FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 23

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2011
FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 23

GOOD MORNING NEWS EDITORS AND CHIEFS OF STAFF.

Here is AAP's preliminary news diary for Friday Dec 23 (not for publication). This
is a guide only and stories, local times and locations are subject to change. In some
cases times and locations may not be available. Story coverage is subject to staffing.

TOP STORIES
BOAT - Reaction to the Federal Govt decision to re-open Nauru as an offshore processing
centre for asylum seekers.

COURTS
ADELAIDE - Two people appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with murder.

OTHER NEWS
CANBERRA
- No items listed
SYDNEY
- No items listed
MELBOURNE
- Seven-month-old Sten Christmas's first encounter with Santa at Melbourne's Royal Children's
Hospital

BRISBANE
- Outwatching severe weather developing in far north Australia
- Seeking update on investigation into how a five-year-old boy fell from the Sunlander train

ADELAIDE
- Checking on Christmas retail trading and expectations for post-Christmas sales
- Road toll updates as required

PERTH

HOBART

No items listed.

DARWIN
- outwatching possibble cyclone off NT coast

MEDICAL

No items listed.

INTERNATIONAL

No items listed.

ENTERTAINMENT

No items listed.

FINANCE
ECONOMICS:

No items listed.

EQUITIES:

Financial markets close early - ASX closes at 1430 AEDT

SPORT

CRICKET

MELBOURNE - News from Australian and Indian camps ahead of first Test starting on Boxing Day

SYDNEY - BBL: Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers, Sydney Olympic Park 1900



SOCCER

A-League

WELLINGTON - Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets, Westpac Stadium, 1730AEDT

MELBOURNE - Melbourne Heart v Melbourne Victory, AAMI Park, 1930

PERTH - Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners, nib Stadium 2200AEDT

Follow-up to Sydney FC v Adelaide United



SAILING

SYDNEY - Wrap of news in lead-up to the Sydney to Hobart yacht race



RACING

BRISBANE - Preview of Saturday's Lough Neagh Stakes meeting at Doomben

SYDNEY - Preview of Saturday's Christmas Eve meeting at Canterbury.

MELBOURNE - Preview of Saturday's Sandown meeting.

SYDNEY - Preview of the Summer Cup meeting at Rosehill on Boxing Day.

MELBOURNE - Preview of Monday's Caulfield meeting.



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