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23 - 29 September 2013 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1084 • $2.00 inc. GST
What a nail biter . . .
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Isnmail Soki, Bert Whap, Kailu George, Jackson Seymour, Andrew Hislop, Terry Wosomo, Gavin Kris, Samson Zitha, Angelo Lui, Jaffa Cook, Olsen
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Seawalls funding stone-walled By AARON SMITH COASTAL protection funding committed by the previous federal government for vulnerable communities in the Torres Strait may now be in jeopardy, as the final deal had not been signed off. A total $24 million had been awarded, $5 million under the Regional Development Australia
Fund, another $7 million through other programs to rebuild seawalls and the Queensland Government had agreed to match the funds for the project. MP Warren Entsch, who was last week appointed to chair a committee to formulate a White Paper that will drive the implementation of the Coalition’s Policy for Northern Australia, said: “We had said that
after the election, any money that had not been acquitted would be put it back into consolidated revenue. “I have tried very hard to get those bloody things built; I have had two private members motions up forcing the Labor government to do something. “Unfortunately TSIRC Mayor Fred Gela did a deal with the government last year, which took
it out of my hands. “Then in the week before the election I had them (TSIRC) in my office and it turned out they have not signed off yet, so the money has not been released and they were trying to get me to help.” TSRIC Mayor Fred Gela told ABC last week the project is ready to go but work cannot start until the funding is secured.
“Everything’s been hanging and waiting for this $5 million basically to come through the door. “Because of the level of argybargy that’s been going on for far too long we’re not going to be in a position to actually get any works done prior to the monsoon season, so it’s beyond a joke.” Continued Page 2 >>
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Seawalls funding stone-walled << From Page 1 Senator Jan McLucas said: “”It is concerning that Mr Entsch is now making excuses, casting doubt over the federal funding contribution - we all know the sea walls must be built, so let’s get on with it. “It is important to note that it was only a Labor Government that actually allocated money for the sea walls. Mr Entsch has zero credibility when it comes to delivering for the Torres Strait having been the Member for Leichhardt for 14½ years. “Mr Entsch has already been caught out playing games on this issue, encouraging leaders not to sign any contracts with our Labor Government. The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) Chairman, Mr Joseph Elu, said an existing funding agreement of $3.2 million that was signed in June, 2012, between the TSRA and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC) would ensure that essential preliminary design and planning works on Saibai, Boigu, Iama, Poruma, Masig and Warraber Islands could be carried out. “This funding is for planning and clearly will not be sufficient to see the entire project
Delays to Saibai, Boigu TB screening
completed,” Mr Elu said. “The Torres Strait Coastal Protection Works (Seawalls) project has clear long-term regional benefits and the capacity to protect communities from annual tidal inundation and significant coastal erosion adjacent to key community assets and infrastructure. “However, without the full commitments for further funding from both the Australian and Queensland Governments being ratified through agreements, our communities are at continued risk of destruction by rising sea levels.” Mr Elu said that given the timing of seawalls funding announcements by respective Governments, the TSIRC has undertaken detailed planning and resolved a number of Native Title and design issues to ensure that the logistically complex seawalls projects can be delivered. “I strongly encourage all levels of government, regardless of politics, to honour all funding commitments to protect our people from coastal inundation and provide critical environmental health infrastructure to ensure the health of our communities in the Torres Strait” Mr Elu said.
THE TB screening program due to start at the beginning this month on Saibai and Boigu Islands was delayed. A team of six Queensland Health staff from Thursday Island, Cairns and Brisbane are due to conduct surveys
Sea water rushing over the existing sea walls at Saibai. Senator Mc Lucas said: “We know climate change is real and the rising sea levels in the Torres Strait are putting homes and grave sites at real risk of inundation. “Locals want to see work start on their sea walls. There is federal funding allocated for this project so I can’t see any reason why this project should not proceed. “We all want to see contracts finalised and work start. “Locals can now see very clearly that Mr
and tests for TB. The program was announced after the Torres Strait Island Regional Council raised serious concerns about the disease spreading from Papua New Guinea.
However this delay is not due to government but rather the Torres Strait Regional Indigenous Council who have been requesting the program. TSRIC Mayor Fred Gela told ABC he welcomes the
Entsch has been playing politics for his own benefit.” Mr Entsch said: “I shake my head is disbelief, in the six years Jan McLucas has been in government ask her how many blocks she has put in the Saibai seawall.” Senator McLucas said: “The people of the Torres Strait are sick of the argy bargy; they rightly want their sea walls built. I call on Tony Abbott and Warren Entsch to guarantee this project will not stall under the Abbott Government.”
preventative program but it should have happened months ago. “It’s not Queensland Health now that is the issue - the program was to be delivered,” he said. “I just need to have a
discussion with two of my colleagues in relation to highlighting the importance of this happening. “Irrespective, they’re not on the island, so it’s something that we need to deal with now as a council.”
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Major search and rescue leads to backyard EPIRB A COUPLE of search and rescues this month has led to Queensland Police Inspector David Lacey (right) to urge boaters to take better care of their EPIRBs. Neither incident turned out to be an emergency, using valuable police time and resources and costing taxpayers a fortune. Local police are urging boaties to inspect their EPIRBs due to a number of recent accidental activations. On September 15 Thursday Island Water Police were alerted by AUSSAR of an EPRIB activation which placed the beacon in the community of Injinoo. Inquiries indicated the EPRIB was registered to a resident of the Kubin Community. After several hours searching Bamaga police could not locate the beacon then AUSSAR confirmed that the beacon was no longer
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transmitting. Eventually police were able to ascertain that two vessels with a total of five people on board had departed Injinoo at 9:30am en-route to Kubin Community, Moa Island. Police unsuccessfully checked island communities along the route in an attempt to locate the vessels, so they then made an official overdue vessel report at 2:30pm. Police and community police conducted extensive enquiries at Horn, Thursday, Bamaga, Badu and Moa Islands. The Bamaga Police Station boat conducted a search from the mouth
of Cowal Creek east to Possession Island. At 4pm Bamaga police located one of the overdue vessel approximately 1km south of Red Island near Seisia. Bamaga police towed this vessel back to Injinoo as it had experienced mechanical problems. The other overdue vessel arrived safely at Kubin community shortly after. It was later confirmed the EPIRB activation was accidental by the owner. The second incident occurred at 5am on September 16 when Water Police were told by the rescue coordination centre (RCC) of an EPIRB detection in the vicinity of Mabuiag Island. Inquiries indicated that the registered owner of the EPIRB lived in Cairns, so Cairns Police had to ascertain who the owner had sold the EPIRB to. Police then commenced a full search and rescue around Mabuiag.
Due to a shortage of Rescue 700 helicopters on Horn Island, a Dornier aircraft was sent from Cairns to assist. "We eventually found the vessel. It was on its trailer in a yard. "It appears the EPIRB had been incorrectly stored as it was just lying in the bottom of the boat and had self-activated after in came into contact with moisture," Inspector Lacey said. "We take all EPIRB activations
seriously, so when something like this happens it's a huge waste of police time and resources. "EPIRBS are vital pieces of life saving equipment and should be treated with care. EPIRBS are registered so that rescue authorities can quickly ascertain who they are looking for. "If you buy an EPIRB make sure you inform the authorities so we know where to look in an emergency." An EPIRB should be stowed in a mounting bracket where it is visible and easy to access in an emergency or in a grab bag along with flares, a torch or strobe and other safety equipment. Keep the EPIRB out of the weather and locked away when the boat is not in use. If an EPIRB is to be stowed in a grab bag or out of its bracket you should use a manually operated EPIRB. Water activated EPIRBs should always be stowed in their brackets correctly when not in use.
Safety equipment checklists for adventurers Several drug busts around region QUEENSLAND police are urging boaties, campers and 4WD’ers to ensure they check safety equipment, vehicles and vessels prior to adventuring in the far north. Police have seen a number of incidents in recent times whereby police and other emergency service personnel have been called upon to conduct search and rescue activities at sea and on land. On Monday last week, a marine vessel was reported missing in the Torres Strait area after it had left Old Mapoon for Seisia, in the Bamaga Division. At around 11.40 on Monday
night it was reported that the boat and occupants had still not reached their destination. An air, sea and land search commenced, and the vessel was located on Crab Island at 7:45 on Tuesday morning with all occupants safe and well. Even though the vessel had mechanical difficults, the occupants had the a safety V-sheet, and ample food, water and fuel to sustain them. Adventures in the far north are urged to ensure they have safety equipment and ample food and clothing for their journey. It’s also extremely important to
ensure that you notify family or friends of your intended travel plans as well as your expected time/date of arrival. Playing Safe in the Far North Safety Checklists can be obtained from the Cairns Police Station. For more information about Queensland Maritime Safety Equipment Requirements go to: http:// www.msq.qld.gov.au/ Information about the Queensland Water Police: http://www. qldwaterpolice.com/ http://www.police.qld.gov.au/ Resources/Internet/join/documents/ LR_WaterPolice160709.pdf
By AARON SMITH SEVERAL locations of the Torres Strait were raided for drugs this month, where amounts of cannabis and illegally obtained prescription drugs were seized. The operation was coordinated between Queensland Police, Customs and the Australian Federal Police. Queensland Police Inspector David Lacey doubted the smuggling of drugs was the work of a drug ring, but rather that of people using postal and freight services to obtain supplies for personal use. Sea Swift, Thursday Island Post
Office and several residencies on Thursday Island and Horn Island, as well as Cairns Post Office, were raided which resulted in several people being charged for possession, including one individual who was caught with 500 prescription tablets sent from overseas. “Most of the drugs seem to coming into the region from Cairns, and not being sent down from the North, as this is something we have worked hard at limiting. "People should be aware that we are always vigilant to stop inappropriate actions concerning the use and trafficking of controlled substances in the region.”
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LEFT:Jacob Rumbiak heading on the last leg to West Papua RIGHT: Kevin Buzzacott meets with West Papuan Elders.
West Papua Freedom Flotilla claims a symbolic victory By AARON SMITH CLOAK and dagger techniques were used by the Freedom Flotilla to avoid a possible explosive standoff with Indonesian authorities. The have since safely returned to Australia, landing at Gove in the Northern Territory on Saturday September 14. These self-proclaimed ‘peace pirates’ originally planned to sail to Merauke, the most Easterly town in West Papua, to raise awareness and protest about the human rights atrocities committed by the Indonesian government. However the lack of support from the Australian government and warnings of possible military action from the Indonesian government meant a more clandestine protest was decided upon. Newly appointed Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had allegedly stated that Indonesia may do “whatever it wishes” to stop the peaceful protest. The Flotilla’s flagship the Pog, which carries a satellite tracker revealing its location on their website, hovered around the border
to create a diversion. Meanwhile two tinnies met near the AustraliaIndonesia border to ceremonially reconnect the indigenous peoples of Australia and West Papua. During the ceremony Aboriginal Elder Kevin Buzzacott presented water collected from Lake Eyre and ashes from the Aboriginal Tent Embassies from around Australia to West Papuan Indigenous Elders, as a symbolic reunion of the two indigenous peoples and as a symbol of support for the West Papuans’ 50 year long struggle for freedom and justice. Exiled West Papuan, and once political prisoner Jacob Rumbiak was part of the group, he said, “The spirit of the movement is still alive. Our people face many challenges for their freedom but they still show us today the determination and imagination to continue the struggle.” Kevin Buzzacott said: “We came in peace, not like those other politicians who are coming selling arms to the Indonesian military, like the Americans who just last month sold them Apache attack choppers, those are to be used
against West Papuans, and they know it.” The Freedom Flotilla claim a number of events took place across West Papua last week to celebrate the arrival of the Freedom Flotilla. They state in the port city of Marauke, a planned community event which was to be attended by 17 tribes from around the region was stymied by authorities. Jhon Wog, chairmen of the Freedom Flotilla welcoming committee and elder of the Marin Tribe in Merauke, allegedly said “In a sacred site near Marauke, I released a canoe to sail out to meet the Flotilla boat as a symbol of connecting the spirit of our ancestors. “Thank God for Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, who already brought our ancestral spirit back to reconnect us with the land and hope for our struggle for independence.” The Indonesian authorities have been cracking down on protests and on August 28 four people were arrested and charged with treason for raising the banned Morning Star flag after a prayer meeting in support of the Freedom Flotilla.
Is there a croc in the T.I. resevoir? EVERYONE loves a good croc story, but this one may be a little close for comfort. There has been reports of two metre crocodile spotted in the creek near the high school by a teacher and another alleged sighting of a four metre one at the overflow dam next to the pistol range. Australian Quarantine And Inspection Service
(AQIS) have confirmed that Torres Shire Council reported a croc sighting to them, but they have yet to catch anything in their traps. Residents are urged to keep an eye out when walking around the dam and kids are advised to not swim in it, regardless how tempting it may be in this heat.
Age pension rise: But not all good news AGE pensions increased on September20 in the second round of twice yearly indexing. The new fortnightly rate for singles is $827.10, a rise of $18.70, while the partnered rate is $623.40, an increase of $14 for each person The rises are after the Clean Energy and Pension Supplements. But for mature age job seekers Page 4 Torres News
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under 60, the maximum Newstart Allowance payment for single unemployed people will increase by only $4 a fortnight, to $501, less than half the adult minimum wage. National Seniors chief executive Michael O’Neill said over 55s represented 20 per cent of Australians who had been unemployed for two years and were living off Newstart Allowance.
“An extra $4 a fortnight is not going to be much help to long-term unemployed seniors struggling to find work, update their skills or travel for job interviews,” Mr O’Neill said. For full details of the new pension rates, go to http://www. fahcsia.gov.au or the Older Australians division at Department of Human Services on 132 300.
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Mura Kosker much more than just ‘women’s group’ By AARON SMITH MURA Kosker Sorority has come a long way since its beginnings in 1988. Today it has representatives all across the Torres Strait and last month the management had their quarterly meeting on Thursday Island to induct everyone on the organisation’s strategic plan so they can all effectively and clearly advocate its principles. The president of the organisation, Regina Turner said: “When our mothers first formed the organisation, which focussed around health issues and gender equality, they have had a reputation as being a women’s group, and some of the older generation men folk at the time saw them as ‘trouble makers.” Today is a different story with the organisation not only providing services for women and children but also men, such as outreach programs and men’s support groups. “We are a family organisation and a family is not just women and children, but also men of all ages as well. We really want to encourage men to use our services and get involved. The Men’s Shed initiative for example is all about men healing themselves before they can help others,” Regina said. The executive body of Mura Kosker is run by the management team of the six inner islands, while the outer island cluster management teams are responsible for getting the message out into the remote communities. The outer islands are organised into four cluster groups: the Eastern group lead by Mrs Pheobe Pilot from Darnley; the Top Western group led by Mrs Margeret Mau from Dauan; the Near Western group led by Miss Rowena Johnson from St Pauls and
New programs Auspice partnership With Ker Kar Bau (New Wave): a network group consisting of Government and Non Government Agencies which aims to address identified social and emotional wellbeing issues of Men residing in the Torres Strait. The Project Shaping the Warrior Within intends to work with founder of Red Dust Healing, Mr. Tom Powell and Mr. Randall Ross, in developing and implementing a model of healing for Torres Strait Islander Men living in the Torres Strait Islands region. It is proposed that 15 men will undergo the Red Dust healing program in order to become facilitators. Facilitators will enable this program to be delivered in the Torres Strait.
From left: Phoebe Pilot (Eastern Cluster representative), Nazareth Kanai (Inner Islands), Regina Turner (President), Nora Mosby (Inner Islands), Margaret Mau (Top Western Cluster), Raina Kepa (Central Cluster), Rowena Johnson (Near Western Cluster), Sylvia Tabua (Vice-President), Latoya Nakata (Service Manager). the Central group lead by Mrs Raina Kepa from Yam. “These ladies make it real and they keep the finger on the pulse. They are all volunteers so they don’t get paid. It really is a big effort and commitment from them, so we fly them all to TI for face-to-face quarterly meetings.” However next meeting in early December, they will meet Duauan, in an effort to take the organisation out to all the communities of Torres Strait. “Once upon a time it was always done on TI but now we are trying to lift our profile, so we are going out to the islands.”
“These meeting are about immersing new management into our culture and to familiarise them with our procedures and keep things rolling.” Mura Kosker wants more men to become members, as well as youth as most of the management committee are over is over 30. “This is important so we remain in touch with social issues of the whole community. We also advocate for more women leadership in business and politics. We also help connect people to other services and organisations, we are about being a point of referral and also having positive things to focus on as well. “
Since International Women’s Day last year Mura Kosker has been on a membership drive to boost numbers, which are currently at around 300. However when the organisation moved in 2008 to its current location, some records of old members we lost and Mura Kosker urges all old members to contact them so they can be included on the mailing lists and updated with all the services and activities they are providing. With some funding assistance from the TSRA, the Mura Kosker Sorority now have some new programs on offer - see file at right. To contact Mura Kosker Sorority please call: 4069 1663
Palm Island, Doomadgee, Arukun, Mornington Island, Lockhart River, Woorabinda and Badu Island and employs a majority of Indigenous staff. FWBC Director Val Gostencnik said the underpayments had gone under the radar due to the workers’ remoteness and vulnerability. “Remote Building Solutions backpaid the underpayments when these were brought to its attention. This Enforceable Undertaking has ensured the workers were back-paid faster than if the matter had gone through
the courts and the company has improved its business systems which should prevent the need for future back-payments,” Mr Gostencnik said. “Remote Building Solutions’ contribution towards a training course for indigenous school leavers will benefit the individuals who undertake the course, the local industry and the wider community. By brokering this Enforceable Undertaking, rather than taking the matter to court, FWBC and the company have also saved taxpayers’ money.” After an audit of their books,
FWBC determined that Remote Building Solutions: • Failed to pay employees the correct wages and entitlements; • Did not give a number of employees a Fair Work Information Statement when they started work; and • Did not provide pay slips. Remote Building Solutions admitted these contraventions and agreed to rectify them by: • Back-paying 62 employees $100,672 in wages and entitlements and $10,474 in superannuation (which
Mura Moegi Kaziw Sagul Project (All Small Children’s Play) Mura Kosker Sorority in partnership with Menzies School of Health Research have entered into a partnership to provide training for community-based child and family support workers in child development and early intervention skills and to pilot the delivery of a play-based group parenting program. The program aims to support parent by building understanding of child development and promoting positive parent child interaction. Cultural Resource Development Workshop This will provide a series of project management, instructional design and writing workshops to support local writers and visual artist to produce a range of resources (print based and perhaps electronically based) for children.
Back pay ordered for Indigenous workers in Torres Strait and NPA A CONSTRUCTION company has back-paid $111,146 in unpaid wages and entitlements to 62 workers, many of whom are Torres Strait Islanders. Fair Work Building and Construction (FWBC) has reached an out-of-court agreement with the company, which has agreed to donate $15,000 towards a training program for indigenous school leavers. The company, Remote Building Solutions (Qld) Pty Ltd, typically works on projects in remote indigenous Queensland communities including Bamaga, Murray Island,
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How resilient is the Torres Strait in an emergency? By AARON SMITH
That was a question posed to various agencies last week at a meeting hosted by DATISMA. Mike Stubbins, Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit within the Department of Community Safety, visited Thursday Island to discuss “Enhancing
Community Resilience Through the Social Media Platform.” Representatives WHAT is the best way of Torres Shire Council, for emergency services North Ports, Queensland to communicate with the Fire service, My Pathways communities of the Torres and various other organisaStrait and how long could tions sat down to discuss the communities of the with freelance researcher Torres Strait last if it was Liz Buchanan and Michael cut off from supplies from Stubbins the best strategy the outside world? to communicate with the wider community in the case of an emergency. Liz Buchanan, digital Costumes Themed Parties communication strategist, All Occasions Party Decorations has been involved in dif Dress-up accessories ferent industries throughout Fax: (07) 4051 0381 her career, starting in the Phone: (07) 4051 0486 financial industry in AusShop 20A, Showgrounds Shopping Centre, Cairns. tralia and the UK, and then Website: www.cairnspartysupplies.com.au moving onto Not-for-profit Email: info@cairnspartysupplies.com.au Our suppliers will be here so come get yourself a bargain!organisations state sporting and to government. Thursday With more than 15 Island years’ experience in marServicing the keting, management and Torres Strait & Outer Islands project management, she understands how competMORE PLANTS & ing priorities and complex environments can impact FRUIT TREES on a project’s outcome. ARRIVING “The Torres Strait reTHIS gion is very unique because of the geographic spread WEEK and location of the region,” 91 Douglas Street • Ph: 4069 1548 Ms Buchanan said.
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increase occurring in New South Wales and Queensland. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the publication Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Increase in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Counts, 2006-2011 (cat. no. 2077.0) on 17 September.
LAST WEEK Queensland celebrated Ambulance Week, from September 16 - 22, as a way to remember and thank the humble heroes of the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) for keeping our families and friends safe all year round. QAS Commissioner Russell Bowles said paramedics, communications staff, patient transport officers, clinical staff and volunteers go about their job without expecting recognition or praise. “Every day our staff and volunteers demonstrate bravery,
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More than two-thirds of the increase (65,500) can be explained by measurable demographic factors of population change (births, deaths, and migration). The remainder of the increase (27,800) is due to a range of other factors. Analysis suggests the most significant other factor contributing
to the increased count was a change in the way some people reported their Indigenous status between 2006 and 2011, resulting in them identifying themselves and (if they had children) their children as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in 2011 but not in 2006.
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1. How many toes does an emu typically have on each foot? 2. Also known as gizzard stones, what name is given to stones swallowed by some animals to aid digestion? 3. What genus of trees have seeds called gumnuts? 4. What is the only yellow metallic element? 5. In physics, what name is given to a surface that reflects most of the light that falls on it?
Taking part in an Emergency Services meeting last week were: Sandra Pilot, Patrick Mau, Greg Kirk, Caroline O’Cloudy, David McNicoll, Dave Prain, Michael Stubbins Clare Walker, Liz Buchanan and Gil Hainey. She asked if social representatives, agreed a be the case in the time of an Greg Kirk from Ports media was a good platform centralised social media emergency. North pointed out that the to get vital messages out to platform, such as Torres “The way people share biggest weakness was the the community.” Strait Facebook Fanpage, the fish they have caught supply of fuel: “Without She also asked how ef- could be an effective way for example is an example fuel the generators stop, so fective social media might for all organisations to get of what I mean by the com- the water pump stops and be in getting the message their message out to the munity’s resilience. also the boats stop running, out there quickly. community. “However one of our which would cause a probDavid McNicoll, from “However, I do feel that weak points is water sup- lem in the outer islands. Torres Shire Council the communities of the ply, as we rely on a single “Our people still have admitted that there were Torres Strait have a good pipeline from Horn Island,” the skills of fishing to catch some short comings in resilience that would help Mr McNicoll said. food from the shore, but emergency communica- in a time of emergency. Mr McNicoll also fuel supply would be our tion networks, despite “In my time up here I mentioned how IBIS on biggest weakness. I would every island having satel- have noticed how people Thursday Island has a think we could last two lite phones, for example. help each other much more contingency plan in place weeks to maybe a month He, like most of the other and would hope that would for emergencies. without outside supplies.”
composure and skill in challenging and often dangerous circumstances,” Mr Bowles said. “Our service leads the country in clinical care and paramedic training and is among the best in the world in providing stateof-the-art emergency care. These results are a testament to the dedication and hard work of our staff. “During 2012-13 the QAS responded to 870,213 incidents across Queensland. That’s 2,384 incidents, on average, every day.” Mr Bowles said Queensland’s diverse ambulance service was the fourth largest in the world.
“During 2012-13 the QAS served over 4.5 million Queenslanders from 298 ambulance response locations across 1.77 million square kilometers,” he said. “Paramedics and first responders work across a myriad of environments, from Queensland’s densely populated and rapidly growing urban areas, to remote and island communities. “Our paramedics use all means available to them to respond to an emergency, be it on foot, by air, on a rescue helicopter, across great distances in four-wheel-drives
and to island communities, on board a boat.” Mr Bowles said each year, on the anniversary of the first civil ambulance service in Queensland (established 1892), award ceremonies are held across the State to celebrate Ambulance Week. “A Star Care Awards ceremony will be held next week to recognise Queensland’s finest QAS staff and community members,” he said. A memorial service was held on Friday, September 13, to pay tribute to ambulance officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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I would like to express my sincere appreciation to those who put their faith in me in the September 7 Federal Election. As the re-elected Member for Leichhardt, I am excited to represent this region in a Coalition Government. I look forward to being an ‘enabler’ when it comes to implementing some of the very positive initiatives and projects that have been developed here over the last three years. I promise you that I will continue to celebrate the successes of our region, highlight the challenges we face, identify viable and workable solutions, encourage investment, and be a strong and passionate advocate for those groups and individuals who need my support. Your assistance will help me deliver more for the Far North and enable the Coalition to restore hope, reward and opportunity for all Australians. If you have any local issues you feel need attention, please contact me on 07 4051 2220 or email warren.entsch.mp@aph.gov.au. Thank you again Leichhardt, I won’t let you down. Warren Entsch MP Federal Member for Leichhardt
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Apology to Sean Taylor
SEPTEMBER
Torres News wishes to apologise to Sean Taylor for some of errors in last week’s story titled, James Cook Uni. Nursing students excel. Firstly Sean started as a healthcare worker on Mer in 1996 and moved to Thursday Island to study Nursing in 2003. His post graduate studies have been in the field of Health Literacy and glycaemic control amongst Torres Strait Islanders with Type II Diabetes. Lastly Sean has not yet completed his Doctorate of Public Health. He expects to finish in 2015.
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Mon 23 - Tue 24. Eyedentity Optometrists visiting Warraber Island Wed 25. Eyedentity Optometrists visiting Coconut Island Fri 27. National Police Remembrance Day memorial church service at 10am, St Andrews Uniting Church
OCTOBER Sat 5. Mini Markets, PKA Hall TI, 9am - 12 noon Tue 15. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Council Chambers TI 9am Fri 18 - Sun 20. Marine Rescue 2013 Raft Race Sat 19. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon Fri 25. Catholic Church Fete.
NOVEMBER Sat 2. Mini Markets, PKA Hall TI, 9am - 12 noon Sat 16. Mini Markets, PKA Hall TI, 9am - 12 noon Tue 19. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Council Chambers TI 9am Sat 30. Mini Markets, PKA Hall TI, 9am - 12 noon
DECEMBER Carols By Candlelight: TBA Sat 14. Mini Markets, PKA Hall TI, 9am - 12 noon Tue 17. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Council Chambers TI 9am
CHURCH SERVICES Parish of St Bethel,131 William Cr Bamaga NPA, Sundays 10am Uniting Church, 114 Douglas St Thursday Island, Sundays 10am Independent Church Parish of the Resurrection TI, Morning Prayer Sundays 10am, Evening Service 7pm
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The funny side to T.I. Police blitz on traffic ON the weekend of September 14 and 15, police blitzed motorists with radar guns, registration checks and random breathos. One resident, pulled over at 6am said she was surprised at the being tested for drinking that early in the morning. However not as surprised as the officer that pulled her over. Having just dropped her husband off at Rosehill boat ramp for an early morning fishing trip, she was just wearing her pyjamas, didn’t have her licence or the car’s registration details at hand. After passing her breatho test, the officer, trying not to laugh allowed the woman to return home. Luckily her husband caught a decent-sized Queenie for dinner or he may have been sleeping outside that night.
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THE strong support from the people of the Torres Strait and the Northern Peninsula Area was a humbling experience. I feel honoured and am sorry I couldn’t get over the line in the national election held on Saturday September 7. We bucked the national trend with the Labor Party receiving only a slight swing against us in Leichhardt. If the results in the Torres Strait and the NPA were replicated around the electorate, I would be your local member and that gives me a sense of both pride and humility. I have to say my visit to these communities was one of the highlights of the campaign and I thank you for your support. I was encouraged by many wonderful people whose support inspired me to fight this election right up until the close of the polls on Saturday night I was really looking forward to thoroughly representing this diverse electorate. Many people have approached me in the past couple of days to encourage me to stand again.
It’s time for traffic lights on T.I. RECENTLY here in the Torres Strait I’ve noticed a lot of cars driving around with people not wearing their seatbelts. I think its about time TI installed traffic lights around the island. Also I’ve seen dozens of places with street lights and I mean streetlights with two lights on two poles. There are also no Telstra public phones at Rosehill, Tamwoy, Aplin, Quarantine, etc, for families to call loved ones down south or to call 000. Graffiti at the Gazebo at Rosehill needs to be painted over again because
of the obscene drawings and language and insulting words to name a few. I read in the Torres News that council we be working on the Rosehill Ramp again. Can Torres Shire Council advertise in the paper and the radio when this will begin? Also young kids are smoking cigarettes and drugs on TI in their houses, can the police do something about it? Last but not least Happy Birthday to everyone who are celebrating their birthday today. Simeon Loban Thursday Island
Rego label days are numbered THE days of scraping a registration label off the corner of the front windscreen are numbered, following a Newman Government decision to end the stickers. Queensland motorists who owned light vehicles will start to receive their last sticker before the labels are phased out on October 1, 2014. This will bring Queensland into line with most other Australian states which have already gone stickerless, and will save up to $3.5 million a year in postage and printing costs. Stickerless regos will apply to all vehicles up to 4.5 tonnes which account for about 96 per cent, or 4.4 million, of vehicles registered in Queensland. Registration labels were first introduced in Queensland in 1932. Advances in technology mean the detection of unregistered vehicles can be done using number plate recognition, rather than citing a sticker on the front windscreen. Fines of up to $8800 apply for driving an unregistered vehicle.
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The way I feel right now, I’m ready for another campaign any time. I will be considering my future in the weeks ahead. I must praise both Julia Gillard and outgoing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on their strong leadership. They implemented the Better Schools Plan, DisabilityCare Australia, the National Broadband Network and affordable paid parental leave. Not a single Australian now and in the generations to come has not benefited from the great job of the Gillard and Rudd Labor governments. They guided Australia relatively unscathed by the Global Financial Crisis. Kevin Rudd shone a spotlight on social justice for indigenous Australians and charted a path for future governments to continue addressing the inequalities faced by Australia’s first people. Australia is a vastly better country today because of Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and the Australian Labor Party. Billy Gordon, Labor candidate for Leichhardt.
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Chikungunya creeps closer to the Torres Strait By AARON SMITH THE World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working with the of Papua New Guinean Government to control an outbreak of chikungunya, a nasty mosquito borne disease that is like having Ross River Fever and Dengue at the same time. There are concerns there is nothing stopping the virus spreading to the Torres Strait and Northern Australia. WHO representative in Papua New Guinea Dr William Adu-Krow said: “We must do more to put chikungunya back in its box.” “The symptoms of chikungunya include fever, severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. There is no cure, and treatment focuses on relieving the symptoms. “The disease was first noticed in 1952 in Tanzania and is now endemic in parts of Africa and Asia.” A WHO epidemiologist and a technical officer have provided clinical management seminars in a and have appeared on radio and television to promote awareness of chikungunya and dengue. WHO said the diseases demand a joint response
because of the similarities and the way they are spread. The chikungunya outbreak in Papua New Guinea was first detected in June, 2012, in Vanimo. Since then, cases spread to East New Britain province, New Ireland, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, West New Britain, Madang, Chimbu, National Capital District, Jiwaka and Manus provinces. It is also suspected to have occurred in Oro and Southern Highlands provinces. A Queensland government-lead program of spraying and removing containers that hold water, the mosquito’s breeding ground, have managed to keep the numbers of mosquitoes very low on Thursday Island and Horn Island, but the outer Islands of Torres Strait are more at risk - especially in the wet season when Mosquito numbers are higher. Prof. Scott Ritchie, a medical entomologist from JCU said: “Queensland Health has been talking to health departments at all the islands, and everyone has got their eyes peeled for this thing, its on our radar.”
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Torres Strait no barrier to deadly Hendra-like virus THE DEADLY Nipah virus - closely related to Hendra - potentially could enter Australia across Torres Strait, according to a study of fruit bat movements in the region. Both viruses appear to reside in fruit bat populations. “While Hendra virus has only infected people via infected horses, Nipah has caused fatal human infections via drinking contaminated syrup, contact with infected pigs, as well as human-to-human transmission,” said Dr Andrew Breed from The University of Queensland. The study, led by Dr Breed, found that bats (flyingfoxes) regularly traverse the 150km stretch of water between Papua New Guinea and Cape York, however Nipah was unlikely to become established in Australian bat populations. “Many Australian flying foxes have antibodies to Hendra virus, and this could provide protection against Nipah infection,” Dr Breed said. “However, both Hendra and Nipah virus are worrying because they have high mortality rates and are not well understood.” Hendra and Nipah infections were identified for the first time in the 1990s - Hendra in Australia in 1994, in bats, horses and humans and Nipah in Malaysia in 1998, in bats, pigs and humans. Nipah has wreaked widespread damage: one Malaysian outbreak infected 265 people and killed 106. Authorities ordered the culling of more than a million pigs. One of those outbreaks showed a 92 per cent mortality rate. Worryingly, some of the Nipah infections in Asia have been transmitted human-to-human and this virus has been identified as having pandemic potential. Dr Breed, a recent PhD graduate from UQ, used satellite trackers to study the black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) which inhabits the coastal areas of Queensland and as far south as Sydney as well as parts of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. He found it is readily able to cross Torres Strait. “We compared the genetics and infection status of bat colonies on either side of Torres Strait and various Indonesian islands to understand how they interact and to infer how infection may be passed between them. “Our study shows Queensland’s distance from neighbouring countries does not offer as much protection as we thought.” He said killing bats could hasten the spread of viruses. “If you remove animals from an area of habitat, the habitat is still there and other animals will move into it, bringing viruses from further afield,” he said. “The bats themselves are not the real problem. It’s the loss and fragmentation of their habitat that can promote the spread of viruses.”
WHO epidemiologist Boris Pavlin appearing on radio talkback show in Papua New Guinea to promote awareness of chikungunya and dengue.
The Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) Rural Australia’s premiere leadership development program 59 days residential delivered in six sessions over 17 months. The ARLP is a unique opportunity for selected rural and regional leaders to undertake a program of personal growth and develop the skills, knowledge and networks needed to be effective in local, regional, state, national and international arenas. The program focuses on professional and personal leadership development, examination of key national and international issues that impact on rural and remote Australia, and interaction with leaders in government, industry and the community. The Program aims to: • Work with leaders who are committed to extending their knowledge, understanding and ability, in order to be more effective in their roles • Develop the ‘contextual intelligence’ leaders require to understand the driver that are shaping rural and remote Australia • Improve the capacity and influence of leaders to contribute to and engage in all kinds of challenges – in communities, teams, organisations, industries, and policy arenas • Expand and develop the network of informed, capable and ethical rural and remote leaders • Encourage collaboration to advance and support rural and remote Australia The ARLP develops capability and effectiveness in three key areas: • Personal effectiveness • Thinking, conceptual and analytical skills • Ethics, values, social responsibility, and appreciation of diversity. TSRA is calling for applications from indigenous leaders in the Torres Strait region to fill one sponsored position on ARLP Course 21. Indigenous people currently in leadership roles or coming in to a leadership role are encouraged to apply. To obtain the application form or for further information please contact Ms Shakira Whap at TSRA on (07) 4069 0700 or Email: shakira.whap@tsra.gov.au
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VALE: wayne samuEl (NAB) guivarra - 20/8/1957- 5/8/2013
Much loved and highly respected WAYNE Guivarra was born in Cairns on 20 August, 1957. He was the third child of 10 children to Pedro and Gloria Guivarra (nee Boota) and a sister to Josephine (nee Dewis). Wayne was educated at Parramatta State School in Cairns and Bororen in Central Qld and attended Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School and Chanel College in Gladstone where he completed his junior high in 1972. He was affectionately known as Nab as he was quite fond of eating
kabana. During his working life, Wayne started an apprenticeship as a mechanic which he did not complete and eventually travelled to New Zealand to spend time with his brother, Peter. Wayne loved his sports and from a very young age he played a variety of sports including darts, golf, basketball, cricket, touch footy, 8ball/billiards, but his greatest passion was rugby league. In cricket one year he formed a cricket team of mates and family members, winning the
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premiership. At the age of 14 years, in a game of 8 ball/billiards he managed to beat the great world champion Eddie Charlton during his Australian tour. His parents found out he had wagged school that day as he appeared next day on the front page of the local newspaper coverage of the feat, in his school uniform. H o w e v e r, i t w a s in Rugby League that he created his greatest achievements. Wayne played his first senior game at 14 years of age in the under 18’s for the Wallaby Football Club, followed by winning many premierships with Wallabies, Red Devils and Western Suburbs in Gladstone and with Kangaroos Football Club in Cairns. He won many trophies throughout his footy career and quite a few Best and Fairest throughout the different grades. In 1980 he was chosen for the Central Queensland rep team and the following year he travelled to Brisbane to play for North’s in the Brisbane League. One of his greatest achievements in Rugby League was being a foundation member of a 16 team competition in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, the traditional heartland of Rugby Union. In a trial game in that competition his team went to Wellington and the newspaper headline on the back page featured “The biggest 5/8th ever to play football on the
Basin Reserve Oval”. It was a 6-all draw. In all competitions he played hard but fair. Later in life he coached many football teams, won a few premierships and became a mentor for all young players, as he loved working with young people. One year he took the under 19’s Torres Strait Islander team to Sydney with Bongo Sagigi. Throughout Queensl a n d , Wa y n e e i t h e r organized sporting competitions or had a major influence in its development where some of his achievements have been acknowledged at a local, state and national level. He went to work in a variety of jobs including sand-blasting, stone-pitching, backhoe operator, security/bouncer, fireman on the Qld Railway, meatworker, wool presser, cellarman, shop manager, indigenous liaison officer with the emergency department of the Cairns Base Hospital, hostel manager and Sports and Recreation Co-ordinator. He worked at Aboriginal Hostels Ltd as a manager, at Kuiyam Hostel in Cairns in the early 1980’s where he cared for many young students from Torres Strait and Cape York as well as for three years on Thursday Island, and as a relieving hostel manager to many hostels around Australia, including Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Cairns, Alice Springs, Townsville and Newcastle.
In 1990, Wayne was elected the first Chairperson of the Cairns & District ATSIC Regional Council where he served a one-year term and a full term of four years as a Councillor. He was elected representative for Badu Island on the Torres Strait Islander Regional Council (TSIRC) and lived on Badu Island for 12 years where he engrossed himself in co-ordinating sport and recreation activities for all community members, both young and old alike. Wayne was a proud descendant of the Baluz (Gebar), Au (Mabiuag) and Tabo (Mer) families, and the Clarke family from Lawn Hills near Doomadgee.
Wayne was a foundation member of the Gladstone Aboriginal & Islander Housing Society. He possessed a clear sense of duty and obligation to the indigenous cause and was a great advocator for the rights of his people. Since a toddler he was marching the streets of Cairns and Gladstone and was once arrested in Brisbane for marching illegally in the Bjelke-Petersen era. Wayne’s motto in life was “It’s not blood is thicker than water, it’s right from wrong”. He applied these principles in his life and lived by that creed. O v e r a l l , Wa y n e ’s greatest love was for his daughter Kamiel who
was born in 1992 and her mother Sharon Mitchell, and the love and support he gave towards his family. Kamiel and the Guivarra family wish to thank all those persons who befriended Wayne during his lifetime and gave him their support, whose friendship he greatly valued, and to those who gave condolences and support, both financial and emotional. Love and respect to the people of Badu Island and the Torres Strait where he made his life in his final years. He was a muchloved and highly respected person, who will be sadly missed. Wayne passed away on 5 August 2013, just 15 days short of his 56th birthday.
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In honour of his Wayne Guivarra’s contribution to sport in the Torres Strait and elsewhere, in particular Rugby League Football, this photograph of a Thursday Island Football team is provided from the photograph collection of Wayne’s parents, believed to be taken circa late 1920’s or early 1930’s. Some of the players are identified as Mainsie Aboo, Sol Shelasik, Jaffa Ahmat. The family has asked if anyone is able to identify any members in the photo. If able to do so, please contact the Torres News by email: editor@torresnews.com.au or phone 07 4069 1561. 23 - 29 September 2013
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‘60%’ of Torres Strait people of South Sea Island descent By ALF WILSON SIXTY per cent of Torres Strait people are descendants of South Sea Islanders who were brought to Australia 150 years ago to work in the cane and cattle and other industries. Emelda Davis, the President of the Australian South Sea Islanders Ltd who is based in NSW, told the Torres News that when in Townsville on September 13. Ms Davis was in north Queensland during a protest by South Sea Islanders and their descendants over the statue of Robert Towns - a man they considered was a “blackbirder and slave trader”. She said the organisation has plans to visit Thursday Island soon. Her Townsville visit was during a national week of commemorations for the 150th anniversary of when South Sea Islanders were brought to work in North Queensland and further afield. Scores of South Sea Islanders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders want a statue of the founder of Townsville Robert Towns removed from a park near the CBD and Victoria Bridge. Townsville was named in 1866 after Towns (17941873) who only ever visited the north Queensland city
once and brought many South Sea Islanders to the region to work. 2013 marks a significant 150 years for Queensland since 55,000 South Sea Islanders (95% male) were bought to Australia on 62,000 indentured contracts to establish sugar, maritime and pastoral industries. Many of these men and women did not return to their Island homes and 15,000 - a third - lost their lives to common disease to which they lacked immunity. During the implementation of the White Australia Policy a mass deportation of some 7000 SSI’s occurred, and 1600 were allowed to remain under humanitarian circumstances. Several 100’s had crossed the border into NSW in the 1890’s and 1900s to escape the more severe conditions in Queensland. Ayr man Ian Zaro is of South Sea Islander and Murray Island descent and said that Towns was a slave trader who should not have a statue. “After being brought here 150 years ago our South Sea Islander people did so much after being forced to work on cane farms and other industries. We have to be strong.” Randall Ross is of Darnley Island descent
and brought is eight-yearold son Kedal Ross to the statue. “It is important our young people know about this history,” Mr Ross said. Activist Professor Gracelyn Smallwood received warm applause from the audience when she described Towns as a criminal who benefited from making slaves of coloured people. “We are all offspring of these people who were brought here and these kanaka people as they were called were treated poorly. Towns was not an entrepreneur but a slave trader. Queensland was built on the work of these South Sea Islanders.” Professor Smallwood and others there were also critical of the Townsville City Council for not providing sufficient for events during the 150th year anniversary. At the bottom of the Towns statue is written “Visionary or Villain.” Everybody participating in the protest put him into the villain category. There was a big memorial weekend for the anniversary at Ayr. Meanwhile Emelda Davis said that she ‘would like to sincerely thank the Federal Government for a $50,000 Community Development Grant. She said the money will
ASSI body to visit St Paul’s OFFICIALS of the Australian South Sea Islanders (ASSI) Interim Committee will travel to St Paul’s Village on Moa Island in November to meet local Torres Strait Islanders. The Torres News has received information from the ASSI which indicated that Australian South Sea Islanders first arrived at the Torres Strait in 1860 from the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and the Loyalty Islands (now included in New Caledonia) to work in the pearling and bêche-de-mer industries. The document said: “Others joined them from the Solomon Islands after 1870. “Between 1863 until the early 1880s there was a constant flow of Pacific Islanders into the maritime industries until labour recruiting was limited to the Queensland mainland and to the sugar industry. “The ‘Coming of the Light’ in 1871 when the London Missionary Society arrived also brought new and different Pacific Islanders, once more from the Loyalty Islands but also from Samoa, the Cook Islands and Tonga. “They all mixed freely with Torres Strait Islanders and made constant marriage links. In the 1900s St Pauls (Moa) Islands was set aside as a mission settlement for Pacific Islanders.
“Torres Strait family names such as Lifu, Kennedy, Ware, Tanna, Florida, and Gela are ASSI descendants. “Once Torres Strait Islanders began to live on the Queensland mainland after the Second World War they were living in the same coastal towns as Australian South Sea Islanders and made even more links with them. “There are likely to be an even higher number of Australians who identify as Aborigines, but have South Sea Islander ancestry,” it said. Emelda Davis, President of the Australian South Sea Islanders (P.J) Interim Committee, called on all ASSI descendants in Australia to participate in the important elections for the ASSI National Body which will be undertaken at the Wantok 2013 National Conference to be held from at the State Library Brisbane from 1-3r November 2013. Ms Davis also announced that her Committee have been working with the NSW Minister for Communities Victor Dominello and the Community Relations Commission (CRC) to develop a specific census questionnaire in conjunction with the Australian Bureau of Statistics. To determine more accurately the demographics of the ASSI people in Australia.
be used to stage three educational and fact-finding, community capacity building workshops for ASSI people over the next 12 months.’ Ms Davis said the funding is a very overdue but much appreciated Federal initiative representing an historic milestone in the history of the acknowledgement of the significant contributions made by Australian South Sea Islanders within the Australian community. It will be used to progress the much needed process of cultural education, connection and healing between ASSI and broader community groups in Australia.’ Patron for the ASSI.PJ Mrs Bonita Mabo added her support, saying that ‘This is the first ever major funding that Australian South Sea Islanders have seen in 150 years in recognition of the contribution made by our people including our forefathers to the building of this great nation.”
From left are Kedal Ross and his father Randall Ross of Darnley descent, Desley Barba whose husband is of Boigu heritage and Ian Zaro with descendants from Murray Island at the statue.
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what next? Apply for the School Leavers Leadership course! The Torres Strait Regional Authority is sponsoring five positions for Torres Strait Island school leavers on the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation’s School Leavers Leadership course. The 17 day residential leadership program for Indigenous school leavers and youth aged 18-25 will run in December each year in Canberra. You’ll participate in adventurous activities such as bushwalking, navigation and abseiling, all in beautiful highland surrounds.
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TAGAI COLLEGE CULTURAL DAY
By VIVIANE SILVA TAGAI College hosted a day to celebrate the cultural heritage of the Torres Strait lastWednesday, September 18, There were dance performances from Tagai staff and students HACC and members of the community. A huge Kupmurrie provided a fantastic feasting and there were also craft staffs and information booths about healthy living.
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TAGAI COLLEGE CULTURAL DAY
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NAIDOC Celebrations
Students perform tradtional Dancing at the blessing of the boat ceremony
What’s happening at
Warraber Guided reading comprehension lessons
Ngurpay Lag
Guided reading comprehension lessons
Out in the Community
The Warraber Island teaching team have volunteered many hours of their own time this term to improve the delivery of guided reading comprehension lessons and ultimately the outcomes of the students.
In the community this week Warraber Island came together to bless the boat and equipment that the Rangers will be using to study, monitor and protect the environment between Warraber Island and Yam Island. It was wonderful to involve the children, the leaders of the future in this important event. We were very proud of Annie Mari our Assistant Teacher and her team of dancers that prepared a memorable performance for the community. Big esso for an exceptional effort!
Every Monday afternoon all teachers and teaching aides have participated in PD that required all members to complete formal observations focused on Essential Skills for Classroom Management and the ability to deliver an effective lesson based on our explicit guided reading approach. The lessons were all recorded and watched to allow for feedback. It has been a great reflective learning tool and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the teaching team for their time and commitment to education. The children who have attended these afternoon sessions have been enthusiastic and benefited from the extra reading lessons. Our PM data for the term is being collated and we’re looking forward to seeing if our efforts are beginning to show in the students’ achievement levels.
NAIDOC Earlier this term students celebrated NAIDOC Day and had a fantastic time learning how to protect turtle populations for future generations, measuring turtle shells and recording information for the Rangers, sharing in traditional songs and dances, creating works of art with paints and recycled paper, competing in island races and yarning around the tables at the Rangers BBQ. Thanks must go to the Rangers, the parents and families and the staff of Warraber Island Campus who supported each other and helped organise and run a wonderful day. Michael Tuni - Head of Campus Warraber Ngurpay Lag
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ATTENDANCE REPORT Term 3, Week 10 Campuses that achieved 90% and above Yam
91%
Dauan
91%
Boigu
96%
Horn
91%
Stephen
100%
Darnley
90%
Saibai
95%
Mabuiag
99%
Poruma
98%
St Paul
95%
Warraber
95%
WAYBENI BUWAY NAIDOC CELEBRATIONS
Disability Action Week 1 in 5 Queenslanders have a disability of some kind. We all know somebody who has a disability – this person could be your friend, your niece, your cousin, your Uncle. Disability Action week is about celebrating diversity and looking at ways to can change attitudes to disability and improve access for people with a disability so that they have the same opportunities as everyone else. Disability Action Week is a time for us all to look around us to see if we can make any changes that could result in improving a person with a disability’s life. This change could be as small as: -taking the time to stop and yarn with somebody – until you can see beyond their disability. Or, -as an employer, considering the resume of an applicant with a disability. Or, -as a community member, talking to shop keepers about access to their shop.
Congratulations! 10 out of 17 campuses that achieved 90% and above
Position Vacant Thursday Island Campus
Tuckshop Convenor
Classification: Miscellaneous WorkerRetail Award Hours of Duty: 30 hours per week Duties: Outlined in package Closing Date: Tuesday 8th October Tagai State College Thursday Island P-7 Campus P&C Committee - Thursday Island Qld 4875 PH: 07 4030 6555 FAX: 07 4069 1950 Email: the.principal@thurislass.eq.edu.au
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6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 The NRL Footy Show 10:30 Arrow: Home Invasion - Deadshot returns to Starling City, and Diggle’s determined to see his brother’s killer dead - with or without Oliver’s help. 11:30 The AFL Footy Show - The Logie award-winning AFL Footy Show celebrates its 20th season, starring Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Billy Brownless and Shane Crawford. 1:30 Extra 2:00 Brand Developers 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: “Go Figure” (G) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:30 Deal Or No Deal 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 8:00 TBA 11:15 Grimm: The Hour Of Death - When a brutal vigilante homicide is made public, it sends Portland’s Wesen community into a frenzy. As Nick investigates further, he discovers a pattern similar to that of a particularly brutal line of past Grimms. Is there another Grimm in town, or is Nick dealing with a sadistic copycat? 12:00 Special: Secrets Of The Rainforest 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 3Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Animal Monster Moves - Sharks 2:30 Costa’s Garden Odyssey 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Bazaar - Cuzco 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 8:00 Destination Flavour: Japan 8:30 Heston’s Fantastical Food: Big Brew 9:30 Vikings: All Change 10:20 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 The Observer Effect 12:30 Movie: “Not Like Others: Vampires” (MA v,l) - Vera and Vanja, two vampire sisters, are forced to run for their lives, when Vera kills the leader of a biker gang in a night club. While escaping from the bikers, Vanja gets more determined that she wants to leave the outcast vampire-lifestyle and adjust to the human world. 1:55 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Sleek Geeks 10:30 Shamwari: A Wild Life 11:00 Foreign Correspondent 11:30 One Plus One 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Last Of The Summer Wine 1:00 Dalziel And Pascoe 2:35 The Wonder Years 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Restoration House 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Indecision 8:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Deadweight - When a gang leader is found dead outside a travelling boxing tent, Phryne’s investigation leads her into the dangerous but thrilling world of fight rigging and tribal payback. 9:30 Scott & Bailey 10:15 Lateline 10:55 Friday Night Dinner: The Jingle - When Adam and Jonny come home to find Dad secretly peering into his underpants with a magnifying glass, they’re desperate to find out what he’s looking at. 11:20 Rage 5:00 Rage
6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 7:30 Imparja’s Live Rugby League Finals: Preliminary Final 1 10:00 TBA 12:15 Movie: “RocknRolla” - (AV v,l,s) A story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll, RocknRolla takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. With millions up for grabs, all of London’s criminal underworld conspires, colludes and collides with one another in an effort to take their cut. 2:25 Movie: “Police Academy 6: City Under Seige” (PG) 4:00 Brand Developers 4:30 Good Morning America
6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “Read It And Weep” (G) - An average school girl’s personal journal accidentally ends up on the national bestseller list. 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:30 Deal Or No Deal: Join Andrew O’Keefe in the exhilarating game show where contestants play for $200,000 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 11:30 Sport Special: AFL Grand Final Marathon: Strap yourself in for an all-night marathon of some of the greatest Grand Finals ever played as Sandy Roberts takes footy fans down memory lane.
5:00 World News 1:00 The Food Lover’s Guide To Australia 1:30 Rex In Rome 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 6:00 Bazaar 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Secret History Of Our Streets: Reverdy Road 8:30 Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History 9:40 As It Happened: Surviving Hitler 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Manhood” (MA s) In French. Romain Duris stars as directionless bachelor Samuel, who vows to spend the next twenty-four hours re-evaluating his life so he can make the ultimate decision of whether he is capable of fulfilling his commitment to his new love, fashion photographer Tina. 12:40 Movie: “9 Dragons” (M l,v) In Indonesian. A Jakarta hitman tries to change his life after a tragic accident. Rudi Soedjarwo’s engaging crime drama is a moving story of redemption set against a backdrop of gangland violence, loyalty and brotherhood. 1:00 White Night 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Vault Special 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 Catalyst 1:00 At The Movies 1:30 Movie: “The Ten Commandments” (G) 5:00 Human Planet: Jungles: People of the trees 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 New Tricks: The Rock: Part Two 8:30 Case Sensitive: The Point Of Rescue 9:20 Kingdom: Peter Kingdom helps a beautiful woman from Eastern Europe when her child is abducted, but the man who took him turns out to be the father and there is more to this than meets the eye. 10:10 Waking The Dead: Solidarity: Part 2 - The team burrow deep into the paranoid world of early 80s British national security. They uncover duplicity and sabotage that goes to the heart of government today, and puts Grace in mortal danger. 11:00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Boris Johnson 11:25 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage
6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today Saturday 10:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 11:30 Antiques Roadshow 12:00 The Middle 12:30 The New Adventures Of Old Christine 1:00 TBA 1:30 Movie: “Shorts” (PG) 3:30 Ocean Giants 4:30 The Garden Gurus 5:00 National News 5:30 Getaway: Over the next three weeks Jamie will cruise along the Danube, through Hungary, into Austria and up the Main river and into the Romantic Rhine to Amsterdam. 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 TBA 7:30 Imparja’s Live Rugby League Finals: Preliminary Final No. 2 10:00 TBA 12:30 Movie: “The Island Of Dr. Moreau” (M v,d,l) Set in the year 2010, Dr Moreau has successfully combined human and animal DNA to make a crossbred animal. But something goes dreadfully wrong... Based on the novel by H.G.Wells. 2:30 Spyforce: Edge Of Fear 3:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4:00 Brand Developers 5:00 Life Today With James Robinson 5:30 Wesley Impact
6:00 Sport Special: AFL Grand Final Marathon 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 9:00 AFL Game Day 11:00 2013 Afl Premiership Season Grand Final: Pre-Match Show 1:00 2013 AFL Premiership Season Grand Final 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 10:50 Special: Building The World’s Fastest Car: Take a behind-thescenes look at the world’s fastest car: the Bugatti Veyron. Partautomobile, part aeroplane, the Bugatti Veyron is designed and built using construction techniques found in the aerospace industry, and has a unique horsepower engine, allowing it to reach 253 miles an hour. 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy: These Ties That Bind - One of Meredith’s oldest friends, Sadie, becomes an intern at Seattle Grace 1:00 Special: Polynesian Paradises 2:00 House Calls To The Rescue 2:50 Harry’s Practice 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz
5:00 World News 1:00 I.M. Pei: Building China 2:05 The Drummer Of Ravel’s Bolero 2:15 The Beauty Of Maps 2:50 Tim Marlow’s Virtual Gallery 3:00 Lily Cole’s Art Matters 3:55 Up To The Sky 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Finding Your Roots 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize 7:35 Wildest Islands: Wildest Islands Sri Lanka: Monsoon Island 8:35 First Crossings: Grave And Talbot Fiordland 9:30 Movie: “Melancholia” Two sisters, Justine and Claire, find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth, and depressive newlywed Justine finds herself oddly well equipped to face the end of humankind. 11:55 Movie: “I Do” (M l,s) Luis is a successful, handsome 40-something who is carefree and single. But his happy existence is threatened when his strong-willed mother and five overbearing sisters decide it’s time for him to marry, setting him up on a seemingly never-ending series of blind dates. 1:35 Shameless 2:25 Shameless / 3:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 Rage 6:30 Children’s Programs 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Inside Business 10:30 Offsiders 11:00 Asia Pacific Focus 11:30 Songs Of Praise: Birmingham 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Shamwari: A Wild Life 2:00 Kids With Cameras 2:55 Opera Australia: Turandot 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Country Matters 6:30 Compass: Why I Am Still Catholic 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Supersized Earth: Food, Fire and Water 8:30 Serangoon Road 9:30 Big Name No Blanket 10:30 TBA 11:30 Movie: “Little Fish” (M l,d) After a turbulent time in her 20s, Tracy Heart is now trying to live the straight life, having freed herself from the grip of heroin addiction 1:30 Movie: “The Great Gatsby” (M a,v) - Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book this is an opulent story of the idle rich in the 1920s and one man’s devotion to a flirtatious waif. 3:35 Songs Of Praise 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Collectors: Monopoly
6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Financial Review Sunday 10:30 Wide World Of Sports 11:30 Sunday Footy Show 1:30 Movie: “Good Guys and the Bad Guys” (PG) 3:30 2013 Intrust Super Cup 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 Australia’s Got Talent: The Finals 8:00 60 Minutes 9:00 TBA 11:30 Southland: Chaos - Chaos reigns in the City of Angels when Cooper and Lucero are kidnapped and held hostage by a pair of “tweakers.” All of our cops join the frantic search to find their brothers in blue before it is too late. While Sammy searches for Strokeface Ben tries to throw him off the trail, while simultaneously dealing with an increasingly irrational Brooke. 12:30 Financial Review Sunday 1:00 What Would You Do? 2:00 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:30 Brand Developers 4:00 Good Morning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today
6:00 Doc McStuffins 6:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:00 2013 AFL Grand Final Replay 1:30 Movie: “Dupliplicity” (PG) 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 The X Factor Live 8:00 TBA 11:00 Family Tools: When Jack’s father, Tony, has a heart attack and is forced to hand over the keys to his beloved handyman business, Jack’s eager to finally step up and make his father proud. Unfortunately Jack’s past career efforts have been less than stellar, so everyone seems to be waiting for him to fail. 12:00 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Special: Australia’s Deadliest Destinations 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Living Black 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 National Road Series 2013 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 ADbc 5:30 Mythbusters 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Kingdoms Of South America: People Of The Clouds Archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper embarks on an epic journey into the remote Peruvian Andes in search of the mysterious Chachapoya people. 8:30 The Observer Effect 9:30 Once Upon A Time In Cabramatta - On Monday, 4th September 1994, John Newman, the state MP for Cabramatta, was shot dead in the driveway of his home. The first political assassination in the history of Australia leaves the Vietnamese people of Cabramatta demonised and vilified - the community and the ideals of multiculturalism itself are in tatters 10:30 My Enemy’s Enemy 12:20 Movie: “The Light” (M l,s) In French. Tells the story of an Algerian war veteran who comes to work in a lighthouse on an island off the coast of Brittany. When he has an affair with the lighthouse keeper’s wife, the lives of all are deeply affected. 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Sleek Geeks 10:30 Shamwari: A Wild Life 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 As Time Goes By 1:00 Midsomer Murders 2:35 Choccywoccydoodah 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Restoration Home: Coulton Mill 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Australian Story 8:30 Four Corners 9:20 Media Watch 9:35 Q&A 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Dalziel And Pascoe 1:05 Movie: “Fiddler On The Roof” (PG) Tevye is a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the century Czarist Russia. 4:05 Movie: “The Old Dark House” (PG) Five travellers caught in a violent storm take refuge in a sinister mansion inhabited by three certifiable lunatics 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother: Big Brother live eviction with Sonia Kruger. Who will leave the Twisted House this week? 8:30 TBA 10:30 TBA 12:00 Nikita: Brave New World - After resuming his role inside Division, Michael, Alex and Ryan follow Nikita into Kosovo on a dangerous mission, but the outcome has far-reaching consequences for Division. 1:00 Extra 1:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 2:00 Brand Developers 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: “Tiger Cruise” (G) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 The X Factor Live 8:30 TBA 11:30 30 Rock: Unwindulax - Liz and Jack find themselves battling to influence voters in the upcoming presidential election. Meanwhile, as Jenna goes to great lengths to please her new fan base, the writers seek out new ways to mess with her 12:00 Celebrity Juice: Keith Lemon hosts this hilarious celebrity panel quiz show, where each week his guests will be quizzed on their knowledge of the entertainment industry. 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 God In America 2:00 The Spill 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 National Road Series 2013 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Bazaar - Silk Road 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 From Scratch: Toaster 8:00 From Scratch: Trainers 8:30 The Secret World of Pain 9:30 Legally Brown 10:00 The Jeselnik Offensive 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Community: Home Economics 11:55 Shorts On Screen: The Pizza: Explores the complex nature of friendship and family relationships between an aspiring boxer and his trainer. Two Out: Sharing a tiny cell in prison, two men deal with issues of love, friendship, sexuality, violence, boredom, grief and insanity. 12:30 Kill Arman: Okinawa/Karate u 1:00 Kill Arman: USA/Streetfighting 1:30 Behind The Froce 2:25 Weatherwatch Overnight
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 Compass 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Leaving Amish Paradise 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Restoration Home: Stoke Hall 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 Rise Of The Continents: Eurasia 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club: October - Jennifer Byrne, Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger are joined by movie reviewer, David Stratton and author Delia Falconer to discuss new release The Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter and Elizabeth Harrower’s, The Watch Tower 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:35 Whitechapel 1:20 Thorne: Scaredy Cat 2:10 Baker Boys: Inside The Surge 3:05 Movie: “Tycoon” (PG) 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 Big School: The school decides to hold a staff talent show, however some of the staffs ‘talents’ are not as amazing as hoped. Mr Church decides that if he performs with Miss Postern they may get ‘closer’. 9:00 Come Fly With Me 9:30 Big Brother Late Night Feast 10:30 Two Broke Girls: And The Bear Truth 11:00 Two Broke Girls: And The Too Little Sheep 11:30 Two Broke Girls: And The Psychic Shakedown 12:00 Nothing Trivial 1:00 Extra 1:30 Brand Developers 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: “Buffalo Dreams” (G) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 9:30 TBA 10:30 Body Of Proof: Eye For An Eye - Megan and Tommy must solve two murders that appear to be the work of vigilante killer. After Megan questions Trent Marsh the grief counselor for one of the victim’s parents, she decides to take him up on his offer of counseling her on her own issues about her father’s suicide. 11:30 Go On 12:00 Celebrity Juice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Andre Rieu: Live In Maastricht IV 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Tracks And Trails 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are? Patrick Stewart - Actor Patrick Stewart traces the military career of his father, with the emotional discovery that his father suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which could have largely contributed to his father’s violent nature when Patrick was a child. 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The Killing 12:10 The Pipe: Four years in the making, this program tells the story of the small Irish coastal village of Rossport which has taken on the might of Shell Oil and the Irish State. In 1996, a gas field was discovered right off the coast of Rossport, and Shell wants to lay a pipeline directly through the village. The residents are up in arms, but the Irish government is offering Shell a carte blanche 1:45 Weatherwatch Overnight 4:30 UEFA Champions League 2013/2014
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Sleek Geeks 10:30 Shamwari: A Wild Life 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 The Jonathan Ross Show 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Restoration Home 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Tractor Monkeys: Love 8:30 Gruen Planet 9:05 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery - Julia Zemiro walks a wellknown comedian down memory lane, uncovering the forces and events that have shaped them and created the person we know today 9:35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Jack Whitehall 10:00 Please Like Me: All You Can Eat 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Spooks 12:35 Taggart: Bad Medicine 1:25 Bastardy 2:30 Football: SANFL: Preliminary Final: Teams TBA 5:30 Eggheads
6:00 Today 9:00 Danoz Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 TBA 3:00 National News Now 4:00 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother: Check out all the fun and action from the housemates this week in Big Brother’s new Twisted House. 8:30 TBA 11:30 Weeds: Do Her/Don’t Do Her - Silas turns the tables on Nancy as Shane tries to keep her out of harm’s way and the clutches of Det. Ouellette. Meanwhile, Doug schemes to keep alive his hedge-fund scam. 12:00 20/20: 20/20 is news and current affairs show anchored by Elizabeth Varga and Chris Cuomo. 1:00 Extra 1:30 Brand Developers 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: “Now You See It...” (G) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Slideshow 8:30 TBA 10:30 The Mole 11:30 30 Rock: There’s No I In America - Realising that Jenna could decide the Presidential election, Liz and Jack stage a debate to win her support and her followers. Kenneth turns to Tracy for advice on how to be an informed voter, while Pete tries to recreate the magic of the 2008 election 12:00 Special: Wildest Arctic 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
7:00 World News 1:00 Insight 2:00 Dateline 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Tricks And Trails 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 The Man-Eating Tigers Of Sumatra 8:35 24 Hours In Emergency - Code Red 9:30 Prisoners Of War - Goodbye, Sweetie 10:35 World News Australia 11:10 Movie: “Hunting And Gathering” (M l,s) Starring two of France’s brightest young stars, Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet, comes an enchanting romantic fable about a collection of misfits in Paris. Without each other, Camille, Franck, Philibert and Paulette’s lives feel empty, but through one another they rediscover their passion for life and learn to face the world 12:50 Movie: “Paradise Now” (M a) Two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, are recruited by an extremist group for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate at the border. 2:30 Weatherwatch Overnight 4:30 UEFA Champion League
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FRIDAY 27
THURSDAY 26
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 My Family 1:00 Murder Or Mutiny 2:00 The Young Ones 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Restoration Home 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Upper Middle Bogan: Don’t Over Think It 9:00 It’s A Date: Should You Have Sex On A First Date? 9:30 Would I Lie To You? 10:00 Derek 10:25 Lateline 11:00 The Business 11:25 Secrets Of The Superbrands: Food 12:20 The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg And The Pentagon Papers 2:00 Football: WAFL Grand Final 5:30 Eggheads
SATURDAY 28
SBS
SUNDAY 29
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CROSSWORD No. 167
SUDOKU No. 167
Your Lucky
Stars
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)
You may be a little difficult to handle. Reflecting on recent events will help you to find the source of your aggression. Romance. Someone that you have just met may have more in common with you than you think. Try and cover as many topics as possible in your next conversation.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
You will need a lot of emotional support from the people around you mid-week. You may be feeling a little fragile and could get quite upset if you are criticised. Romance. Now is the time to finally get things on the move. Tackle all those jobs which you have been putting off for the past few weeks!
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
FOR KIDS
You must be careful to make your own decisions, rather than allowing your family to make them for you. It’s time to stand on your own two feet. Romance. There is no need to try to constantly please your partner. They will appreciate your own free will and way of thinking.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
You may be too nervous to jump in without considering the consequences. However, sometimes it is necessary to take a leap of faith. Romance. A meeting with a family friend may stir up some unrecognized feelings. Sort them out quickly as your family may have questions.
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
Events which have been going on without your realising it could throw your plans into disarray. You will have to be extremely flexible in the coming week. Romance. A conversation with a new friend will be more significant because of what it lacks rather than because of what it includes.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
A friend who is known to be moody may be a little difficult to cope with this week. Be patient and understanding and know that they may not return the favour. Romance. Don’t allow financial problems to come between you and your partner. You need to devise a plan to get through this.
FINDWORD No. 167 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
Your good mood will help to pull a friend out of a recent difficult patch. Set aside more time to spend with them later in the week. Romance. This should be a good time for meeting new people. You may have to be quite selective, however. Don’t hand your phone number out to everyone!
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
If you can separate your work and personal life a little better, it will make a world of difference in your daily life. Be sure to enter the workplace without outside issues. Romance. Be careful not to get too comfortable in your current relationship. Refer back to your early days of dating for inspiration.
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TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
You family and friends may be trying to give you many items which you don’t need. Refrain from becoming materialistic and instead donate the items. Romance. You will be a little dreamy this week and could miss an important opportunity. This chance is worth taking and won’t come again.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
A friend’s mistake may hurt you more than they realise. Try to avoid this situation altogether by reaming independent this week. Romance. You won’t be satisfied until you have gotten to the bottom of recent events. Ask your partner as many questions as you feel are necessary at the moment.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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SOLUTIONS No. 167
Your wallet will be feeling the strain this week. There may be a fairly large expenditure which you cannot account for. Start writing down every purchase! Romance. A trip to the cinema could be much more enjoyable than the last time you went. A new relationship could develop.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
You must try to find a way to relax. You have been taking your work too seriously recently. Continuing on at your current pace will only be detrimental. Romance. A flattering remark may have made you a little giddy. Your current exercise routine is doing wonders for your appearance!
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NAPLAN Success
Northern Peninsula Area State College News
NPA College students make huge improvements in 2013 national numeracy and literacy tests Details next Torres News college page!
Inaugural NPA Triathlon P&C Fundraiser The Northern Peninsula Area State College P&C Association hosted the College’s very first major fundraiser on Sunday 8th September, 2013. The event was a triathlon. A lot of the students did not know what a triathlon was, but poured every bit of energy they had into the event. A triathlon team consists of three people. Somebody to swim, somebody to ride, somebody to run. The event commenced with the swim at the community pool – four laps for Seniors (High school students and adults) and two laps for Juniors (Primary school-aged from Year 4 upwards). Then followed by the bike ride – 6.5km. Followed by the run – 3.5kms. There ended up being eleven teams competing in the event in the two divisions. Winners and placegetters were 1st place: Snr Calan Byrnes / Adam Graham / Lindsay Fletcher Jnr Frances Newman / Serena Lewin / Elma Yoelu 2nd place: Snr Xavier Barker / Jade de Bruyn / Louis Bouchet Jnr Steven Savage / Bob Pablo / Jack Zieth 3rd place : Snr James Ware / Josh Symons / Jason Symons Jnr Edna Sepon / Maryann Sebasio / Rachel Sebasio The event finished with a run to the Bamaga Oval followed by presentations and a sausage sizzle. A fun day was had by all. Spectators, cheer squads, officials, competitors . . . every single person had a smile on their face. All funds raised will go towards resources and equipment for the College. And of course this day couldn’t have happened without contributions and support. Skytrans, Seaswift, NPARC, Seisia Enterprises, NPA Family & Community Services, Queensland Police, Bamaga Bakery, Queensland Health, College staff and parents. I know it doesn’t sound like much, but you had to be there, you really did. So we’ll see you at our next one. Glenda Christian Secretary NPA College, P&C Association
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Date Claimer Assembly Of God Church Rally
Thank You The family of Ms Anne Bero, including Angela Peters, Joseph Kawane, Godfrey Bero and all the grandchildren, would like to thank everyone for their kind support and wonderful generosity over recent weeks. All that we accomplished would have been impossible without your help. I would like to especially thank the following people: Pastor Pedro Stephen, Mr & Mrs Richard Takai, Mr Sam Sagigi and daughters, Mr Benjamin Sagigi & Ms Marita Dorante, Mr & Mrs Christopher Ware, Mr Paul Ware, Mr & Mrs Harold Mosby, Mr & Mrs Peter Gea Gea, Mr & Mrs Harold Mene, Mr & Mrs Barry Watson, Ms Diane Mene, Mr Thomas Mene & Ms Damu Pauling, Mr Thomas Mene (Besi), Mr Michael Ware, Mr George Kris, Mrs Atai Sam, Mrs Olive Larry, Mr Patrick Mills, Mr & Mrs Bana Luffman, Mr &Mrs Alo Cook, Mr & Mrs Tommy Mayor, Mr Egin Mene, Mrs Sheila Ahboo, Ms Rita Morseu (Ibis), Mr Benny Kris, Ms Patricia Sabasio, Mr Mahat Mene, Mr Gaulai Ronson, Mr Edward Mills, Mr Fred Peters, Mr Farlane Kris, Mr Michael Bon, Mrs Gloria Ware, Mrs Jeleah Williams, Mr & Mrs Dennis Ball, Mr Alan Kris, Mr & Mrs Buwa Mene, Mr Bongo Sagigi, Ms Melora Mene, Mr Eric Peters, Mrs Gebbie Sagigi, Ms Kimle Mene, Mr Miller Cook, Mr Stanley Cook, Mr Kevin Takai, Mr Gavin Ball, Ms Kayleen Ball, Mrs Jacinta Kawane, Mr & Mrs William McKeown, Mr Bana Sailor, Mrs Diane Namok, Ms Stella Soki, Mrs Katie Uta, Mr & Mrs Jacob Gabey, St Paul’s Dance Team , Boggo & Kazi Meta Dance Team. My apologies to anyone if I have forgotten to mention your name. Everyone’s efforts were greatly appreciated. Au esoau, Koeyma esso, big esso
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JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL DAY GAMES By VIVIANE SILVA THE Junior Rugby League got together for some friendly games the day of the KRL grand Final, Saturday, September 14, on the Ken Brown Oval, Thursday Island. The under 6’s, under 8’s, the under 10’s and under 12s all got to have a go, before an awards ceremony and a ‘Kick for Kash competing for a jackpot of $300. JRL President Andrew Lui said: “Over this 20 week season it was about kids’ participation rather than competition as a way to make kids more active and play sport.”
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KRL GRAND FINAL - SUBURBS 32 v MULGA TIGERS 28
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NPA and Tagai College sporting exchange STUDENTS from the NPA and Tagai College on Thursday Island got together last week for their annual sporting exchange.
Students played games of volleyball and touch footy. Tagai teacher David Ward said: “It’s all about getting together and
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Suburbs down Mulga Tigers in Grand Final By AARON SMITH NOW being a southerner, AFL is what I call footy, but it didn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that the KRL Grand
Final was going to be an intense game. From my inexperienced point of view this game looked more like a gladiator battle then what I knew as football.
Suburbs 32 v Mulga Tigers 28 The Mulga Tigers and the Suburbs battled it out in hot, dusty conditions on Saturday afternoon,
September 14 at the Ken Brown Oval, Thursday Island. From Maluwap
Nona’s war cry for the Mulga Tigers’ warm up to the final siren, this game was nothing short
Suburbs 1) Jonathon Mau 21) Jack Wailu 3) Andrew Braver 20) Raymond Misi 5) Ishmail Soki 23) Bert Whap 7) Kailu George (Capt.) 8) Jackson Seymour 9) Andrew Hislop 10) Terry Mau 11) Trevor Wosomo 12) Gavin Kris 13) Samson Zitha 14) Angelo Lui 15) Jaffa Cook 16) Olsen Sailor 17) Ted Whap 18) Paul Tabua 19) Ronald Whap
Mulga Tigers 1) Patrick Tamwoy (Capt.) 2) Patrick Soki 3) Peter Eseli 4) Hassan Nona 5) John Peter 6) Fred Mathew 7) Stanley Daniel 8) Eseli Baira 9) Tamat Mills 10) Wayne Laza 11) Richard Laza 12) Bill Eseli 13) Remus Phineasa 14) Lindsay Nona 15) Lewis Whap 16) Victor Nona 17) Edmund Tamwoy 18) Jack David 19) Tali Namoa
of a real nail biter. Both teams sat at 16 points at half time and both teams edged up the score until the Suburbs claimed their third premiership with 32 points
to Mulga Tigers 28. The Man of the Match was awarded to Bert Whap from the Suburbs. << Photos, Page 22. << Juniors game and photos, Page 21.
Suburbs captain Kailu George and Man of the Match Bert Whap with the KRL Trophy.
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