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Subscriber only Universities are bending the rules to admit school leavers who bombed out in this year s COVID-19 study chaos. Teenagers who missed out on studying their dream degree due to a low ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) are being urged to take a short bridging course or apply directly for entry. One university is admitting students based on teacher recommendations, rather than ATAR scores, this year. Others are counting community service and work experience towards university entry. Students who copped health or financial curveballs in 2020 can also apply for special entry on equity grounds.
Don t eat too much. Don t drink too much.
And don t talk politics.
My family Xmas bun-fight kicks off this arvo so must remember to heed my own advice.
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Given it s the year that China asserted full control of Hong Kong (23 years into a 50 year agreement), a little focus on the Baluchistan area of Pakistan.
It s become an economic zone (it has natural respurces for export), one handed off to China for exploitation. Now a port is Chinese controlled and is being fenced off from the wider region. A bit like Hong Kong in its 1897-1997 phase.
Formerly the Pakistan government kidnapped local nationalists. Now in Sweden and a few days ago in Canada Baluchi nationalists in exile have drowned.
Budget 2021 will be delivered on Thursday 20 May, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced today. “My focus continues to be on making sure spending is targeted at the areas and people that need it the most. “We will manage the books carefully including ensuring we are getting value for money .
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Morena ki a tatau, Tena tatau i nga kaupapa hauora, E tuitui nei i a tatau i tēnei ata, Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa. When we were re-elected with a clear mandate for change, our Government made three promises: To keep New Zealanders safe from COVID-19 To .
LBW decisions are harder to make in the shortest format of the game
Giving the batsman the benefit of the doubt is the law when it comes to leg before wicket (LBW) decisions, but it turns out the format of the game also has an impact on when that law is applied the most. LBWs are the hardest decisions for umpires to make, and research out of Queensland University of Technology in collaboration with Cricket Australia, published in the November issue of
Psychology of Sport and Exercise journal, found the format of the game plays a role on whether correct decisions are made.
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A massive police presence shadowed the bikies with a police marksman hanging out of a helicopter - as fears of an all out gang war grow in Western Australia.
At the front of the procession was four riders followed by a motorcycle carrying Martin s coffin, which had Australian $100 notes printed all over it.
The coffin-carrying motorcycle was flying the Rebels club battle flag - a US Confederate flag with a cap-wearing skull and a one per cent patch.
Ms Martin speaks at her husband s funeral at the same time that thieves stole $20,000 in cash belonging to her from a safe in a family friend s home in Rockingham