Events Diary for Thursday, February 19, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2009
Events Diary for Thursday, February 19, 2009
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
- Adelaide Film Festival begins. Runs Feb 19-March 1. Contact 08 8271 1029. www.adelaidefilmfestival.org

BRISBANE
1000 - Launch of Outdoor Classrooms - a school garden handbook. The handbook written by
two Queensland teachers will be officially launched by well-known gardening expert, Jerry
Coleby-Williams. Northey Street City Farm, 16 Victoria St, Windsor. Contact: Janet Millington
0402 062 465.

CANBERRA
0900 - Senate standing committee on education, employment and workplace relations inquiry
into the Fair Work Bill 2008 [Provisions], Room 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra.

MELBOURNE
- Local Government Managers Australia national skills two-day Forum (LGMA), to address
impact of global economic crisis. Contact: John Ravlic 03 9682 9222
0830-1700 - Commercialising Inventions conference, hosted by the Intellectual Property
Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) and Australian Institute of Commercialisation.

Coles theatre, Melbourne Business School, 200 Leicester Street, Carlton. Contact: Cliff
Howard 03 8344 2154, 0402 780050.

1000 - Joint launch of the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC), with Minister for
Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science
& Research, Kim Carr, and Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, Greg Combet.

Thales Australia, Land and Joint Systems Protected Mobility, Finn Street, Bendigo. Contact:
Jimmy Hafesjee 0404 042 457. Website: www.defence.gov.au
1315 - Nine Canadian fire specialists arrive in Melbourne to support the Department of
Sustainability (DSE) and CFA; 1410 - Fire specialists welcomed by Craige Brown, Assistant
Chief Officer Operational Support DSE and Gene Desnoyers, Fire Centre Manager, Forest
Service British Columbia. Terminal 2 Tullamarine Airport, Internationals Arrivals hall.

Contact: 03 9412 4777. Website: www.dse.vic.gov.au/fires or www.cfa.vic.gov.au
1930 - Melbourne Recital Centre's first artistic residency `Arditti Quartet' concert.

Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre. Contact: Ree Izett 0418 101 399. Website:
www.melbournerecital.com.au

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
(No time given) - Andrew Neil, chairman and editor-in-chief of The Press Holdings host
a reception. Sydney Conservatorium. Contact: Philippa Drynan 0414 724 972 or Julia Grundy
0415 563 068.

0730 - Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Police Minister Tony Kelly farewell 150
NSW Police Force officers leaving Sydney to assist Victoria Police in bushfire zones.

Departure Level (western end), Qantas Terminal 3, Mascot. Contact Police Media 02 8263
6100.

0900 - "Creating Australia's Retirement Income System of Tomorrow". IAG, 380 George Street,
Sydney. Contact: Erin Taylor 8248 3745.

1045 - Senator Conroy launches Livewire: a new online community for young Australians
with a serious illness. The Sunset Room, Luna Park, Olympic Drive, Milsons Point. Contact:
Jasmin Athwal 8281 3838 or 0427 018 640.

1100 - Laurie Ferguson MP announces new federal government funding for Multicultural Mental
Health Australia. SBS Atrium, 14 Herbert Street, Artarmon. Contact: Margaret El-Chami
9840 3381 or 0408 445 794.

1130 - Wind Of Shaolin Dance and Martials Arts Spectacular media preview. State Theatre,
49 Market Street, Sydney. Contact: Steven Godbee 0408 706 099.

1215 - Australia-Indonesia joint media conference. Premiers Room, Level 2, Intercontinental
Hotel, Macquarie Street, Sydney. No contact given.

1500 - Environment Business Australia holds a forum on Australia's role in the Global
Green New Deal. Auditorium, 3 Manning Street, Sydney. Contact: Fiona Wain 9358 1800 or
0409 455 992.

1700 - Luna Park hosts a fundraising event for the benefit of Victorian bushfire victims.

Milsons Point, Sydney. Contact: Jothy Hughes 8306 9513 or 0423 491 808.

SPORT
CRICKET - Sheffield Shield - to March 17
TAS v WA, Bellerive Oval - to February 19
GOLF - USPGA Tour - to February 22
Northern Trust Open, Riviera Golf Club, Pacific Palisades, California
GALLOPS -
Canterbury
Ballarat
Rockhampton
Port Macquarie
Geraldton
Bathurst
New Zealand
TROTS -
Penrith
Moonee Valley
Gold Coast
Newcastle
Sth Africa
UK
GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Bendigo
The Gardens
Mandurah
Hobart
New Zealand

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