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3 - 9 December 2012 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1044 • $2.00 inc. GST

Private dancers . . . CELEBRATING their graduation at HMAS Cairns with a traditional dance are (from left): Private Josh David, from Yam Island; Private Ali Muhumad, from Thursday Island; Private Liam Gebadi, from Bamaga; and Private Kaumi Bon, from Thursday Island. The students are among 22 who successfully completed the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP). Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Mr Warren Snowdon congratulated the graduates at a parade on November 13. More photos Page 10 > > PHOTO: BRIAN CASSEY.

Threat of legal action over health claims By COREY BOUSEN THE ABILITY of indigenous rights advocates Robert ‘Bongo’ Sagigi and Willie Wigness to publicly air concerns about the provision of health services in the Torres Strait and NPA is being hampered due to the lingering threat of legal action for defamation. Messrs Sagigi and Wigness are co-chairs of the Human Rights and Social Justice Working Group in the Torres Strait. The advocacy group, inaugurated during a visit to Thursday Island by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda on January 10, 2011, is working to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007). The Australian government gave its formal support to the declaration on April 3, 2009.

The Torres News has been engaged in ongoing correspondence with Queensland Health over the past week to defend the right of Messrs Sagigi and Wigness to have their allegations published in your local newspaper, taking the issue to the office of the health minister Lawrence Springborg and to the office of the department’s directorgeneral Tony O’Connell. Queensland Health have since responded, saying the threatened legal action has nothing to do with the department, but is being pursued by the individuals involved. Queensland Health added that no state government money is being spent on the threatened defamation action, and that the individuals involved are paying for their own legal costs. Torres News first received a letter from one of the parties on 21 November threatening defamation action should

certain allegations regarding Queensland Health, contained in a document prepared by Messrs Sagigi and Wigness, and given to Torres News editor Mark Roy, be published. It was never the intention of Mark Roy to publish all of the allegations contained in the document from Messrs Sagigi and Wigness - but the document was provided to Queensland Health to enable them to prepare a response. Upon receipt of the legal letter, and continued pressure upon Torres News editor Mark Roy from Mr Sagigi to publish an article, I made the decision on 21 November not to publish an article - which was yet to be written. However, upon review of additional information on 23 November, including reviewing the on-the-record response by Queensland Health, I felt there were claims contained in the Sagigi/Wigness document that were of public interest. Continued on page 3.

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Straits and NPA students celebrate achievements GAIL Mabo was one of two guest motivational speakers at the inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Awards 2012 held recently in Mercure Inn, Townsville. Rugby league great David Peachy also featured as a special guest speaker alongside Ms Mabo, daughter of legendary land rights advocate Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo. The event was hosted by nationally renowned comedian Sean

Choolburra. St Teresa’s College Torres Strait Islander dance group and the Ngulumburuboonyah Dancers performed powerful traditional dances. Many students at boarding colleges across Townsville are from families in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area. Torres Strait Islander student Rashida Akee, who attends St Margaret Mary’s College, was just

one of the students who received an award. In a letter to Rashida’s proud parents Ellen and Leo Akee, of Thursday Island, Townsville Catholic Education Indigenous Education Ofﬁcer Megan Harrison conﬁrmed Rashida received the Highly Commended award for the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP Scholarships). “She did really well and we are very pleased to have her on our

scholarship program,” Ms Harrison said. Townsville Catholic Education director Cathy Day said the awards celebrated and acknowledged the talent, hard work and achievements of Indigenous students across the diocese. “Thirty-ﬁve students from our Catholic Colleges received leadership and sporting achievement awards,” Dr Day said. Dr Day congratulated the stu-

dents on their achievements of students and acknowledged staff, parents and wider community who supported the students throughout the year. “Special thanks and acknowledgment to principals, school advisors and other school staff for the dedication and support given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across our diocese, without whom all these great achievements would not be possible,” Dr Day said.

ABOVE: Rashida Akee (right), a Year 10 student at St Margaret Mary’s College, with her Highly Commended Award. LEFT: Students fromTownsville Catholic Education Schools at the inaugural Indigenous Education Awards 2012.

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Plan now for coastal erosion, say scientists By MARK ROY RESIDENTS in Torres Strait communities are being encouraged to have their say on a recent study on the impacts of erosion on the islands. The report, prepared for the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and

Energy Efficiency, identifies adaptation options to deal with erosion and inundation driven by climate change. And with the king tide season upon us, the release of the study could not be more timely. However, the scientists who undertook the study,

Kevin Parnell (left) and rangers Dick Williams and Frank Nona undertake a beach profile survey on Badu.

Kevin Parnell, Scott Smithers and Larysa Ischenko of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at James Cook University, say people are in no immediate danger. “Unlike other natural hazards where the effects are immediately obvious, climate change-related hazards allow us time to plan,” the scientists say in their report. “It is important, however, that planning gets underway now, and that we do not leave it too late, because the changes we see are gradual, perhaps punctuated by events that remind us that something is happening. “It is equally important that we do not panic, because, although people will be inconvenienced by events that may be climate change related, they are not going to be put in immediate danger because of them.” The report, ‘Understanding climate change driven coastal erosion and inundation impacts on Torres Strait communities and the development of adaptation options’,

is available on CD from local island council offices. Mr Parnell said the community reports were written for non-specialists, rather than in scientific style. Formal and informal consultations had identified issues of concern in the communities, and these were highlighted in each island report, he said. “These issues and areas of concern will be discussed in the consultation phase of the project over the next year, so the community will be able to consider priority actions,” Mr Parnell said. A lot of consultation had taken place on the ground while undertaking field work, he said. “If we passed somebody while working, we would stop and explain what we were doing,” Mr Parnell said. “We tried to be around places where community members gathered, and when invited, participate in community events. “Torres Strait communities do not appreciate ‘fly-in

fly-out’ researchers, and we make every effort to simply spend time in communities, getting to know the people and listening to their concerns and learning from their experiences and knowledge.” The project extends on work started in 2006 on the central islands of Masig, Poruma, Warraber and Iama, which now have coastal management plans in place. It focuses on 14 Torres Strait island communities on 13 islands not covered in the earlier project. These communities are on the volcanic islands of Erub (Darnley), Mer (Murray) and Ugar (Stephen), continental-type islands, which include Kubin and St. Pauls (on Moa Island), Badu, Mabuiag, Dauan, Wa i b e n ( T h u r s d a y ) , Kiriri (Hammond), Muralug (Prince of Wales), Ngurupai (Horn), and the low, muddy islands of Boigu and Saibai. The report identifies Boigu and Saibai as the mostvulnerable to inundation. But Mr Parnell said all

14 communities should start planning and doing things now. “If big decisions are being made, then they need to be made quite soon,” Mr Parnell said. “I encourage people in the communities covered by the new work to have a look at the report for their island and talk about it,” Mr Parnell said. “Copies of the CD were sent to councillors, the PBCs, the divisional managers and the rangers.” Mr Parnell will be back in the communities from mid-January through March to answer questions, and hear what people have to say about the options. “We hope that this study will be catalyst for discussion in the communities, and that coastal management plans will be in place for every community by June 2013. “Once agreed plans are in place, we will work with TSRA, TSIRC and the communities to seek funding to get the plans implemented.”

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Legal action threat over health claims still lingers Continued from page 1. I then spoke to Queensland Health Rural and Remote Principal Media Advisor Jim Guthrie, who had authored the original response by Queensland Health, by phone on 23 November, and said I had decided to write an article based on what had been written by both sides. Mr Guthrie said he, and another Queensland Health staffer involved in the compilation of the original response, had actually been disappointed by the initial decision not to publish an article, as Queensland Health had wanted the opportunity to respond to the numerous allegations in the original Sagigi/Wigness document. I then wrote the article concerned on 26 November, giving equal opportunity to both sides to have their say. It was as balanced an article as anything I have ever written in my career as a journalist. The draft article was then sent to Queensland Health on the morning of 27 November to ensure that neither Queensland Health, nor its representatives, would pursue legal action if it was published. Shortly after emailing the document, I was called by Mr Guthrie who said two Queensland Health staffers - who were neither named nor identified in the article - still considered its contents defamatory and that they would be following up on the matter with their lawyers. I subsequently contacted the office of the Director General for Queensland Health to enquire if the threatened legal action was being undertaken by the department and also asked questions for an

article in relation to such action. I also brought the threat of legal action to the attention of the office for health minister Lawrence Springborg and sought a response from him on the matter. Neither minister Springborg nor director general O’Connell have replied with any comment. However, Queensland Health’s Mr Guthrie advised by email on 28 November that the parties involved had “retained counsels as individuals concerned for their professional reputations. There is no Queensland Health involvement.” It was at this stage that I engaged my solicitor from Williams Graham Carman law firm in Cairns to review my article. Neither he, nor a colleague with defamation expertise, could find any content that was defamatory. In an email sent to Mr Guthrie at 5.50pm on the afternoon of 27 November, I highlighted that my legal advice was the article I had written was not defamatory, and requested that the parties, said by him to be threatening legal action, provide particulars of what they see as the defamatory content of the article. Mr Guthrie said he would pass on this request to the two individuals involved. I again emailed Mr Guthrie on the afternoon of 28 November to highlight that the parties, said by him to be threatening the legal action, had until 10.30am on 29 November to provide letters from their legal representatives as to what was the defamatory content contained in my draft article provided to Queensland Health on 27 November.

At the time of deadline, on the afternoon of 29 November, I have still not received anything from legal representatives acting on behalf of the parties. I am unable to say why the two parties said to be seeking legal advice on the issue have yet to provide me with letters from their respective legal representatives. And, although Torres News has advice from two solicitors that the content of the proposed article written by me is not defamatory, I have made the decision not to publish the article to protect Messrs Sagigi and Wigness from any possibility of legal action. However, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across their local homelands can rest assured the Torres News will not back down, nor be impeded, in our coverage of the activities of Queensland Health in the region. Closing the indigenous health gap is literally a matter of life and death and the ongoing indigenous health crisis in Australia is not something that we will allow the Queensland Government (and its bureaucrats) to implement policies on without input and oversight from local indigenous people, nor without scrutiny of the local newspaper. Anyone with concerns about the provision of health services in the Torres Strait and NPA is free to contact me at anytime. I can be contacted by phone on 0428 191 002 or by email: publisher@regionalandremote.com.au

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TB epidemic in the Torres Strait: What are the risks? MEDICAL experts are warning that multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is more easily spread than previously thought. Such airborne diseases are “notoriously difﬁcult” to protect oneself against. How can we best prevent the spread of this debilitating illness to the Torres Strait? AUTHORS: Ben Marais (Associate Professor in Paediatrics & Child Health at University of Sydney). Tania Sorrell (Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Director Sydney Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity at University of Sydney). Warwick Britton (Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunology at University of Sydney).

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By MATT GARRICK and MARK ROY M E D I C A L e x p e r t s a r e (extensively drug-resistant warning the Torres Strait TB), has been labelled by TB and the Australian mainland expert Steve Vincent as “a are at risk of being invaded public health disaster likely by a deadly strain of tubercu- to cost billions”. losis (TB) from Papua New “It is inevitable it will Guinea (PNG). spread into the Australian An outbreak in PNG’s population,” Dr Vincent said. Western Province of an “Patients get profound incurable form of tubercu- weight loss, night sweats, losis, known as XDR-TB coughing, then they fade out

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and die.” PNG residents are allowed to travel into the region under the Torres Strait Treaty for traditional activities. Doctors in the Torres Strait have said they have a duty of care to treat those who turn up on our doorstep. “It is the job of customs and immigration to deter-

People from Papua New Guinea’s Western Province being transported to Daru General Hospital to undergo testing for TB. Photo: AusAID

mine who comes into our country, not physicians,” one doctor said. A report released late last month analysing the risks from TB in the Western Province said the possibility of the illness making its way into the Torres Strait could rise if residents on Boigu and Saibai increased interaction with residents from PNG.

The report, written by Victorian epidemiologist Emma McBryde, said outer island residents should avoid sharing school rooms, homes or hospital wards with PNG residents without proper isolation and ventilation. The report suggested the closure of TB clinics on Saibai and Boigu in June this year could help reduce

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GLOBALLY, TB remains a top killer, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains pose a major challenge to control programs. One recent news story documented a young woman from Daru Island who became a medical refugee in Cairns after contracting a highly drug-resistant form of TB, known as XDR-TB (extensively drug resistant TB). Such stories emphasise the human tragedy interwoven with health challenges at multiple levels. They capture anxiety about the possibility that multi-drug resistant (MDR) forms of TB may spread to the Australian population. Arbitrary borders A Treaty Protection Zone allows PNG inhabitants and Australian nationals to mix freely on the outer Torres Strait islands. And due to the difficulty of health-care access as well as a poorly functional TB control program, PNG nationals in the adjacent South Fly district frequently used Torres Strait Island services to access Australian care. During 2012, the Queensland government shut down health clinics on Boigu and Saibai islands and returned 92 PNG nationals from Cairns to Daru Island for TB treatment. Amid concern that these patients were unlikely to receive adequate support, the Federal Government committed $8.5 million via AusAid to improve services at the regional hospital on Daru and support TB

services throughout the Western Province, including the South Fly, between 2011 and 2015. The impact of the initial “Stop TB in the Western Province” program is yet to be scrutinised. A local focus Ensuring access to high-quality services within PNG is the most effective way to assist local communities. It will also reduce their need to seek health care in Australia. Ironically, the epidemic will seem to get worse before getting better, as better diagnostic systems identify MDR- and XDR-TB cases that previously went undetected. This may seem alarming, but allows for better assessment of the problem, improved patient care and better protective strategies. Health-care services are poor throughout PNG and consideration should be given to cost-effective and sustainable strategies. The situation requires a strong, coordinated cross-border approach. Unfortunately, this important issue has become a political ball being kicked around between the federal and state governments and political parties. Australia and TB Thankfully, the intended closure of Queensland’s TB Control Centre, which would have been a disaster, has been narrowly averted. This should enable the continuation of vital surveillance and control within Queensland and the provision of guidance and support

to PNG colleagues on Daru Island and in the South Fly. The socio-economic conditions and effective infection control measures within Australia reduce the risk of local TB outbreaks. But poor and marginalised populations are at risk, as are immune-compromised people and a rapidly growing population of the elderly. The introduction of highly drug-resistant TB into any of these vulnerable communities would pose a major challenge, since treatment requires two years of multiple drugs that have numerous side effects. Finding the way forward Recent evidence suggests MDRTB, contrary to previous belief, is often highly transmissible and protection against infections that spread via the air (such as measles and TB) is notoriously difﬁcult. Given the health challenges and the complexity of the issues, careful assessment should guide the assignment of clear roles and responsibilities to the PNG and Australian governments and international health agencies. AusAID has published an expert report on the TB control situation in the Western Province, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is conducting an independent review of the same. Insight from these fact-ﬁnding missions is vital for understanding the complexities of the situation and ensuring bipartisan support for workable solutions.

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TB facts TB is a contagious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. These bacteria are transmissible through air, and are discharged in droplets when patients cough, speak, or sneeze. The droplets evaporate quickly but the bacteria continue to be airborne. People exposed to this air run the risk of getting infected. However, TB bacteria die when exposed to sunlight and ultraviolet light. Some tips on how to prevent TB • Keep your immune system strong. You can use herbal antibiotics such as garlic. • Meet and interact with TB patients only after they have had two weeks of treatment. • Wear a microﬁltration mask while interacting

with patients. • People swith a persistent cough should avoid close interaction with people until tested for TB. • Maintain a safe distance from people with persistent coughs. • Eat well and get exposure to morning sunlight. • If a cough continues beyond three weeks and shows no signs of decreasing, consult a physician. • When in contact with TB patients or people with persistent coughs, wash your hands periodically with disinfectant and warm water. • Concentrate on building immunity, staying healthy, eating well, and exercising regularly to prevent getting infected by TB or any other disease condition. This is, by far, the best way to prevent TB. www.all4naturalhealth.com

Largest survey of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander health THE Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has commenced the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health survey which will improve our knowledge of the health issues affecting this group of Australians. This survey will expand on the 2004-05 survey by increasing the number of participants by 30 per

cent, collecting new information on exercise, diet (including bush foods) and measures of cholesterol, blood glucose and iron. The survey will be conducted over 2012-13 across the country in cities and remote communities to create evidence to measure progress in improving Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander health and contributing to Closing the Gap in life expectancy. The ﬁrst survey results will be released in September 2013. Further information and detailed questions and answers are available on the ABS website at www.abs.gov. au/australianhealthsurvey.

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Act of Recognition of Indigenous people from Aust. government AUSTRALIANS have taken an important step towards recognising Indigenous people in Australia’s Constitution with the Federal government introduction of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012 into Parliament on November 28. Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Jenny Macklin said the Act of Recognition would provide an opportunity for Parliament to show its support and commitment to constitutional recognition of Australia’s First Peoples. “It will also help raise awareness of the importance of constitutional change in the community,” Ms Macklin said. “The Bill includes a statement of

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recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. “It contains a sunset date of two years, which sets a clear timeframe to build towards change and ensures the focus remains on the ultimate goal of constitutional recognition,” she said. The Australian Government agrees with the findings of the Expert Panel

Thursday Islanders to have a chance for say on health plan TORRES Strait Islander communities will be part of nationwide consultations this week over the development of a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan. Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon said a consultation will be held on Thursday Island on Wednesday, December 7, following on from consultations in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. A separate consultation in Sydney heard the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Local community and service organisations will hear first-hand about the broad health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

The view to Kiriri (Hammond Island) from the playground at Rosehill, Thursday Island. PHOTO: MARK ROY

Pastor shot dead in Papua CIVILIAN killings are continuing in West Papua, with a pastor found shot dead in a street in Merauke on Thursday, November 21 She was identified as Frederika Metalmeti, pastor of the Bethlehem Pentecostal church in Boven Digoel district for the past 10 years. A spokesperson for the Indonesian National Police, Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar, said police had not determined the motive of the shooting but they

were questioning two witnesses. “Police officers investigating the crime scene found a 0.45 calibre shell casing, helmet, bag and sandals owned by the victim,” Brig. Gen. Boy said. Brig. Gen. Boy said the perpetrator shot Frederika on her left forehead. Residents reportedly said a military commander in Merauke claimed Frederika was shot by a friend who happened to be members of the military.

Man killed in Bamaga crash A 17-year-old Bamaga man has lost his life as a result of a traffic crash in Bamaga on Friday, November 16. Around 3.15pm,

a single vehicle was travelling along Panjinka Road, north of Bamaga when the passenger of a ute was thrown from the

vehicle. He was pronounced deceased at the scene a short time later. The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.

Graffiti to be cleaned up by offenders YOUNG graffiti offenders will be forced to clean up their mess under tough new laws to be introduced in Queensland. Graffiti Removal Order will ensure graffiti offenders, both adult and juvenile, remove graffiti, participate in work that helps with its removal or at the very least clean up public places. The government says these cleanup orders will not only help reduce

the amount of graffiti defacing public places and property, but will also make vandals think twice about doing it in the first place. The maximum penalty for graffiti from five to seven years’ imprisonment. In the case of adult graffiti offenders, the courts will also be able to confiscate mobile phones or cameras if they have been used to record or photograph the offence.

that a referendum should be held at a time when it has the most chance of success. The Government encourages all Australians to learn more and get involved in building support for constitutional change. Visit www.youmeunity.org.au for more information.

peoples throughout Australia. “This Health Plan will support the Government’s efforts to close the gap in life expectancy and infant mortality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the broader population,” Mr Snowdon said. The well-known Indigenous elder, William ‘Benny’ Hodges, will lead each consultation session in the states and territories, supported by KPMG. “It is important that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have a voice in the development of future initiatives aimed at improving their health and social welfare,” Mr Snowdon said. “These consultation sessions provide an opportunity for people, health professionals and supporting

organisations around Australia to be heard.” Details regarding dates and locations for all the consultation sessions can be found at www. health.gov.au/natsihp. A discussion paper has been developed to provide participants with context and guidance for the consultations and is also available on the website. To complement the consultation process, the Australian Government is accepting online submissions on the broad health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the website portal until December 20, 2012. For any further details or questions about the consultation sessions or submissions, please email healthplanconsultations@health.gov.au.

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Australian Reef Pilots wins prestigious Icon of Industry Award

ABOVE LEFT: Australian Reef Pilots chief executive Simon Meyjes. ABOVE RIGHT: The Australian Reef Pilots vessel Malu Bau on course to meet a bulk carrier off Booby Island in the Torres Strait. PHOTO: MARK ROY LEFT: The crew of the Australian Reef Pilots vessel Malu Bau transfer one of the company’s pilots to a bulk carrier in the Torres Strait. PHOTO: MARK ROY

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MARINE pilotage company Australian Reef Pilots (ARP) has received one of Queensland’s most -prestigious business awards in acknowledgement of more than a century of dedication and service to the state’s maritime industry From modest beginnings, ARP has become a state-of-the-art operation providing a vital service guiding huge bulk carriers and cruise ships through several challenging and sensitive passages across the Great Barrier Reef and routes north from Cairns through to the Torres Strait. ARP was presented with the Australian Industry Group’s 2012 ‘Icon of Industry’ award by Queensland Premier Campbell Newman at a gala presentation in Brisbane last week. ARP chief executive Simon Meyjes said he was honoured to receive the award on behalf of a dedicated team which had been working as Guardians of the Reef

for 125 years. “Our commitment to the safe passage of ships through the Reef adds up to a commitment to the sustainability of this unique natural asset,” Mr Meyjes said. “After more than 125 years of coastal pilotage, it is very humbling for ARP to be recognised as an industry leader. “ARP is little known outside industry circles but, given our historical connections and continued commitment to Queensland’s prosperity, we can stand tall as a Queensland icon.” Ai Group Queensland director Matthew Martyn-Jones said ARP was a fantastic example of a Queensland business that thrived through an innovative approach and high standards of business excellence. “One of the great things about ARP is that it’s a business that enables a huge amount of economic activity for the state by

piloting boats and transporting products worth up to $12 billion in export income,” Mr Martyn-Jones said. “In anyone’s language, that’s a terriﬁc achievement and a real beneﬁt to our economy. “ARP has invested strongly in training its employees and this is the backbone of success - it’s helped the ARP consistently deliver world class levels of marine services to local and international customers.” To win the award, ARP had to satisfy the selection panel of five criteria - an overview of its operation; industry leadership and contribution to the state’s economy; investment in Queensland people and the broader community socially, culturally and environmentally; commitment to developing and driving Queensland innovation; and strategic outlook and efforts for Queensland’s future.

Entsch ‘sorry’ over drink-driving charge WARREN Entsch has apologised for a “lapse of judgment” that resulted in him being convicted of a low-range, drink-driving offence. The Member for Leichhardt (pictured) was stripped of his licence for a month and hit with a $200 ﬁne after he registered a blood-alcohol reading of 0.062 per cent in October this year, the Cairns Post reports. The newspaper reported that Mr Entsch admitted he drank three glasses of wine in an hour before he was pulled over by police about 8.45pm. “Unfortunately, when choosing to drive myself and my staff member home, I did not take into account the fact that I had not eaten all day or had a drink of water and assumed that I would be under the limit,” he said in a statement to The Cairns Post. “This is not an excuse, but a

lesson in assumption as I should have been more careful.” He appeared in Cairns Magistrate’s Court on November 13. He said in the statement he had initially been told he would speak during the launch of the Palm Cove Reef Feast last month 6pm, but it did not begin until almost 7pm and in that time he consumed the three glasses. “I apologise unreservedly for my lapse of judgment.” He moved to reassure the community of his clean driving record for almost half a century and applauded police for showing no favouritism. “I have accepted without dispute the consequences imposed by the

court as my actions were totally inappropriate, and it is my responsibility now to make sure that it does not happen again. “I would like to express my appreciation to the officers who attended. The fact that they were prepared to do their job, showing no favour irrespective of my position, bodes well for the integrity of the police force in our region.”

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The Torres Shire Council Christmas Lights Competition gets underway this month, as businesses and residents across the shire welcome the Festive Season and contribute to the Christmas spirit. PHOTO: MARK ROY

DECEMBER Sat 1 - Sun 2. Assembly of God Rally, TI. Sister Ella Gibuma, 0448 504 070 Sat 1. Independent Diocese Annual Youth Conference, TI Sat 1. Visiting Vet Dr Jo Squires, appointments, 4069 1336 Sun 2. Independent Diocese Thanksgiving Service for Diocese Youth Conference Mon 3. Eyedentity Testing at the Jardine Motel week commencing Monday, December 3, (07) 4033 7575 Mon 3. International Day of Disabled Persons Mon 3. Hash House Harriers, 5.45pm Mon 3 - Thu 6. Optometrist visiting Thursday Island Tue 4. Esplanade Circuit classes, Seisia Hall, 5pm Tue 4. TI Rescue VMR annual general meeting, Tagai TAFE A Block – Main Building, 6pm, 0408 744 018 Tue 4. Zumba fitness, TI Bowls Club, gold coin, 7pm Wed 5. Antenatal classes, Maternity Unit TI, 6 - 7pm, 4069 0222 Wed 5. Futsal (indoor soccer) Torres Shire Sports Complex, 6 - 8pm Wed 5. Wongai Wednesday, Seaman Dan plays Wongai Hotel restaurant, Horn Island, 6.30 - 9pm Fri 6. It’s Floral Friday. Wear your best bloomin’ floral attire. Fri 6. TI Rotary Club breakfast meeting, Malu Paru restaurant, Grand Hotel, 7am, 0438 747 853 Fri 6. Cocktails by the pool, Jardine Motel, 7pm Fri 6. Karaoke, Torres Hotel, 7pm Mon 10. Human Rights Day. Sat 15. Horn Island Market, Ngurapai Sports Complex 6 - 8.30pm Mon 31. New Year’s Eve Fireworks, Victoria Parade foreshore, TI

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ANOTHER beautiful tree destroyed on T.I., right after the Gab Titui fiasco. Right in the picturesque main street! Was this aged tree sacrificed simply to save a clapped-out ugly building that is approaching its demolition date anyway? Couldn’t its branches have been trimmed? Surely residents need to be asking how these decisions are made. Do the decision-makers undergo the same application and approval processes as everyone else? Aren’t community values and beauty of streetscape important? Rob Dalton, Thursday Island. Editor’s note: Torres Shire Council Mayor Pedro Stephen outlines the reasons behind the council decision to remove the fig tree in this week’s From the Mayor’s Desk column. Workers remove a banyan tree, or strangler fig, from Douglas Street, See page 9 >> Thursday Island.

Shire Council ‘committed to preserving amenities’ REGARDING the removal of the Fig Tree at the Road Reserve in front of 76-78 Douglas Street, Thursday Island. Torres Shire Council is committed to preserving the amenities of the Shire and the high quality of life that residents enjoy. Property assets such as buildings, water and sewer pipes, stormwater, plumbing, driveways, retaining walls etc. are the property owners’ responsibilities to maintain and repair. Council is responsible

MY wife and I do not oppose any community initiative from progressing but will support greatly if community will benefit. We were recently requested and offered to join a TRAWQ Indigenous Corporation (26/11/12) which we do not know about. We would like to be a member if someone in the community could tell us more about this corporation.

custodian it has a statutory obligation to diminish damage, manage risk and ensure that the overall interests of personal and private safety of the community is not jeopardized. A replacement tree, shade structure, garden or a combination of these is being considered by Council to retain a pleasant visual appearance in the street while ensuring nearby buildings are not affected. Dalassa Yorkston, Chief Executive Officer, Torres Shire Council.

What is its core function, its terms of reference, and what benefits will the community receive from it? If we have missed the first community meeting for 2012, is there another community meeting in the future? Please let us know. Sereako Stephen , (pictured right), Tamwoy Town.

Leaders’ lives woven into Erub history book THE lives of three great leaders of men are interwoven in a new publication on the history of Torres Strait. “Erub, Darnley Island, The McIntosh Murray Years 1927 - 1934” will be launched by the Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch on Thursday Island next week, with members of the Murray family in attendance. Put together by Heather Murray Livingstone, or “Daido” as she is known to Erubians, the book is in loving memory of

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A root barrier around the tree would have been a temporary measure and the arborist advised to remove the tree and replace it with a less invasive tree. Torres Shire Council made a difficult decision about the future of this fig tree based on risk management and property damage and did not take this decision lightly. Council intends to replace the tree with something more suitable and less risk prone for the area. Council as the community

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for making consistent and environmentally sound management decisions for all public trees and does not have the resources to inspect every tree within the Council area on a regular basis. Reliance is placed on the property owners to inform Council where public trees are impacting on private assets to allow Council to assess any tree causing damage. Council sought advice from an arborist in Cairns who regularly visits Thursday Island and is familiar with the street trees.

her parents McIntosh and Jean Murray. Ms Livingstone said the book honoured the late Mr Getano Lui Snr MBE, AM and the late Mr George Mye MBE, AM who were both McIntosh Murray’s students on Erub, and remained lifelong and loyal friends to the Murray family. The publication is 170-page coffee table size book, with more than 100 photographs and images of the period. The book is based on a collection of McIntosh Murray’s personal writings,

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photography and memorabilia. “Although not a formal history, there is much to delight historians,” Ms Livingstone said. “Others will find enjoyment in the diverse range of topics and an introduction to many interesting individuals, places and events.” The launch of this fascinating book will be held in the Port Kennedy Hall, Douglas Street, Thursday Island at 4.30 pm on Friday, December 14. All interested parties are welcome.

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Owners responsible for their pets Maiem, Sew Ngapa: I wish to acknowledge the Kaiwalagal Traditional Owners the Kaurareg People and also thank the Torres News for the opportunity to submit this article on Council’s operations and activities. Torres Shire Council extends heartfelt sympathies to all our families currently in bereavement and our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time of sadness. Bank and Public Holidays for 2013: Advice has been received of Ministerial approval and Government Gazettal for the Bank Show Holidays for 2013. Monday, 3 June, 2013, for the purpose of Mabo Day, Monday, 1 July, 2013, for the purpose of the Coming of the Light and Friday, 20 September, 2013, for the purpose of Multicultural Show day. 116th LGAQ Conference: With my Councillors and the CEO we attended the Local Government Association Queensland 116th Conference in Brisbane from 22-25 October, 2012. The theme for this year’s conference was “Making a Difference - Growing Queensland’s Four Pillar Economy”. During the Conference, Council attended the Tidy Towns Award hosted by Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland. We also took the opportunity to attend Kuril Dhagun, State Library of Qld information session and community BBQ. LGAQ Indigenous Leaders’ Forum: The Indigenous Leaders’ Forum covered issues surrounding Land Tenure and Alcohol Management Plans. These sessions allowed members to look at the current land tenure reforms and provided Councils the opportunity to discuss these issues as a group and collectively determine the course of action to take. Thursday Island Child Care Centre Graduation Ceremony: n 14 November a graduation ceremony was held for the five Child Care staff who completed their Certificate III in Children’s Services. I attended

this enjoyable celThese items must be stacked ebration and wish neatly on the road verge for colto express my lection. Any tree branches and appreciation in roofing iron must be no longer the achievement than 1 metre. and work the staff Containers on footpath do at this Centre. and road reserves: Permits are Congratulations to required from Council for storing Cr Napau each staff member Pedro Stephen containers, building materials and who received their other items on the footpath or road MAYOR qualifications. for more than a month. As well as Animal Control - Dogs and Cats: Own- a permit, a monthly fee plus a bond is required ers are reminded that they are responsible for to be paid. the care and control of their animals. Council will place notices on all containers A dog must be registered with Council and and items left on the footpaths and roads when it is on the street, or in a public area, without a permit and advise owners to remove it must always be on a lead and supervised. them or apply for a permit. Remember to clean up after your dog in Failing this Council can lawfully dispose the street and especially in a public place and of the containers and items without further where your dog lives. Keep your dog in your notice. yard behind a fence and provide a shady area. Fig Tree Removal - Douglas Street: School Graduations 2012: On behalf Torres Shire Council has had to make a of the Torres Shire Council. I would like difficult decision about the fig tree outside to acknowledge the Tagai State College the Bahai Centre based on risk management Secondary Campus Year 12 Graduates, Year and property damage. 7’s Graduates for both Tagai State College Unfortunately, due to the nature of the Primary Campus and Our Lady of the Sacred damage being done by the roots of the fig Heart Schools. Congratulations to all the tree and the risk to the properties located near graduates. the tree in Douglas Street, the only option Abandoned Cars Removal Process: In available to Council is to remove the tree from preparation for the pre-wet clean-up, Council the road reserve. is clearing abandoned cars from the streets of On Sunday, 25 November, 2012, the Thursday Island over these last few weeks Council lopped the branches of the tree back to reduce the number of locations where to a stump. The stump will be removed after it mosquitoes can breed and thus avoid an has died which may take a number of months. outbreak of dengue fever. A shade structure will be considered for the Pre-wet Clean-up: Council will collect sitting area unwanted household items which can be For further information on any of the picked up by one person i.e., tyres, cookware, subjects listed in my report, please contact empty drums, metal and plastic accessories, the Executive Secretary, Nola Ward Page broken eskies, garden pots, buckets, shells, on Ph (07) 40691336 or email: nola.page@ tree branches or other material that may torres.qld.gov.au constitute a health or safety hazard lying Au Esoau, Ngai Koeyma Eso around properties. Mayor Cr. Napau Pedro Stephen

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ians. “Overall nearly 550,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were counted in the 2011 Census, which is an increase of 21 per cent from 2006,” said Ms Nankervis. “The publication shows children aged under 15 years make up 36 per cent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, compared with 19 per cent of the nonIndigenous population. “People 65 years and over make up 4 per cent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population compared to 14 per cent of the non-

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The changing face of Indigenous Australians AUSTRALIA’S Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has a median age of 21 years, compared with 38 years for non-Indigenous people, according to a publication released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Director of the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics, Julie Nankervis, said the Census of Population and Housing: Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2011 looks at the 2011 Census statistics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Austral-

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didp graduation, cairns MINISTER for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon congratulated 22 participants of the Defence Indigenous Development Program (DIDP) who graduated last week. Many of the graduates from the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area had family members present for the ceremony in Cairns. “I’m honoured to congratulate them on their achievement, and to meet with the many proud parents

and elders who travelled great distances to see their young people graduate,” Mr Snowdon said. “I’ve no doubt that, through their determination and hard work, these graduates will become role models for others in their communities throughout North and Far North Queensland.” The program’s graduates have completed a seven-month live-in course to provide young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults

PTE Mercedes Hudson, 18, of Badu Island/NPA is aiming for a Navy career.

Josh David, 18, of Yam Island.

Liam Gebadi, 19, of Bamaga.

Photos BRIAN CASSEY with the life skills and confidence to secure opportunities and sustain continuous employment of their choice. They combined studies in literacy, numeracy, Year 10 subjects and TAFE certificate-level studies with military skills and familiarisation. Participants hail from regional communities including Thursday Island, Yarrabah, Old Mapoon, Innisfail, Boigu Island, Hopevale, Badu Island, Hammond Island, Yam

Kaumi Bon, 18, of Thursday Island.

Teyla Ahwang, 18, of Thursday Island.

Island, Bamaga, Napranum, Wujal Wujal, Mossman, Charters Towers and Rockhampton. DIDP graduate Mercedes Hudson, of Badu Island, is aiming for a Navy career. She said the program had helped her realise her potential. “I now realise that I have potential - eight months ago, I didn’t know what to do with my life,” Mercedes said. “With the encouragement of

others, I know I can aim a lot higher than what I would have thought when I left school.” Many graduates are serving as Army Reservists in the 51st Battalion, the Far North Queensland Regiment, while they pursue employment in the civilian sector. Others have applied to become full-time members of the Australian Defence Force. The Torres News congratulates our local graduates.

Ali Muhamad, 19, of Thursday Island.

Tamalita Savage, 20, of Yarrabah/Darnley Island.

PTE Kaumi Bon (left) and PTE Broughton Worth (right) celebrate Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon talks to after graduation. The DIDP aims to provide participants with the skills needed to embark on successful careers and to become PTE Megan Matthew at the DIDP graduation parade at HMAS Cairns role models for other young people in their communities. on November 13.

PTE Megan Matthew, 18, of Thursday Island. McFarlane Pearson, 22, of Thursday Island. Page 10 Torres News 3 - 9 December 2012

Tianna-Rae Mills, 20, of Thursday Island.

Kamiel Guivarra, 20, of Badu/Old Mapoon.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY at bamaga pool

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NORTHERN Peninsula Area Regional Council (NPARC) Community Services hosted a Grandparents’ Day at Bamaga Pool, November 18. The day kicked off after church at noon with a free barbecue, pool games, beading and face painting. The day was the very first Grandparents’ Day celebration held in the NPA, and possibly in the Torres Strait. Aka Susan Kennedy gave a shout out to her grandchildren on Yorke Island on Friday November 16, on Radio 4MW, as many grandparents weren’t able to celebrate the day with their grandkids in the Torres Strait. But they were certainly thinking of them!

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MIGI KOKAN HOCKEY SHIELD HEADS TO THE OUTER ISLANDS FOR THE FIRST TIME

2013 Hockey Development Squad. Back: Allan Kaitap (Kubin), Aleon Guiga (Narupay), Tenisha Solomon (NPAC), Sario Mills (SH), Alex Mea (Waybeni Buway) Front: Lillah Passi (Mer), Percy Maitie (Kubin), Phillip Takai-Bowie (Narupay), Kosta Foster (Narupay), Solomon Mea (Waybeni Buway), Zillah Bowie (SH)

Waybeni Buway defending their goal

Seven campuses from across the Torres Strait and NPA competed in the fifth annual Migi Kokan Hockey Carnival at Narupay Ngurpay Mudh on Horn Island on November 16. A development squad was selected during the carnival. Hopefully these students will have the opportunity to attend a camp in Cairns next year and some may earn a place in teams to complete in the State U13 Championships in June. The squad is Aleon Guiga, Kosta Foster and Phillip Takai-Bowie (Narupay), Sario Mills and Zillah Bowie (Sacred Heart), Alex and Solomon Mea (Waybeni Buway), Percy Maitie and Allan Kaitap (Kubin), Lillah Passi (Mer) and Tenisha Solomon (NPAC), with Fred Joe (Kubin) named as coach. Like AFL Cape York, the Remote and Indigenous Hockey Program (RIHP) is continuing to provide a selection pathway tailored to suit the unusual context of our communities. This event also highlights what can be achieved when schools are able to work in partnership with agencies such as RIHP and AASC. Tagai would like to thank Julie and David McNeil, Wes Ferns and Ena Waianga from the RIHP, the Head of Campus and staff at Narupay Ngurpay Mudh, AASC and Marty Long, Barrier, McDonalds, Wally Shibasaki, all coaches and supervisors.

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Kubin and Narupay battling it out in the final

We would like to acknowledge and thank all Tagai staff for your contribution and hard work for the 2012 school year. Sadly, it is that time of year when we also wave goodbye to some of our staff members as they leave the Torres Strait, and onto the next adventure in their lives. Farewell and Best Wishes on your new journey! Wishing safe travels, good health and happiness over the festive season.

Narupay Ngurpay Mudh Campus Science Camp & Iamalgal Junior Rangers During October Dr Jane Mellors from JCU visited Horn Island Koedal Class that took part in a science camp which was focused on the regular seagrass monitoring which is carried out in the Torres Strait. Year 6/7 teacher, Mrs Hughes, said it was a valuable opportunity for students to take part in an authentic learning opportunity which gave them a taste of science and marine conservation as a possible career. Students viewed a presentation from Jane and learnt how to identify seagrass. Students were given the job the following day to monitor seagrass seeds with given transects. Poruma, Masig and Warraber rangers came together at Iama for Seagrass Monitoring Training with Dr Jane Mellors between the 12th and 16th October. Ranger David Baragud spoke to the students about the training the rangers were doing and the importance of continuing seagrass monitoring at Iama. Mrs Bann of year 1 / 2 said that she looks forward to the next visit by the rangers as it provides a real life learning opportunity.

Right: Nathan Binjuda identifying seagrass in the class room prior to the sea grass monitoring the following day.

Below: Dr Jane Mellors demonstrating use of equipment to search for seeds.

Above: Mikaila Davis, Mrs Hughes, Nathan Binjuda, Kobe Taylor, Neil King monitoring seeds along transect one.

Community Engagement Meeting As you may be aware, Tagai State College has been successful in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application to become an Independent Public School (IPS). A combined Tagai, TSIREC and P&C meeting was held on Thursday 15th November to have IPS awareness discussions and information sharing sessions.

Above: Kahtyaj Mola and Sadita Tamwoy looking carefully for half and full seagrass seeds.

Tagai, TSIREC and P&C Members come together to discuss Independent Public School for 2013

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5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 8:05 World News 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Italy: Southern Style 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita 8:00 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 2 8:30 Raymond Blanc: The Very Hungry Frenchman: Lyon - Raymond loosens his belt to fill his stomach with the hearty food of the gastronomic city of Lyon. He visits France’s most famous chef, samples chicken and chocolate made for presidents, and cooks a feast for some of France’s most vociferous food critics. 9:35 One Born Every Minute 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Hour 12:00 Movie: “John Rabe” (MAV v) - In German. The year is 1937 and German businessman John Rabe has been ordered by the new Nazi regime to close down a vast Siemens plant in Nanking. But as the Imperial Japanese Army storms the region, Rabe defies his motherland and remains in war-ravaged Nanking to protect his loyal Chinese workers. 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Prokofiev: The Unfinished Diary 11:00 Photo Finish 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Movie: “Three Men In A Boat” (G) 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road 6:00 Lost Gardens: Penjerrick 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 Moone Boy: Martin decides to become an altar boy and is indoctrinated into a group of very cool and corrupt young Catholics. When his sister Fidelma falls for the group’s crooked leader, Martin must face a decision. 8:30 New Tricks: McAndrew and Standing are sent to Scotland for a week to help Glasgow Police establish a new UCOS section. While there they find themselves caught up in a cold case from 1993. 9:30 Waking The Dead 10:25 ABC News: Late Edition 10:35 TBA 11:30 My Family: He’s Just Not That Into Ben - Ben goes clubbing with his recently ‘out’ son Michael, but soon finds himself more than slightly out of his depth. 12:00 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 2:00 Days Of our Lives 3:00 Extra 3:30 Magical Tales 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Precious Fragmentation - When the guys find a rare movie prop ring from The Lord of the Rings at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart - forcing them to choose the ring or their friendship. 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Pants Alternative - Sheldon’s friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award. 8:00 TBA 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 12:30 Movie: “Cedar Boys” (M) - A young Lebanese-Australian panel-beater, struggling to realise his dreams, is offered a chance to set himself up for life. All he has to do is follow a plan to outsmart the cops and a gang of serious criminals. He wants the prize.. but is he ready to pay the price? 2:30 The Baron 3:30 Danoz 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:00 It’s Academic 4:30 Seven News at 4.30 5:00 TBA 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 TBA 10:30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive: Hike Into Hell Canyon 11:40 That ‘70s Show: Christmas - The cheerleaders kick Jackie off the squad, so she invites the gang to the dance to give her popularity a boost. 12:10 Grey’s Anatomy: Kung Fu Fighting - Christina and Izzie heatedly compete for the same surgeries and the favour of the doctor performing them. 1:10 Desperate Housewives: Now I Know, Don’t Be Scared - Susan is faced with a skeleton from Mike’s past. Danielle goes into labour in the middle of a party. Will their secret finally come out? 2:10 House Calls To The Rescue 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Disable Bodied Sailors 2:00 Comedy School 2:30 Living Black 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Living Goddess 5:45 Countdown 6:30 World News Australia 7:35 Trevor McDonald: Mighty Mississippi 8:35 Martin Luther King: The Assassination Tapes 9:30 As It Happened: Churchill’s Traitors 10:35 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Final Gaze” (M a,n,l) In Spanish. The parallel lives of two very different people converge to reveal an unlikely bond in this bittersweet drama. A depressed Mexican artist suffering from a rare degenerative eye condition finds reason to go on thanks to his friendship with a nun and later the young maid at a local brothel. 1:30 Kurt Wallander: “Castles in the Sky” (M a,l,n) In Swedish. Kurt Wallander and his team are stumped when they find an old man, Greger Stehn, dead due to poisoning. It appears that Stehn, who looked like a vagrant, was in fact very wealthy. Two suspects emerge, a bank manager and a plastic surgeon. 3:10 Weatherwatch Overnight

5:00 Rage (PG) 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Eggheads 12:30 Basketball: WNBL: Sydney Vs Canberra 1:30 Football: W- League: Brisbane Vs Perth 2:30 Hockey: Champions Trophy 2012 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Doc Martin - Dr Martin Ellingham is struggling to come to terms with fatherhood. The baby boy born to him and his estranged partner, Louisa Glasson, is about to change their lives dramatically. 8:20 Young James Herriot - When a farm is threatened by a deadly disease, James must put aside his prejudices to reunite the family that owns it. 9:20 Upstairs Downstairs - There is no sign of a thaw in relations between Lady Agnes and Maud; the servants are intrigued by the new maid; and Lady Persie embarks on a dangerous flirtation. 10:20 Silent Witness: Voids Part 2 11:15 Waking The Dead: The Fall Part 2 12:10 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:30 Hart Of The Barbecue 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 8:30 TBA 11:20 Celebrity Juice - Keith Lemon hosts this hilarious celebrity panel show, where guests are quizzed on their knowledge of their peers. Tonight, Louie Spence, Brooke Vincent, Rufus Hound and Stacey Solomon join the panel. 12:00 Movie: “Devil’s Mistress” (M a,v,s) - Set against the English Civil War, a seventeen-year-old girl abandons her loyalty to the Royal Family following the execution of her childhood sweetheart and first husband 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Beyond Tomorrow

5:00 Weatherwatch and Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Following Fryderyk Chopin 1:30 The Outstretched Hand 2:25 Eames: The Architect and the Painter 4:00 Photo: Staged Photography 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Fiona Bruce 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Amazon with Bruce Parry 8:30 Hunted: Hourglass 9:30 Real Humans - Trust No One - In this episode, a double murder is discovered in the old house where the rogue hubots charged their batteries and the police take up the hunt for the perpetrators. Inger has trouble accepting Anita, while at the same time money starts disappearing around the house. 10:40 Movie: “Kamui” (MA v) In Japanese. Once a powerful ninja, Kamui decides to walk away from his violent ways and seek a peaceful life. His travels bring him to a seashore village where he meets Hanbei, a fisherman who shares the former ninja’s sense of honour. They become good friends, and life at the seaside seems idyllic. But one day, a band of pirates arrive… It seems that Kamui’s past life is catching up to him. Now he must draw upon his shadowy arts if he hopes to escape with his life. 12:50 Anatomy For Beginners: Movement 1:50 Dave in the Life: Shock Jock 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 Phineas And Ferb 6:30 Jake And The Never Land Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 2012 Australian Open Golf 4:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 4:30 The Great Outdoors 5:00 Drive Thru Australia 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Sunday Night 7:30 TBA 8:30 Bones: The Bullet In The Brain - The city anxiously anticipates the arrival of ‘The Gravedigger’ for her final appeal after being sentenced to death for a series of cold-blooded crimes. However, when a bullet is fired at the killer, the team must piece together the sniper’s precise location as well as identify the suspect and his motives 9:30 TBA 10:30 Law & Order: LA 11:30 Parking Wars 12:00 Movie: “The Great Outdoors” (PG) 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 Liberal Rule: Fortunes Of War 3:30 Trawlermen 4:30 ADbc 5:00 Cycling Central 6:00 Thalassa: Date with the Dragon 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Egypt: What Lies Beneath? 9:10 Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: The Story Of Everything 10:05 Death Row: Linda Carty - In this episode, Herzog talks to Linda Carty, one of only 10 women on death row in Texas. Carty was convicted of murdering 25 year old Joana Rodrigues and stealing her 4 day old child. The young mother was found dead in the trunk of a car, with the infant barely alive nearby. 11:05 Movie: “Shadows of Time”(M a,l) In Bengali. Follows the love story of Ravi and Masha, spanning 60 years, and beginning when they are children in India sold into labour by their parents. 1:00 Movie: “Brothers” (MA a,v) - In Danish. Black sheep of the family, Jannik, comforts the wife and children of his more successful older brother, Michael, after he goes missing in Afghanistan. When Michael comes home, traumatised by being held prisoner in the mountains, nothing is the same. 3:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Kitchen Whiz 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Plimpton Stimulation 7:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Staircase Implementation - Leonard tells Penny the story of how he met Sheldon for the first time... and what happened to the elevator. 8:30 The Mentalist: So Long, And Thanks For All The Red Snapper - Lisbon encounters her ex-fiancé while investigating a surfer’s homicide. Meanwhile, Cho has doubts about continuing his romance with Summer. 9:30 House Husbands 10:30 Harry’s Law: American Girl 11:30 Nikita: Clawback 12:30 The Avengers: Something Nasty In The Nursery 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: “All American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story ” (M) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Medical Rookies 3:00 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 TBA 8:30 Castle: Eye Of The Beholder / Demons - Castle & Beckett work a murder case around the theft of a valuable sculpture. A smart, sexy insurance investigator joins Castle & Beckett in the investigation, but she also has her eyes set on Castle, all the while hiding a very important secret from the team. 10:30 The Amazing Race 11:30 Whitney 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy: Physical Attraction 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 The Real Seachange 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: “The Result Of Love” (M a,n,l) 2:40 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize 2:50 Haram 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 The Crew 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Puerto Rico 6:00 Food Safari: Greek 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Mythbusters: Waterslide Wipeout 8:30 Derren Brown: The Experiments: Gameshow 9:30 This is England ‘88 - It’s Christmas Day. Shaun has messed up big time and it’s hit him hard. The gang is getting merry until they bump head first into Woody and Jennifer. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 12:00 SOS: Ghost in the Machine (PG) Lonely Noreen daydreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed cowboy, but her reality is far more mundane. She lives virtually enslaved on the family farm in the North of England, with only her father’s demeaning comments about her weight as company. So it’s no wonder that she pays attention to the first thing that’s ever shown her any kindness, even if it is an abandoned 60 yearold talking tractor. 1:00 South Park 1:30 South Park 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Fake Or Fortune? 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Restoration Man 1:30 Compass 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 4:55 Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab: The Experiments 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 Time Team America: Range Creek 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Grumpy Guide To...: Work 8:30 Nigellissima Christmas Special 9:30 Catherine Tate Christmas Special: Nan’s Christmas Carol 10:20 ABC News 10:35 Phil Jupitus Quadrophobia 11:25 TBA 12:05 Movie: “Slaughter On Tenth Avenue” (PG) - An assistant district attorney runs into formidable obstacles when he tries to get the goods on waterfront hoodlums 1:45 Big Ideas Sampler: Roman Krznaric: 6 Habits of Highly Empathetic People 2:00 Basketball: WNBL: Sydney Vs Canberra 4:00 Movie: “None Shall Escape” (M v) 5:25 Gardening Australia: Shorts 5:30 Eggheads

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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Lunar Excitation 7:30 TBA 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Hawking Excitation 9:00 2 Broke Girls: And The Disappearing Bed 9:30 Two And A Half Men: I Changed My Mind About Milk 10:00 Mike & Molly: Valentine Piggyback 10:30 Survivor: Phillipines 11:30 Weeds: Glue - Nancy, Andy and Cesar team up to look for Esteban when he goes missing. Meanwhile, Dean and Doug start their scheme of revenge against Celia, while Silas and Shane develop a need to protect their new stepsister. 12:00 20/20 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 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: “Crimes Of Passion: Voice From The Grave ” (M v) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Medical Rookies 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 Once Upon A Time: Tallahassee - With the hopes of finding a magical compass that could help her and Mary Margaret get back to Storybrooke, Emma takes a journey with a not too trustworthy Captain Hook up a treacherous beanstalk in an attempt to steal the item from a murderous giant. 8:30 Grey’s Anatomy: Love Turns You Upside Down 9:30 TBA 10:30 Four Weddings 11:30 I Just Want My Pants Back: Blackout - It’s the hottest, sweatiest day of the year, and Tina’s new friend Ness - who clearly has a thing for Jason - invites the gang to a party way out in Bushwick. 12:00 Desperate Housewives 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: Christmas 2:05 Dvorak’s Te Deum 2:30 Inside Overture 1812 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Puerto Rico 6:00 Food Safari: Chinese 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Finding Your Roots: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick 8:30 The Truth About Exercise 9:30 The Real CSI 10:30 World News Australia 11:05 Movie: “The Life I Want” )M l) In Italian. A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young ambitious co-star, Laura, when they are cast as the two leads in a romance film. Stefano must deal with his mounting jealousy when Laura’s career begins to take off. 1:15 Mad Men: The Mountain King - Tonight, Don drops off the Sterling Cooper radar and visits the wife of the man whose identity he stole. Back at the office, Bert and Roger consider the merger offer, Peggy makes a play for a real office, and Peter loses his father-in-law’s account. 2:15 Mad Men: Meditations In An Emergency 2:05 Weatherwatch Overnight

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Nigellissima Christmas Special 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Can We Help? 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen 6:00 The Restaurant Inspector 6:45 Dream Build: Castlecrag 6:55 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 QI Christmas Special: Groovy 8:30 QI 9:00 Problems - Christmas will be a disaster if Sam cannot replace the cardboard angel that has disappeared from the top of his tree. 9:30 Red Dwarf X 10:00 Absolutely Fabulous Special: Identity 10:30 ABC News 10:40 Spooks 11:10 Blue Murder: Private Sins: Part 1 12:05 Durham County 1:15 Rage 2:00 Football: W-League: Brisbane Vs Perth 4:00 Movie: “Johnny Angel” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads

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 Yamba’s Playtime 4:00 Pyramid 4:30 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification 7:30 RBT 8:30 Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War - Part 2 - Packer’s plans for World Series Cricket are in disarray following attacks from the media, the establishment, and conflict among the players. Facing financial ruin, Packer and his team take radical steps to win over the public and players. 10:30 Anger Management 11:00 Anger Management 11:30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter 12:00 Eclipse 12:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 1:00 Extra 1:30 Danoz Direct 3:00 Newstyle Direct 3:30 Your 4X4 4:00 National Early Morning News / 4:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Ice” (M v) 2:00 Today Tonight 2:30 Dr Oz 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 Better Homes And Gardens 7:30 TBA 8:30 Grimm: The Three Bad Wolves / Let Down Your Hair - Nick is called to a suspected arson case, which exposes a longstanding family feud that brings Monroe face-to-face with characters from his troubled past. 10:30 TBA 11:30 Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny - Miss Single gets naughty with a jeweller’s ring, Terrible Therapist gives a fruity facial, and Lady Gatecrasher sell out at Europe’s largest beer festival 12:00 Sons And Daughters 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 The Real Sea Change 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 Weatherwatch And Music 5:05 World News 1:00 Cannibals of the Stone Age 2:00 A Taste Of Iran 2:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 All Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village: Visions of Scotland 6:00 Food Safari: Italian 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 From The Heart of Our Nation: Reflections 8:00 From The Heart of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert 10:05 Rockwiz: Marcia Hines & Old Man River - Rock music’s most famous faces continue to mix it with the best local trivia buffs. Host Julia Zemiro asks the questions and Brian Nankervis adjudicates over the mayhem. Tonight’s episode features rock diva Marcia Hines and Old Man River (Ohad Rein). 10:45 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “: Something Like Happiness” (M l,s,a) In Czech. A tender human drama about three childhood friends, now young adults, who try to crystallise their aims and roles in life while they struggle to cope with parental pressure on one hand and depressing physical and social conditions on the other 1:15 Iron Chef: Bell Pepper 2:05 Iron Chef: Grand Finale - Part 1 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight

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4:30 Art Nation 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Catalyst 6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Gallipoli Submarine 11:00 Best Of Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Manor Reborn 1:30 Meerkat Manor 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road 6:00 Restoration Man: Ice House 6:50 Audrey’s Kitchen 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Family Confidential: The Holmes a Courts 8:30 Country House Rescue: Tapeley Park 9:15 Dream Build 9:30 Fake Or Fortune? 10:30 ABC News 10:40 Gandhi: The Rise To Fame 11:35 The Kennedys 12:20 For The Bible Tells Me So - Looks at Christianity’s approach to homosexuality through the experiences of five very American, very Christian, very ‘normal’ families that have raised a gay child. 2:00 Movie: “King Kong” (PG) 3:40 Rage 4:00 Movie: “Beat The Devil” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads

TUESDAY 11

6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today Saturday 10:00 Dogstar 10:30 Wakkaville 11:00 Pixel Pinkie 11:30 Dennis & Gnasher 12:00 Lockie Leonard 12:30 Stormworld 1:00 Pyramid 1:30 International Cycling Granc Prix 3:30 The Middle 4:00 Australia’s Last Frontier 4:30 The Garden Guru’s 5:00 South Aussie With Cosi - Join Andrew “Cosi” Costello as he takes you around regional South Australia with a focus on budget travel. From the Murray River to the Flinders Ranges, this show is all about budget travel that’s affordable for all the family. 5:30 4WD TV 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Austalia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 11:50 Movie: “The Gauntlet” (M) - Clint Eastwood stars as an Arizona cop who is selected to go to Las Vegas to escort a hooker, marked for death by the mob, back to Phoenix as a potential trial witness. 1:50 Movie: “Plenty” - Based on David Hare’s play about a British woman who experiences her finest hours during World War II, working for the underground - but never finds fulfilment in the rest of her life. 4:00 Danoz Direct 5:30 Wesley Impact 6:00 Melbourne Zoo Celebrates 150 years 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 6:00 Rage (MA) 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Weekend Breakfast 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Advent No 2 Cambridge 12:00 Travel Oz 12:30 Dogstar 10:30 Wakkaville 11:00 Dennis & Gnasher 11:30 Pyramid 12:00 Australian Fishing Championships 12:30 International Cycling Young James Herriot 1:00 Travel Oz 1:30 Young James Herriot 1:30 Grand Prix 2:30 The Middle 3:00 Lockie Leonard 3:30 Rod Stewart: Hockey: Champions Trophy 2012 6:00 Auction Room 6:30 Compass Merry Christmas Baby 4:30 Manly Surf 5:00 National News 5:30 7:00 ABC News Antiques Roadshow 7:30 The Manor Reborn - Four part series, where a team of historians, 6:00 Nine News Saturday experts and volunteers reinterpret 500-year-old Avebury Manor in 6:30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly the UK, putting the house into a national and historic perspective. 7:30 60 Minutes 8:30 The Pillars Of The Earth - Four-part drama series based on 8:30 The Mentalist: Ruby Slippers - Jane and the CBI investigate the best-selling novel by Ken Follett. Set in the 12th century the death of a man whose charred body is found outside a against the backdrop of war, religious strife and power strugcabaret where female impersonators perform. Among the top gles which tear lives and families apart. suspects: a list of people who had been bullying the victim. 10:15 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present 9:30 TBA 12:05 Movie: “10 Rillington Place” (M a,v) - The horrifying true ac10:30 TBA count of John Reginald Christie, whose crimes and subsequent 11:30 Southland: Fallout trial summarily ended capital punishment in Britain. 12:30 What Would You Do? 1:50 Movie: “Let No Man Write My Epitaph” ( M l,d,n,s,v) - The 1:30 Spyforce residents of a New York tenement building band together to 2:30 Danoz Direct ensure that the son of Nick Romano does not follow in his 3:30 Newstyle Direct father’s footsteps...to the electric chair. 4:00 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 3:35 Rage 5:30 Today 4:00 The New Inventors

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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 TBA 11:00 The Restaurant Inspector 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The World’s Worst Disasters 1:30 At The Movies: Summer Special 2:00 The Forsyte Saga 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 Poh’s Kitchen on the road 6:00 Three Men In A Boat: Three Men In A Boat: Part Two 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Kitchen Cabinet: Penny Wong 8:30 Redfern Now: Pretty Boy Blue - Aaron Davis is an Indigenous policeman who’s proud of his community, his daughter Robyn, and his little granddaughter Donna. But then, a tragic event at the station changes everything. 9:30 QI: Divination 10:00 Angry Boys - Nathan spends the day with a deaf teenager. Meanwhile S.mouse gets into trouble with Lasquisha when he doesn’t want her to sing on his new song ‘Black Balls’. 10:30 ABC News: Late Edition 10:40 TBA 11:30 Hockey: Champions Trophy 2012 1:30 Rage 2:30 NTAFL: Waratah vs Southern Districts 5:30 Eggheads

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SUDOKU No. 127

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A long search for the answer may not help. The solution may be nearer to hand than you realise. Let it come to you. Romance. An ofﬁce romance could gradually become more serious. Tread carefully, until you are sure. Is it worth mixing business with pleasure?

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th) You will achieve more today if you manage to take it easy for a while. Go for a walk or do something you’ve been meaning to do for yourself. Romance. You will shortly be going on a long journey. A person that you meet during this trip will have an important inﬂuence on you.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)

FOR KIDS

A dream about an exotic trip which you once made will cheer you up. Try to remember all the details of the dream. Your unconscious may be telling you something. Romance. Your love-life will shortly be on the way up. You must be patient for just a little longer, however. It will be worth the wait.

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) Feeling energized this week will help you to get on top of things. This will be an excellent time for pushing through a difﬁcult change. Romance. This will be a very good time for romance, provided you don’t get into any arguments. Be open to the opinion of others.

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)

You may be a little surprised to ﬁnd out how much other people know about your private life. If you want it to remain private, be careful who you speak to. Romance. A well-placed compliment will go down very well. Talk about something that you feel strongly about and you’ll intrigue others.

TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)

FINDWORD No. 127 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

A discussion at work may become a little heated at times. You will not do yourself any good by becoming involved. Allow time for things to cool down. Romance. A romance which appeared to have lost momentum may suddenly pick up speed. Are you ready for such a change?

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) A misunderstanding will be resolved easily when both of you are in the right mood. Now is not the time to make your point seem valid. Romance. You may lose something which you treasure. Don’t waste time looking for it - you will ﬁnd it when the time is ready.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

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Some important messages must get through on time. If not, there will be trouble. Don’t rely on someone who has let you down in the past. Romance. A positive attitude will help you to get over a frustrating event which has been dogging you over the past few days. Keep your head up.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

You must try to ﬁnd a way to relax. You have been taking your work too seriously recently. Take a break. Romance. You will be surprised what a strong effect your working environment has on the way you feel. You will have to put up with a few ups and downs. Try to remain consistent.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) This will be an excellent time for starting a novel which you have been planning to get into. It may give you some useful insights. Remain open to new ideas. Romance. Regardless if you are single or dating, your love-life will soon improve considerably. Try to make the most of this.

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You may need to be a little more assertive than you have been recently. Don’t be afraid to make your voice heard. Romance. Don’t allow a personal remark to worry you. You have more important things to think about than your appearance. Their negativity may be a sign of jealousy.

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Don’t allow other people’s negativity to hold you back. You may be better off without their advice. Do what you feel is right. Romance. Your partner may be a little unhelpful at the moment. A difﬁcult situation at work could be part of the trouble. Ask a colleague for advice instead.

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Controversial Mer land handover set for December 14 by MArK roy LAND on Mer (Murray Island) will be transferred to Mer Gedkem Le (TSI) Coropration, the island’s Registered Native Title Prescribed Body Corporate (RBTPBC) this month, in a ceremony planned for Friday, December 14. The transfer of the land is at the centre of an ongoing debate on the island, with the community divided over planned 40-year lease agreements. Some elders have told the Torres News they do not want the land transfer to go ahead, claiming it will undo gains made by Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo in a 1992 historic high court decision that extinguished the premise of terra nullius in Australia.

But Torres Strait Regional Authority member for Mer Aven Noah said the transfer meant land reserves currently held in the trusteeship of the state government would be returned to its traditional owners. “This trusteeship will be revoked, and the land transferred to the RNTPBC as freehold title on behalf of the Meriam people,” Mr Noah said. “This means gone are the days of the Queensland government controlling our land - corporations such as Ergon and Telstra will have to sign leases with the PBC.” Spokesperson the the Meriam Elders Group Dennis Passi said Murray Islanders already owned their own land, and: “The Mer islands of Mer, Dowar and Waier are

non-transferable lands according to the High Court of Australia decision for the Mabo case,” Mr Passi said. “We Meriam are not allowed to sell our lands or lease our lands to external parties, but keep it and use it according to Meriam laws and customs.” He said Mer differed from other islands in the Torres Strait, whose native title was given in a determination by the National Native Title Tribunal. “Our decision came down in a verdict from the High Court itself,” Mr Passi said. Community housing in the Torres Strait on islands other than Mer, and in the Northern Peninsula Area communities of Bamaga and Seisia, are held under Deeds of

Grant in Trust (DOGIT) leases, with the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) and the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council (NPARC) the respective trustees. “These other islands are waiting to see what we do on Murray Island with these leases,” Mr Passi said. The Queensland Government is aiming to build more than 150 houses in remote Indigenous communities by next June, under a federally funded remote housing program. Under proposed 40-year lease arrangements, the PBC and State government agree to allow the state to manage existing and new housing, and undertake upkeep and maintenance of houses and the construction of new houses.

The homes will be leased to the PBC at an annual rent of $800 per dwelling, subject to CPI increases. Speaking in October this year, TSIRC Mayor Fred Gela told ABC News more homes were urgently needed to meet a long wait list. “We’ve got a huge backlog,” he said. “We’re looking at 280 homes that are required in the first instance to address the wait list register. “That’s not addressing the overcrowding needs in the community.” Mr Passi said overcrowding was not an issue on Mer. “We have houses sitting here vacant,” Mr Passi said. “The PBC should be working on the allocation of existing housing, not signing it away.”

Mer artist inspired by sea around ‘my island’ ‘KARA Dorge’ is an exhibition of works on paper and canvas by Murray Islander artist Tatipai Barsa. Launched at Umi Arts gallery in Cairns on October 29, the show explores the close links the people of Mer have with the sea. A Cairns-based artist, Tatipai explains ‘Kara Dorge’ in the Murray Islander language Meriam Mer means “my work”. “The abstract images I use in my paintings are based on the tropical sea that surrounds my island,” he said. “Some of the subjects and themes that have heavily inspired my works over the years include fish, stingrays,

shells, repeated patterns and designs that occur in nature, rock formations, traditional plaiting and carving techniques. “Birds and other salt water creatures have also influenced my paintings.” Born on Thursday Island in 1967, Tatipai descends from the Magaram tribe, one of the eight tribes on Mer, which he inherits from his father. “After commencing the Associate Diploma of Art in Cairns I realised that I had to find my own style based on Torres Strait Island images,” Tatipai said. “All my fellow students were Aboriginal artists and the field trips

that we took were to Aboriginal art sites in Cape York gave me inspiration to research my own cultural background for arts and crafts.” Tatipai’s first solo exhibition, Kara Dorge will run until Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at UMI Arts Shop and Galleries, at 335 Sheridan Street, North Cairns. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 3pm leading up to Christmas. PHOTO: Butterfish, by Mer

artist Tatipai Barsa who has an exhibition of his works at the Umi Arts Gallery in Cairns - Kara Dorge.

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PIRATES AND WENCHESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BALL, SEISIA

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Tom, Megan, Sue and David.

Andy and med student Banks. NSET: Morva Wong and Elma Yoelu.

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ABOVE: Elma Yoelu and Isabeau Jacob. Perth and David take up the pirate theme.

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From the Outer Islands SAFETY CONSCIOUS: Magun Pearson very sensibly wearing his bicycle helmet on Iama Island. PERFECT PORUMA: The old church ruins are historically special. Page 18 Torres News

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All Saints dates back to 1919 ALL Saints Anglican Church on Erub, dating from 1919, has a long and rich history. This beautifully designed church building was constructed below the site of the original London Missionary Society Mission, house and school using local materials, including lime produced from burnt coral as well as basalt. Located as it is, close to the location of the earlier London Missionary Society buildings, ensures that it will always have a close link to the island’s history. However, the church building itself has changed and evolved over the years but remains an important and imposing landmark on the island. All Saints Church was originally de signed and built under the guidance and direction of a local island man, Manai, who, it is said, was assisted by a South Sea Islander man named Albert Ware. A l l S a i n t s u n - This photograph, which derwent significant dates from 1927, shows remodelling in 1963, the Erub church in its with the roofline being original form, less than repaired and raised and 10 years after it was first the building’s internal constructed. walls being strengthened and extended. As was the case when All Saints was first built, local limestone from the surrounding reefs as well as other local materials were used in this reconstruction work. Erosion has been an constant challenge in terms of maintaining the building, with this necessitating the construction of a protective stone sea wall, in the mid 1970s, as a means of protecting the church from the effects of strong tides. All Saints provides us with an important reminder of the influence of missionary activity in the Torres Strait, especially by the early London Missionary Society. Reflecting its importance within the community, All Saints has always played a central role in the annual July 1 Coming of the Light celebrations, when islanders and others commemorate the arrival of the London Missionary Society in 1871. As a means of acknowledging this church’s importance within Queensland’s history, All Saints Anglican Church has been listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. Brian Randall, State Library of Queensland.

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Josh Saylor first recipient of Maia Mosby bursary TORRES Strait Islander Josh Saylor (right) has become the first recipient of a special new fund created by the Northern Pride in memory of former player and community engagement officer Francis Mosby. Thursday Islander Mosby, affectionately known as Maia, tragically passed away in a car accident in May this year. In memory of Mosby, and to recognise the contribution he made to the Intrust Super Cup club and its Take Pride Program, the Pride has established the Maia Mosby Memorial Bursary Fund. “It’s going towards providing opportunities to quality people from the Torres Strait to try and emulate Francis, and the steps he’d taken when he was involved with us down here,” Take Pride Program Manager Chey Bird said. “In Josh’s case, the bursary provided an opportunity for him to travel to Cairns to take part in our Academy selections. “Josh was successful in landing a place in the Academy Under 18s squad, along with another Torres Strait Islander, Riley Baira. “Thanks to the bursary, Josh has now also been able to begin his traineeship with the Take Pride Program.”

Josh grew up on Darnley Island before boarding at Tagai State College for his secondary schooling, where he was named school captain in his final year. He also recently won the Caltex Allrounder Award at Tagai College’s annual presentation night. The 17-year-old has been working with the Pride as a trainee community engagement officer since September, and has also been completing his Year 12 studies. Bird said Josh possesses the character qualities the Pride are looking for to echo Mosby’s memory. “It’s quality of person more than anything,” Bird said. “It isn’t about their ability on the football field. They have to tick the boxes off the field as well. “Josh certainly does that. He was school captain at Tagai College, much the same as what Francis was, and he’s a perfect role model for the school students. “We did all the background checks with all the teachers, and there wasn’t anyone that didn’t have glowing praise. He was definitely the type of person we wanted.” As part of his traineeship, Josh will undergo a Certificate III in Sport and Recreation, while he

has also recently spent four weeks travelling across the Cape and Gulf visiting every school in the region through the much-heralded Take Pride community program. “Going to school, I had decided to join the army but once this came up I decided going back and doing something for the community would be pretty good,” Saylor said. “I’d never been to Lockhart

River, Aurukun, Mapoon and the Gulf before this. I got to meet all the students and school kids there. When we come up with the Hilux and come into the school, they all get really excited.” Bird said Josh had handled his first few weeks as a Take Pride trainee extremely well. “Josh has been sort of thrown to the wolves a bit. He’s been finishing

Year 12, so he also went back for graduation week, aside from the Cape and Gulf blitz we did,” Bird said. “He’s been a little bit of a high flyer the last six weeks going back and forth, because we wanted to make sure he completed his schooling. “He’s a great listener and absorbs all the information.”

All things, to all people. It’s what we do. It might be your groceries, or your stationery. Or your school books, fashion looks and football jerseys. Plus toasters and freezers and many other people pleasers (think computer equipment and musical instruments). As well as fuel for the pumps and building materials in big lumps. Sea Swift is a non-stop conveyor belt for the stream of cargo and commodities that have helped to build and sustain your way of life. Sea Swift. We could go on – and we will.

Sea Swift. Here for you. Since 1987. • • • •

Twice weekly to Thursday Island, Horn Island & Bamaga Depots for the safe and secure movement of freight An Australian company with no overseas ownership Providing local employment and active assistance to Arts & Culture, Conservation & the Environment

www.seaswift.com.au It’s what we do.

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Freighter travel