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15 - 21 February 2012 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1001 • $2.00 inc. GST
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Thursday Island’s Queensland Fire and Rescue officers at work. PHOTO: MARK ROY By MARK ROY INITIAL investigations into a fire that damaged a house on Thursday Island’s main street last week suggest the fire was deliberately lit. Firefighters were called to the blaze, which struck the former offices of the legal service on Douglas Street, at around 3.20pm on Saturday, January 4. One witness said flames were shooting metres into the sky. “We were sitting at Island Rooster next door when we saw the flames over the fence, and it’s a pretty high fence,” said the woman, who did not wish to be named. “We ran out onto the street to raise the alarm but the police were already there.” She said sparks were coming out from the power pole on the main street, where the power line runs to the building. Ergon Energy
later disconnected the line. Thursday Island Police Senior Constable Steve Heemi told the Torres News he was driving past when he saw the fire at 3.19pm. But he said with the fire well underway there was little he could do other than call the fire services. Queensland Fire and Rescue Services Thursday Island station officer David Prain said it took six officers and two fire appliances to bring the fire under control. “The building was well involved at the time of the arrival of station personnel,” Mr Prain said. At one stage there were four officers in breathing apparatus tackling the fire, with one officer treated by Queensland Ambulance Service. “We were aware that the building was unoccupied, however we were concerned
about the threat to the adjoining property, which houses Radio 4MW, and to the existing accommodation at the rear,” Mr Prain said. “Fortunately the north-west wind was in our favour, in that it drove the fire away from both these buildings.” While some witnesses reported seeing a mattress on fire on the roof of the building, Mr Prain said initial investigations showed the fire had started on the verandah. Detective Sergeant Jeff Polkinghorne of Thursday Island Police said forensic officers examined the scene on the morning of Sunday, February 5. “The forensic unit has conducted an examination of the scene, and we are treating the fire as suspicious,” Det. Sgt Polkinghorne said. He said the initial evidence was inconclusive, and the fire may have started in a
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wheelie bin. “It may be that there was some waste material in there that was smouldering until it reached a temperature where it combusted,” he said. Raphael Gushtaphi, whose father Frank owns the building, said timing of the blaze could not have been worse. “We had just finished cleaning out the studio unit for handover to new tenants,” Mr Gushtaphi said. “I was in the lane across the road, looking in the toolbox of the ute, when I saw the fire, but the police were already there. “I have my opinions on what caused it but obviously I can’t say any more because there is likely to be an investigation.” He said while the building was insured, he was not yet aware of the full cost of the damage.
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TSRA elections to be held in 2012 THE Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) Elections for Board Members will be held in 2012. The TSRA Chairperson, Mr Toshie Kris, said that mid September is the likely period for the elections and the Australian Electoral Commission will be providing advice to communities in the near future. “This will be the first time that independent elections for all TSRA Members have been held”, Mr Kris said. “This replaces the appointment of 17 of the TSRA Board members through the local government election process. The remaining three members representing the communities in Torres Shire Council wards are already appointed through independent elections.” “Importantly, this change will allow communities to determine who is the best person to represent them at both the local government and Commonwealth government levels. Some communities may determine that this should be the same person, they are able to do so, it is the community’s choice. Another consideration is whether communities want a representative who will commit to remaining as a resident for the duration of their appointment,” Mr Kris said, “it is difficult to be a
good representative if you are not resident in the community. “The TSRA recognises the importance of human rights issues for Indigenous people. The TSRA takes part in several meetings each year on this issue. The independent election process will give all residents an opportunity to decide for themselves who is best placed to represent their human rights. Electors must carefully consider the qualifications, experience and character of the person they want to represent them on the TSRA Board.” “The changes to the TSRA election model have resulted from a review that was commissioned by the TSRA Members themselves in recognition that it was time to get independent advice on whether the current governance model was still the most appropriate for the region. I have heard some opinion being expressed that the review was somehow imposed on the TSRA. This is not true, the review was commissioned by the Board themselves,” Mr Kris said. “The recommendations from the review were considered by the TSRA Board over several meetings in 2011.” The Board agreed to all the
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recommendations and this was subsequently endorsed by the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon. Jenny Macklin. The TSRA Governance Review is a public document and the full text can be read in the publications section on the TSRA web site (www.tsra.gov.au). The separation of the election process means Torres Strait voters will now go to the polls three times in 2012; the Queensland State Government election on 24 March, the Queensland local government election on 28 April and the TSRA Board election in mid September. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will be responsible for the conduct of the TSRA election. The AEC and the TSRA are working in partnership to provide information to all potential candidates so that everyone with an interest in TSRA membership has an opportunity to stand for election. Mr Kris said all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in the region who have lived in their community for a minimum of two years, and are registered on the Commonwealth Electoral roll, will be able to nominate as a candidate for election.
By MARK ROY MEMBER for Cook Jason O’Brien says people in danger of losing their family homes through taking up new jobs or higher salaried positions should contact his office. “My office has had some success in the past in keeping people in public housing,” Mr O’Brien said. He was responding to claims by LNP candidate David Kempton that means-tested social housing in the Torres Strait meant families could lose their homes once they earned above a certain threshold. “This is a complete disincentive for people to work,” Mr Kempton told the Torres News during a visit to Thursday Island on January 27. “There is no incentive for people to take up better, higher-paying jobs if it means they will lose their family home.” Mr O’Brien said the Bligh Government was committed to improving job opportunities in remote areas. “The Department of Housing deals with this on a case-by-case basis,” Mr O’Brien said. In cases where there was little
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By MARK ROY STAFF and management at Radio 4MW are awaiting a board meeting next week to decide who will stay and who will go. Management have branded a review of the association that runs the station “politically motivated�, saying it is more to do with the aspirations of elected leaders than community radio. The station, run by the Torres Strait Islanders Media Association (TSIMA), will continue to broadcast, but programs and training will in future be overseen by an operations manager appointed by a joint panel of representatives from TSIMA and the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA). In October, 2010 a review commissioned by the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) made a number of recommendations including the “structural realignment� of TSIMA’s governance, staffing, programming, sponsorship and training. The review recommended TSIMA’s budget be cut to “a grant allocation of a maximum of $335,000�, less than half the $671,109 it received in 2010-11. TSIMA staff met behind closed doors on Thursday, February 9, to discuss the implications of the review shake-up. TSIMA president Angelo Newie said the board would decide who would be terminated, not the TSRA. “We are a private company, and we have a board and a constitution,� Mr Newie said. “Everything we do, we do by the board. No individual makes these decisions. “It is my job to protect the organisation and protect our staff. “We do not accept the review conducted by TSRA, and we won’t be using them again in future. They are parasites. “They are also hypocritical. They didn’t adopt the findings of their own review. Why point the finger at us?� TSIMA managing director Aven Noah said he was keen to reassure people that TSIMA, which has been operating for more than 26 years, was not about to close down. “There is a lot of worry in the community, but I want to reassure people TSIMA is not closing its doors,� Mr Noah said. “This is just part of the review process we are working through.� The review recommends appointing a “professional administrator� in place of the current managing director “before passing control back to the community�. Mr Noah said he raised concerns about the use of the word “administrator� to describe the role of an operations manager. “We are not in receivership,� Mr Noah said. The review also recommended funding for the broadcaster be linked to “Performance Indicators� such as 24 hours of local programming per day, including 10 hours of live shows, and a minimum of 26 outside broadcasts per year, including 16 in outer communities. Station manager Jenni Enosa said it would be almost impossible to produce one outside broadcast every fortnight with staff and funding
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The DJs chair at Radio 4MW remains empty as staff face the axe this week following a management shake-up. PHOTO: MARK ROY cutbacks on top of the high cost of living and transport in the Torres Strait. “The ABC and SBS don’t even do that many outside broadcasts,� she said. “For an outside broadcast we need what has worked successfully in the past, which is at least four or five staff and some volunteers.� She said staff had not received wages since December 2011, with managers forced to pay them out of their own pockets, While TSIMA currently has seven staff, job cuts were likely, she said. Mr Noah said the job cuts followed the collapse of Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service (RIBS) facilities on the outer islands last year, after the Torres Strait Islander Regional Council were forced to make workers redundant to meet its budget. “At the end of this we will probably get two staff members, because that’s all they can afford,� he said. “I was told verbally that the third quarter release of funds would not be forthcoming until the appointment of an operations manager. “The other option was the appointment of a grants controller, but we’re looking at two to three weeks down the track before anything happens. We still need to be paid.� Program manager Melora Noah said the TSRA did not understand that “staff and volunteers do the work because it is for our own people�. “In promoting government services to Indigenous people, I always check that we are doing it properly, because issues such as health, education and housing are proper important,� Ms Noah said. “But when we saw the terms of reference of the review, we realised the TSRA was basically doing an internal review of TSIMA, not a review of communications across the region.� Mr Noah said the past few weeks had been an “emotional rollercoaster� for staff. “We are a community-based organisation, but they (TSRA) treat us like we’ve done something wrong,� he said. “The only thing we’ve done ‘wrong’ is to give a voice to the people, to talk about what
they want to talk about. “This is part of our charter - community accessibility and bringing the democratic process to the people. We always give the TSRA the opportunity to respond.� He said he was concerned the terms of reference of review focused on the TSRA leadership and “strengthening communication between elected leaders and community�. “Why is the focus on elected leaders?� Mr Noah asked. The terms of reference of the TSRA communications review stood in stark contrast to those in the Stevens review, a recent national review examining investment into the Indigenous broadcasting and media sector, he said. “The Stevens review looked at the contribution of Indigenous broadcasting to Closing the Gap, with no mention of elected leaders,� he said. “When you look at the stakeholder list for the TSRA review, half of them are board members. “We know when they did the consultation on the outer islands it wasn’t proper. Only about 30 people were consulted, and 15 of them were divisional managers or island councillors, who are on the TSRA board anyway. “The TSRA review says TSIMA has lost touch with the community. In what way? “The review left out reference to the services we provided such as the Remote Indigenous Media Organisation festival, our Certificate IV Tafe training, the outside broadcasts for Dance Kombat, health programs such as the second series of Kasa Por Yarn and Health Igil Yawa weekly program.� Ms Noah said TSIMA had just received federal funding to deliver a program on ear disease. “It seems it is good enough for the Australian Government to give us funding to run Indigenous health campaigns on their behalf to help Close the Gap, but not good enough for the TSRA board, which is made up of our own people,� she said. Station manager Jenni Enosa said she wanted to apologise to the listening public for being off-air.
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Calling employers of outstanding trainees Do you employ an outstanding trainee or apprentice who is enrolled at Tropical North Queensland TAFE who deserves to be recognised for his or her achievements? TNQ TAFE is seeking employers who wish to nominate their best trainee or apprentice for the Queensland Training Awards 2012. The trainee or apprentice needs to be enrolled or have completed their studies after July 2011. More information about the awards and nomination requirements can be found at www.qta.qld. gov.au. Employers of suitable candidates can send their candidate’s details and a short blurb about their achievements to bronwyn.webb@deta.qld.gov.au. Submissions are required by CoB February 21, 2012. TNQT will prepare the official nominations.
The crew of the Pacific Responder handing over a cheque to the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland recently. THE crew of the Pacific Responder are used to pulling together to help others. The supertug, which spends a good deal of its time in the Torres Strait, hauls stricken vessels out of sticky situations. But last month crew members serving on the vessel pulled together for another cause, donating $1000 to the leukaemia Foundation of Queensland. The Foundation’s regional events coordinator for Far North Queensland, Annette Jarrett, said the donation by Maritime union of Australia (MuA) crew members would help local patients and
families whose lives have been affected by leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma or related blood disorders. “The leukaemia Foundation of Queensland is very grateful to the support of those on board the Pacific Responder,” Ms Jarrett said. “The Foundation receives no ongoing government grants, so it relies on the generosity and goodwill of people like the MUA members on board the Pacific responder. “Without such community support we could not continue to assist patients
and their families or invest more than $1 million a year in medical research projects seeking better treatments and cures.” The Pacific responder spends the majority of its time patrolling Far Northern waters and the Torres Strait as part of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s program for responding to maritime safety incidents such as vessels in need of towing, and other emergencies such as pollution incidents. The handover of the donation took place in Cairns, on one of the vessel’s brief stops in its home port.
Queenslanders urged to be disaster-ready VoluNTEEriNg Qld has launched an Australianfirst interactive, online resource to help more Queenslanders get prepared for natural disasters. The Disaster readiness index (at www.emergencyvolunteering.com.au) gives individuals a “star” rating on their level of preparedness and generates a personalised list of steps to take to become more emergency-ready. Volunteering Qld CEo Jelenko Dragisic said the checklist was developed to help communities prepare for the worst. “While we can’t stop disasters, we can be in control of how ready we are,” he said.
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Erub battered by wind New health clinic for Saibai SEVERE winds have battered the island community of Erub, causing extensive damage. The unexpectedly strong gusts struck on the afternoon of Friday, February 3, causing extensive damage to a number of structures including the community fuel shed and freezer facility. Winds were “at least 50 knots”, according to mackerel fisherman ‘Snowy’ Preece, who was anchored off the island. Erub Councillor Kenny Bedford said his main concern was the timing and ferocity of the winds, which came with very little warning. “People, especially children, were still outdoors and it didn’t take long for debris and roof materials to turn into missiles in a short space of time,” Cr Bedford said. He said the risk to power lines from coconut trees was also a major threat. “A live wire went down in Medigee Village and was reported and addressed on the day,” he said. “We were fortunate that nobody was injured.” The strong winds, which followed heavy rain and storm conditions the previous week, resulted in extensive coastal damage to areas of Erub and acute flooding in residential areas. “Our silted-up creek systems could not handle the very heavy downfall, causing flooding and further erosion,” said Cr Bedford. He said the Torres Strait Island Regional Council was awaiting a decision by the State Government to offer relief funding for this recent damage. Cr Bedford and divisional manager Daisy Ketchell have taken advantage of a visit this week to Erub by the Member for Cook, Jason O’Brien, to inspect the damage and help support their claim for assistance.
Winds at the front of the Pilot family residence in the Kopat area, Erub.
TENDERS for a new health clinic on Saibai will open in March, according to Member for Cook Jason O’Brien. Mr O’Brien made the announcement during a visit to the Torres News last Tuesday, February 7. “This much-anticipated project that has been through a rigorous process of getting traditional owners’ consent as well as getting designer pre-construction,” Mr O’Brien said. He said the health clinic was not aimed at treating Papua New Guinean patients who had tuberculosis. “What I am hearing is that people on Boigu and Saibai do not want people with tuberculosis travelling to their communities,” Mr O’Brien said. Under the Torres Strait Treaty, Papua New Guinea nationals from specific communities in the Western Province can travel to the Torres Strait for cultural purposes. However the treaty does not provide for them to seek medical treatment. “For that reason, the Federal Government has funded resources in treaty communities, such as nurses and refrigerators to store TB drugs properly,” he said. “The new health clinic affirms the
Bligh Government’s commitment to working in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Closing the Gap,” Mr O’Brien said. ‘Closing the Gap’ refers to reducing the gap in inequalities that exist between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Under the National Indigenous Reform Agreement, the Council of Australian Government (COAG) committed to achieving six targets for closing the gap in health, education and employment outcomes. The two health-specific targets are to close the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life expectancy within a generation (by 2033), and to halve the gap in mortality rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children under five within a decade (2018). The health gap is the difference between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burden of disease estimates and those for the general population. According to Queensland Health the life expectancy gap in Queensland is currently estimated at 10.4 years for males and 8.9 years for females.
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New courses on offer at Tagai TAFE THIS year Tagai TAFE is offering a host of new courses. Courses in community care, creative industries, tourism, trades, and horticulture are already programmed. Now with new facilities completed at the campus in 2011, Tagai TAFE is able to offer new courses in hospitality, business, marine and education in 2012. Tropical North Queensland TAFE (TNQT) institute director Joann Pyne said the new courses were in response to the evolving needs of the Torres Strait community. “In 2011, a covered Trade Training area was built, so that in 2012 courses in construction, machinery licensing and scaffolding have been expanded,” Ms Pyne said. “She said work had also been
completed on an industry-standard commercial kitchen, with courses now being offered in barista training, safe food handling, financial transactions, customer service and housekeeping. “The new Certificate IV Business Governance course has an innovative, women-ingovernance focus and should be of interest to people on boards of directors and in local government,” she said. “In the Education faculty a new Certificate III in Education Support is being offered for staff at Tagai State College campuses and will be trialled by using elearning via Eluminate. “For Tagai State College students in their senior phase of learning, ‘World of Work’ courses are being offered in construction, engineering, hospitality and
tourism, business, information technology, child care, horticulture and assistant in nursing. “One course that will appeal to Year 11 and 12 students is a maritime strategy course that trains students to work as deckhands on marine vessels and obtain a dinghy license. “All indications are pointing to the fact that 2012 is going to be a very busy and productive year for Tagai TAFE.” In 2011 enrolments reached an all-time record. With the new courses being offered, Ms Pyne predicted that this year’s enrolments would surpass the 2011 record. She urged prospective students to enrol now and secure their place in 2012. For further information and to enrol call 4212 1500.
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A TORRES Strait artist’s research into the weaving practices of local women has led her to the inspiration for her award-winning artwork. Janet Fieldhouse is a Torres Strait Islander who went to Canberra to live and study. She is now coordinator of the Yurauna Centre and a cultural arts teacher at the Canberra Institute of Technology, and was announced the winner of the major prize in the 2011 Indigenous Ceramic Art Awards. She told the Canberra Times the win was “overwhelming and an honour.’’ Her prize was awarded for a creation called Tattoo. Consisting of a lightbox and transparent porcelain, it harks back to an Islander scarification practice. The coming-of-age scarring of young skin, a Torres Strait Islands cultural practice of the 1800s, inspired her to create the work that won her the $20,000 art prize. She said she encountered the information on the tattooing when researching Torres Strait women and their weaving.
‘’I kept that in the back of my mind and started carving on surfaces I had made,’’ Fieldhouse said. “The tattooing - most probably done with bones and shells, but not ink, because the aim was to raise patterns in the skin - marked important milestones, such as puberty and marriage.” Fieldhouse said as it had vanished as a cultural practice, she wanted to look at it as an artform of its time, to renew interest in it. She refers to the practice in her art with markings only apparent when the object is illuminated. The piece took two weeks to make and is part of a series. The award is run by the Shepparton Art Museum in Victoria, where Fieldhouse’s creation is on show. The prize aims to provide cultural exchange opportunities for indigenous artists from around Australia. Fieldhouse won the same award three years ago when it was worth $15,000. Back then, the prizemoney funded a down payment on her house. Now, she plans to spend the funds either on her house again, or on her ceramics.
Mental health problems a new thing By GRANT BANKS THE prevalence of mental health issues in Australian Indigenous society has been an ongoing problem for decades. This however may not have always been the case, a new study has found. A report published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) recently found that during pre-European times the opposite was in-fact the case. The report “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health: paradise lost?” by Robert M Parker tells of a seemingly serene and stress-free existence for Indigenous people in the time before European contact. “It may well be that Australian Aboriginal culture, before significant European contact, provided conditions for mental health that the rest of the world would envy,” Mr Parker said. “Aboriginal people derived a sense of meaning and understanding of life experience from their connection to country and their Dreaming. Spiritual beliefs offered guidance, comfort, and a sense of connectivity and belonging.” He pointed out that traditional Aboriginal culture had several factors that strongly reinforced good mental health. “Sense of self was seen as being intimately connected to all aspects of life, community, spirituality, culture and country. Material needs were provided for through sharing rules, and relationships and kinship
defined social roles. “Men and women had defined economic and cultural roles, and children had a range of ‘aunties’ and older siblings to take over child care if a mother was stressed. Torres Strait Islander culture also had rituals and societal mechanisms that appeared to reinforce mental health,” the report said. “Early reports of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people mention occasions of mental illness, but these were considered to be rare events.” This is in marked comparison to the high rates of mental illness currently experienced in the Indigenous population. In another article from the same edition of the MJA mental health figures for Cape York are given. The report “Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait” by Ernest M Hunter and associates describes the state of region. Given the narrow scope of the study, with only 171 people questioned all with pre-existing mental health issues, the authors are able only to pose more questions rather than provide answers to such a difficult problem. “The burden of psychosis in the Indigenous population of Cape York and the Torres Strait is high. Further research is needed to understand the social determinants of these disorders and to design effective social and clinical measures to alleviate this burden,” the authors said. “Despite mental illness being a major contributor to the health gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, reliable
prevalence and severity data are limited.” Figures given in the report were, “male and female Indigenous Australians were hospitalised for psychiatric disorders at 2.4 and 1.5 times the rate for non-Indigenous Australians, respectively.” It was shown however that there was a large gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups with 38.9 per cent and 6.9 per cent respective rates of intellectual disability in the Cape York / Torres Strait study area. Through some clever statistical analysis Hunter concludes that, “Nationally, 7.7 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 15 years of age have an intellectual disability, and roughly 57 per cent of Australians with intellectual disability develop a psychiatric disorder.” Doing the sums that means that 4.4 per cent or one in every 22 Indigenous Australians will develop a psychiatric disorder. Also of significance was the finding that, “The prevalence of intellectual disability in our sample was 26.9 per cent.” What this means is that on Cape York the rate of intellectual disability within the Indigenous population is 19.2 per cent higher than seen elsewhere in Australia. “The findings indicate an urgent need for further research in this region, to extend this research to other Indigenous populations, to identify causal and perpetuating factors, and to develop effective social and clinical measures to alleviate this burden,” he concluded.
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Elephants on the Cape?! AN Australian scientist, looking to solve the problems of rampant bush fires and introduced species, has made the radical suggestion that wild African elephants should be introduced to the outback, the Australian Geographic website reports. Professor David Bowman (pictured), an environmental scientist at the University of Tasmania, in Hobart, is the author of a commentary published last week in the journal Nature, which considers the problems of bush fires and feral flora and fauna in a new light. “The piece is intentionally challenging,” David says. “We are going to be driven, whether we like it or not, to think outside the square, because current approaches to land management in many of our landscape settings are not working. Rather than the piecemeal methods that have been used so far to control individual feral plants and animals, David is proposing a more holistic approach. This looks to introduce large animals - such as elephants, rhinos and Komodo dragons - to eat flammable grasses and control species such as rabbits, goats and pigs, that have been all but impossible to manage. “I realise that there are major risks associated with what I am proposing,” he says. “But the usual approaches to managing these issues aren’t working.” He has opted for elephants because one major source of fuel for wildfires in northern Australia is gamba grass - a giant African species that is too big for native fauna and even feral buffalo to handle. “Gamba grass is a great meal for elephants or rhinoceroses. The idea of introducing elephants may seem absurd, but the only other methods likely to control gamba grass involve using chemicals or physically clearing the land, which would destroy the habitat,” he says. “Using mega-herbivores may ultimately be more practical and cost-effective, and it would help to conserve animals that are threatened by poaching in their native environments.” Australia has had a long and troubled history with both introduced species and bushfires. The Black Saturday bush fires in February 2009 consumed more than 400,000 hectares in southern Australia and claimed the lives of 173 people. “That blaze was unusually fierce, but fires are a constant source of anxiety for Australia,” writes David. “The continent is extremely fire-prone... Lately, the fires have been more intense and widespread, perhaps as a result of climate change - last year, around 5 per cent of the continent was burnt.” Other experts are sceptical that the idea could work in practice. One problem is that elephants will eat much more than just gamba grass, says Professor Patricia Werner, an ecologist at the Australian National University in Canberra. “They eat not only grass but leaves, twigs, fruits, roots and even bark,” she says. “An adult elephant can eat 150-300kg of vegetation a day, only about half of which is grass. Are we in Australia prepared to try yet another landscape-scale ‘experiment’ and merely hope that the elephants don’t find our native Australian trees tasty?” “Professor Bowman is obviously trying to raise some very important issues that we face in Australia; the problem is that his comments are careless,” argues Dr Ricky Spencer, with the Native and Pest Animal Unit at the University of Western Sydney. “If we did go down the road of introducing elephants to Australia, we had better develop the
technology to clone sabre-tooth tigers to eventually control the elephants.” Dr Don Driscoll, a fellow at the Australian National University’s Fenner School of Environment and Society commends David for generating debate. “Australian ecosystems are in a desperate state of degradations due to invasive plants and animals,” he says. “We need to put all of the management options on the table to try to find ways of reducing the rate at which our biodiversity succumbs to the impacts of invasive alien species.” Whatever the answer to Australia’s environmental woes is, it’s not going to be easy, agrees David. “We’ve got some big challenges ahead, that’s the point... Challenges open up really fresh thinking which is what we need.”
Elephants coming to an area near you. Photos courtesy econews.com.au
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Congratulations to local media Which way to the ski lift? ConGRATuLATionS on your 1000th edition in the new format and for the information on why your on-air cousins are on strike. Whilst 4MW may have its budgetary shortfalls, it too deserves congratulations because its presenters and interviewees do not pepper their presentations with the ubiquitous but contradictory catchphrase “You knoW”! everywhere in other verbal mass media “you know” has replaced “ah”, “um”, “absolutely”, and “i mean” as a thinking space during interrogation. on other Wednesday mornings, ABC Local Radio in Cairns
i TAke with notice that there has been an election promise from the LnP that they would cap vehicle registration which would help bring down the cost of living. Sounds good at a first glance but when you take into account their definition of the cost of living which is all goods and services, those who thought of the idea mustn’t realise that to every commodity that we use every day like milk right through to fuel has a freight component. Since the Labor government has nearly
destroyed our rail services, we rely heavily on road transport. Trucks have been carting goods for well over 50 years. However with the rising fuel costs, insurance and the disgusting registration costs, it can be guaranteed that the ‘cost of living’ will increase. Truck registration can range from $3000 to $25,000 depending on how big and how many trailers you have. This is a cost before you even start the engine. Because of these costs our drivers are
Changing the conversation Like most Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples, i am heartbroken that the events of Australia Day have caused distress and division amongst our people. i am here as Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Social Justice Commissioner due to the efforts of our elders. it is the efforts of early campaigners, including those who established the Tent embassy 40 years ago, that have enabled people like me to access and pursue education and employment opportunities that would have been unheard of in our elders’ lifetimes. However, the struggle for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples is far from over. if we are to overcome the challenges that we still face, and there are many, we must engage constructively with each other, peacefully and respectfully. it is time for us to change the conversation. it’s time for us to come together and include all views and opinions in the debates we have been having and must continue to have. But we must do this in a robust way and in a safe way where all of our people are able to voice their opinions, no matter what end of the spectrum they come from, without fear of abuse or harassment.
i’ve said since i stepped into this role that the legacy of our dispossession and oppression which manifests in lateral violence in our communities continues to undermine our best efforts to move forward. i stand by my belief that violence, harassment and threatening behaviour in any form is unacceptable in any circumstances. it is also counter-productive - in our dealings with others and in our dealings with each other. For these reasons it is immaterial whether someone else was violent first or to a greater degree. From the outset of my term, i have said that i will invest my efforts building and strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples and the non-indigenous community. it is precisely times like this when we have to focus our joint efforts on achieving this. it is the perfect time for us to work together towards solutions to the issues that we all agree must be resolved - be they issues of sovereignty and self-determination or ensuring that remote communities have access to clean drinking water. Mick Gooda Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
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THiS signpost for Aplin Road, which runs from Frog Gully to Cook esplanade, seems a little misleading. The road runs parallel to the Aplin Passage between Thursday and Hammond islands, alongside
the Ti suburb of Aplin. There is a state high school, some mangroves, a cemetery - but not a snow-capped mountain in sight. At least, not during monsoon season.
Capped vehicle registration doesn’t go far enough
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has a programme dedicated to the noble cause of lampooning grammatical errors found in local public arenas. During their last episode their guest presenter managed to utter “you know” thirty-four times in twenty-five minutes with “I mean” getting only fifteen mentions. What makes “you know” silly is its assertion that the listener already knows what the presenter is talking about. if you did, why would you bother to listen to them (except to count the number of times they say “you know”)? Larry James
having to drive even longer then before which puts risk of their license, their health and indeed family relationships. With the help of ethanol, no asset sales and a common sense approach to government, katter’s Australian Party will provide a real cap to the cost of living for all Australians by reducing ALL costs that are crippling us every day. Lachlan Bensted Katter’s Australian Party Candidate for Cook
Why I’m running for Cook: Kempton i HAve publicly campaigned against every Labor premier that’s been in since i’ve been in the north on land rights, wilderness and wild river issues.
i’m standing for Cook because i believe i can make a difference to the outcomes in the electorate. i think it has been neglected over a long period of time and i think there are some really bad policies imposed on the region. Big impact issues like the forced amalgamation of shires and wild rivers have been dumped as a fait accompli without proper consultation. The Cape has been used by Labor to appease conservation interest and secure Green preferences in the south for over 20 years to the neglect of local residents. not for a minute would i resile from protecting the environment but you’ve got to find a balance between protecting the environment, creating economic wealth and supporting communities. I will be fighting for a range of issues in Cook besides wild river and world heritage listing, including health and hospital services, aged care, de-amalgamation, road infrastructure, improved education opportunities, support for farmers and businesses by getting rid of government interference, allow councils to again govern locally, reduce government waste, ensure value for every tax payer dollar spent, stronger united governance, economic development and a host of social and community issues. i am particularly irked by over-regulation by governments. i am committed to working for all of the people of Cook from the Torres Strait to Mareeba and will establish my electorate offices in Thursday island and Mareeba and undertake to travel regularly to all areas so people can raise issues that need addressing. David Kempton LNP Candidate for Cook
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Cannabis use high in Australia and NZ Marijuana use in Australia is really high.
AUSTRALIA and New Zealand are the world’s biggest users of cannabis, according to the United Nations Office Drugs and Crime. The findings, published earlier this year in a report by the medical journal The Lancet, found up to 15 per cent of people aged 15-64 used marijuana. Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) came out highest with up to 2.8 per cent of this age group using drugs such as speed and crystal meth (but not including ecstasy), and cocaine use was highest in North America (1.9 per cent). Opioid use including heroin was highest in the Near and Middle East (up to 1.4 per cent). The Lancet estimates some 200 million people use illicit drugs worldwide. This figure represents 1 in 20 people aged 15-64 years, and use is highest in developed countries. Furthermore, the burden of disease due to drug use in high-income countries, such as Australia, is a sizeable proportion of that caused by alcohol consumption, but much less than that caused by tobacco. The paper is by Professor Louisa Degenhardt, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, and the Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and Professor Wayne Hall, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Australia. Available data suggests that, in the total illicit drug users mentioned above, there are 125-203 million cannabis users, 14-56 million amphetamine users, 14-21 million cocaine users and 12-21 million opioid users. There are an estimated 15-39 million problematic users of opioids, amphetamines, or cocaine, and 11-21 million people who inject drugs. Four broad types of adverse health effects of illicit drug use exist: The acute toxic effects, including overdose; The acute effects of intoxication, such as accidental injury and violence; Development of dependence; and Adverse health effects of sustained
chronic, regular use, such as physical diseases. The authors highlight that cannabis causes very few deaths (no overdoses or blood-borne virus infections) though it may cause some accidental deaths. However it clearly causes many users to become dependent and probably contributes to mental disorders. Opioids have been shown to have all four types of health effects: They have the highest risks of dependence affecting perhaps 1 in 4 of lifetime users, and are major contributors to premature death due to overdoses, often in combination with other drugs, as well as accidents, suicides and violence, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. They are also major contributors to disability, through dependence, chronic infections, and liver disease. The most-recent data reported by the World Health Organisation (2004) suggests that 250,000 deaths world-wide were due to illicit drug use, compared with 2.25 million due to alcohol and 5.1 million due to tobacco. Years of life lost due to drug use (2.1 million) were more than those recorded for alcohol (1.5 million), because drug deaths generally affect younger people, while alcohol deaths (and tobacco deaths) tend to affect middle-aged and elderly people. In a high-income country such as Australia, illicit drugs are responsible for 2.0 per cent of years lost due to disability (DALYS), compared with 2.3 per cent for alcohol and 7.8 per cent for tobacco. And opioids cause 80 per cent of the drug DALY burden in Australia, compared compared with 2.3 per cent for alcohol and 7.8 per cent for tobacco. Illicit drugs caused 1.3 per cent of all deaths in Australia, compared to 0.8 per cent for alcohol and 11.7 per cent for tobacco. The authors conclude: “Intelligent policy responses to drug problems need better data for the prevalence of different types of illicit drug use and the harms that their use causes globally. This need is especially urgent in highincome countries with substantial rates of illicit drug use and in low-income and middle-income countries close to illicit drug production areas.”
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Training the key to character roles JIMI Bani was kept busy in the Torres Strait last year, with two acting roles that are poles apart. The young actor said the speed of stepping directly from the set of the ABC’s The Straits to the telemovie set of Mabo was a “head spin”. The roles had him turning from a drug-running Christian to the hero of native title within a few months. Bani said his formal acting training had proved a “big blessing”. “It has been a mind-blowing experience to work at such a pace,” he told The West Australian. “You can only do so much with stamina and then you need the technical training to come in behind you and push you to the next level.” Bani studied his craft at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth. “Doing The Straits was a test for all my training and it really paid off,” he said. Immediately after filming wrapped for both The Straits and Mabo, which airs later this year, Bani said he came home to Thursday Island “to chill.” In The Straits, Bani plays the brother of fellow Thursday Islander and friend Aaron Fa’aoso, after working with him in a similar role on the set of Remote Area Nurse. He described the experience as “wicked”. “Plus it was less tense on set to have a mate there,” Bani said. “This one was really special,” said Bani of The Straits and his character Marou, who betrays his Christian beliefs to support the Montebello family gun and drug-running business. “We had Brian Cox (Harry Montebello) and he was just an honour to have. I thought ‘Wow, how did we snag this guy?’ And Rena Owen (from Once Were Warriors) has so much experience and so much power ... she just radiates this presence.”
Jimi Bani, who plays Marou Montebello in The Straits and Eddie Mabo in Mabo. Owen agreed with Bani that The Straits was more than just another job. “You just know when you come across something special,” she said. “You don’t get many opportunities like The Straits. It was a blessing. Part of my decision (to take on the role of matriarch Kitty) was to support ‘the brown cause’ but it was the script and other actors that made it unique.” She added: “Keep an eye on Jimi Bani. He is just one of those kids that come along once in a blue moon.” For a preview of this week’s episode of The Straits, and your comments on the series, see page 21.
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Have your say on Cape York World Heritage listing QUEENSLANDERS can now have their say on what areas of Cape York Peninsula should be granted World Heritage listing in any future nomination. Environment Minister Vicky Darling released a discussion paper for community feedback on the significant international recognition for Cape York. Ms Darling said any World Heritage nomination would only proceed with community support and with the consent of Traditional Owners and property owners for their lands to be included. “Cape York Peninsula is one of the most outstanding regions in the world,” Ms Darling said. “The Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Uluru, the Wet Tropics and Kakadu are all world famous places in Australia. “I firmly believe Cape York should join them but I want to know what the broader community think.”
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Ms Darling said the discussion paper followed three years of consultation in Cape York as well as an intense program of research and investigation of the region’s natural and cultural values. “We want to seek broader community feedback on which areas should be nominated to better protect and manage the area’s the exceptional beauty and biodiversity,” she said. “We want to ensure this spectacular region is maintained for generations to come and that the region’s people can continue their traditional ways of life. “It’s also about giving recognition to one of the oldest living cultures in the world and recognising the area’s wartime, grazing and trade history. “A listing would mean areas were managed and protected for current and future generations - but would also allow a range of industries and activities to still occur as long as they are sustainably managed.” She said other internationally significant areas such as the Great Barrier Reef and Fraser Island had shown how existing businesses and industries could thrive with World Heritage listing. “Having this type of international recognition can help increase economic opportunities such as tourism and sustainable land management,” she said “The region is home to an enduring cultural landscape reflecting tens of thousands of years of Indigenous history and contains some of the world’s oldest rock art and great shell mounds from an ancient past. “Cape York Peninsula covers almost 15 million hectares and is home to 19,000 people and a range of agricultural, mining, tourism and cultural industries. “The areas’ diverse landscape and biological richness is what really makes it special - exceptional savanna, remnant rainforest unique river systems and threatened species. “Over the next year, we will be stepping up our work with Traditional Owners, communities and the Australian Government to identify the natural and cultural values that could be included in a World Heritage nomination and determine how those values would be managed. “I encourage everyone with an interest in this special part of Queensland to get a copy of our new brochure and become involved in this important initiative.” For copies of the brochure and more information, call 4222 5239 or email consultation.cypwh@ derm.qld.gov.au. Electronic version of the document and other details are also available on the DERM website at www.derm.qld.gov.au/cape_york.
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The brochure. Page 10 Torres News
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Tagai TAFE on the up-and-up
Tagai TAFE students celebrating their graduation last year. LAST year was a record year for enrolments and achievements at Tagai TAFE campus. Tropical North Queensland TAFE Institute director Joann Pyne said there had been a significant growth over the 10-year period. In 2001, there were 216 students enrolled at the TAFE on Thursday Island. By 2011, this had grown to 856. Ms Pyne said she expected enrolments for 2012 to surpass the record set in 2011.
“In 2011, Tagai TAFE adopted ‘Skilling Yumi in the Torres Strait’ as their guiding policy for operations,” Ms Pyne said. “By adhering to this new guiding, operational policy in 2011, Tagai TAFE recorded a doubling of enrolments in their Tagai Tech program.” She said it was also a significant year for improving campus facilities. “A covered trade training area was built. Work was completed on an industry-
standard kitchen, giving Tagai TAFE the capability to deliver a higher level of vocational education training in cookery, and major refurbishments were finished,” she said. In 2011, 60 per cent of enrolments were for Certificate III, IV and Diploma courses. There were 124 students in Certificate III courses, studying 16 different programs, and 83 Certificate IV and Diploma graduates completed courses in 11 programs.
“In total, 342 Certificate I, II, III, IV and Diploma students graduated in 39 different programs,” Ms Pyne said. “And 313 training courses were completed in the areas of first aid, CPR, numeracy, literacy and solar heat training. “The fact that 655 students and trainees graduated and completed courses with Tagai TAFE in 2011 indicates how important Tagai TAFE is to ‘Skilling Yumi in the Torres Strait’.”
More diabetes but fewer deaths WHILE more Australians have diabetes now than 20 years ago, the rate of diabetes-related deaths is falling, according to a report released last week by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The new web-based report, Diabetes indicators in Australia, shows the prevalence of diabetes in the Australian population increased from 1.5 per cent per cent to 4.1 per cent over 20 years to 2007-08. In 2007-08, 61 per cent of Australian adults were overweight or obese, compared to 57 per cent in 1995. The rate of Australian adults who did not get enough exercise has increased from 69 per cent to 72 per cent between 2001 and 2007-08. And, in 2007-08, more than 90 per cent of Australian adults did not eat enough vegetables and 50 per cent did not eat enough fruit. Certain population groups are also at increased risk of developing diabetes. The rate of diabetes among Indigenous Australians was more than three times that of non-Indigenous Australians, and Indigenous Australians had higher rates of diabetes-related deaths than the general population - 46 per 100,000 among Indigenous Australians in 2006 compared to 33 per 100,000 among all
Australians in the same year. AIHW spokesperson Lisa McGlynn said diabetes could lead to serious complications, such as cardiovascular disease and end-stage kidney disease as well as loss of vision, limb amputation, and even death. “While increasing numbers of Australians are developing the disease, there is some good news in relation to diabetes complications,” Ms McGlynn said. Diabetes-related deaths dropped by 18per cent between 1997 and 2007 and hospitalisations for lower limb amputations among people with diabetes fell between 2001 and 2007-08, from 4.8 to 4.1 p e r 1,000 people w i t h diabetes. “This may be a result of better diabetes management,” Ms McGlynn said. “However, the increasing number of Australians with diabetes is still a cause for concern, as is the number of Australians with modifiable risk factors for diabetes. “We can help manage diabetes risk by, among other things, maintaining a healthy weight, getting enough exercise and eating the right amounts of fruit and vegetables.” Torres News
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COMMUNITY
Erub rewards excellence on Australia Day
Seddey Stephen, Kenny Bedford, Racey Pitt, Diann Lui, Nancy Naawi, Florence Gutchen, Racheal Gela, Ella Rose Savage and Torres Webb. TORRES Webb and the Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre ‘gang’ have been recognised for their respective achievements at Erub. As part of the Torres Strait Island Regional Council Australia Day Awards, Mr Webb was awarded the Regional Young Citizen of the Year. Erub Erwer Meta was collectively awarded the Erub Community Achievement Award.
The awards were announced and presented as part of a Community Meeting on January 31, 2012. Cr Kenny Bedford commended Mr Webb on his award. “Apart from his youth advocacy and representative roles nationally and abroad, Torres plays a number of key roles in our region and community,” Cr Bedford said. “Not only is he our senior ranger, but is
the elected deputy chair of our local PBC (Prescribed Body Corporate).” Mr Webb thanked the council and community, and was humble in accepting his award. “I am just going about my everyday business,” he said. Cr Bedford praised the work of the staff at Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre. “Erub Erwer Meta not only provides an
important learning and economic base for our artists to express themselves but does a great deal to promote our Erub community and way of life,” he said. Erub Erwer Meta Managment Committee president Mrs Racey Pitt and manager Di Lui said they were pleased on behalf of the Art Centre and their colleagues for the added recognition of the Community Achievement Award.
ERIN AND MICHAEL BARILLARO WEDDING
Bride Erin Barillaro (nee Mooney) with bridesmaid Vanessa Barillaro, Michael’s sister, who is a prep teacher on Saibai Island.
Erin and Michael cut the cake. The wedding ceremony was held at St Therese of the Little Flower Church, Kedron, and the reception at Bretts Wharf, Hamilton. Erin and Michael Barillaro of Thursday Island on their wedding day, December 10, 2011.
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OUT AND ABOUT ON THURSDAY ISLAND
PHOTOS: MARK ROY
Visitors from Cairns Tony Robertson, Steve Sutcliffe, Luke Voss, Vanessa Walter, Courtney Taylor and Ben Reeves at the Federal Hotel beer garden.
Cocktail barman Tom and receptionist Tiffany, both from England, enjoying their last week at the Jardine.
Carol Neville, Jean Marshall and Meyalah Blackman sip cocktails by the pool at the Jardine.
Edwina Ahmat, Darai, and Annie Ahmat relaxing at the Federal Hotel.
Tony Mack and Rebecca Harrex enjoying a night out at Ilan Cafe.
Visitors Bob Johnston from Brisbane and Beata Betheras from Cairns.
Susan and Dion Vermey at the Jardine. Torres News
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Poruma Campus School Leaders 2012 There was a great sense of pride on Monday, 6th February, as Poruma Campus held its Leadership ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ͘ dŚĞ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŝƚŶĞƐƐ ƚŚĞ ŝŶĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐ͕ ǁŚŽ ĂƌĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌŝǀŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ ƌŽůĞ ŵŽĚĞůƐ͘ ,ĞĂĚ ŽĨ ĂŵƉƵƐ͕ DƐ ŶŶĞ DĐ ĂƌƚŚLJ ƐĂŝĚ ͞/ Ăŵ ůŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝĚĞĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ĐŽŵĞ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ǁŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ĚŽŝŶŐ ŚĞƌĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽŽů͘͟ dŚŽƐĞ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ĂƌĞ͗ ^ĐŚŽŽů ĂƉƚĂŝŶƐ ʹ ƵŐƵŵ ŶƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ZŚŽŶĚĂ ŽŶŶĞƌ ,ŽƵƐĞ ĂƉƚĂŝŶƐ ʹ ƵŐƵŵ ŶƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ WŚŝůůĞŵŽŶ WĞĂƌƐŽŶ ;hƌĂďͿ ĂŶĚ ZŚŽŶĚĂ ŽŶŶĞƌ ĂŶĚ DƵŶƌŽ ^ƚĞƉŚĞŶƐ ;'ŚĂŝLJĂͿ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŽƵŶĐŝů zĞĂƌ ZĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟǀĞƐ ʹ zĞĂƌ ϭ͘ :ŽƐŚƵĂ ŽŶŶĞƌ͖ zĞĂƌ Ϯ͘ dŚĞŽƉŚĞůŝĂ DŽƐďLJͲEŽŶĂ͖ zĞĂƌ ϯ͘ dĞĂĨŽ >Ƶŝ͖ zĞĂƌ ϰ͘ dĞƌŽLJ &ĂƵŝĚ͖ zĞĂƌ ϱ͘ >ĂůĂ >Ƶŝ͖ ĂŶĚ zĞĂƌ ϲ͘ ,ĂƌƌŝƐŽŶ WĞĂƌƐŽŶ ŽŶŐƌĂƚƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƵŵĂ ĂŵƉƵƐ >ĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͊ Back Row: Rhonda Bonner; Munro Stephens; Harrison Pearson; Bugum Anson; and Phillemon Pearson. Front Row: Teafo Lui; Lala Lui; Teroy Fauid; Theophelia Mosby-Nona and Joshua Bonner.
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We say smol Yawo to Mr Andrew Denzin as he departs dĂŐĂŝ ^ƚĂƚĞ ŽůůĞŐĞ͘ ŶĚƌĞǁ ŚĂƐ ƚĂŬĞŶ ƵƉ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĞĂƚ ĂƌƌŝĞƌ ZĞĞĨ DĂƌŝŶĞ WĂƌŬ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ Thank you Andrew for your exemplary leadership and ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ >ĂŶĚ ĂŶĚ ^ĞĂ ĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͕ ďŽƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƚĂī across the Torres Strait /ƐůĂŶĚƐ͘ ŶĚ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ͕ the Great Barrier Reef ŽŶůLJ ĞŶĚƐ Ăƚ DĞƌ͕ ƐŽ ǁĞ ĞdžƉĞĐƚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ LJŽƵ ďĂĐŬ in the Straits very soon.
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THURSDAY 16 FRIDAY 17
4:00 WNBL: Highlights: Adelaide Vs Bulleen 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 The Old Guys 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:00 Dragons’ Den 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Mr Bean: Mind The Baby Mr Bean - Delighted to have found his way to a fun fair, Mr. Bean is less than thrilled to have inadvertently landed himself with looking after a baby. 6:30 Planet America 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 (QLD) 8:00 QI: Gardens 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Peace And Love: Gently and Bacchus investigate the murder of well-known left wing academic, Fraser Barratt, found dead in the docks after a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally. 10:05 Getting On 10:35 Lateline 11:15 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. 12:15 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 Danoz Direct 12:30 Hi-5 1:00 One Day Series - Australia Vs Sri Lanka 5:00 National News 5:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs Sri Lanka 9:00 CSI: Miami: “Tunnel Version” (M) - When the team investigates a death at the bottom of a sink hole, they discover that a tunnel was built leading them to a bank vault that was recently robbed of its safety deposit boxes. 10:00 Movie: “Rush Hour” (M v,l) - When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn’t want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves in this action-packed buddy comedy. 12:00 Movie: “Meteor” (PG) - With a five-mile-wide asteroid speeding to earth, an American space scientist calculates that only the combined weaponry from America and Russia can destroy this imminent threat to Earth. 2:00 Spyforce: “Portuguese Man O’war” (PG) - Three highly trained German saboteurs lay explosives on a vital installation in Sydney, then disappear. Spyforce is called in to track down the enemy agents. 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: “Working Girl” (M s,l) 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue - In Sydney, officers rescue an injured dog left home alone for the weekend. In Brisbane, inspectors are being kept busy with two reports on sheep and a man whose house has been overrun by cats. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: Irene suffers from pains in her legs, Ruby finds herself on a downward spiral and John loses big when the Resort is shut down. 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 Movie: “Forest Gump” (M a,l,v) - Forrest Gump leads a truly inspiring life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the twentieth century, such as teaching Elvis Presley to dance and meeting John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. 12:00 Movie: “Catch A Fire” (M l,a,v) - A powerful political drama about a coloured man in apartheid South Africa who is radicalised after being accused of terrorism. 2:10 Auction Squad 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: The Holy Week Pardon 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: The Netherlands 8:30 Singapore 1942 - End Of Empire 9:30 As It Happened: Apocalypse: The Second World War: Shock 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Wild Camp” (MAV s,v,a) - In French. 17-year-old Camille’s blossoming sexuality doesn’t go unnoticed by the middle-aged men at the campsite where Camille and her family holiday for the summer. When she takes a shine to the sailing instructor, the weather-beaten, forty-something Blaise, everyone knows it spells trouble. 12:30 Movie: “Clean” (M d,l) - Maggie Cheung stars as Emily, a singer-songwriter and drug addict, who loses custody of her young son after her rock star boyfriend dies of an overdose. Emily heads to Paris where she tries to put her life back together. 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
SATURDAY 18
4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage: Guest Programmer 11:00 Spicks And Specks 11:30 7.30 (QLD) 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story: Road To Nowhere 1:00 Basketball: WNBL: Adelaide Vs Dandenong 3:00 Movie: “From Here To Eternity” (PG) 5:05 Moose In The Glen 5:55 At The Movies: Short Cuts 6:10 Minder: In Vino Veritas 7:00 ABC News 7:30 New Tricks: Good Morning Lemmings: The team reinvestigate the death of celebrated graffiti artist Danny ‘Flak’ Tyler when graffiti claiming ‘I Killed Flak’ starts appearing around London. 8:30 Accused: Kenny’s Story: Cab driver, Liam becomes smitten with a customer. In desperate need of money, he robs the woman’s flat, and is delighted when she contacts him after learning she has been burgled. 9:35 The Jonathan Ross Show: Jonathan Ross presents an entertaining show featuring comedy, celebrity chat and the latest music. 10:20 Ashes To Ashes: Gene Hunt and the team are hot on the tail of a van they believe contains a large amount of heroin. When the Quattro blocks the van’s escape route, the team are faced with a woman brandishing a sawn-off shotgun. 11:15 Rage: Guest Programmer
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 2:00 Kitchen Whiz 2:30 TBA 4:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 G’Day Soleil 8:30 Movie: “The Ugly Truth” (M s,l) 10:45 Movie: “The Upside Of Anger” (M a,s,l) - Terry Wolfmeyer has a loving husband and four beautiful daughters but her world is turned upside down when her husband disappears. With Terry left to raise her four daughters her life gets even more hectic when she falls for an ex baseball star, turned DJ Denny Davies. 1:15 Movie: “The Exorcist” (AV v,h,a,l) - When movie actress Chris MacNeil begins to suspect that an evil spirit possesses her young daughter, Regan, she calls in two priests to try and exorcise the demon against frightening and formidable odds. 3:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 4:00 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: “The Road To El Dorado” (G) 3:00 Movie: “K-9” (PG) 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Movie: “Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark” (M v,h) - Barely back from a treasure hunt in South America, renowned archaeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Army Intelligence to find the biblical Ark of the Covenant - the resting place of the Ten Commandments. 9:00 Movie: “Patriot Games” (M v) 11:30 That ‘70s Show 12:00 Movie: “Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger” (M l,s) - Esther’s quest to fit in begins when she escapes her Bat Mitzvah and meets the unconventional Sunni and her mother, Mary. 2:10 Movie: “Remember Me” (M v,s) - Jenny gets the fright of her life when her ex-husband begins contacting her after being in a psychiatric ward for nine years. 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz: “Don’t Poison Your Guests!” - Dr Oz explores the five ways you could potentially poison your dinner guests. Then, Grizz from NBC’s ‘30 Rock’ discusses how ignoring his high blood pressure for 10 years led to kidney failure.
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Night 2:25 Roberto Saviano: In The Shadow Of Death 3:25 What Is Beauty? 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Hot Cities: Meltdown! 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Monster Moves: Spectacular Spitfire 8:30 RocKwiz: Catherine Britt & Max Merritt 9:15 Mad Men: “Out Of Town / Love Among The Ruins” - In the third-season opener, Don accidentally learns a secret about Salvatore during a business trip to Baltimore. Back at Sterling Cooper, the firings continue, and Pete Campbell and Ken Cosgrove are worried about how the changes will impact on them. / Don is brought in to save the day for a public relations campaign involving the building of the new Madison Square Garden, only to have the rug pulled out from under him. 11:00 Movie: “Death Note” (M v,h) - In Japanese. A law student, disillusioned by the justice system, gets hold of a mystical notebook that gives him the power to kill by writing down a victim’s name. He starts to bring criminals to justice himself by killing them using the notebook. A dark fantasy based on a successful manga series that was a huge box office success in Japan. 1:20 The Jaquie Brown Diaries: The Brown Identity 1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
SUNDAY 19
SBS 5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: The Mother Country 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Zumbo: The Staff Collection 8:00 One Man and His Campervan: Caldicott - This week, the food adventure continues in Wales. A campervan festival creates the opportunity for both Martin’s 70’s classic camper and his Welsh lamb campervan curry to face the judges. 8:30 Feasts: India 9:35 24 Hours In Emergency 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:00 Kill Arman: South Korea / Taekwondo 12:30 Movie: “Invisible Waves” (M v,l) - In Japanese, Cantonese, Thai & English. After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn’t prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 The Bombing Of Darwin: 70 Years 12:15 Landline 1:15 Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures In Architecture: Power 2:00 The Ascent Of Money: Dreams Of Avarice 2:50 Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child 4:05 Radiohead: The King Of Limbs Live 5:05 How Earth Made Us: Deep Earth 6:05 Expedition Tiger 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Grand Designs: Cornwall 8:30 Midsomer Murders: The Night Of The Stag - When a missing tax inspector turns up dead in a vat of cider, Barnaby and Jones must hunt for a ‘giant’ killer within a Midsomer village steeped in bizarre local traditions. 10:00 Too Poor For Posh School 11:00 Movie: “To Kill A Mockingbird” (PG) - A lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. 1:05 Order In The House 2:05 Grand Designs: Cornwall: Kevin McCloud meets a couple who have 12 months to convert a silver-mine engine-house in Cornwall into a unique and beautiful home. 2:55 Rage
6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Pyramid 10:30 Children’s Programs 11:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 12:00 Wildfire 1:00 One Day Series - Australia Vs India 5:00 National News Sunday 5:30 One Day Series - Australia Vs India - Wide World Of Sports presents Australia v India live from the GABBA. Join Mark Nicholas, Tony Greig, Michael Slater, Ian Healy and Mark Taylor, James Brayshaw and Richie Benaud for all the action. 9:00 Australian Athletics Tour 2012 - Australia’s best athletes prepare for London. Hosted by Tony Jones and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor. 10:00 TBA 12:10 The Apprentice - The celebrity candidates are charged to produce a TV commercial for a pet-adoption program. Ivanka Trump and CEO Terry Lundgren oversee the project. 2:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Goodmorning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today - Join Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson as they bring you the latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.
6:00 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 6:30 Phineas And Ferb 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 World’s Strictest Parents 11:00 The One Australia’s Most Gifted Psychic 12:00 Anne Of Green Gables 4:45 Faulty Towers 5:30 Going Bush 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line 8:00 The Force - Behind The Line 8:30 Bones: “Prince In The Plastic” (M) 9:30 Castle: “Head Case / Nikki Heat” (M v,a) - When Castle and Beckett arrive at a bloody crime scene, they discover that it lacks something - a victim! The investigation leads to the cutting-edge world of life-extension science. 11:30 Forensic Investigators - Australia’s True Crimes 12:30 The Real Seachange - After a disastrous opening night at his newly bought pub, Max does something crazy to win customers over. 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 3:00 First Australians: An Unhealthy Government Experiment 4:00 Lost In Wonderland 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Fisherman Of Tyre 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: A History Of Celtic Britain: Age Of Invasion 8:35 The Code: Shapes: Starting at the hexagonal columns of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, Marcus du Sautoy discovers the code underpinning the extraordinary order found in nature - from rock formations to honeycomb and from salt crystals to soap bubbles. 9:40 Movie: “As It Is In Heaven” (M v,a,l) - In Swedish. A successful international conductor suddenly interrupts his career and returns to his childhood village in the far north of Sweden. He is asked to listen to the church choir in the parish hall - just to give some advice. From that moment nothing in the village is the same again. The choir develops and grows, and the conductor makes both friends and enemies. 11:55 Movie: “Willenbrock” (MA s,a,v) - In German. An engaging portrait of a middle-class car dealer’s disintegrating personal life. 1:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 20
7 CENTRAL 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Natalee Holloway” (M a) 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 Grey’s Anatomy 9:30 Desperate Housewives: “School Of Hard Knocks” - After disobeying the rules of student drop-offs at the front of Juanita’s school, Gaby makes it her mission to get even with a parent volunteer who banishes her to a faraway parking lot. 10:30 Private Practice 11:30 30 Rock 12:00 Special: Ships Of The Desert - A fascinating journey that takes viewers to the Holy Land and Egypt, visiting a Kibbutz, Mount Sinai and The Dead Sea. 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Backyard Science 10:25 Science Clips 10:35 Ace Day Jobs 10:40 Postcards From Bangladesh 10:50 Catalyst Bytes 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Monarch of the Glen 1:25 The Dreaming 1:35 Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook 2:00 Expedition Tiger 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Minuscule: Bzzaping 6:10 Grand Designs: Cotswolds 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Spooks 12:30 Darling Buds Of May: Christmas Is Coming - As Pop is out delivering Christmas trees a mysterious fugitive from justice is about to threaten the Larkin’s idyllic family Christmas. 1:25 With Gilbert And George 3:10 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 Panty Pinata Polarization” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Friendship Contraction” (PG) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Wiggly Finger Catalyst 8:30 Alcatraz: “Kit Nelson” (M v,a) 9:30 Person Of Intrest 11:30 Damages: Don’t Throw That At The Chicken - Patty Hewes grills Louis Tobin about his fraud, while Joe Tobin is faced with a decision that will determine his family’s fate forever. 12:30 The Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much - Secret Agent Danvers pursued by a young thug, Robin, makes his way to a field telephone box. As he desperately attempts to contact Steed, Robin fires .... beside Danvers body lies a pile of birdseed from the bag in his pocket. 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 TBA 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 8:45 Revenge 10:45 Sports Fever 11:45 Parking Wars 12:10 Picture This: Join Ruby Rose and Shaun Malseed each week as they look at the latest films, interview the hottest celebs, and give you the juiciest goss straight from Hollywood! 12:35 Room For Improvement: The RFI team goes up the river to transform a grotty old shed into a living room with a spectacular view. 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 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 Prototype This: Robot Dog Sitter 2:30 ADbc 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 Global Village: Laos: Along the Mekong 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Mythbusters: Drain Disaster - Adam and Jamie go underground to investigate if a sewer drain full of combustible methane gas is ignited - would it turn the innocent manhole cover into a missile? 8:35 Man Vs Wild: Canadian Rockies 9:30 Wilfred: Bite Club 10:00 South Park: A History Channel Thanksgiving 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 The World Game 12:05 SOS: Kavi 1:05 Movie: “Shots Of Rum” (M a) - In French & German. A bittersweet story of an inevitable phase in family life, explored through the loving relationship between a widowed father and his adoring daughter living in an apartment in the suburbs of Paris. 2:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 21
IMPARJA 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 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Excess Baggage 8:00 RBT 8:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Ms. Willows Regrets 9:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Willows In The Wind 10:30 CSI: NY 11:30 Southland: Failure Drill / Graduation Day - John’s drug issue worsens as Ben approaches the end of his training. Elsewhere, Lydia is involved in a shoot-out while preoccupied with a teenage victim; and Sammy focuses on fatherhood. / The third season ends as Ben faces his final day as a rookie and contends with John’s increasing dependence on painkillers. 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Can we Help? 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 9:30 Business Today 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 A Farmer’s Life For Me 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 The Wild Ones: Kangaroo Mob 9:30 Genius: Hairy Bikers And Jane Moore 10:00 Artscape: Ochre And Ink 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Hungry Beast: Captivity 1:00 Thunderheads 1:55 A Farmer’s Life For Me: Nine British couples compete to run their own farm in Suffolk for a year. From ploughing to buying and housing livestock, their first challenge is to choose a plot of land and show how they would run it to turn a profit. 2:55 Rage
6:00 Weekend 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 Lizard-Spock Expansion” (PG s) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The White Asparagus Triangulation” 8:00 2 Broke Girls: “And The Break-Up Scene” (PG s,l) 8:30 Two And A Half Men: “Slowly And In A Circular Fashion” (M) 9:00 Two And A Half Men: “A Possum On Chemo” (M s) 9:30 Top Gear 11:30 Men Of A Certain Age: Cold Calls - Joe dates two women at the same time and is at odds on how to handle the situation. Meanwhile, Terry and a fellow salesman compete to sell the most cars by day’s end; and Owen tries to stop his father from discrediting his authority at the dealership. 12:30 20/20 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 TBA 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 - Officers attempt to rescue a cow stuck in neck-high water in a dam. Five aggressive breeding dogs are surrendered to the RSPCA and inspectors hope to find four abandoned kittens new homes. 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away - Roo takes a tough love approach with Ruby, April and Dex start to rebuild their friendship and Brax signs up for a dangerous cage fight. 7:30 My Kitchen Rules 8:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 10:30 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 11:30 Royal Pains 12:30 Room For Improvement 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
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CROSSWORD No. 85
SUDOKU No. 85
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. 85
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!
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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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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. 85
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) Don’t try too hard to create a good impression. You might be feeling a little self-conscious at the moment, and will be worried if you don’t get the feedback you are looking for. Romance. A powerful aspect to Mars will give your energy levels a powerful boost later in the week. This will be a good time to make a new start in a relationship which has been foundering recently.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A powerful aspect to Mercury early in the week will help to put you in top intellectual form. You will have no problem winning an argument with your superior logic. Romance. Your partner may want to go somewhere that doesn’t interest you this week. You will need to think up a solution which pleases both of you.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
Your financial situation will soon be coming under some strain. In the short term you can try to cut down on luxuries, but in the longer term you may need to find another job. Romance. You may be upset because of a recent let-down. Another get-together with this person later in the week will be much more fruitful.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Don’t let your family take up all of your time. You need more room to develop other interests and now is a good time to take a step in this direction. Romance. Be careful not to let all the attention you have been receiving recently go to your head.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd) Time spent talking to a new friend will show you how much you have in common with this person. This person’s advice will help you to sort out a recent dilemma. Romance. You may have to show your feelings more directly than you have up to now. If you are too subtle, you will not be noticed.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) You may need to push ahead by yourself. The people around you don’t have as much energy as you, and could be holding you back. Be especially careful of a “friend” who is giving your misleading advice and who may have a vested interest in your failing. Romance. Don’t lose your temper over an issue that is not really very important. Your partner may be a little over-sensitive at the moment.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) A very long conversion with a friend could leave you exhausted. While you may want to hear how they are getting on, you will not have enough patience to listen to all the details. Romance. The marriage of a person that you know will be under discussion today. You may find that there are some important lessons to be learnt from their experiences.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Time spent worrying about the past will not help you to cope any better with the present. You need to move on and forget about a mistake which cannot be reversed. Romance. Communications with your partner should be very good at the moment. Use this opportunity to sort out any niggling problems.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) Make sure that you don’t get involved in a situation which could be difficult to get out of. A meeting later in the week will help you to understand things from the other person’s point of view. Romance. A trip away from home will help to inject more life into your relationship. You will both enjoy each other’s company.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Don’t allow yourself to be lead astray by well-meaning advice. You would be better off working out what to do by yourself. Romance. A favourable aspect to Neptune later in the week will help you to use your intuition to understand an issue which has been difficult to solve logically.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) A new contact will prove to be a mixed blessing. Although this person wants to help you, and seems genuine enough, there will be some areas of their personality which make you suspicious. Romance. Your own needs are just as important as those of your partner. This week you must try hard to create a better balance in your relationship.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Don’t allow anything to come in the way of a recent promise which you made to someone who matters to you. It is important that you don’t let this person down. Romance. This will be a good time to heal your relationship after some recent tension. The more you give the easier it will be to resolve these issues.
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Torres Shire Council is calling for nominations from community members to become an active member on the Torres Shire Indigenous Advisory Committee (TSIAC) a term for two years 2012 - 2014. Nominations are invited from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents who live, work and study in the Torres Shire region. The TSIAC will work in partnership with Torres Shire Council and the communities towards the implementation of cultural events and forums. Appointed members should have a strong understanding and a passion of cultural protocol and background. Membership is on a voluntary basis. Application package includes the nomination form and can be obtained from the Torres Shire Council office on 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island. Nominations close at 4pm on Friday, March 2, 2012. Dalassa Yorkston ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TORRES STRAIT FINFISH QUOTA TRUST REVENUE FUNDING ROUND 2012 The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is calling for applications from Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal organisations from Erub, Masig, Mer and Ugar for grant funding from the Torres Strait Finfish Quota Trust Revenue Account. Funding will be made available to bodies corporate, unincorporated organisations, and State and Local government authorities. To be eligible projects must provide a fisheries benefit to the community and address the criteria outlined in the Grant Guidelines. Grant Application forms and Grant Guidelines are available at www.tsra.gov.au under the link entitled ‘Finfish Quota Trust Revenue Funding Round’. For further enquiries and to obtain a Grant Application kit, please contact TSRA Fisheries staff by telephone on (07) 4069 0700, toll free on 1800 079 093 or email fisheries@tsra.gov.au Applications close at 5pm on Monday 12 March 2012 Completed applications should be marked ‘Finfish Quota Trust Revenue Funding Round’ and posted to: The Chief Executive Officer Torres Strait Regional Authority PO Box 261 Thursday Island QLD 4875 Alternatively, applications can be emailed to fisheries@tsra.gov.au Applications received after 5pm on Monday 12 March 2012 will not be considered unless prior approval for late submission has been obtained in writing from the TSRA Fisheries Program Manager.
Career opportunities at James Cook University Associate Lecturer/Academic Support Officer Ref. No. 12055 – Thursday Island This position is focused on promoting and delivering preservice teacher education in the Torres Strait. It involves teaching in first year subjects in the Tertiary Access Program and the Bachelor of Education based on prepared online materials as well as providing academic support for other subjects within the Bachelor of Education. The appointee will link students to sources of social, financial and educational support and establish a community of learners and peer support network among Indigenous adult learners in the program. The appointee will actively seek ways to promote teacher education across the Torres Strait with a specific focus on encouraging young Torres Strait Islanders to aspire to becoming professional educators. The position requires close collaboration with key educational and community stakeholders in the Torres Strait. In addition the appointee will work closely with the Director of RATEP and the School of Education Indigenous Student Support Officer and other academics in the School of Education in Townsville and Cairns to facilitate liaison and to advocate for preservice teachers studying on Thursday Island. As a representative of James Cook University and the School of Education, the appointee will develop a good understanding of relevant university policies and practices. Employment Type: Appointment will be half-time for a fixed-term to 5 December 2014. Salary: Academic Level A - $27,346 - $36,541 per annum. Commencing salary will be in accordance with qualifications and experience. Benefits include 5 weeks annual leave, generous employer superannuation contribution and attractive options for salary packaging. Applications close on 24 February 2012.
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POSITION VACANT LEADING HAND ROAD MAINTENANCE AND DRAINAGE Torres Shire Council invites applications from suitably qualified and/ or experienced persons for the full time position of Leading Hand - Road Maintenance and Drainage. Applicants must have a drivers licence with a minimum of medium rigid (MR) endorsement and Construction Induction White Card. Previous experience in Community or Local Government operations and/or an ability to operate plant is an advantage. Conditions of employment will be as per the Torres Shire Certified Agreement 2010. Applicants wishing to be considered for this position should obtain an Application Package from the Council Office located at 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island or contact Don Benjamin, phone (07) 4069 1336, or email employment@torres.qld.gov.au or Council’s website www.torres.qld.gov.au. Applications are to be received by 4pm Friday, February 24, 2012. Dalassa Yorkston ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Tender 01/12 SALE OF USED PLANT & EQUIPMENT Tenders are invited for the sale of used plant & equipment located at the Depot off Loban Road, Thursday Island. Interested parties should obtain a copy of the tender documents from the Council Office, 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island, 4875, phone (07) 4069 1336. Tenders must be lodged in the tender box at the Council Office, 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island, 4875, or emailed to PO Box 171, Thursday Island, 4875 by 4pm on Friday, March 2, 2012 and the envelope is to be addressed as follows: Tender 01/12 – Sale of Used Plant & Equipment Chief Executive Officer Torres Shire Council PO Box 171 Thursday Island QLD 4875 Faxed or emailed tenders will not be considered. The Council reserves the right to not accept the highest tender or any tender. Dalassa Yorkston ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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Jayapura Five face life in prison By MARK ROY
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in Australia, Tom Clarke, is asking why Australia is not sending legal observers to the trial. “An unprincipled and myopic approach to human rights will fail in West Papua just as it did in East Timor,” Mr Clarke said. “Australia needs a new approach, underpinned by a principled and persistent commitment to human rights, to addressing conflicts in our region.” The Jayapura Five are Papuan leaders Forkorus Yaboisembut, Edison Waromi, August Makbrowen Senay, Dominikus Sorabut and Selpius Bobii, who were arrested at the Papuan People’s Congress after raising the Papuan ‘Morning Star’ flag and declaring independence. They now face charges of treason under archaic laws introduced to Indonesia by Dutch colonialists. Their lawyers say if found guilty, they face 20 years to life in prison. Mr Clarke likened the current situation in Papua to that of Indonesia’s brutal occupation of East Timor. Successive Australian governments “turned a blind eye” to human rights abuses in that country for 24 years, he said. “For two decades, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials and government ministers put on their best poker faces and told the Australian public that everything was just fine in East Timor,” he said. “Credible reports of human rights abuses were routinely dismissed as the death toll climbed to more than 180,000. “Looking at current events unfold in West Papua, it’s hard not to feel that when it comes to dealing with human rights abuses on our doorstep, Australia’s foreign policy is trapped in a ‘ground-hog day’ cycle.” He said the “deafening silence” from the government was “extremely worrying”. “While the US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton has publically voiced her alarm about the unfolding situation in West Papua, pledging to again raise directly with Indonesia the need for political reforms to meet the legitimate needs of the Papuan people, neither Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, or her Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, seem willing to speak up and out on the issue,” he said. Following the violent crackdown at the Congress, Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, was quoted by Indonesian media outlets as saying the actions of the Papuan leaders during the Congress had been “illegal, provocative, and counterproductive”. “Indonesia has changed so much over the last decade, but it appears Australia’s diplomatic position is frozen in time,” Mr Clarke said. The US State Department has called on the Indonesian authorities to ensure due process for those indicted and urged that Indonesia respect its international legal obligations related to the trial. Human Rights Watch, for its part, called for the release of the five Papuans who are being tried under an archaic “subversion” provision of the criminal code. Reporters without Borders, in another global review, notes the growing threat to journalists in West Papua. The Asian Human Rights Commission reports on new Indonesian security force torture of Papuan civilians. Jakarta has announced plans for a massive road building scheme in West Papua which will facilitate developers’ access to virgin forest areas. A revealing report by the Jakarta Globe explores the prevalence of illiteracy among Papuan children, even in urban areas, and notes the central government’s persistent failure to provide educational services to Papuans. The Government has again announced plans to create a new Papuan province, a step which will further divert funds from essential services for Papuans.
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SHINE A LIGHT On our history Women in the 1890s Kathryn Walls, from the Blue Mountains in NSW, has written to the Torres News to ask what life was like for European women living on Thursday Island in the 1890s. Kathryn writes: “I was wondering if you could direct me to someone who knows about the history of Thursday Island in the 1890’s and has knowledge of the people who lived on the island. I have read various articles, but I’m still mystified to a certain degree about the role of white women (for want of a better word) on the island. My great-grandmother, who was born in Ireland, but came to live in Australia at some stage, lived on Thursday Island in the
1890s and gave birth to a baby in 1892. The place of the baby’s birth (my grandmother) is Jardine Street, Thursday Island. My great-grandmother’s name was Hannah O’Brien and she gave birth to my grandmother, Mary Elsie on the 21st August 1892. The registrar was C. Savage and the birth was registered on the 30th September 1892, Thursday Island. I am finding it very difficult to find out information about Irish/ Scots living on Thursday Island during this period and why a 25-year-old Irish woman would be living here. Obviously, I have imagined various scenarios, but I would love to find out the truth. I recently ordered my grandmother’s birth certificate and
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when I received it her father’s name is blank and so the mystery intensifies. What was my great-grandmother doing? I find it very intriguing. Family myth has it that my great-grandmother was involved with a man named McGregor, a Scotsman, but he drowned at some stage. If you could direct me to someone who has some understanding of this era in history I would be delighted and most appreciative. I would love to find out what my great-grandmother was doing on Thursday Island and obviously I am prepared for a surprise.” If you can help Kathryn with any historical or family information, please contact the Torres News at the address below. In this week’s episode of The Straits, family members come to terms an attack on Harry Montebello’s life - each in their own way.
The HB in one of its incarnations with a cabin at the stern. INSET: Harry ‘Bomber’ Mills (right) with a crewmate on board the pearling lugger HB.
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The mystery pearling lugger in last week’s Torres News (Shine A Light, page 10, February 8-14, 2012) has been identified by a number of readers as the HB, named after the ship’s owner, Harry Bowden of the Bowden Pearling Company. Last week’s photo shows the ship off the Thursday Island slipways between the Main Wharf and the Navy Wharf, with Horn Island and Prince of Wales Island in the background. One reader says the HB was the largest lugger operating in the Torres Strait at that time, and describes it as a “very broad, heavy vessel”. Bob Mills of Thursday Island agrees. “She was round-bellied, and a bigger than normal shell-carrier,” he says. “She was one of the last luggers built on TI by the Japanese.” Bob’s father, Harry ‘Bomber’ Mills, skippered the HB for about a decade in the late 1950s. “She was the fastest lugger in her time. I used to go with my father on the ‘H Baby’ collecting shell. “He’d take her down to NK Bay, or Escape River, where Rusty Tully has the pearl farm today (Torres Pearls). “She also went out when the Oceanic Grandeur went aground out here and spilt tons of oil. “Harry was part of the inspection team, he was one of the divers.” The Oceanic Grandeur hit an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait on March 3, 1970, while en-route from Dumai, Indonesia, to Brisbane, spilling an estimated 1100 tonnes of oil. The HB has now been restored, and is running sailing cruises from Cairns and Port Douglas. Thanks Bob for shining a light on our not-too-distant past. And if you have a mystery from history or information for our readers, please contact us on 1300 TORRES or by email to editor@torresnews. com.au, by mail to PO Box 436 Thursday Island, QLD 4875, or drop in to the Torres News building at 25 Douglas Street.
THE Matchbox Pictures production of The Straits is receiving rave reviews, but what did you, the viewers, think? We gathered some of your comments from The Straits’ Facebook page: Sarina Sharp: Love it! Underbelly meets Gilligan’s Island. Halee Griffiths: Absolutely. Brillant. And all the men are stunning, great eyecandy. Jo Cosgrove: YES YES YES - this is a winner - am loving it and raving to everyone I know. Great work and utilising some great talent. Mykiilu Fabz: Proud Papuan here. This show had me in stitches. Linda Tapau Nelliman: I love the show heaps. Just shame job NZ woman try hard much lol could of got a halfcast TSI woman! Besides that I rate 10/10! Diane Auda: The series was not what I expected. I thought that the storyline was an absolute crock. We watch those kinds of shows every other day and to put salt on the wound, hundreds of TSI was expecting to see more on a cultural and tropical scene basis. Vee Gara: The storyline’s great, the scenery/locations are fantastic and the balas are too deadly. Joy Kapatos: The jellyfish scene with the bikie in the swimming pool was the best so far. Damn Tripp: Jason the Sri Lankan “boatpeople person” is a laugh! I wish they wouldn’t stereotype us bikies though. We’re not all gangster drug dealers doing drive by shootings. Florence Mairu: This series gives a platform for exposure to the beauty of the Torres Strait ... 10/10 rating from me. Sam Don Vito Gela-Bon: The Straits is like the island version of The Godfather. Barbara Jean McKay: I thought it was disgusting. It wasn’t what I expected at all. Having been to the Torres Strait Islands, experienced the beauty of the turquoise waters, the richness of the culture with dancing, music and craft, this show highlighted the dark, evil side. Tess Sard: Absolutely loved it. It had everything - drama, laughter, great acting, and some great scenery. Good one Aaron, well-thought out drama. Arthur Liberty Seekee: Very entertaining, I’m tuning in again next week! Marita Akee: I had to explain to my 84-year-old grandmother what it was about. Soon as she heard the drums she thought it was going to break out in island dancing or something. In next week’s episode, Harry Montebello lies comatose in hospital while his sons, led by Noel, go on the hunt for his attacker, calling on the Islander network in Cairns to assist. Noel is determined to exact revenge on what he believes is biker payback. Sissi, still traumatised by Harry’s killing of Paddy, can’t bring herself to be part of the family’s bedside vigil for her father. She finds a large sum of money hidden inside Paddy’s house and is about to leave Cairns but is prevented from doing so by Sutherland, a corrupt cop on the Montebello’s payroll. Noel, Marou and Gary run Vlad to ground and kill him. The brothers feed Vlad to the crocodiles in the family wildlife farm but not before finding a bikie tattoo on Vlad’s chest. Noel takes it upon himself to retaliate - he blows up the DC’s clubhouse, killing the bikie gang’s president in the process. Torres News
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Young gun with a knockout punch
Scott Aitkens gets a snap at goal past Matt Tully only to be stopped by Sandra Pilot in goal.
Wayne Galloway hits a powerful strike at the net.
Sandra Pilot puts a ball forward past two defenders. Young David Sam already has developed a knockout punch. By Alf Wilson
New player Seth has a crack at goal. Page 22 Torres News
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SIXTEEN-year-old David Sam who is of Erub (Darnley Island) descent won a gold medal at the Australian Boxing Association’s Amateur National Titles in Hobart. Fighting in the under 19 Super Heavyweight over 95kg division on Saturday, February 4 in the Tasmanian capital, David knocked out his opponent in the first round to claim gold. Based on Palm Island, David is the nephew of former champion professional boxer Doug Sam and
the son of Zac Sam. “David now qualifies for the Oceania Games at Canberra in March and will do very well,” his boxing trainer Ray Dennis said. The titles were held from February 2-5 and David did two days of training in Brisbane with the Queensland team before flying to Hobart. Dennis said that if David remained committed he could end up a world champion. “The lad is just 16 and already possesses a knockout punch which can end a bout early. He has any amount of potential but has to train
hard and remain committed to training,” Dennis told the Torres News. David’s brother Kareem lives on Moa Island and is also a quality boxer and rugby league player. His other brothers Costa, Assan and Moa Sam are also talented boxers. Proud dad Zac said the family was proud of their Darnley heritage on one side of the family bloodline. “We are looking at taking a rugby league team to Badu Island for the 2012 Island of Origin Series,” Zac said.
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everyone to join up next week. This year should prove to be an interesting one with plenty of movement over the off-season. How will Robert Lui go at the Cowboys? Will Michael Bani make a difference at the Raiders? Can Sam Thaiday lead the Broncos to a finals berth? Watch this space.
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MOA Islander Sam Joe played a major role for the Ian Munns Memorial Wadia Storm team which won the grand final of the Central Queensland Indigenous Reconciliation All Blacks rugby league carnival at Rockhampton. Hard-hitting forward Joe shone for the Ian Munns Memorial side which defeated Bundaberg Eels 39-10 in the grand final at Rockhampton’s CQ University’s Ian Coombe Oval on January 29. A total of 23 men’s and 4 women’s sides competed at the first Queensland All Blacks carnival of 2012. The three-day carnival was affected by heavy rain, with mud on the field at times. Carnival organiser and former North Queensland Cowboys star Justin Loomans said Sam Joe starred. “His side was carnival favourite as they had a lot of stars but they lost one game in the qualifying rounds and snuck into the final eight. “In the later games, their forwards did a lot of damage and they had big strike power up front,” Loomans told the Torres News on February 7.
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Futsal fun nets more players By PABLO FELIPE ESPINOZA ALLIENDE IT was another huge night of action last Wednesday, February 8, with a big attendance and the constant squeaks of dribbling shoes conducting the ball into beautifully crafted passes and fulminant strikes to the net. For the last few weeks the number of players has been enough to form up to five competitive teams, mingling between the assiduous bunch who come every week and new faces who decide to have a go at this fascinating sport. Last Wednesday night, Melissa and Sandra Pilot came to join the weekly contests, and quietly started building their game, generating elegant football and orchestrating sharp moves and swift passes. After only a few minutes of play, Melissa booted a dangerous shot into the top corner of the goal, but the keeper was quick to impede her chances of scoring by snatching the ball away with the tip of his fingers. The whole crowd applauded in awe at the skills of these new players, who also proved to be unbeatable when guarding the goals. After one of her matches, Sandra said they had been thinking about coming to futsal for a few weeks, but weren’t sure about it. “We talked to some of the teachers and read about it in the Torres News and decided to come and play, and it is a lot of fun,” she said. Now that the school is back, teachers like Zoe and Lee have been enjoying a good match, showing that you don’t need much previous experience to become a skilled player. Gary Jones, Matt Tully and Adam Mueller are also regular faces at the Sports Complex, contributing with some riveting football and moves full of genius. Players of the night were Cheyanne Perrier and Andy Cooper, both engineering enthralling combinations to clear their way and dispatch incredibly potent shots to the net. “I didn’t see the ball, just felt the air gushing next to my head,” said one of the players after Cheyanne had blasted the ball into the goal. Definitely the note of the night were all
Matt Tully and Scott Aikens compete for the ball. For more photos see page 22 >> the dexterous young players, boys and girls who come and courageously play next to the adults, showing them that they can be equal to and often much better than a number of them. Especially remarkable are players like Dylan, who never misses a match and is always
on the field on Sundays and Wednesdays, and is becoming more and more talented after every match. Another player to look out for is young Seth, who after scoring some memorable goals resembled a youthful Diego Armando Maradona when he used to play for ‘Cebollitas’.
Personally, as last night was my last match, I would like to say a big esso to everyone who has been part of the games and maintained the magnificent gatherings. I’m very thankful for all the great memories of this beautiful island, I will miss TI. Yawo.
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