden Monaro to top auction bidder John Virgona for the Good Friday Day appeal. Royal
Children's Hospital front entrance. Contact: Julie Webber 9345 5130 or 0407 327 418.

1000 - Federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services Warren Truss and Transport
Minister Peter Batchelor to launch $120 million Dynon Port Rail AusLink project. Enterprize
Road Rail level crossing, Port of Melbourne (Melway 42 K7). Contact: Kylie Butler 02 6277
7680 or 0417 652 488.

1215 - Students from West Footscray Primary School to join Western Bulldogs CEO Campbell
Rose and players to plant tubs of vegetables as part of the Multicultural School Gardens
program. Whitten Oval, Barkley Street, Footscray (Melway 41 K4). Contact: Rebecca O'Riley
9680 6132 or 0411 407 776 or Ron Smith 9818 5700 or 0417 329 201.

PERTH
1230 - Former NSW premier Bob Carr talks to the Australian Institute of International
Affairs (AIIA) and Australian American Leadership Dialogue about the state of the alliance
after Iraq and Afghanistan. University Club at University of Western Australia. Contact:
08 9367 8102.

SYDNEY
1000 - Demonstration of Australian cancer robot in preparation of a national screening
campaign. Enterix Ltd, 15/2 Eden Park Drive, North Ryde. Contact: Aaron Parnell 4722 2252
or Bill Pickering 0404 074 299.

1100 - News conference for Falun Gong torture case appeal. Outside NSW Supreme Court,
Macquarie St, Sydney. Contact: Kay Rubacek 0404 894 750 or John Deller 0410 979 384.

1230 - Cyanide Watch, the campaign to stop the transport of bulk cyanide by road and rail,
will conduct a Speak Out. Near the Rotunda in Macquarie St, Dubbo. Contact: Graeme Dunstan
0407 951 688.

1400 - University of Western Sydney hosts lecture by cultural expert Professor Toby Miller.

The Gallery, Female Orphan School, Bldg EZ, Parramatta Campus. Contact: Amanda Whibley
9678 7084 or 0418 438 399.

1400 - ANZAC international military tattoo. Sydney SuperDome. Contact: Emma Collison Publicity
9699 5199 or 0418 584 795.

1600 - Presentation of Honorary Doctorate of Literature to Neil Armfield. The Great Hall,
University of Sydney. Contact: Christine Fogg 9351 2261 or 0423 782 603.

1730 - Vanunu freedom candlelight vigil. Wynyard Park, opposite Israel Trade Commission,
York St, Sydney. Contact: Jennifer Killen 0422 520 935 or Peter Murphy 0418 312 301.

SPORT
RUGBY LEAGUE -
Round 7 - to April 25
1930 - Parramatta v Wests Tigers, Parramatta Stadium
AFL -
Round 4 - to April 25 -
1940 - Carlton v Hawthorn, Telstra Dome
RUGBY - Super 14 - Round 11
1735 (AEST) - Chiefs v Cheetahs, Hamilton, NZ
1940 (AEST) - Reds v Stormers, Brisbane
2145 (AEST) - Force v Crusaders, Perth
SURFING - 2006 Foster's Mens World Tour -
Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach Vic - to April 21
MOTORSPORT - V8 Supercars C'ship series -
Round 2 - to April 23
PlaceMakers V8 Supercars, Pukekohe Park Raceway, NZ
TENNIS - Fed Cup -
Asia/Oceania Zone Group I playoffs - to April 22
Olympic Park Centre Court, Seoul, South Korea
competing nations: Australia, Chinese Taipei, India, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Uzbekistan
TENNIS - Masters Series - to April 23
Monte Carlo
GALLOPS -
Wodonga
Ipswich
Grafton
Canberra
TROTS -
Harold Park
Mildura
Gold Coast
Gawler
Bendigo
Wagga
Gloucester Park
New Zealand
GREYHOUNDS -
Richmond
Geelong
Albion Park
Casino
The Gardens
Mandurah
Traralgon

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