Diary for Thursday, February 18, 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-1999
Diary for Thursday, February 18, 1999
EVENTS ARE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND IN LOCAL TIME UNLESS
STATED OTHERWISE
ADELAIDE
1400 - Question Time, Parliament House, North Tce.

BRISBANE
Emergency Services Minister Merri Rose ends two-day inspection
of cyclone and flood damage in the Cairns, Port Douglas,
Atherton, Innisfail, Tully, Ingham and Townsville areas.
Contact: David Smith 3247 8194 or 0409 496 534 or Cameron Dick
0409 262 552.

0715 - Doug McTaggart, CEO of Queensland Investment
Corporation to address Property Council of Australia breakfast
on the economic outlook for Queensland and QIC's views on the
year ahead, Sheraton Hotel ballroom. Contact: 3229 0666.

0900 - A half-day seminar Lecturers at the Leading Edge,
organised by QUT, Seminar to look at how technology is
improving the art of lecturing, keynote address by Professor
Dale Spender, Room 302, A Block, QUT Gardens Point campus.
Contact: Susan Savage, acting assistant dean, 3864 2971.

1000 - Health Minister Wendy Edmond to make an announcement on
a new hospital at the official opening of the Redland
Hospital, Weippen street, Cleveland. Info: Steve Rous 07 3234
1190.

1000 - Queensland Fire and rescue Authority chief commissioner
Wayne Hartley to announce the expansion of two QFRA public
safety programs. Parliament House porte cochere, George
street. Info: Robyn Dunsford 07 3247 8085 or 0416 167 408.


CANBERRA
Continuation of National Disasters Meeting, Science and
Technology Centre, Canberra.

0800 - Senate Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee
References Committee public hearing on its inquiry into
Australia and APEC, Cttee room 2S1.

0830 - Heywire Youth Issues Forum continues, Parliament House,
Canberra.

0900 - Continuation of Justice and Punishment Conference,
Australian National University, Canberra.

0930 - House of Representatives and The Senate sit.

1030 - Launch of HIC Supporting Best Practice Program
initiatives, by Health and Aged Care Minister, Michael
Wooldridge, House of Representatives Alcove, Parliament House,
Canberra.

1100 - Media Conference, Launch of Online Aust Year. Committee
room 2S1, Parliament House Canberra.

Contact: Terry O'Connor 6277 7480
1200 - National Science Briefing on Australia's Big Internet
Opportunities - are government and business ready?, Senate
Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra.

1530 - Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to formalise a
cooperative teaching arrangement between the Schools of
Theology of two Universities, St Mark's National Theological
Centre, 15 Blackall Street, Barton, ACT.

MELBOURNE
0800 - P&O superliner Arcadia to berth at Station Pier on her
maiden visit to Melbourne, departing 1800 for Fremantle.
Contact: Moffet Gray Media 02 9904 0011, 015 209 745.

0915 - Health Minister Rob Knowles to open health care
conference: Has Evidence-Based Health Care Fulfilled its Early
Promise, Main Lecture Theatre, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton
Road, Clayton. Contact: Caroline Duell 9820 8999.

1000 - National Y2K steering committee CEO Graeme Inchley to
launch Australian First campaign as part of Victoria's
millennium bug industry awareness campaign, Cinemedia Film
Theatre, lower plaza, 1 Macarthur Place, East Melbourne.
Contact: Merita Tabain 9651 9252 or Vikki Davidson 9820 3733,
0414 250 570.

1015 - Roads and Ports Minister Geoff Craige and Transurban
CityLink managing director Kim Edwards press conference to
announce CityLink toll arrangements and prices for
metropolitan and regional taxis, Western Link Toll Gantry No
2, cnr Langford Street and Macaulay Road. Contact: Sarah
Baston 9240 6970, pager 9625 3580, 0408 313 567.

1100 - Deakin University's opening of Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology at Science and Technology Building,
(Building 1), ground floor reception area, 221 Burwood
Highway. Contact: John Allin 9251 7405/7496.

1830 - Former Chief Secretary and Acting Governor of Hong Kong
Sir David Akers Jones to present Hong Kong Update 1999 in The
Asialink Seminar Series, National Mutual Centre, Plaza Level,
447 Collins Street. Contact: Bernadine Fernandez 9349 1899.

2000 - Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer to address
the University of Melbourne and Australian Red Cross three-day
Asia-Pacific conference on peaceful dispute settlement,
humanitarian law, and arms control at Melbourne Town Hall.
Contact: Dr Dominique De Stoop 9344 6544 or Andrew Heslop 9344
0181.

PERTH
0845 - The US Command Ship USS Blue Ridge arrives in the Port
of Fremantle for a refuelling and rest and recreation visit,
to berth at D Berth, Victoria Quay. Contact: Vic Jeffery 08
9553 2415 or to Host-a-Sailor contact: 08 9336 1721.

SYDNEY
0730 - Australian Industry Group briefing on the current state
of manufacturing in NSW and Australia, Hotel Intercontinental,
Sydney. Contact: Donald Alexander 9466 5566 or 0414 303 378.

0800 - Release of new changes to the New Retail Lease Laws,
Australian Maritime Museum, ANZ Theatre, Murray Street,
Darling Harbour. Contact: Ken Morrison 9252 3111.

0900 - Announce details for the scheduled launch of
Australia's first interactive TV music service, Satellite
Music Australia, 578 Harris Street, Ultimo. Contact: 9968
0999.

0900 - Broadcast Australia 99, Sydney Convention and
Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Contact: 9210
5715.

0900 - Labor Council of NSW Work, Time, Life Conference,
Terrace Room, Novotel, Darling Harbour, 100 Murray Street,
Pyrmont. Contact: Michael Costa 9286 1601 or 0418 442 719 or
Peter Lewis 9286 1623 or 016 289 335.

1030 - Launch of Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight Campaign, by
Gabi Hollows of the Fred Hollows Foundation, The Fred Hollows
Foundation, 3rd Floor, 414 Gardeners Road, Rosebery. Contact:
9669 5899.

1130 - NetAct to launch an election kit, Put People First, 36
Collins Street, Annandale. Contact: Sr Anne Lane 9743 8709.

1230 - Auditor General Tony Harris, to speak at the Chartered
Institute of Transport Luncheon, Hyde Park Plaza, College
Street, Sydney. Contact: Len Harper 9364 1440.

1300 - Sport and Recreation Minister Gabrielle Harrison to
officially open the Westmead Breast Centre, Westmead Hospital,
Westmead. Contact: Jo-Anne Ebbeling 9845 8499.

1500 - SOCOG Board meeting, SOCOG Headquarters, 235 Jones
Street, Ultimo. Contact: Greg Thomas 9297 2908 or 0419 751
787.

1700 - Official launch by Premier Bob Carr of the NSW Labor
Council's new weekly online newspaper, The Workers on Line,
Trades Hall, Goulburn Street, Sydney. Contact: Peter Lewis
9286 1623.

SPORT
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Ansett Cup
Richmond v West Coast at Waverley Park 2040

GOLF -Canon Challenge at Terrey Hills

GALLOPS -Hawkesbury
Mornington
Ipswich

TROTS -Moonee Valley (afternoon)
Bankstown
Toowoomba (twilight)

GREYHOUNDS -Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Cessnock (twilight)
Shepparton (twilight)
Hobart

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