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Family ties revealed in visit from Lifou Islanders

By STEFAN ARMBRUSTER

When you think of Torres Strait islanders you can’t avoid names like the Thaidays, Luis, Gelas and many more.

A group of new Caledonians, some who share the same names, have just visited the region.

The two peoples are the descendants of missionaries who first brought Christianity to the Torres Strait in the late 19th century.

One-hundred-and-forty-years later an extraordinary reunion has taken place of a greater Melanesian family, separated by time and thousands of kilometres of sea.

The Lifou people are from the Loyalty Islands in the French territory of new Caledonia.

Seventeen travelled to Erub (Darnley Island) where the missionaries first landed, known as the Coming of the Light, before travelling on to Thursday Island for a barbecue at the Uniting Church.

Former island councillor and RIBs operator Walter Lui welcomed them to Erub.

“To start of the program this morning, something very special in our closeness in umi working together, since 1871 when the boat Surprise landed here, we welcomed Christianity here,” Mr Lui said.

“They would like to follow their roots, where their family from and will also be talking to umi here in our community.”

It is the first visit by a group of Lifou to Erub since the time of the missionaries.

When France moved to expel the London Missionary Society from new Caledonia, many Lifou islanders followed the British reverend Samuel McFarlane to the Torres Strait, setting sail to evangelise the so-called “savages” and “cannibals” of the region.

On July 1, 1871 they landed on Erub at Kemus beach.

The Coming of the Light is now a public holiday in Torres Strait and features prominently in the work of local

The Bethanie Dancer Group from Lifou performed at the Uniting Church on Thursday Island. Photo: MARK ROY artists like Jimmy Thaiday.

“That one is based on Dabad, he was the first one down on the beach when the missionaries came, accepted the light and the word of God to Darnley,” he said.

“You can see is Dabad as a non-believer, and here on the beach and here you can see Dabad with the priest and the with the eight teachers who came with the priest from the Lifou island.”

An unknown number of Lifou followed on, working as teachers and pastors.

They settled throughout the Torres Strait and

on the southern coast of Papua.

The fate of many will remain forever unknown but evidence of their presence is in the Erub cemetery.

There are dozens of Lifou islander graves and their names have become an indelible part of Torres Strait history.

Now Lifou islanders have come to find out what happened to their forebears. Among them is WeteweaTamara.

“We came here because in our theological school we taught also church history and we taught also as part of the subject, student also

know how in the past they brought good news, the light, to this island,” she said.

“We decided we must go back and retrace the step of our forefathers who came here to this island to bring the good news, as they call it ‘the light’.”

The two peoples met under and ancient tree, behind the local council chambers, and introductions are made.

Hopes were high that the people of Erub and Lifou would quickly find family connections and it didn’t take long.

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A pearl ďŹ t for a queen

By MARK ROY

Rusty and Bronwyn Tully from Torres Pearls with the cream-coloured pearl presented to Her Majesty the Queen of England.

INSET: The gem-grade pearl grown at the pearl farm on Escape River.

A PEARL grown amongst the crocs in the wilds of Escape River has found a new home in Buckingham Palace.

The gem-grade pearl from Torres Pearls was presented to Queen Elizabeth II by Premier Anna Bligh’s office during the Queen’s recent four-hour visit to the state.

Rusty and Bronwyn Tully from Torres Pearls said they were “really stoked� the Premier had chosen their locally grown pearl as the only gift to be presented to Her Majesty on behalf of the people of Queensland. “We weren’t allowed to tell anyone about it until it was presented to the Queen on Monday, October 24,� Rusty said. “Bronwyn and I are totally over the moon that she considered buying this locally. “Apparently the Premier tracked us down through our web page, and we had a call from the Department of Premier and Cabinet about buying one of our pearls. “I chose one of our beautiful, oval dropshaped pearl from the harvest here at Escape River and sent it down to Brisbane.�

Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said Ms Bligh told him she had remembered Rusty and Bronwyn from the ďŹ rst Community Cabinet held on Thursday Island back in 2005, when she was Deputy Premier. “She thought that one of their pearls would make a perfect gift for the Queen, who likes her pearls,â€? Mr O’Brien said.

The Queen’s protocol people had asked

the Premier not to give a gift, he said. “But the Premier didn’t want the Queen to go away empty-handed,� Mr O’Brien said.

Rusty said the people of Queensland could rest assured that the pearl did not set them back a lot of money. “It measures 10.8mm by 11.07mm, and is rated gem-grade because of the quality and density of the nacre,� he said. “All praise should go to our JapaneseAustralian pearl technician Shoichi Mizuno for his expertise.�

Rusty said the pearl was taken from their ďŹ rst harvest on Escape River, on the west coast of the Cape south of Bamaga, in August. “When we were doing our harvest we were not under the impression that one of our pearls would end up being owned by the Queen of England,â€? Rusty said. “I’ve been running Torres Pearls in the region for about 15 years, but only bought the farm on Escape River in 2009.

Bronwyn and I have only just started here, but it seems we have already reached our pinnacle. I don’t know who we can impress after this!�

Mr O’Brien said he was pleased to see a local product going to such a prestigious ďŹ gure. “What is says is that there are industries in the Torres Strait, like Torres Pearls on Escape River and Kazu Pearls on Friday Island, who are producing world-quality pearls ďŹ t for a queen.â€?

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Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said the contribution of tuckshop workers would be officially recognised each year on the first Friday in November.

“State-wide more than 20,000 people volunteer their time on a regular basis to provide this vital service to Queensland

school students and staff,” Mr O’Brien said.

“In both state and non-state schools, volunteers and convenors work tirelessly to make a significant contribution through the service and extra resources they provide.

“Tuckshops are major fundraising sources for our schools with proceeds ranging from $5000 to $100,000 each year.”

Mr O’Brien the State Government was also embarking on a recruiting blitz to encourage more people – including grandparents and community – to become tuckshop volunteers.

“Many tuckshops need more volunteers to ensure they remain viable and I encourage all those who are in a position to assist to help out at their

local school tuckshop,” he said.

“With our increasingly busy lifestyles, mums and dads are finding it harder to find the time to commit regularly to a shift in their child’s tuckshop.

“I hope that we can find ways to get grandparents, friends and community members who are willing and able to help out and provide assistance in their local tuckshop.”

“All tuckshop volunteers other than parents are required to have a “working with children” blue card to ensure the safety of students.

“People wishing to volunteer in their local school tuckshops next year need to apply now as the blue card approval process takes up to eight weeks.”

A 2008 survey by the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops (QAST) found that the state’s tuckshops made an estimated annual profit of about $16 million and that Queenslanders donated about 1.5 million hours of unpaid work each year.

“Tuckshop workers play an important role promoting healthy eating as a way of maintaining good health and achieving better learning outcomes,” he said said.

“The Queensland Government is committed to supporting school tuckshops to operate efficiently and to provide all students with high quality, healthy food in line with The Smart Choices - Healthy Food and Drink Supply Strategy for Queensland Schools.”

Mr O’Brien said Queensland Government had also appointed Queensland chef David Pugh as the state’s first Tuckshop champion.

“A keen advocate for Queensland produce in both state and national arenas, David is the ideal chef to support our tuckshops and Smart Choices strategy,” he said.

“Tuckshop Day is an opportunity to encourage wider participation in schools by families and the local community.

QBuild seek apprentices and trainees POTENTIAL tradespeople in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) are being urged to apply for QBuild’s 2012 intake of apprentices and trainees.

Ten of the new positions would be filled in the Cape York region, including one for a construction worker trainee position in Bamaga.

Member for Cook Jason O’Brien said the intake provided employment opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

“QBuild has specifically allocated 18 of next year’s positions to Indigenous applicants,” Mr O’Brien said.

“And that’s the absolute minimum that QBuild will take on.

“For example, last year QBuild had 15 positions on offer solely for Indigenous apprentices, but they took on 27 new Indigenous apprentices or trainees.”

Mr O’Brien was speaking at the launch of the QBuild Cape York Regional Office in Cairns last week, accompanied Building Industry Minister Simon Finn.

Mr Finn said the positions would provide a foot in the door to a specialised trade career for 100 applicants across Queensland.

“The new positions are in trades ranging from carpentry and plumbing to horticulture and stonemasonry,” Mr Finn said.

Applications will be accepted for 100 new apprenticeships and traineeships from Saturday, October 29.

The positions allocated specifically for Indigenous applicants included electricians, carpenters, painters and construction worker trainees.

There will be eight school-based apprentices in the 2012 group, giving young people the chance to prepare for their future careers by spending three days a week at school, one day at TAFE, and one day working with QBuild. Once these young people finish Year 12, their jobs will continue full-time with QBuild.

Mr O’Brien encouraged all aspiring tradespeople to submit an application, also urging women to apply, saying that 11 women were included in last year’s intake.

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Boost for home and community care services LoCAL home and community care services will be given a helping hand by the State government, with Member for Cook Jason o’Brien announcing more than half a million dollars will go to local home and community care services.

Mr o’Brien said the funding boost would enable the delivery of more services to help older people and those with disabilities live independently. “this funding boost will deliver an extra $576,000 to twenty-one local community organisations,” Mr o’Brien said. organisations to benefit include the northern Peninsula Area Community options Project with $27,754, the outer Islands hACC Project with $32,649, the torres Strait and nPA hACC Project with $18,282, Goobidi-Bamaga homecare Services with $45,158 and Mapoon hACC Service with $7001. “these are real grassroots organisations that are providing crucial frontline services,” Mr o’Brien said.

“they’re reaching out into the heart of the community and helping people to retain their independence. “the services they provide include domestic assistance, personal care, social support, home modifications, transport, and respite care.”

Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt said the extra funding for Cook was part of a $16.7 million boost to the joint State-Commonwealth home and Community Care (hACC) program.

Mr Pitt said the Statewide program is worth $523 million to Queensland in 2011-12.

“Queensland has around 800 home and community workers who deliver crucial services to over 170,000 Queenslanders,” Mr Pitt said.

“We need to ensure they have the resources they need so they can keep delivering quality services.

“Investing in home and community care services not only gives people a better quality of life, it also helps to reduce pressure on residential care and nursing homes.”

Aged care forum for Torres Strait

TB treatment for PNG nationals to continue

By MARK ROY QUEEnSLAnD health has promised to continue providing tuberculosis treatment to Papua new Guinea nationals visiting the torres Strait, until such time as the Australian government decides clinics in PnG are ready to cope with the disease. the assurances come amid fears that a multi-drug-resistant strain of the disease, MDR-tB, will spread to the torres Strait and from there to mainland Australia. there have been a total of two known cases of MDR-tB found in Australian residents in the torres Strait.

Diagnosed in December 2009, the residents are believed to have acquired the infection from PnG nationals as a result of cross-border movement.

Queensland’s Chief health Officer Jeannette Young said the Commonwealth had decided to boost the Papua new Guinea health system so that PnG nationals could be treated for tuberculosis on their PnG side of the border, instead of crossing into Queensland.

“that means current tB services for PnG nationals which are currently located within Australia will transition across the border into PnG,” Dr Young said.

Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said he did not believe PnG was ready to run the clinics, and the Daru hospital was a hospital “in name only”. “the facility is currently without a doctor, its radiography and pathology units are not operational and the pharmacy is devoid of even the most basic medicines,” Mr Entsch said.

“In the light of the current condition of the Daru hospital and the pervasive lack of services, the planned addition of a new tB isolation ward to the facility is perplexing.” he described it as a “bandaid solution”, saying it was not a suitable alternative to the Australian-run clinics.

“In fact, I am certain it will prove to be a death sentence for many Australian and PnG men, women and children,” he said.

“Desperate people will continue to come to Australia for treatment, and with them will

come the very real threat of a tB outbreak in this country.

“I believe what is required in the immediate term is for the Federal Government to continue to appropriately fund the Boigu and Saibai tB clinics.

“In the longer term, we should build PnG’s capacity for healthcare provision by directly funding rural aid posts, strategically placed in villages in the Western Province.”

Dr Young said the Queensland Government had made it clear to the Commonwealth that Queensland was ready to continue providing any and all tB services to PnG nationals - including maintaining the clinics - until the Commonwealth decided the PnG clinics were ready. “the Commonwealth’s decision will have no bearing on the diagnosis or treatment of Australian torres Strait Island residents, who will continue to have access to medical services through a network of 16 Primary health Centres across islands including Saibai, Boigu and Duaun, as well as routine medical outreach services,” Dr Young said.

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“Aged care is an area that has had little focus over the past 20 years here in the torres Strait and nPA region,” Ms tabua said. “our elders are central to our cultural values and practices therefore it is important that we have appropriate services to enable our elders to remain in their homes and in the region, as well as get the same level of care and services delivered on the mainland.” the forum will be held at the thursday Island Bowls Club from Wednesday, november 9 to Friday, november 11.

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Back to her birthplace after years away

By MARK ROY MARGARET Heron must have had a taste of the fruit of the wongai tree, because she’s spent 78 years longing to return to Thursday Island since leaving here at the age of three.

The well-known local legend says if you sample the wongai fruit, you are destined to one day return to the Torres Strait.

Margaret came back to TI for a five-day visit last week, to trace her TOP: Jo Heron with her mother Margaret Heron, family heritage with the help of one of who returned to Thursday Island last week after her daughters Jo Heron.

78 years away. INSET: A photo of Margaret (front Margaret was born to Filipino left) taken around 1933, when she moved from TI mother Christina Odeguarde and father to join family in Darwin.

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Island As a toddler, she left for her mother’s Servicing the birthplace, Darwin, in 1933, and has Torres Strait & Outer Islands vivid memories of living through the Japanese bombing raid in 1942. “I was with my younger sister Rose when we saw the planes coming across,� Margaret said. “We ran to see my uncle and told him planes with red dots were flying WITH SOLID PLATE & over dropping silver bells.�

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As the bombs began to hit the town, her uncle grabbed Margaret and Rose and ran with them to the quarry, hiding them deep in the rocks, telling them not to move or make a sound. “We were too scared to speak anyway,� Margaret said. “I don’t know how long my sister and I hid there in the mud, it was a very long time, but when we finally went back to our house, it was all mangled.�

The army took the children via Alice Springs to Adelaide, where Margaret and Rose joined relatives who had already been evacuated. “I met my husband in Adelaide and lived there most of my life,� she said. “But I’ve always been telling my daughters I wanted to return to see Thursday Island.�

Local Bob Mills, who was also born on Thursday Island, drove Margaret and Jo Heron around to see the sights and meet the locals, many of whom knew the family of Margaret’s mother. “It’s been great to finally come home, I’ve been longing to come back to Thursday Island all these years,�

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School vandals caught thanks to public support ON Saturday, October 1, a break and enter occurred at the primary school campus of Tagai College on Summers Street, Thursday Island.

This break and enter involved a number of classrooms and significant damage was caused to these rooms.

A staff member from the school disturbed the offenders who ran from the scene.

Estimates put the damage caused to the school and associated clean up costs at more than $100,000.

Police attempted to locate the people involved, and spoke to a number of community members that afternoon, launching an investigation involving members of the Thursday Island Child Protection Unit and Thursday Island General Duties Police.

As a result of these investigations, and with cooperation and assistance from school staff and community members, police were able to identify the three male juveniles involved.

Police have since spoken with these three youths and all have been dealt with in accordance with the Youth Justice Act. The damage caused significant disruptions to the school as it occurred on the last Saturday of the school holidays.

Many of the classrooms had to be closed and students had to share rooms.

It was especially disheartening due to the amount of work that had been completed by students that was destroyed as a part of this incident.

Police have been approached by a number of community members who were affected by this event who expressed anger and shame at knowing someone in the community could do such a thing.

Police would like to express their gratitude to the school staff and community members who assisted with this investigation.

The assistance provided to police was instrumental in identifying and linking the offenders and subsequent police action.

Police would also like to take this opportunity to remind people that if they ever have any information in relation to an offence, they can contact the Thursday Island Police on 4069 1520, or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 and information supplied to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous.

Don’t give away details THURSDAY Island Police are warning local residents to use common sense when dealing with strangers asking for personal details over the phone.

Senior Sergeant Jamie Horn said local businesses and individuals had been targeted recently by scammers offering free mobile phones. “Someone has been ringing around, purporting to be from Telstra, and asking for people’s identification details,� Snr Sgt Horn said. “People need to be careful with security, and beware of identity theft. “If you are a Telstra customer, they will already have all the details they need. “If not, use your common sense and don’t give out your personal details over the phone.�

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EDITOR’S NOTE: If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by email to editor@torresnews.com.au or phone Mark Roy on 1300 867 737.

Entry forms for the 2011 Thursday Island Fishing Competition must be in by this Saturday, November 12, with competition getting underway from noon Saturday, November 19.

NOVEMBER

Mon 7. Karate, adults Tagai Primary TI 6pm Mon 7. Dance Kombat, Mabuiag Community Hall, 9am, 2pm, 6.30pm Mon 7. Montessori Parent Information Night, PKA Hall, 0447 059 931 7pm Tue 8. Karate, juniors Tagai Primary TI 4090 3380 5pm Tue 8. Zumba fitness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin entry 7pm Tue - Wed 8-9. Greater Autonomy ‘an Ilan perspective’, Symposium 2011 Cairns 0415 542 120 Wed 9. Karate, adults Tagai Primary TI 6pm Wed - Fri 9-11. Aged Care Forum, 4090 3666, TI Bowls Club Thu 10. Dance Kombat, Murray Island, 9am, 2pm, 6.30pm Thu 10. Karate, juniors Tagai Primary TI 5pm Thu 10. Naval Cadets, TS Carpentaria 0413 456 616 6.30pm Fri 11. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Ilan Cafe 7am Fri 11. Remembrance Day Service, ANZAC Park, TI Sat 12. Entries close, TI Fishing Competition, entry forms TI Hardware, Bowls Club Sat 12. Sunset Markets, Seisia Fishing Club 4pm Sun 13. Seaman Dan, Torres Hotel, 12-3pm Wed 16. Kaziw Meta Christmas Party 8pm Thu 17. Tagai Speech Night, PKA Hall Douglas Street Fri 18. Tagai State College Year 12 Graduation Sat - Sun 19-20. TI Fishing Competition, $5000 in prizes, Sat 12 noon - Sun 12 noon Fri 25. Tagai State College last day Years 10 and 11 Sat 26. Thursday Island Child Care Centre OPEN DAY, 9.30am - 1pm

DECEMBER

Fri 2. Nominations close, TSC 2012 Australia Day Awards Sat 3. Carols by Twilight, TI Esplanade, 6-9pm Thu 8. Spirit of Adventure cruise liner visits TI, 8.30am-4pm Sat 10. Horn Island Ratepayers & Residents Association Market, Sports Complex 6-9pm

Zenadth Kes needs to be born again

Lady with the pink suitcase a “brilliant ambassador” for TI

Just looking at the Queensland state elections in March 2012. Where is our local politics heading?

Look at the confusion in 2011 - a councillor and a tsRA board member resigned. the torres shire Council wants to build on Horn Island, yet the Kaurareg Nation have no self-governance plan in place.

We have a Labor government lowering airfares as a sweetener, but what we need is to make our own policies in having our own pilots and air services like Air Nuigini of Papua New Guinea.

We have Prescribed Body Corporate puppets who can’t support communities with economical spirit.

We are dirt poor, living off welfare payouts as our councillors, who are highly paid, make decisions behind cultural masks. these are my observations. Zenadth Kes has lost its religion, so a wilderness experience is needed to be born again.

Look at Australian politics changing – a fair man like Bob Katter wanting to stand up for families only to be bullied by LNP and Labor parties.

Our human right was taken away by flattery of London Missionary society and the false power of the Queensland constitution. Only one Faith in Christ will give us self-government, where we reclaim everything, having our own legislation and constitution, as I understand the Australian constitution is of Great Britain (Queen of England).

We must build shipping ports in our waters as international vessels pass through without paying a cent to traditional owners. Lastly build a trade centre and international airport on Badu Island to make it the capital of Zenadth Kes, so our children’s children trade with all countries of the world as free men.

As Jesus said, by your words you will be justified or condemned.

Percy Misi

MRs NOLA Ward Page is now on her way back to tI after a whirlwind. two-week visit to the uK. she has been looking up paternal family connections discovered only a few weeks ago with research help from her friend in NZ. For me and my husband Des, the last three days spent in her company can only be described as very interesting and intriguing.

We talked about possible further family connections and shared family information and life styles, which left our heads spinning, with so much to take in. this very petite lady with a bubbly and energetic personality had dragged a bright pink suitcase - almost as big as herself - plus a backpack from the other side of the world to the uK. and in my opinion she is without a doubt a brilliant ambassador for tI. and indeed the Isles of the torres strait.

I am sure many people who have

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CHURCH SERVICES

Parish of St Bethel,131 William Cr Bamaga NPA, Sundays 10am Uniting Church, 114 Douglas St TI, Sundays 10am Independent Church Parish of the Resurrection TI, Morning Prayer Sundays 10 am, Evening Prayer 7.30pm Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Mass, all locations: Mon-Fri 7am, Saturday Vigil 6pm, Sunday 10am Hammond, Sunday 8am Horn, Saturday 9am Bamaga, 2nd Tuesday/mth, 4069 3699 Arthur Wong 7.30pm

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tO WHOEvER was playing skittles with the bins outside the post office last Monday morning: It would only have taken a minute to clean up your mess. Have some thought for the torres shire Council workers who are already doing a great job keeping our town tidy.

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crossed Nola’s path in the uK now know about tI and the other islands but before her visit most of us didn’t know these islands existed or knew very little about them. It has created a ripple effect of interest to learn even more thanks to the internet.

Nola’s first family connection was an Aunt living in Exeter who was married to her father’s brother. unfortunately both brothers are now deceased.

Nola’s journey to the uK took her to Horn Island, then on to Cairns, Brisbane, Dubai, Newcastle and Exeter.

From her Exeter visit she travelled down to Camborne in Cornwall to my sister Pearl and then up to Plymouth Devon to meet me. Our family connection being that our Grandparents were sisters and our parents were cousins.

In such a short space of time there have been links made across the world.

Ruby Collins Plymouth Devon, England

Keep toddlers safe around water WE ALL need to do more to reduce toddler drowning. We simply have to do better. I write from Royal Life saving to ask people in your area to help reduce the tragic number of children under 5 who are drowning in Australia.

It is horrifying to know in just 9 years almost 300 children under 5 have drowned and the latest data shows 28 children under 5 lost their lives to drowning in the past 12 months.

Put simply, child drowning is not reducing fast enough in Australia. It’s a huge concern. I’m sure your readers share our concern.

For every drowning death it’s estimated there are around 3 hospitalisations and up to 2 of those children may suffer permanent brain damage. so many people are affected – for the families it’s a heart wrenching, constant reminder.

Royal Life saving is working with the healthy pool people, PoolWerx, on a major campaign Keep Watch.

We want to reduce these tragedies.

We highlight this year that if you have a home pool, now is the time check it from top to bottom. Check your pool fencing is safe and complies with safety standards. Fill out the home pool safety check list at www. homepoolsafety.com.au. Don’t take any chances.

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The publishers of the Torres News acknowledge the Kaurareg Nation, upon whose land the Torres News makes its home.

We pay our sincere respects to the elders and the peoples of the Torres Strait and NPA, across whose traditional lands and seas we report.

This newspaper is dedicated to recognising, preserving and promoting the traditional cultures and customs of the Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples of this region.

too many children die in backyard pools. some people may think their pool fencing is safe when, in fact, storm damage, erosion or wear and tear may have created weakness. We estimate tens of thousands of pools across the nation don’t meet current safety standards. Many people leave pool gates propped open. that’s clearly very dangerous. supervision of children when they are near or in water needs to be constant. You need to be within arm’s length. Many people mistakenly believe if a child gets into trouble, you will hear splashing and noise. sadly drowning is often swift and silent.

It can take only a few centimetres of water for a child to drown. Check your house everywhere for potential dangers; ponds, buckets, inflatable pools all pose a threat.

Far too many families have been affected by drowning. One drowning is one too many. We can all play a role.

Everyone can be a life saver. We ask people in your area, arm yourselves with information – visit www.homepoolsafety.com.au or www.keepwatch. com.au. It’s time for more action.

Yours sincerely, Rob Bradley Chief Executive Officer Royal Life Saving Society Australia

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NEWS

Film harks back to Fantome Island’s dark days

By ALF WILSON

Blessing at the Fantome Island cemetery by Bishop Putney.

The film crew on a dinghy which took people including Torres Strait Islanders back to the barge after the Fantome Island Remembrance Day.

A DOCUMENTARY about the former leper colony of Fantome island which features some Torres Strait Islanders is amongst Australian and international entries in a brand-new documentary competition being held at this year’s Brisbane Film Festival.

The movie Fantome Island was filmed by Sean Gilligan and Adrian Strong during a historical and emotional Remembrance ceremony at Fantome Island in May 2010.

Fantome Island, off Palm Island in north Queensland, was a leprosarium for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people between 1939 and 1973.

Some Torres Strait Islander men and women are buried at the Fantome Island cemetery.

On that Remembrance Day, former patients, chaplains, Catholic Sisters and staff were remembered and sites on the island blessed by Townsville-based Catholic Bishop Michael Putney.

About 80 passengers made the trip to Fantome Island aboard a barge, with the trip taking 45 minutes.

Nerida Lampton wept as she listened to prayers, songs and speeches.

“I was born on Fantome Island and this is my first time back. It is very emotional,” she said.

Descendants of Torres Strait Island-

Some Torres Strait Islanders travel by barge to a Remembrance Day service on Fantome Island.

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels recognised in Port Moresby AUSTRALIANS are encouraged to remember the invaluable contribution of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels to the Second World War effort in Papua New Guinea, and their role in saving the lives of many Australian soldiers.

Their extraordinary efforts were recognised last Thursday, on Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ Day, November 3.

The Australian High Commissioner, His Excellency Ian Kemish AM,recognised the efforts of 12 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels with commemorative medallions at the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby, on behalf of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Warren Snowdon.

Mr Snowdon said the commemorative medallion has honoured the significant contribution of 68 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels since it was first awarded in 2009, including their vital role in helping halt the Japanese advance.

“The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel Commemorative Medallion is a symbol of Australia’s appreciation of the Papua New Guinean civilians, who provided great care and assistance to Australian troops during the Second World War,” he said.

“Many Australians survived the Kokoda campaign due to the compassion and strength shown by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, and their families, and we are forever thankful to these people.”

The Australian Government has also announced the restoration of the Returned Services League Cenotaph in Rabaul, commemorating the seamen, soldiers and airmen who fought there during both World Wars.

The focal point of the local Anzac Day Dawn Service each year, the Cenotaph was constructed in 1963 but was damaged by volcanic ash during an

eruption of the Rabaul Volcano in September 1994.

The ash remains today.

To restore the Cenotaph, the Australian Government will provide $17,000 under the Overseas PrivatelyConstructed Memorial Restoration Program.

Mr Snowdon said Rabaul was a site of great significance during both the First and the Second World Wars, firstly as part of German New Guinea and secondly the site of the Japanese invasion.

“It also served as the departure point of the Montevideo Maru, whose sinking on 1 July 1942 represents the single greatest maritime tragedy in Australia’s history, with some 1,050 Australian prisoners of war and civilians lost,” he said.

“Sadly many Australian and Allied lives were lost in New Britain and Papua New Guinea during these conflicts.

It is important to preserve this Cenotaph so it can continue to serve as a lasting tribute and reminder of their sacrifice.”

An estimated 50,000 Papuan and New Guinea civilians assisted Australians during the Second World War by carrying supplies, building bases, airfields and other wartime infrastructure, and evacuating the sick and wounded from fighting zones.

They also helped Australian soldiers trek through the jungles of the Owen Stanley Ranges, including the infamous Kokoda track.

More than 600 Australians were killed and over 1000 wounded during the Kokoda campaign.

First awarded in 2009, the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel Commemorative Medallion features an image of a blinded and barefoot Private George Whittington being helped along by Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel Raphael Oimbari.

PICTURED: A dozen Papua New Guinea nationals were honoured with commemorative medallions last week on Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ Day. The image on the medallion comes from a photograph taken on Christmas Day 1942 near Buna on the Papua New Guinea north coast.

Kevin Rudd apologised to Indigenous people one of the places he was referring to would have been Fantome Island.

The plaque was erected on the original site of the Mary Immaculate Church,” Bishop Putney said.

“This is the beginning of a healing process and what happened on Fantome Island was one of the saddest chapters in Indigenous affairs. These were normal people who lived, laughed, married and died here. But they had poor conditions, the food was bad and the medical help not the best.

“The workers who were here did their very best for the patients.

Thank God this day is the beginning of telling the true story about Fantome Island.”

ers also attended the Remembrance Day, including Gladys Sailor (Erub) Edna Lowatta (Masig), and Palm Island-based Australian Indigenous Ministries Father Emmanuel Fave (Moa).

The film award carries a $25,000 prize, making it the richest documentary competition in Australia.

Winners will be announced within the next fortnight.

On that day, Bishop Michael Putney told former patients of the Fantome Island leper colony that they had been sent there many years ago “to protect white people from catching the disease more than to cure Indigenous people”.

At the unveiling of a commemorative plaque Bishop Putney said that when Prime Minister

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“When people get sustainable employment, you see improvements in their health, and having a job gives a sense of empowerment and control over their own lives,” Jennifer says.

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was to develop a “staging plan” that helped people get the skills and experience they need to attain the employment to which they are suited.

“Helping my people is really important to me. But it’s about sustainable employment, not just getting people into a job for a job’s sake.”

Jennifer is herself a good example of what ITEC call “Islandisation”: a strategy of empowering local people to take control of their own destiny, and to fill key roles in the Torres Strait.

Site manager Chris Davey, who looks after the outer islands in the Torres Strait, said Jennifer had come up through the organisation, from when she started as a remote employment consultant in August 2008, though to team leader, before becoming team leader for the entire site, and now working alongside him as site manager for Horn Island and Thursday island.

“I’m very happy about Jennifer’s promotion, it is a very deserving one and a long time coming,” Chris said.

“Before we had one site covering the whole of the Torres Strait, but management recognised that this needed to be done differently up here, and split the management into two separate sites with two separate team leaders.

“There need to be solutions that are a direct fit for the Torres Strait, otherwise it is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.”

Jennifer said ITEC is very focused on developing the skills of people from within the region to fill local jobs.

“People will sometimes go south for work, but you find later in life they will often return, bringing new skills and opportunities back to the islands with

ITEC site managers Chris Davey and Jennifer Billy are helping jobseekers go places, and not just with their new van. PHOTO: MARK ROY them,” she said.

Chris said while many employers requested Torres Strait Islander staff, it was not always possible to fulfil their requirements.

“For example, we have people who want to work in retail, but they haven’t got the retail skills yet.

“ITEC’s established goal is to work out a ‘staging plan’ to get them the necessary qualifications and experience, so when we take them to the employer, they have the skill set the need to take up jobs in the region.

“Once in employment, we mentor them for the first six months, so the employment is sustainable.

It’s got to be realistic, and you can’t just drop someone in an unsuitable job and abandon them.”

All hoop-la’d out! Catholic Fete a success

Crowds enjoying the annual Catholic Fete on Thursday Island recently.

By BROTHER BARRY LAMB Flashing, coloured handheld windmills and puffy pink fairy floss were the youngsters’ favourites, while the more discerning adults descended on the cake stall in numbers, while the big chocolate wheel did continuous business for a couple of hours.

Under strings of lights, the annual Catholic Fete was underway on Thursday island for another year.

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A warm evening and a coolish breeze on Friday, October 28 brought hundreds of willing punters to the stretch of ground below the picturesque Catholic Church facing Douglas Street.

Ably competing with the karaoke at The Torres, the fete provided a variety of popular foods; but the teasing challenge to young and old alike of snaring a bauble or mug of chocolates meant the two hoop-la booths did continuous business all night.

The rolling barrel for a

bucket of groceries sold out before the night was done and the Chocolate Wheel was, as always, a favourite. Plants and Trash & Treasure did well, and Boys’ and Girls’ Lucky Dips provided some moments of eager anticipation for happy youngsters.

The big raffle, with 25 donated prizes ranging from a beautifully carved dugong and its calf to a return trip to Friday Island with pearl demonstration and meal, was drawn at the end of the night.

Many generous and hardworking volunteers, under the quiet guidance of Juanita Mills, followed capably in the footsteps of many hundreds (thousands?) of former helpers, toiling in the very same area of ground (and Hall) that had seen similar scenes for more than a century.

Already thoughts are turning to 2012, so save those jars and start watering those plants because another October will come around before we know it.

NEWS

Solomon Islands paradise lost to rising sea levels

By STEFAN ARMBRUSTER

Like the children of the Torres Strait, the children of Fanalei face an uncertain future as sea levels rise.

The people of Fanalei are having to build their houses on stilts to avoid the king tides that now sweep across the tiny South Pacific island.

Fanalei, in the Solomon Islands.

Fourteen hours by boat from the Solomon Islands capital Honiara lies Fanalei.

It rarely appears on maps of Australia’s Pacific neighbour and soon it will have even less reason to.

Hundreds of the islanders have already abandoned their homes. the village clings to the last high ground on this tiny picturesque coral and sand island, only few dozen households remain. every month during the full and new moon, high tides sweep through the village, eating away at the fabric of the island.

Fanalei’s chief Wilson Filei is struggling to secure a future for his people. He knows he cannot hold back the rising sea.

“I think it is a great thing for our people to lose our culture our livelihood, to leave this island and move out, I mean it is a sorrowful thing for us to leave this island,” Chief Wilson says.

“We question ourselves where will we go, we are left nothing in here and we go and it take time to move to another place.” the Anglican church and its pastor are central to village life, even though the church is no longer in the centre of the village. the church now has a waterfront address and there are gaping holes in its walls. “this church was situated in the middle of the village but now you can see the walling are broken by the sea,” ays chatechist Alfred Bale.

“It comes through this cement walling, water too strong and hardly can stop it so it breaks the cement walling and comes into the church.” over the past 100 years, sea levels rose by up to 20 centimetres across the globe. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts at least the same again, if not much worse in the coming century.

People are still building new houses on Fanalei. “nowadays they build the higher houses from the sea, because the sea covers all of the island so they start to build the house higher,” says Chief Wilson Houses were once built on the ground. they are now on posts up to three metres high.

Village elders like 52-year-old ruth Mona remember when the island had a fresh water well and lush gardens, but they’re gone. “this island, once upon a time it was a real island, where we work our gardens, plant kumara, pawpaw, kasava, all the things that we can grow on the mainland we can grow here,” she says. “nowadays everything has all died because of the sea has spoilt the island.”

Chief Wilson and his people look with envy across at the fertile hills of the mainland.

It is only short distance to nearby South Malaita and food and fresh water supplies. “to get the water from the mainland it takes maybe, paddling it takes maybe 20, 30 minutes to get to the mainland and then again walking to get the water, it takes a 4 km walk,” says Chief Wilson. “then you carry it to the canoe and paddle it back again. If you need water for cooking, you have to go get water, no-one will come and give you water, you have to find your own water and get it from the mainland.” the islanders have secured some plots of land from the reluctant mainland customary owners. there is a new village emerging with gardens but it is not enough land to support all the islanders.

Chief Wilson says trouble is brewing with the neighbouring bush people.

“We fight for our survival so we cannot just stay like this, no food and stay out from those lands,” he says.

“If we want food to eat then we have to walk on those lands. If anybody come, then we don’t care about you because we are fighting for our survival.”

Land disputes caused a brutal five-year civil conflict in the Solomons less than a decade ago and the tension remains just below the surface.

Anglican chatechist Alfred Bale fears the worst.

“If there is no land then people will kill, or try their best to kill other people, and then take their land. Kill or fight those bush people over there and take their

land,” he says.

Fanalei is not an isolate case in the Solomons and customary land is a touchy issue across the Pacific.

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MELBOURNE CUP DAY

PHOTOS: MARK ROY

Allan James and Steve Gooding take a break from construction to study the form guide.

Mescla Newman and Elsie Blanket.

Leigh and Chris with Betty Tekahika.

Tamara Blackman, Gina Koko and Joy Meaney.

Gina Dorante and Annie Ishmael enjoying the race that stops the nation.

Bonnie Keane, Fiona Emeny and Marianne Mayor looking very stylish on Cup Day.

Kathy Mayor, Franaka Wymarra and Sonia Mayor.

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Maria Passi and Margaret Daniels.

MELBOURNE CUP DAY

PHOTOS: MARK ROY

One of the Torres Hotel door prize winners, Lou, with the king of karaoke, Aken.

Lance and Tony keeping the bar ship-shape.

Liz Ahwang, Mary Moar, Wah Wah and Ruth enjoy a laugh after the race.

Sam and John Devine.

Lifou islander visit

Jimmy Thaiday. >> From page 1 “I just want to introduce to you Lui, my long lost brother settim foot on Darnley, he only take 140 years to land, we welcome dempla,” Walter Lui explained to the gathering.

Lui Gope wiped away tears as Walter Lui explained their common ancestor is their great grandfather Getano Lui. “Just looking at the features, his shape, not very big, like my father and brother, something just seems to have fallen into place, we like the way we do things, the communication, I’m very happy.

A week of celebrations were held on Erub and also on Thursday Island as the Lifou and Erub islanders rediscover what their ancestors achieved together.

Wetewea Tamara believes it won’t be another 140 years before another reunion like this takes place.

“I hope that in the future there will be more trips like we done this, to bring more people from the island because some of them know that they have relatives here, they come and visit them. That would be nice. Thank you,” he said.

By STEFAN ARMBRUSTER

Lifou islanders make introductions (above) and singing for the people of Erub (below).

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THURSDAY 10 FRIDAY 11

4:00 Rage (PG) 5:00 Can We Help? 5:30 New Inventors 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Good Morning Kalimantan 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple 2:10 The Genius Of Design 3:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Choccywoccydoodah: Cake And Cupids Conquer All 6:25 The Good Cook 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 My Family: Ben Behaving Badly - Ben volunteers to look after one of Janey’s elderly care clients for an evening; what could possibly go wrong?

8:30 Midsomer Murders: Shot At Dawn: An old feud between the Hammond and Hicks families appears to have escalated to murder when the grandfather of the Hammonds is found dead.

10:05 Bored To Death: Take A Dive 10:35 Lateline 11:20 Tracey Ullman’s State Of The Union - Tracey Ullman continues her tour across America showcasing her vast array of original characters and impersonations in a wide collection of irreverent and hilarious skits, that range from sardonic parody to social satire.

11:45 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 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 Affiar 7:00 The Celebrity Apprentice 7:30 Two And A Half Men: “Above Exalted Cyclops” (PG s,l) Chelsea sets Alan up on a blind date with her new friend Rose.

8:00 Two And A Half Men: “Sir Lancelot’s Litter Box” (PG s,l) After Charlie reluctantly agrees to let Chelsea move in and he mourns the loss of his bachelor pad, Alan finds that there’s not much space left for him in the house.

8:30 The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button: Tells the story about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.

12:30 Panic Room: A mother and daughter find themselves fighting for their lives in their New York mansion when three burglars come looking for a hidden cache of cash.

2:00 Spyforce 3:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 3:30 Danoz Direct / 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “My Boy Jack” (M v,l) 2:30 Dr Oz 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Guide To The Good Life 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away: Leah and Miles turn to Elijah a fter their break-up, Brax makes the ultimate sacrifice for Charlie. Dex asks April to his formal.

7:30 Better Homes & Gardens 9:00 Movie: “Sweet Home Alabama” (PG l) 11:15 Special: The Woman With Giant Legs - A moving and passionate account of one woman’s fight to live a normal life. Mandy Sellars’ legs and feet are three times larger than that of the average person. Like Joseph Merrick - the ‘Elephant Man’ - she suffers from Proteus Syndrome. With help from The Proteus Syndrome Foundation, and after years of misdiagnosis, she has finally found the support she needs, but at what cost?

12:15 October Road 2:15 Room For Improvement 3:00 Infomercials / 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Insight 2:30 Living Black 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: French Coastlines: Noirmoutier to Talkmont-SurGironde 6:00 Letters and Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Town With Nicholas Crane: Ludlow 8:30 As It Happened: The First World War From Above - This program offers a unique perspective on the scale of the First World War as a collection of extraordinary historical finds are brought to the screen for the first time. Aerial footage, shot from an airship in the summer of 1919, captures the trenches and battlefields of Europe, revealing the damage and destruction inflicted on the landscape.

9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Sex Workers and Proud!

11:40 Movie: “Black Butterfly” (M l,v,s) - In Spanish. After the brutal murder of Guido Pazos, an incorruptible judge, his girlfriend sets out to find the person who ordered the killing, and who then smeared Pazos’ name by making the death look like it occurred at a gay orgy.

1:40 South Park 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

SATURDAY 12

4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage Guest Programmer: Horrowshow 11:00 Choccywoccydoodah: Cake and Cupids Conquer All 11:20 Minuscule: Cicada’s Song 11:30 The Good Cook 12:00 Foreign Correspondent 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Basketball: WNBL: Bendigo Vs Canberra 3:00 Football: W-League 5:00 Bowls: Australia Vs RSA 2011 6:00 Planet Food: Malaysia 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - PC Penhale gets an unexpected visit from his ex-wife, but she doesn’t remember that she is his EX-wife; romance is in the air for Eleanor and Martin; and Louisa’s baby finally gets a name.

8:20 Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder On The Orient Express - Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in the Serbian mountains.

9:50 The Graham Norton Show 10:35 Penn And Teller: Fool Us - The following magicians try to fool Penn and Teller: Cubic Act - French Illusionists; Nick Einhorn - British Mentalist; Michael Vincent - British Street Magician; and Morgan and West - British Street Magicians.

11:25 Rage Guest Programmer: Horrorshow

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 9:00 Children’s Programs 4:30 The Garden Gurus 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 Movie: “Happy Feet” (G) - Happy Feet takes us to Antarctica where we meet a young emperor penguin having a hard time attracting a mate. While his friends use their singing skills to attracts mates, his song sends potential sweethearts running in the opposite direction. However, he has a gift like no other, he can dance in a way that would make Fred Astaire jealous.

8:30 Movie: “Terminator Salvation” (M v) 11:25 Dr T And The Women: Dr. Sullivan Travis “Dr. T.” is a wealthy Dallas gynecologist for some of the wealthiest women in Texas who finds his idealist life beginning to fall apart starting when his wife, Kate, suffers a nervous breakdown and is commited to the state mental hospital. Unfortunately for him, it is just the start of his midlife crisis as the women in his life begin to divulge their deepest secrets.

1:45 Silver Bears 3:50 Nine Presents / 4:00 Danoz Direct / 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 Children’s Programs 1:00 V8 Supercars 2011 4:30 High Road, Low Road 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Movie: “Coraline” (PG v,h) 8:30 Movie: “Armageddon” (M l) 11:15 That ‘70s Show: “It’s Only Rock And Roll” - Hyde begins working at W.B.’s office but soon finds his glamorous rock and roll job isn’t glamorous at all. Kitty is feeling unneeded, unnecessary and unloved - so she takes up Tai Chi with Midge and Donna. Kelso, inspired by Donna’s dedication to feminism, gives his Playboy collection to Fez. 12:05 Grey’s Anatomy: “Some Kind Of Miracle” (M) - All hearts stop momentarily as the staff of Seattle Grace pray for some kind of miracle as the fallout from the Ferry disaster continues.

1:05 Movie: “A Clean Kill (FKA: Seduced) (1999)” - A woman claims that her lover killed his wife, but he insists they were never involved. Will the police be able to uncover the truth?

3:00 Special: This Rugged Coast - Ben Cropp seeks out sea snakes on the Great Barrier Reef and studies them in great detail.

4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:15 Korean News 5:45 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Argentina Vs Bolivia 8:00 World News 1:00 Black Music: An American (R)evolution: We Shall Overcome 2:00 Adventures In Listening: Kurt Masur 3:00 The Year Of Anish Kapoor 3:55 James Rhodes: Piano Man: Bach French Suite 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Dennis Cometti 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Big, Bigger, Biggest: Submarine 8:30 Mythbusters - Reverse Engineering - Adam and Jamie test the myth that some 1970s sports cars were so badly designed that they would be more aerodynamic if their body were turned backward on the frame. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory look into a scene from the movie Lethal Weapon 2: Can a surfboard be launched through the windscreen of a car, and still be lethal?

9:30 RocKwiz: Shellie Morris & Ross Wilson 10:20 Movie: “Van Diemen’s Land” - In English and Gaelic. The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia’s most notorious convict.

In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Sarah Island penal settlement, a place of brutal treatment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving - the Tasmanian wilderness.

12:10 SOS: “Glenn Owen Dodds” 1:10 South Park / 2:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

SUNDAY 13

SBS 5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Dateline 2:30 The Squiz 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: French Coastlines: Noirmoutier to Talmont-SurGironde 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Sri Lanka With Peter Kuruvita 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 8:35 Anthony Bourdian: No Reservations: Mexico 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Big Love: D.I.V.O.R.C.E 11:05 Movie: “ The Easy Way” (M a,s) In French. Based on a true story. In 1976, Albert Spaggiari masterminded an extraordinary robbery of a major French bank where the gang walked out with $40 million in cash. Although captured, he managed to escape police custody, fleeing to South America so as to avoid extradition. A police detective, who is obsessed with bringing Spaggiari to justice, eventually tracks him to a small village in South America.

12:50 Movie: “Bed Education” (MAV v,h) - In Spanish. . An examination of the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two long-time friends.

2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

4:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Healthy Living 12:00 Landline 1:00 7.30 1:30 Message Stick: Homeward Bound 2:00 The Marriage of Figaro 5:00 Art Nation 5:30 Dance Academy 6:00 Life: Creatures Of The Deep 6:50 Minuscule: Picnic 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Restoration Home: Nutbourne Pumping Station 8:30 The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister 10:05 Compass: Life’s Big Questions: Warwick Thornton 10:30 Pride And Prejudice 11:25 Ladies Of Letters 11:50 Restoration Home: Nutbourne Pumping Station 1:00 Lilies: The Thunderbolt: Iris falls madly in love with a conjurer, Domingo Hennessey, and they marry in haste. But her new husband has a terrible secret.

2:00 Lilies: The White Charger: May embarks on a tempestuous affair with her married boss, Mr Brazendale, while Dadda and Billy prepare for the Orange Lodge parade.

3:10 To The Manor Bowen: Community Spirit - The LlewelynBowens are finally on the village map after Laurence raffles himself and Jackie as a special prize at the local fete.

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wild World Of Sports 11:00 Australian Fishing Championships 11:30 Cybershack 12:00 Pyramid 12:30 Kitchen Whiz 1:00 TBA 1:30 TBA 2:30 The Celebrity Apprentice 4:30 Manly Surf 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 MX TV 6:00 National News 6:30 Frozen Planet 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 TBA 9:30 Person Of Interest 10:30 Prime Suspect 11:30 Flashpoint: Planets Aligned - The SRU attempts to rescue a kidnapped girl who is being held at a booby-trapped house, but while on the job they learn that one of the abductors is a teen who went missing several year earlier.

12:30 The Baron 1:30 Spyforce 2:30 Danoz Direct 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Goodmorning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 10:30 Under The Hammer 11:00 Movie: “Curse Of The Pink Panther” 1:00 V8 Supercars 2011 4:30 Three In A Bed 5:30 The Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Wild Boys (PG) 8:30 Bones: “The Proof In The Pudding” (M) - Government agents put the Jeffersonian on lockdown, and demand that Brennan and her team determine a cause of death for unidentified but highly classified remains. Soon the team begins to suspect they are investigating a famous presidential assassination.

9:30 Castle: “Wrapped Up In Death” 10:30 Royal Pains 11:30 Forensic Investigators: Australia’s True Crimes 12:30 Grey’s Anatomy 1:30 The Real Seachange 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 Football Asia 11:00 Les Murray’s Football Feature 12:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine Program 12:30 Speedweek 2:00 Al Jazeera News 3:00 The Conspiracy Files: Lockerbie 4:00 A Fork In The Road: Singapore 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Hong Kong’s Marine Police 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: The Bible: A History: Abraham 8:30 Mother Of Rock: Lillian Roxon - In New York City in 1968 a revolution was under way in a tiny club called Max’s Kansas City. When Andy Warhol’s Factory superstars collided with the underground music scene at Max’s, punk rock was born. The reigning queen of Max’s was Australian journalist Lillian Roxon.

She was a music visionary who understood before anyone else how important music would be in shaping popular culture.

9:30 JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America 11:10 Movie: “Bon Voyage” (M v) - In French. An actress, a writer, a university researcher and a government official combine in an effort to flee Paris in the shadow of the Nazis’ takeover of the city.

1:10 Movie: “Yella” (M l,a) - In German. A complex story about power, dreams and death, this dramatic tale follows Yella, a woman who leaves her hometown and her husband for a promising job and a new life, but is haunted by voices and sounds from her past.

2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight

MONDAY 14

7 CENTRAL 6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Gossip” (M s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Security USA 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Guide To The Good Life 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away: Miles and Leah consider their future together. Roo gets a mystery date invite. John finds himself booted from Council and Ruby feels that it’s over between her and Casey.

7:30 Beauty And The Geek Australia 8:30 The Amazing Race 9:30 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 Outsourced 11:30 30 Rock: “Winter Madness” (PG) 12:00 Trauma: “Protocol” 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

4:00 Rage (G) 5:00 Art Nation 5:30 At The Movies 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Monarch of the Glen 1:25 A Poet’s Guide To Britain 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon Of The Somme 6:45 Animal Rites: Bird 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story: The Girl From Boryslaw 8:30 Targeting Bin Laden 10:00 TBA 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Darling Buds Of May: A Breath Of French Air: Part 2 (PG) Despite Pop’s reservations about foreign food, the Larkins set off for Brittany having agreed that they definitely need a holiday.

12:30 Targeting Bin Laden 2:00 The Bear Man Of Kamchatka: A warm and stunningly beautiful film about one man’s love and care for orphaned grizzly bear cubs and his determination to prove they can live harmoniously with humans.

3:00 Bowls: Australia Vs RSA 2011: Women’s Pairs (2nd Test)

6:00 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 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 The Celebrity Apprentice 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The Isolation Permutation” 8:30 The Mentalist 9:30 CSI: Miami: “Sinner Takes All” (M) - A masked assassin disrupts a high-stakes poker game and kills one of the players.

10:30 CSI: Miami: “Dishonor” (M) 11:30 Undercovers: Without My Daughter - Steven and Samantha receive a mission to bring a North Korean physicist to the U.S., but the man refuses to leave without his daughter. Defying orders, the Blooms go after the girl and encounter another pair of spies who are also looking for her.

12:30 The Avengers 1:30 Entertainment Tonight 2:00 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Murder In Greenwich” (M v,a,s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Security USA 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Guide To The Good Life 5:30 Deal or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away: April asks Xavier to the school formal.

Bianca wants Liam to buy a family car, but he buys a motorbike instead. Marilyn tries to put a positive spin on a tarot card reading.

7:30 The X Factor 8:30 Body Of Proof: “Hard Knocks/ Talking Heads” - When 17year-old over-achiever Trent is found dead after calling 911 outside of a rave, Megan is called to investigate.

11:00 Dual Suspects 12:00 Special: Adventures With The Cropp Family 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Age Of Terror: Terroe International 2:00 Insight 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Living Black 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Blue Ice 8:30 Man Vs Wild: Texas Desert 9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Housos: Green Day 10:30 Skins: Liv 11:30 The World Game: Thee World Game panel offers expert analysis and local perspective on all things football, plus all the latest news and match results.

12:30 Living Black 1:00 Movie: “Cold Light” (MA s,a,n) - In Icelandic and English.

Set against the stark, majestic Icelandic landscape, this film follows Grimur as a young boy who has dire visions about his family, but no one will believe him. Later, as an adult, he must find the courage to confront his past. Nominated for Best Director and Best Actor at the 2004 European Film Awards.

2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

TUESDAY 15

IMPARJA 6:00 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 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 The Celebrity Apprentice 7:30 RBT 8:30 Unforgettable 9:30 CSI: Miami: “Getting Axed” 10:30 Chase: “Crazy Love” - A fugitive with a dark past who manipulates his teenage girlfriend with promises of freedom and a life filled with romance and adventure flees with his underage victim, destroying anything and anyone that comes in his way.

11:30 Rubicon: Look To The Ant - Kale invites Will over for dinner and gives him some interesting information.

12:30 The Baron 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America 5:00 Early Morning News 5:30 Today

4:00 Rage 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 First Tuesday Book Club With Jennifer Byrne 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon Of The Somme 1:20 TBA 1:35 Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 The Pirvate Life Of: Cows 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Dinosaur Stampede 9:30 United States of Tara: Bryce Will Play - After revealing her frightening new alter, Bryce, Tara and Dr. Hattaras meet with KSOP Psychology Co-chair Dr. Smolow and discuss the ‘Abusive Alter Concept’.

9:55 Jennifer Byrne Presents 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Lateline Business 11:30 U Be Dead: (M a,l) A real-life crime story of disturbed serial stalker Maria Marchese who was sentenced to nine years in prison for the sustained intimidation of a London doctor.

1:05 Monarch Of The Glen 2:00 Invasion Of The Crocodiles 3:00 Big Ideas

6:00 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 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 The Celebrity Apprentice 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: “The Wildebeest Implementation” (PG s) 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: “The The Engagement Reaction” (PG s) 8:30 Two And A Half Men 9:00 Mike & Molly: “Mike’s Feet” - Mike and Carl work double shifts during a snowstorm, and time together threatens their friendship.

9:30 Survivor: South Pacific 10:30 Embarrassing Bodies 11:30 TBA 12:00 20/20 1:00 Entertainment Tonight 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America 5:00 National Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Dive From Clausen’s Pier” (M s) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Security USA 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Guide To The Good Life 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away: Dex is upset that April is going to the school formal with Xavier, Heath tries to help Brax sell Angelo’s, and Liam discovers the truth about his accident.

7:30 The X Factor 8:30 TBA 9:30 Parenthood: “Forced Family Fun” (PG) Kristina plans a family night but it doesn’t go as she expected.

10:30 Dinner Date: “Jerry Joseph” (PG) 11:30 Parks And Recreation 12:20 House Calls To The Rescue 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “An Enemy Of The People” (M l,s,v) (2005) 2:40 Half Way Home 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions Of New York City 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 How Many People Can Live On Planet Earth?

8:30 Immigration Nation: The Secret History Of Us 9:30 World News Australia 10:05 Hot Docs: How To Start A Revolution - In English, Arabic, Farsi, Spanish and Ukranian. Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp’s 2003 handbook for non-violent protest ‘From Dictatorship to Democracy’ has been influential on the tactics of democratic protests internationally, including the 2011 Egyptian peaceful overthrow of the Mubarak dictatorship.

11:05 Movie: “Native Dancer” (M a,l,s) - In Russian and Kazakh.

This captivating story highlights the clash between old Kazakh customs and the new Kazakhstan through the eyes of an elderly shaman. For years, Aidai, a medicine woman, has been serving her local Kazakh community and living on land that belongs to rich businessman, Batyr.

12:40 Rough Aunties: Saving Children’s Lives 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight

WEDNESDAY 16

ABC 4:00 Rage (G) 4:55 National Press Club Address: Deborra-Lee Furness 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Hope Springs 1:30 Mother And Son 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Mastercrafts: Stonemasonry 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Hocus Pocus 8:30 The Slap: Manolis 9:30 Crownies 10:30 Lateline 11:05 Lateline Business 11:35 Live From Abbey Road: Green Day/ Bat For Lashes/ Starsailor 12:25 Movie: “The Brighton Strangler” (PG) An actor in a horror play assumes the identity of his stage character.

1:40 QI: Hocus Pocus 2:10 Visions Of The Future: The Quantum Revolution - Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku argues that we may be able to manipulate and create matter itself, but can this development of technology offer a warning - if we have the power to create life itself can we handle that?

3:10 To The Manor Bowen: All About Laurence

4:00 Rage (G) 5:00 Strictly Speaking 5:30 Spicks And Specks 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Bush Slam 2:00 Children’s Programs 6:00 Country House Rescue: Kelly House 6:50 Minuscule: The Caterpillar Who Wanted To See The Ocean 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Poh’s Kicthen On The Road 8:30 Spicks and Specks: The Very Best Of Spicks And Specks Part 2 9:00 The Gruen Planet 9:35 The Hamster Wheel 10:05 At The Movies 10:35 Lateline 11:10 Lateline Business 11:40 South Pacific: Strange Islands - The isolation of some Pacific islands has led to the wildlife evolving in extraordinary ways.

But where some animals perfectly adapt to island life others give up the ghost.

12:30 Country House Rescue: Kelly House 1:15 Gardening Australia: Rare Plant Collector 1:25 Secrets Of The Forbidden City / 3:00 Big Ideas

6:00 Today 9:00 Kerri-Anne 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 The Celebrity Apprentice 8:00 Young Doctors: Follow seven young doctors as they trade their text books for scrubs and their transition to becoming real doctors in the busy John Hunter Hospital.

8:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: “Brain Doe” - The CSI crew is stumped when they discover a disembodied brain at a crime scene where all the other brains are accounted for.

9:30 Prime Suspect 10:30 TBA 11:30 TBA 12:00 Eclipse Music TV 12:30 Entertainment Tonight 1:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Goodmorning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Family Sins” (M a,v) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Border Security USA 3:30 Children’s Programs 4:30 Seven News 5:00 Guide To The Good Life 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home and Away: Romeo believes Mink has a drinking problem, Alf decides to run against Harvey for Council, and criminal Geoffrey King has his eye set on Summer Bay. 7:30 The One - Australia’s Most Gifted Psychic 8:30 Criminal Minds: “A Rite Of Passage/ ...A Thousand Words” 10:30 Great Escapes 11:30 Gangs Of Oz: “For Love Or Money” (M v,d,l,n) Unrelenting violence and intimidation are key ingredients to a bikie gang’s constant quest for power. Tonight, the girlfriend of a murdered senior gang member talks for the first time.

12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Infomercials 3:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “The Lady Of The Camellias” 2:45 Naiade 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions Of New York City 6:00 Letters And Numbers 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Amazon With Bruce Parry 8:30 One Born Every Minute: A groundbreaking look at the drama and emotion of a maternity unit, from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity ward staff. In this episode, an older mum and a teen mum approach childbirth in very different ways. Hayley decides laughter is the best medicine and jokingly refers to herself as a ‘geriatric mum’ at 37, while teenager Kaycey is determined to have a natural birth, and screams with the pain.

9:30 World News Australia 10:00 Movie: “Bad Habits” (M s,a,l,n) - In Spanish. Set in a raindrenched Mexico City, this is the story of a number of people connected by eating disorders, religion and adultery. Novice nun Matilde believes that eating next to nothing will help God stop the suffering of others. From up-and-coming Mexican director Simón Bross.

11:45 112 Emergency / 1:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

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CROSSWORD No. 73

SUDOKU No. 73

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)

ACROSS

1.....Thigh bone (5) 6.....Income (7) 7.....Oscar-winning thriller starring very pregnant police chief (5) 8.....Shellfish (7) 9.....Clothesline: Hills ----- (5) 10...Hurdle, problem (11) 13...Prize (5) 15...Disease related to polluted water (7) 16...Internet Search Engine (5) 17...Ripple, crease (7) 18...Warning sound (5)

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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1.....No. five (5) 2.....Cocktail (7) 3.....Perch (5) 4.....Booked out gig (4, 3) 5.....Post mortem examination (7) 6.....Apply CPR (11) 10...Bruce Willis film (3, 4) 11 ...Emotion (7) 12...Hide (7) 13...Deep gully (5) 14...Submerge (5)

FINDWORD No. 73

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

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

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

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A kind word will go a– long way. Your enthuFor all your printing needs www.lotsa.com.au siasm and energy will be appreciated by the people around you; however you must be sympathetic to people who are not so dynamic.

Romance. A favourable aspect to Neptune this week will improve your powers of intuition, just when you most need them!

MUDDY RIVER

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Your ability to spot a financial opportunity will help to bring in some money just when you need it most. Make sure you don’t take any more risks than you have to, however.

Romance. Time spent with someone whom you hardly know could prove interesting. This person may be much keener on you than you realised. Don’t expect any dramatic developments for the time being, however.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

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Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

– John Wayne

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. 73

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) Your friends will follow your advice, even if it seems quite impractical. As soon as they can see that you know what you are doing, the others will copy you. Romance.

A favourable aspect to Mars later in the week will give you a lot of excess energy. Don’t be surprised if a few admirers come out of the woodwork and start paying you attention. You won’t know which one to choose!

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A dream which involves a close friend will help you to understand your true feelings towards this person. There may be some tension between you which has not been properly resolved. Romance. A misunderstanding at the beginning of the week could lead to a major let-down. You will be glad that your partner is so forgiving!

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A minor skirmish between family members will soon be sorted out: after that, everyone will get on fine. One person may never be completely content, however.

Romance. Your relationship with a person whom you depend on might be going through some ups and downs at the moment. Listen to what they have to say before you pass judgement.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) This is not the time for any rash moves.

Be especially careful later in the week, when you may end up making a shortsighted decision which you later regret.

Romance. Your enthusiasm will be appreciated by your partner. A favourable aspect to Venus later in the week will bring you closer together.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

A friend will put you in a difficult position.

While you should try to be loyal to them, avoid doing anything which could backfire later. Romance. You and your partner may be at different energy levels this week. You will need to be patient in order to bridge the gap between you: don’t be too sensitive, even if you feel that your needs aren’t being met.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Time spent with people whom you hardly know will give you a chance to expand your social life. One person in particular will catch your eye. Romance. A meeting later in the week will help to put your social life back on track. You may be feeling a little left out at the moment. Don’t worry: you haven’t been forgotten!

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You may be feeling a little restless because other people are not quite as wound up as you. It is your role to motivate everybody else this week! Romance.

A powerful aspect to Uranus will help to bring a much-needed change into your life. You need to take advantage of an opportunity as soon as it comes: don’t be shy about making the first move.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Don’t believe everything that you are told.

A meeting later in the week will help you to find out what has really been going on behind your back. Romance. This should be a very rewarding time, both for you and your partner. A series of powerful aspects to Mercury at the beginning of the week will help you to communicate well.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) You will receive a phone call later in the week that will help to cheer you up. You will finally hear from a friend whom you thought you had lost touch with Romance.

A powerful aspect to Venus will help to put your love-life into focus this week Make sure that you follow up on a chance meeting.

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) Be careful to keep an agreement which you made recently with a friend. It was very important to them, and they will feel let down if you don’t stick to your word.

Romance. You may be too anxious to jump in to a relationship without considering the consequences.

Make sure that you know what you are doing before it is too late.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) A long-standing agreement with a friend may be on the point of breaking down today. This agreement has its flaws, but it has stood you in good stead. Romance.

Your confidence will be much higher than usual.

This would be an excellent time to make the first move in a new relationship.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) A friend who has your best interests at heart may nevertheless put you on the wrong track. This person may be less helpful than they think. Romance. Some encouraging remarks from a person that you admire will help to cheer you up. This person has a much higher opinion of you than you realise.

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Port Kennedy Association

Tombstone Opening

MINI MARKETS

Come along and grab a bargain!

Dai, Elu and Tabuai Families would like to invite all families and friends for the Tombstone unveiling of

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011 9.00AM TO 12.00PM PORT KENNEDY HALL

Late and Right Reverend Bishop Kiwami Dai. Late Mrs Malukabu Dai (nee Elu) Late Mrs Juanita Giddy Dai (nee Tabuai) on Saturday 17th December 2011 at Bamaga Cemetery.

Time 9:00 am Tombstone Unveiling 5:30pm feasting followed by dancing at Bamaga Community Hall.

For more information or to book a stall contact the Port Kennedy ofďŹ ce on (07) 4069 2306

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blondie mills Happy birthday dear brother with lots of love from Sis, Gary, Serena, Andrew and families.

For further information please contact: Monica Amey 0458 718 580 Pauline Dai Cunneen 0447 138 397

We are currently recruiting for this additional position for our Thursday Island office.

Fr Jude and Parishioners of Sacred Heart Mission would like to thank all who contributed prizes towards our Major RafďŹ&#x201A;e at our fete, and especially to all who supported in buying rafďŹ&#x201A;e tickets. Congratulations to the following prize winners:

16. Takeshi Shibasaki â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Polo Shirts Ladies/Men 17. Florence Ketchell â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Artwork by TSI Artist Mr Billy Missi 18. Trent See Kee â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $50 Gift Voucher, Gab Titui Cultural Centre Gift Shop 19. Frank Darke â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $50 Gift Voucher, Monaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bazaar 20. Kathy Cook â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bake Ware Set 21. Peter Levi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lunch for 2 People at Kazu Pearl, Friday Island 22. Lisa Skehan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Electric Banquet Frypan 23. Nahlia Pearson-Garnier â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Small Outdoor Barbecue 24. Alice Matysek â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Crocheted Bed Cover 25. Shannay Gebadi â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Four Person Tent 26. Paul Bergen - $50 Gift Voucher IBIS Supermarket 27. Noeleen Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dinner for Two People at Gateway Torres Strait Resort, Horn Island

Expression of Interest

I am travelling to Thursday Island to record the histories of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal ex-servicemen and women.

If you have served in the Army, Navy or Air Force, I am interested in recording your history for a wider project examining the histories of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal military service.

I will be staying at The Grand Hotel on Thursday Island from Tuesday 8/11 until Monday 14/11.

Please contact me there or on 0402 312 409 if you are interested in participating or want more information.

- Dr Noah Riseman

Compliance Support Officer Torres Strait

CATHOLIC CHURCH FETE 2011 RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS 1. Morva Wong â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Return Airfares for 2 persons, Horn Island â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Cairns 2. Emma Brogan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mountain Bike 3. Wayne Heritage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Polaroid Camera 4. Rozahlia Dorante â&#x20AC;&#x201C; State of Origin Set 5. Bill Hogan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; One Night Accommodation + Main Meal Package at Wongai Hotel 6. Seth Seden â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wongai Wood Carving Mother Dugong & Baby Dugong 7. Benedict Mills â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pearl Shell Set in Basket + Pendant 8. Kate Birrill â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Artwork by TSI Artist, Mr Ceferino Sabatino 9. Barry Tarrant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dinner for Two People, Jardine Resort Motel 10. Emma Brogan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Return Trip for 2 People Thursday Island - Seisia 11. Gina Bin Juda â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Single Airbed + Cooler Bag 12. Eileen McNulty â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ice Kool Poly Ice Box, 20l 13. Karla Place â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Male Gift Basket 14. Ronald Viti â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Female Gift Basket 15. Wasada Pearson â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Artwork by Local Artist Ms Frances Mills

CLASSIFIEDS

POSITION VACANT Deckhand required for a Yorke Island Pilot company.

Consisting of day and night shifts. Must be able to complete an Elements of Ship Board Safety course and full training provided.

Must be reliable and ready for immediate start.

This is a good opportunity for the right person who is looking to start their career in the Maritime Industry.

All winners have been contacted. Prizes can be collected up at the Catholic Presbytery.

Contact the Manager on 4090 0052 or 0427 726 966.

You will possess: * Ability to mentor and support staff * Ability to travel to remote communities * Strong time management skills * Proficiency in the MS Office suite * Strong interpersonal skills * Proven skills in written and oral communication * Willingness to be a team player * A high standard of literacy and numeracy * Understanding of Indigenous remote communities and their complex barriers * Extensive knowledge of CDEP Manager systems, with proven work history * Comprehensive understanding of the CDEP programs and job network * Understanding of the payroll process Interested?

Email a current resume to applications@cealtd.com.au Applications close COB 18/11/2011 And will be acknowledged on receipt

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MACHINERY / TRACTORS

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(Trading as Wis Wei Boat Charters)

Horn Island

Available for day trips, camping trips, Charters to: Seisa, POW, Hammond, TI and other nearby islands.

Phone Vince: 0429 631 844 Page 18 Torres News

CARPET, VINYL & BLINDS Servicing Far North Qld and all Islands Supply and lay * Gov approved products * Supply and lay * Domestice & commercial * Sand & polish * Repairs * Call Neil and deal direct with layer

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ACCOMMODATION

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Servicing the Cape & Torres Strait Communities

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PEST CONTROL

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ITEC Employment

102 Douglas Street Thursday Island, Queensland 4875

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Bamaga Bakehaus located at the tip of Cape York, is seeking a trade qualified Baker/Pastry Chef. Must have extensive experience in producing a whole range of bakery products, including breads, pies, pastries and cakes. Full time position, including weekend work. Must be computer literate.

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$60,000 pa, relocation and accommodation will be negotiated with right candidate.

Contact us on 0427 504 722 or email: bakery@bament.com.au

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JOB SPOT

Cook/Cleaner General Labourers/Cleaners Assistant In Nursing Kitchen Hand Childcare – Relief staff for childcare centre Director of Childcare centre Coordinator for Outside School Hours Care / Vacation Care Part time / relief childcare educator Admin Officer Houseparents

 Admin Assist / Secretary  Compliance Support Officer  Casual Payroll Officer  Cook  Night watchman  Retail  Bus Driver  Forklift driver/shop assistant  Cluster Coordinator Outer Islands:  Ranger  Snr Ranger  Ranger Liaison Officer

ITEC JOB SEEKERS* If there isn’t a job on the board that is in your field, come in for a chat and we can ring potential employers for you

“Come and see our friendly staff, who can help you with your career goal’’ Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm week days PHONE: (07) 4090 3311 FAX: (07) 4090 3511 FREE CALL 1800 009 961

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Careers with Queensland Health

Advanced Health Worker

Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre, Torres Strait – Northern Peninsula Health Service District. Remuneration value up to $61 632 p.a., comprising salary between $49 108 - $54 018 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (OO4) (Temporary position until 19 September 2014. Applications will remain current for 12 months.)

Duties/Abilities: Manage the care of clients with diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, renal disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease recruited to the Getting Better at Chronic Care in North Queensland project. Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community.

Enquiries: Seriako Stephen (07) 4069 0420 or 0467 725 451.

Job Ad Reference: H11TO10580.

Application Kit: (07) 4226 5124 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Friday, 18 November 2011.

You can apply online at www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended person for the job.

A non-smoking policy applies to Queensland Government buildings, offices and motor vehicles.

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Cluster Coordinator Inner Islands Torres Strait CEA invites applications for the position of Inner Islands Cluster Coordinator.

This positions liaises with all CEA Staff, various private businesses, government and non-government agencies.

Under supervision of the Manager, you will report on and direct all CDEP related activities in your region including but not limited to: * Supporting existing business enterprises and developing new ones * Monitoring WH&S for staff and participants and ensuring compliance to safe work practices * Assisting in developing work readiness for the participants Applications from local Indigenous people or those with current relevant knowledge and understanding of Torres Strait island culture and issues are encouraged to apply.

Applications are to be submitted to: applications@cealtd.com.au

By COB Friday, November 18, 2011

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CLASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINE:

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10.30AM THURSDAY

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Olympus E-P1 digital camera with Russian lens

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REWARD $100

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TORRES SHIRE COUNCIL To lead, provide & facilitate

PUBLIC NOTICE Changed Waste Management Procedures November 2011 Residents of the shire are advised that this year instead of a kerbside collection of waste from residences, we will be allowing residents to dispose of their white goods furniture and other household waste at the TI Transfer Station for free of charge between the 14th- 27th November 2011.

MASTER V Applicants MUST have a minimum qualiďŹ cation: Master V, MED 3 and Open Drivers Licence.

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For any enquiries please contact Mr Keith Yorkston on (07) 4069 1336.

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The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is a Commonwealth statutory body located on Thursday Island.

The TSRA is engaged in a wide range of service delivery functions to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in the Torres Strait region. The TSRA Land and Sea Management Unit was established in 2006 to deliver regional and local environmental programs in the Torres Strait.

The Torres Strait Indigenous Ranger Program provides support for communities to look after their land and sea country. The Program employs Torres Strait Islanders in each community as Indigenous Rangers, and provides training, materials and equipment to carry out on-ground works. The Rangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is identified together with their communities and carried out by Rangers in ways that are culturally appropriate. Indigenous Rangers are well supported to do their jobs as a part of a broader team of people in the TSRA Land and Sea Management Unit who are working to improve the Torres Strait environment. Rangers are currently employed on Mabuiag, Badu, Boigu, Iama, Erub, Mer and Moa. The TSRA is currently expanding the Ranger Program operations to Dauan, Saibai, Warraber, Poruma, Masig and Ugar. These positions are funded by the Torres Strait Indigenous Ranger Program through the Working on Country element of the Australian Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caring for Our Country Program.

TSRA is seeking suitably qualified Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to fill the following non ongoing positions up to 30 June 2013, with the possibility of an extension:

8 x Ranger Positions VARIOUS LOCATIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 X DAUAN, 2 X SAIBAI, 1 X ST PAULS, 2 X MASIG, 1 X WARRABER, 1 X PORUMA APS 1 (P/N T01813 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; T01820) *SALARY RANGE $39,887 - $44,085 P/A

5 x Senior Ranger Positions :ENADTHÂŹ+ES +ARATEÂŹ3CHOOL

YUMI Education is a support service designed to ensure all children from the Torres Strait region have a Prapa Pathway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; starting with the best early years education, moving seamlessly through school to secure a quality job. In January 2012 YUMI Education will expand to offer services in the Torres Strait region and the Greater Cairns Area.

Children - Tuesday & Thursday, 5pm to 6pm Adults - Monday & Wednesday, 6pm to 7pm

The following full time contract positions are open to enthusiastic applicants:

Information: Hassan Bin Tahal (4090 3380)

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â&#x20AC;˘ Administration OfďŹ ce Manager (A03): oversee the administration of YUMI Education â&#x20AC;˘ Primary School Engagement Case Manager (A03): work directly with the primary schools and families to ensure students temporarily relocating from the Torres Strait are enrolled in and attend school â&#x20AC;˘ Secondary School Engagement Case Manager (A03 and A04): work directly with the students, schools andfamilies to ensure secondary students from the Torres Strait successfully transition

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â&#x20AC;˘ Administration OfďŹ cer (A02): oversee the administration parent/community education activities â&#x20AC;˘ Project Manager: Parent/Community Education (A04): manage the delivery of targeted parent/community education activities across the Torres Strait in 2012

Contact Katie Denzin for an applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s package.

Phone: 0419 022 623 Email: katie.denzin@tsirec.com.au APPLICATIONS CLOSE 4pm Friday, November 18, 2011

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

24 Hour Service for DV CONNECT Telephone 1800 811 811 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lena Passi Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shelter NPA WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP 24 Hour Crisis Shelter Ph: 4069 3020

VARIOUS LOCATIONS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 X DAUAN, 1 X SAIBAI, 1 X MASIG, 1 X WARRABER, 1 X PORUMA APS3 (P/N T01806 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; T01810) *SALARY RANGE $51,414 - $55,493 P/A

1 x Ranger Liaison Officer UGAR (STEPHEN ISLAND) APS3 (P/N T01805) *SALARY RANGE $51,414 - $55,493 P/A * Generous allowance are paid on top of the salaries listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy. Superannuation is paid at 15.4%.

TSRA accommodation is not available for these positions, applicants should familiarise themselves with the Torres Strait housing market prior to applying for these positions.

Eligibility These positions are restricted to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants only, as per the Special Measures provisions outlined in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Section 8(1), and the Public Service Commissionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Directions 1999 at 4.2 (6)(b)(i) and 4.3(3)(b)(i). Applicants are required to provide evidence of their Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander descent. TSRA is committed to providing employment and training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Female applicants are encouraged to apply. A merit list may be created.

You are required to include 3 documents: t General Application Form t An expression of interest (no more than 3 pages) detailing how your skills and experience relate to the Selection Criteria t â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resume or CVâ&#x20AC;? detailing full qualifications and experience including the names of at least two referees.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on 21 November, 2011.

For further information relating to these positions please contact Rebecca Clear on: (07) 4069 0700.

To obtain a copy of the selection criteria for these positions, visit the TSRA website http://www.tsra.gov.au and click on the Employment link on our homepage. Applications should be forwarded via email to recruitment@tsra.gov.au or mailed to Recruitment, Torres Strait Regional Authority PO Box 261 Thursday Island Qld 4875.

The TSRA is an equal opportunity employer.

Enjoy the benefits of a career in the Australian Public Service.

SPORT

Tagai students get set for volleyball

By MARK ROY STUDENTS from Tagai Secondary Campus showed off their skills on the volleyball court last Thursday after their first class in the sport.

The students ran through drills in serving, digging, setting and spiking before playing a few games at the Thursday Island Sports Complex on October 3.

And while there were different levels of skill displayed on the court, all the players approached the game with enthusiasm – and plenty of laughs.

Tagai PE teacher David Ward said the Year 9 HBE students did well in their first effort.

“Volleyball is a very popular sport in the Torres Strait, and we always have a strong showing in the regional carnivals,” Mr Ward said.

He said it was a worthwhile set of skills to learn, because there were plenty of opportunities to play the sport on both the social and competitive level.

“The Thursday Island Volleyball Association holds a regular volleyball competition outside of school hours,” he said.

With the mercury starting to climb, it’s also a good option to take up a sport you can play indoors, especially when there is a pool just outside!

CLASSIFIEDS LENA PASSIE Women’s Shelter

POSITIONS VACANT

Are you passionate about strong family values?

Do you get satisfaction from helping others?

Lena Passi Women’s Shelter is a Not for Profit Organisation based on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait. The organisation provides a range of services including protection, crisis accommodation and client advocacy. The service provides safe secure crisis accommodation during periods of homelessness due to domestic and family violence, for women and children who experience and escaping domestic and family violence.

LPWS is seeking reliable and experienced applicants to apply for the following position: Position Title: Hours of work:

Award Rate: Salary per week:

Domestic Violence Worker (Court Support) Fulltime Contractual Employment for 9 months with 3 months probation.

Possible 12 month extension.

CASH Award Level 3 $852.69 to $892.43

To be successful in these roles you must satisfy a Selection Criteria.

Applicants should obtain an information package. For more information, or to obtain an information package, contact the Service Manager on (07) 4069 1366.

Applications close Friday, November 18, 2011.

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2nd Hand furniture, appliances and building materials. Thursday Island. Phone Kellie on 0427 691 355

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In memory to our father William Arthur (Bill) Bugden who passed into spirit September 2011.

Loved by your children, William, Susan, Dianne, Sharon, Kerrianne, Thomas and Paula.

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CLASSIFIEDS Attention-seeking space seeks like-minded advertiser. ads@torresnews.com.au or call 1300 867 737.

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SPORT

Underwood in second carnival win

By ALF WILSON FOR classy Northern Pride footballer Noel Underwood, the month of October was highly successful as he was a key member of sides which won two All Blacks carnivals.

In mid-October, Underwood was in the Argun Warriors team that beat East Coast Dolphins in the grand final of the strong Cairns All Blacks carnival.

Cairns had the most men’s sides of any Queensland All Blacks carnival during 2011, with 26 teams.

Two weeks later on October 30, Underwood shone for the Yarrabah Seahawks Gold side which took out the Yarrabah All Blacks carnival grand final.

Nine sides battled it out at the Yarrabah All Blacks carnival named in honour of respected Bishop Arthur Malcolm who is the patron of the Yarrabah Seahawks Carnival.

Bishop Malcolm was there to watch the action at Yarrabah’s Jilara Oval.

Carnival coordinators Farren Willet and Lucresia Willett were impressed with the quality of the rugby league play.

“We had big crowds and lots of people from Yarrabah and also other communities,” Lucresia said.

The star-studded Yarrabah Seahawks Gold, one of four local sides, took out the grand final defeating Barkey Warriors 30-22 in a hardfought game.

Underwood has been one of the most highly sought after players by sides contesting carnivals in the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area and at north Queensland cities.

Barkey Warriors had many stars of their own including former

Noel Underwood, right, with Theeran Pearson, middle and Milton Mossman at the Yarrabah carnival. PHOTO: ALF WILSON North Queensland Cowboys and Queensland State of Origin back Ty Williams, who played at fullback in the final.

Referee Rod McCrae was amongst a team of referees to control the Yarrabah games.

McCrae, who has overseen

games at many Torres Strait carnivals, including the 2011 Island of Origin Series and the recent Zenadth Kes Cup on Thursday Island, said the grand final was a tough affair.

“Noel Underwood was carrying an injury in the final and two

Yarrabah Gold players were sent off late in the game when they side only had 11 players,” Mc Crae said.

“They did a good job by switching players around and Charlie Murgha at five eighth and Theeran Pearson

at halfback showed their experience.”

Last year Barkey Warriors also reached the grand final of Yarrabah carnival before going down 43-26 to Malu Kiai/Koey Zugub which included mostly players of Torres Strait Islander decent.

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FUNDING AVAILABLE Sport and Recreation Funds are available to cater for Sport and Recreation purposes from the 1st January 2012 – 31st March 2012 Submission Application Closing Date: 4pm Friday, 25th November 2011.

Submission Application must be received on the deadline set, late applications will not be accepted.

For further information or to obtain a Submission Application Form, you can contact the following people: Administrator: Mrs Agnes Bani on (07) 4069 2484 Eastern Cluster Rep: Aleesha Savage on (07) 4069 4001 Central Cluster Rep: Kevin Levi on (07) 4069 4277 Near Western Cluster Rep: Abigail Levi on 0487 170 223 Far Western Cluster Rep: Sam Maka on 0407 577 962

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SPORT

Keeping fit is all part of the plan

The Sirens trained hard and were rewarded for their effort.

T.I. / SEISIA FERRY SCHEDULE MONDAY / WEDNESDAY / FRIDAY

Raphael and Uncle Frankie’s Cafe staff Thomas, Sophie and Tyler will be cheering on the Sundown Sirens in the 2012 season. PHOTO: MARK ROY

By MARK ROY EATING healthy and keeping active is all part of the game plan for the Sundown Sirens.

And sponsor Raphael Gushtaspi from Uncle Frankie’s Cafe says he supports the women’s rugby league team because of their initiatives to get people active.

“Some of the players approached me earlier this year about a sponsorship,” Raph said.

“So I bought all the players’ shirts and the supporters’ shirts for the club, so they can sell them to generate their own income for the jerseys.

“My dad Frankie has sponsored so many teams over the years, but they’ve all been blokes’ teams.

“I thought this would be something different.”

Raph said he agreed to a two-year jersey deal to help the girls get into the Kaiwalagal Rugby League.

“It’s difficult, because they don’t quite have the numbers for regular competition,” he said.

Raph reckons the team had been a “bit loose” on the field after winning the Island of Origin of Badu earlier in the year.

“They are trying to get more players, and to get the outer islands to compete in the women’s league every couple of weeks so they can get more match play and experience.

“It’s great to see the older ladies coming down to training and keeping active. It’s good for them, getting out together, even just to have a yarn and a bit of a run.

“We’re trying to promote healthy eating and exercise through the footy club, and through Uncle Frankie’s by not selling fried food.

“We’ve got Island Rooster out the back – it’s a kind of a yin and yang thing,” Raph says with a smile.

Sasha Busch from the Sirens said she encouraged ladies to come down to training when the season starts next year, even if it was just to keep fit.

“Playing team sports brings a whole range of benefits, including learning social skills, team building, and leadership skills,” Sasha said.

“It also has health benefits, including mental health benefits.”

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She said the team needed players and volunteers if it was to keep going in the 2012 season.

“We’d like to get some younger players to keep the team going, but even if you’re not coming down to play, there are other volunteer roles to be filled to keep the team and the league organisation going.”

Sasha, who has been away travelling, said she would be meeting with the girls to see about competing in the upcoming Dan Ropeyarn Cup at Bamaga.

“We want to try to get a team into that, but our eyes are also on next year’s season which starts around March.

“And we want to thank Raphael for all his support this season.”

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Jaffa joins Jets’ jubilation

By ALF WILSON YOUNG Thursday Island rugby league forward Jaffa Cook is a rising star of the future having shown his enormous potential against mostly older opponents at a memorial match in Cardwell.

The 18-year-old lined up for Palm Island premiers Jets in their third annual clash at Cardwell Showgrounds against local team the Girringun Pirates on October 29.

With Cook leading the way, Jets produced an amazing second half comeback which took them close to scoring a stunning upset in the Jack Henry and Joe Romelo Memorial match.

Mr Henry and Mr Romelo tragically lost their lives when they drowned during floods in February 2009. There was a minute’s silence in their memory before the kickoff.

Pirates looked to be in cruise control when they led 28-12 at half time, but Jets had other ideas and fought back to narrowly lose 36-34.

The Jets side consisted of many players of Torres Strait Islander descent. Club spokesman Zac Sam, with family from Darnley, said Cook shone.

“Jaffa drove down with two other lads from Cairns for the game and is a real star of the future. He never takes a backward step and is my nephew,” Zac said.

Zac’s sons Costa, David and Moa also played well as halfback Tabua Oui, also of Darnley descent.

“There was a lot of boys with TSI heritage in our side,” Zac said.

Another Darnley Islander there was Joe Reuben who was in the crowd barracking for Jets.

The game was played over four 20minute quarters because of the heat, with the temperature reaching 30 degrees.

These games have a history of being close and last year the game finished in a 34-all draw.

In the inaugural match in 2009 Pirates won by eight points.

ABOVE: Jaffa Cook, left, and a Jets teammate in the dressing rooms.

RIGHT: Jaffa Cook runs the ball for Jets.

BELOW: Jaffa Cook runs the ball for Jets.

UNDER 18 GAME In the under 18 match Girringun Pirates beat Palm island Barracudas 14-10 and Jaffa also played in that game for the visitors and backed up in the A-grade encounter.

“It was a great game and we were down on a few numbers and our boys did really well,” said Barracudas captain Kenny Wilson.

Mr Phillip Rist CEO of the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation said that resilience is a key factor in keeping communities healthy, and events like this bring the community together.

“First of all I would like to acknowledge and thank our countrymen on Palm Island for allowing us to have the game back on Girringun territory. Due to the damage that CyloneYasi left behind they said Cardwell needs it here. But having said that,” Mr Rist said with a smile, “Remember that on the football paddock we are mortal enemies who will fight to the death to retain the Jack Henry and Joe Romelo memorial shield.”

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