National Newslist for Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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02-10-2009
National Newslist for Tuesday, February 10, 2009
AAP's National Newslist for today (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories
are subject to change. AAP's news editors Joanne Williamson and Nalita Ferraz can be contacted
on 02 93228611/8610.

NATIONAL
BUSHFIRES VIC
- Toll hits 173.

- AAP reporters and photographers will be at Gippsland and Beechworth fires, Whittlesea
staging ground, Kinglake, Healesville and, if possible, Marysville.

- Healesville set to come under direct ember attack from bushfires; expected southerly
winds will make firefighting difficult.

- Police set up taskforce to investigate fires; Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon says
police will pursue anyone who has deliberately lit fires; updates to come.

- Premier John Brumby says communications systems didn't work as well as they should have
during the fires; will sign condolence book before visiting Beechworth.

- Presser at Melbourne's The Alfred hospital burns unit with couple who escaped fire.

- Climate change experts warn severe weather events are likely to occur more often in
Australia as global warming continues; CSIRO experts say royal commission should address
fuel reduction policies.

- Federal Liberal MP Fran Bailey says rebuilding communities will be a mammoth task but
community spirit will see the job through.

- Senior US fire personnel expected to land in Victoria within 48 hours after an SOS call
from the Australian government.

BUSHFIRES NSW
- Cooler southerly change will assist firefighters battling more than 50 fires around
the state; updates to come.

- RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says a well-prepared home is the best place to shelter
from a bushfire front.

FLOODS
- Extent of damage is set to emerge as floodwaters recede in far north Qld town of Ingham;
updates to come.

- Small Business Minister Craig Emerson heads to flood zone to oversee fed govt's response
to the disaster.

- Seeking update on missing boy feared taken by crocodile.

STIMULUS/PARLY
- Senate committee inquiry into federal government economic stimulus package to quiz church,
welfare and housing groups; Senate sits from 1230 AEDT with debate on package.

- Greens say they might reach agreement with govt today on details of package.

- House of Reps sits from 1400 AEDT; debate resumes on legislation.

- Labor caucus meeting.

- Joint coalition parties meeting.

OTHERS
- RBA Governor Glenn Stevens to address conference in Kuala Lumpur (1945 AEDT).

- Aust and East Timor foreign ministers meeting in Canberra.

ENTERTAINMENT
- TV ratings story for premiere of Underbelly 2.

- Interview with the stars of He's Just Not That Into You, Ginnifer Goodwin and Justin
Long. With pix.

COURTS
BRISBANE - Jayant Patel trial continues.

SYDNEY - Accountant, her husband and 10 of her clients to face court charged with 153
offences as part of the ATO's tax evasion and money laundering investigation, Project
Wickenby. Downing Centre Local Court.

SYDNEY - Daniela Beltrame murder trial continues. Father's girlfriend to continue evidence.

Darlinghurst Court 5.

SYDNEY - Angela Liati expected to give evidence at her trial for false statement in relation
to Marcus Einfeld. District Court, John Maddison Tower, Court 18A.

CANBERRA - High Court judgment for man who claims he was tried twice for the same murder.

MELBOURNE - Teenager charged with murder of man in a fight at a football ground at Diggers
Rest. Melbourne Magistrates Court.

MELBOURNE - Jury empanelled later today in trial of female teacher accused of having sex
with a 15yo student.

MELBOURNE - Trial expected to begin later today for 23yo man charged over fatal hit-run
smash in Lygon St.

PERTH - Three men accused of people smuggling offences to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court.

SYDNEY
- Seven people charged over $3.5 million cannabis haul in northern NSW.

- ATM raiders strike again, blowing up a cash machine in Sydney's south.

BRISBANE
- QUT business leaders forum breakfast with Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo.

- ABARE conference in Cairns.

- State Parliament sits.

- Decision expected today on possible 24-hour train strike next week, following crisis
talks between unions and Queensland Rail.

ADELAIDE
- Operation to keep a watch on known and potential arsonists credited with reducing bushfire
risk in SA.

- Libs signal the Murray River will be a key battleground in the 2010 state election;
MPs in three-day visit to SA riverland.

- SA's top school students to get merit awards today.

FINANCE
ECONOMICS NEWS:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses Bank
Negara Malaysia High-Level Conference 2009 on Financial System Complexity and Implications
for the Conduct of Monetary Policy
Sydney - Manpower-Melbourne Institute Employment Report for February
Sydney - National Australia Bank monthly business survey for January
Sydney - Housing Industrial Association affordability report for December quarter

EQUITIES NEWS:
Melbourne - Retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd says it expects to have another strong year despite
an uncertain retail environment, after posting a 40.8 per cent rise first half profit.

Melbourne - Feedstock maker and salt producer Ridley Corporation Ltd has reported a $50
million first half loss, which it says will lead to a loss in annual profit.

Sydney - Telecommunications company Optus has posted flat third quarter net profit of $143 million.

Sydney - Accounting software company Reckon Ltd has reported a 14 per cent increase annual
profit and forecast 50 per cent increase in revenue in the coming year.

Sydney - Cochlear Ltd half year results.

Sydney - Australian Wealth Management Ltd half year results.

Melbourne - IOOF Holdings Ltd first half results.

Melbourne - AWB Ltd annual general meeting.

Brisbane - Australian Agricultural Company Ltd full year results.

Perth - Environmental Management in Mining conference (day 1 of 3).

Perth - Victoria Petroleum NL general meeting.

- Stocks, Dollar, Credit

SPORT
CRICKET
ADELAIDE - Fourth ODI: Australia v New Zealand, Adelaide Oval, 1415.

MELBOURNE - Preview interstate one-dayer: Vic v Qld, MCG.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan senators on Monday demanded that President Asif Ali Zardari sack
the cricket board, branding its officials incapable and accusing them of making a mess
of the national game. (Cricket Pakistan Update)
LONDON - England batting great Geoffrey Boycott has slammed the current side for "spinelessly"

collapsing during their innings-and-23-run first Test defeat against the West Indies in
Jamaica. (Cricket England)

SOCCER
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Preview Australia's key World Cup qualifier against Japan on Wednesday,
sidebars and factbox.

SYDNEY/BRISBANE - A-League news, more on possible FFA action against Qld Roar hardman Danny Tiatto.

LONDON - Chelsea have sacked manager Luiz Felipe Scolari after falling behind in the English
Premier League title race, the club announced here on Monday. (Soccer English Chelsea
Update)
LONDON - Luiz Felipe Scolari, sacked as Chelsea manager here on Monday, paid the price
for failing to live up to the London club's high expectations of success. (Soccer English
Chelsea Backgrounder. See also Soccer English Chelsea Reax)
PARIS - Loaned to AC Milan to resuscitate his football career, David Beckham is perhaps
too busy to write a "Dear John" letter to his American fans, to explain that he wants
out of the Los Angeles Galaxy and that they may have lost him to Italy for good. If Beckham
could put pen to paper, here's what he might say. (Soccer Beckham MLB Sportsfeature)
BERLIN - The German Football League (DFL) have shown a red card to a request by Karlsruhe
defender Dino Drpic and his pin-up wife who want the footballer to wear the suggestive
number 69 on his playing shirt. (Soccer Number)

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - NRL news.

SYDNEY - Sydney Roosters interviews at 0800 training ahead of trial match v St George
Illawarra on Saturday.

AFL
MELBOURNE - Collingwood almost certain to appeal three-match suspension handed to new
skipper Nick Maxwell.

SYDNEY - Sydney'S nine-man leadership group available for interview 1310, new members
are Jude Bolton, Jarrad McVeigh, Nick Malceski and Jarred Moore.

RUGBY
SYDNEY - Australian Super 14 team news ahead of season start on Friday.

LONDON - Former Australia coach Eddie Jones will stand down as director of rugby at Saracens
at the end of the season after just one year of a planned three-season stay, the English
Premiership club said on Monday. (Rugby jones Update)

GOLF
MELBOURNE - Interviews and news ahead of Australian Women's Open at Metropolitan starting Thursday.

MELBOURNE - British Open qualifying tournament at Kingston Heath (36-holes, one day).

SAN DIEGO, California - On the day Tiger Woods usually hoists a trophy at Torrey Pines,
the world's No. 1 golfer was busy with the birth of his first son. (Golf Woods)

CYCLING
BRUSSELS - Australian cycling star Cadel Evans has announced he won't contest the Tour
of Italy as he puts all his focus on winning the Tour de France. (Cycling Evans. Wrap
to come)

BOXING
SYDNEY - Undisputed world champion Vic Darchinyan arrives home from his successful title
defence in California.

SYDNEY - Preview Anthony Mundine fight v Shannon Taylor in Wollongong on Wednesday.

PERTH - Danny Green expected to announce comeback, 1100 AEDT.

BASEBALL
NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez admitted on Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs
from 2001-03, saying he did so because of the pressures of being baseball's highest-paid
player. (Baseball Rodriguez Update)

TENNIS
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - World No.4 Andy Murray continued to criticise the ATP drug
testing system on Monday after he underwent his third test in just over two weeks. (Tennis
ATP)

SYDNEY - Preview racing at Warwick Farm.

MELBOURNE - Preview Wednesday's Sandown races.

BRISBANE - Preview racing at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

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