Greg & Andrew both beat me to blogging this. 

The Australian Partner Readiness site has three SQL2008 sessions listed:

• SQL 2008 for Developers
• SQL 2008 BI - JumpStart
• SQL 2008 : IT PRO Admin : 1 Day JumpStart

Also check these out from Andy's blog:

• Application Platform & Windows Server 2008: 1 Day JumpStart
• BizTalk RFID Services
• Microsoft Deployment Airlift (Including SoftGrid, VISTA and Windows Server 2008)
• MOSS : Developer Intensive
• Office Communication Server & Unified Comms
• PerformancePoint Server 2007
• System Center : Virtual Machines Manager , Configuration Manager, Data Protection Manager
• Updating your Application Platform Technology Skills to Windows Server 2008
• Visual Studio 2008 Upgrade
• VSTS Upgrade to 2008
• Windows Server 2008 : 1 Day JumpStart for Developers
• Windows Server 2008 : IT Pro

There are sessions in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide (not all events are in all cities)

Andrew has also posted the following recently:

• There's now a VSTO v3 Team Blog
• Another Aussie Success Story - Elcom's gone all 2008 on us
• More VSTS2008 Virtual Images on MSDN
• SQL Server 2008 Certification Live Meeting (APAC Friendly Time)