Ludwick Kampukia, or the ‘GEDSI man’ as he is sometimes referred to, has been a champion of the Gender Equality Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) program at the Palmalmal Secondary School in Pomio District of East New Britain Province. The GEDSI program is a component of a PGK3.5million grant from the Australian Government to build new infrastructure at Palmalmal Secondary School that aims to make schools gender inclusive, providing education opportunities for both boys and girls. As the Deputy Principal, Mr Kampukia is grateful that the program continues to impact the lives of his students and communities around the secondary…
Author: Paula David
Despite having home ground advantage, a more settled line-up and history on their side, last year’s Wally Lewis Medal winner Pat Carrigan said there was no chance of complacency thwarting the Maroons in their quest to wrap up this year’s series on Wednesday. Queensland head to Suncorp Stadium as favourites to go two-nil up to make their trip to Sydney a dead rubber match, but Carrigan said the team – guided by the coaching staff – were taking a ‘nil-all’ mindset into the match. “Their team is stacked,” Carrigan said of the Blues. “It is a really good side and they…
In incredible scenes at Campbelltown Sports Stadium Alex Twal finally broke his try scoring drought but Storm speedster Will Warbrick spoiled the party, running in four tries to lead Melbourne to a 28-6 win on Saturday night. With new halves pairing Jahrome Hughes and Jonah Pezet calling the shots and rallying the troops, Melbourne went back-to-back at Campbelltown, despite missing three of their Origin superstars in Cameron Munster, Harry Grant and Xavier Coates. While the Tigers were able to stay in the contest for majority of the match, with makeshift halves-pairing Brandon Wakeham and Starford To’a struggling to link up…
The Eels made light work of the Sea Eagles in a 34-4 victory on Saturday night to pick up their fourth win in a row and continue their mid-season resurgence. As the club celebrated the 40-year anniversary of their 1983 Grand Final win over Manly, the current day Eels produced a dominant first half showing which saw them run in four tries, all of which were converted by Clint Gutherson, to establish a 24-4 lead. Brad Arthur’s men owned possession of the ball for most of the match and in the end Manly had just 37 percent of the Steeden,…
Xavier Coates was so starstruck the first time he was called into Maroons camp for his Origin debut in 2020, he spent the first day introducing himself to his favourite players. Six Origin appearances later, Coates might no longer be the awestruck kid he once was, but said he was just as excited to be called back in for a potential series victory, saying it felt like he was pulling the Queensland jersey on for the first time again. With Selwyn Cobbo ruled out with a hip-pointer injury he re-aggravated during Brisbane’s win against the Knights, Coates got the call-up…
The SP PNG Hunters are back for another home game completing a run of 4 straight home games at the Santos National Football Stadium this Saturday, 17th June when they host the Souths Logan Magpies in Round 14 of the QRL Hostplus Cup at 3pm. It’s been a promising block of games for the proud PNG-based club, having fallen agonizingly short to the improving Northern Pride in Round 11 before making light work of the Tweed Seagulls and Western Clydesdales in the last fortnight. The advantage of a growing home crowd has not been lost on the club, and they…
The first group of workers from Papua New Guinea to be employed in Australia’s aged care sector under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme has arrived in regional Queensland. The eight workers from PNG provinces including Western Highlands, New Ireland and Morobe will be employed by Southern Cross Care at aged care facilities at Chinchilla, Murgon, and Taroom in Southeast Queensland, where local aged care staff have been hard to find. The Albanese Government is continuing to build a skilled aged care workforce so that older people in Australia can receive high quality, safe care. More than 600 PALM…
NSW centre Latrell Mitchell has been ruled out of Origin II after succumbing to the calf injury that forced him to miss last month’s season opener at Adelaide Oval. Bulldogs centreMatt Burton has again been called into the squad as 18th man, with Stephen Crichton replacing Mitchell at left centre, as he did in Origin I. Mitchell was on a limited training program but did not complete Wednesday’s session and a decision was made to call up Crichton. Sharks prop Royce Hunt faces an extended period on the sideline after rupturing his syndesmosis in a tackle that resulted in Storm prop Christian Welch receiving a one-match…
Responding to emergencies 24-7 is of top priority for the Saint John Ambulance (SJA) team, but when dealing with unnecessary hiccups along the way can cause damages and loss of money which can be used to help patients. A SJA crew was stoned at 2mile in the Moresby-South Electorate when the crew was heading to an emergency around 7pm on Monday 12th of June. The ambulance was responding with lights and sirens to attend to a patient from a fall from height incident. Ambulances have lights and sirens on when it is a critical life-threatening priority one case. It was…
Primary and Elementary Schools in Rabaul district will now be implementing 5 important plans to guide them after the successful launching yesterday at Pilapila Primary School. The documents launched included the School Learning Improvement Plan (SLIP), Standard Base Curriculum (SBC) Benchmark Exam and Behavioural Management Policy. Additionally, the Disaster Risk Management Plan and the Board of Management Constitution. When addressing the students and teachers during the launching, Senior Provincial Advisor for primary schools Mr Wartovo Kilala said that Rabaul district is the first in the province to launch its school plans. “Teachers and students, these are five important documents to…