Diary for Saturday, December 10, 2005

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2005
Diary for Saturday, December 10, 2005
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
1300 - National Day of Action for Stolen Aboriginal Wages at the Defend Democratic Rights
Rally & March. Roma Street Forum. Contact: Christine Howes 0419 656 277, Gary Highland
0418 476 940.

CANBERRA
1100 - Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty opens new AFP firing range at
Majura. AFP Firing Range, International Training Complex, Majura Road, Canberra. Contact:
6275 7100.

PERTH
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
No time given - The Formula Windsurfing Australian Championships. Elwood Sailing Club,
Elwood. Contact: 9597 0066.

0930 - Australian Dancesport two-day championships. Vodafone Arena, Swan Street, Richmond.

Contact: Julie Cavanagh 9486 1299 or 0419 306 540.

1230 - International Human Rights Day march and rally. March from State Library, arrives
at Federation Square 30 minutes later. Contact: 0422 334 308.

1900 - The Melanie Shanahan Memorial fund-raising concert for Refugees. Coburg Town Hall,
90 Bell Street, Coburg. Contact: Jo Williams 0425 237 286.

SYDNEY
1100 - Islamic Friendship Association's Keysar Trad addresses protest against the new
federal anti-terrorism laws on International Human Rights Day. Outside Sydney Town Hall,
George Street, Sydney. Contact: Luke Deer 0419 135 019, Marce Cameron 0421 986 860.

1100 - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) host a national day of
action to support the recovery of wages stolen from Aboriginal workers. ANTaR NSW stall
at the Hands Off Our Civil Rights Rally, Town Hall, George Street, Sydney. Contact: Christine
Howes 0419 656 277, Gary Highland 0418 476 940.

1100 - Attempts to remove prisoners' rights to vote confronted at the launch of a prisoners'
statement, Offer Of Hope, as part of International Human Rights Day. Contact: Sydney Town
Hall, George Street, Sydney. Brett Collins 0438 705 003.

1115 - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits the Sydney Opera House. Sydney
Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney. Contact: Katie Melrose 0413 307 849.

SPORT
BASKETBALL - NBL 2005 championship -
Round 15 - to December 11 -
2030 (AEDT) - Adelaide v Sydney, Distinctive Homes Dome, Adelaide
2100 (AEDT) - Townsville v Wollongong, Townsville Entertainment Cnt
1940 - Melbourne v Hunter, State Netball & Hockey Centre, Melb
1940 - West Sydney v Perth, Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
BASKETBALL (women's) - WNBL 2005 championship -
Round 11 - to December 11
1930 - Dandenong v Bulleen, Dandenong Basketball Stadium, Vic
CRICKET - ING Cup
TAS v SA, Bellerive Oval
CRICKET - Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series D/N -
3rd ODI - to December 10
New Zealand v Australia, Jade Stadium, Christchurch NZ
CYCLING - to December 10 -
Queensland Summer of Cycling, Chandler/Nerang, Qld
CYCLING - to December 11 -
C'wealth Games Selection Trials & Test Event, Lysterfield, Vic
CYCLING - UCI Track World Cup - to December 11
2nd round, Manchester UK
GOLF - Dunhill Championship - to December 11
Leopard Creek, Mpumalanga, South Africa -
SURFING - 2005 Foster's Mens World Championship Tour -
Rip Curl Pipeline Masters, Banzai Pipeline, Oahu-Hawaii - to December 20
SURFING - 2005 World Championship Tour - Women's -
Billabong Pro, Honolua Bay, Maui-Hawaii - to December 19
GALLOPS -
Rosehill
Sandown
Doomben
Cheltenham
Kembla Grange
Gold Coast
Ascot
Toowoomba
Wagga
Stony Creek
New Zealand
TROTS -
Newcastle
Moonee Valley
Albion Park
Globe Derby
Bunbury
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
The Meadows
Canberra
Cannington

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