FED:News Diary for Tuesday, Aug 23

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2011
FED:News Diary for Tuesday, Aug 23

Good evening news editors and chiefs of staff. Here is AAP's preliminary news diary
for Tuesday (not for publication).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
AFGHAN AUST - Tributes for the 29th Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan.

THOMSON - Outwatching MP Craig Thomson's credit card saga.

BOAT - High Court continues hearings on Malaysia solution.

MARSHALL - The NRL's face of the game, Benji Marshall, appears in court on assault charges.


COURTS
ADELAIDE
- Closing submissions in the trial of a woman accused of killing and dismembering an Adelaide
pensioner. (Gavare)
- Trial continues for man accused of murdering his wife and trying to disguise her death
by burning down their flat. (Cover on merit)
- Mention date for MP accused of child porn charges. (He has been excused from attendance).


CANBERRA
- High Court continues hearings on challenge to government's ayslum seeker-swap deal with Malaysia.


SYDNEY
0930 - Benji Marshall, NRL player accused over assault at McDonalds, hearing, Downing
Centre Local Court 4.7.

1000 - Appeal hearing of Man Haron Monis and Amirah Droudis, letters of dead soldiers
- to do with free speech and the constitution, Court of Criminal Appeal , president's
court level 12, Law Courts.


PERTH
- A man accused of indecently touching a teenage girl while attaching a rock wall climbing
harness to her in on trial in Perth. (Caporn)
- The murder trial continues of a 24-year-old man who is claiming self-defence after fatally
stabbing his housemate with a kitchen knife. (Dolbey on merit)
- A 24-year-old man accused of stabbing another young man to death during a street brawl
in Perth faces trial in Perth. (Noor on merit).


HOBART
- Murder trial against Nour Assafiri, charged with stabbing a man to death near Hobart,
continues in the Tasmanian Supreme Court, Hobart. (Assfari)


MELBOURNE
- Federal Court judgment re British American Tobacco seeking government documents about
plain packaging of cigarettes, 0930.

- Trial for a woman who allegedly doused a friend in petrol and set him alight after he
touched her breasts while she was sleeping, Supreme Court, Wangaratta
- Appeal judgment for man jailed for strangling his wife, Supreme Court 0930.

- Appeal judgment for man who bashed Sudanese man Liep Gony.

- A CFA volunteer will plead guilty to lighting nine scrub fires at Mount Evelyn in Melbourne's
outer east in February, County Court. 0900
- Pre-sentence hearing for a hit-run P-plate driver who killed a woman then tried to hide
the damaged parts of his car, County Court, 1030

OTHER STORIES


ADELAIDE
- Outwatching for developments in the helicopter crash investigation

BRISBANE
- Australian International Movie Convention (Aug 21-25, 2011). Conrad Jupiters, Gold Coast.


CANBERRA
- ALP caucus meeting
- Coalition joint parties meeting
1230 - Senate sits
1245 - House of Representatives Health and Ageing Committee to hold public hearing with
Federal Member for O'Connor, Tony Crook MP, as part of its inquiry into overseas trained
doctors. Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House.
1400 - House of Representatives sits.


MELBOURNE
- Kindergarten attended by Ayen Chol, mauled to death by a dog last week, to release balloons
in memory of the four-year-old.


SYDNEY
1000 - Former NSW premier Bob Carr to launch Phil Kafcaloudes' new novel Someone Else's
War. Dymocks, 424 George Street, Sydney. Contact: Ebony Atherton 02 9818 0962, Christine
Nguyen 02 9818 0915.

1430 - Alan Jones, Nick Rudd (son of Kevin) and Kerri-Anne Kennerley to announce winner
of Twinings Australian Afternoon Tea Challenge. The Drawing Room, Observatory Hotel.

- Mullaways Medical Cannabis and the Nimbin Hemp Embassy to deliver treaty to NSW Parliament
and handout free cannabis. NSW Parliament House, Macquarie St.

FINANCE

ECONOMIC NEWS:

Sydney - Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Ric Battellino to address
The Economist's Bellwether Series Australia 2011

Sydney - Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) to issue $100 million of August
2020 Treasury Indexed Bonds and $100 million of September 2025 Treasury Indexed Bonds.

EQUITIES:

Sydney - Consolidated Media Holdings full year results

Sydney - Charter Hall Retail REIT full year results

Sydney - Charter Hall Group full year results

Sydney - Mirvac Group full year results

Sydney - Oil Search Ltd first half results

Sydney - Origin Energy Ltd full year results

Sydney - Sonic Healthcare Ltd full year results

Sydney - Whitehaven Coal Ltd full year results

Sydney - Resource Generation Ltd full year results

Sydney - Monadelphous Group Ltd full year results

Sydney - CSG Ltd full year results

Perth - Emeco Holdings Ltd full year results

Melbourne - Orica managing director Graeme Liebelt to address American Chamber of Commerce
in Australia luncheon

Melbourne - Tatts Group Ltd full year results

Melbourne - Foster's Group Ltd full year results

Melbourne - St Barbara Ltd full year results

Melbourne - Ridley Corporation Ltd full year results

Melbourne - SEEK Ltd full year results

Melbourne - Bassari Resources Ltd general meeting

Melbourne - Melbourne IT Ltd first half results

Brisbane - BrisConnections Unit Trusts full year results

Brisbane - Flight Centre Ltd full year results

Adelaide - Hills Holdings Ltd full year results

Perth - Equatorial Resources Ltd general meeting

Perth - Western Areas NL full year results



SPORT

SYDNEY - Wrap of NRL news.

NEWCASTLE - Brisbane captain Darren Lockyer media conference, 0930, Ausgrid Stadium,
re his likely final match on Australian soil, the Oct 16 Test v NZ.

MELBOURNE - Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy media conference 1130 AAMI Park ahead of
top of table clash v Manly on Friday.

SYDNEY - Manly coach Des Hasler and Brett Stewart for interview at training, Narrabeen.

WOLLONGONG - St George Illawarra player interview at training.

SYDNEY - Teams named for penultimate NRL round matches.

AFL

MELBOURNE - Wrap of AFL news.

GEELONG - Geelong coach Chris Scott in 1030 media conference at Skilled Stadium.

RUGBY

BRISBANE - Wallabies name team to play New Zealand in Tri Nations series decider on
Saturday, 1300, Sofitel Hotel.

BRISBANE - All Blacks name their Rugby World Cup squad, 1200, Holton Hotel.

SOCCER

SYDNEY - Socceroos coach Holger Osieck media conference 1200, FFA offices, to announce
his squad for the World Cup Asian qualifiers against Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

CRICKET

COLOMBO - Wrap up after Australia's ODI series v Sri Lanka and look ahead to three-Test series.

TENNIS

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - Lleyton Hewitt scheduled to return from injury again
in first round match at ATP event ahead of US next week, plays Slovenian Blaz Kavcic,
not before 0900AEST.

SURFING

TEAHUPOO, Tahiti - Cover of Aussies at world championship tour event.

BASKETBALL

BRISBANE - Basketball chief Larry Sengstock 1330 media conference to update re efforts
to get an NBL team back in Brisbane.

RACING

SYDNEY - Weights released for Saturday's Run To The Rose meeting at Rosehill.

MELBOURNE - Weights released for the Memsie Stakes meeting at Caulfield on Saturday.

SYDNEY - Review of Sydney midweek racing from Warwick Farm

SYDNEY - Preview for Wednesday's Canterbury meeting

MELBOURNE - Preview for Wednesday's Sandown meeting



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