Events Diary Monday, August 31, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2009
Events Diary Monday, August 31, 2009
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
- No items listed.

BRISBANE
0900 - State Cabinet meets in Bundaberg. Premier's Office 3224 4500.

1000 - QUT's 150-hour Big Jam. QUT's Independent Music Project attempts to break the Guinness
World Record for the longest non-stop recording session with multiple artists. QUT Recording
Studio 83 Doggett St, Newstead. Rachael Wilson 3852 5249.

1130 - Memorial service for Dr June Canavan. Sunshine Coast University sport and health centre.

CANBERRA
0900 - Senate Select Committee: Agricultural and Related Industries inquiry into Food
Production in Australia, Room 2S1, Parliament House, Canberra.

MELBOURNE
0900 - Federal Industry Minister Kim Carr and Toyota President and CEO Max Yasuda guests
to the start of Toyota Australia's pilot production of its hybrid Camry. Altona Manufacturing
Plant, Grieve Parade, Altona. Mike Breen 0418 447 064 or Steve Rowland 0408 208 552.

1400 - Minister for Roads and Ports Tim Pallas to outline vision for the Port of Hastings.

Western Port Marina, Mullet Street, Hastings. Contact: Ralph Kenyon 5979 5500

PERTH
- No items listed.

SYDNEY
0845 - The 2009 Junior Landcare NSW youth environment conference. Dee Why RSL 932 Pittwater
Road. Contact: Cathy Reade 0413 575 934.
0900 - Federal Minister for Immigration Chris Evans and Australian Olympic Committee officials
will make an announcement regarding citizenship rules for overseas athletes. Russian-born
skater Tatiana Borodulina will attend. Fox Studios Ice Rink, in the Showring, Lang Road,
Moore Park, Sydney. Contact: Mike Tancred 0412 330 274.

0900 - Launch of Indigenous Jobs Australia website. Australian Indigenous Chamber of Commerce
chairman Warren Mundine and Minister for Employment Participation Mark Arbib to attend.

Fairfax Media, Ground Floor, 1 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont.

1000 - ICAC inquiry into corruption allegations concerning security industry training
courses. ICAC Hearing Room, Level 21, 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney. Contact: Nicole Thomas
0417 467 801 or 8281 5799.

1200 - Governor General Quentin Bryce will hold a rememberance ceremony and wreath laying
service to mark Legacy Week. Martin Place Cenotaph. Contact: Nadya Peshevska 92489017.

1215 - Lord Mayor Clover Moore will launch the Heart Foundation Doorknock Appeal. Sydney
Town Hall, George Street entrance. Contact Kerry Kalcher 0401 672 128.
1730 - Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries Tony Burke to launch the
global marketing initiative Australia's First Families of Wine. 12 wine families including
De Bortoli, McWilliam's and Yalumba, form the new initiative. Wine tasting begins at 1500.

Opera Point marquee, Sydney Opera House. Contact: Jeanine Bribosia 0407 061 658.
1900 - The Cancer Council launches their men's awareness month, Blue September, by drenching
the Harbour Bridge in blue light. Contact: Cassie O'Brien 0450 783 162.

1930 - Launch of Cancer Council's mens awareness month, Blue September, with ambassadors
Mark Holden and John Aloisi attending. Sebel Pier One, 11 Hickson Road, Sydney. Contact:
Cassie O'Brien 0450 783 162.

SPORT
RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
Round 25 - to August 31
1900 - Canberra v Newcastle, Canberra Std
CRICKET - Ashes Tour - to September 20
1st International Twenty20
0000 (AEST) - England v Australia, Old Trafford, Manchester
TENNIS - US Open - to September 13
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Cnt, Flushing Meadows, New York
BASKETBALL (Women's) - FIBA Oceania C'ship 2010 World C'ship qualifier - and September 2
Match 1
1700 (AEST) - Australia v New Zealand, Wellington, NZ
BASKETBALL (Men's) - Stankovic Cup - to August 31
Kunshan, China
ATHLETICS - British Grand Prix -
Gateshead, England
ATHLETICS - Grand Prix -
Zagreb, Croatia
GALLOPS -
Grafton
Swan Hill
Bathurst
TROTS -
Menangle
Terang
Globe Derby
Cobram
Gloucester Park
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
Cranbourne
Albion Park
Angle Park
Shepparton
Richmond
Geelong
Northam
Launceston
New Zealand

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