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Cyberbullying Fast Fact Bird Flu Closures Jayant Patel Arrest Seed Vault Global Tibet Quick Quiz Where in the World? – Papua New Guinea Kokoda Track Fast Fact PNG Kayaker News Limited Education Liftouts Writing Festival Teaser MySpace Designer MIH – Apartheid Vote Young Sprinter – video streaming story www.news.com.au/ttn Ride to School Sport
Cyberbullying
Intro Cyber bullying is a serious and growing problem for teens.It's linked with a range of consequences from obesity, to falling school grades, depression even suicide. One Australian state government has just announced a world-first study into the impact, and potential solutions to this nasty technology trend. Package It can make life at school impossible to bear and may lead to long-term psychological problems. What's worse it's spreading with technology. Cyber bullying is bullying using mobile phones or Internet services like email, chat rooms, and discussion groups. Children between the ages of 11 and 16 are the most likely victims as well as the bullies. Girls are more at risk of becoming a target and at least 15% of students are being affected. The Western Australian Government has just announced a $400 000 study to... MARK McGOWAN – WA Education Minister:" ... try and work out how it's happening, why it's happening, why are young people doing it, and the best way to combat this ah nasty form, vicious form of bullying on other young people."
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The study, headed by Professor Donna Cross, will gather information from around 4000 students, parents and teachers in several States. PROFESSOR DONNA CROSS – child behaviour expert: Bullying peaks immediately after children move to secondary school and we suspect cyber bullying will as well. So we need to talk to as many children who are in Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 because this is when this problem is most prevalent. SIMONE KNOX - reporter: "Experts say cyber bullying is far worse than the traditional forms, because of its anonymity, and it can lead to long term psychological impacts like heightened anxiety and paranoia." Cyber bullies don't confront their victim face to face, so their messages are more aggressive. One recent example sent to a student - "We're watching you - we know your every move - tell anyone about these messages and we get you and your sister." Cyberbullying also can be broadcast repeatedly, and to a much wider audience. PROFESSOR CROSS: "It can go to everybody in the school. It can go to your family, it can go to your boyfriend; these sorts of things make it a much more harmful ah form of bullying we believe." And it can be sent from one mobile to the world. ALEXIS - student: "People ringing their friends let's meet here and watch this fight and someone films it and goes on the Internet." But you CAN hinder cyberbullies: importantly never reply to a bully's message, keep a record of abusive messages including date and time, if they are threatening, contact the police, report the bullying to your phone or Internet service provider and don't suffer in silence- tell someone you trust. Professor Cross says showing young people how to respect technology is better than banning it. PROFESSOR CROSS: "If you take these things away from young people they don't learn how to use them better." The findings of the 5 year study will help develop a National Cyberbullying Intervention Program. Simone Knox reporting for ttn Back to top
Fast Fact
People will send an estimated 2.3 trillion text messages around the world this year.
Bird Flu Closures
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In Hong Kong, all kindergartens and primary schools have been ordered closed for two weeks, amid a new bird-flu outbreak. Authorities are investigating if bird-flu is linked to the deaths of three children this month. The flu season is at its peak and the school closures should limit the spread of the virus. A similar measure was taken during an outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2002, which claimed 300 lives. Back to top
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Jayant Patel Arrest
Doctor Jayant Patel remains in a high security US prison as Australia seeks his extradition to face manslaughter charges in Queensland. He's been charged with 16 offences including three counts of manslaughter related to alleged botched operations he performed at Bundaberg Base Hospital. Back to top
Seed Vault
MATT: "The future of the planet could be inside a unique underground vault. Scott joins me on set now and this vault sounds like a Noah's Ark of plants." SCOTT: "Matt, that's pretty much what it is. Eventually, the vault will hold millions of food seeds from species in countries around the world as a safeguard against a global crop failure." Package The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is situated on a Norwegian island halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The idea is if some kind of future disaster wipes out food-crops around the world then we'll have enough seeds stored away to start again. JOSE MANUEL BAROSSO – President European Commission: "It's a kind of a frozen Garden of Eden. Of course we hope that in most cases it will not be necessary, but you know in life you have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst." The structure, which has been dubbed the Doomsday Vault consists of three secure air conditioned modules two for seeds and the other for offices. It's located at the end of a 125metre tunnel blasted deep in a mountain. The seeds will be stored here at around minus 20 degrees Celsius. But what happens if the electricity running the air conditioning fails? Well that's not a problem here. Permafrost, which is soil that has a temperature of zero degrees or less and thick mountain rock, mean the samples will remain frozen even if the electricity stops. And the site of the vault is extremely stable geologically. There is little tectonic activity or movement in the rock here. The vault has the capacity to store a total of 2.25 BILLION seeds! SCOTT - reporter: "So what happens if we don't need this supply of seeds for 1 000 years? Can they be stored for that long without losing their quality?" Well, according to the experts if they're stored correctly, they can last for a millennium or more. For example, barley can last 2 000 years, wheat for 1 700 years and sorghum around 20 000 years. Jens Stoltenberg – Prime Minister of Norway: "We need to respond to climate change not only through mitigation but also by adapting to its effects." WANGARI MAATHAI – environmentalist: "It's' a great ah demonstration of what international community can do to cooperate ah to work together for the future. And so this is one way in which we can cultivate peace in the world." Three different organisations the Global Crop Diversity Trust, the Norwegian Government and the Nordic Gene Bank will all now be responsible for the future of the Vault. Back to top
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Global
To news back home, a Sydney man's preparing for a tough challenge to save dying children. It's a great effort Matt, that story leads our global headlines. Trent Morrow, a.k.a. "Marathon Man", is training for a two hundred and 50 km run across the Sahara to raise funds for children suffering the disfiguring illness, Noma disease. British army doctors save the life of an Afghan boy with a knife stuck in his head. The blade sits right behind the 10 year old's eye. A 72 carat diamond is up for auction in Hong Kong. Sotheby's expects bidding to reach 14 million dollars. And a tricky rescue for a black Labrador stuck down a drain in Sydney. Fortunately, the mutt is released unharmed. Back to top
Tibet
Thousands of Tibetans have been staging a revolt across the nation and in some Chinese provinces as well. They're seeking independence from China. But Chinese paramilitary police are trying to quash the protests by locking down the streets. It's believed as many has eighty protestors have been killed in the uprising. We'll explain a bit more about Tibet in next week's show. Back to top
Quick Quiz
What's the fastest animal on earth? Answer: b) Peregrine Falconkm/h! a) African Cheetah b) Peregrine Falcon c) Grey Fox] they can reportedly dive from high altitudes at more than 320 Back to top
Where in the World? – Papua New Guinea
Capital: Port Moresby Location: north of Australia, in the Pacific Ocean National flag: black and red with 5 white stars and a golden bird representing a local tribal symbol Highest point: Mount Wilhelm, 4 509 metres Population: 6 250 000 Official languages: Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, English Currency: Papua New Guinean Kina Life expectancy at birth: 56 years Poverty rate: 40% Back to top
Kokoda Track
Intro And Prime Minister Kevin Rudd chose our nearest neighbour for his first overseas State Visit. He was mending fences with Papua New Guinea, after relations soured under the previous government. But tensions remain over Australia's wish to have the Kokoda Track heritage listed.
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Package The red carpet was rolled out for Kevin Rudd's first official state visit, but there was still a distinct local flair - as Papua New Guinea welcomed the Prime Minister. Australian flags reportedly sold out, the frosty relationship between the two countries forgotten as Mr Rudd and PNG's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare turned a new page. SIR MICHAEL SOMARE – PNG Prime Minister: "There was no common understanding that is now water under the bridge. This is a new beginning and a new relationship." Some history though, hasn't been forgotten. The Australian government wants the Kokoda Track added to the World Heritage List. The trail has become a pilgrimage for many Aussies, in remembrance of the battles fought by our soldiers against the Japanese in World War II. But the heritage listing will force a nearby gold and copper mine to shut down. Local landowners are unhappy they could lose hundreds of millions in mining royalties. NAME: BARNABY JACK: "We have been given a really unfair treatment here and we are so disappointed in that." Compensation hasn't been ruled out as talks continue over the trail. A sign of the excitement over Mr Rudd's visit - thousands turned out to welcome him to Goroka in the Eastern Highlands; local students singing their special welcome song. The PM announced thirteen million dollars to help fight HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea. Already 50 000 people here are living with the virus; the number predicted to jump to half a million within 20 years if nothing is done. KEVIN RUDD – prime minister: "We must act on this. It's a common challenge for us all." The promise comes on top of more Australian aid to the nation another twenty-five million dollars to go towards schools, hospitals and policing; cementing PNG as Australia's second highest beneficiary of foreign aid. Brad Hodson reporting for ttn Back to top
Fast Fact
The word papua is derived from a Malay word describing the frizzy Melanesian hair.
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PNG Kayaker
Intro Papua New Guinea is where a Tasmanian school teacher is about to start a kayak adventure. And as Kate Creedon explains he wants students to join his journey. Package Andrew Hughes is not your average school teacher he is also a keen adventurer. His latest expedition will take him right around the coastline of Papua New Guinea - a journey never undertaken before. ANDREW HUGHES - adventurer: "Papua New Guinea holds so much unknown for me personally, that it draws me to go and find out more about it." Andrew will paddle his solo sea-kayak around three- thousand eight- hundred kilometres over a period of about six months.
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ANDREW HUGHES - adventurer: "What sea kayaks do, is they take you right into places you can't get necessarily by walking, you can't get there by roads often, or by aeroplane, you just can't get to remote coastal areas, any better then in sea kayak." The journey begins with a daunting 800 kilometre paddle down Papua New Guinea's remote Fly River; continues along the southern coast to the capital, Port Moresby, then around to the northern border with West Papua. Travelling up to 70 kilometres each day is a physical challenge in itself, but in the rugged PNG environment it'll be extra tough. ANDREW HUGHES - adventurer: "For 800 kilometres I'm basically in a huge swamp environment with very humid conditions, thousands of mosquitoes as I travel down the river I'm entering crocodile, salt water crocodile country." Andrew is no stranger to dangerous adventures. In 2006 he paddled nearly 5 000kilometres from Hobart to Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. This time, in PNG, he wants students to come along but in safety via the Internet. KATE CREEDON - reporter: "Andrew's calling on students around Australia to take the "virtual journey"' with him. His live website will be updated throughout the trip with the aid of satellite internet, a laptop and solar panel. Students in the classroom will be able to log on, find out what's going on and then use resources that are on the website around climate change lessons, risk taking lesson plans and engage with those lessons through the adventure on the website." Andrew hopes to provide students with a real life, real time adventure, when he pushes off in May. ANDREW HUGHES - adventurer: "This for me personally is a massive adventure. The thing I want kids to take out of it, all I really expect student to take out of it, is a little tiny piece of that adventure." Kate Creedon reporting for ttn And you too can track Andrew's journey from the website at www.expeditionclass.com Back to top
News Limited Education Liftouts
The kayak story is also the first of our education liftouts for this week. The Mercury's Learning page features Andrew Hughes adventure and how it can be used in the classroom. The Herald Sun looks at the crucial role of pre-school teachers in starting the education process. While Classmate in The Daily Tele profiles the Impressionist art style and its impact. Back to top
Writing Festival
Intro More and more teenagers are becoming authors, as young people discover the power of writing. Raine O'Connor went to the Somerset celebration of literature, and reports.. writing can be a fun way to make a living.
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Package As children, we all learn to read and write, but as these young people are discovering there's a lot more to literature than just understanding words on a page. INGRID JONACH - author: "I really think that reading is something that everyone should be doing at a young age." DAVID METZENTHEN - author: "I don't think you can adequately explain what it can do for you and how it helps you understand the world and the world outside your own world." ANNETTE - student: "I like it because you can get ideas to writing your own stories." This appreciation of how to use language is producing young authors like Harry, who at age 15, has written his first book. HARRY – young author: "It's about, well two Christmas ago I went to France to visit my grandma and I went with a friend down the bush, like along the creek and I just got ideas for a story so it's about an adventure of a little boy who goes to France. Well I got the idea and I just left it I didn't think of writing it for about six months and then one day I just wrote the first page and from there it turned into a picture book." We all have our reasons for reading - relaxation, learning and entertainment. JOSH: " Because it's fun and you can learn lots of things and the books are interesting." BRIDIE: "There's lots of books you can read and it's really fun!" Today kids today have many more books to choose from, than were available for their parents. SUE LAWSON - author: "We had fantastic Australian authors but not as many as there are now so the children's literature now for Australian kids particularly is fantastic." REBECCA SPARROW – author "You should be reading everyday." RAINE – reporter: "So that will improve our writing skills and our reading skills?" REBECCA: "It will help all aspects of your school work and umm but of course it would help if you were reading ah my books hello! See you later guys." MATT: "That's what we've been doing wrong." The good news for budding young authors is that being a writer can be fun. MORRIS GLEITZMAN - author: "I would have to say the best thing for me is that I get to work in my imagination which is my favourite place to, it's where I go on holidays so the fact that I can actually do my work there as well is wonderful." Indeed, the only limit is your imagination. Raine O'Connor reporting for ttn Back to top
Teaser
What kind of coat can you only put on when it's wet? Answer is... a coat of paint! Back to top
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MySpace Designer
Intro Troubled superstar Britney Spears has a new weapon in her fight back as a singer. A Melbourne teenager has beaten thousands of people from all over the world, for the right to design her Myspace web page. Package Britney Spears has had a turbulent career. But is in the midst of making a come back and thanks to Jordan McGuire she has a sizzling Myspace profile to help. JORDAN MCGUIRE: "They said that it was a bit professional but it was still modern and stuck to the theme of the whole new album." The 15 year old took just 2 hours to develop the concept; Britney's record company choosing the design out of more than 30 thousand entries from around the globe. JORDAN MCGUIRE: "Some of them weren't as high quality as mine. I'm trying to be modest here um... I thought I had a good chance from the start." The self taught computer whiz is now listed as one of Brits top friends. JORDAN MCGUIRE: "They've given me Britney's log on information and I was like wow that's pretty sweet." ANGELINA - reporter: "Jordan hasn't had any personal contact with Britney and he doesn't even know if she's checked out his handy work, but hopes if she does she'll like what she sees." Job offers have already started flowing in including NBA player Shaquille O'Neill who also wants the year ten student on his books. JORDAN MCGUIRE: "It's opened so many doors for me so far, and I'm just happy with that." Angelina Anictomatis reporting for ttn Back to top
MIH – Apartheid Vote
On the 18th of March 1992, South Africa voted for a change in government policy, one of the most important ballots in the country's history. White South Africans help end apartheid and create a multi-racial government. Apartheid is a system of racial separation and it was used to discriminate against black South Africans. The 1992 decision was a landslide victory to change that legislation. One year later, Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on ending apartheid and improving life for all South Africans. Back to top
Young Sprinter
MATT: "The Beijing Olympics are just months away, and one young sprinter already is staking his claim to be on the Aussie team. Jonathan Williams joins me from the sports desk. Jonno, what's the story there?" JONATHAN: "Matt, Otis Gowa is a young Queensland sprinter who was the surprise packet at the Nationals winning the 100 metres final. That victory boosted his chances of a spot on the men's relay team, but it's his journey just to get to the qualifying stage, which is inspiring.
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Package Meet Otis Gowa, a man with a passion for running and a burning desire to qualify for the Olympics. Late last month Otis took massive strides towards achieving his dream when he beat the likes of Matt Shirvington and Patrick Johnson to win the national 100 metres final. RACE VISION: "Gowa over the top. Otis Gowa what an upset." But his journey just to get to that stage has been a rocky one. Two years ago the 23 year old was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps protect the body against disease and infection. OTIS: "It was growing pretty rapidly through my armpits through my neck and the chest, but the thing was that I was so healthy and active that it didn't have an impact on me. I've had 6 cycles of chemo therapy and 3 weeks of radiation and I've grown stronger out of it. You could say it was enough to give you a bit of a wake up call and just have a good outline on things." Otis has now been clear of the cancer for 6 months and his results on the track with coach Darryl Wohlsen have been outstanding too, culminating in the national title; dreams of competing in London in 2012 have fast-tracked to this year's Olympics. DARRYL WOHLSEN: "Our plans were another 2 or 4 years down the track and he's almost knocking on the door. It's now honing his V8 body to produce the goods on the day." But Otis is not packing his bags just yet. Australian selectors didn't pick any individual sprinters. His only hope is in the relay squad. RAELENE BOYLE – Olympic medallist: "They've got a good chance, we know that they're fighters they love a relay they seem to love the team events we might have them there." Two time Olympian and mentor Kyle Vander-Kuyp says Otis is a real chance. KYLE VANDER-KUYP: "The blank canvas is there I believe the possibility is there it's open for him it's up to him to perform I believe in him I think he can he's got the talent he's got the right head." The road to Beijing still has a few twists and turns and possible disappointments, but compared to the journey he's already taken though, it will be a walk in the park. JONATHAN: "And Otis will be among the favourites for Australia's richest short distance running race this weekend - the Stawell Gift. Ok, let's have a look at what else is in the sporting headlines this week." Back to top
Sport
McLaren superstar Lewis Hamilton steers clear of plenty of drama to win the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. It's his fifth victory in just 18 starts. The news is not so good for Aussie Mark Webber lasting only one lap into the race before retiring with suspension problems. To football - the injury curse continues for West Tigers playmaker Benji Marshall. He injures his knee after just four minutes of play against the Dragons. The Tigers go on to win 24 to 16. Brisbane are the other big winners of the weekend thumping Penrith 48 to 12. And Tiger Woods equals Ben Hogan's 64 U.S. PGA tour victories with a win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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JONATHAN: "Matt another busy week in sport ahead. The AFL season gets underway Thursday night with the grand final rematch between Geelong and Port Adelaide and former West Coast captain Chris Judd plays his first premiership game for Carlton when they meet Richmond at the MCG." MATT: "Looking forward to that, thanks Jonno." Back to top
Ride to School
There was plenty of student pedal power through the week. In a national first students across Australia took part in "ride to school day" and everyone was getting in on the act; the event showing off the benefits of leaving the car at home. HARRY BARBER – Bicycle Victoria: "Riding to school it should be supported by everyone, who is stuck in traffic everyone who is worried about their kids not getting enough exercise, people who are worried about the planet." Organisers hope students will get themselves to school more often. Back to top
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