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8 - 14 October 2012 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1036 • $2.00 inc. GST
Plan now for climate change, says Dick By MARK ROY IT will likely take a climate change “disaster” before people begin to take its effects seriously, Australian Living Treasure Dick Smith said in the Torres Strait last week. The aviator, entrepreneur, political activist and philanthropist said he was concerned for the future of the islands of the Torres Strait, threatened by rising sea levels as a result of global overheating. “I don’t believe that we will actually do anything about climate change in the present time, in our present economic system,” Dick said. “We are shipping more coal out than ever before. “We will continue increasing our emissions until we produce a terrible disaster - and it will be terrible for people here, because they will have to move.” He said a global economic model underpinned by “perpetual economic growth” was simultaneously unsustainable and slow to react to change. “People react to instantaneous threats,” Dick said. “With a threat that is going to take decades or perhaps hundreds of years, we are less inclined to do anything, because we say ‘we’re so ingenious, we’ll solve the problem somehow’. “My suggestion here (in the Torres Strait) would be to start planning now, unfortunately, to move to higher ground,” he said. The Torres News caught up with Dick after spotting him walking down Douglas Street with a copy of the local paper last Wednesday, October 3. He had travelled up to Horn and Thursday Island in his boat, with his partner, Pip, and two friends from Cairns. “It’s interesting to come here and read your article,” Dick said. Referring to last week’s front page story, “Climate change will leave islanders homeless: study”, Dick said he was pleased to see the science of climate change receiving accurate coverage. “I think your article was responsible, and I don’t see many articles like that,” Dick said. “Most people don’t quote (chief climate commissioner and 2007 Australian of the
Year) Professor Tim Flannery. “It’s amazing, he hardly gets any quotes in the major newspapers.” Dick was himself awarded an Australian of the Year accolade in 1986. He was named an Australian Living Treasure in 1997, and in the 1999 Australia Day honours list was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to community, charity and business. A champion for philanthropy, Dick argues that wealthy Australian business people should give proportionally more back to the community. “Groucho Marx said - as a joke - ‘why should I sacrifice for future generations - what have they ever done for me?’,” he said. “Human beings just put everything off, and hope that something else will solve the problem.” Dick last visited Thursday Island in 1983 during a successful attempt at the first solo helicopter flight around the world. “I got here and I got delayed for a couple of days. I stayed at the Rainbow Motel and talked to a lot of people here and realised just how low-lying a lot of the islands were,” Dick said. After returning from his global circumnavigation, where he flew mainly at an altitude of around 300 feet (100m), he said he couldn’t believe the amount of damage he saw being done to the world. “Every rainforest was being bulldozed and slashed and burned, and you’d fly for weeks in the Northern hemisphere in smog,” he said. “There is virtually no wilderness left, and there are so many factories belching smoke. “I didn’t know what climate change was, but I had enough common sense to say ‘God, we must be wrecking this world’.” Years later, when scientists started to say emissions were affecting the climate, Dick was not surprised. “I said, well, that fits in with what I saw - it’s just common sense.” Dick is openly critical of mainstream media coverage of issues such as climate change, economic growth, population growth, and refugees seeking asylum. “Personally, I would like to know where
Rupert Murdoch stands on vital issues such as climate change, as I understand he has strong views on the matter,” Dick said. “I am sure the Australian public would like to know his opinions of our current political leadership, the direction of our economy, and such matters as how he believes we should deal with refugees. “These are matters his editorial writers pass judgment on all the time, and it would be very healthy for our democracy to learn more about the views of the man who employs them all.”
Entrepreneur and activist Dick Smith, shown here on Thursday Island last week, says Torres Strait Islanders should prepare now for a “climate change disaster”. PHOTO: MARK ROY
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Stop this before it’s too late: Firefighters By MARK ROY FIREFIGHTERS on Thursday Island say it is only a matter of time before someone’s home or someone’s life is lost to a deliberately-lit fire on the island. Just one week and one day after fires were started on Milman Hill, the Queensland Fire and Rescue Officers were called out again, this time to put out a fire lit in scrub between the Torres Shire Sports Complex and the Tagai Thursday Island Primary School, alongside the school oval. Both fires were lit during the school holiday period. QFRS Thursday Island Captain
Richard Muhamad said parents needed to talk to their children about the serious consequences of setting a fire. “Young kids could have been in a cubbyhouse in the bush here,” Cpt Muhamad said.“We could have lost a young niece or nephew.” He said there was a danger that children setting fires for a “thrill” might keep up their activities until tragedy struck. “They start from small things like this, then escalate to a bin fire, or a car body, or a mattress under a house - someone’s life could well be lost,” Cpt Muhamad said. Local firefighter John Marrington said the trend was worrying.
“This is a big fun thing for them, but it could easily grow into something very serious, with the loss of life or injuries,” Mr Marrington said. Cpt Muhamad said even the recent grass fires were hurting the community, with elders from Star of the Sea hit by smoke last week, and firies having to take time off work. “We all have to work, so this is costing the community,” he said. He said three units and seven firefighters attended Tuesday’s blaze, which was lit near residential accommodation and the Sports Complex. “The police were also here, and they are investigating,” Cpt Muhamad said. “Parents need to talk to their kids.”
ROCKY Stephen (right) has won the Ugar (Stephen Island) by-election for the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC). Mr Stephen polled 21 votes, obtaining an absolute majority ahead of former representative Florianna Bero with 10 and David Morris with nine. A total of 40 votes were cast, with no informals. The by-election was held after the outcome of the original election, held in April this year, was successfully contested in the civil courts. Jerry Stephen polled 32 votes to Mrs Bero 13, while Rocky Stephen did not nominate. Mrs Bero appealed to the Court of Disputed Returns, claiming Jerry Stephen, her son, did not meet the two-year residency rule under the relevant act. The appeal was upheld, forcing the September 29 by-election. A by-election for Mer is to held on October 27, after original winner Aven Noah was also ruled ineligible under the residency rule on appeal. The Court ruled against Mr Noah on September 6, upholding
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‘TSRA needs to go back to its origins’ The TSRA needs to go back to basics; it’s lost its way totally.
We need to revert to the principles upon which the TSRA was formed.
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TORRES Strait Regional Authority needs a “complete overhaul and needs to be reformed”, according to Board member-elect Getano Lui Jnr (right). “The TSRA needs to go back to basics; it’s lost its way totally.” Mr Lui said the organisation is driven by the administration, leaving the Board powerless. “The new Board needs to look at the real reason the TSRA was set up, and look at the whole structure and how responsive it has been to the genuine needs and aspirations of our people. “We need to remind ourselves that the TSRA was formed as a launching pad in setting up a transitional process for the Torres Strait region to work towards greater autonomy. “It was about the transition of power towards full autonomy; but it’s gone backwards. “The Board is powerless and at the mercy of what’s been set up for Aboriginal people; the TSRA has become part of that process. “The Torres Strait needs to be looked at separately and what it is, including self-management and self-determination. “The decisions are being taken by Canberra and Brisbane.” Mr Lui said he was speaking as a member-elect, “looking at the TSRA from the outside”. Mr Lui believes the Board, although a Commonwealth organisation, lost its way with the amalgamation of the TSIRC. “While there will be those who will argue the amalgamation was a State issue; that’s when things changed.” “On the advent of the amalgamation at the State level, the self-management and self-determination aspirations for our people were taken away, with the Commonwealth Government, through the TSRA, jumping on the bandwagon and gradually depleting the powers of the TSRA Board and giving more authority to the administration, as with the TSIRC. “Therefore, Commonwealth Government policies that affect Torres Strait Islanders were put in one basket under the Indigenous Affairs portfolio which, forever, refuses the need for Torres Strait Islanders to be identified as a separate race of people and as one nation. “The TSRA, it seems to me, is not an authority in its own right as the name suggests - probably in name only.” Mr Lui says it is simply an ordinary organisation acting as a conduit for Federal Government funding, ensuring the programs and policy guidelines are being met by organisations and communities alike. “The need for full restoration of self-management and self-de-
THE Torres Strait Regional Authority has become just another arm of FaHCSIA (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs), TSRA Board member-elect Mr Joseph Elu (right) says. “The TSRA, when it was established in 1994, was set up to become the Federal Government service provider up here for most of the Federal Government’s programs, such as health and housing, but not including areas, such as Customs and Foreign Affairs. “There were also funding arrangements to be in place with the State Government as well. “It didn’t go that way and now has become just another arm of FaHCSIA. “We need to revert to the principles upon which the TSRA was formed.” Mr Elu says the change and loss of direction did not come from the TSRA’s end. And he has no doubt about how it happened. “The bureaucrats in Canberra diluted the intentions of the Government, and what resulted was very different to what was intended for the TSRA. “Funding should be given directly to us, for us to decide how and where it is spent.” Mr Elu said that, under the current arrangement, housing and health, funding for example, are given straight from the Federal Government to the State Government who decide on whatever slice of that funding they will give to the TSRA. “I think the Commonwealth gave the State $1.6 billion for housing for the whole of Queensland, and we have no idea how much was allocated by the State Government to top up that amount. “And we don’t know how much of the money was for housing in the Torres Strait. “The money is not allocated to the TSRA, but to the relevant State Government department, such as Housing, to roll out both the Federal and State moneys. “That’s not right. “The funding should go directly to the TSRA to allocate as it sees fit.
termination to be put back into the hands of our people, including the total management and control of our affairs over land and sea, must be paramount and be given top priority by the new TSRA Board.” He says the original intent was an amalgamation of the former ICC and the TSRA to form a single regional body for the Torres Strait, working along with the Torres Shire Council. ”You can’t tell me we’re not ready for self-determination. “We’re not reinventing the wheel; the homework’s been done; it just needs to be put place. Then the process can happen within five years.” Mr Lui is opposed to the concept of a separate state or Territory. He foresees an organisation such as Federation of Island Councils where each Council is autonomous, and come together as a regional body to work for the betterment of the whole region. “To give the people autonomy, we need to drive social and economic development in the Torres Strait.” Mr Lui also criticised the delay in swearing the new Board, now scheduled for November 13. “The election is over and the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) has done its job, but we’re waiting until the middle of next month before the Board takes its place. “That goes to show how much the administration is in charge. “It seems to me that it’s just a simple matter of calling a meeting and setting up the new Board. “The election is over and people shouldn’t be making decisions when there’s a new Board. “I don’t think people fully understand there is a new Board which is not bound by the policies and decisions of the former board that were there by appointment and not elected. “Who says the policies from the old board will remain in place with the new Board? “Remember, there are only five members from the previous Board among the 19 who were elected.” The by-election for Kubin is scheduled for December 8 as there were no candidates for the original election.
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FOR PEACE OF MIND . . . “The same applies for health and the ranger program, for example. “That was the original principle of ATSIC and the TSRA, which should be a separate government department, answerable to some department, such as Treasury.” Mr Elu says the new Board needs to go back to the Federal Government and talk about autonomy which is a topic which has “quietened down” due to the change in the nature of the TSRA. “We need to stir the pot again.” Mr Elu sees the Norfolk Island-model as the most suitable for Torres Strait autonomy. “Norfolk Island has a quasi-parliament, sets its own laws and looks after its own State and Local Government affairs. “It decides how the money it receives will be spent and allocated. “That same principle can apply in the Torres Strait, complete with its own set of auditors and become a separate arm of governance in Australia.” The Torres Strait would remain part of Queensland and Australia. “In due course, we could levy our own taxes, such as taxes for the use of our natural resources, pilotage fees, licensing fees for example.” Mr Elu said Northern Peninsula Area towns, Seisia and Bamaga, would remain as part of the TSRA. “The NPA is stuck in the middle. “Some want to go to Cape York; some want to be with the TSRA which is where we should be - as part of the TSRA programs and part of the economic mix. “In regional transport, for example, we’re a long way from Weipa by hundreds of kilometres and anywhere on the Cape, but not very far from the Torres Strait. “That’s where we belong,” he said.
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NEWS Correction THE article “Jobs could be lost at the Star of the Sea Home” (Torres News, 1-7 October 2012, page 3) it was stated: “A spokeswoman for administrator Deloitte confirmed a total of 380 staff redundancies were handed out on September 21 and 23, with 30 of these from the aged care centres and schools.” This is incorrect. The Congress Community Development and Education Unit (CCDEU) handed out a total of 30 redundancies. The CCDEU, which runs the Star of the Sea, employed 380 staff. The Torres News apologises for the error. Deloitte will still not confirm whether there have been any redundancies at Star of the Sea.
Re-location ‘not necessary for decades’ THE Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) believes the relocation of communities from low-lying islands to escape sea level rises will not be a necessity for many decades to come. In a media statement on Thursday afternoon, TSRA Chairperson John ‘Toshie’ Kris was commenting on a Climate Commission report on climate change impacts in the Torres Strait which predicts sea level rises in the region will be double the international average. Mr Kris said “people commenting on the impacts of climate change in the region should familiarise themselves with the Torres Strait Climate Change Strategy (2010-2013). “This Strategy was prepared in consultation with qualified climate change scientists and the Traditional Owners of those communities affected by the change. A key principle of the Plan is that ‘relocation is a last resort’.” Mr Kris said it was already well known that low-lying communities in the Torres Strait faced
an uncertain future because Relocation is not something communities in our region will need of climate change and rising to seriously consider for a number of decades. - John T. Kris. sea levels. “This is well documented in the Torres Strait Climate Change Strategy. “Some communities are already facing the impacts of annual tidal flooding and seawalls are urgently needed to protect them and the significant investments made by State and Commonwealth governments in infrastructure. Iama king tides in 2011. “While the sea level is Water Level study commissioned by the TSRA to model expected to continue to rise for many years, it is sea level and storm impacts on Torres Strait communities important for people to appreciate that relocation concludes that relocation will be a consideration for is not something communities in our region will some communities as sea levels approach 800 mm above need to seriously consider for a number of decades. current levels. “The comprehensive Torres Strait Extreme “When sea levels eventually get to between 500mm and 1m higher than they are now, they will impact many coastal cities, towns and communities across Australia, not just in the Torres Strait. “The difference for our low-lying communities is that there is no option for people to retreat away from the sea, but it is highly unlikely the sea will reach these levels until closer to the end of this century.” Mr Kris said seawall construction was an urgent shortto medium term priority for the region and would form part of a broader adaptation process to assist communities to plan for the longer-term impacts of climate change. “The Commonwealth government recognises this urgency as demonstrated by their commitment on June 4, 2012, to contribute up to $12 million towards priority coastal works in the Torres Strait. “The TSRA has called upon the Queensland Government to match this funding. “Torres Strait communities play a strategic role in the protection of the Australian mainland through customs and immigration services. The Torres Strait lies on Australia’s border with Paua New Guinea and acts as a key quarantine zone and a buffer for monitoring the movement of pests and diseases into Australia. “Torres Strait island culture is also unique in Australia’s rich Indigenous cultural heritage and this culture is inextricably linked to the islands communities call home.” Mr Kris said it was important to remember that communities had options for dealing with sea level rise and that long term planning was already taking place to help affected communities make the right choices well before climate change impacts became too severe.
AMP plans under review THE Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs, Glen Elmes, released the terms of reference for a review of Alcohol Management Plans last Wednesday. Torres Shire Mayor Pedro Stephen and Torres Strait Island Regional Council Mayor Fred Gela were among indigenous mayors, chief executives and service providers who met with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Minister Glen Elmes in Cairns to discuss the review last Wednesday. The alcohol management plans affect 19 communities across the Cape. Cr Stephen told the Torres News any changes to the plans needed to be considered carefully. “We did set up a Liquor Accord, and we need to resurrect that,” he said. “There are serious issues in our region that arise from alcohol and substance abuse.” The review of grog bans affecting 19 discrete Indigenous communities was an election commitment of the Newman Government. If AMPs are to be scrapped the community leaders will have to consult police, hospital staff, schools, local justice and women’s groups and guarantee there will be no increase in levels of violence or social disorder. Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Curtis Pitt has cautiously welcomed the move. “The Opposition believes the government needs to tread carefully on this potentially emotive and divisive issue and I note Minister Elmes has committed to a review on a community-by-community basis,” Mr Pitt said. Page 4 Torres News
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Russian twins set sail on strange circumnavigation LEFT LOWER: Sergey and Alexander Sinelnik in 2007, preparing to row from Carnarvon to Tanzania. PHOTO: MARK ROY FAR LEFT:: The three 1000nm legs of the Sinelnik twins’ journey shown on their map of Australia in Cyrillic, the Russian alphabet.
The “Slavic woodcastle” Russich moored at Seisia.
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IT’S not every day that you see what looks like an ancient Viking ship, flying under the outlaw flag of a Russian motorcycle club, moored at the Seisia beach. But it’s not every day that you come across sailors like Russian twins Sergey and Alexander Sinelnik, either. The vessel is the Rusich, which the brothers - who built the boat themselves - solemnly describe as “an old Slavic wood-castle”. I first met this pair of professional adventurers five years ago in Carnarvon, with my good friend and Russian translator Kirill Evgenevich Ivoutin, as they set out on the second of two ill-fated attempts to row across the Indian Ocean to Tanzania in what looked like a floating yellow submarine. On that trip they had to be rescued by the RAAF, but sometimes their oddball adventures do go roughly according to plan. Each year, it seems, these fierce Russian patriots embark on a random, ill-advised and ludicrous expedition to cover some part of the globe by one improbable means or another. They have already crossed the Caspian Sea in their 15-metre Slavic “wood-castle” wearing heavy suits of armour. And dispatched the deserts of the Middle East on giant three-wheeled motorcycles. And circumnavigated the globe on Urals, a sort of heavy, old, Russian version of the Harley Davidson. In November 2011, after leaving
the shores of the Black Sea on the Rusich, they sailed their wooden monument to Russian ancestry, the Russch, into the port of Darwin, where it was made ready for their clockwise circumnavigation of Australia, which began in August 2012. Now they are ready to begin the second leg of their 3000-nautical mile journey to Sydney. But it seems the two adventurers need some cashed-up travelling companions to help them along their way. “OFFICIAL INVITATION of ALL PEOPLE of EARTH,” the twins state in a recent, desperate-sounding email to a Cossack motorcycling website. “We don’t have not enough 10+ participants who could pass with us and bring the monetary contribution to expedition, I search everywhere. “The request to you, you could place the invitation about participation on a castle of Russich on the Internet or still somewhere?” On their own website (www. sinelniki.ru), the twins say they plan to explore the rivers along the Cape on their southward journey. “The beautiful idea to alternate sea transitions by the rivers and channels is realised, this idea is extremely good contrasts, rest after sea elements,” the site reads. “And also it is unique possibility closely to adjoin to the nature and
Proposals are encouraged in (but not limited to) priority research areas identified in the 2012 Operational Plan for Torres Strait fisheries. To apply for funding, applicants should prepare a pre-proposal using the accepted template and submit to the TSSAC c/o Alicia Sabatino, by 29 October 2012. The pre-proposal template, Annual Operational Plan and other information can be found on the PZJA website (www.pzja.gov.au) or by contacting Alicia Sabatino (alicia.sabatino@afma.gov.au). The TSSAC will evaluate pre-proposals based on criteria of attractiveness and feasibility. The specific evaluation criteria used by the TSSAC are detailed in the 2012 Operational Plan. A strong emphasis on assessing proposals will be placed on the ability of research proposals and principal investigators to engage Torres Strait Islanders in the research process in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways including employment. Researchers will be notified of the TSSAC’s evaluation of proposals in November 2012. Individual applicants may be invited to prepare a full proposal in early 2013 based on evaluation of the pre-proposals. AG69079
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aboriginals of Australia, to see animal and flora, which not that on the car, and even on foot, you will not reach! “The rivers are literally teeming with crocodiles, wild birds, and mosquitoes.” While in the Torres Strait, “there is a probability to run into hurricane, though probability absolutely small” they say. “At the adjusted reception of weather forecasts always it is possible to take cover in time in the tideway of the river or in a good bay. “Since May head winds from the Pacific Ocean amplify, and start to abate only by September.” The they also explain the history of the Night Wolves motorcycle club, which had its origins in 1983. “First illegal concerts of forbidden by state authorities rock bands took place. People of all USSR, named “lubers”, visited Moscow, trying to crash Rock-Culture, which was ‘anti-sovietic’ at that time. “Mass fights followed almost each of them. Exactly, at that time, a prototype of Night Wolves was created, people on bikes, as a power, defending the musicians.” Then, in 1998, “after severe natural selection, a group of people, cultivating a philosophy of man of Freedom, the symbol of which was the Bike, was finally formed”. The Night Wolves. Uh huh. Here at the Torres News, we think we understand. There is a Viking ship moored at Seisia? Of course there is. During their next expedition, Sergey and Alexander plan to cross the Australian desert on foot.
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By MARK ROY SERVICE above self is one of the codes that police officers live by - which can sometimes mean making the ultimate sacrifice. Thursday Island’s police officers gathered at 5.30pm on Saturday, September 29 at the Thursday Island cemetery to remember and pay respects to fellow officers who have died in the line of duty. A service was also held the main street of Masig (Yorke Island) to pay tribute to the the 139 fallen Queensland Police Service (QPS) Officers on National Police Remembrance Day. Speaking at the Thursday Island service, Sergeant Jeff Tanswell, of Thursday Island Police, said the officers had given their lives to uphold the law and serve the people of Australia. “In Queensland, small and large communities across this state are gathering to remember, and to give thanks for, the police officers who have helped create and sustain our towns and cities as safe and lawful places in which to live, to work, and to raise families,” Sgt Tanswell said. “The life we enjoy as free Australians has been shaped by the contribution of the women and men who daily are confronted by considerable risk and danger. “Their professionalism, commitment and dedication to their calling serves to protect and preserve the safety and good order that we all enjoy.” In the past 12 months, since the last National Police Remembrance Day service was held at the Uniting Church on Douglas Street, five police officers from across Australian jurisdictions and the South West Pacific Region have lost their lives in the line of duty. The TI police honoured Senior Constable David James Rixon from NSW, who was fatally shot on March 2 in Tamworth, aged 40, and from Papua New Guinea, First Constable Elmes Travertz, Senior Inspector Charles Parinjo, Sergeant John Negeripa, and Constable Justine Wamahombi. Local officers joined with community members at the grave of Senior Constable William Conroy, the only police officer to have been killed in the execution of his duty on Thursday Island. Snr Const. Conroy was stabbed to death while arresting a prisoner on the evening of July 2, 1895. Senior Sergeant Jamie Horn said Snr Const. Conroy’s death was a reminder of the dangers police face when attending routine calls. “There is always the possibility that a domestic dispute can lead to a tragic outcome, and not just for
the families involved,” Snr Sgt Horn said. “While Snr Const. Conroy died in 1895, Thursday Island police are still being called to similar disturbances today.” In 1995, on the 100th anniversary of the tragic death, the new Thursday Island Water Police vessel was named the W Conroy in his honour. The current vessel is the fifth stationed at Thursday Island to have been named in honour of Snr Const Conroy since then. The Torres Strait’s visiting Fransiscan Friar, Father Jude, delivered prayers and his thoughts on fellow Irishman Snr Const. Conroy. 2012 also holds great significance for the QPS, with the 25th anniversaries of Snr Const. Peter Graham John Kidd’s death in July 1987, Snr Const. Ashley Anderson in June 1987, the 50th anniversary of Const. Douglas Wrembeck in August 1962 and the 50th anniversary of Const. Gregory Olive in February 1962. The QPS operates 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year; and has at least 15,000 interactions with the public every day. The story of William Conroy, Page 8 >>
ABOVE: Sergeant Frazer and Sergeant Gawne tell Senior Constable William Conroy’s story. BELOW: Fr Jude delivers the blessing.
ABOVE: Sgt Jeff Tanswell at the opening of the Police Remembrance Day service on Thursday Island. LEFT:Some of those who gathered for the service. Page 6 Torres News
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Chiomi Fujii Chiomi is originally from Thursday Island but now lives on Badu. Chiomi plays Mandy, a singer and party girl, who is in the group, Ailan Krew, with J-Dogs and her brother Matthew. Tell us about Mandy. Mandy loves to party. She’s a free spirit and she doesn’t know which boy she wants. She’s also good friends with Elise. Do you know anyone like Mandy? Yeh me! Kidding. Yes my best friend Janis. She’s really outgoing and she parties and she’s always making people laugh. She’s always dancing non-stop.
Yeh. I love acting. I used to study acting at Uni in Brisbane but I was homesick. I’d love to do more acting. What was the most fun thing about the show? Acting all silly with Danny and having a good laugh. Danny kept me going with all his funny acts and jokes. J-dogs is my favourite character because he’s so funny. What do you think about the storyline? It’s like people up here. That’s what happens in real life. What was the hardest thing about acting? It was hard making all the kissing sounds and doing the rap. The rapping was alright but I didn’t feel really confident. I didn’t think the video of Uncool Love would come out as good. My singing is alright but I don’t think I’m the best singer. Damien likes Mandy. Do you think they are a good match? Maybe, maybe not. We’ll see.
J-Dogs (Danny Bani), Mandy (Chiomi Fujii) and Damien (James Nona)
In Kasa Por Yarn, Mandy is being pressured by boys to have sex. She wants to say no and she tells Damien: “It’s my body, my decision. If you don’t like it then that’s your problem.” Forcing someone you know to have sex is called ‘date rape’: 1. Date Rape is forced or coerced sex between partners, dates, friends, friends of friends or general acquaintances. 2. Date Rape can be forced both physically and emotionally. People
might use tactics like threatening your reputation or spreading rumours, threatening to not like you, name calling, saying you “brought it on” or “really want it”, threats to break up. 3. If you’ve had too much to drink or had drugs and you do not consent to sex, it is still rape. 4. If you don’t want to have sex, say NO like you mean it and fight it off if you have to – people who fight off a rapist are more likely to stop the rape.
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5. Date Rape is the most common form of rape, with 1 in 4 girls expected to fall victim to rape or attempted rape before they reach 25. 6. Although girls are more often victims of rape, guys are not safe – they can be raped too. 7. NO MEANS NO! If a person says no to sex (no matter how quietly or unconvincingly) and you go ahead with it anyway, that is rape. Adapted from – www.teenadvice.about.com
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Calls for climate action as Reef suffers major coral loss
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Zumba fitness is on every Tuesday at 7pm at the Thursday Island Bowls Club TI Bowls Club. Join the fun and fitness for the cost of a gold coin donation.
October
Sun 7 - Fri 12. Mental Health Week Mon 8 - Wed 10. Optometrist visiting Saibai Mon 8 - Fri 12. Wild Dog Week Mon 8. Hash House Harriers run, 5.50pm Tue 9. Esplanade Circuit classes, Seisia Hall, 5pm Tue 9. Zumba fitness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin, 7pm Wed 10. Community consultation, Qld Child Protection Inquiry, PKA Hall, 9am - 4pm, 4069 1663 Wed 10. Antenatal classes, Maternity Unit TI, 6 - 7pm, 4069 0222 Wed 10. Futsal (indoor soccer) Torres Shire Sports Complex, 6 - 8pm Wed 10. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island, 6.30 - 9pm Thu 11. Optometrist visiting Boigu Thu 11. TS Carpentaria Cadets, TI Joint Defence Facility, 5.30 - 7.30pm Fri 12. It’s bloomin’ Floral Friday. Wear your best floral attire. Fri 12. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Malu Paru restaurant, Grand Hotel, 7am, 0438 747 853 Fri 12. Mini-triathlon, TI Sports Complex, 5.15pm Fri 12. Cocktails by the pool, Jardine Motel, 7pm Fri 12. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Fri 12. Karaoke, Seisia Fishing Club, 7pm Mon 15. Optometrist visiting Thursday Island Tue 16. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Council Chambers TI, 9am Fri 26. Catholic Church Fete, 6pm. Sat 27 - Sun 28. Cape York Fishing Classic, Seisia Fishing Club, 4083 0201 or 0409 570 930 Sat 27. Horn Island community clean up Sat 27. Sarpeye Ball, with Black Rok Express and DJ Naps, tickets 4069 0537, 4090 3622 Mon 29 - Wed 31. Optometrist visiting Mer
NOVEMBER
Thu 1 - Fri 2. Optometrist visiting Darnley Mon 5. Optometrist visiting Dauan Tue 6. Optometrist visiting Ugar Wed 7 - Thu 8. Optometrist visiting Masig Mon 12 - Tue 13. Optometrist visiting Iama Wed 14. Optometrist visiting Poruma Thu 15 - Fri 16. Optometrist visiting Warraber
CHURCH SERVICES Parish of St Bethel,131 William Cr Bamaga NPA, Sundays 10am Uniting Church, 114 Douglas St Thursday Island, Sundays 9am Independent Church Parish of the Resurrection TI, Morning Prayer Sundays 10am, Evening Prayer 7.30pm
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THE Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover in the last 27 years, and it could halve again by 2022 say researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science. A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found storm damage drove 48% of the loss, the crown of thorns starfish 42%, and bleaching 10%. “This finding is based on the most-comprehensive reef monitoring program in the world,” said Peter Doherty, research fellow at AIMS. Dr Doherty said the monitoring included surveillance of more than 100 reefs since 1985 and from 1993 had incorporated more-detailed annual surveys of 47 reefs. The data show that reefs can regain their coral cover after severe events such as tropical cyclones, coral bleaching or crown of thorns starfish population explosions, but recovery takes 10-20 years. “At present, the intervals between the disturbances are generally too short for full recovery and that’s causing the long-term losses,” said study author Hugh Sweatman. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, agreed that the frequency of events was the key issue, and said action to address CO2 emissions was the only sensible remedy.
The story of William Conroy:
WILLIAM Conroy was born in Ireland in 1862, emigrated to Australia, arriving in Queensland in 1882, at the age of 19. He joined the Queensland Police Force, becoming a constable on 31 December 1883, aged 21. Constable Conroy, registered number 202, was a big, powerful man, nearly 190cm tall (6’ 2”). He had blue eyes, brown hair and freckled complexion. William Conroy arrived on Thursday Island in 1886 and was promoted to Senior Constable in 1889. He was described as a “most excellent officer and estimable man, greatly respected by his comrades of the police force and by the public”. Senior Constable Conroy is the only police officer to have been killed in the execution of his duty on Thursday Island. On the evening of July 2, 1895, Snr Const. William Conroy was stabbed to death while arresting a prisoner.
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Bleaching at North Keppel. Photo: Katharina Fabricius, AIMS “What these results tell us is that the small in the absence of crown of thorns, coral cover change in the frequency of extreme events has would increase at 0.89% per year, so even with a big impact on complex systems like the Great losses due to cyclones and bleaching there should be slow recovery.” Barrier Reef, “ Dr Hoegh-Guldberg said. Dr Hoegh-Guldberg said the only sensible He added that there was a climate component to all of the events, with warmer seas driving more and economic remedy was to reduce global CO2 intense storms, flood inundation events triggering emissions to zero within the next 10-20 years. crown of thorns starfish outbreaks, and mass coral He said the connection between flood inundableaching driven by extreme heat events. tion and coastal run-off and the crown of thorns “We can’t stop the storms, and ocean warming problem was very compelling. (the primary cause of coral bleaching) is one of “This makes an extremely large smoking gun: the critical impacts of the global climate change,” Warming of the planet increasing episodic flood said John Gunn, AIMS CEO. volume which then impacts the food supply of “However, we can act to reduce the impact of larval crown of thorns starfish, which then leads crown of thorns,” he said. “The study shows that to an increased frequency of outbreaks.”
On our history
The circumstance surrounding the death of William Conroy were described in a report written by Sub-Inspector F. Urquhart to the Commissioner of Police on July 10, 1895 as follows: “At about 8.30pm Senior Constable Conroy being on duty in Douglas Street heard cries of “Police” from Mrs Boyd’s house. He went in and found Mrs Amelia Tinyana there who said that her husband, Frank Tinyana, was in and about the house. In fact he had been seen on the front verandah and had disappeared again. (The Tinyanas had a history of domestic violence). The Senior Constable, with the woman, proceeded to search the premises and while they were in the back yard, Mr Tinyana rushed in through the front door, through the house and went straight for the woman, stabbing her in the arm. She dodged behind the Senior Constable and ran out of the house crying out to Conroy “He has got a
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Senior Constable William Conroy’s memorial at the Thursday Island Cemetery. knife”. A desperate struggle ensued. The Senior Constable was a powerful man but was unarmed while the man from Manila had his weapon, a knife. When next seen by fellow officer Constable Clines, the Senior Constrable was falling down the front steps of the house, hanging onto his prisoner. Conroy staggered a little way toward the road and said to Constable Clines, “My God, is that you? Take this fellow - he has killed me” and fell to the roadside. Senior Constable Conroy was carried to the Hospital and found to have suffered seven knife wounds and was completely exhausted from
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loss of blood. He died at 10.30pm.” In 1995, on the 100th anniversary of the tragic death, the new Thursday Island Water Police Vessel was named the “W Conroy” in his honour. The current Qld Police Vessel is the fifth stationed at Thursday Island to be named in honour of Senior Constable Conroy since then. Members of the police force throughout the state of Queensland donated funds for a monument to be erected over Senior Constable Conroy’s grave in the Thursday Island cemetery. At the time of his death, Senior Constable Conroy was only 33 years of age, and was not married.
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Wharf car park “too high-risk” say POW residents By MARK ROY PRINCE of Wales residents say it is no longer safe to leave vehicles in the car park at the Engineers’ Wharf on Thursday Island. Larry James and Anthony Peter Marelic say repeated acts of vandalism, car thefts and break-ins are plaguing the area, which is not covered by the surveillance cameras mounted near the Idabu Pontoon. Mr James says he is forced to Proudly Sponsored by: park his car under cover at a house in Tamwoy and walk to work and to the wharf when commuting. BLIND EYE: Mr Marelic had the back window of his last “I have let a Tamwoy family use Prince of Wales resident Anthony Marelic with a burned-out starter motor from his latest vehicle, vehicle smashed in at the Engineers Wharf carpark in my car for the Cultural Festival, but stolen from the car park at Engineers’ Wharf and trashed on Monday, October 1. PHOTOS: MARK ROY. August - but the surveillance cameras caught nothing. they couldn’t use it at night because of a smashed headlight done at the wharf,” Mr James said. “How’s that for promotion of culture?” Mr Marelic has had two vehicles trashed in as many months, and had only just bought his latest vehicle, a utility, to use on a job. “We need a camera at the wharf and we need to start patrolling it at night-time,” he said. “The police here are under-resourced, and they don’t have the forensic capacity to find and record fingerprints. “This time the thieves smashed the windows, tore the plastic shrouds from around the steering wheel and gear stick, wrecked the ignition and burned out the starter motor. “They also ran the ute into a pole, put cracks in the windscreen, and dents in the doors.” The Torres News has reports that the ute was seen being driven around the streets of Thursday Island at 2am on Tuesday, October 2, its tray loaded with people. In August 27 this year, Mr Marelic’s previous vehicle, a green Subaru, was one of a number of cars whose windows were smashed in a series of break-ins. The roller-door of Peddell’s Thursday Island Tours was also forced open and glass windows smashed. Peddell’s operations manager Matthew Connor said security was a problem in the car park. “We are considering installing our own closed-circuit surveillance video cameras,” Mr Connor told the Torres News. Speaking from Cairns, Torres Shire Council Mayor Pedro Stephen said he would provide information on his return on a council initiative to install surveillance cameras.
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25 a day die from dementia THE number of people with dementia in Australia is projected to rise one third in less than 10 years to 2020, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, Dementia in Australia, was launched by AIHW Director and CEO David Kalisch and President of Alzheimer’s Australia Ita Buttrose at the National Dementia Research Forum in Canberra. While projection methods vary, the number of people with dementia is estimated to reach almost 400,000 by 2020, and there could be around 900,000 by 2050, Mr Kalisch said. An estimated 298,000 Australians had dementia in 2011, and 62% of these people were women. Most people (74%) were aged over 75. Dementia was the third leading single cause of death in 2010, accounting for 6% of all deaths. “An average of 25 people died each day from dementia in 2010,” Mr Kalisch said. Twice as many women died from dementia compared with men (6083 and 2920 respectively), and the annual number of deaths from dementia is about 9000. “In 2011, dementia was the fourth-leading cause of overall burden of disease, and the third leading cause of disability burden. “For people aged 65 and over, dementia was the second-leading cause of overall burden of disease and the leading cause of disability burden, accounting for a sixth of the total disability burden in older Australians.”
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NEWS
Jehovahs gather in Darwin for convention
Senmilia Tabuai from Saibai undergoes a baptism at the Jehovah’s Witnesses convention.
Senmilia Tabuai and Peta Nona from Saibai.
MORE than 1741 Jehovah’s Witnesses gathered at Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin, to attend their annual threeday convention last month. One further highlight of the convention was the baptism, where 15 individuals underwent complete water immersion in symbol of their dedication to Jehovah. These included Tyson David, from Thursday Island, and Senmlia Tabuai originally from Saibai Island. One local Torres Strait Islander who attended the convention, Nathan Koster said the program highlighted the theme “Safeguard Your Heart”. “Indigenous witnesses attended from over 20 Indigenous communities as far away as Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and the Torres Strait,” Mr Koster said. Attending the conven-
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tion were many Indigenous witnesses from a variety backgrounds, including alcohol and drug abuse. By providing a fresh examination of Biblical references to the figurative heart, the convention program encouraged each one present to make a personal examination of themselves in the light of Bible principles. It was revealed how living by Bible principles improves the quality of life, strengthens families, and develops productive and honest citizens. Highlights of the program included lively discourses, dramatic Bible readings and presentations, and even a live play portraying young people coming to grips with the answer to the question, “What is True Love?” Jehovah’s Witnesses base all of their beliefs on the Bible which they accept as God’s infallible, inspired Word. Witnesses believe the Bible gives unsurpassed practical advice on marriage, family life, human relations, how to find true happiness, and many other subjects. They consider the Bible to be the only source of true guidance. LEFT: Patrick Levi, Tyson David and Jimmy David from Thursday Island at the Darwin convention.
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Students in the Marble Foyer, Parliament House. TWO Mer students were among for Indigenous Employment and about 100 Indigenous students Economic Development Julie from across the nation who re- Collins. They are both Year 12 students cently converged on Parliament House in Canberra for a work participating in the Learn Earn experience program. Legend! Work Exposure with Mer’s Ashleen Romano and Government program. Tahlia Zaro were among about They joined a number of the secondary students who students Far North Queensland were welcomed to Canberra by including from Cape York and Minister for School Education and Torres Strait. Youth Peter Garrett and Minister “The week-long program
introduces students to career opportunities in Australian political life and in the public service,” Senator Jan McLucas said. “It has been fantastic to have a strong representation of students from the Far North in the nation’s capital. “These students are our future leaders and it is great they are expanding their horizons and really embracing this experience.”
ORDINATION OF DEACON ERRIS ESELI PARISHIONERS, community members, family and friends gathered at Saint Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in Injinoo on the morning of Sunday, September 30, for the much-anticipated ordination of Deacon Erris Peter Eseli into the Priesthood. The ceremony was led by the Right Reverend Bishop Arthur Malcolm and was also
attended by Reverend Dalton Cowley, Reverend Mary Eseli, Deacon Victor Blanco, Reverend Ned Wapau, Reverend Paul Tom. Also in attendance was Deacon Eseli’s brother, Father John Eseli from Kaiwalagal Independent Church, Badu Island. The proceedings began with a procession from the community to the church led by Elders Mr
George Williams and Mr Meun Lifu where Deacon Eseli was presented to the Bishop. The Elders also escorted Deacon Eseli to the traditionally constructed palm fronds and bamboo hut, where Deacon Eseli changed from traditional costume to formal attire for the ordination ceremony. The ceremony was followed by dancing and a community
Photos/words by ROGER BARTLETT feast in the evening, much enjoyed by all. The dancers were from Injinoo but Father Cowley, Deacon Blanco and Mr David Sebasio also performed dances from the Eastern Island Group of Darnley and Murray Islands. Reverend Eseli will perform his ministry from Injinoo and surrounding areas when called upon.
St Michael and All Angels Church before the ceremony.
Father Erris Eseli offers the ‘greeting of peace’ in one of his first roles as an ordained minister. Laying of Hands by the Clergy present
Father John Eseli speaks to the congregation at the conclusion of the ordination service.
Meun Lifu and George Williams escort Deacon Erris Eseli to the church.
Councillors join LDMG NPA Mayor Bernard Charlie has welcomed Councillors Anthony Mara, Dennis Getawan and Edward Newman as members of the Local Disaster Management Group. The group has started community education activities, helping to raise community awareness surrounding disaster management. In recent months, NPA Emergency Services and Council have been working together with Disaster Management Qld to create a regional disaster management plan. The plan will not only outline procedures should a disaster occur, but also cover means of preventing disasters from occurring. Mayor Charlie (left) is pictured congratulating the new members of the Local Disaster Management Group: TOP:Cr Dennis Getawan (Division 2, Umagico). CENTRE: NPARC Deputy Mayor Edward Newman Division 3, Bamaga). LOWER: Councillor Anthony Mara (Division 1, Injinoo) .
Mr Dimple Bani, Chief of Reverend Mary Eseli, Reverend Erris Eseli and Mr George the Wagadagam major clan, Williams with three of the Injinoo Island Dance team outside the speaks for the family. church following the ceremony.
Heart Foundation to visit this week THE Heart Foundation will visit the Torres Strait from October 8-12 to meet with members of the local community to talk about the importance of heart health. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who experience and die from this disease at much higher rates than other Australians. This tragic statistic is why the Heart Foundation is working to Close the Gap, a commitment to improving the life expectancy and quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Vicki Wade (right), Heart Foundation National Leader of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit, will visit the Torres Strait this week. “As a proud Aboriginal woman, I strongly advocate the importance of the Close the Gap program. Without improved heart health we cannot preserve our culture and spirituality for future generations,” Ms Wade said. “The good news is heart disease is largely preventable so it is vitally
Joining Ms Wade will be Heart Foundation Senior Project Officer for the National Aboriginal Health Unit Kelley O’Donohue as well as Cherie Nicholas, Heart Foundation Walking State Coordinator who has previously visited the Torres Strait in 2010. Following on from the 2010 visit Heart Foundation Walking has established several groups in the region including Warraber Island. The Warraber Island Walking Group is a recent addition to the program and the Heart Foundation team will be joining them on a walk as well as encouraging new members to join when they visit the island on Wednesday, October 10. As Australia’s leading heart health charity, the Heart Foundation is working to reduce the number of people and families affected by heart disease through research, improving health care and prevention and supporting healthy choices in the community. The Heart Foundation is funded almost entirely by individual Australians through donations, major gifts and gifts from people’s Wills.
important we meet with leaders in the community to see how we can better work with Torres Strait Islander peoples to reduce risk factors of Heart Disease and promote healthier lifestyles.” Ms Wade has made a significant contribution to Aboriginal health during her thirty year career. She is a member of the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand’s Indigenous working group. She was also the first Aboriginal nurse to be invited to deliver the 2009 cardiovascular nursing lecture to the annual CSANZ scientific meeting. Her traditional lands are in the south-west of Perth with strong Noongar ties. Torres News 8 - 14 October 2012 Page 11
SEW NGAPA/ MAIEM TERM 4 Welcome students, families and staff to our final term for 2012!!! There are many significant events happening over the next 9 weeks....so stay tuned!
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Poruma Ngurpay Lag Sports Carnival It was an overcast day and a gentle breeze was blowing so we knew we would have some relief from the heat. Everyone was excited. The campus staff along with community members worked hard to prepare for these two jam packed activity days of games and athletic events that would include: • relays, sprints and longer running races; • jumping and throwing events; • marching; and • ball games, Oztag and Newcomb. Which house was going to win the Carnival – Ghaiya or Urab? Ghaiya was successful in the end but everybody, no matter what team they were in, students tried their hardest to win including the adults who participated in the sprints held especially for them. Everyone was very focused on competing and winning but had big smiles on their faces showing their enjoyment during the events. When an event was over the students were humble when they won showing their care and concern for those who had lost. The presentation of the Perpetual House Trophy and the medallions to the age group winners were completed on the day. The age winners were as follows: 4 year old boys 5 year old boys and girls 6 year old boys and girls 7 year old boys and girls 8 year old boys and girls 9 year old boys and girls 10 year old boys and girls 11 year old boys and girls
Miciah Mosby Gibson Pearson and Dalisha Billy Meshak David and Faith Stephens Peterson Naawi and Virayah Fauid Theophelia Mosby-Nona Teresa Stephens Samuel David and Justina Fauid Harrison Pearson
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THURSDAY 11
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 Big Brother Confidential 8:30 AFP: Australian Federal Police - Come exclusively behind the scenes with access to the men and women of Australia’s national and international policing agency, the Australian Federal Police. 9:30 Inside: Series Finale 10:30 Australian Families Of Crime: Blood Brothers - Murphys, Murdoch and Travers - John Travers and Mick Murdoch were only boys when they cut their wrists and mingled their blood in a pact of loyalty establishing them as two of the nation’s most despised killers. 11:30 TBA 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Romy And Michele: In The Beginning” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 11:30 TBA 12:00 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelpia: Mac’s Mom Burns Her House Down - Charlie and Mac set up a truly odd couple after Mac’s Mom burns the house down; and Frank discovers the importance of paternal care when Dee falls ill. 12:30 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1:30 William Shatner’s Weird or What?: Medical Mysteries 2:25 Murdoch: Breaking The Spell? 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of France: Riviera 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Gourmet Farmer: Bread 8:00 Destination Flavour 8:30 Two Greedy Italians ...Still Hungry: Liguria 9:35 One Born Every Minute 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Happy Hookers - Is prostitution becoming an acceptable career choice? Journalist Alex Bedford wants to find out. Alex meets a variety of twenty-something women at the forefront of an emerging shift in the sex industry - young, trendy women in London who are turning to high-end escorting to finance their expensive taste for lavish goods. 11:55 Movie: “Dear Wendy” (MA v,l,a) - Set in a poverty-stricken mining town in America’s south-east, a group of pacifist youths form a secret gun club called ‘The Dandies’. A witty and elaborate examination of American gun culture. 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
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4:00 Rage 4:30 National Press Club Address 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Catalyst 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “St Louis Blues” (G) 2:00 Tibetan Eldorado 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Grand Designs: Lake District 6:50 Miniscule: Lettuce 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Miranda: Let’s Do It - Tilly is driving Miranda and her mother Penny crazy with her plans for her upcoming wedding of the year. But all Penny really wants is for Miranda to be the one walking down the aisle. 8:30 New Tricks: New Tricks is back but this time there are changes ahead for the UCOS team. One will leave and a new member will join. 9:35 Waking The Dead: Sins Part 2 - DSI Boyd and the Cold Case team investigate the murder of a prison governor 15 years before, and revisit the suspects whose alibis are found to be shaky 10:30 Lateline 11:05 My Family: Dog Dazed 11:35 The Trophy Room 12:05 Rage (MA l,d,h,n,s,v)
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Cushion Saturation - A paintball game has surprising consequences for Leonard and his friends when it leads to a fight between Penny and Sheldon, and romance for Wolowitz and Leslie. 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Terminator Decoupling - A train trip to San Francisco takes a major detour when Leonard, Sheldon, Wolowitz and Raj discover that beautiful actress Summer Glau is onboard. 8:30 TBA 12:30 Movie: “Night Shift” (M a,l) - A zany comedy about two creatively enterprising young men who try to strike it rich with a wacky business scheme. They share an infamous adventure in big-city night life and become the best of friends. 2:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 3:00 The F Troop 3:30 Danoz / 4:30 Good Morning America
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Heroes Mountain - The Thredbo Story” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight - Matt White reports on the latest news and current social issues. 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:00 TBA 11:15 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Shipwrecked Family - A family sailing trip turns deadly when the boat hits a rocky reef. 12:15 Special: The Deadly Australians - Look into the eerie world of ‘deadly Australians’ like the blue ringed octopus, sea snake, taipan and Sydney’s own funnel-web spider. 1:30 Auction Squad 2:15 Room For Improvement 3:00 Infomercials 4:00 NBC Today
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 12:00 World News Australia: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election: Vice-Presidential Debate 1:30 World News 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: Express Weddings 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Heart of the British Isles: A Grand Tour 8:30 Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City: Judgement Day 9:30 As It Happened: The Man Who Saved the World 10.35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “The Spectator” (MA s,a,n) - Casual voyeurism grows into an obsession in this low-key thriller from Italy. Valeria works as an interpreter in Turin and shares an apartment with a friend. One of Valeria’s windows looks into the flat of a neighbour, Massimo, and she finds herself watching him as he goes about his daily business. In Italian. 12:50 Kurt Wallander: Mastermind - Kurt and his men try to find the connection between a murder that’s taken place in Ystad and the kidnapping of the daughter of a police officer. It seems an outsider has infiltrated the police and is controlling every move they make. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 10:00 Rage Guest Programmer (PG) 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 12:30 Australian Story 1:00 Collectors 1:30 Eggheads 2:00 Movie: “The Pink Panther” (G) 4:00 Basketball: WNBL 5:00 The Wonder Years: Math Class 5:25 Miniscule: Papatas Fritas 5:30 Nigella Kitchen: Safety In Numbers 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin 8:20 Sinbad - Attacked by a sea creature, Sinbad wakes, rescued by mysterious Roisin. Sinbad falls for her, unaware she is stealing his memories and the people in them from him. 9:05 Hustle - Mickey proposes taking on their most dangerous ‘mark’ yet. Will Mickey and the gang go out in a shower of money or a hail of bullets? 10:05 The Jonathan Ross Show 10:50 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’. 11:20 Rage Guest Programmer (MA a,l,d,h,n,s,v.)
6:00 Weekend Today - Sunrise 9:00 Lockie Leonard 9:30 Stormworld 10:00 Children’s Programs 1:00 Imparja’s Horse Racing - Caulfield Guinness 4:00 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 Trans-Tasman Test - Australia V New Zealand 8:40 TBA 11:00 Movie: “Tango & Cash” (M) - Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell star as a team of rival Los Angeles detectives, who must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the life threatening situations that abound in this action police comedy. Ray Tango and Gabe Cash are extreme opposites with each believing that he is by far the best cop, but they share an enemy in common, underworld crime boss Yves Perret, who frames them in a phoney drug deal. 1:00 Movie: “The Mackintosh Man” (M v) - A British intelligence officer posing as a diamond thief is sent to jail for 20 years in order to catch a gang that has been arranging escapes for wealthy criminals. 2:50 Nine Presents: Timomatic 3:00 Alive And Cooking 3:30 Your 4x4 4:00 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact
6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekends 11:00 The Woodlies 11:30 Ghosts Of Time 12:00 Sea Princesses 1:00 V8 Extra 1:30 Seven’s Motorsport 2:30 Movie: “Lemonade Mouth” (G) 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 11:00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Edge Of Death - During a solo hike through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Charlie Hench is at 9,000 feet when a snowstorm blows in. A missed step on the treacherous boulders sees him crash over the side of the mountain, narrowly landing on a small ledge. Charlie is trapped, lost and badly injured, and no one knows he’s missing. Will he survive trapped on the exposed on the side of a cliff? 12:00 Movie: “Deranged” - An eccentric psychiatrist, aiming to be in the spotlight, is not willing to let anyone or anything get in her way. 2:00 Special - Timeless Hunters - The Aborigines of Australia have led a subsistence life by hunting for their food. In this special, we see an enthusiastic revival of their customs and traditional ways of hunting. 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 The Making of the Lost Town of Switez 1:40 Lost Town of Switez 2:00 Spare Change 2:10 Sex and Sensibility: Paris 3:20 The Impressionists: Final Flourish 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Rex in Rome: A Promise From the Past 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Rebuilding the Past: St Fagans 8:30 Prohibition: Murder And Mayhen 9:30 Boardwalk Empire: Nights in Ballygran - Margaret asks Nucky to shut down a bootlegging operation - but when he fails to take her complaint seriously, she angrily decides to take matters into her own hands. 10:30 Boardwalk Empire: Family Limitation - Nucky’s weekly takings are stolen in a mugging on the Boardwalk - and the finger of suspicion points firmly at Luciano. In Chicago, Jimmy sees a different side of Al Capone when he joins his family for dinner, before the pair try to broker an agreement between Torrio and Sheridan. 11:30 Movie: “A Million” - This gripping South Korean thriller takes the Australian Outback as its setting for a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Eight strangers are led to believe that they have been selected for a Survivor-style television reality show to compete for a million-dollar prize. 1:40 Skeletons In The Closet 3:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 Rage (MA) 5:00 Rage (PG) 6:00 Rage (G) 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: Libera 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Travel Oz 2:00 Sinbad 2:50 Nureyev’s Don Quixote 4:35 A Little Of Don Quixote 5:00 Wild Russia: The Arctic 5:50 Miniscule 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass: The Lost War Of The Vatican - Part 2 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Great Southern Land: Living On The Edge 8:30 Jack Irish: Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days finding those who don’t want to be found - dead or alive. 10:10 The Slap: Hector - An 8-part drama series that traces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. 11:05 Single Handed: The Drowning Man - When Sgt. Jack Driscoll receives a midnight call to investigate activity on an isolated beach, he unwittingly stumbles into the middle of an undercover police operation. 12:40 Movie: “ The Restless Breed” (M) - Western drama about a young lawyer bent on revenge for his father’s murder. 2:00 Order In The House 3:00 Rage
6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Wide World Of Sports 11:00 Australian Fishing Championships 11:30 Lockie Leonard 12:00 Stormworld 12:30 Danoz Direct 1:30 The Middle 2:00 The NRL One Community Awards 3:00 House Husbands 4:00 Getaways European Tour 4:30 The Garden Guru’s 5:00 National News 5:30 Antiques Roadshow 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 Big Brother 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 House Husbands: With the clock ticking on his child custody hearing, Justin learns the truth about Rodney’s role in the end of his marriage and football career. 9:30 The Mentalist: My Bloody Valentine - Jane investigates the death of a mob boss’s son. Meanwhile, Van Pelt is haunted by memories of O’Laughlin’s shooting. 10:30 TBA 11:30 Flashpoint: You Think You Know Someone 12:20 What Would You Do? 1:10 Spyforce 2:05 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 2:35 Danoz 3:30 Newstyle Direct 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Handy Manny’s 6:30 Fish Hooks 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend 11:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:30 No Ordinary Family 12:30 Movie: “Anne Of Green Gables - The Sequel” 5:00 The Great Outdoors 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 Anh Does Vietnam - Tonight, Anh rents a motorcycle to explore central Vietnam and the Vietnamese fascination with Luck. Anh travels north to the capital of Hanoi where he samples produce from the Old Quarter’s 36 specialist streets then enjoys the old-world French influence at the historic Metropole Hotel. 8:30 Killing Time 9:30 Strike Back 11:30 Parking Wars 12:30 Special: Surviving The Outback Rivers 1:00 Auction Squad 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:30 World News 8:30 PopAsia 10:30 Football Asia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Speedweek 1:00 World Superbike Championships 2012 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 The Light Bulb Conspiracy 3:30 Deepwater Disaster - The Untold Story 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: The Waves of Mehdia 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Lost Worlds: Battle Castle: Dover 8.30 Global Weirding: Is our weather really getting more extreme? Scientists from America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have discovered that over the last decade, storms have been getting faster and more powerful. 9.30 Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal - Chronicles the infamous Hollywood madam’s attempt to open the first legal brothel for female clients in the tiny desert town of Crystal, Nevada. 10:50 Movie: “Om Shanti Om ” (M n,s) - An irresistible Bollywood musical comedy seasoned with satire, vibrant colours, invigorating music and catchy dance sequences. Shahrukh Khan stars as the love-struck film extra Om who, reincarnated after a tragic death, searches for his lost love: superstar Shanti. 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restoration Man: Medieval Hall Revisit 6:50 Miniscule: A Bee’s Night Out 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q & A: A lively interactive discussion hosted by Tony Jones. 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Collision 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 12:25 Movie: “The Grass Is Greener” (PG) - An American oil tycoon falls in love with the wife of British Earl Victor Rhyall after visiting his home. After an extended night on the town with the tycoon, a love triangle forms. 3:10 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 The Mentalist: Devil’s Cherry 9:30 Person Of Interest: Bad Code - A cold case leads Reese closer to finding Finch and his kidnapper. 10:30 CSI: NY: Cavallino Rampante - While training a rookie police officer, Danny finds the dead body of a car thief in the trunk of one of the Ferraris she stole. 11:30 Memphis Beat: Ten Little Memphians - There’s a storm brewing in Memphis, and Dwight and Whitehead are off visiting a haughty Southern family from Whitehead’s past. 12:30 The Avengers - Fear Merchants 1:30 Extra 2:00 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Killing Secret” (M v,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 The X Factor 9:00 TBA 11:00 Up All Night: First Christmas - Reagan will do anything to make Amy’s first Christmas perfect, even if it means getting help from an unlikely source, her mum. In an effort to find Reagan the perfect gift, Chris faces a major obstacle...the mall. 11:30 Suits: Sucker Punch - When a heated deposition ends with Harvey punching Travis Tanner in the face, Daniel Hardman suggests holding a trialrun to prepare Jessica for the task of defending Harvey when it comes time for the real thing. 12:30 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Movie: “Crossed Tracks” (M) 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Germany: Bavaria 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Story of Science: What is the World Made Of? 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: Gameshow - In this episode, Derren turns himself into the host of a game show and investigates whether we all have the capacity for evil, and whether or not being part of a group affects our sense of right and wrong. 9:30 Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits - A twisted parable for the Twitter age, this darkly comic series taps into our collective unease about the modern world. 10:40 World News Australia 11:10 The World Game 12:10 SOS 1:15 Living Black 1:45 Pizza World Record 2:15 Wilfred: Honey You’re Killing the Dog - Sarah goes away for her last piece of pre-wedding freedom and Wilfred takes the opportunity to bully Adam and eat-up a storm 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:05 Movie: “The Bamboo Blonde” (G) 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Behind The News 10:25 The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures 10:30 Australia’s Prime Ministers 10:35 My Place 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Q&A 1:30 Compass 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:50 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Poh’s Kitchen Lends A Hand 8:30 Life at 7 9:30 QI: Aquatic Animals 10:00 Jennifer Byrne Presents: The Harry Games - Jennifer is joined by legendary ‘young adult’ authors John Marsden, Morris Gleitzman and Melina Marchetta, along with up and coming author Steph Bowe to discuss YA fiction. 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:30 The Cars That Ate China 2:30 WNBL 3:30 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Launch Acceleration 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Higgs Boson Observation 9:00 2 Broke Girls: And The Hold Up 9:30 Two And A Half Men: Four Balls, Two Bats and One Mitt 10:00 TBA 11:30 Weeds: Su-Su-Sucio - Jill pays Nancy a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Celia gets sent back to the U.S., Nancy’s bodyguard is missing and Silas and Doug look for law enforcement authorization. 12:00 Chase 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:30 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The End Of Eden” (M) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 Its Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away: An old friend arrives to help the Braxton’s find Kyle. Sid and Lisa keep their relationship from Dex. Dex reveals to Sid that Lisa is married. 7:30 The X Factor 8:45 Winners & Losers 9:45 Grey’s Anatomy: Love The One You’re With 10:45 Smash: The Movie Star - Bombshell’ is turned upside-down by the arrival of movie star Rebecca Duvall. Karen and Ivy are drawn into an uneasy alliance against their new rival - but can they overcome their history? 11:40 Hung: The Whole Beefalo - With the fate of the Wellness Center hanging in the balance, Ray and Tanya must find Charlie and recover their $40,000. 12:15 Sons And Daughters 1:00 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: “Apres Vous” (M a,l) 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Germany: Bavaria 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Len Goodman 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “Little Red ” - (M d,l,n,s) A four-year-old boy starting at a boarding kindergarten for the first time struggles to fit in to a strictly regimented society in post-revolutionary China. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. 12:45 Skins: Effy - Effy has been in a psychiatric hospital recovering since she tried to take her own life. After lots of sessions with her counsellor, he tells her she is ready to go back home. 1:40 Skins: Everyone - With their A-level results in for most of the gang, thoughts about the past and the future are on their minds. Thomas is running fast, Katie is doing her best to match make, JJ is babysitting, Cookie’s up to his old tricks, Emily’s confused and Naomi’s had enough. 2:40 Weatherwatch Overnight
4:10 Movie: “The Wedding Rehearsal” 5:30 Eggheads 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programmes 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restaurant: The Singles 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI: Espionage 8:30 Gruen Planet 9:05 The Chaser: Hamster Wheel 9:35 Randling - It’s Fitzroy Fireballs versus The Help, Anthony Morgan and Dave O’Neil staring down Angus Sampson and Toby Schmitz. Look out for Dave’s convincing New Zealand accent and a list of Australian toilet-related place names. 10:15 At The Movies 10:45 Lateline 11:20 The Business 11:45 The Librarians: Pearls Of Wisdom 12:10 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:15 Movie: “WUSA” (PG) - A penniless wanderer causes chaos when he becomes the announcer for a right-wing radio station. 3:05 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Mornings 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Danoz Direct 2:00 Days Of Our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - A look beyond the enormous wedding dresses, sequins and tiaras to unveil the lot of a Gypsy woman. It’s not all just about having blingtastic nuptials. 9:30 Embarrassing Bodies: Brighton - The team head to Brighton where they treat Vaginal Discharge, Obesity, Teeth Discolouration, Teeth Grinding, Benign Essential Tremor, Mouth Ulcers and Cold Sores, Fish Odour Syndrome, Testicular Pain and Buried Penis. 10:30 TBA 11:30 House Husbands 12:30 Eclipse 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Murder At My Door” (M v,a) 2:00 Dr Oz 3:00 Medical Emergency 3:30 Toybox 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News At 4.30 5:00 The Price Is Right 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home & Away 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 Surveillance 8:30 Criminal Minds: Divining Rod - After a notorious serial killer is executed, a copycat begins murdering women in the same Oklahoma town and in the same fashion, and the BAU team must act fast before more victims are found. 10:30 Law & Order: LA: Plummer Park - When cops are called to the home of Nick and Amy Libergal, they are surprised to discover two Russian men armed with guns and Nick dead in his bathtub. 11:30 Parks And Recreation 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Room For Improvement 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 5:30 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier: Germany v Sweden 7:45 World News 12:00 World News Australia Special: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election: Presidential Debate 1:30 Russian News 2:00 Dateline 3:00 Letters And Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Germany: Bavaria 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Meet My Wild Friend: The Chosen 8:30 Living with the Amish 9:30 Barack Obama: The Great Illusions - . Since taking office, Obama has had to confront an economic crisis as well as an opposition determined to discredit him and destroy his agenda. The President has been forced to adapt his governing style, and to rein in his ambitions for change. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “If You Love Me, Follow Me” (M s,l,n) - Max is a successful middle-aged doctor married to an equally successful young lawyer, Anna. After an argument with a patient, Max decides to give up his bourgeois lifestyle to re-form his old rock band - much to his wife’s concern. In French. 12:50 Iron Chef: Giant Lobster 1:30 Iron Chef: Sushi 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
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8:30 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Minder 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 BTN Daily 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Rivers With Griff Rhys Jones: The East 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Rake: Cleaver and Barney are defending a man accused of severing his neighbour’s penis. Barney and Nicole’s affair continues, while Scarlet and David are firmly on Cal McGregor’s hook. 9:30 Lowdown: Bubble Trouble 10:00 Summer Heights High 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 The National Parks: America’s Best Idea: Poets And Kindred Spirits 12:25 The Clinic 1:15 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 2:15 Artscape: Jerry Hall In Conversation With Virginia Trioli 2:45 Rage
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CROSSWORD No. 119
SUDOKU No. 119
Your Lucky
Stars
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You will be very good at “reading between the lines”. If anyone tries to deceive you they will soon be caught. Use this strength to your own benefit. Romance. Be careful not to let a difference of opinion come between you and your partner. Your opinions may not be as different as you presently think.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
This will be an excellent time to start a new project; especially one which is connected with a local sporting club. You have more skill than you realise. Romance. Your stubbornness and determination will impress a member of the opposite sex. Don’t change this characteristic as it is deemed attractive.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
FOR KIDS
This would be an excellent time to start reading a new novel. An escape from reality will help put your present situation in perspective. Romance. Communications with your partner will be especially good this week. Make the most of the opportunity. Don’t worry about pulling all-night chatting sessions.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
Don’t allow yourself to be too easily influenced by a friend. This person may have an ulterior motive that you are not aware of. Be more alert! Romance. Instead of trying to change your partner, you should do your best to accept them just as they are. Everyone comes with flaws and challenges.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
Animals in your care may be a little tense today. It is possible that they are picking up on your emotions. Calm your feelings before returning home. Romance. Your love-life will shortly be on the way up. You must be patient for just a little longer, however. This week may be the most difficult.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Try to give yourself a break. You have been working very hard recently and need to do something different. Do something dramatic. Romance. You may be a little slow to tell your partner how you feel about them. They need to hear it loud and clear! Tell them earlier in the week so that you can discuss it.
FINDWORD No. 119 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
A new friend may be much more similar to you than you realise. You have a lot to talk about. Take your time getting to know them. Romance. Don’t allow stress to build up until it is too late. You have been doing too much recently and need to take it easy. Give yourself a break.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
An unexpected let-down should not make you lose heart. Keep on trying and you will get there in the end! This is the week to keep your head up. Romance. This should be the start of a very fruitful period, both for you and for your partner. Enjoy all of the wonderful things that will come your way.
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GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
You will be amazed at how easily you can work out what people are thinking. Anybody who imagines that they can do things behind your back is in for a surprise! Romance. An awkward situation at work may take you by surprise. Gather information before making judgements.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Money which you gained through the help of a friend or relative will have to be put to good use. Don’t forget to thank the person concerned. It’s up to you to share your fortune. Romance. Don’t judge a new acquaintance by their appearance. There is much more to them than you assume.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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It is not beauty that endears; it’s love that makes us see beauty.
– Leo Tolstoy
SOLUTIONS No. 119
You will have to take a more active approach in getting what you want this week. A method from the past may need to be changed. Romance. Your partner will appreciate some compliments. Let them know how strongly you feel. Be sure to comment on small details to really show you notice them.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)
A petty argument between two family members will have to be resolved. Wait until later in the week to become involved. Romance. Give your partner a surprise today! A romantic gesture will help to bring you together. The surprise should be something outrageous that your partner wouldn’t have expected.
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Five Torres Strait players to feature in Test match curtain-raiser By ALF WILSON FIVE footballers of Torres Strait Island descent who have figured prominently in the past two Island of Origin Series will have their lifetime dreams fulfilled when they play in a curtain raiser to the Australia versus New Zealand rugby league Test this week. That Test showdown between the arch rivals will be played at Townsville’s Dairy Farmer’s Stadium - the home of the North Queensland Cowboys - on October 13.
Fred Bulsey, Esrom Geia, Georgie Dabea, Walter Geia and Jason Bulsey will be key players for Palm Island Skipjacks which will meet Australian Army Thunder in the curtain raiser. “I expect many people from the Torres Strait Islands in Townsville for the Test and lots of others who live in Townsville and Cairns. We have family and relatives on Moa and Badu,” Fred Bulsey told the Torres News. Fred Bulsey, George Dabea, Walter Geia and Esrom Geia played leading roles
in the historic victory by Mua Razorbacks in the 25th Island of Origin rugby league carnival held at Badu Island from June 10 to 13 in 2010. Moa Island side Mua Razorbacks beat Malu Kiai from Boigu Island 50-26 in the grand final before a huge crowd. Fred Bulsey, Jason Bulsey, Esrom Geia and Georgie Dabea play for Skipjacks on Palm whilst Walter Geia lines up for Butler Bay Bulls. But Walter is allowed to play for Skipjacks which was his previous club.
Ironically Skipjacks and Bulls met in the 15 September grand final which also featured other players of Torres Strait descent. “It will be the biggest stage we have ever played on,” said Skipjacks coach Alex Morgan. It will be the fifth game for the Bill Coolburra Memorial Shield. Bill “Kookaburra” Coolburra was a high respected Palm Island elder who was an Australian Army Vietnam War hero who served with the famous tunnel rats.
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Community calls child protection meeting By MARK ROY A COMMUNITY meeting to talk about current child protection policies will be held at the Port Kennedy Association (PKA) Hall on Wednesday, October 10, from 9am to 4pm. The community consultation, organised by Mura Kosker Sorority and the PKA, aims to provide submissions to the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry. Members of the Torres Strait community are
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being asked to provide feedback on child protection policies. This includes people who have worked in child protection, as well as those who have had contact with the system. Mura Kosker manager Latoya Nakata said she hoped the recommendations of the enquiry would improve child protection across the state. “We are calling for feedback on what’s working and what’s not, so we can workshop a solution to find a way forward,” Ms Nakata said. “Anyone from across the Torres Strait who wants to participate is welcome. “We are also happy to receive feedback by email.” The Commission of Inquiry’s terms of reference allow it to investigate matters including the Queensland Government’s response to children and families in the child protection system, the transition of children exiting the system, and the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in child protection. Commissioner Tim Carmody said public submissions were an essential part of the investigation. “I’m interested in both good and bad experiences - we need to know what works and what doesn’t,” he said. The first round of submissions closed on September 28, 2012, and a second round of submissions will be accepted in December and January.
Mura Kosker Sorority and the Port Kennedy Association are calling for community feedback on child protection policy at a public meeting this Wednesday, October 10, at the PKA Hall. PHOTO: CHRISTINA VILLA
Torres Strait plant specimens from 1828 found in a paper bag in England
The plant specimens still wrapped in an 1898 newspaper. PLANT specimens, collected by The astonishing find was made when cuC.G.Seligmann, a doctor on the 1828 rators at the Sainsbury laboratory examined Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to an unmarked cardboard box in the collection. the Torres Strait Islands, have been found in “I was going through a box labelled in a brown paper bag at Cambridge University 1950 ‘to be sorted’,” said Chief Technician in England, the Mail Online reports. Christine Bartram. “They were sent to Cambridge for the “Inside it, wrapped in a newspaper from University Herbarium’s scientific collection 1828, I found fungi and seaweed collected of pressed plants from around the world; by Charles Darwin on the Beagle Voyage these were stored away and have never been in South America during 1832 and 1833.” looked at since.” Scientists relocating the University’s The specimens were with fungi and sea- Herbarium from the Department of Plant weed collected by Charles Darwin and which Sciences to the new Sainsbury Laboratory have been uncovered wrapped in newspaper turned up hundreds of never-seen-before in a Cambridge University library. unique specimens.
Incredibly, the samples had been mislaid for more than 60 years, after being stashed in a box labled ‘to be sorted’. And chief technician at the University’s Herbarium Christine Bartram believes they have not been taken out of their newspaper packaging since Darwin’s mentor Professor John Henslow examined them in the 1840s. The samples will now be examined and photographed and added to an online catalogue so they can be viewed by experts around the world. The specimens will now have their DNA analysed so researchers can find out if any of them are new species.
Call for people with disabilities to apply for leadership program PARLIAMENTARY Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Senator Jan McLucas is encouraging people with disability from across the country to apply for a leadership program. “Applications to participate in the Australian Government supported Leaders for Tomorrow program close on October 12,” Senator McLucas said. “Leaders for Tomorrow is an
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Torres Strait well represented on NRL big stage By ALF WILSON
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Email your sports news, results and TORRES Strait Islands were represented in the September 30 photos to: editor@torres news.com.au Toyota Cup rugby league grand DEaDlinE is 5pm, monDays final by Jonathon Reuben and Edrick Lee even though their side lost 46-6 to the Wests Tigers. It was played as the main curtain raiser to the NRL grand final in which Melbourne Storm beat minor premiers Canterbury Bulldogs 14-4 in front of more From left: Malcolm Congoo, Christine Anu, Jonathon Reuben and Edrick Lee. FERRY • TOUR • CHARTER than 80,000 spectators in Sydney. “Edric was offered to join the Canberra Raiders from the Canberra went into the Toyota Cup final as a hot favourite, but after leading 6-0 at the eighth minute mark East Mount Gravatt team in 2010 from Brisbane. Edrick has been a revelation in the Toyota Cup competition, and has never looked likely as Wests led 18-6 at half-time. Winger Reuben is of Darnley descent and Lee has already been signed for a further two years with an NRL contract to the Canberra Raiders. descents on Moa and Badu Islands. “He has also played a number of NRL games in 2012 Respected North Queensland rugby league identity Sam Reuben, of Darnley descent, said both Jonathon and Edrick and, with his background in high representation with touch have not lost touch with their Torres Strait Islander heritage. football and basketball, Edrick provides a large array of skills OFF-PEAK SEASON SCHEDULE FROM 8/10/12 “Jonathon was offered to join the Canberra Raiders in to his Rugby League ability,” Sam said. Sam said that with the pair being so far away from the 2010 where he was seen playing Rugby League for a local Depart Thursday Is. 6.30am and 2.30pm Townsville Club called Sharks United, which is a local team Torres Strait Islands, family and cultural practices, both connected to the Bindal clan who are the Traditional Owners. Edrick and Jonathon are being mentored by Danny Morseu Depart Seisia 8am and 4pm “In 2011 Jonathon played in the SG Ball competition and and Ben Hodges, who are both Elders from the Torres Strait has now made his way into the Elite competition for his age but living in Canberra. *Boarding 15 minutes prior “When Edrick and Jonathon aren’t playing, training or group in the NYC Toyota Cup. *Please contact us or check online for changes to the ferry travelling they always attend gatherings for feastings and schedule around Public Holidays as variations may occur. participate in Torres Strait Islander dance practice with other families.” RESERVATIONS ESSENTIAL: Ph 07 4069 1551 The grand final was the biggest game of their lives to date and both attribute being in the Grand Final to working << From Page 20. Book online: www.peddellsferry.com.au It was billed by organisers as the Koori versus Murri hard, making sacrifices and having a positive attitude as a Challenge to decide the best Indigenous rugby league team model to their achievements. Jonathon has always stated: Peddells Jetty Shop: Engineers Jetty, Thursday Is. “If you want it, you can do it by hard work”. in the country. After that Argun Warriors official and gun coach Gerald Bowie has issued a challenge declaring that Argun Warriors should meet the winner of the Deadly Choices Interstate Match. “We would be happy to play them somewhere in between where we are based such as at Mackay and I am Fax: (07) 4090 3628 confident we would win,” he said. Email: info@tiferry.com.au His comments were supported by Keiji Bowie who was then based at Weipa working for Rio Tinto. Now Argun warriors will get their chance on the big Monday Tues/Wed/Thurs Friday Saturday Sunday stage to prove they can win that title. Depart t.i. Depart H.i. 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But before that Argun Warriors will be heading to the Cairns Allblacks in a bid to defend their title their. 6.10 am 6.30 am 6.10 am 6.30 am 6.10 am 6.30 am 6.10 am 6.30 am 8.00 am 8.25 am “We will also be going to the Dan Ropeyarn carnival 8.50 am 7.00 am 7.30 am 7.00 am 7.30 am 7.00 am 7.30 am 7.00 am 7.30 am 9.15 am at Bamaga in November and we call out touring the milk QF2489 run,” Keiji Bowie said. 10.20 am 8.00 am 8.25 am 8.00 am 8.25 am 8.00 am 8.25 am 8.00 am 8.25 am 9.45 am QF2488 The team to tour the USA is: 1 Dennis Sandow (Barambah), 2 Liam Georgetown (Barambah), 3 Brendan Marshall 8.50 am 8.50 am 8.50 am 8.50 am 9.15 am 9.15 am 9.15 am 9.15 am QF2489 QF2489 QF2489 QF2489 (Southern Dingoes), 4 Donald Malone (Barambah), 5 Maintenance 10.20 am 10.20 am 10.20 am Benaiah Bowie (Argun Warriors), 6 Steven Singleton (Yar9.45 am 9.40 am 10.00 am 9.45 am 9.45 am QF2488 QF2488 QF2488 rabah), 7 Ian Lacey (Southern Dingoes), 8 Bobby Nona 10.40 am 1.35 pm (Argun Warriors), 9 Danny Kerr (Southern Dingoes), 10 10.20 am 11.10 am 11.30 am 11.10 am 11.30 am 11.10 am 11.30 am 2.15 pm QF2488 QF2497 Anthony Gadd (Barambah), 11 Keiron Lander (Southern 3.00 pm Dingoes), 12 Kurtis Lingwood Dock (Eidsvold United), 12.45 pm 1.05 pm 1.00 pm 1.25 pm 12.45 pm 1.05 pm 2.35 pm 11.10 am 11.30 am QF2496 13 Rob Apanui (Southern Dingoes), 14 Andrew Garrett 1.35 pm 1.50 pm 1.35 pm 1.35 pm 2.15 pm 3.30 pm 3.50 pm 2.15 pm 2.15 pm 2.15 pm Jnr (Yarrabah Seahawks), 15 Anthony Flores (Southern QF2497 QF2497 QF2497 Dingoes), 16 Phil Dennis (Southern Dingoes), 17 Ricardo 3.00 pm 3.30 pm 3.00 pm 2.45 pm EFFEctivE 2.35 pm 3.00 pm 2.35 pm 3.10 pm Laza (Argun Warriors), 18 Wes Conlon (Purga Wagtails), QF2496 QF2496 QF2496 QF2497 MarcH 19, 2012 19 Hugie Stanley (Southern Dingoes), 20 Geoff Broome 4.15 pm 4.40 pm 4.15 pm 4.40 pm 4.15 pm 4.40 pm 4.10 pm All QF Connections departing 3.30 pm (Redbacks). 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MONDAY, OCTOBER 08 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14
TIDE SPEED – Hammond Rock
While the Torres News takes every care to ensure the information contained in the Tide Diary is correct, the Torres News accepts no resposibility for its accuracy. Information is provided by the Bureau of Meteorology.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 08 – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14
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Mon 08
Time 0437 1115 1537 2105
Time 0444 1140 1610 2136
Time Ht 0547 0.79 1123 2.30 1751 1.37 2306 2.73
Time Ht 0617 0.88 1148 2.47 1836 1.31 2342 2.61
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Ht 0.66 2.38 1.78 2.64
Time 0436 1129 1551 2117
Ht 0.64 2.31 1.70 2.72
MOON PHASES
Ht 0.64 2.22 1.61 2.78
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3 Argun Warriors named to play in USA By ALF WILSON THREE players from Badu Island side Argun Warriors have been named in the representative side to tour the USA, after the Torres Strait side proved itself as the best All Blacks team in the State by winning the prestigiousArthur Beetson Foundation Queensland Murri rugby league carnival at Ipswich over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend. After the carnival, Badu Island Argun Warriors stars Ricardo Laza, Benaiah Bowie and Bobby Nona were was named in a 20-man representative quad to tour the USA. Laza played for Roosters which was beaten by Suburbs in the recent KRL grand final of the recent KRL grand final on Thursday Island. The team will enter a camp on October 21-22 and will tour on October 23-29, with a game against the American Tomahawks on October 27 in Hawaii. Laza played for Roosters club which was beaten by Suburbs in the grand final of the recent KRL grand final at the Ken Brown Memorial Oval on TI. Badu Island Argun Warriors, which included NRL stars Chris Sandow and Travis Waddell, beat the Yarrabah Seahawks 30-12 in the Men’s Deadly Choices grand final. After that great victory, the Gerald Bowie-coached and Keiji Bowie organised Argun Warriors are one step away from becoming Australia’s best Indigenous All Blacks rugby league team. The four-day carnival was held from September 27-30 and Argun Warriors led 14-6 at half-time ironically against the only other North Queensland side in the men’s competition. Argun Warriors will meet
Newcastle Yowies - the winner of NSW Knockout held on the same weekend at Raymond Terrace near Newcastle, as a curtain raiser to next year’s Indigenous All Stars versus NRL All Stars clash. Yowies included NRL players Timana Tahu and Reece Robinson along with ex-player Wes Patton and they beat Mindaribba Warriors 26-20 in the October 1 final. The winner of the Badu Island Argun Warriors versus Newcastle Yowies game will be judged the best Indigenous All Blacks side in the country. However none of the NRL players will be able to line up in that clash as some will be in the Indigenous All Stars team. Those who aren’t won’t be allowed by their NRL clubs with the season so close. In the 2012 NRL season Sandow played with the Parramatta Eels and Waddell for the Canberra Raiders. Speaking to the Torres News soon after the carnival win, star Argun Warriors fullback Guyai Nona said the majority of players were from or had Badu Island descent. “There was centres Keiji Bowie and Harold Mosby, fiveeighth Maipele Morseu, forwards Joe Tamwoy, Ricardo Laza, Masi Nona, Bobby Nona, Benaiah Bowie and 17-year-old Yamba Bowie,’’ Guyai said. Another star was veteran Townsville Brothers club hooker Roy Baira, of Badu descent. Argun Warriors have dominated North Queensland All Blacks carnivals in recent years having taken out the final of the 2011 Cairns All Blacks carnival which had 30 men’s teams. That Argun Warriors side included NRL stars Chris Sandow and Travis Waddell and defeated
ABOVE: Badu’s Argun Warriors after winning the Arthur Beetson Foundation Queensland Murri rugby league carnival at Ipswich. PHOTO COURTESY MURRI RUBGY LEAGUE. RIGHT: Chris Sandow playing for Argun against Yarrabah in the Murri State Rugby League Carnival in Ipswich. PHOTO: ROB WILLIAMS / THE QUEENSLAND TIMES. East Coast Dolphins 32-24 in Wagtails from Ipswich 10. the decider. Then in the semi-finals ArArgun Warriors also took out gun Warriors 26 defeated last the 2011 Island of Origin Series year’s carnival victors Southern grand final at Badu Island in Dingoes 26-18 whilst their June defeating Saguci 20-14 in grand final opponent Yarrabah a quality grand final. Seahawks 28 beat Barambah That was the last Origin 24. carnival as no event was held “It was tough winning as in 2012. there were some good sides and Organisers of the side be- Southern Dingoes had lots of lieved it is the best in Australia stars,” Guyai said. and several months ago planned Guyai said that Yarrabah an assault at the Murri Knockout Seahawks had the series of which this year featured 24 champion Cairns competition quality men’s teams. backs Steven Singleton and Guyai said Argun Warriors Brian Murgha. won all their games at the Ironically Singleton had lined carnival. up with Argun Warriors in their First up they rolled Moreton 2011 Island of Origin win. Bay Murris 14-6 in round one, Last February 3, the 2011 followed by a 16-12 win over NSW Knockout winners side Eidsvold United in round two, Mindaribba Warriors beat and a 26-4 belting of Central Queensland’s Southern Dingoes Mob in round three. 40-18 as a curtain raiser to the In the quarter-finals. Argun All Stars games. Warriors 12 defeated Purga Continued Page 19.>>
THE SANDOW CONNECTION Keiji Bowie told the Torres News on October 2 that Chris Sandow’s girlfriend is his sister, Marie, from Badu Island. “It was a lot of hard work organising the side and Badu Island has many good footballers,” he said.
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