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Muddy madness

By ROGER BARTLETT

Competition on the mud rally track began at 11am and the first few runs were blinders as the course was still in MUD, exhaust smoke, revving engines and appreciative a good condition and the pools of mud were not as deep spectators under a perfect blue sky made for a memorable as later rounds. Each entrant had two heats with the top 10 rounds NPA Mud Rally and Pig Hunt competition on Saturday, eligible for a final run later in the day. March 3. As it turned out the heavy going severely wore down Hunters had an early start, setting out before dawn with their crew and dogs and the first official weigh in the vehicles and no reliable vehicles were available for was around lunch time by the ‘Just Boil Em Gang’ led the men’s finals. The top runs from the heats provided the winning by Fred Williams. The weight of 41kg held good until around 3.30pm placegetters on count back. There were three women’s when a second pig despatched by the ‘Brothers’ team teams who managed final rounds. While there were many runs that ended in the Yusia lead by Charlie Bond took over at 56kg. A third pig was unofficially weighed in after the Earth Moving loader being called out to tow the vehicle home. competition had ended at a weight of more than 70kg.

One truck lost a tyre in the initial 360 degree slide pit. Everyone, competitors and spectators, had a safe and fun day and went home a bit grubby. The NPA Regional Council events management team organised the day, using the staff and resources of the NPA Regional Council, NPA Rural Fire Brigade and State Emergency Services and supported by the Queensland Ambulance Service and the Queensland Police. The event was an alcohol and drug-free event. Prizes were supported by the entry fees and donated by Seaswift, Cape PCYC, IBIS Bamaga, NPA Menshed, NPA Earthmoving, Bamaga Dreamtime, Cape York Ice and Tackle, Resort Bamaga, Bamaga Tavern and Seisia Hire Cars.

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Paramedics peddling a good cause By MARK ROY PARAMEDICS and ambulance officers perform difficult and often dangerous tasks in their daily roles in the service of our our community. In 2009, the ever-present dangers of the job were brought home with tragic force when a Thursday Island-based paramedic fell 16 metres onto the deck of a ship during a chopper rescue operation west of Horn Island. Described by those who know him as a ‘gentle giant’, fatherof-three Jamie Jackway was left a quadraplegic after the horrific accident. Despite his condition, Jamie is positive and proactive, and donates his free time to volunteer work with disabled youths. He is currently working on the construction of his new home, to be fitted out with modifications to accommodate his wheelchair and to help make life more comfortable for his family. And Rosie McEachern, former officer-in-charge of TI’s ambo station, is keen to lend a hand, as part of a cycling marathon to raise funds for Jamie.

Former TI ambo Rosie McEachern (second from right) with Grant Culic, Tamara Nicol, Jo Selby and Amy Craike preparing for a cycling marathon next week to raise funds for paramedic Jamie Jackway, tragically injured in a chopper rescue west of Horn Island in 2009. Rosie, now an ambulance educator with the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), spoke to the Torres News during a training visit to Thursday Island last week. “Every year since the accident, a group of us have chosen to do a major fundraising event to raise funds for Jamie and his lifestyle requirements,” Rosie said. “Some of the previous events have been walking the Kokoda train in PNG, the Australian Ironman

event, and now for 2012, it’s a ride from Cairns to Townsville by bicycle over three days.” Rosie and 10 other riders are leaving Cairns on March 22, to arrive in Townsville on March 24 for a weekend of sporting fundraiser events. Another former officer-incharge at TI station, Jane Kitson, is joining the ride, while another group is riding from Brisbane to Townsville.

It’s will be a tough slog for the riders, who have been “training seriously” since November last year. “The majority in the team have never ridden that distance before in their life,” Rosie acknowledged. “Our goal is to raise over $20,000 this year - and we are halfway there.” Rosie spent three years on Thursday Island as a flight paramedic for QAS. “Terry and I chose to leave the Torres Strait in November, 2009, when I was six months pregnant with Riley, to live back in our home town of Cairns,” she said. “Towards the end of my time on TI, as officer-in-charge of TI station, I chose not to perform helicopter winch rescues due to being pregnant and the risks associated with aerial medivac rescues.” On November 9, a rescue call came in from a merchant ship inbound to Australia from Singapore, 132km west of TI, with a patient requiring medivac to hospital. “When the call came in, and it was determined that a winch rescue was required, I declined the winch with our communications

centre and Jamie offered to take my place on the helicopter,” Rosie recalls. “Because of the decision made that day, I am a fully functioning advanced care paramedic with a beautiful baby girl - now two years old - and a carefree life in North Queensland. “Jamie is not. An intelligent, jovial, social, family man, he is now wheelchair-bound as a quadraplegic supporting a wife and three children, as a result of that unfortunate day.” Rosie said it would be “absolutely fantastic” if businesses or individuals in the Torres Strait could donate to her team’s fundraising ride. “He is an important inspiration in my life and a constant reminder of how lucky I am, as well being a close friend whom I keep in contact with regularly,” she said. If you would like to sponsor a rider, or donate to the cause, please visit the website at www.mycause.com.au/mycause/raise_money/fundraise. php?id=49525. You can also follow the link from the Torres News Facebook page.

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Convoy to hip-hop Cleaning up on TI Easter its way around the island THE Queensland Ambulance Service, Queensland Police Service, and the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service are coordinating an Easter Convoy on Thursday Island to hand out goodies to the kids on Thursday Island. TI Police cross cultural liason officer Jane Tanswell said police, firies and ambos will be handing out goodies and information. “We are looking at handing out bags with Emergency Services information and Easter eggs and poppers to 500- kids around the island. We are planning on attending the school assemblies the previous week to inform the kids and also putting up flyers around town.” THE DETAILS- Operation Hip Hop will be held on Satuday March 24 at 2pm is the Easter Convoy. Commencing at Star of the Sea and finishing at Anzac Park stopping in each suburb after the sirens sound, including a visit to the hospital and women’s shelter. It is sponsored by Queensland Blue Light and Rotary.

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Think A&R... We’ll take you far! Michelle, Damien, Marika, Zane, Fred, Parri, Kelli, John and Charlie ready to take on the beaches. YOU might notice a change for the better next time you walk on the beaches on Thursday Island. On Sunday, March 4, around 150 volunteers took part in Clean Up Australia Day. Armed with gloves and plastic bags, the participants hauled in mounds of litter, including car batteries, cigarette packets, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, driftnets, car tyres, thongs, styrofoam, an old television set and a high chair. Organised by the TI Rotary Club, the clean-up effort targeted Grassy Hill, Federal Beach, Bach Beach, Cook’s Landing, the Tamwoy foreshore and Sadie’s Beach. The volunteers, assembled to Anzac Park before heading out to tidy up TI’s beautiful beaches and tourist attractions.

A number of youngsters, including 63 students from Kaziw Meta College and 36 students from Canon Boggo Pilot Hostel, lent their seemingly boundless energy to the project before enjoying a sausage sizzle in the park. Tagai State College executive principal Judy Ketchell said she was proud of the students’ efforts. “The students did a great job and they really enjoyed it,” Ms Ketchell said. Michelle Reichmuller, one of 10 Rotarians from Thursday Island who organised the massive tidy-up, said the day had been a great success. “We collected literally hundreds of bags of rubbish, which the council can now pick up,” Ms Reichmuller said.

If not Campbell then who? By MARK BOUSEN LNP candidate for the seat of Cook David Kempton says he has no knowledge of any contingency plan about who would be the Queensland Premier should Leader Campbell Newman get defeated in the seat of Ashgrove and the LNP win this month’s State election. “I don’t know of any contingency plan; I haven’t spoken to anyone about it. “My sole focus is for the Bligh Government to be defeated and me being elected in the seat of Cook and putting an end to Jason O’Brien as the Member. “I will represent Cook like it’s never been represented before.” Mr Kempton was responding to questions from the Torres News about who would be the likely Premier should there be a change of Government and Campbell Newman is defeated. Polling last week in Ashgrove found Mr Newman trailing his ALP opponent and sitting Member Kate Jones by 50.7 per cent to 49.3 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. This is the first time Mr Newman has been behind Ms Jones in the polls.

Mr Newman told a media conference last week that, if he lost Ashgrove, the LNP would not win government. State-wide polling has the LNP comfortably placed to win the election. Mr Kempton said Mr Newman would win Ashgrove and would become the new State Premier. “This is a hypothetical, what-if situation. That will cause only more confusion. “What if Anna Bligh got hit by a bus tomorrow? What would happen? “I don’t know of any contingency plan; I just want to get rid of the Bligh Government and Jason O’Brien who has done nothing worthwhile in Cook.” Speaking at an International Women’s Day breakfast on Thursday Island on March 8, Mr O’Brien said the LNP needed to answer the question. “Campbell Newman looks like he is not going to win his seat of Ashgrove,” Mr O’Brien said. “The question that needs to be asked is: ‘who will be leader if the LNP wins government? “Will it be Jeff Seeney? Or will they try to parachute Newman into another seat? “On our side of politics we are

united behind one strong leader in Anna Bligh and we are relishing the task of focusing on the issues that matter to people: education, health and jobs.” Mr Kempton rejected my assertions that the voters were entitled to know who would be the alternate Premier should Mr Newman not be elected in an LNP victory. Mr Kempton said he had campaigned extensively in the Torres Strait. “This is the first time I’ve been asked this question. If I had an answer, I’d give it to you. “But I don’t know what will happen. “I’m not aware of any Plan B, and I’m not conversant with any contingency plan. “My biggest interest is winning the seat. “I’m not going to speculate about what might or might not happen. “The election is a democratic process, and the Party has a democratic process which would elect a new leader should one be needed. “But it won’t be needed, Campbell Newman will be the next Premier, and Cook will have a new Member to serve them and their needs,” Mr Kempton said.

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Greg Woodbridge of Bill’s Marine and Cr Kenny Bedford with the ‘start up’ Yamaha 40hp outboard motor. A LOCAL commercial fishing initiative rolling out at Erub is intended to make a big difference in local finfish catch rates. This is the idea behind delivering start-up packages, comprising a brand new 40hp Yamaha outboard motor and all required safety gear, up-front, to 10 members of the Erub community.

The primary requirements by local applicants to be considered for this opportunity is that they have a seaworthy vessel, a preparedness to fish commercially to the Erub community freezer and agree to undertake locally-based training in the area of commercial fishing and small business management. Cr Kenny Bedford said the project was part of a plan at Erub to increase the participation and efficiency of local fishers in the finfish industry, mostly targeting coral trout and spanish mackerel, but also other reef fish species. “By increasing access to the resources out there, we expect this will reflect an increase in the amount of product coming through our local freezer,” Cr Bedford said. “Not only do individuals and families benefit, but the community as well, through the added sustainability of our freezer.” Ten members of the community were selected through a transparent process open to and voted by the Members of the Erub Fisheries Management Association, he said. The individuals awarded the start-up packages have at least 12 months to pay back the cost of the equipment without any added interest.

“During this pay-back period the fisher is expected to supply to the Erub freezer facility,” Cr Bedford said. “This provides a genuine opportunity for any person who wants to enter the fishery without having to make a relatively large investment up front. “This is usually the biggest hurdle for those wanting to enter any commercial fishery themselves, and there are a lot of unused dinghies on our shore.” The perpetual fund is the result of a successful proposal from Erub community to the Torres Strait Finfish Quota Fund, currently managed by the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA). There are also components of this initial Erub project to assist current fishers wanting to access loans greater than $20,000 at the TSRA as well as support opportunities in the area of repair, maintenance and upgrade for commercial fishing of current vessels in the community. This particular project has been generously supported by Bill’s Marine and Yamaha as well as Seaswift Pty Ltd. There are plans underway by the Erub Fisheries Management Association to apply for further funds and relevant agency support to complement this project with tailored, commercial fishing training.

Drug-resistant TB on the rise in Daru hospital By NELLIE SETEPANO PNG POST-COURIER SINCE multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was reported in the Western Province in 2008, 38 cases have been confirmed from Daru Hospital. A recent report said 29 patients had started treatment on second-line drugs since October 2009, which is 76 per cent of the total number of cases. The report states that nine patients died while on treatment. According to World Vision International’s TB Advocacy Communication and Community manager Sian White, 45 per cent or 13 patients died while on treatment. Ms White said the extremely high number of patients reflected the threat MDR-TB poses to communities. She said many patients died while waiting for a diagnosis. MDR-TB can only be diagnosed by sputum culture, a process that takes about two months.

“Unfortunately this process cannot be performed in PNG and so all cultures are undertaken in Queensland, Australia, a process which can even take longer,” Ms White said. “For this reason many already sick patients die before they receive MDR treatment.” She said the Western Provincial Government, AusAID, the National TB Program and World Vision were partnering together to develop a TB support program for Western Province. “Already big advances have been made. TB treatment supporters have been trained in Daru and help supervise patients taking their treatment every day,” she said. New facilities are also being built in Daru to improve the care available in the hospital. The Western Provincial Government is providing small monetary incentives to community members dedicated to curing patients. Elsewhere in the country this remains a voluntary role.

Two more TB clinics for outer islands THE Federal Government is funding two further clinics to treat Papua New Guinean nationals with tuberculosis at clinics on Boigu and Saibai. However it has confirmed it is committed to its ‘offshore processing’ approach to treating the disease, and is transferring infected patients back to PNG. The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing says it still needs to clarify the exact number of patients to be transferred to the PNG side of Australia’s international border. Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas said Australia’s approach was in line with the World Health Organisation’s recommendations for the treatment of TB in the patient’s local area. The move was aimed at effectively treating TB in the South Fly District, rather than treating only those patients who travel to Australia, she said. Meanwhile the government is funding two additional handover clinics in the Torres Strait at a cost of $200,000. It is understood patients will be transferred to an interim TB ward built by AusAID workers, who are struggling to bring clinical services at PNG’s Daru Hospital up to standard.

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State funds Trainee for Bamaga among new QBuild intake upgrade for NPARC facilities PATRICK Newman from Bamaga will undertake a traineeship in construction work as part of this year’s intake of QBuild apprentices and trainees. Announcing the intake last week, Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said Patrick was among 100 new apprentices and trainees taking up a position with QBuild this year. Of the 100 apprentices and trainees in this year’s intake, 19 are indigenous, and eight are women. “The QBuild apprenticeship scheme is an investment in not only the future of Queensland’s building industry but also an investment in the future of Queenslanders,” Mr O’Brien said. QBuild, the State Government’s con-

struction and maintenance organisation, is one of the largest employers of construction and engineering industry apprentices in Queensland. “More than 4800 applications were received for the QBuild apprentice intake this year - which goes to show just how sought after these positions are by aspiring tradespeople in Queensland,” he said. Speaking at an induction in the Brisbane CBD for 35 apprentices and trainees from Brisbane on Thursday, Minister for Government Services and Building Industry Simon Finn said all apprentices and trainees would begin their careers with a similar three day intensive induction. “The induction covers safety training and the provision of work-related equipment

before they start on site,” Mr Finn said. “It’s anticipated that these eager apprentices and trainees will be on work sites from mid this week.” Mr Finn said the Bligh Government was pleased to be able to provide such an exciting career opportunity for someone such as Patrick, as well as the other new QBuild apprentices and trainees. “The skills these apprentices and trainees gain during their QBuild apprenticeships will provide them with life-long trade skills, which will translate to exciting career prospects in the building and construction industry,” he said. QBuild provides uniforms, footwear, protective equipment and tools of trade as required.

Member for Cook Jason O’Brien discusses the upgrade to communications systems with NPARC deputy chief executive Danny Sebasio. THE Northern Peninsula Regional Council (NPARC) is to refurbish its workplace facilities with a $1.2 million grant from the state government. The council received the funding last week, along with $430,000 to improve council and emergency communication systems. NPARC chief executive Stuart Duncan said while the funding from the state government was very welcome, further funding was necessary to bring the Councils infrastructure up to a suitable standard. “Councils are under immense pressure to comply with Workplace Health and Safety legislation,” Mr Duncan said. “That includes building fire and access codes, and more generally, to present an acceptable work environment for the employees, including ergonomic work-stations.” The grant will be used to improve communal council facilities such as office buildings, workshops and cultural centres as well as staff accommodation. “Council inherited a group of buildings in urgent need of repair, with considerable damage caused by the poor installation of ducted air-conditioning systems that have severely damaged internal roof structures,” Mr Duncan said. Many council facilities are used to base community events, groups and forums, which means the benefits of this grant will be felt throughout the greater community. Member for Cook Jason O’Brien visited the communities last week to announce the grant approval and met with NPARC deputy chief executive Danny Sebasio to tour some of the facilities that are to be upgraded as a part of the project. “After visiting the offices at Injinoo I know that it is in need of repairs,” Mr O’Brien said. “We know in this part of Queensland that we are exposed to the elements and that over time these facilities have run-down.” “We have got to make sure the staff living conditions are ideal, if we are to continue bringing staff in,” Mr Sebasio said. “This grant won’t be covering the construction of any new homes, but it will allow us to improve and protect the assets we already have.” The grant money will also cover an upgrade to the council UHF radio network, which will provide increased workforce safety and provide a robust mobile communication system during disaster recovery events. “We are looking forward to improving the communication systems, it’s sometimes hard to get hold of the boys when they are out and about,” Mr. Sebasio said, “this will help us to create a more effective and safer workplace, as well as improve our disaster and emergency services.” Torres News

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Torres Strait Marine Safety Program hits TI “This is stuff that many of them hadn’t seen or considered before now, and they will be safer out on the water now they’ve gained this knowledge,” - David McIlwain

THE Torres Strait Marine Safety Program took a break from the outer islands recently to deliver a Torres Strait Boatsafe - Recreational Marine Driver’s Licence course on Thursday Island. This was the first public course to be held on the island for many months, so the team was geared up for a good turn out. The officers from Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ), TAFE and Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said they were thrilled with the community response. YOUR CARING PARTY SPECIALISTS AMSA’s Adrian Davidson said the • All Occasions course was about more than just getting a boat licence. • Themed Parties “This course, which ran over a weekend, wasn’t just a licensing course, but also • Party/Cake Decorations covered all aspects of boating safety, and it was tailored to address the most common Fax (07) 4051 0381 weather and sea conditions of Torres Strait,” Showgrounds Shopping Centre, Cairns Mr Davidson said. Email: cairns@partyshop.com.au “A dinghy licence was just one of the Website: www.partyshop.com.au Our suppliers will be here so come get yourself a bargain! rewards for successful students, as on this occasion, Maritime Safety Queensland also Thursday generously provided a free lifejacket, as well Island as fully subsidising the cost of successful Servicing the students’ licence application fees.” Torres Strait & Outer Islands The course proved extremely popular with almost 40 students enrolling on the Saturday morning. TAFE Trainer David McIlwain said he was especially happy to see the students arrive in such big numbers. “Everyone got to experience first hand a range of theory and practical exercises surrounding ship safety, stability, engine 91 Douglas Street • Ph: 4069 1548

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Students practising newly acquired navigation skills. repair and maintenance, basic navigation and emergency procedures. “This is stuff that many of them hadn’t seen or considered before now, and they will be safer out on the water now they’ve gained this knowledge,” Mr McIlwain said. It was particularly satisfying for the instructors to see the groups working together, with many of the Torres Strait students sharing their experiences and knowledge with participants who grew

up down south and hadn’t had that type of exposure. “We try and draw on the personal experiences of instructors and students to demonstrate the importance of boating safety in Torres Strait,” Mr McIllwain said. The Marine Safety Program team will be running more courses on Thursday Island and the outer islands throughout the year. Keep your eyes on the Torres News and local notice boards for details.

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Elaine Gamia gets her blood pressure checked by health worker June Bann at the PKA Hall last week. IF you are aged 15 to 25 there has never the draw to win an iPod touch. been a better time to have a health Last Tuesday afternoon, March 6, checkup. the place was humming with activitiy, This month, until March 22, with plenty of young people, cool Queensland Health are offering free water, and cool music as well. gifts for young adults who come to the “Young people don’t like to go to Port Kennedy Association Hall for a clinics, they like to go somewhere simple health checkup. relaxed, which is why we are running And while this can help you stay these outreach clinics,” a Queensland healthy, and help with early detection Health officer explained. “It’s quick, there are no nosey quesof health problems, it can also help the tions, and if people bring three friends health of your wallet. Queensland Health is offering along in the 15 to 25 age group they people within the age bracket a free get another voucher for free.” $20 Telstra phone credit voucher, or a The checkups run from 10am to $20 voucher for IBIS stores. 6pm from Monday to Friday at the Everyone who comes along to PKA Hall, Douglas Street, Thursday participate in the health check goes into Island until March 22. Page 6 Torres News

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Thursday Island recognises local heroes CELEBRATIONS were held last week to recognise the unsung heroes of Queensland communities: foster and kinship carers. On Thursday Island, Mura Kosker Sorority and the Department of Communities hosted a Family Fun Day at the Port Kennedy Association Hall on Saturday, March 3. Mura Kosker’s children and family services support worker Karen Keane said the event was part of Foster and Kinship Carer Week, which runs from March 4-10. “We managed to keep the kids entertained for the whole three hours with activities and a free sausage sizzle,” Ms Keane said. “There was a dance competition with prizes for the best mum dancer, the best dad dancer, and best boy and girl dancers, plus a craft table, an information table, and activities including pillowcase-making with fabric markers and paint, as well as face painting and play dough.” She said the celebration provided locals with an opportunity to acknowledge the dedication and devotion of the carers who look after Queensland’s most vulnerable children and young people. “The day’s highlight for us was bringing families and communities together,” Ms Keane said. “It was a way of recognising carers and the work they do, and thanking them for what they do. “Foster and kinship carers provide a great benefit to the community, because it means children are not taken out of their community, and can grow up with their

so many dedicated people who open their hearts and homes to children in need.” He said one of the many highlights of the week included the 13th annual Foster and Kinship Carer Excellence Awards, held at Parliament House in Brisbane on March 5 to award those carers who had made extraordinary contributions to children and young people in their care. Ms Keane thanked the local businesses who donated prizes for the Family Fun Day. “A big eso to CR and P Jones, TI Hardware and TI Bulk Meats,” she said.

Helen Halford and Karen Keane get ready to present prizes to winners of the dance competition at the Family Fun Day. cultural beliefs and practices. “Each year the Bligh Government funds “It means we are not sending them down Foster and Kinship Carer Week to highlight south, where they would lose that.” the important role carers play in providing a Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said this bright future for at risk children. year’s theme ‘celebrating carers, fostering “As a result of their selfless contribution futures’ encompassed what the week was to society, more than 8000 children and all about. young people have a safe and loving place to “Foster and kinship carers form the live so they can reach their full potential. backbone of the child protection system “Each and every day, carers make an and give at-risk children and their families extraordinary difference where it counts the a second chance,” Mr O’Brien said. most, and this community is lucky to have

Special delivery for airborne baby IT was a case of history repeating itself on board the Rescue 700 chopper last month. In 2008, a mother delivered a baby on board the emergency helicopter over the Torres Strait. And just two weeks ago, a paramedic and a midwife were on hand to assist in yet another early-morning midair birth. But not only was it the same helicopter - it was the same mother! Basau Warupa, from the coastal Papua New Guinea village of Sigabaduru, gave birth to her latest baby at cruising height and between Beka reef

and Gabba Island. On April 5, 2008, paramedic Rosie McEachern delivered the first of the flying mum’s airborne babies while in flight 1200 metres above sea level over Moa. Basau named that little girl “Rosie” in honour of the TI paramedic. The first birth occurred at 6.26am, during a routine medical transfer operation travelling between Saibai and Thursday Island Hospital. Then at 8.28am on Monday, February 27, the 23-year-old mum was at it again! Rescue crewman Benjamin

Darlington says the second birth occurred again while en route from Saibai. “At approximately 0530 hours on the 27th of February, Rescue 700 was tasked to fly a paramedic and midwife to Saibai Island to assess a pregnant PNG woman at the Island’s primary health care centre. “At 0814 Rescue 700 departed Saibai Island. As it climbed to its cruising height of 4000 feet, the situation quickly escalated and it became apparent that a midair birth was imminent. “At 0828, while established

at cruising height and between Beka reef and Gabba Island, midwife Laura Griggs and paramedic Dean Carroll successfully delivered the baby.” He said since January 2008, the Queensland Health chopper had conducted more than 2000 missions, including search and rescue, medical and police tasks, with only two midair births - both to Basau Warupa. “The chopper now has twin decals to mark the event,” Benjamin says. “Not quite as cool as those found on the side of World War II fighter aircraft - but still pretty special.”

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Big ‘thank you’ from LNP policy a return to mission days The following points are in response to LNP if there was abuse of hunting or misbehaviour, Maximus’ family Kempton’s call for me to come clean with my the responsibility to correct and discipline must

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Mon 12. Hash House Harriers 6pm Tue 13. Bingo, Bamaga Tavern 6.30pm Tue 13. Zumba ﬁtness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin entry 7pm Tue 13. Esplanade walk/Circuit classes, Seisia Hall 5pm Wed 14. Futsal (indoor soccer) Torres Shire Sports Complex 6pm Wed 14. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island 6.30 - 9pm Thu 15. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Fri 16. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Ilan Cafe 7am, 4069 1531 Fri 16. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Fri 16. Music by the pool, Jardine Motel 7pm Sat 17. St Patrick’s Day Sat 17. Twilight Markets, Victoria Parade Foreshore, 6 - 9pm 4069 1663 Mon 19. Wis Wei Yupla Health asthma clinic, Horn Primary Health Care Centre, 3.30pm - 5pm Mon 19 - Thu 22. Wis Wei Yupla Health asthma clinic, TI Primary Health Care Centre, 8.30am - 3pm Tue 20. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Shire Chambers 9am Tue 20. Wis Wei Yupla Health asthma clinic, TI Primary Health Care Centre, 3.30pm - 5pm Wed 21. Harmony Day Wed 21. Wis Wei Yupla Health asthma clinic, Bamaga Primary Health Care Centre, 3.30pm - 5pm Wed 21. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island 6.30-9pm Thu 22. Wis Wei Yupla Health asthma, clinic TI Primary Health Care Centre, 3.30pm - 5pm

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 OPINION / LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It is now four months since my daughter and grandson Carrie McGrath and Maximus returned to home sweet home. It has certainly been a long and hard journey for all of us. We don’t have a huge immediate family, so the load has been really great, however we have made it with the tremendous support, love, good wishes, generous donations of money and time, prayers, kind words from so many many people. With regard to the liver transplant, whatever could go wrong did go wrong. The first liver transplantation did not take as the liver just did not work, and we were very very lucky to have a second chance as another liver became available. The Liver Co-Ordination Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and dedicated and skilled surgeons and staff throughout the different stages (Max spent four weeks in ICU for example) were responsible for the success of the second transplantation. I only spent two weeks there out of the four whilst Max was in ICU and it was really hard seeing the children in that ward going through all their traumas and their worried parents. I continually struggled to keep a dry eye as your heart tends to go out to all those children as you pass them all every day. Throughout the five-six week period that Max was in hospital we only knew of one child who passed from a long illness, so the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane was definitely the place to be with our needs. Max has to now look after his health and continue to have blood tests to monitor different levels for the rest of his life, however it is far better than no life at all. Our family continues to remind Max and we continue to be ever mindful ourselves of all the support we have received. Port Kennedy Association has been on board since Max was three months old in agreeing to coordinate the first fundraiser and administer the funds that were raised. Over nine years Max had to ‘live under his blue lights’ - the bulbs ended up costing about $39 a bulb and with a bank of 24 bulbs requiring a change approximately every four months that ended up at almost costing $1000 a change which became expensive. Our second lot of fundraising came from Port Kennedy Association with the assistance of members, family and friends and Peter Geagea and the swimmers at the pool doing long laps with quite a lot of money raised, also the raffle donations and a family friend Mary Mills who decided to take it upon herself and raise funds at her kiosk. With the combination of the fund raising, support, love prayers, etc etc how could we not make it through? Max attended the Kelvin Grove Junior School and again had so much support there with the teachers and other children. Also, when they first moved to Brisbane, they stayed for a time at the Ronald McDonald house which also offered great support. Now that they are home, they actually miss Brisbane sometimes. I would like to take this opportunity through your paper to extend my family’s sincere and heartfelt gratitude and thanks for everything to the Torres Strait community and our friends and family far and wide for without you all, I cannot begin think of what would have happened to us. Love you all, Carol Thompson

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‘real agenda’ in relation to turtle and dugong protection. 1. Batzke’s agenda: My agenda is real clear regarding this particular issue - it is about protecting and preventing the LNP from implementing a policy that will violate the sovereign rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in practising and maintaining customs, lore/laws and traditions in hunting and gathering. 2. Kempton’s article was posted on February 8 and I withdrew as candidate for Cairns Regional Council on February 7. His condescending comment stating I have “tried for many years to enter politics” displays ignorance on his behalf. Kempton is unaware over the past 20 years I have held several State and Territory ministerial positions on advisory bodies, councils and a former ATSIC Regional Council Chairperson. The desire to enter into mainstream politics was a natural transition which began with the 2010 Federal Elections. 3. My ongoing advocacy role on this particular issue has never wavered over the past two years. Indigenous rights and issues once again was used in a political conservation ball game by the LNP in the 2010 Federal elections. LNP where vocal in calling the ALP Government hypocrites when calling for Japanese whaling for research purposes to cease when nothing was being done about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were hunting dugong and turtles. 4. Yes during the 2010 Federal elections, I publicly supported the development of community-driven self-imposed moratoriums on hunting for a period of time by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. I also stated in 2010

also be undertaken by each community and not interfered with by a government-imposed blanket ban. 5. The current LNP Policy to amend the Animal Protection Act 1991 and seeking federal changes to the Native Title Act were agendas driven by a person residing in Cairns. LNP agreed to the arguments presented by this person known as ‘dugongman’ calling for changes to Animal Protection Action 1991 hence we now have LNP Policy No. 27. 6. LNP policy “aimed at preventing brutality and cruelty and illegal trade in meat products from these protected animals” denies traditional owner groups and their communities the right to deal with abuse in their own communities. LNP Cairns Candidate is calling for a ban on reefs near high tourist areas off Cairns, yet Kempton lacks the intelligence to discern current policy they [LNP Can Do Newman] are fixated on implementing will have an adverse affect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander hunting and gathering rights both on land and sea. LNP’s paternalistic mission manager mentality to implement a blanket ban blatantly ignores and fails to acknowledge the role individual Traditional Owner groups have in their communities. In reality government-imposed restrictions, bans and policies such as the proposed LNP Policy are no different to restrictions placed on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the 1940s. Question we must ask ourselves: If LNP is voted in are we going to see Australia’s Mission Manager days return? Yodie Batzke Community advocate, Cairns

‘Rhetorical rot’ on vote preferences It is with laughable interest I hear the LNP’s constant spin that a vote for Katter’s Australian Party is a vote for Labor or a wasted vote? This of course is pure rhetorical rot when common-sense tells us a vote for Katter’s Australian Party is a vote for a Katter’s Australian Party MP. What the LNP are not telling us is that if we vote for Katter’s Australian Party they will be held to account. They will be kept honest there will be no more back door deals with CSG and mining companies on prime agricultural land. That’s why they don’t want the Australian Party in parliament. Both the LNP and Labor are selling off our States last assets, increasing costs to us. Allowing our prime Agricultural land to be sold out to foreign investors who extract our precious metals.

Given they provide employment to a small minority but the true profits are sent offshore. There is now talk of allowing foreign workers to be flown in to take Australian jobs in our mining sector, as always just simply selling us out. Could Katter do any worse managing the State? I doubt it. The party hasn’t sold its soul to the oil and CSG industry like Labor and the LNP has. Finally we have a choice for our sugar farmers to branch into ethanol with a sustainable future yet the government doesn’t seem to care. If its not in the SEQld corner then it doesn’t exist, look at our roads that are kept in pristine condition by our government. Even better look at the $84 Billion Qlders are going to owe next year thanks to the governments fiscal management. My advice to the readers

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is to give Katter’s Party the chance they deserve. If they fail us then we have the right to throw them out in 3 years, but what I do know is Bob Katter is our last hope to turn our State and Country around, a true Australian with a vision for change. Katter is a Man with conviction trying his best to give our children a future, if we all don’t make this c h a n g e r i g h t n o w, o u r Children will witness our state and Nation not owning a single thing within 10 years and that is a fact. Our children will point the finger at us and ask why we allowed this to happen. Its time for something new, not the same old vitriol that keeps getting thrust onto us all. Keep them honest. Vote for Queensland, Vote the Australian Party. Mark Molachino Aitkenvale

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 OPINION / LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Queensland state election – March 24, 2012

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Healthy record on service delivery: O’Brien Christine Giles’ questions in last week’s Torres News deserve answers (‘Setting the record straight on Queensland Health’, page 8, Torres News, March 7, 2012). She should, however, look in the mirror and ask them rather than directing them at me. As the former District Director she had direct responsibility for the delivery of the matters she raises.

My responsibility is to come up with funding and take action if promises are not being kept. I am now confident we have the leadership at a district level to get the job done. The new clinic at Saibai is indeed being funded by the federal Labor Government. New clinics have also been built under

my watch at Warraber, Darnley, Mabiuag, and Yam. The renal unit at Bamaga Hospital is operational. I am proud of my record of delivering services and infrastructure to the people of the NPA and Torres Strait, but of course there is always more work to be done. Jason O’Brien MP Member for Cook

Drover’s dog versus greenies on World Heritage Last weekend’s meeting of the Cape York Sustainability group, and many Cape locals at Laura, according to news reports, was unhappy about the dismal future the locals face with Wild Rivers, National Heritage, World Heritage, national parks and greenies. What amazes me is that everyone including the drover’s dog has known about this for at least 18 years yet they leave it to a month before an election to go public about it. I can remember, since 1980s, Cook electorate people going to meetings on the Peninsula about the CYPLUS-based (Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy)

agreements made between the Labor Government, greenies and all landowners, like the Heads of Agreement document the Cattleman’s Union walked away from after signing. I can remember Mareebabased Senator Len Harris producing papers about World Heritage warning people to act on it 10 years ago. I can remember Sen Harris going to meetings everywhere on the Peninsula with Eileen Nixon of the Cattleman’s Union and then Agforce to discuss this proposed international land grab. In the 90s Agforce and the Liberal and National Parties regarded the Peninsula as being expendable, having the

naive belief they could cast the Peninsula adrift then the greenies and the ALP would leave the rest of the state alone. I can remember former Queensland Liberal leader Bob Quinn marching down Queen St in Brisbane with a bunch of bedraggled greenies protesting plans to mine silica sand and other minerals on Cape York Peninsula, demanding the Cape be protected. So now the LNP has finally found a voice about it? The proposal has been on the table for 18 years, and I have seen the old maps showing a complete blanket over the Peninsula for World Heritage listing. Hello? A brochure put out by Kat-

ters Australian Party candidate Lachlan Bensted last October warned about World Heritage and Wild Rivers listing. Bob Katter also has warned about these listings. I can remember all of these events, because I used to be a farmer at Lakeland, and watched all of this happening around me knowing it needed a political remedy. Mr Campbell Newman, your ignorance of the Cook electorate leads me to doubt you even know where Cape York Peninsula is located in Queensland. Your convenient policies are the same as the ALP! Alan Webb Mareeba

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Let’s keep going fishing: Bensted Going down the river or the beach or even up to Tinaroo Dam is one of the best ways you can have a day out. We have been fishing for hundreds if not thousands of years and we need to keep doing it. However as we know it is getting harder, more expensive and in some cases has nearly gone out of some family activities. The current Labor government is hell bent on having little camera drones flying around the east coast just waiting to catch someone in a “green” zone. The fact is, they are forever more chasing the green vote by allocating large areas of the Coral Sea to be locked up and never to be fished again. Katter’s Australian Party is a party for the everyday families who are sick to death of being dictated to from the South East. We want our kids off the computers and into boats, instead of having a joystick, they will be holding an ‘ugly stick’ and instead of moving a mouse around they should be flicking lures. Our fishing policies support all of our recreational fishers of who contribute to 1 in 4 Queenslanders across the state. We will be implementing restocking agencies, redirect the funding that has been going into the green agenda regimes, construct artificial reefs and re-invigorate the interests of recreational fishing once more. Lachlan Bensted Katter’s Australian Party Candidate for Cook

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Tagai Student Leaders Kubin Campus ŽŶƟŶƵŝŶŐ ŽŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŽƵƌ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌ ^ƉĞĐŝĂů ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ <ƵďŝŶ ĂŵƉƵƐ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐ͕ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞĚ ďĞůŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĂŵƉƵƐ DŝĐŬ ůůĂŶ͕ dĞĂĐŚĞƌ ŝĚĞ &ƌĞĚ :ŽĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ ĂŶ &ĂƌƌĂǁĞůů͘ <ƵďŝŶ ĂŵƉƵƐ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ͗ Bozie Savage, Douglas Tomsana, Danuta Tomsana, Allan Kaitap, Malcolm Kaitap, Naseli Gaidan, Gideon Baira, Barry DĂŝƟĞ͕ WĞƌĐǇ DĂŝƟĞ ĂŶĚ :ĞŶĂ ŝůůǇ͘ ƉŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ ĂƵ ŽĨ DĂůƵ <ŝǇĂǇ ĂŵƉƵƐ͕ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŶĂŵĞ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůǇ ƉƵďůŝƐŚĞĚ ůĂƐƚ ǁĞĞŬ͘ ůŝǌĂďĞƚŚ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ sŝĐĞ ĂƉƚĂŝŶƐ ĨŽƌ DĂůƵ <ŝǇĂǇ ĂŵƉƵƐ͘

Tagai Indigenous Teachers Workshop dĂŐĂŝ͛Ɛ /ŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĂƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĂƵŐƵƌĂů dĂŐĂŝ /ŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ tŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ƚŽ ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ϭϲƚŚͲϭϴƚŚ DĂƌĐŚ ϮϬϭϮ͘ dǁĞŶƚǇͲƐŝǆ /ŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐŽŶŐƌĞŐĂƟŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝŶůĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ ůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͕ ǆƉůŝĐŝƚ dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ^ĐŚŽŽůͲtŝĚĞ WŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĞŚĂǀŝŽƵƌ͕ ĂŶ /ŶĚŝŐĞŶŽƵƐ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ƌŽůĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶǇ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŚŽƚ ƚŽƉŝĐƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ŐŝǀĞ ŽƵƌ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚǇ ƚŽ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĨĂĐĞͲƚŽͲĨĂĐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ Ͳ ŶŽƚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞǇ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ǀĞƌǇ ŽŌĞŶ͘ tĞ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŚĞŵ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ĨŽƌ Ă ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĞŶũŽǇĂďůĞ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ Page 10 Torres News

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Queensland state election – March 24, 2012

Jim Evans One Nation

MY name is Jim Evans, I am married to my wonderful wife Tonia and have 2 children who have both nearly completed their education and my older four children are now adults and upstanding citizens in their communities. After growing up on a Dairy Farm in Victoria, I took a job with shell and became Depot manager. I also worked for Nestle Foods and was Office manager and Production Programmer for them before becoming a partner in a very large

Piggery operation, which was a very successful venture. After selling that business I moved to Far North Queensland where I firstly managed a motel, before taking up a position with the National Parks in Chillagoe as a National Park Ranger and Guide in tourism at the Chillagoe Caves. I then took various jobs including marble Quarrying, Chillagoe Limeworks, and I took on the administration for the major contractor at a

large open cut Gold mine just out of Chillagoe. I gained tickets to drive Cranes, Loaders etc. which I still hold today. Tonia and I then went into private enterprise, initially with the Chillagoe Museum and then we took over the Chillagoe Post Office. This we combined with the Tourist information Centre at the Chillagoe Hub about ten years ago. I have lived and worked in the Electorate of Cook for more than 30 years.

Lachlan Bensted Katter’s Australian Party

AS a very proud local resident in the Cook electorate, I am fortunate to be the Katter’s Australian Party candidate for Cook and to be part of a party that has enshrined in it’s core values and principles the right for members to put their electorate first. This is unique and separates us from all other parties and is a basic right that has been lost in today’s current political environment. Our policies are really the words that you, Bob Katter and I have spoken for many years. Issues like not selling our state assets, firearm laws and protecting our small business owners and farmers

are just some of the common sense policies that we will be immediately implementing. We will restore the right for first Australians to own their own home, business and land (free hold title deeds). No longer will we be dictated to from the South East. I do not have to toe the party line at the expenses of the people of Cook. De-amalgamation, future funding for our hospitals, opposing world heritage and Wild Rivers and red tape every corner we turn are just some of the issues that I and Katter’s Australian Party will be championing in Parliament.

In the Cape we have a huge opportunity to see economic development in industries that have been locked away by successive governments. Timber, Silica sand, Fishing, Mining are on our door step but only if we have a member of Parliament who is able to allow these industries to succeed. I can always put Cook first. My ability to put my electorate first means that many of the major issues in Cook can be fixed or will never happen. No longer will we be known as the forgotten North if I have your blessing to be your member in Parliament.

George Riley The Greens

Meet the candidates for Cook

GEORGE was born in Cairns in 1964. His mother’s dreaming is Djabugay from Kuranda, and his father’s dreaming is Kuku Mulurudji from Mount Carbine country. He has five children. He has been involved in community development projects, for example at Mona Mona, as well as networking numerous groups with

the aim of bridging the Bama and mainstream communities. He has been involved in Permaculture-Cairns, TransitionTowns-Cairns, and Recharge Kuranda projects, activities and workshops, and working for the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC). George has studied Visual Arts at Deakin University, Geelong, Cultural and Natural

Resource Management also at Deakin University, Social Welfare at Preston TAFE College, Melbourne (where he lived for 7 years), Biblical Studies at Mamarapha Bible College, Perth, and has a Certificate in Youth Mentoring (Ingham). George is also an artist and has sold numerous paintings in Kuranda and Cairns.

MOBILE POLLING DATES AND TIMES A mobile polling team will be visiting your local community to help you have your say in the State election, if you’re enrolled to vote. Here’s where they’ll

By JASON BRIGGS

be and when.

Monday, March 19, 2012

ST PAULS BADU ISLAND DAUAN ISLAND STEPHEN ISLAND HAMMOND ISLAND

9.30 AM – 11.30 AM 9.30 AM – 1.00 PM 1.15 PM – 2.15 PM 3.30 PM – 4.15 PM 3.45 PM – 4.45 PM

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

BOIGU ISLAND MURRAY ISLAND SAIBAI ISLAND COCONUT ISLAND

9.30 AM – 11.30 AM 10AM – 1.30 PM 12.30 PM – 2.30 PM 3.15 PM – 4.30 PM

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

KUBIN WARRABER ISLAND MABUIAG ISLAND YAM ISLAND

9.00 AM – 10.30 AM 9.00 AM – 10.30 AM 11.30 AM – 2.00 PM 12.00 PM – 2.00 PM

Thursday, March 22, 2012

YORKE ISLAND NEW MAPOON DARNLEY ISLAND SEISIA UMAGICO

9.30 AM – 11.30 AM 10.00 AM – 11.30 AM 1.00 PM – 3.00 PM 1.00 PM – 2.00 PM 3.00 PM – 4.30 PM

Friday, March 23, 2012

INJINOO

9.30 AM – 12.30 PM

On Saturday, March 24, 2012 there will be Polling Booths at the following locations: Bamaga

Northern Peninsula Area College, Bamaga

Horn Island

Nurapai Kazil Centre, 30 Nawie St, Horn Island

Tamwoy Town

Tagai State College Secondary Campus, Tamwoy Town

Thursday Island

Port Kennedy Hall, Douglas St, Thursday Island

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Election time

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As we’ve now entered the official Queensland State Election period for a poll date of March 24, 2012, it is now the best time to ask the candidates questions on their views or their party’s position on issues that are important to the electorate. Because of the peculiar condition known as; selective hearing, or we ‘misinterpreted’ a promise that was given by a candidate before an election (that doesn’t have the same importance, priority or relevance after the election), it’s vitally important to get clear answers on issues affecting you, your family or community before the polling day. A good gauge of trustworthiness is to see how committed a candidate is to the delivery of local services, social and welfare benefits and what they’ll do once they gain power. That way, you’ll see the level of their commitment on the issues you care about, ultimately determining which candidate is worthy of your precious vote. Most of the Cape York Peninsula and all of the Torres Strait region is within the Queensland state seat of Cook. The candidates are: the sitting member Mr Jason O’Brien ALP; Mr David Kempton of the LNP; Lachlan Bensted Australian Party; James Evans One Nation; and George Riley (Greens). Elections at both a state and federal level have often shown no candidate is ever completely assured of a certain victory. Even more so today with the choice for Qld voters to give or not give preferences. So in short, the Seat of Cook is up for grabs and hopefully will go the best candidate who will ensure the elector’s voice of the Torres Strait & Cape York regions are heard and acted upon in our Queensland State Parliament. Millions have been cut from Torres Strait regional budget. The last three years has seen some important state government decisions directly affect the people of the Torres Strait. One decision in particular that caught my eye and made me nearly choke on my Weeties, is that a massive gutting of the region’s budget. The considerable amount stripped is no small change and it means that millions of taxpayer dollars will never see the light of day in the Torres Strait for the foreseeable future. You have a snowball’s hope in hell of gaining more regional autonomy, if you don’t have the funds to finance it. Just one of these millions would improve the hospital, medical centres, buildings, schools and roads - just imagine the full amount’s potential

David Kempton LNP

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I HAVE a lifetime of experience to bring to Cook as a lawyer, small business operator and grazier. I raised my 2 girls in Cooktown. If elected the LNP will attack Qld $85 billion debt and the loss of our AAA credit rating debt by cutting waste and growing agriculture tourism construction and mining. (even after $17b asset sales and in a resources boom we are paying over $600,000 per hr in interest). I will support foreshore improvement plans for Cooktown I have said no to Wild Rivers and blanket World Heritage Listing on the Cape. The LNP will manage the environment with land owners looking after their own country and being rewarded with stewardship, secure tenure and rangers positions.

The LNP will restore the decision making process to the people of the towns communities and islands and will make bureaucrats accountable. DERM will be broken down into manageable departments. As Australians all indigenous people will have an option for freehold home ownership not government leases. I will be fighting to remove Alcohol Management Plans and will work with towns and communities to find better solutions. The LNP will increase police on the beat to make our towns safe. I support the south of Embley expansion of Rio Tinto without excessive red and green tape while ensuring protection of the environment. I will work with Rio and Government to resolve

the land and housing shortage in Weipa and the impact of Sherger on the town. The LNP will provide better health services and will reinstate local health boards. An LNP will double the allowances under the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme. I will be relentless in my pursuit of our share of available funding from both Federal and State resources to improved infrastructure in Cook. I have already received supporting visits from State and Federal Shadow ministers during the campaign and I have impressed on them the neglect that Cook has suffered under 20 years of Labor. If elected I guarantee I will represent Cook in Brisbane. I have the experience and will to stand up and fight for a fair go for us all here in Cook.

Jason O’Brien Queensland Labor

Queensland state election – March 24, 2012

AS the member for one of the largest electorates in Queensland, Jason O’Brien knows what it takes to be an effective, hard-working representative. Before being elected to Parliament in 2004, he was a Cairns City Councillor and previously a research officer to the former member, Steve Bredhauer. At various times Jason has worked as an electrician, taxi driver, administrator and bar manager. He was educated at Saint Augustines

College in Cairns and James Cook University where he was awarded the prestigious Convocation Medal in 1993. Jason understands that people want the Government to focus on providing infrastructure and services, especially in the areas of health, education, transport and housing. He strongly believes that Queenslanders have a unique lifestyle in a superb environment and is committed to the preservation and enhancement

of our natural areas. Jason wants to see a Queensland; where the environment is protected and valued, that is reconciled with its indigenous peoples, where economic growth is sustainable and assists local people, and where access to justice is readily available. Jason is involved in a number of community organisations, with a particular focus on youth services, and referees A-Grade Rugby League.

Law Society call for action on mental health

THE Queensland Law Society is calling for the major political parties to commit to better treatment of people in the criminal justice system who suffer mental health issues. In a State election issues paper, the Society highlighted the need for programs to identify mental health issues early in a case so that the underlying causes of a person’s offending behaviour can be addressed.

is question time folks to harp on about this but I like many people concerned for the region, we are still recovering from this massive blow to regional, economic and social autonomy (a goal that has been delayed for who knows how many years). Because, if you cannot manage your local economy or don’t have the finances, you really don’t have a snowball’s hope in hell of ever being taken seriously when you argue for more regional autonomy or decision making power over government services and the wider creation of local laws. No amount of table thumping, finger pointing, blaming or chest beating is going to remotely change this outcome; no matter how indignant or outraged anyone may feel about this economic and cultural travesty. Many government services are the lifeblood of many indigenous communities, in particular the work for the dole such as CDEP programs, and these were massively cut leading to exponential unemployment figures. This means many people have already or will need to leave the region or the islands in particular, to look for work; this in turn means the number of many families that would have been raised in their islander communities observing and continuing cultural practices will gradually become less and less as the years pass by. If steps aren’t taken soon, the children of these families will gradually see the Torres Strait region; the homeland of their heritage as a burgeoning barren wasteland that has no jobs and little or no opportunities. When people leave en masse from an area; the government sector jobs will correspondingly decrease as well and private industry and business investment follows soon after. The Australian landscape is littered with many examples of promising areas, regions and towns that once held promise as economic powerhouses that today are nothing more than dustbowls occupied by dilapidated buildings with squeaky hinges and the odd windblown tumbleweeds rolling down the dusty main street. Maybe this is an exaggeration to illustrate a point, but like many people in the region, I’m neither an economist nor a mathematician, but you don’t have to be one; to know what burdensome regulation and massive reduction of state money adds up to i.e. economic pain, departure of jobs, migration southward and further reliance on frustrating government dictates and edicts. Increasingly, we live in an age where more and more People are thinking for themselves and want Government to be their Servant and not their Master. To further illustrate a point; our family business has received many calls from across the TS from families who are afraid for their family’s economic future, the diminishment of cultural practices, the cuts to CDEP, government services and programs in health, education, skills and employment. Many islander families are asserting they have a right to carve out an economic future in their area. More people are thinking for themselves and now want to be in control of their family’s futures, they want government to be their servant and not their master. The Torres Strait Crayfish Industry alone is worth an estimated $20M+ a year. Continues page 14 >>

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JIM EVANS

CANDIDATE FOR COOK

ONE NATION POLICIES 1. De-amalgamate shires 2. Abolish Wild Rivers Legislation 3. Not allow World Heritage listing for the Cape 4. Against Year 7 kids attending boarding school

Authorised by Ian Nelson, 1a Johns Lane, Beenleigh, Qld, 4207.

DEDICATED TO THE

TORRES STRAIT & NPA  $40 million TI Chronic Disease Health Unit  Better boating pontoons, jetties  Big funding for Tagai College, Education  Support for self determination and protection of your traditional rights  More houses on the way

Mobile Polling next week! For more information call 1800 816 264

JASON O'BRIEN MP - your Local Member Authorised by: W. Allison 29 Coulthard Cl. Newell Bch QLD 4873

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Election time is o Cyclone question time >> From page 13 Based on the last figures, the Crayfishing industry in the Torres Strait region was conservatively worth $20 Million Dollars a year (it’s probably much higher). This is one area that government can now assist islander families to regain economic control by making it less stringent and less obstructionist to gain fishing licences and the finance to purchase capital equipment of ships, dories, hooker gear and other essential items to package store and freeze or transport the product to viable markets. Government needs to work with Family Businesses to support their economic livelihoods. Families across the strait, are often frustrated with the bureaucratic red tape they encounter when they seek licences, qualifications and finance to buy the necessary capital equipment. As we found last year and was subsequently reported in the mainstream media; Indigenous Business Australia broke a record last year when figures showed they distributed less loans last financial year than in many years previous. Although this is a federal organisation, the state government could look at complimentary avenues for low interest finance and focus on building the necessary components of an economy like the increasing value in small business, local seafood industries, tourism and the essential training and skilling associated with these businesses. We have found a Willingness in Government to help. The state government needs to recognise the difficulties often encountered in the region to accessing capital. However, it can assist with training and skilling of local people as we found when Fisheries accepted and signed off on our proposal for funding the training of crews on one of our client’s ships i.e. The Seafari. The steps towards developing commercial fishing businesses for families - is going to take support. It is important to see people get trained in real jobs that contribute to an economy increasing their value and their own self-worth. We have often seen that when self-esteem rises and with a person’s economic future, this in turn increases a person’s happiness which means more happier families which often translates into healthier and more stable communities. Many Women who manage Family Budgets are concerned for their Family’s future. Many women, in particular who manage family budgets and are the foundation of many homes, cultural activity and the community spirit are making up most of the calls and enquiries concerned for their family’s future. We have encountered ridiculous obstructions and red tape from bureaucracies, their language is archaic - limiting business and training opportunities. Yes, we agree the policy is in place to ensure entrepreneurial & economic control for local TSI people (which is what the government says it’s there for- but the bureaucrats make this an almost crushing burden for many people who want to do what they do best, catch and deliver seafood products from the sea). Given the licence reforms and the considerable livelihood the sea has for local families, we need to look at reform to improve service to clients. If real economic growth and development is to be taken seriously in the Torres Strait, streamlining services, creating policy in accordance with reality and cutting red tape are fundamental and necessary steps for reform; in order to give local families a greater say over their economic futures. Jason is the Principal Lawyer for Jason A Briggs Lawyers in Cairns. Page 14 Torres News

14 - 20 March 2012

DID you know - Cape York is as big as Great Britain. Yes, yes, heard it all before, so what? Well, personally, I don’t trust stuff like that. Has anyone actually done the measurements? Mmh now we have the internet, it should be possible... Yes, anyone can do the comparison now. Just call up a map of Cape York and overlay a map of Great Britain (ask your grandchild to help, if you can’t manage it yourself). Want to know what you get? It’s really very interesting. At the top, where they have John o’Groats, we have The Tip, or as it is now officially known, The Recycling and Waste Transfer Station. Great Britain is governed and controlled by London, a large city in its remote, south-eastern corner. Rather like Queensland and Brisbane, in fact. Cape York is different. If you look for London on our composite map, you’ll find it hiding under Mount Garnet. What about our other towns? Well, Norwich and Cairns are in

Feeding time at the Cape York Zoo

about the same place. Mount Molloy is in the wastes of East Anglia. Musgrave twins with Carlisle, and Weipa, on the west coast of Scotland, is the perfect place to catch a ferry for the Hebrides. And Cooktown? You’re not going to believe this, but Cooktown sits right next to Whitby - Captain Cook’s home port. Isn’t that spooky? OK, I believe you. Cape York is as big as Great Britain. A slight difference in population, of course (18,000 souls versus 59 million), but think of all the advantages we get. We’re rich! We don’t have to live on top of each like Europeans do. We have unlimited resources. We can grow far more food than we could possibly eat. If we can chew our way through a cow or two for breakfast, we have a warm tropical sea lapping our coast that can give us a bath tub of fresh fish for supper. We’re not only rich, we’re free as well. Except... except... there’s always an ‘except’, isn’t there? I’m afraid our only problem is that we’re

too stupid to run our own lives. We have to rely on people down south to tell us what to do, and that makes for problems. They might be smart people but they don’t have the first idea of what it is like to live up here. So instead of fresh steak, we dine on factory-made pies from Down South. We are not permitted to buy fresh fish at the wharf. Fresh vegetables from the rich soils of the Cape are a pipe-dream. We have to eat tasteless supermarket food instead. Instead of working for a living and keeping our money up here, we rely on Government handouts for all sorts of things. Unfortunately, who pays the piper call the tune, and the tune we are dancing to is the Government’s, not ours. They want to run the place as the Cape York Zoo. We could fight it, or we could take the money and relax. Personally, I think I’ll open another beer and put my feet up. Soon someone will tell me what to do next.

Lift grog bans: Kempton By MARK ROY GROG bans in the Northern Peninsula area may become a thing of the past if Campbell Newman’s party takes office after the March 24 election. LNP candidate for Cook David Kempton said if elected, the LNP would “start consultation immediately” with communities to lift the grog restrictions. However he said removing the bans would take some time. “We are not going to just walk in and get rid of alcohol restrictions,” Mr Kempton said. “Management of alcohol is an issue that will take time to review.” Injinoo, New Mapoon, Seisia, Bamaga, Umagico are among 19 communities across Queensland where Alcohol Management Plans are in place. The possession and carriage of alcohol is restricted in the NPA, whether it be in a vehicle, boat or aircraft, and regardless of the number of passengers. In other remote communities it is banned completely, with heavy fines applying in all cases. Mr Kempton said the restrictions were “making criminals of innocent people”. “Young adults are now having to sneak off and binge drink, because they don’t have the opportunity to drink as part of the social norm in their communities,” Mr Kempton said. “Right across these communities I am hearing the management plans are not working. “There needs to be management within the community through accords with alcohol suppliers. This is working in places like Weipa and Horn Island.” Alcohol Management Plans were introduced in 2002 after Cape York Partnerships published a report into substance abuse. Cape York Partnerships and Apunipima Cape York Health Council proposed an inquiry into the problem of alcohol in Cape York communities. A study by Justice Tony Fitzgerald then prompted the Queensland Government to introduce the legislation. Last week, LNP leader Campbell Newman said he

now wanted to get rid of the laws, which he described as a “temporary band-aid”. “Why is it that an Aboriginal worker cannot come home to a home they own and have a beer on their front porch and watch the TV news with their family?” Mr Newman said. He said the plans had served their purpose as a “circuit breaker” to violence, but it was time to move on. However he said Alcohol Management Plans would “probably” not be scrapped during his first term in an LNP government. Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said the LNP policy position was no different from that of the State Government. “If you look closely at their position, they are saying they will not wind back the alcohol management laws in their first term,” Mr O’Brien said. “It is not as if the Labor government intends to have these bans in place forever. “We are constantly monitoring the situation and we are working in consultation with remote Indigenous communities.” Premier Anna Bligh said children would suffer if an LNP government wound back the bans, saying they had changed lives for the better. “It would be very, very disturbing if Campbell Newman winds back our alcohol management laws in remote Aboriginal communities,’’ she said in Toowoomba last week. She said the laws had seen school attendance increase, alcohol-fuelled violence decrease and major assaults drop in indigenous communities. “If Campbell Newman is winding them back, people should be shaking their heads in wonder,” she said. Ms Bligh said indigenous children in remote communities lived with alcohol-associated violence levels 10 to 20 times higher than other parts of Australia. “These children are Queenslanders and they are entitled to the same chances in life as every other Queensland child and that is what we are offering them,’’ she said.

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY - Thursday Island

PHOTOS MARK ROY

Ishmael, Leslie and Lewis with a ghost net retrieved from Sadie’s Beach.

Josaiah Saylor with an old tyre from Sadie’s Beach.

Dellis, Maleta, Anita, Caroline, Rebecca, Tanisha and Diana are proud of their work at Sadie’s Beach.

The Kaziw Meta College boys.

Sario, Edna, Bridget, Pelista and Edna Junior working at Bach Beach.

Riley Baira with a piece of oyster-encrusted styrofoam from Sadie’s Beach.

Ben Mills lending a hand to clean up Bach Beach.

Dellis, Malita and Caroline take a break at Sadie’s Beach.

Rhonda, Molly, Tanya and Ethel at Sadie’s Beach. Torres News

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THURSDAY 15

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can We Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Restoration Home 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 River Cottage: Everyday: Lunch 6:55 Election Announcement: ALP 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 The Straits: In an attempt to win Kitty back, Harry ends his relationship with Natasha, thereby scuttling plans to get Noel out of prison. Meanwhile, Lola realises that Harry remembers everything and comes to beg his forgiveness. 9:30 Whitechapel 10:15 Lateline 10:50 The Business 11:20 Museum Of Life: Discovery 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:20 The Clinic 2:15 River Cottage: Everyday: Lunch 3:05 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Alien Parasite Hypothesis” 7:30 Earthflight: “South America” 8:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: “Stealing Home” 9:30 The NRL Footy Show 11:00 The AFL Footy Show 12:45 Damages: “All That Crap About Your Family” (M v,d,s,a) - Ellen visits the woman in her dreams to learn if she is her birth mother but actually learns something far different about her family. 1:45 Nine Presents 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

FRIDAY 16

4:00 WNBL: Grand Final Highlights 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Catalyst 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:00 Monarch Of The Glen 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Minuscule: Night Of The Gastropods 6:05 Grand Designs Revisited: Oxford 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 (QLD) 8:00 QI 8:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death At Victoria Dock After a brutal murder at the docks, Phryne finds herself in the middle of the anarchists’ movement, a bank robbery and a steamy love affair, in her search for the murderer. 9:30 Luther: Luther struggles to hold it together as his personal and professional life intersect and at the same time, find and catch a vicious killer picking off people at the throw of a dice. 10:25 Lateline 11:05 Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight: Adam Hills returns to Gordon Street with his unique take on the traditional tonight show - monologue, interviews and top musical acts, plus the added excitement of spontaneous and unpredictable interactions with the audience. 12:10 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Justice League Reombination” (PG s) 7:30 Friday Night Football: Newcastle Knights Vs Brisbane Broncos 9:30 Friday Night Football: St George Illawarra Dragons Vs Wests Tigers 11:30 Movie: “Hard To Kill” (AV v,l,s) - S Steven Seagal is in fine, butt-kicking form in this action-packed follow-up. This time, a corrupt California politico and his henchmen gun down Det. Mason Storm and leave him for dead. Nursed back to health by the lovely Andy Stewart, Storm sets out for revenge, and his enemies are about to learn a tough lesson. 1:30 Movie: “Edge Of The World” (AV v,d,l) 3:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Danoz Direct 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Miracle On The I-880” (M s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: John reveals his connection with Brax to Gina and moves out. Roo flirts with a tradie to get under Harvey’s skin. And questions are unanswered about whether the Walker family will move for Sid’s new job? 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 Movie: “Slumdog Millionaire” (MA a,v) 11:30 Movie: “Kingdom Of Heaven” (M v) - Balian is a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. 2:30 Room For Improvement 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 Korean News 5:45 UEFA Europa League 8:10 World News 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chile 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Whitstable To Isle Of Wight 8:30 God In America: A New Light 9:30 As It Happened: The Real M*A*S*H 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Manhood” (MA s) - In French. Romain Duris stars as directionless bachelor Samuel, who vows to spend the next twenty-four hours re-evaluating his life so he can make the ultimate decision of whether he is capable of fulfilling his commitment to his new love, fashion photographer Tina. 12:35 Movie: “Kurt Wallander: The Village Idiot” (M v,a) - In Swedish. Goran, the village idiot, robs a bank then blows himself up. When investigations get under way, more sinister activities are revealed involving a doctor who works in the Ystad Hospital. Directed by Kjell-Ake Andersson and Jorn Faurschou, and stars Krister Henriksson and Johanna Sallstrom. 2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 17

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage: Guest Programmer: Ladyhawke 11:00 Spicks And Specks 11:30 7.30 (QLD) 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Talking Heads: Tony Glaze 3:00 Movie: “To Sir, With Love” (PG) 3:10 Movie: “Don’t Knock The Rock” 4:35 QI 5:05 Whale Shark 5:55 At The Movies: Short Cuts 6:10 Minder: Till Debt Do Us Part 7:00 ABC News 7:30 New Tricks: Gloves Off 8:30 Spooks: Section D face the very real threat of a dirty bomb in London. Dimitri has to honeytrap a woman who may hold the key to stopping the attack. 9:35 Strike Back: A compelling story of betrayal, glory, redemption and revenge played out through the interlinking lives of two former soldiers: military hero Hugh Collinson and discharged veteran John Porter. 10:20 The Honathon Ross Show 11:05 Ashes To Ashes: Tension mounts as Gene Hunt and his team are investigating a diamond heist, and Alex decides to pursue her own investigation to the bitter end - did Gene really murder Sam Tyler? 12:00 Rage: Guest Programmer: Ladyhawke

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Getaway 10:30 Alive And Cooking 11:00 Children’s Programs 2:30 Kicthen Whiz 3:00 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 3:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4:30 Garden Gurus 5:00 South Aussie With Cosi 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:40 Movie: “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” 9:40 Movie: “TBA” 11:00 Movie: “The Final Cut” (M a,v) - In a time when a video recording device is implanted into your mind at birth, cutters are then hired to edit the highlights of your memories to show at your funeral. But what happens when the cutter sees something he is not meant to see. 1:55 Movie: “A Divided Heart” (M s,a) - War time Australia was never the same once the Americans came to town. For sisters Alice and Millie there were good times to be had during the war but a mutual attraction to an American officer stationed in Sydney threatens to destroy their sisterly love. 3:35 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 4:05 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact Summer Series

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 Children’s Programs 1:00 Movie: “Because Of Winn-Dixie” (PG a) 3:00 Movie: “Eloise At The Plaza” (G) 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 2012 NAB Cup 9:30 Movie: “Green Zone” (M a,v,l) 12:00 Movie: “The Great Outdoors” (PG) - Two brothers-in-law with an intense dislike for one another, set off on a comic misadventure when their families are forced to share a summer vacation home. 1:50 Special: Louis Theroux - Crystal Meth (MA a,d) - Join Louis Theroux as he seeks out the stories and the people behind the drug, crystal-meth. 2:10 Special: Across The Sea Of Galilee - Tour Israel as the historic peace agreement with the Palestinians is negotiated, and see the traditional fishermen on the Sea of Galilee. 3:10 Auction Squad 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz: “Could You Be Depressed? 5 Warning Signs For Women” - Dr Oz reveals the five warning signs of depression. Plus, the five ingredients revealed for a Brain Boosting smoothie.

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Leonard Cohen: Live At The Isle Of Wight 2:15 Hidden History 2:45 Art In The 21st Century: Transformation 3:55 The Beauty Of Maps: Atlas Maps: Thinking Big 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Hot Cities: Surviving Climate Change 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Monster Moves: Mountain Mission 8:30 RocKwiz: Johnny Galvatron & Wendy Matthews 9:15 Mad Men: “Wee Small Hours / The Colour Blue” 11:05 Movie: “SPL” (MAV v) - In Cantonese. Inspector Chan, a veteran cop close to retirement, decides to use every means available to bring down the crime boss Wong Po, even if means framing him for murder. Acclaimed for its martial arts talent and all-star cast, including Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung, the film won the Best Action Choreography Award at the 2006 Hong Kong Film Awards. 12:45 Movie: “Jar City” (MAV v,a,l) In Icelandic. detective attempts to solve a brutal murder case whilst a biologist goes to extreme measures to cure his daughter’s rare and fatal disease. Their two stories become intertwined with an unexpected twist that follows deep into the maze of the genetic bloodline of a whole nation. 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 18

SBS

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 Korean News 5:30 UEFA Cham6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News pions League 8:00 Weatherwatch & Music 8:05 World News 3:00 12:00 Movie: “Victor” (M l,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Deal Or No Deal PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Greening Of Curitiba 6:00 6:00 Seven News Letters And Numbers 6:30 Today Tonight 6:30 World News Australia 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:00 Food Safari: German 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy 8:30 The Spice Trail With Kate Humble: Nutmeg And Cloves 9:30 Desperate Housewives: “Suspician Song” - Detective Chuck 9:35 24 Hours In Emergency Vance begins harassing Bree as his suspicions about her 10:30 World News Australia involvement in the disappearance of Alejandro grow. 11:05 UEFA Champions League Hour 10:30 Private Practice: “If I Had’nt Forgotten...” - Charlotte’s pain- 12:05 The Fixer: John ful memories of a horrible tragedy are triggered as Amelia 12:55 Movie: “Samaritan Girl” (M v,a,l) - In Korean. Yeo-jin and Jaecontinues her downward spiral. young are high-school girls working together in a prostitution 11:30 30 Rock scam in order to save money for a trip to Europe. Jae-young 12:00 My Big Friggin Wedding beds guys in hotel rooms for money, and Yeo-jin acts as her 1:00 Infomercials manager. But Jae-young falls for one of the guys, a musician. 3:00 Home Shopping A haunting, off-beat drama about the loss of innocence and 4:00 NBC Today redemption, from world renowned director Kim Ki-duk. 5:00 Sunrise Extra 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight 5:30 Seven Early News

4:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Edinburgh 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia Shorts 1:05 Last Of The Independents 2:00 The Ascent Of Money: Safe As Houses 3:00 Last Night Of The Proms Part Two 4:30 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne 5:00 How The Earth Made Us: Wind 6:00 Best Of Collectors 6:30 Compass: Donor Unknown: Part Two 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Great Expectations: Pip wants nothing to do with Magwitch and confronts Miss Havisham. He discovers Estella may be lost to him. The penalty for Magwitch’s return from Australia is hanging. Now Pip must help him escape. 8:35 Waking The Dead: Harbinger: Part Two 9:30 Fry’s Planet Word: Identity 10:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Death At Victoria Dock 11:25 Movie: “Stage Beauty” (M l,s) - In the 1660s, with women forbidden to appear on stage, Edward ‘Ned’ Kynaston uses his beauty and skill to make the great female roles his own. 1:15 Order In The House 2:15 Waking The Dead: Harbinger: Part Two 3:10 Rage

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wild World Of Sports 11:00 The Sunday Footy Show 1:00 Surfsport 1:30 The Bill Engvall Show 2:00 Hotel Paradiso 4:00 Sunday Football: Penrith Panthers Vs South Sydney Rabbitohs 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 The Great Barrier Reef: From Reef To Rainforest - From turtles that migrate thousands of miles across the pacific ocean , to whales travelling here each year from the Antarctic, creatures cover vast distances to visit the reef. 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 The Mentalist 9:30 CSI: Miami 10:30 Australian Families Of Crime 11:30 The Apprentice: “Window Of Opportunity” (PG l) - The celeb contingent must create a living window display for a mattress company. George Ross and Donald Trump Jr. observe the project, while fashion designer Vera Wang makes an appearance. 1:30 Spyforce 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Goodmorning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 World’s Strictest Parents 11:00 The One - Australia’s Most Gifted Psychic 1:15 Minute To Win It 2:15 That ‘70s Show 2:45 Movie: “Bring It On: Fight To The Finish” 4:45 Special: Faulty Towers: Bazil The Rat 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 TBA 8:30 Castle: “Kill Shot / Setup” (M) 10:30 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior: “Smother” The Red Cell team must track down a suspect who is kidnapping young mothers. Meanwhile, Beth discovers why this particular case hits close to home for Mick. 11:30 Forensic Investigators - Australia’s True Crimes 12:30 The Real Seachange 1:00 Auction Squad 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 UEFA Europa League Highlights 11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 12:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program 12:30 Speedweek 2:00 Al Jazeera News 3:30 ADbc 4:00 Kick 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Big Games In Macao 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Becoming Human: Last Human Standing 8:30 Brave New World with Stephen Hawking: Health 9:30 Movie: “Welcome” (M a,l) - In French, English And Kurdish. The life of swimming instructor Simon is turned upside down when he helps Bilal, a young Iraqi refugee stranded in Calais. Non-swimmer Bilal is determined to reunite with his fiancée in England by swimming across the English Channel. 11:30 Celtic Thunder: Heritage - Recorded live in front of an enthralled audience, Celtic Thunder’s Heritage show accentuates the musical culture of Ireland. The program contains a selection of old Irish folk songs as well as new compositions created by musical director Phil Coulter, including: An Irish Blessing, A Place in the Choir and Whiskey in the Jar. 12:30 Spaceflies 12:45 Scottish League Cup Final: Celtic Vs Kilmarnock 2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 19

7 CENTRAL

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 ABC News Breakfast 8:30 Business Today 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 10:55 Catalyst: Macleay Museum 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Great Expectations 1:30 The New Inventors 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs Revisited: Georgian Indoors 6:50 Minuscule: The Chocolate Chase! 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Spooks: M I5 attempt to negotiate with al Qaeda, while Harry is tipped off that Connie, his old colleague, is the Russian mole. 12:35 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:35 Hans Van Manen Festival 3:05 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Benefactor Factor” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Cohabitation Formulation” (PG s) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Weekend Vortex” 8:30 Alcatraz: “Johnny McKee” (M) - Madsen and Hauser pursue Johnny McKee, a murderous former inmate with a background in chemistry. 9:30 Person Of Intrest: “Risk” (M) 10:30 TBA 11:30 Super Rugby Extra Time 12:30 Damages: “You Were His Little Monkey” (M v,d,s,a) - Patty Hewes meets with Judge Reilly who, given the events in Antigua, decides she is making enough progress to keep her on the Tobin case. 1:30 Entertainment Tonight 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Fat Family Diet 1:00 Seven News Special 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Revenge 10:00 How I Met Your Mother 10:30 Happy Endings: “Baby Steps / Yesandwitch” (PG) - Alex’s cute line of slogan t-shirts for babies become inappropriately popular with teen girls who make her store their newest hangout. Penny’s mum is in town and her enthusiasm inspires the gang. But when Penny finds out she’s hiding some less- than-happy news she decides it’s time to give her mum a reality check. 11:30 Sports Fever 12:30 Picture This 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Stag 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “The Homecoming” (M l,n,v) 2:45 Spaceflies 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living Black 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Mythbusters: Curving Bullets - First it’s a sonic boom soundoff as Adam and Jamie want to know if a sonic shock wave can shatter glass. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory take on a tall tale from tinsel town, investigating the movie Wanted in which Angelina Jolie bends bullets around obstacles with a side arm flick of the wrist. 8:30 James May’s Man Lab 9:30 Danger 5: Hitler’s Golden Murder Palace - An Allied agent has uncovered strange happenings at a Nazi-owned casino in Morocco where Hitler is rumoured to be located. 10:05 The Ricky Gervais Show 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 The World Game 12:05 SOS: Bale 1:05 Living Black 1:35 The Trial Of Ramush Haradinaj 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

TUESDAY 20

IMPARJA

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 ABC News Breakfast 8:30 Business Today 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 Australia’s Heritage: National Treasures 10:30 Australian Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Grand Designs Revisited: Islington 2 6:50 Policy Launch: Liberal National Party 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Lake Eyre 10:00 Artscape: Anatomy: Tissue 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:40 Four Corners 12:25 Media Watch 12:40 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:40 Hungry Beast: Perfection 2:15 Gardening Australia: J Stephen Ryan drops in on a local gardener to chat about her passion for plants; Tino Carnevale is in the Vegie Patch; and Jane Edmanson visits a family who have designed their suburban garden to cater for everyone. 2:40 Catalyst 3:15 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Toast Derivation” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Prestidigation Approximation” (PG) 8:00 2 Broke Girls: “And The Disappearing Bed” (PG s,l) 8:30 2 Broke Girls: “And The Pretty Problem” 9:00 Two And A Half Men: “The War Against Gingivitis” (M) 9:30 Top Gear 11:00 Kitchen Nightmares U.S.A.: “Hot Potato” (MA l) - Chef Ramsay visits the Hot Potato Cafe in Philadelphia and is surprised to see the owners’ evaporated passion, replaced by negative attitudes. 12:00 Men Of A Certain Age 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Locked Room Mystery” (M v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue - Anthony Field returns with all new episodes. Tonight, an urgent rescue operation is launched to save a dog on a deserted island and the race is on to keep a lost cat alive. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Sasha reveals who has been bullying her and Sid is offered his old job back. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Packed To The Rafters 9:30 Parenthood 10:30 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 11:30 Royal Pains 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “The New Mankind” (M a) 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chinese School: Hard Beginnings 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “My Dear Enemy” - In Korean. Jobless, single and with very little money, Hee-su sets out to find her ex-boyfriend, Byung-woon, who still owes her $3,000 and she wants it back today. It turns out that Byung-woon is also broke but he suggests she drives him around town to meet some friends who can help. A deadpan comedy of love and social awkwardness. 1:20 Movie: “The Bothersome Man” (MA a) - In Norwegian. Fortyyear-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is very wrong. He makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there’s no way out. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

WEDNESDAY 21

ABC

4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can We Help? 5:00 ABC News Breakfast 8:30 Business Today 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 E2: Transport 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 River Cottage: Everyday: Bread 6:45 Policy Launch: Australian Labor Party 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Woodley: Vern’s Last Gig 8:30 Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight 9:30 Agony Uncles 10:00 At The Movies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Lawrence Leung’s Unbelievable: Ghosts - Lawrence’s investigation into the spirit world takes him on a thrill ride filled with spooky castles, Scottish ghost hunters, séances, spontaneous vomit and Patrick Swayze. But will he find a ghost? 12:00 Moving Wallpaper 12:25 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:25 Movie: “None Shall Escape” (M v) - On trial for being a war criminal, an ex-Nazi general has the story of his violence and inhumanity recounted. 2:50 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Entertainment Tonight 3:30 Hi-5 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Zarnecki Incursion” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Herb Garden Germination” (PG s) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Agreement Dissection” (PG s) 8:30 The Mentalist 9:30 Unforgettable 10:30 CSI: Miami: “Wheels Up” (M) - M A female Roller Derby competitor is murdered during a match when she visits the locker room after becoming sick on the track. The investigation reveals she may have been abused prior to joining the team and that it could have contributed to her death. 11:30 Weeds: “Protection” (MA d,l,s) 12:00 Dark Blue: “Home Sweet Home” (M v) 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “First Daughter” (M v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Surf Patrol 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue - A neglected poodle receives an extraordinary transformation, a pony is trapped down a hole and a fruit bat entangled in palm fronds is at risk of being pecked to death by encircling birds. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Henri decides she can no longer tutor Casey and Irene invites Eddie to her birthday dinner. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 Please Marry My Boy 9:30 The Amazing Race 10:30 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 The Marriage Ref 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Stag 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Dateline 2:00 Insight 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Chinese School: Hard Beginnings 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Wildest Africa: Congo: Untamed Heart 8:30 Arctic with Bruce Parry: Norway 9:30 Empire: Making A Fortune - Tonight’s episode looks at how the empire began as a pirates’ treasure hunt, grew into an informal empire based on trade - and slavery - and later expanded into a global financial network. 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Silence” (M a,l,n,s) - In German. When 13year-old Sinikka vanishes one summer’s night, the police are reminded of an almost identical case they failed to solve 23 years previously. The events surrounding Sinikka’s disappearance puzzle the police and torment her family - and force those involved in the original case to face their past. 1:15 Movie: “The Flower Of Evil” (M v,l) - In French. The dark secrets of a bourgeois family from Bordeaux are revealed in a tale of family indiscretions: incest, adultery, murder and even war crimes. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

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CROSSWORD No. 89

SUDOKU No. 89

Your Lucky

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) Time spent helping out a friend at work may take up more of your energy than you expect. Your input will not go unnoticed, however. Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be ruled by your emotions. You need to make an important decision and must wait until you are more relaxed.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) Once you have started a new project nobody will be able to stop you! Your momentum will help you to push through a barrier which has stopped other people in their tracks. Romance. Your partner may ﬁnd it hard to cope with all your excess energy! A powerful aspect to Mars later in the week could make you a little tense: do your best to use your excess energy constructively.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A few negative comments this week may sap your conﬁdence for a while. You need to take the remarks in context, however, and not overreact. Romance. A person whom you have known for some time may still be interested in you. They will do their best to pretend not to be interested, but their actions will give them away.

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CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Be careful that problems at work don’t spill over into your home-life. So long as you try hard to be patient, everything will be resolved. Romance. You may need a little extra emotional support from your partner at the moment. Communications between you will be especially strong, but be careful not to be too demanding.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Activities which don’t need much money will give you a chance to get back on your feet ﬁnancially. Some recent extravagances have taken their toll. Romance. A favourable aspect to Venus will give your love-life a push in the right direction. A romantic get-together this week will put your relationship onto much ﬁrmer ground after a recent misunderstanding.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)

FINDWORD No. 89

A surprise move later in the week may leave you wondering what is going on. Talk to a person whom you can trust – your other colleagues may not be so quick to tell you everything. Romance. A power-struggle between you and your partner will not help either of you. Do your best to settle a recent dispute in a way which satisﬁes both sides.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You may ﬁnd it difﬁcult to tolerate people who don’t know what they are doing. You won’t appreciate having to clear up a mess caused by someone else. Romance. If you are able to relax properly this will be an excellent week for both of you. Be especially careful not to get into arguments, especially ones involving money. You won’t be in a mood for compromise at the moment!

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SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) At times this week you will need to spend more time by yourself. You have a lot of work to get through and won’t be happy if you are constantly interrupted. Romance. A new relationship may pick up speed faster than you expect. Very soon you will have to make a decision about how quickly you want to get involved with this person.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A kind word will go a– long way. Your enthuFor all your printing needs www.lotsa.com.au siasm and energy will be appreciated by the people around you; however you must be sympathetic to people who are not so dynamic. Romance. A favourable aspect to Neptune this week will improve your powers of intuition, just when you most need them!

MUDDY RIVER

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Your ability to spot a ﬁnancial opportunity will help to bring in some money just when you need it most. Make sure you don’t take any more risks than you have to, however. Romance. Time spent with someone whom you hardly know could prove interesting. This person may be much keener on you than you realised. Don’t expect any dramatic developments for the time being, however.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

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Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

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A favourable aspect to Jupiter will help to bring a little more luck into your life over the next few days. Don’t miss an opportunity just because a friend tries to put you off. Romance. Your self-conﬁdence will be especially high at the moment. You may need to be the one who takes the initiative in a new relationship.

SOLUTIONS No. 89

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) A favourable aspect to Jupiter will give you the conﬁdence you need to sort out a long-standing problem. You need to deal head-on with an issue which you have been trying to avoid. Romance. Your partner will appreciate a few words of encouragement. You might not realise how much they value your support.

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ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) A friend will have a much more positive approach to an important issue than you. Their views to this incident will help you to see things in a better light. Romance. A powerful aspect to Neptune will help to put you in a dreamy and slightly unrealistic mood. This will be a good period for romance, but make sure that you don’t get carried away later in the week.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) There is a lot more work to do than you can manage by yourself this week. There are only so many available hours in a day so you must try to get some people to give you a hand. Romance. You may ﬁnd your partner a little tricky to handle at the moment. Be especially careful at the beginning of the week, when you could both be a little tense at times.

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Some changes are coming up, and you will have to keep a clear head to decide on the best course of action. Try to avoid getting into a disagreement with your boss. Romance. Good communications will be essential for your relationship this week. You will have a great deal of emotional energy, but must be careful to use this constructively.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) This would be an excellent time to get rid of all your old junk. Be careful not to throw away anything that you might need later, however! Romance. You may be a little too quick to point out mistakes that your partner makes. Even though you will be in the right you should try hard not to be too critical.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Time spent buying a few things for the home will be well-spent. You will be surprised what a difference this makes to your quality of life. Romance. Your mind may not be very focussed on your love-life at the moment. Later in the week a favourable aspect to Venus will help to get you back on track.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) A powerful aspect to Uranus could make you feel a need for more independence in your life. It may be difficult to find a balance between this and your ties to the other people in your life. Romance. A friend that you know from work may want a closer relationship with you. It might be difficult to find the right balance between your needs and theirs.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

A long-standing ﬁnancial deal will work out much better than you expected. Don’t waste your windfall on something which will only give you a short-term beneﬁt. Romance. You will be thinking about your partner a lot at the moment, even when they are not around.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

A dream which frightens you at ﬁrst could be a more positive omen than you think. Think through the imagery of the dream carefully and you will understand its true meaning. Romance. Your partner can be quite demanding at times. Do your best to ﬁnd a better balance between your own needs and the needs of the people who are close to you.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) This would be a good time for taking stock of recent events. You will have to make some changes in your life, but they don’t need to be quite as drastic as you think. Romance. Don’t be afraid to show your feelings more directly than you have up to now. If you are too subtle, you will not be noticed.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will need to make an important decision before you get a chance to learn all the facts. So long as you trust to your intuition, you shouldn’t go far wrong. Romance. A friend who contacts you from out of the blue may not realise how busy you are. Don’t miss a chance to get together with this person, however, because they have an important message for you.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) A small change to your daily routine will help to reduce the amount of stress. At ﬁrst it may be difﬁcult to adapt to the new regime. Romance. A comment from a stranger will help you to feel more positively about your appearance. This person is very interested in you, but is too shy to make a move.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Don’t be too quick to blame someone else for problems which were nobody’s fault. You need to put this problem behind you and move onto other, more important, things. Romance. A friend who understands your partner very well will be able to give you some advice. Listen carefully to what they have to say.

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POSITION VACANT DEPOT/STORES CLERK Torres Shire Council invites applications from suitably experienced and motivated persons for the position of Depot/Stores Clerk at the Torres Shire Council Depot on Thursday Island. The successful applicant will be responsible for purchasing, inventory control and ordering/receiver of goods. Desirable requirements include proven experience and competent in processing stores, computer skills, and knowledge of local government procurement systems and practices. Terms and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the Torres Shire Council Certified Agreement 2010. An Application Kit for this position is available at the Council Office located at 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island or on the Council website www.torres.qld.gov.au. Further details and enquiries should be directed to the Human Resource Officer, Don Benjamin.

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PLANT OPERATOR/LABOURER Torres Shire Council invites applications from suitably experienced and motivated persons for the position of Plant Operator/Labourer working with Councils Water & Sewerage Team.

The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is a Commonwealth statutory body located on Thursday Island. The TSRA is engaged in a wide range of service delivery functions to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in the Torres Strait region. The TSRA is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and motivated person to fill the following non-ongoing (specified term) position up to 18 months, with the possibility of extension:

PROGRAM MANAGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & FISHERIES EL 2 (P/N T00003) *SALARY RANGE $107,678 - $122,644 P/A

Applicants must have a Backhoe Operators Ticket and Construction Induction White Card. Previous experience in Community or Local Government operations and/or an ability to operate other plant is an advantage. Terms and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the Torres Shire Council Certified Agreement 2010. An Application Kit for this position is available at the Council Office located at 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island or on the Council website www.torres.qld.gov.au. Further details and enquiries should be directed to the Human Resource Officer, Don Benjamin. Phone (07) 4069 1336, fax (07) 4069 2792 or email employment@torres.qld.gov.au

* Generous allowance are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4% The Program Manager is part of the Senior Management Team, working with the Chief Executive Officer and supporting the Board in taking a leading role in the economic, social and cultural development for the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Region.

Applications close 4pm Friday, March 23, 2012 Phillip Mills CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The Torres Strait Regional Authority is a lean and dynamic statutory authority and it is essential that the Program Manager operates in a collegiate manner with other program managers. Integration between projects and programs is vital to deliver the intended outcomes for the Torres Strait Development Plan. Each Program Manager shares responsibility with the Chief Executive Officer for building and continually upgrading a strong executive team. This Program Manager position is responsible for the Economic Development and Fisheries Program Areas. The aims of the Economic Development Program Area are: t To stimulate economic development across the region. t To advance business skills and align training initiatives with regional employment opportunities. t To advance Indigenous ownership and management of industries and enterprises. The aims of the Fisheries Program Area are: t Ensure sustainable management of natural resources. t Improve the wealth of Indigenous people of the region. t Have sustainable industries owned and operated by Indigenous people. The Program Manager also carries responsibility for ensuring that Program activities support the special and unique Ailan Kastom of the Torres Strait. TSRA accommodation is available for this position with rental contributions calculated according to salary range. You are required to include 4 documents: t General Application Form t A covering letter not exceeding 1 page t Response to the Selection Criteria outlining your skills and experience not exceeding 350 words per criteria and t “Resume or CV” detailing full qualifications and experience including the names of at least two referees. Closing date for applications is COB March 22, 2012. A merit list may be created For further information relating to this position please contact Chris de Mamiel on: 0409 783 537 To obtain a copy of the selection criteria for this position, visit the TSRA website http:// www.tsra.gov.au and click on the Employment link on our homepage. Applications should be forwarded via email to recruitment@tsra.gov.au or mailed to Recruitment, Torres Strait Regional Authority PO Box 261 Thursday Island Qld 4875.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TORRES STRAIT INDIGENOUS FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is seeking expressions of interest from Torres Strait lslander and Aboriginal people of the region who have the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience in Torres Strait fisheries to participate on the lndigenous Fisheries Advisory Committee (IFAC). The IFAC will provide advice to the TSRA Board on the economic development and sustainable management of Torres Strait fisheries and will be formally constituted under section 142M of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander Act 2OO5 (the Act). There are three positions available for appointment on the IFAC. Members of the IFAC will be appointed on the basis of their experience, knowledge and skills in Torres Strait Fisheries. For example, the area of fisheries experience may include, but is not restricted to the following: t t t t t t t

commercial fishing operations commercial seafood purchasing/marketing freezer/processor or other holding operations natural resource related management natural resource related research traditional ecological knowledge traditional fisheries

Remuneration will be provided to IFAC members for attendance at formal meetings and travel related expenses while on official business.

Note: Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

Expressions of lnterests (EOl) must address the criteria outlined in the EOI information package and be received by TSRA no later than 5pm Friday, April 13, 2012.

TSRA is committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and in support of Government policy encourages applications from Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australians. TSRA embraces Workplace Diversity. Enjoy the benefits of a career in the Australian Public Service.

For further enquiries or to obtain an EOI lnformation Package, please contact Mr Shane Fava by phone on (07) 4069 0704 or email shane.fava@tsra.gov.au

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Who Can Vote

Just send us your happy snap, or if it is a very special occasion, our photographer could attend the event. Photos are published free of charge. Email your photos to:

editor@torresnews.com.au Please include the names of the event, the people in the photo and a brief description of the event Enquiries: 1300 TORRES (1300

867 737)

You can vote in these elections if you are: • a Torres Strait Islander or Aboriginal person • aged 18 years or over, and • correctly enrolled at an address in Port Kennedy If you need to enrol, or have moved and need to update your enrolment address details, you will need to complete a new enrolment form and lodge it with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) by the Close of Roll at 5pm on Friday 27 April 2012. Enrolment forms are available from any Australia Post Office, Council Office or the AEC. Enrolment information and online update is available at the AEC website www.aec.gov.au

Candidate Nominations Nominations of candidates are open 13 March 2012 and close at 5pm on Tuesday 10 April 2012. Election guides and nomination forms are available from: • TSRA Office, Victoria Parade, Thursday Island; or

Tuesday, March 20, and Wednesday March 21, 2012

Completed nomination forms can be delivered in person, by post or fax to the Returning Officer.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Thursday, March 22, 2012 Rydges Esplanade Resort Corner The Esplanade & Kerwin Street, Cairns All members and invited guests are welcome

For more information on this election, how to enrol to vote, or how to nominate as a candidate, contact:

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NOTICE OF MEETINGS NETWORK MEETING

• Australian Electoral Commission, Flr 2, Commonwealth Centre, 104 Grafton Street, Cairns City Qld

Tony Anderson TSRA Returning Officer PO Box 1146 Cairns QLD 4870 Phone: 4051 7188 Fax: 4051 7694 Email: tony.anderson@aec.gov.au

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Ilan Arts & Entertainment Launch of ‘We Will Sing’ a first for Erub Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre office manager Ida Wano receives a copy of the new CD, a gift for the art centre, from Fred Kiwat as Richard Kiwat look on.

BROTHERS Fred and Richard Kiwat launched not only their first commercial recording, but also the first individual recording from Erub. At the launch on Friday, March 2, Pastor Moa Sailor blessed the afternoon’s formalities with an opening prayer. Speeches were held at the Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre and the community enjoyed the special feast for the occasion. Richard introduced the project and thanked the funding bodies, the Torres Strait Regional Authority IRADF program, Ged Erub Trading, and Erub Erwer Meta for auspicing the funds, supporting organisations such as Radio 4DI for airplay and all who helped out along the way. Richard said he hoped the album would inspire other local

musos and songwriters to take their music to the next level. Speakers at the launch included proud father Kemuel Kiwat, who blessed the CDs before they went on sale, Elia Doolah and Cr Kenny Bedford. Mr Doolah shared a local history of modern music development on Erub and Cr Bedford praised the brothers on the fine example they have shown others. We Will Sing was recorded at Pegasus Studio in Cairns, with the assistance of Will Kepa, Karl Neuenfeldt, Nigel Pegrum, Kirk Steel, Ben Hakalitz, Anita Sipi, Louisa Anson and Seaman Dan. Richard and Fred played songs from their album during the afteroon, and this led to some impromptu dancing. A great afternoon enjoyed by all.

Local ukulele players have a lot of pluck MEMBERS of the Torres Strait Ukulele Troupe will be keeping the crowds entertained at the upcoming Twilight Markets on Saturday, March 17. The uke-strumming group meet up every Sunday at 4pm on the foreshore opposite Anzac Park. With their ilan sounds wafting on the breeze they often draw an impromptu crowd. Amongst their audience last week were a group of tourists who had travelled to Thursday Island on board the Sea Swift cargo ship MV Trinity Bay. One member of the troupe, Irene Laifoo, said the uke

players met on the foreshore whenever it was sunny, and at Ilan Cafe when it was not. “There are a lot of people playing ukulele on TI now, especially since Gaby Thomasz came up here to conduct ukulele workshops about six months ago,” Irene said. “But it would be great if we could get some more people to come down. “We will be at the Twilight Market if people want to come along. “We will have a demonstration stall and will be providing tune-up tips and a free lesson.”

Members of the Torres Ukelele Troupe, Diana, Annette, Michelle, Maor, Jeff, Irene, Natalie, Annie and Anna. PHOTO: MARK ROY She said the ukulele troupe were also planning to take

part in the upcoming Ukulele Festival in Cairns.

The Straits - Powerplays and relationships unravel WARNING: The following contains preview information for this week’s episode of The Straits. Episode 8: The Big Mistake Written by Nick Parsons. Directed by Peter Andrikidis. Gary is the least focused and driven of the Montebello children - he drinks and likes to party. He certainly doesn’t want the responsibility that goes with being head of the family, so when the challenge is set to compete for the role he can’t hack the pace. Or can he? Gary has never had to work hard, so when Harry set the challenge among the brothers to lead the family business, he sent Gary to Zey to find his feet. Shortly after arriving Gary had a run-in with an avenging PNG raskol and fled. Back in Cairns and ready for a drink, Gary became a pawn in Lola’s (Marou’s wife) plot to secure Marou as the head of the family. When he confessed his affair with Lola to his father, Gary set in motion a series of unspoken battles and finally a bloody confrontation. Kitty arrives on Zey Island to find that Gary has become involved with Bridget, a 16-year-old local girl. Gary tells his mother that Bridget is a source of information - which ultimately leads to the overthrow of a competing drug importation racket. Back in Cairns, Harry ends his relationship with Natasha and she leaves town. There’s a price for attempting to win Kitty back - the plan to get Noel out of prison is now scuttled with Natasha’s departure. Lola realises that Harry remembers everything and comes to beg his forgiveness. When he won’t give it, Lola pushes him down the

stairs and tries to smother him, not realising that her actions are being captured by one of Sissi’s secret cameras. In a panic, Lola then steals $500,000 from Harry’s safe. Sissi shows Marou the footage, trying to ascertain if he was involved. Marou returns home and tells Lola the family knows she tried to kill Harry and that they need to run away together. Then, in a motel room out of Cairns, he kills Lola but not before she has told him about her relationship with Gary. At the end of the episode, Noel escapes from a prison van that Gary Montebello (Firass Dirani) and is transporting him to a Bridget (Tasia Zalar) in a scene from southern gaol. The Straits. Filmed entirely on location in the Torres Strait and Cairns, The Straits screens Thursday, March 15 at 8.30pm on ABC 1. The episode is repeated on ABC 2 on Friday, March 9 at 10.30pm.

Monument to Indigenous struggle

By ALF WILSON THERE is a small part of many Torres Strait Islands around a monument unveiled on Palm Island on Friday, February 24. Stones sent from more than 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are part of a monument which is a major part of the new Community Cultural Precinct which was opened that day. Hundreds of people from around North Queensland gathered on the day at the North Queensland Aboriginal Community to see the opening of the Cultural Precinct which included an Arts Centre, Indigenous Knowledge Centre, Community Meeting Room and the Tom Geia Snr Memorial Bridge. Tom Geia Snr is of Kubin Village descent and a Torres Strait flag covered the bridge name before it was unveiled. Politicians from the mainland were there and guests were welcomed to country by local elder Allan Palm Island. There were prayers by Bishop Austen Crapp, Father Daniel, Pastor Emmanuel and Pastor Noel Cannon. The Cultural Precinct, situated near the Palm Island Shire Council offices and the esplanade has been in planning for four years. The monument includes plaques listing the important footprints of Palm Island history. These date back to 1914 and list footprints of important dates including the 1957 Strike when seven people were punished by authorities. Gordon Tapau, Bill Congoo, George Watson, Albie Geia, Eric Lymburner, Sonny Sibley and Willie Thaiday were handcuffed, chained and removed from the island at gunpoint by an oppressive State Government when they took part in a strike triggered by a system that meant every Indigenous person on Palm Island had to work for 30 hours per week while being paid only in rations. It also recognises others who were prime movers in Stolen Wages campaigns against the Government, which has resulted in some payments being made. They are Kitchener Bligh, Buller Coutts, Mavis Foster, Fred Lenoy, Maurice Palmer, Jack Sibley and Jean Sibley. Palm Island Mayor Alf Lacey said the monument unveiling was a great highlight of the celebrations. “Every Indigenous community from the Torres Strait to Cape York, down south and west, have sent stones for this monument and it is a sacred place here,” Mayor Lacey said. “It is here so our children and grandchildren will know of the past injustices. This is a significant landmark which has come about after much consultation with elders. These are community assets.” Torres News

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Mud Rally results: Men’s - First: 1st: Ryan PoiPoi, 46s, second: Charles PoiPoi, 49s Women’s - First Estee PoiPoi 54s, Second: Irene Salee, 57s

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Total Score Total Margin 8 5 7 3 6 1 6 1 6 9 6 15 6 17 6 21 6 23 5 1

DRAW ROUND 3 (March 16 – 19, home team first) Friday, March 16 Saturday, March 17 Sunday, March 18

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Torres News website and the competition operator’s website after each round. Staff from the Torres News and sponsors are ineligible to enter. In the event of a tie, the prize value will be divided among the joint winners.

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Volleyball gets off the ground

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TIVA committee members Frank Morseu, Tilishia Akee, Matilda Loban and Tammy Collins. THE TI Volleyball Association (TIVA) held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, March 1 to elect the new committee for 2012. The second attempt meeting was held at the Sports and Recreation office in Douglas Street and saw more people come along to give their support and meet the required numbers to make the meeting official. The meeting gave a clear overview of the previous year, outlining the many positive events and activities that the association has been linked with such as, hosting the revival of the 2011

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TEAMS are warming up for the touch football season, with a number of skilled players in evidence on the park last Tuesday night, March 6. Talented locals seen on the ball included Roy Pearse, who competed in the Australian Indigenous touch team that toured New Zealand in 2009. Thursday Island Touch Association president Wally Shibasaki said he expected to see six teams compete in the men’s division, and possibly as many as four in the women’s. “We also have four corporate teams competing in the social competition,” Shibasaki said. “Competition will be starting next Tuesday, and will likely see two games played at 6pm, two at 7pm, and one at 8pm.” He said the start of the season had been postponed to allow the council to finish preparing the ground so the playing fields could be marked out. The competition will lead up to the Battle of the Islands competition to be held on Thursday Island from May 3-6. Meanwhile Thursday Island Touch Association secretary Marsat Ketchell has travelled to Port Macquarie to compete in the National Touch Championships, he said. “Marsat is competing in the North Queensland Cyclones over 55s,” Shibasaki said. Games in the local competition start under lights from 6pm Tuesday, March 13.

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all interested players to start preparing your Open or Mixed teams ready for competition to begin in just over two weeks. President Matilda Loban said: “We hope to get the season off the ground Monday, March 19, as we have had many people ask us when the games would be starting, this is great to know that people are thinking about playing volleyball again.” Posters advertising the season should be up and around the community, so if you’re keen to get playing please email us for a nomination form: tivassociation10@gmail.com

Torres Strait Volleyball Carnival, running a Winter and Summer Open/Mixed regular competition, junior development - Warriors Volleyball Camp and recently club representation at the Australia Day Carnival held on Warraber Island. Congratulations to the new executive members of 2012 who were nominated and have taken up their positions with continued enthusiasm: President - Matilda Loban, Vice-President - Frank Morseu, Treasurer - Tammy Collins and Secretary - Tilishia Akee. TIVA would like to encourage

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MEMBER for Cook Jason O’Brien threw down the challenge to students at Tagai Secondary Campus last week, joining them in a Fun Run on the school oval. Mr O’Brien, who spends his spare time refereeing local league games, was offering more than just moral support. “I pledge to add $10 to the sponsorship money of any student who can complete more laps than me,” Mr O’Brien said before the event, held on Wednesday, March 7. And at the end of the fundraising run, Mr O’Brien’s wallet was still intact, after he finished three laps ahead of the next closest participant. With the temperature hovering over the 30 degree mark, the students were sweating it out to raise vital funds for their school. Fundraising Group general manager Brendan Hopp said the event was a healthy and innovative approach to raising extra funds. “Tagai State College is setting a new standard for other schools to follow by

Tomken Savage, Fanny Wasaga, Shanita Savage and Anita Manas clocking up the metres in the adidas Fun Run.

choosing a way to raise money that is supportive of the nutrition in schools policy and delivers positive messages about the importance of a physical activity to a child’s healthy growth and development,” Mr Hopp said. The Tagai event was inclusive of all students, including those with disabilities and others who chose to walk the event. Australian Council of Health national executive director Jeff Emmel said the school-based event was an ideal way to promote health messages in the community while raising money for the school. “The important thing is that the event allows schools to be flexible in terms of when and how they become involved,” Mr Emmel said. “It encourages participation and basically students can run, walk or wheelchair the distance.” Last year more than 800 schools across Australia used the adidas School Fun Run program to raise in excess of $2.5 million to purchase computers, books, sporting equipment and other school resources.

Lui relegated to Pride side after good effort in loss By ALF WILSON DESPITE being one of a handful of players not to make a mistake in the North Queensland Cowboys 18-nil loss to the Gold Coast Titans in round one of the NRL, Torres Strait Islander Robert Lui was relegated to the Northern Pride side for their Queensland Super Intrust Cup match on March 10. It was one of the worst ever performances by the Cowboys at Townsville’s Dairy Farmer Stadium on March 3 during which they made 28 errors and completed just 18 of 39 sets of six tackles. Twelve of the Cowboys players made between one and six mistakes which gave their side little hope of victory over last year’s wooden spooners. Lui, James Tamou, Aaron Payne, Scott Bolton and Joel Riethmuller were the five Cowboys player not to register an error. In his first year with the Cowboys since leaving the Wests Tigers, back Lui came off the bench and put in a decent performance. Being dropped from the March 9 blockbuster

game against the Brisbane Broncos was not because of lack of form but to allow Lui to gain match fitness. “Coach Neil Henry wanted Robert Lui to get a full 80 minutes playing time so he thought him playing playing for the Northern Pride was the best option,” Cowboys Media Manager Paul Munnings told the Torres News on March 7. Lui had suffered a dislocated right kneecap and a small ligament tear when he was hit in a tackle during a training session at the Townsville Sports Reserve. Scans taken confirmed the initial diagnosis that the halfback’s anterior cruciate ligament was intact but Lui was still not expected to be fit for the Cowboys’ game against the Titans. Lui must be a big chance of returning to the Cowboys line up for their home game at Dairy Farmer’s Stadium on March 17. Of Murray Island descent, Lui and has many family members living in Townsville and has signed a two year deal with the Cowboys.

Robert Lui at training for the Cowboys.

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