NSW:Diary Events, Wednesday August 31, 2011

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2011
NSW:Diary Events, Wednesday August 31, 2011
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
1230 - Mark Scott, Managing Director Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "Trust and relevance
- defining the modern ABC" address to the National Press Club. 6212199
1300 - Women and the Arab Spring - two speakers from the Centre for Arab and Islamic studies
will speak about the challenging topic of Arab Women Amid Political Change. Seminar Room
C. Fellows Rd ANU. admin.genderinstitute@anu.edu.au
1415 - High Court to hand down judgment in the asylum seeker challenge. Dr Hanna Jaireth 0415144283

DARWIN
No items listed.

HOBART
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MELBOURNE
No items listed.

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0700 - Sydney Markets' 21st annual mango auction. Sydney Markets. Kerrie Reeder 0419 326 233.

0730 - Prime Minister Julia Gillard to address Financial Services Council breakfast. The
Westin Sydney, No.1 Martin Place. Contact: Sara Rich 02 9299 3022.

0900 - Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson launches a new mining publication.

Room G38, Old Main Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Contact: Fiona Scott
0457 542 330.

0900 - Independent federal MP Rob Oakeshott and shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann
to speak at the Tax Institute's Great Tax Debate. KPMG, Level 15, 10 Shelley Street, Sydney.

Contact: Craig Regan 0408 448 527.

0900 - NSW Police to hold information session for media in community appeal following
recent spate of shootings in Sydney's south-west. Fairfield Police Station. Contact: 02
8263 6100.

1030 - John Cleese, Martin Short and Russell Howard to launch Just For Laughs comedy festival.

Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall Northern Foyer. Contact: Meera Hindocha 02 9250 7834.

1100 - NSW launch of the Australian Patients Association. Level 18, Grosvenor Pl, 225
George St. Contact: Jeanine Purdie 0418 749 602.

1830 - Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore to deliver the Council's State of the City report.

Centennial Hall, Sydney Town Hall, 483 George St, Sydney. Contact: Shehana Teizeira 0418
238 373, Leanne Lincoln 02 9265 9617.

SPORT

CRICKET - Tour of Sri Lanka - to September 16
1st test - Day 1
1430 (AEST) - Australia v Sri Lanka, Galle

TENNIS - ATP Masters - to September 11
US Open, New York

BASKETBALL - European C'ships - to September 18
Lithuania

ATHLETICS - IAAF World C'ships - to September 4
Daegu, Korea

BASEBALL - MLB - to September 28
USA

ROWING - World C'ships & Olympic qualifier - to September 4
Bled, Slovenia

SHOOTING - Shotgun World C'ships - to September 5
Belgrade, Serbia

SURFING (Men's) - ASP World Tour -
Billabong Pro Teahupoo, Taiarapu, French Polynesia - to August 31

CYCLING (Road) - UCI World Tour - to September 11
Vuelta a Espana, Spain

CYCLING - UCI Mountain Bike World C'ships - to September 4
Champery, Switzerland

GALLOPS -
Canterbury
Ballarat
Eagle Farm
Balaklava
Belmont
New Zealand
Sth Africa

TROTS -
Bathurst
Shepparton
Redcliffe
Stawell

GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
The Meadows
Rockhampton
Angle Park
Shepparton
Albion Park
Richmond
Cannington
Ballarat
New Zealand

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KEYWORD: DIARY EVENTS AUGUST 31, 2011

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