FED:Diary Events, Thursday August 18, 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2011
FED:Diary Events, Thursday August 18, 2011
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
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BRISBANE
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CANBERRA
0900 - House of Reps sits.

0915 - Economics, Inquiry into the Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling - Palm
Oil) Bill 2011. Location TBC. David Monk 62774209.

0930 - Senate Sits.

1030 - Vietnam Veterans' Day National Remembrance Service. Minister Snowdon to speak
and lay a wreath. Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Anzac Parade.

1230 - Dr Jane Burns, CEO Cooperative research centre for young people, technology and
wellbeing address "The Happiness Highway: leveraging technologies to improve wellbeing
for young Australians". National Press Club. 61212199.

DARWIN
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HOBART
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MELBOURNE
0830 - Tiffany & Co celebrates re-opening of Melbourne flagship store. 267 Collins Street.

Contact: Camille Sheerin 0406 574 127 or Kate McCann 0458 985 484.

1300 - Parents and supporters rally to save occasional child care services from closure.

Steps of Parliament. Contact: Angela Savage 0432 697 263. Website: www.anhlc.asn.au
1400 - Auction of the John Konrads Collection. Leski Auctions, 13 Cato Street, Hawthorn
East. Contact: 03 9864 9999. Website: www.leski.com.au
1830 - Launch of Forever New Spring Collections 2011, with Dutch supermodel Milou Sluis;
1830 - Red carpet arrivals. Regent Plaza Ballroom, 191 Collins Street. Contact: Karla
Dawes 0414 748 030 or Sarah Gale 0419 897 100.

- State Trustees' Connected Art exhibition. No Vacancy Gallery. QV Building, 34-40 Jane
Bell Lane. Contact: Jo Maloney 03 9667 2856, 0423 027 320. Website: www.statetrustees.com.au
- Buildgreen Expo 2011. August 18-21, 2011. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Website: http://buildgreenexpo.com.au/melbourne/
- Melbourne Home Show. August 18-21, 2011. Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Contact: 03 9270 5555. Website: www.melbournehomeshow.com.au
- Australian Art Orchestra (AAO) in Residence. Bennetts Lane, 25 Bennetts Lane. Contact:
Magda Petkoff 0409 436 473

PERTH
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SYDNEY
0900 - NSW Resources & Energy Minister Chris Hartcher to open NSW Mineral Exploration
and Investment conference. Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street. Contact: Jenny
Ward 02 8289 3925, 0429 305 950.

1115 - Taronga Zoo welcomes a rare sub-Antarctic fur seal. Media call. Service entry gate,
Whiting Beach Rd and Prince Albert St, Mosman. Contact: Danielle McGill 02 9978 4736,
0415 886 200.

1200 - NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham to join farmers and community members in rally
outside NSW government mining conference. Outside the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel, 61-101
Phillip Street. Contact: Max Phillips 0419 444 916, Drew Hutton 0428 487 110.

1230 - UNSW presents an ethical forum on organ donation in Australia. Host: Gretel Killeen.

Io Myers Studio, UNSW Kensington Campus. Contact: 02 9385 9365.

SPORT

GAMES - XXVI Summer Universiade - to August 23
Shenzhen, China

TENNIS - ATP Masters - to August 21
Cincinnati Open, USA

GOLF - USPGA Tour - to August 21
Wyndham C'ship, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, North Carolina

GOLF - European Tour - to July 21
Czech Open, Prosper Golf Resort, Celadna, Czech Republic

BASEBALL - MLB - to September 28
USA

CANOE-SPRINT - World C'ships & Olympic qualifier - to August 21
Szeged, Hungary

MOTORSPORT - World Rally C'ships - to August 21
Rally Deutschland

EQUESTRIAN (DRESSAGE) - European C'ships - to August 21
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

GALLOPS -
Hawkesbury
Bendigo
Rockhampton
Port Augusta
Northam
Sth Africa

TROTS -
Penrith
Melton
Gold Coast
Tamworth
Ballarat
New Zealand

GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Grafton
Warragul
Geelong
Maitland
Mandurah
Hobart
New Zealand

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