News Diary for Tuesday, April 21, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2009
News Diary for Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Tuesday (not for publication).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

NATIONAL
- Federal government and PM maintain big lead in latest newspoll despite asylum seekers controversy.

- Outwatching asylum seekers boat explosion.

INTERNATIONAL
LONDON - Two Sydney restaurants, Quay and Tetsuya, named among the top 50 of the world.

LONDON - Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto faced anger from shareholders with nearly
one in five rejecting a proposed pay package for its directors.

COURT
BRISBANE
- Lacey brothers murder trial continues.

- Cairns bail hearing for Fred Martens who claims to have been falsely jailed over rape.

MELBOURNE
- Sentence for a former police officer charged with misconduct, Melbourne Magistrates Court, 1000
- Supreme Court trial due to start for man charged over stabbing murder at Box Hill following
fight between two groups of people in 2007, 1030
SYDNEY
1000 - Continuation of inquest into death of teenage bushwalker, David Iredale. Penrith
Coroner's Court.

1000 - Continuation of inquest into the drowning death of toddler Travis McCarron. Murwillumbah
Local Court.

1000 - Murder trial of Philip Wan Por Leung to begin. NSW Supreme court 5, King Street.

ADELAIDE
- Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens to speak to company director's lunch. Hyatt Regency
Hotel. 1300.

- Australian Mines and Metals Association annual conference. Adelaide Convention Centre.

- Federal government public works committee hearings into Adelaide's $99 million defence
project. Salisbury City Council chambers. John St Salisbury. 1145.

BRISBANE
- Opening of state parliament.

- Seeking update on asylum seekers in hospital.

- Seeking update on Fraser Island crash victims in hospital.

CANBERRA
- No items listed.

MELBOURNE
- Committal mention for a mother accused of filming a brutal attack by her daughter on
a teenager that was posted on MySpace, 10am
- Essential Services Commission releases draft decision of Victorian Water Prices. 1030am
- Teague bushfires royal commission continues
1200 - Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland to address Melbourne Press Club
lunch, outlining his plans for police force

PERTH
0715 (WST) - Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin speech at John Curtin Institute
of Public Policy on Brighter Future: The Australian Governments Indigenous Agenda. Grand
Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel.

0900 (WST) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to host jobs forum in Cockburn. Function Room,
City of Cockburn Administration Centre, Spearwood.

- Outseeking more on condition of asylum seekers in Royal Perth Hospital.

SYDNEY
- Lord Howe Island hit with severe storm; 20 SESA volunteers being sent from the mianland.

0830 - Senate inquiry into climate change and the ETS. Crowne Plaza, 150 Day Street, Darling
Harbour.

1000 - ICAC inquiry into TransGrid employee and contractor continues. ICAC hearing room,
level 21, 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney.

1515 - Chinese government officials meet with Juvenile Justice to discuss how NSW deals
with juvenile offenders. Department of Juvenile Justice, Level 24, 477 Pitt Street, Sydney.

1830 - PJ O'Rourke delivers the 25th John Bonython Lecture. The Big Top, Luna Park, Milsons Point.

1930 - 2009 Miss Universe Australian Preliminary Event. Goldfish, 111 Darlinghurst Road,
Kings Cross.

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS
ADELAIDE - Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses Australian Institute
of Company Directors.

SYDNEY - RBA minutes of April 2009 board meeting and interest rate decision released

EQUITIES NEWS
SYDNEY - Wesfarmers investor briefing
SYDNEY - Aristocrat Leisure Ltd annual general meeting
PERTH - Kingsrose Mining Ltd general meeting
PERTH - Transerv Energy Ltd general meeting
MELBOURNE - Hostech Ltd general meeting

SPORT
AFL
MELBOURNE - Richmond board meeting in evening.

MELBOURNE - North Melbourne media session, 1000, Arden St.

MELBOURNE - St Kilda coach Ross Lyon presser, 1030, Moorabbin
MELBOURNE - Brisbane's Simon Black before AFL tribunal in evening on umpire contact charge.

SYDNEY - Swans presser for co-captain Brett Kirk, 1430, SCG ahead of his 200th game
PERTH - West Coast coach John Worsfold presser 1130 AEST
PERTH - Fremantle's Luke McPharlin presser 1430

LEAGUE
SYDNEY/BRISBANE - Wrap of NRL news and judiciary update
SYDNEY - NRL teams named for round 7

CRICKET
DUBAI - Preview Australia's ODI series opener v Pakistan on Wednesday

SOCCER
KAWASAKI, Japan - ACL match: Kawasaki Frontale v Central Coast, 2000
SYDNEY - Preview ACL match Newcastle v Nagoya Grampus on Wednesday

BOXING
PERTH - South African boxer Anthony Van Niekerk in presser re his fight against Danny
Green on Sunday

RUGBY
PERTH - Western Force news ahead of must-win match against Lions on Friday

RACING
SYDNEY - Preview Canterbury races on Wednesday.

MELBOURNE - Preview Wednesday's Sandown meeting.

BRISBANE - Preview Doomben races Wednesday.

ENTERTAINMENT
- Foxtel press conference about a new online initiative



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