FED:Diary Events Monday, August 2, 2010

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2010
FED:Diary Events Monday, August 2, 2010
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:


ADELAIDE


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BRISBANE


0645 - Plastiki expedition leader David de Rothschild to speak at University Club, Bond
University. Gemma Alker 0420 927 941.

0900 - 19th World Congress Of Soil Science 2010 (Aug 1-6, 2010) Brisbane Convention &
Exhibition Centre. Website: http://www.19wcss.org.au/


CANBERRA


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MELBOURNE
- Melbourne International Film Festival. Forum Theatre, 154 Flinders Street. Contact:
03 8660 4888. Website: www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
0900-1700 - Oceania CACS2010 IT three-day conference: Masters of Change. Grand Hyatt,
Collins Street. Website: www.oceaniacacs2010.org
1015 - Melbourne Spring Fashion Week media launch, with Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle
who will announce MSFW 2010 Ambassador and Face. Melbourne Town Hall steps, Swanston Street.

Contact: Tara Brooks 03 8643 1638, 0414 527 238 or Jen Glynn 03 8643 1619, 0402 555 895.

1800-1930 - Leading contemporary artist Bill Henson to present the Melbourne Art Foundation
2010 Lecture, to open Melbourne Art Fair. BMW Edge, Federation Square. Contact: Carolyn
Logan 0400 441 025.

1800 - Nominations for the 2010 Helpmann Awards, announced concurrently in Sydney and
Melbourne. Amcor Lounge, Arts Centre. Contact: Kerry O'Brien 03 9510 4777. Website: www.helpmannawards.com.au


PERTH


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SYDNEY


0830 - NSW Labor MP Linda Burney and Federal Labor MP Jenny Macklin, as well as mental
health expert Patrick McGorry, to address the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies
national conference. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. Contact:
Libby McCalman, communications for Association of Children's Welfare Agencies 0409 221
414.

0900 - Public Interest Advocacy Centre, homeless people speak out. Minter Ellison, Level
19, Aurora Place, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney. Contact: Julie Hourigan Ruse 0407 950 726.

0930 - ICAC inquiry into lobbying of public officials and authorities in NSW. ICAC hearing
room, level 21, 133 Castlereagh St, Sydney. Contact: Nicole Thomas 0417 467 801.

1000 - Federal Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek MP to launch National Homeless Persons'
Week in Sydney. Caretaker's Cottage, Youth Refuge, 96 Bondi Road, Bondi Junction. Contact:
Narelle Clay, chairperson of Homelessness Australia's National Chairperson 0412 999 960.

1100 - Protest on Sydney Town Hall steps over the development at Barangaroo. Contact:
Marcelle Hoff 9265 9358.

1145 - Ability Awareness Week launch with Labor MP Bill Shorten. ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic
Park. Contact: Clare Collins 0414 821 957.

1800 - Australian composer Simone Young to host forum for ideas on creation and performance
of Australian music. The Mint, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Philippa Horn 0411 606 077.

1800 - Nominations for the 2010 Helpmann Awards, recognising excellence and achievement
in Australian live performance, to be announced. Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House. Contact:
Michelle Guthrie 0412 547 297.

- Launch of the Canadian Film Festival - Possible Worlds - in Sydney. Various venues.

Contact: Michelle Guthrie 0412 547 297.


SPORT


RUGBY LEAGUE - NRL -
Rnd 21 - to August 2
1900 - Newcastle v Manly, Energy Aust. Std

SHOOTING - World C'ships - to August 11
Munich, Germany

GALLOPS -
Forbes
Echuca
Darwin
Sth Africa
England
UK

TROTS -
Menangle
Maryborough
Albion Park
Globe Derby
Pinjarra

GREYHOUNDS -
Bulli
Shepparton
Albion Park
Angle Park
Warragul
Northam
Cranbourne
Bathurst
Launceston
New Zealand



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