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22 – 28 October 2012 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No.1038 • $2.00 inc. GST
Homeless man told ‘move on’ By MATT GARRICK
IF your health deteriorated, you lost your house and began living in a tent, how would you handle it? This is the unenviable question faced by Gibson Daniel, a Thursday Island public servant on extended sick leave. Mr Daniel was evicted from his John Street property on September 25, for failing to pay more than $3000 in back rent. He has since set up a tent on Sadie’s Beach, filled with some of his possessions, and is living there itinerantly with his partner, Margaret Williams. “We’ve camped down here for a period with some of our luggage salvaged from the property. “We haven’t had any money to get food, so we’ve lived off fish from the sea most of the time we were here,” said Mr Daniel. The pair have spent some nights sleeping in the house of a friend, though their tent remained pitched at the beach during this time. Mr Daniel claimed the Department of Housing did not treat his situation with adequate sensitivity before kicking him out. He suffers from mental illness including depression and stress, and recently recovered from the infectious disease, melioidosis “I’ve been sick for 18 months, so I’ve been off work since then; I was unable to attend to my bills and my work; I was unable to cope with things; I was unable to function,” he said. “I have medical certificates which can cover those periods, all the way back.” He also claimed the Department was “blackmailing” him to either pay storage fees or risk losing the rest of his belongings, which he had left in the vacated premises and were consequently removed. He said it was his birthright to remain on Thursday Island, as it was his homeland. He said he does not want to give up his life here, despite his lack of permanent accommodation. Mr Daniel is in a difficult predicament and, for his own welfare, must find a positive solution. The Torres Shire Council has ordered Mr Daniel to move on from Sadie’s Beach, as camping there is illegal. Mayor Pedro Stephen said letting Mr Daniel remain in the spot would set a precedent for people getting evicted and then going and camping wherever they wanted to. “There are government organisations which
Margaret Williams and Gibson Daniel are taking drastic steps to try to stay on their homeland of Thursday Island after being evicted from their rental home. exist to help people with such hardships,” said ever arrangements to clear the rental debt would their removal and storage before they are disposed Cr Stephen. need to be made prior to future departmental of. The department has no immediate plans to “He needs to remove his campsite, I can’t assistance. dispose of Mr Daniel’s possessions and will stress that strongly enough. It’s inappropriate The department said it considered each indi- continue to work with him to resolve the issue,” behaviour.” vidual’s circumstances, such as people suffering said the spokesperson. Cr Stephen visited Sadie’s Beach to talk with from a mental illness, carefully. Mr Daniel said he will soon be moving into Mr Gibson and advised him of some steps he “The department actively works with tenants emergency hostel accommodation, but is unsure could take. to sustain their tenancies and ensure continued how long this will last. “I directed him to seek assistance from housing assistance. The tenant can seek the “The hostel is not a permanent fixed address. local community organisations in relation to assistance of a social worker or support agency It is more for people who are in transit. emergency accommodation. I also offered to to assist them during their discussions with the “But at least we will have a roof over our arrange a meeting with him and the Department department,” said the spokesperson. heads,” he said. of Housing to sort out his future housing options,” He said the department were within their rights If you, or someone you know, is suffering from said Cr Stephen. to dispose of Mr Daniel’s possessions at the end a mental illness, such as depression, there are A spokesperson for the Department of Housing of the 30-day storage period as prescribed by law. organisations in the Torres Strait who are set up told Torres News that Mr Daniel is eligible to apply “The former tenant is entitled to reclaim the to help. You can call the outpatient department at for housing assistance with the department, how- goods by paying to the department the costs of Thursday Island Hospital (4069 1109).
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Police say occupants of this stolen utility are lucky to be alive after it rolled several times. POLICE say they are “amazed” no-one was killed or seriously injured after a stolen utility, with six people on board, rolled on Waiben Esplanade, Thursday Island. A woman is facing multiple charges after the unlocked Mazda utility was allegedly stolen from Blackall Street, Thursday Island in the early hours Friday, October 5. Thursday Island police were called tp the scene of a vehicle roll-over on Waiben Esplanade at 4am, where they discovered the stolen utility, which had sustained serious damage. Detectives determined the
vehicle struck a drain cover on the shoulder of the road, and flipped a number of times. Thursday Island Police began an investigation and as a result, an adult woman is facing charges of unauthorised use of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and unlicensed driving. Additionally, two boys have been charged and two boys and two female girls were dealt with under the Youth Justices Act for unauthorised use of a motor vehicle. Police expressed concern that four people were allegedly in the cab of the vehicle with another
two rode in the vehicle’s tray when it rolled. It is alleged the female driver was heavily intoxicated at the time, and was driving erratically before losing control of the vehicle and hitting a ditch. The utility rolled a number of times before coming to a stop. Although it is the same model vehicle, the white Mazda utility stolen on and rolled on October 5 is not the same utility that was stolen from the Engineer’s Wharf car park on October 1 (‘Wharf car park “too high-risk” say POW residents’, page 9, Torres News, 8-14 October 2012). However that utility, which
The stolen vehicle on Waiben Esplanade after rolling and coming to rest on a tool box. belongs to Prince of Wales resident Anthony Marelic, was reportedly stolen again on Saturday, October 13. Police are reminding Thursday and Horn island residents to be vigilant in securing their vehicles. They are also reminding drivers to beware of the ‘Fatal Four’: speeding, drink and drug driving, failing to wear seat belts, and driving whilst tired. Superintendent Andy Morrow from the State Traffic Support Branch said the ‘Fatal Four’ were needlessly claiming too many victims on Queensland roads.
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NEWS The Premier is harming the youth of Queensland, so he can have his own office building - Vanessa Seekee
Anger as State leaves S.E.S. Cadets ‘high and dry’ By MATT GARRICK HORN Island has lost its only youth program, with the State Emergency Services (SES) Cadets having to shut up shop after eight years, due to state government cuts. The group held its final Tuesday evening meeting on October 15 at the island’s Emergency Services shed, where Cadet Leaders voiced their anger at being left high and dry by slashes to the Queensland Liberal National Party’s (LNP) budget. Horn Island local cadet coordinator Alison Hall said the government had not consulted with local community leaders before abandoning the program. “We had no idea. It was sprung upon us, and it was a huge shock. “The kids will now be at a loss, as the cadets were the only regular structured youth program available here,” said Ms Hall.
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SES cadet leader Vanessa Seekee was seething over the state government’s decision to axe the project, which cost $1.2 million per year state-wide to fund, when far more extravagant and seemingly unnecessary projects were being implemented. “I fail to see the validity of the LNP spending on projects like a new $3.5 million office building in Brisbane CBD to service Campbell Newman and his staff. “The Premier is harming the youth of Queensland, so he can have his own office building. “I don’t understand,” said Ms Seekee. She said funding the Horn Island branch would cost just a tiny percentage out of the state’s annual expenditure on SES Cadets. “We’re all volunteers. I can’t understand how they can axe a program like this in such a remote area. There’s no other avenue
THERE will be no job losses at the Star of the Sea Home for the Aged on Thursday Island after administrators last week announced the loss of 32 jobs at the Burdekin campus of Shalom Christian College. Star of the Sea (Thursday Island), Diji Meta (Cairns), and Shalom Elders Village in Townsville along with Shalom Christian College were placed under administration on August 20 when Deloitte were appointed Joint Voluntary Administrators of Congress Community
for these kids to go to,” said Ms Seekee. “This was it. It was also an excellent avenue for them to gain experience in the Emergency Services. “They might want to go to the ambos or the firies, and now they don’t have that bridge anymore, it’s gone.” Minister for Police and Community Safety Jack Dempsey, whose portfolio covers the SES Cadets and who was responsible for axing the program, said cutting it had been a tough decision. “When the cadets were introduced, it was thought the program would provide a steady stream of participants into the SES.” Ms Seekee encouraged the minister to come up and visit Horn Island to see first-hand the consequences of cutting the program. “Then we could have a chat to him about how the cadet program
Development and Education Unit Limited (CCDEU) and Shalom Development Services Pty Ltd (SDS), operators of the Star of the Sea and other institutions. Simon Rushton, National Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, told the Torres News there have been no redundancies affecting Star of the Sea, with the only job losses have been related to Shalom Development Services and the Burdekin campus.
should be reinstated. Show him exactly what the youth of Horn Island don’t have. We have the longest-running group of cadets in Queensland. We’ve got cadets that joined at 13, and are still here at 18. “Now what are they going to do? They’ll be on the streets,” she said. However Mr Dempsey said fewer than 10 per cent. of cadets state-wide were going on to seek roles within the SES. He encouraged the cadets to join the SES once they reached the joining age. “The cadets are good young adults seeking to serve the community, and a large portion of them are less than 18 months away from turning 16, when they will be able to join the SES proper,” he said. Mr Dempsey’s media department told the Torres News the Minister will be visiting the Torres Strait early next year.
Deloitte Joint Voluntary Administrator Richard Hughes: “Our focus remains on ensuring that, where possible, CCDEU’s various educational, aged care and drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities continue to operate as normal during the administration. “At the same time, CCDEU is being restructured to ensure it, and its services, remain viable into the future. Across its various operations, the companies have employed around 380 people.”
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Smoke billows from behind Sea Swift diesel storage tanks on Aplin Road on Friday, October 12, as an employee helps firefighters with a backburn after yet another deliberately lit fire struck the island, this time in the cemetery adjacent to Tagai State College.
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Torres Strait Regional Authority Election 2012 – Further election of Kubin Saturday 8 December 2012 Candidate nominations Nominations of candidates opened on Tuesday 9 October 2012 and close at 5:00 pm (AEST) on Wednesday 7 November 2012. Election guides and nomination forms are available from: • • •
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AUTHORITIES have warned that resources in dealing with fires around the inner islands of the Torres Strait are being stretched to their limits. Volunteer firefighters on Horn Island helped avert a near disaster when, in recent weeks, a wildfire burned for seven days and nearly reached the outskirts of the highly populated Wasaga village area. Firebreaks had to be bulldozed into place around the village by the volunteers, preventing the flames from scorching inhabited properties. Elizah Wasaga, one of the first officers for Horn Island Rural Fire Service, said the volunteers were all juggling work, family and assisting with the fire brigade. “We’re scratching for money. We depend on the community fundraising that we do. The government only gives us a handful of dollars to manage what we have. And we’ve been doing it for quite some time,” said Mr Wasaga. Officer-in-charge at the Horn Island police station Sgt Sarsha Fraze, said the volunteers deserved medals due to their good working knowledge of fire manage-
ment, and for their tireless devotion to the cause. “There are around five volunteer firies on the island, and they all have full-time jobs, ranging from council workers to employees of the education department. They all have very vast backgrounds,” said Sgt Frazer. “For them to sacrifice their time to protect the island from fires, it’s a real credit to them.” Sgt Frazer said there had been no information received as to whether the recent fire had been lit under suspicious circumstances. She said it could have been lit by rubbish lying in bushland. “There’s a lot of debris scattered around like old cars, pieces of glass and aluminium cans. So it could have sparked from any of these, but who can be sure,” she said. Three juveniles were arrested earlier in the year relating to fires which ripped through bushland on Horn in August, but were released with a warning due to their clean police records. Recent fires on Horn Island have also disrupted air traffic to the island’s airport.
For more information on this election, how to enrol to vote, or how to nominate as a candidate, contact: David Stuart TSRA Returning Officer – Further election of Kubin PO Box 1146 Cairns QLD 4870 Telephone: 4051 7188 Fax: 4051 7694 Email: tsra@aec.gov.au Or visit www.aec.gov.au
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Horn Island police say debris, such as the dumped vehicles shown here - burnt by a recent blaze which lasted seven days - could be to blame for sparking fires in the area.
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Sea walls project ebbs away CONFUSION reigned between federal and governments last week as the political back-andforth continued over funding for the reconstruction of the sea walls on the outer islands of the Torres Strait. Regional Development Minister Simon Crean announced a $12 million federal funding package for the $24 million works in June - but said the offer was dependent on the state government matching the funding dollar-for-dollar. Last week, Local Government Minister David Crisafulli wrote to the Torres News to say the state government’s share had been put on the table in its September budget. “Torres Strait seawalls are funded under Major Infrastructure Program funds, a joint Commonwealth and State initiative,” Mr Crisafulli’s office wrote. “The State Government has matched the Fed Government Funding of $21.2 million, and gave $8 million to the project last financial year. “The remaining $13.2 million will be rolled out over three financial years.” Mr Crisafulli said Premier
Campbell Newman had written to federal Minister Jenny Macklin on October 8 confirming these amounts. In a return email, the Torres News pointed out that in a meeting with the Torres Shire Council on September 6, Mr Crisafulli had said the $13.2 million was for sewerage and water infrastructure works in the Torres Strait. Mr Crisafulli said the local authority would need to decide which program was of most benefit to the communities. “As the name suggests, the program is for major infrastructure projects in the Torres Strait islands,” Mr Crisafulli said. “While I don’t pretend that this amount of money will fix all of the problems in the Torres Strait, it’s a good start.” Member for Cook David Kempton said confusion over funding for sea walls had now been “cleared up”. “The Torres Strait Island Regional Council has to find a balance between available funds and the provision of essential infrastructure, such as water treatment and sewerage and housing services across all the islands, as well as tackle the problem of ocean erosion on the outer
islands,” he said. Mr Kempton said he was working with Mayor Fred Gela to find additional funds and would continue to lobby to get the job completed. He said he was also talking to manufacturers about costeffective options, and hoped to meet with Cr Gela again soon. “This is a project the mayor has put high on his to-do list,” Mr Kempton said. Cr Gela did not respond to emailed questions from the Torres News last week. Meanwhile, momentum for the $24 million sea walls project, designed to protect islands from rapidly rising sea levels, is slowly ebbing away as the two major parties continue to use the issue for political point-scoring. Federal Senator for Queensland Senator Ian Macdonald said four months after the announcement of federal funding, no work had even begun. “The Department cannot even provide a start date for the project,” Mr Macdonald said. “Any sense of urgency in protecting these communities appears, however, to have disintegrated - much like the rapidly failing sea walls.”
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Maupower talent hits North America
LOCAL hip-hop mogul Maupower and his group One Blood Hidden Image gave crowds in bustling downtown Toronto, in Canada, a taste of the Torres Strait last week. Maupower, or Patrick Mau as he is known to mates, attended the city’s imagiNATIVE festival, where the video clip for his group’s track, My Blood My People, was screened as part of the festivities which went from October 17 to 21. ImagiNATIVE is an indigenous film and media arts event held annually since 1999. Patrick told Torres News he was stoked to be a part of the proceedings, and said by getting to see the clip Canadians got to experience a little insight into the pride and beauty of the song, dance, language and landscape of the Torres Strait Islands. “It was a chance to form international relationships between the Torres Strait and the Canadian
music scene. It created opportunities for possible cultural and music collaborations and exchanges for the future,” Patrick said. For Maupower, one of the highlights of the festival was the chance to network with talented indigenous media-makers from across the globe. “It was a rare opportunity to exchange ideas and share the beauty of what each culture has to offer in music, film, and entertainment.” Sage Paul, Director of Events and Communications at the imagineNATIVE festival, said indigenous-made art from Australia, including music, has always had a strong presence at the festival in terms of artistic merit, technicality and content. “The works are often strongly rooted in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, while still speaking strongly to indigenous cultures from a global context. The works are an important part of the international indigenous community,” Ms Paul said.
ABOVE: During production for the One Blood Hidden Image track, My Blood My People. BELOW: Patrick “Maupower” Mau is stoked to have been a part of the imagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada.
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FOR a man nicknamed ‘Crackers’, on first impression adventurer Craig Hand seems remarkably sane - albeit, with a pretty cracked sense of humour. Though you just have to look at what he is up to now to get an indication of why he earned his namesake. Crackers has been chugging across the Arafura Sea for more than 150 days, since he set course from Darwin in May on his way towards Papua New Guinea. His mission plan is to deliver medical aid and educational tools to a remote tribe in PNG’s Western Province. On October 10 the big man hauled anchor on Thursday Island, where he took the chance to refuel and tinker with his tinny-come-houseboat, meet some new friends for a splash at the pub, and even grab a chat with the Torres News. “Life’s a big adventure, and I’m out there to have good look around. I’ve put a lot of planning into this, a lot more than people think. Even though things can go wrong, they can go wrong on a day trip as well. I’m about halfway through the trip now,” told Crackers. He said he relies on goodies of the sea as well as the kindness of strangers to assist him on his voyage. “It’s all barramundi, mud-crabs, lobsters, oysters for me. I really can’t afford to do the normal things you do when you come to a town. But I’ve been lucky. People have really helped me out,” he said. Torres Strait Real Estate funded the fuel for the next leg of his journey, and Thursday Island Rotary donated a few supplies in exchange for him delivering some goods to Saibai on his way to the international border. On Sunday, October 14, Crackers sent an update from Saibai, where he was waiting out a strong wind warning. “I have managed to cross the Torres Strait for the third time and currently am holed up on Saibai Island,” he said. “I have a school talk on my adventures on Monday morning.” There was no doubt Crackers was chuffed to have made across the Torres Strait, after suffering a September on the sea he would much rather forget. “Bit of a rough time. I had a bit of bad luck, and I hope that’s all I have on this trip. I was stranded for eight days on a sandbar in the Gulf. I think I now hold the Australian record,” he laughed. “Well, I’ve been told by the editor of a fishing magazine it’s gotta be some kind of a record.” His adoring and curious fans seem to meet him at his port-of-calls along his voyage. As we stood yarning at the Thursday Island ferry wharf, a pair of locals, Pat and David Paech, trundled down to check out Crackers’ set-up. “I don’t know if he’s crazy or courageous,” said Pat. “But I’m envious. We’ve got a much bigger boat than this, but I wouldn’t do something like what he’s doing.” Crackers reckons he’s able to live the adventurous life he leads due to the help of others, so wants to be able to give something back in return. “If any schools in the Torres Strait want me to do a talk or show my documentary when I come back from PNG, I’d love to do it. I’ve already done a screening of my documentary at the Seisia Fishing Club, and people loved it,” he said. Crackers and his little red and blue boat are now on their way to PNG, so if you see him out on the sea, give him a wave and say g’day, or follow his Cracker Tracker online at esriaustralia.com.au/crackertracker.
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By MATT GARRICK TAGAI State College is preparing to take on, what Teacher’s Union officials have branded as “radical changes” to the school’s system, when they become one of the state’s first Independent Public Schools (IPS) in 2013. Executives of the college have welcomed the news the school was accepted as one of 26 to move toward a new Tagai State College executives Ned David, Judith Ketchell, Stephanie Savage, independent format. Tagai executive Principal Annette O’Rourke and Steve Foster. Judith Ketchell said becoming an IPS tion, the Queensland Teacher’s Union “So the LNP have presented us would give school authorities greater (QTU) greeted them with scepticism. with an enterprise bargaining offer, freedom in decision-making and more QTU president Kevin Bates said and, under the circumstances, it’s an control over budget allocation. that, after months of research and acceptable condition.” “It’s a definite step in the right debate, the union had come full-circle Member for Cook David Kempton direction for us to have greater control in their view of the system, and now said becoming an IPS would cut red of our future,” said Ms Ketchell. supported it. tape and middle management and give Though the executives of the school Mr Bates said the reason for the Tagai greater control. have embraced the changes, some local turnaround was firstly due to better “Independent Public Schools will teachers have expressed unease at the information becoming available about have the freedom to directly recruit move to the new system. how the autonomous school format teachers and build a team that is able In an email from the Tagai executive would be delivered. to deliver innovative educational last week, an Education Queensland “There are some particularly ugly practices and have more autonomy to fact sheet gave all permanent staff an versions of autonomy used around the manage infrastructure and financial ultimatum to decide by November 2 world, so we were concerned about resources,” said Mr Kempton. whether to “opt out” of the independent which model would be used. Ms Ketchell said the number of school system. “Since the election we’ve been reas- teachers employed at the college would “Where existing school staff sured, as they’re looking at using the not change under the new model. are not in agreement with the ethos West Australian model of independent “At the end of the day, we need and direction of Independent Public schools, which seems alright. teachers in classrooms, and we’re not Schools, they can opt for placement in “It is the best we can hope for with going to negatively impact on student a non-Independent Public School in the the fairly radical changes that will be learning.” same geographic area,” staff were told made.” Ms Ketchell said the Tagai exin the email. The other clincher for the union’s ecutive had not done enough to raise The fact sheet only provided infor- change of stance was the progressive awareness about the new system. mation on the “opting out” process, not enterprise bargaining scheme offered “We are hearing different stories on the likely impact of the IPS platform. by the state government, which Mr of what people think it will all mean. Ms Ketchell told the Torres News Bates said, offered protection for “So we are committed to having she understood the IPS may not suit teachers. more meetings with our staff, our everybody. “It was a very difficult battle, but parents and community, and even “What we have to do is make now most of the nasties which had with our students, to give them an sure teachers are making an informed teachers concerned have been taken off understanding about what this means,” choice, and they’re not making a choice the table,” Mr Bates told Torres News. she said. based on what they’re hearing, or “Many teachers were talking with Over the next weeks, the college gossip, or anything like that,” she said. their local members as to why these aims to saturate local media and hold When the Liberal National Party issues, which were outlined in the meetings to provide proper information (LNP) announced proposed changes original proposal of the system, were to the community about what impact to state schools prior to the March elec- so important to their rights. the changes will have.
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Catching up with the Torres News in Weipa Torres News publisher Corey Bousen stumbled across a couple of Torres News readers when in Weipa recently. The area outside of the Weipa Bakery, in the local shopping centre, is a very popular spot for community members to meet for a catch up and it was Malcom Kaitap (Moa), Paul Tamwoy (Badu) and Aaron Whap (Mabuiag) who were doing just that while reading the latest edition of the Torres News that they’d just picked up from the newsagent. Malcom has been in Weipa for about 50
Malcom Kaitap, Paul Tamwoy and Aaron Whap enjoying catching up while reading the Torres News in Weipa on October 10. years, while Paul has Alcan, which he says is recent years. called the mining town “something different”, The three men all his home since 1996. and joins many Torres passed on their regards Aaron has only been Strait and NPA people to their family and in town since August, who have found work friends back in the Torworking for Rio Tinto on the Western Cape in res Strait. Torres News
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The Catholic School Fete is on this Friday, October 26 from 6pm at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Thursday Island.
October
Mon 15. Bootcamp Round 4, Ken Brown Oval TI, 5.30 - 6.30pm, 0408 187 574 Mon 15. Kids Swimming & Adult Aerobic Classes begin, TI Sports Complex, 0408 187 574 Mon 15. Hash House Harriers 500th run, 5.45pm Tue 16. Esplanade Circuit classes, Seisia Hall, 5pm Tue 16. Zumba fitness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin, 7pm Wed 17. Antenatal classes, Maternity Unit TI, 6 - 7pm, 4069 0222 Wed 17. Futsal (indoor soccer) Torres Shire Sports Complex, 6 - 8pm Wed 17. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island, 6.30 - 9pm Thu 18. TS Carpentaria Cadets, TI Joint Defence Facility, 5.30 - 7.30pm Thu 18. TIVA volleyball scrimmages, 6.30 - 7.30pm Fri 18. It’s Floral Friday. Wear your best floral attire and when kissing, use tulips Fri 18. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Malu Paru restaurant, Grand Hotel, 7am, 0438 747 853 Fri 18. Mini-triathlon, TI Sports Complex, 5.15pm Fri 18. Cocktails by the pool, Jardine Motel, 7pm Fri 18. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Sat 20. Mini Markets, PKA Hall, 9am - 12pm, 4016 2306 Sat 20. Family Fun Day Fete, Waybeni Buway Ngurpay Mudh, 3 - 8pm 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
Movember - raising money and awareness for men’s health Thu 1 - Fri 2. Optometrist visiting Darnley Mon 5. Optometrist visiting Dauan Mon 5. Official opening of Thursday Island Secondary Campus administration building. Tue 6. Optometrist visiting Ugar Wed 7 - Thu 8. Optometrist visiting Masig
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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ABOVE LEFT: Franklin Mye, Irene Barberis, Ellarose Savage, Jan Cattoni, Racy Oui-Pitt, Diann Lui, Wilma Tabacco, Lynnette Griffiths and Jimmy Thaiday. Irene and Wilma are directors of Langord 120. ABOVE RIGHT: Some of the Erub artworks at the Langford 120 Gallery in Melbourne. RIGHT: Melbourne family including Destiny Deacon and Janina Harding. LOWER RIGHT: Artists Jimmy Thaiday and Franklin Mye.
Erub artists begin Sea Journeys Story and photos By LYNETTE GRIFFITHS ERUB artists go from strength to strength with the opening of Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People at Langford 120 Gallery in Melbourne recently. This is Erub Erwer Meta’s first exhibition outside Queensland, and marks the beginning of Sea Journeys, a project which hopes to tell all the stories associated with The Coming of the Light. Artists Franklin Mye, Racy Oui-Pitt, Ella Rose Savage and Jimmy Thaiday, accompanied by Erub Erwer Meta arts centre manager Diann Lui Centre and Lynnette Griffiths, art development. Sea Journeys - Our Home Our People, which opened at the Melbourne galllery on on Saturday, September 8, is the first phase of the project, researching and investigating family connections to the Pacific. In this exhibition, artists discuss common threads around their people and surroundings. Through their vibrant, large-scale
THUMBS UP: To the T.I. Water police for rescuing my daughter, when her dinghy overturned near Sauraji over the Zenadth Kes Cup weekend. Thank you, from Dane Gagai. THUMBS UP: To Tagai Sports teachers, Kylie Beard & Paul Whiteside, for supporting our children in track and field training. Mina big Eso! for volunteering your personal time to prepare our kids for U12 state championships held in Cairns on October 19-20. THUMBS DOWN: To the Newman Government for their short-sighted and mean decision to shut down the Horn Island SES Cadets, robbing the Island of its only youth group. THUMBS UP: To mothers who give up their time to support their children and school community (Tuckshop) THUMBS UP: To footy legend Sam Thaiday - for listing his favourite dish as Traditional Torres Strait Islander food on his ‘Former Origin Greats’ webpage. Also for listing the biggest influence on his career as his mum. Ya big softy. THUMBS DOWN: To broken glass on our beaches. If I’d wanted to sit down and get a bloody rump, I would have ordered a steak. THUMBS UP: To the tonnes of innovative new works coming out of the Badu Arts Centre foundry.
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charcoal works and figurative wood-fired ceramics, they make reference to textiles, weaving, costume, body decoration, and modern and traditional sea craft from past to present. The artists are keen to develop new work around The Coming of the Light to share with future generations. A visit to New Caledonia by the Erubian artists, planned for 2013, will inform this new research-based work. Sea Journeys is a long-term project with many opportunities to enable people across the Torres Strait to tell all the stories associated with the legacy of The Coming of the Light. For more information, please contact Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre. Erub Art Centre would like to thank all those people who supported and made this exhibition possible.
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TI links to Warriors N E W Zealand Wa r r i o r s coach Matthew Elliott (pictured) believes his history of being born on Thursday Island will help in his role. Elliott said he had the background through his Thursday Island birthplace and his coaching career to use the club’s Polynesian power. Elliott, who was born on December 8, 1964, signed for two years with the Warriors earlier this month. “I believe people are people, we all have our own little nuances but you can’t be anything but excited by them,” he said.
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The First 25 Years...
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Today Sea Swift is a dynamic and innovative shipping company
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employing over 300 people from Gladstone to the Torres Straits. Our
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companies in the shipping industry in Australia.
the Sea Swift fleet will soon be seen further afield, on new vessels and
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in the Gulf of Carpentaria all those years ago. But the entrepreneurial
we will never forget where we have come from.
spirit that founded Sea Swift lives on. It is the very essence of the
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company, that has grown by building strong relationships, going
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tropical north queensland tourism awards
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ABOVE LEFT: Torres Shire CEO Dalassa Yorkston, Vanessa Seekee and Mayor of Torres Shire Regional Council, Pedro Stephen. ABOVE RIGHT: Sue Brown from Lotusbird Lodge, Liberty and Vanessa Seekee, Warren Entsch MP, Toores Shire Mayor Pedro Stephen, Sayah Scott and Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott. RIGHT: Roy Gibson and Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch. THE Far North Queensland TourAs well as winning the Tour and/ Operator for their vessel, the MV ism industry celebrated its best and or Transport Operator award, Torres Trinity Bay. brightest at an awards ceremony at the Strait Heritage scored gongs for the The Cook Shire Council also Cairns convention centre on Saturday Best Heritage and Cultural Tour- scooped up an award, the Expressway October 13. ism and the Events NQ Award for Signs Local Government Award for Local tourism operators Torres Indigenous Tourism. Tourism. Strait Heritage, run by well-known Other winners from the region Queensland Tourism Minister Jann husband and wife team Vanessa and included Tropical North Queensland Stuckey has extended her congratulaLiberty Seekee, brought home three TAFE, who picked up the William tions to the 2012 award winners. awards from the night. Angliss Institute award for Tourism “The Tropical North Queensland The operators were also inducted Education & Training. Tourism Awards recognise the countinto the annual event’s Hall of Fame, Cruise and freight operator Sea- less hours local operators dedicate to after they won the Best Tour and/or swift were also celebrated on the ensuring visitors to the region feel Transport Operator award for the third evening, nabbing the Prime Radio welcome and have the best possible year in a row. award for Major Tour &/or Transport experience,” she said.
HASH HOUSE HARRIERS 500th run ACCOMPANIED by a cool breeze and a stellar sunset, the Thursday Island branch of Hash House Harriers celebrated their 500th run in style on October 15. Over the past 13 years, the Hashies have clocked up 500 runs, 3000km and unknown litres of beer. Meeting outside the Grand Hotel, the crew took off on their fifth century fun-run after posing for a few happy snaps with the Torres News. Leader of the pack, or as he calls himself, Sergeant in Arms, Barry ‘Flip’ Tarrant put a call out for troops to join the team. “Unlike the opinion of some, we believe exercise Sofia Sulema, Shane Palmer, Bernie Ryan, and good company is never a waste of time,” said Barry. Anita ‘Blood and Guts’ Van Gelder. If you’d like to receive details of the venues for future Thursday Island HHH runs, you can sign up to the HHH mailing list by dropping an email to johnxramsay@ gmail.com or brentonxman@hotmail.com.
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Daniel Hubner and Horn Island Marina ‘Mermaid’ Schaefer, Darren Thamm, Yhin Han Half Marathon winner Kate Cranney pounding the pavement. Tan, Daniel Hubner.
Suzanne ‘Tangles’ Stratton, Barry ‘Flip’ Tarrant, John ‘Alice-the-Camel’ Ramsay.
FAMILY FUN RUN: Burke ‘n’ Wills, Olive Oyl, Popeye and Baby Sweet Pea in the pram. Juanita Mills, Ben Mills and Brother Damien Shutt. Page 10 Torres News 22 - 28 October 2012
THE WHOLE SWEATY MASS OF ‘EM: The Thursday Island Hash House Harriers at the completion of their 500th run.
MARITIME FUTURES EXPO
Rhys Ward (3) at the helm of the Volunteer Marine Rescue boat with dad Dave Ward. Report on the Expo Page 17. >>
Photos: MARK ROY
Tagai Secondary College Year 12 students touring the Australian Customs Vessel (ACV) Dame Roma Mitchell.
Year 4 student Rozahlia Dorante and Year 3 student Jaliell Nathaniel get a skippers’ eye view of TI’s Volunteer Marine Rescue vessel with AMSA’s Adrian Davidson.
Queensland Police Service Constable Chris Mosby gives information on the role of the Water Police to interested students.
Mrs Jenny Vellis and Year 5, 6 and 7 students from Our Lady of the Christine Connor from Peddell’s Thursday Island Tours talks to Sacred Heart School learn about marine safety with Const. Chris Mosby and Snr Const. Craig Cormie. students about careers in the maritime industry.
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OLSH student Ngukis Fauid at the Maritime Futures Expo on Thursday Island.
Australian Customs and Border Protection officer Shane Campbell shows Tagai Secondary College Year 12 students the ropes on ACV Dame Roma Mitchell at the Engineer’s Wharf.
Mrs Marion Ball with Sacred Heart School students learning about oil spill containment booms carried on board the Maritime Safety Queensland vessel Nautilus.
NAI-BEGUTA Agama Aboriginal Corp/ Organisation’s New Mapoon Childcare celebrated its NAI-BEGUTA Agama Aboriginal Corp/ Organisa21st Anniversary in New Mapoon on Friday, October 5. Photos tion’s New Mapoon Childcare celebrated its 21st JESSICA SAXTON.
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2012 Senior Formal
DATE CORRECTION TI PRIMARY SCHOOL FETE @ P-7 CAMPUS FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER 6-9pm
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Independent Public School “Greater control of YUMI future” Last week, planning commenced for Independent Public School. There are 26 schools across Qld selected for IPS with Smithfield SHS and Tagai being the only two schools in FNQ. All 26 principals web conference regularly to work through the implementation of this new reform. Tagai Executive have already entered stage one of IPS with an external facilitator leading targeted strategic planning for the college. The following facts are the latest updates: 1. Independent Public School is about “Greater control of yumi future” 2. Tagai School Council must be in place by the end of 2012. a.The composition of the School council must not go outside the legislative requirements. b. All P&C Presidents & TSIREC members have been invited to attend the Tagai Internal School Review in Week 6 - (Thursday 15 & Friday 16 November) at this time the final nominations will be endorsed and a ballot conducted. c. All Tagai staff will be involved in a similar process as parents. Nominations will be collated and a ballot conducted. 3. Independent Public school will require “Audacious Thinking” by students, staff and parents & community. 4. All Tagai staff remain Education Queensland employees with the same workforce entitlements. E.g. Leave etc. 5. Tagai State College will still be required to follow the same legislative policies and requirements. 6. The College has the freedom to design and create innovative programs and practices that meet the aspirations of the Torres Strait Nation. 7. The College has the freedom to directly recruit own staff and develop more of the : “Growing our own “ strategy. 8. More information is being distributed to every campus, every P&C Association, government agencies, elected leaders, community organisations. Noticeboards, newsletters and the media will be used to communicate more messages and up to date information.
Tagai Students play with Pride Waybeni Koey Ngurpay Mudh would like to congratulate Josh Saylor and Riley Bairi for being selected to join the Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club’s Under 18 squad for the 2013 season. Josh and Riley are currentlyYear 12 students at TI Secondary Campus and are looking forward to their new pathway and the opportunities and challenges that will be presented to them in the future. Torres News
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6:00 Weekend Today - Sunrise 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Kids WB 12:00 Imparja’s Horse Racing - Cox Plate 4:00 The Wildlife Man Featuring: David Ireland 5:00 National News: First At Five 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 Nine News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos - Join your host Shelley Craft for an hour of side-splitting laughs on Australia’s Funniest Home Videos. 7:40 TBA 9:40 TBA 12:00 Movie: “Body Heat” (M) - In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. 2:05 The Avengers: The See-Through Man - Steed and Emma pay a visit to Sir Andrew Ford at the Ministry, when they find a file stolen from Wilton’s office. 3:05 F Troop - The Sergeant And The Kid - Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch star in this rollicking comedy about the F Troop, the most unheroic troop the old west ever saw. 3:35 Skippy: The Bush Kangaroo 4:05 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 The Woodlies 12:00 Ghosts Of Time 12:30 Ghosts Of Time 1:00 V8 Xtra 1:30 Seven’s Motorsport 4:30 Wild Vets 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender - Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays. 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 8:15 TBA 11:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: 76 Days Adrift - After his boat sinks to the bottom of the ocean, a sailor must survive for seventy-six days in a small inflatable life-raft. 12:40 Movie: “Roll Bounce” (PG) - 1970s roller-skate jams fuel this coming -of-age comedy, as X and his friends, who rule their local rink, are shocked when their home base goes out of business. 3:00 Room For Improvement 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow
5:00 Weatherwatch & Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Music In The Air 2:05 The Chopin Etudes 2:10 Sex and Sensibility: Vienna 3:25 Leonardo Da Vinci: The Restoration Of The Century 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:35 Rex in Rome: Vendetta 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 James May’s Toy Stories: Plasticine 8:30 Prohibition: Nation of Hypocrites - The conclusion of director Ken Burn’s epic story of the rise and fall of Prohibition. By the close of the 1920s, many blame the law for the rise of criminal syndicates, promiscuity, and a sense that the entire government is corrupted. 9:30 Boardwalk Empire: Belle Femme - Jimmy returns to Atlantic City, having decided to work with Nucky again - but is determined to do it on his own terms. However, he is surprised to learn that neither his boss nor Angela had been expecting him. 10:30 Boardwalk Empire: The Emerald City 11:30 Movie: “Tornado” (M a,l)- After four years in Oklahoma studying twisters, meteorologist Jan returns to Berlin and immediately recognises the warning signs of an unprecedented storm that threatens to devastate the city. 1:35 Drawn Together: Little Orphan Hero 2:15 Drawn Together: Clum Babies 2:45 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Handy Manny 6:30 Fish Hooks 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show Weekend 11:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:30 Movie: “Halloweentown High” (PG) 1:00 Outsourced 1:30 Movie: “Anne Of Green Gables - The Continuing Story” 3:30 Better Homes And Gardens 5:00 The Great Outdoors 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 TBA 8:30 Bones: The Gunk In The Garage - After an explosion occurs in a hotel garage, the Jeffersonian team must research the remains found at the crime scene in order to match them to the victim. 9:30 Killing Time - Following Dennis Allen’s death, Fraser finds himself defending his brother Victor. When Victor’s friend is shot, he plots his revenge & soon Fraser must face his most challenging case yet: the Walsh Street murder trial. 10:30 Strike Back 11:30 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny 12:00 Special: The Outback, My Home 1:00 House Calls To The Rescue 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 1:30 Al Jazeera News 2:30 Burma’s Nuclear Ambitions 3:30 Inside Nature’s Giants: The Elephant 4:30 Living Black 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Nunavut: Jellyfish Day 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Battle Castle: Malbork 8.30 The Hunt For Al 9.30 Asia-Pacific Song Festival 11:35 Movie: “Conversations with My Gardener” (M n,s) - Daniel Auteuil stars in this charming story of a successful painter who returns to his rural hometown in the throes of a mid-life crisis, and reconnects with an old school friend - a local gardener. 1:20 Movie: “Anthony Zimmer”(M a,s) -Interpol and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, a criminal genius responsible for money laundering in France. Zimmer has had extensive plastic surgery, and the only way to trace him is through his girlfriend Chiara. When François, an ordinary man, speaks to Chiara on the train, he is mistaken for Zimmer, and thus becomes a target for the mob 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Murder In Mind” (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 And Away 7:30 The X Factor 8:45 Scandal - The team reluctantly decides to help a millionaire’s son accused of rape, but regardless of the facts, public perception is a hard thing to change, and this is one case that the team might not be able to win. 9:45 The Amazing Race 10:45 Up All Night: Rivals - Reagan and Ava are thrown into a spiral when rival talk-show host and former friend of the show, Shayna, is suspected of stealing their show ideas. 11:15 Suits: Asterisk 12:15 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 10 Years Younger 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: “Heaven’s Heart” (M l,a) 2:40 Drop Dead 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 Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Spy Car Escape 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: The Secret Of Luck 9:30 This is England ‘86 - This four-part drama series revisits the characters of Shane Meadows’ award-winning film, This Is England, three years on. It is 1986, and Shaun is preparing to leave school and enter the adult world, but all he really wants to do is enjoy his freedom with Smell, his sweetheart. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS 1:05 Living Black 1:35 Pizza World Record 2:05 Wilfred: The Dog Father - Wilfred is romancing Caddy, one of the local dogs, while Adam and Sarah receive a visit from Adam’s extraordinarily good looking and clever brother, Spencer. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
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 Melbourne Marathon 12:30 Cybershack 1:00 Lockie Leonard 1:30 Stormworld 2:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 2:30 The Middle 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: Mark decides to take responsibility for problems at home and work, but has he left it too late? Abi chooses the worst possible time to volunteer as a parent helper in Miss Nadir’s classroom. 9:30 The Mentalist: At First Blush 10:30 Person Of Interest: Flesh And Blood 11:30 Southland: Wednesday 12:20 What Would You Do? 1:05 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 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 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 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 3:00 Extra 3:30 Surprises 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon Midday Report 12:30 Egypt Unwrapped 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 News 5:30 Hot Seat Parliament Question Time 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 6:00 National News 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Restoration Man: Bath Lodge 6:30 A Current Affair 6:50 Miniscule: No Luck 7:00 Big Brother 7:00 ABC News 8:30 The Mentalist: Blood Feud - The team investigates a small 7:30 7.30 town’s possible gang war involving Rigsby’s dad, who is 8:00 Australian Story found injured at a crime scene. 8:30 Four Corners 9:30 Person Of Interest: Triggerman 9:20 Media Watch 10:30 CSI: NY: Air Apparent - When a young woman is stabbed to 9:35 Q & A: A lively interactive discussion hosted by Tony Jones. death, the junkie brother of a high school basketball phenom 10:35 Lateline is accused. 11:10 The Business 11:30 Nikita: Game Change 11:35 The Kennedys 12:30 The Avengers - Winged Avenger 12:20 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:30 Extra 1:20 Movie: “Swing Time” (G) - Concluding the season of musicals 2:00 Danoz with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers with, arguably, the best3:00 Newstyle Direct loved of the dancing duo’s romances. Complicated entangle3:30 Good Morning America ments and a challenge from a prospective father-in-law in a 5:00 National Early Morning News dance team. 5:30 Today 3:05 Rage
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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: Hexham 4 Farne Islands 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Travel Oz 2:00 Sinbad 2:45 At The Movies: Short Cuts 3:00 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake 5:00 Wild Russia: The Making Of 5:50 Miniscule: Halloween Paranoid 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass: Divine Women - Part 2 7:00 ABC News 7:30 David Attenborough: Kingdom of Plants 8:20 The Making Of The Kingdom Of Plants 8:30 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab 10:05 The Slap: Harry - Harry has everything; the Brighton Beach mansion, the beautiful wife, a son and a successful business. But Harry stands to lose all of that as a result of slapping Hugo. 11:00 Strike Back 11:50 Movie: “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” (M l,v) - The ‘Man With No Name’ returns teaming up with two gunslingers to pursue a cache of $200,000 - and letting no one, not even warring factions in a civil war, stand in their way. 2:50 Rage 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Art Nation
4:05 Movie: “The Private Life Of Don Juan” (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 Restoration Man 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 6:00 Time Team 6:50 Miniscule 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Chateau Chunder: Wine Revolution - A fun and lively documentary that tells the recent history of the Australian wine industry. 9:30 QI: Advertising 10:00 Artscape: The Australian Ballet At 50 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:15 Media Watch 12:30 Parliament Question Time: The Senate 1:30 God Made Them Blind 2:30 Basketball: 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 Skank Reflex Analysis 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Holographic Exitation - The gang celebrates Halloween at Stuart’s comic book store. Meanwhile, Leonard seduces Penny with science. 9:00 2 Broke Girls: And the Candy Manwich 9:30 Two And A Half Men: The Island of Broken Toys 10:00 Mike And Molly: Happy Halloween 10:30 Survivor: Phillipines 11:30 Weeds: Van Nuys 12:00 TBA 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: “Loss Of Faith” (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: Bianca sleeps at Adam’s place, causing April to become concerned with Bianca and Adam’s relationship. 7:30 The X Factor 8:45 Winners & Losers: To Have And To Hold 9:45 Grey’s Anatomy: I Saw Her Standing There 10:45 Smash: Publicity - “ Karen finds herself seduced by the glamorous life of new BFF Rebecca Duvall - but can Rebecca be trusted? What will Karen’s ascent mean for her relationship with Dev? And will Rebecca drive Derek insane? 11:40 I Just Want My Pants Back - Jason, egged on by his friends (and several beers), posts an ad looking for Jane on missed connections. 12:10 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 Celtic Thunder: The Show 3:00 Letters and Numbers 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 56 Up 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner” (M a) - Following a severe car accident in which both his parents are killed, Sashko is taken to hospital with amnesia. Sashko’s grandfather, Bai Dan, decides to help him restore his identity. As they ride on a tandem bicycle through the Balkan countryside, Sashko begins to recall snippets of the past. 1:00 Mad Men: The Benefactor - Harry tries to gather support around a controversial sponsorship in order to bolster his career. When Don ditches work for a day, trouble brews on the set of a commercial. 1:55 Mad Men: Three Sundays - A last minute pitch meeting has Sterling Cooper staffers working double time in preparation. 2:50 Weatherwatch Overnight
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MONDAY 29
SUNDAY 28
SATURDAY 27
THURSDAY 25
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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 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - Bride And Prejudice - Discrimination is nothing new to the traveller community and their secretive seclusion from mainstream society seems to be their only defence 9:30 TBA 10:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Blair Underwood 11:30 House Husbands - Kane and Tom’s home life is under the microscope when they apply to become foster parents. When Nicola reveals she’s moving to Sydney, Justin struggles to say goodbye to his kids. 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: “Death In The Shadows” (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 - Casey and Sasha find it difficult to figure out their roles in their new friendship. Liam agrees to do a job for Adam as long as Adam stays away from Bianca. 7:30 Highway Patrol 8:00 Surveillance 8:30 Criminal Minds: Hit - When the BAU goes up against a gang of serial-killing bank robbers in Washington, D.C., the team tries to negotiate the situation unfolding inside the bank, but the stakes rise when one of their own becomes a hostage. 9:30 World’s Wildest Police Videos 10:30 Strike Back 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 1:00 Insight 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 Greece 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Meet My Wild Friends - They have inherited the unique knowledge possessed by their fathers. Tleujan, Arjun and Camille had already formed special bonds with wild animals that eventually became their sidekicks: an eagle in Mongolia, snakes in India and a she-wolf in France. Their fathers have passed on to their children a wealth that is theirs alone. 8:30 Living with the Amish 9:30 The Choice 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “The Beat My Heart Skipped ” (MA v,l,a) - 28-yearold Tom is following in the footsteps of his thuggish father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom has innate musical talent and is torn between dreams of being a concert pianist and the reality of life as a ruthless debt collector. 12:50 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 1:40 Iron Chef: 2000 Dishes 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight
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CROSSWORD No. 121
SUDOKU No. 121
Your Lucky
Stars
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd) You will be in quite an adventurous mood this week. If you can find some suitable outlet for your energy, everything will go well. Spend your time outdoors. Romance. Don’t allow family duties to get in the way of a romantic evening. It’s important to designate time to your personal relationships as well.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Try to avoid getting into an argument with a colleague. This person can be very petty at times. You will only be giving up precious time. Romance. A new relationship may seem to be slowing down a little. An honest discussion will help to clear the air. Avoid routine and spice up the relationship later this week.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
FOR KIDS
A group of friends that you do not know very well may want to see more of you. Don’t be afraid to get involved. They will bring new ideas to the forefront. Romance. You will meet an interesting person later in the day. Your first impressions may not be very favourable, however. Allow time for this relationship to develop.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will not be very pleased if somebody wastes your time because they can’t decide what they want. You may have to decide for them. Romance. This will be an excellent day for romance. Both you and your partner will be in just the right mood for an evening on the town. Take your partner dancing to really spice things up!
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) An improvement in your relationship with your colleagues will help you to feel much more positive about your work. However, it’s not always healthy to rely on others’ opinions. Romance. Your partner may want to tell you how much they care. You will need to put them at ease first. Are you making the relationship more difficult than it should be?
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Try not to mention a subject which you know might lead to trouble. This week is not the best time to discuss sensitive issues. Save your opinions for later. Romance. Don’t try too hard to catch your partner out. Your curiosities may get the best of you and leave you feeling guilty.
FINDWORD No. 121 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) This week, you will be able to enjoy the company of a few friends. There is lots of gossip to look forward to. Free your schedule for this gathering. Romance. Be careful to separate reality from fantasy. Everything will go well, but it will not happen in quite the way you have been expecting.
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) A person whom you have always thought was boring may be quite interesting. You should open yourself up to people more often. Romance. An office romance could gradually become more serious. Tread carefully, until you are sure. Be careful of power roles and how a relationship will affect your work life.
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GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Try to rely on your gut feelings about a difficult situation. There may be some hidden pitfalls. If you are open to some small setbacks, this venture can be good for you. Romance. You will be thinking very positively about the long-term future of your relationship at the moment. Keep these positive feelings going all week.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) You will become frustrated if you don’t manage to find a new outlet for your energy. You have achieved a lot recently, but need to move on. Start a new project. Romance. Your partner will be very supportive of a recent change. Be sure to acknowledge this support and to also take charge of this new direction you’ve chosen to take.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Consider how hard it is to change yourself and
you’ll understand what
little chance you have in trying to change others.
– Jacob M. Braude
SOLUTIONS No. 121
You may find it difficult to “see the forest from the trees” at the moment. Try to get a different view on the situation from someone that you trust. Romance. Ceres is in good aspect this week. You may want to “nurture” your partner a little more than usual. Invest more time in this relationship and you will enjoy the result.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) Try to forget a recent remark. This is not something that you should take seriously. It was simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Romance. A wild fling is on the cards. Be careful not to do anything which you will regret later. Is this person someone you’d like a meaningful relationship with?
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Successful launch for Maritime Futures Expo By MARK ROY THE first Maritime Futures Expo was held last week Thursday Island, bringing together peak industry groups, training and employment groups, emergency services, government agencies, ferry and tour operators and students in an all-day event at Anzac Park. The employment expo, held on Wednesday, October 17, was born from a submission McDonald Charter Boats owner Daniel Takai took to last year’s Community Cabinet. From this initial meeting with state government ministers, a steering committee was established, coordinated by James Southwood, senior project advisor with the Department of Transport and Main Roads in Brisbane. Mr Southwood said he came up in December 2011 to host a forum with local and indigenous maritime operators, to see what they wanted. “We found what was needed was
a marine expo specifically focused on marine futures,” Mr Southwood said. He said since the forum, he had held 14 teleconferences to gather local input, which he said was crucial to the success of the expo. “We have had terrific support from all the local stakeholders,” he said. “We hope this will be the first in a series of annual maritime expos, and it may grow into a broader trade show.” Mr Southwood said organisers had planned for the instigator of the expo, Daniel Takai, to be a keynote speaker at the event. However Mr Takai could not be present because he was helping out skippering a boat on the day for Peddells Ferry Service. “This is a sign that we need to focus on career pathways in the maritime industry here, to prevent a skills shortage,” Mr Southwood said. Christine Connor, from Peddells Thursday Island Tours, said local students
in the Torres Strait had the kind of life experiences that could form the basis for a maritime career anywhere in the world. “The expo is about creating career pathways for children to venture further afield, while ensuring that our local industry can continue to deliver quality services by maintaining staffing levels,” Ms Connor said. “This means taking the maritime careers message to students from primary school all the way up to high-school leavers. “It means getting in at the grass-roots level.” Sea Swift human resources manager Dan Erbacher said numerous stakeholders from the public and private sectors had met regularly via teleconference since last year’s forum. “Sea Swift has been an integral member of this group, and is using its cadetship and school-based traineeship programs as examples of local employer-driven employment opportunities,” he said.
Sea Swift human resources manager Dan Erbacher (centre) presents (left to right) Tagai State College senior schooling officer Brendan Macaulay, Sea Swift trainees Solomon Cummings, Anfernee Bani, Foua Nai and Titom Ketchell, and Tagai TAFE head of campus Mark Hutton their Certificates of Participation in Sea Swift’s cadetship and school-based traineeship program. Photos Page 11. Four Sea Swift trainees, Solomon Cummings, Anfernee Bani, Foua Nai and Titom Ketchell, were presented with participation certificates at the expo. Amongst the groups represented at the expo were Peddells, McDonald Charters, Sea Swift, Silentworld, Ports North, My Pathway,
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for casual employment as Airport Security Officers, providing security screening services to aircraft passengers at Horn Island Airport. The security screening service is a 7 day a week operation and will require weekend work. This casual employment would be providing relief to existing security screening staff who may be rostered off or absent due to illness or leave. Applicants with Certificate II in security operations and current First Aid certificate would be well regarded. A full Police criminal history check and preemployment medical assessment are conditional to employment. Both male and female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply so that we can continue to maintain the required gender balance in our Airport Security Team. Employment Terms and Conditions will be in accordance with the Torres Shire Council Certified Agreement 2010. Applicants wishing to be considered should obtain an Application Package from the Council Office, 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island, the Council’s website www.torres. qld.gov.au or contact our Human Resources Officer, Don Benjamin. Phone: (07) 4069 1336 or email employment@torres.qld.gov.au Applications close 4pm friday, november 2, 2012 Dalassa Yorkston CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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ABOVE: The Quetta Memorial Precinct in 2012, with the Church Hall at right. BELOW: 1928 photo of Quetta Memorial Precinct. Note belfry on left and corner of Hall verandah on the right. Source: National Library of Australia. BOTTOM: The Hall is on the left of the picture. Note the lack of skillion roof and kitchen annexe at the rear. PHOTO: FRANK HURLEY Source: Torres Strait Historic Society.
THE Anglican Church Hall, part of the Quetta Memorial Precinct on Douglas Street, has been at the heart of family and community life on Thursday Island for more than 100 years. Clark Equipment Sales Pty Ltd www.clarkequipment.com The hall is integral to the social history of Thursday Island and the wider Torres Strait, and is recognised by On behalf of the youth of Badu Island, the National Trust. we would like to thank and acknowledge the following Many reading this local sponsors and people... article will recall playing Lagau Supermarket Badu Island, Yorkston Constructions, on the wide verandahs as children, the Church Fete Baira’s Dial A Bus, Tikie’s Design and Restaurant, Sea Swift, with stalls spread throughout S&L McPhee Cabinets, B.I.F, TI Hardware, Northern Water, the grounds, celebrating a T.S.I.R.C, T.S.I.Youth Sport & Rec, Badu Island Art Centre, family wedding or meeting Wayne Guvarra, Peter Gadsby, Remus & Janis, Larzariah Nona, to enjoy cultural dance Councillor Horace Baira and Badu Island Council, Some will remember playing on the basketball Charmaine Bowie, Micheal “Max” Nona, court near the old almond and especially Eva Aleya Bowie. tree or standing-room only at Without all these sponsors, people and supporters the Thursday night dances. it would not be possible for us to attend this year’s One local church member, Mrs Veda Bon, recalls Cairns U/18s All Blacks Rugby League Carnival. the “line of frangipani trees Koeyma Esso. along the front fence and the hall full of families and children, inside and outside, enjoying feasting, singing and dancing”. She met her husband, Fr Dalton Bon, through the youth group and celebrated her wedding with a feast in the church hall nearly 55 years ago. Built in just three months, the Church Hall was officially opened on January 21, 1903. It was purpose-built to facilitate functions such as church meetings, Sunday school and social gatherings, but it quickly became central to the spiritual, cultural and community life of Thursday Island. In recent years however, the Church Hall has succumbed to decay - safety concerns have deemed the Hall unusable and significant work needs to take place. The Parish Hall Restoration Committee (PHRC) was formed in 2012 (Promoting Catch and Release by using with the vision to return the hall to its a Brag mat and photograph) place at the heart of Thursday Island community life. The PHRC has a target of $100,000 to enable Stage One to start, which includes structural integrity work, Wheel Loaders
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removal of the asbestos roof and replacement with a new roof. Generous support by local individuals and businesses has seen more than $12,000 received in donations in just over one month. Sea Swift has offered to transport goods free of charge and CEA Training Opportunities has committed to $10,000 worth of materials and training, while the TI branch of the NAB is running a chocolate drive and has plans for a community barbecue. The Grand, Torres and Royal Hotels have been very supportive, as has the Anglican Church and its members, Rebel Marine, IBIS, TAFE and My Pathways. This restoration will provide a fantastic opportunity whereby local CDEP participants can be trained up and work on a project that will have long-lasting community use and significance.
Contributions of labour and materials will be gratefully accepted, and financial donations can be made at the TI branch of the NAB or by direct deposit (BSB 084-951 Account 142-116-121). Funds raised by the PHRC will only be used on expenses directly associated with the hall’s restoration. For further information contact Danica Lemke at the Office of Warren Entsch (4069 1393) from 10am-2pm Monday-Friday. Any copies of photographs of the hall from previous years would also be appreciated.
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Three Badu sides for Cairns carnival By ALF WILSON THREE Badu island sides - Argun Warriors, Kulpiyam and Mulga Tigers - will contest North Queensland’s biggest All Blacks carnival in Cairns on 27 and 28 October. Thousands of Torres Strait Islanders will converge on Cairns for the sporting event which will attract record crowds. They will come from many Torres Strait Islands, Townsville, Mackay as well as many who live in Cairns. Victor Akiba, Sean Nona, Daniel Sorbello, Alex Sala, Calvin Waia, former Canberra Raiders player Royston Lightning, Roy Baira from Townsville and his brother Jimmy Baira from Weipa all to play for Kulpiyam.Argun Warriors won last year’s grand final with a side which included NRL stars Chris Sandow and Travis Waddell beating East Coast Dolphins 32-24. The Gerald Bowie coached Argun Warriors also won the recent Queensland Murri carnival at Ipswich and will
and former South Sydney star Sandow to line up for Argun Warriors. Another star Bowie said will be in the side is Sam Joe, of Moa Island descent. Rockhampton-based Joe played for Goemu Bau Raiders which narrowly lost the final of the Zenadth Kes carnival on TI earlier this month. Joe also led Mua Razorbacks to victory over Boigu Island side Malu Kiai in the 2010 island of Origin grand final. “We will have good footballers in Joe Tamwoy, Massi Nona, Bill Eseli and others,” Bowie said. It is understood that Travis Waddell will play for one of the other Badu teams. Carnival organiser Sarah Addo confirmed to the Torres News on October 17 that the three Badu sides would be battling it out for honours. Not only is the Cairns All Blacks carnival a great sporting contest but it is a place where many family and friends who see each other just once a year meet.
play Newcastle Yowies, the winners of the NSW knockout, next February to decide the best Indigenous team in the country. Argun Warriors also won the grand final of the 2011 Island of Origin series on Badu Island beating Saguci 20-14 in the final. Many Torres Strait Islander players will line up at the Cairns carnival which is expected to attract more than 30 men’s sides as well as under 18 and women’s divisions. Torres Strait Islander teams have traditionally won the under 18 division, showcasing the enormous talent in the region. Bowie is arguably the mostsuccessful coach of winning All Blacks carnival sides in recent times. “I think Argun Warriors will do really well although both Mulga Tigers and Kulpiyam will be strong,” Bowie told the Torres News. Without wanting to give too much away, Bowie expects Parramatta Eels
Barramundi the most-popular catch BARRAMUNDI, as if we didn’t know, is the mostpopular fish caught in the Far North. This is one of the results from the state’s largest-ever recreational fishing survey which found yellowfin bream, sand whiting and trumpeter whiting are the three most commonly caught species in Queensland. Survey showed recreational fishers caught almost 1.7 million yellowfin bream, 1.3 million sand whiting and one million trumpeter whiting. Over the 12-month survey period from October 2010 to September 2011, recreational fishers caught approximately 13.3 million fish.
Catch and release fishing was also popular among Queensland’s recreational fishers. Nearly half of all fish were released back into the water. Survey results included: • Almost all recreational fishers preferred to throw in a line and nearly half chose to fish from the shore; • Fishing was consistent throughout the year, however in many regions there were peaks in April and September, coinciding with school holidays; • Recreational fishers adopted new technology, fitting out their boats with echo sounders and global positioning systems; • Most boat fishing occurred in coastal waters shallower than 40m;
• In regions close to the Great Barrier Reef, coral trout, redthroat emperor and tropical snapper were commonly caught species; and • The catch-and-release method was particularly popular for freshwater species such as Australian bass, freshwater cod and golden perch.
For further information on the regional breakdown of results, view the regional snapshot fact sheets on the survey page of the Fisheries Queensland website. To download the full report of the 2010 Statewide Recreational Fishing Survey visit www. fisheries.qld.gov.au or call 13 25 23.
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Goemu Bau Raiders: correction THE Torres News would like to clarify a statement in the article ‘Refs impressed by success of Zenadth Kes Cup’, page 28, Torres News 15-21 October 2012. The statement “the Whap family contributed heavily for the Goemu Bau Raiders” is the opinion of Torres News sports columnist Alf Wilson. The comment was not made by Goemu Bau “spokeman” Don Whap, nor was it attributed to him. Mr Whap contacted the Torres News to clarify that this was not the intended message from Goemu Bau Raiders. “Goemu Bau Raiders is a community team made up of families and relatives of Mabuyaag Island descent,” Mr Whap said. “As a team, the Goemu Bau Raiders enshrine the community first, above individual families.” In the article, Goemu Bau Raiders player Aaron Bani was mistakenly referred to as Aaron Whap. The Torres News sincerely apologises for the error.
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Saibai athlete to hit the ground running in New York City By MATT GARRICK ON some rare occasions, reading the Torres News can change people’s lives. Jurgean Tabuai, an athlete originally hailing from Saibai Island, can vouch for this, as he prepares himself to fly over to the United States and participate in the New York Marathon this November. Last year, Jurgean was flicking through his local newspaper when he happened upon an advertisement for a mob called the ‘Indigenous Marathon Project’ (IMP). IMP is a non-profit organisation that annually selects, trains and takes a group of young Indigenous athletes to run the New York Marathon. They use the marathon as a vehicle to promote the importance of physical activity, and living a healthy lifestyle to Indigenous communities. Jurgean applied to try-out for
the initial group squad, made it and trained for it since being selected in March. A couple of weeks ago, project coordinators announced Jurgean had made the final cut, and was part of a team of six men and two women who will travel to New York for the run. As the first Queenslander and first Torres Strait Islander male ever selected to take the trip to NYC, the 30-year-old says he’s feeling a mix of emotions. “I’m pretty stoked about it. But I’ll be pretty nervous when I get to that starting line in New York, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘this is it, I’m making history here’,” Jurgean said. A former army reserve, Jurgean keeps himself in top condition, training nearly every day. “Friday’s my rest day which I really enjoy,” he said. Sundays are his long run days, where he tests himself and tries to run about 18km over a 90-minute
Men’s squad for the Indigenous Marathon Project to run the New York Marathon: Jurgean Tabuai, Justin Gaykamangu, Marius Clarke, Kieren de Santis, Korey Summers, Nat Heath. period. about heading to the Big Apple do something for my people. Soon his training will be put will be promoting Torres Strait “Also, to do something for to use, when he enters the famous culture, and spurring the region’s the young fellas, get the kids city’s famous 42km race, which youth to get into healthy activities. interested,” he said. draws around 100,000 applicants “Lots of people back home are For more information on IMP, annually. supporting me, so that’s why I’m check out their website at http:// Jurgean said the best thing doing it - to make them proud, and themarathonproject.com.au/.
NPA sports carnival cancelled
By JESSICA SAXTON
THIS year’s NPA Carnival, scheduled to be held over the Dan Ropeyarn Cup weekend on November 1-3, has been cancelled, the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council has announced. “It has been a hard decision to make and one that has not been made lightly,” said NPARC Director of Community Services Russell Symons. “We understand that there will be disappointment regarding this decision, but the safety of participants and spectators must come first.” Recent equipment failures have put pressure on Council’s infrastructure and facilities and have restricted the capacity to host a large event. These failures have also resulted in the playing fields being under-prepared and, therefore, not up to the standard required for a highly competitive physical contact sport. Amongst a number of issues working against
the carnival being held, it was Council’s duty of care to all participants and spectators that drove the final decision. “If we are going to do this, we are going to do it right,” said Deputy Mayor Eddie Newman, an avid rugby league supporter and board member. “Our region has a standard of sporting excellence, outstanding facilities and regional hospitality. We are not going to hold an event that cannot be run to our own high standards.” Due to other events held this year and many facility upgrades requiring the sporting grounds to be rested, NPA communities have not been able to begin rugby league competitions to prepare for the carnival. Without this lead up, the carnival could not be hosted properly. “I know that there are already many teams who have already ordered their jerseys and supporter shirts, and I feel for them,” said Deputy Mayor Newman. “It’s great to see the competitive support
out there for this event, but it wouldn’t be fair to them to run it without our full resources available. “We need to make sure that our players, our region and our facilities are in top shape. “I know there have been many sleepless nights for board members and the events team this month, in the lead up to the carnival,” he said. “They really tried their best to deliver, but in the end it comes down to safety, ensuring that our players and visitors get the best possible chance.” NPA Mayor Bernard Charlie has supported the decision, backing the necessity for safety in all competition and events. He has spoken to the board members and organisers throughout their planning and deliberation and agreed that it is best to look towards next year’s event. As such, council is now looking at measures to ensure a successful sports carnival next year.
Action from a past Dan Ropeyarn Cup.
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