FED:National Newslist for Friday, Dec 9

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2011
FED:National Newslist for Friday, Dec 9
AAP's National Newslist for Friday (not for publication). This is a guide only and coverage
plans are subject to change. AAP's News Editors can be contacted on 02 93228611/8610.

TOP STORIES
PNG POLITICS - Heavy police presence in Port Moresby ahead of a Supreme Court decision
on the constitutionality of the government.

COWEN - Sir Zelman Cowen, Australia's 19th governor-general, has died, aged 92; PM says
Sir Zelamn was one of Australia's greatest statesme; Former PM Malcolm Fraser says every
Australian owes Sir Zelman a great debt; More tributes and service details to come.

RATES - - Wayne Swan hails bank rate cuts as big win for families and small business;
dismisses ANZ move to separate future rate reviews from Reserve meetings; oppn says community
anger, not govt pressure forced hand of banks. More from Swan doorstop in Brisbane.

MINISTRY - Senior federal Labor figures playing down talk of an imminent ministry reshuffle.

COURTS
SYDNEY
- Apple and Samsung - applying for special leave to appeal to the High Court.

- Luke John Cotterill, sentencing subs, pleaded guilty to murder of Mudgee teenager. Supreme Court
- Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor applies to the High Court in Sydney in the case
of Charles Zentai.

ADELAIDE
- SA MP on child porn charges to face Adelaide Magistrates court.

DARWIN
- Eric Robertson to appear in Darwin court on 30 different charges including assault police,
resist arrest, burglary.

MELBOURNE
- Appeal by a career criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1987 shooting murder
of a Melbourne couple, Court of Appeal.

- Filing hearing for a former Syrian soldier charged with the murder of a Melbourne shop
owner, Melbourne Magistrates Court.

- Sentence for a Bendigo man who stabbed a child sex offender, Supreme Court.

OTHER NEWS
CANBERRA
- Clubs Australia demands explanation from anti-gambling campaigner Tim Costello after
it produced a photograph of World Vision boss accepting a cheque for more than $500,000
from clubs.

- Kevin Rudd visits Libya for talks with new government officials; announces support for
41 organisations promoting and protecting human rights throughout the developing world.

- Immigration department boss fronts parliamentary inquiry into detention network 1000.

- The century-old mystery of a missing mineral in coral reefs has been solved by a team
from The Australian National University.

SYDNEY
- NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione on the NSW Police
Force's crackdown on gang crime.

- Police Minister Mike Gallacher announces reward for NSW's most wanted, Malcolm Naden,
more than doubled to $250,000 as search continues in the state's north.

- Health Minister Jillian Skinner on elective surgery over the Christmas-New Year break.

- John Della Bosca, Graham Richardson, John Hewson, Bob Carr and others to speak at the
Great Christmas Debate: Is it better to be naughty or nice?

- Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in Manly 1030.

- Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese launches Holden's first electric car.

- National park rangers being asked to clean and maintain parks after cleaning contracts
cut, but their union says these extra duties wilol be boycotted.

- Telstra has lodged a revised structural separation undertaking with the competition watchdog.

MELBOURNE
- Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Melbourne. Doorstop expected.

- Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten and retail industry representatives will respond to
the Productivity Commission's report into the future of retail. Doorstop 1100.

- Health Ministers meeting at the Food Regulation Ministerial Council re National Food
Labelling review report.
BRISBANE
- Govt to start clawing back overpayments to Qld Health staff after botched rollout of
payroll system.

- Brisbane funeral for rugby league great Arthur Beetson. 1300 AEST.

- Gunman fires a number of shots at a gym on the Gold Coast.

- Outwatching flood situation.

ADELAIDE
-Shots fired into an Adelaide home.

PERTH

HOBART
- No items listed.

DARWIN
- No items listed.

MEDICAL
- No items listed.

INTERNATIONAL
PNG - Supreme Court of PNG expected to hand down decision into the constitutionality of
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's election. Security bolstered in Port Moresby.

LONDON - Twelve months ago Brian Schmidt was living a routine life, working Monday to
Friday in Canberra and trying his hand at winemaking after hours. (Schmidt will collect
his Nobel Prize for Physics in Stockholm on Saturday).

ENTERTAINMENT
- Cate Blanchett to announce the finalists and winners of the Oasis Homeless Short Film
Competition. Richard Wherrett Studio, Sydney Theatre.

FINANCE
ECONOMICS:
- No items listed.

EQUITIES
Sydney - Telstra has lodged a revised structural separation undertaking with the competition
watchdog.

Sydney - TEN Network Holdings Ltd annual general meeting

Also: Aust Stocks, Aust Dollar, Stockwatch, Finance Briefs, Finance Week, Data Review
and Data Preview to come.

SPORT
CRICKET
HOBART - Second Test: Australia v New Zealand, Bellerive, day one - Laine Clark/David Beniuk
CANBERRA - Sheffield Shield: NSW v Tas, Manuka Oval, day 4 - Crystal Ja.

PERTH - Preview one-dayer WA v SA - Chris Pike
MELBOURNE - Media conference with Melbourne Renegades paceman Dirk Nannes and Shaun Tait,
1430 Etihad Stadium - Melissa Woods

SOCCER
BRISBANE - A-League match: Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Heart, Suncorp Stadium, 2000AEDT.

WELLINGTON - Preview Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory.

SYDNEY - Preview Central Coast v Newcastle Jets.

MELBOURNE - Preview Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United; assistant coach Kevin Muscat
media conference, 1015, Etihad Stadium.

SYDNEY - Interviews with Sydney FC players and coach Vitezslav Lavicka before training, 1000.

HOCKEY
AUCKLAND - Underdogs New Zealand will look to tackle defending champions Australia head-on
when the trans-Tasman rivals clash in hockey's Champions Trophy on Saturday.

CYCLING
MELBOURNE - GreenEDGE star Stuart O'Grady attends a Melbourne Storm training session,
1445 AAMI Park.

SAILING
PERTH - World sailing championships, day 6.

TENNIS
MELBOURNE - Day three of the Australian Open wildcard playoff.

RACING
BRISBANE - Preview of Saturday's Doomben meeting featuring the Group Three George Moore Stakes.

SYDNEY - Preview of Saturday's Christmas Cup meeting at Rosehill.

MELBOURNE - Preview of Saturday's Flemington meeting.

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