News Diary for Thursday, Feb 19, 2009

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2009
News Diary for Thursday, Feb 19, 2009
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff

Here is AAP's preliminary newslist for today (not for publication).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

BUSHFIRES VIC
- Firefighters working to consolidate control lines around five major blazes, under the
threat of a return to hot, windy conditions
- Contingent of 150 NSW police officers leaving Sydney bound for Victorian bushfire zone
- Princess Anne to travel to Australia to attend Sunday's national day of mourning

FLOODS
NSW - Mopping up begins in flood-ravaged parts of northern NSW, with a forecast reduction
in rain for the first time in a week
QLD - Residents in isolated town of Karumba get more supplies but some say the response
is "too little too late"

WA - Monitoring floods situation in Pilbara region

OTHERS
- Australia-Indonesia joint media conference in Sydney (1215)
- Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says Aust troops to remain in Afghanistan for some years to come
- Opposition emissions trading spokesman Andrew Robb on AM
- Simon Crean on radio
- Wayne Swan and Joe Hockey face off on ABC TV's Q&A
- Final public hearing of Senate committee inquiry into Fair Work Bill
- Opposition accuses Rudd govt of waving the white flag over Japanese whaling

COURTS
BALLINA, NSW
- Man to face court on manslaughter charge over fatal boat crash on Sydney Harbour that
left six people dead
SYDNEY
- Phuong Ngo murder conviction inquiry continues, barrister for the police is now questioning
him (1000)
- Continuation of Daniela Beltrame murder trial (1000)
MELBOURNE
- Committal continues for a 60-year-old Leigh Robinson accused of shooting dead a young
Melbourne mother in her street (1000)
- Pre-sentence hearing for five men accused of a fire attack on an elderly defenceless man (1030)
BRISBANE
- Jayant Patel committal hearing continues.

- Court mention for driver accused over death of Chinese tourist, Gold Coast.

- Milmerran doctor Clem Bonney to face child porn charges, Brisbane.

PERTH
- Lloyd Rayney in District Court on two charges of tapping his murdered wife's phone.

(EDS: details suppressed until further order by court)

INTERNATIONAL
LONDON - Two men accused of raping and attempting to murder an Australian woman during
a seven-hour ordeal in Scotland face court
BUENOS AIRES - More than 70 passengers and crew from Australia, the US, Britain, Canada
and several other countries being rescued from a cruise ship that ran aground off Antarctica
LOS ANGELES - Oscars preview story focused on Hugh Jackman
BEVERLY HILLS - If Heath Ledger wins an Oscar his three-year-old daughter will become
the owner of the Oscar statuette, but it won't really be hers until her 18th birthday
- and even then, only if she signs a contract

ADELAIDE
- No items listed

MELBOURNE
- Former prime minister John Howard delivers inaugural John Howard lecture - "Australian
Liberalism in the 21st century" (1800)
- Man stabbed in chest during fight in Melbourne
- Melbourne police advise Indian students not to talk loudly in their own language or
display expensive items like MP3 players, in the hope of curbing robberies in the city's
west
- Man beaten up outside Melbourne supermarket fighting for his life

SYDNEY
- Premier Nathan Rees and Planning Minister Kristina Keneally to make announcement about
Carlton United Breweries site in Sydney (1115)
- NSW ambulance officers ordered to drop planned industrial action considering their next step
- Senator Conroy launches Livewire: a new online community for young Australians with
a serious illness, Luna Park 1045
- Body of a teenager found in Armidale house, man charged with manslaughter

FINANCE
ECONOMICS NEWS:
SYDNEY - RBA monthly bulletin released
SYDNEY - ABS new motor vehicles sales data for January
SYDNEY - National Australia Bank Ltd small and medium enterprise survey for December quarter

EQUITIES DESK:
SYDNEY - AMP Ltd annual results
SYDNEY - Brambles Ltd first half result
SYDNEY - Sims Metal Management Ltd first half results
SYDNEY - Insurance Actuaries of Australia hosts briefing on "Creating Australia's Retirement
Income System of Tomorrow"

MELBOURNE - Healthscope Ltd half year results
MELBOURNE - PaperLinx Ltd first half result
MELBOURNE - Country Road Ltd - half year results
BRISBANE - Mining Export Infrastructure summit
PERTH - Iluka Resources Ltd full year results
PERTH - Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference
PERTH - WA Power & Gas 2009 conference
ADELAIDE - Santos Ltd annual result
ADELAIDE - Adelaide Brighton Ltd first half result*
PORT MORESBY, PNG - Lihir Gold Ltd annual results
DENVER Colorado, United States - Newmont Mining Corporation full year results

SPORT
CRICKET
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa - Australian team news and preview opening three-day tour
match starting Friday

GOLF
PERTH - Johnnie Walker Classic, The Vines, 1st round

AFL
MELBOURNE - Preview NAB Cup Carlton v North Melbourne; media conference with North coach
Dean Laidley, 1100, Arden St
MELBOURNE - Teams named for Hawthorn-Melbourne and Geelong-Port Adelaide NAB Cup matches

LEAGUE
SYDNEY/BRISBANE - NRL news ahead of first weekend of official trial matches

RUGBY
Super 14
PERTH - Preview Western Force v Cheetahs match on Friday
SYDNEY - Preview NSW Waratahs v Chiefs match on Friday
SYDNEY/BRISBANE - Match by match Super 14 preview panel.

SOCCER
MELBOURNE - Media conference with Victory coach Ernie Merrick, 1115, Gosch's Paddock

BASKETBALL
AUCKLAND - NBL q-final: NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers, 1730AEST

RACING
MELBOURNE - Looking at Saturday's Group One Blue Diamond Stakes and Group One Oakleigh
Plate at Caulfield.

SYDNEY - Looking ahead to Apollo Stakes day at Rosehill on Saturday.

BRISBANE - Preview Saturday's Doomben races.

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