News Diary for Friday, Aug 14, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2009
News Diary for Friday, Aug 14, 2009
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for Friday (not for publication).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
- More on PNG plane crash; Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on ABC TV this morning

ADELAIDE
0930 - Former high profile cyclist in magistrates court on sex charges
1000 - Supreme Court Bec Hewitt Vs New Idea magazine

BRISBANE
- Max Sica triple murder committal hearing continues in Brisbane Magistrates Court.

- Caltabiano challenge to Chatsworth state election result continues in Supreme Court.

- Supreme Court judge to decide in case of man accused of stabbing his sleeping wife to death.

- Seeking update on Hendra virus patients and horses.

1130 - Doorstop with Myer chief Bernie Brookes. (Lunchtime speech off-limits to media)
1530 - Foreign Minister Stephen Smith to give address at Gallery of Modern Art event.

CANBERRA
- Coverage of RBA before parliament's House of Reps economics committee (Sydney) 0930 to 1230.

DARWIN
- Vote on no confidence motion in NT government

MELBOURNE
0915 - Sentence of B&D Australia over the death of an employee who was killed when a 7
metre long steel roller door drum fell on him
1215 - Australian of the Year Mick Dodson addresses Law Institute of Victoria
- Rudd, Roxon at Northern Hospital, Epping. 0945

PERTH
- Former policeman Michael Willis appears in Perth Magistrates Court on child sex charges.

- Quadriplegic Christian Rossiter in Perth Supreme Court after Brightwater Care Group,
which cares for him, asked if it should comply with his requests to stop feeding and hydrating
him through a tube to his stomach.

- Cricketer Luke Pomesbach in Perth Magistrates Court

SYDNEY
0945 - Olympic gold medallist Catherine Freeman will launch the new charity for indigenous
children Walk The Decks on board a P&O cruise. Wharf 8 Darling Harbour, Hickson Road,
Sydney.

1000 - Sentence of Sanjay Mehta for killing his wife and daughter. Supreme Court 5, Darlinghurst.

1000 - Sentence of Diana Goundar for killing former lover. Supreme Court 5 King St.

- Chasing sentence of David Martin Valiukas for killing his estranged partner. Supreme Court 12.

ENTERTAINMENT
- Interview Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson about their new movie Charlie and Boots. With
pix. (Melbourne)
- Interview with Rove McManus on his 10-year anniversary

FINANCE
ECONOMIC NEWS
CANBERRA - Australian Office of Financial Management tender of $800 million June 2014 Treasury bonds
SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before Federal House
of Representatives standing committee on economics

EQUITIES NEWS
SYDNEY - Leighton Holdings Ltd annual results
BRISBANE - Storm Financial information meeting for investors on proposed settlement with
Commonwealth Bank of Australia

SPORT
AFL
MELBOURNE - AFL match: Hawthorn v Adelaide, MCG, 1940
MELBOURNE - Preview Richmond v Collingwood
PERTH - Preview West Coast v North Melbourne
BRISABNE - Preview Brisbane v Western Bulldogs
SYDNEY - Preview Sydney v Geelong

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - NRL match: South Sydney v Gold Coast, ANZ Stadium, 1935
TOWNSVILLE - NRL match: North Queensland v Bulldogs, Dairy Farmers Stadium, 1935
SYDNEY - Preview Sydney Roosters v Manly
SYDNEY - Preview Parramatta v Warriors
CANBERRA - Preview Canberra v St George Illawarra

SOCCER
MELBOURNE - A-League match: Central Coast v Newcastle, Bluetongue Stadium, 2000AEST
BRISBANE - Preview Gold Coast v North Queensland
MELBOURNE - Preview Melbourne v Brisbane

RUGBY
SYDNEY - Interviews as Wallabies prepare for next week's Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney

CRICKET
CANTERBURY, England - Ashes series news and preview two-day tour match Australia v Kent
starting Saturday night AEST

ATHLETICS
BERLIN - News and preview Aussies ahead of world athletics championship starting Saturday night AEST

GOLF
CHASKA, Minnesota - Cover of Aussies in first round of US PGA Championship

BOXING
SYDNEY - News ahead of Danny Green's IBO cruiseweight world title fight in Mississipi on Sunday AEST

TENNIS
SYDNEY - Teleconference with Samantrah Stosur as she prepares for the US Open at the end
of the month
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