FED:News Diary for Tuesday, April 5

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2011
FED:News Diary for Tuesday, April 5
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Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Tuesday (not for publication).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.

TOP STORIES
RATES
- RBA rates decision. 1430 AEST.

CLIMATE/NEWSPOLL
- Kevin Rudd says he made the wrong call when he decided to shelve the ETS as PM.

- Federal Labor's voter support plunges as Julia Gillard battles on with govt's proposed carbon tax.

QANTAS
- Qantas accused of strike busting tactics as its prepares for industrial action.

PANLOCK
- Bullies could be sent to jail for up to 10 years under changes to stalking laws in Victoria.

COURTS
CANBERRA
- High Court sits - Jemena Gas Networks(NSW) Ltd v Mine Subsidence Board.

SYDNEY
- John Hopoate, former NRL player charged over fatal Kings Cross brawl, mention, Downing
Centre Local Court.

- Rodney Raymond Bird, child care centre sex, mention Downing Centre Local Court.

- Watson Zhu, Chinese herbalist, rape patients mention, Downing Centre Local Court.

- Cross-examination of GSR (NFP) doctor accused of indecently assaulting five patients,
Downing Centre District Court.

- Lopeti and others, on trial over inside job on hotel armed robbery - jury out - Downing
Centre District court.

MELBOURNE
- Federal Court hearing continues for News Ltd columnist Andrew Bolt who is being accused
of racially discriminating against Aborigines through his newspaper articles
ADELAIDE
- Angelika Gavare, charged over the murder of an Adelaide pensioner, appears before the
court of criminal appeal in relation to a pre-trial application.

BRISBANE
- Morcombe inquest continues in Maroochydore
HOBART
- Jamie Peter Smart and Rhys Louis Gardner in Hobart Magistrates Court, charged with bashing
murder of a man at a public housing flat.

CANBERRA
0710 - Tour De Cure Ride of Nations. Federation Mall, Parliament House. 0900 - National
Symposium on Translational Psychiatry. Shine Dome.

0900 - Public Health Association of Australia's Communicable Disease Control Conference.

Hotel Realm.
1300 - RSPCA awards Sarbi the Purple Cross. Australian War Memorial.
1500 - Dr Kanayo Nwanze on Asia-Pacific rural poverty. Hedley Bull Centre, ANU.

1700 - American Grace: how religion divides and unites America. ANU.

1730 - Malaria - the plant connection, public lecture. Shine Dome.

SYDNEY
0900 - GG to launche Australia's first Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. Royal Far West, Manly.

1000 - Malcolm Turnbull to launch biography of Michael Kirby. NSW Parliament House.

- New evidence emerges in unsolved murders of three Aboriginal children at Bowraville 20 years ago.

MELBOURNE
- State parliament sitting
- Study into the future of Vic's food supply finds strong case for intervention to avoid
nutritious food shortages.

- Vic's regional rail project to go ahead but up to $1.5 billion over budget and at least
two years late.


BRISBANE
- New LNP leader Campbell Newman in the public gallery as the Queensland parliament sits
for the first time since his endorsement.

- Qld Labor powerbroker Anthony Chisholm pulls out of race to become the party's next
national secretary.

- 2011 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships Gold Coast at Kurrawa Beach.

DARWIN
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda visits
Alice Springs and holdsa presser about his tour of town camps in the region.

PERTH
No items listed

INTERNATIONAL
GREYMOUTH, NZ - Pike River mine disaster which killed 29, including two Australians, preliminary
hearing, 0900-1200 AEST.

LONDON - AOC boss John Coates in London for IOC meeting.

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS
Melbourne - Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) April board meeting and interest rate decision
(1430 AEST)
Sydney - Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services
Index (PSI) for March
Sydney - Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) monthly car sales for March
Sydney - Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) international trade in goods and services
for February

EQUITIES:
Sydney - QBE Insurance Group Ltd annual general meeting
Perth - Austal Ltd chairman John Rothwell to address American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
luncheon
Sydney - Seven vs James Warburton back in NSW Supreme

SPORT
LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Manly's Steve Matai (returning from long suspension) and Glenn Stewart for interview
with coach Des Hasler, 1030, Narrabeen.

SYDNEY - Wests Tigers Tim Moltzen and Chris Heighington media conference, 1330, Concord Oval.

SYDNEY - Teams named for NRL round five.

MELBOURNE - Follow-up from Melbourne v Bulldogs match.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Wrap of AFL news - Roger Vaughan
MELBOURNE - Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli could challenge a one-match suspension at the AFL Tribunal.

SYDNEY - Swans player for interview, 1330, Moore Park, ahead of match v West Coast.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - NSW Waratahs media session 0945 Moore Park ahead of match v Western Force.

SWIMMING
SYDNEY - World championship trials continue, SOPAC, heats in morning, finals in evening.

GOLF
AUGUSTA, Georgia - News from Aussies ahead of the Masters starting Thursday.

SOCCER
TIANJIN, CHINA - ACL match: Melbourne Victory v Tianjin Teda, 2130AEST.

SYDNEY - Sydney FC and Shanghai Shenhua coaches and captains media conference, 1300, SFS.

HOCKEY
CANBERRA - Women's international: Hockeyroos v Argentina, NHC, 1900

RACING
SYDNEY - Barrier draw for Saturday's AJC Australian Derby.

SYDNEY - Australian Easter Yearling sale begins at Newmarket.

MELBOURNE - Preview Sandown races Wednesday.

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