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28 Oct. - 3 Nov. 2013 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1089 • $2.00 inc. GST
Too Deadly, mighty Mulga win Zenadth Kes Cup
Thursday Island was the location for the three-day Zenadth Kes Rugby League Carnival, where more than 36 games were played before Mulga finished
as the winners, beating Platoons 2 by 38-16 and taking home some $20,000 in prize money. The Mulga players are pictured with the winners’
trophy. For more details and pictures go to pages 22-23-24 >>>.
Family pet is viciously mauled in own garden By AARON SMITH
Rosie at the graves of all her dogs that have been mauled over the years.
HAVING a member of your family torn to pieces is not someone anyone should have to endure, but for long-time Thursday Island resident Rosie Ware, this is the second time she has experienced such a horrific tragedy. Rosie’s 14-year-old Australian Terrier, Mocha, was viciously mauled to by a large
dog at 6:30am on October 10, outside her home. Despite surgery Mocha died of her injuries the next day. Rosie’s partner, Allen Godfrey, stated in his report to Torres Shire Council that he was awoken by the sounds of shrieking, and by the time he got outside he saw three dogs mauling the family pet, Mocha. Continued Page 3 >>
More search and rescues in our treacherous waters By AARON SMITH A MECHANIC from Darnley Island is lucky to be alive after he was rescued last Monday morning near Murray Island. He had been clinging for around four hours to the over-turned hull of his boat when he was rescued by the Sea Swift barge, the Malu Warrior. Heading home, the man placed his tool box at the bow of his vessel, a six-metre dory, which he thinks over weighted it, he was subsequently swamped by a wave when he was caught out in bad swell. He had to dive down under the capsized vessel several times until he was able to activate his EPIRB. He then clung to the partially submerged vessel. Continued Page 2 >>
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Gudang ancestors finally come home IT’S taken a long time for some of the ancestors of the Gudang people to come home to country. On Saturday, October 12, skeletal remains of the Gudang Clan were buried at Somerset, Cape York, representing the end of a long journey and a long battle. In the middle of the 19th century a German anthropologist, Mr Otto Finsch (right). travelled from Berlin, Germany, and spent some time in Somerset, Cape York, collecting the remains of the Gudang Aboriginal people and shipped them back to Germany
for further research and display in several museums. Then, earlier this month, Colina Wymarra and Selwyn Wall travelled to Germany and transported the remains back to Australia. The day of the burial started with a procession of vehicles from Injinoo to Somerset and it was agreed that no photos would be taken as it was a personal, sombre family event. On arrival at Somerset the Gudang elders agreed that due to the fact the remains left Somerset together, they would be buried as
one with a plaque at the head of the site. After a prayer from the Anglican Minister, a senior elder Mr Rex Anderson (Wymarra) spoke of how the remains after a long journey across the seas to another country are now finally at rest in their own land. He also mentioned during their time in the Museum in Berlin the building was never destroyed through two world wars. “It may well be that the spirit of our ancestors prevented the Museum from being destroyed
so they could eventually return to Somerset intact as when they left.” Mr Lars Oldberg, a senior officer representing the German Embassy in Canberra, was very moved by the ceremony and paid his deep respect and apology from the German people. He also mentioned to NPARC Mayor Mr Bernard Charlie and another Senior elder Ted Wymarra that his country has now adopted the Gudang people as their own, as two tribes binding together. On the Saturday night a feast was held in New Mapoon at the
community hall where lots of relatives from far and wide met, some for the first time. “It was felt the spirits of our ancestors was responsible for this bringing togetherness amongst us all,” Mr Wymarra said.
More search and rescues in our waters Qlders below national health average << From Page 1 Acting Sargent Mitchell Gray, Officer -in-Charge of Thursday Island Water Police, said they tasked the Seaswift vessel under the Safety Of Life At Sea treaty, as they were the closest vessel in the area. The man was rescued around 2pm about eight nautical miles west- northwest of Murray Island. The man, who was not injured, was taken to Murray Island, with his vessel. Also last week Volunteer Marine Rescue located an abandoned five-metre vessel at 11am, October 23, on the reef near Farewell Rock. The vessel, named ‘Fatality’ had engine trouble and the owner had to walk some 20-30km along the reef at low tide to Kubin.
QUEENSLANDERS are more likely to smoke, be overweight or obese and less likely to exercise regularly than the average Australian, according to an Australian health survey. The Heart Foundation’s Health Director, Rachelle Foreman, said the results were a major concern as it showed Queenslanders were leaving themselves at risk of developing heart disease. “Eighty per cent of heart dis-
ease is preventable. If you are overweight or obese, smoke or do not exercise regularly your risk of developing heart disease greatly increases,” Ms Foreman said. “These are lifestyle choices people can make every day and I would encourage all Queenslanders to move more and eat healthier foods to help get rid of the extra kilos, as well as quit smoking- to save their heart.” The survey also shows that
around 30 per cent of Queenslanders have high cholesterol2, with many of them not being aware they have it. Nearly 1-in-5 Queenslanders have high blood pressure. “These disturbing survey results show action is needed now,” Ms Foreman added. Heart disease is the leading killer of Queenslanders and a major cause of premature death and avoidable hospital admissions.
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Family pet viciously mauled in owner’s garden << From Page 1 Two of the dogs were on leashes as the neighbour who was responsible for them struggled to control the animals, the third dog, that was not on a leash had Mocha in his mouth. “He was just shaking her like a rag doll,” Allen said. Allen fought with the dog, choking it with its collar until it let go of Mocha; the angry dog then turned on Allen biting his right arm and drawing blood. “In my opinion a dog this size should not be allowed in a built-up area, as they are hunting dogs and should not be penned up all day. “People should be able to control their animals and call them off if need be. Thank God it was not a small child we are now talking about with this incident,” Allen said. Rosie said that all three of the
dogs that fatally mauled Mocha have since been removed from Thursday Island and sent to Cairns. “Mocha was a member of our family who was fatally mauled, and now the dogs that killed her are still alive in Cairns. “However, now they have the taste of blood, it’s wrong and I worry about what they may do in Cairns, they could turn nasty at any minute,” Rosie said. “The dog problem on TI is out of control. “Big, dangerous dogs like this need to be on a leash and muzzled at all times in public, as they are just plain dangerous. “What will it take for the authorities to do something, will it take a small child being mauled before anything is done?” This is not the first time Rosie has suffered attacks from large dogs on her property, in fact Mocha and another terrier, Coco was mauled in 2009.
Back then Rosie pleaded to council to do something about the dog problem, but it fell on deaf ears. Other members of the community have repeatedly mentioned concerns about the problem of large aggressive dogs roaming the streets. Cate Titasey has on more than one occasion been threatened by these dogs. Cate, who has written several letters to the editor of Torres News has also stated she has approached council, who have to date been reluctant to do anything. Torres Shire Local Law on animal management clearly states that: “The owner or responsible person for an animal must ensure that the animal is not in a public place unless the animal is under effective control.” Fines for grievously bodily harm to another animal carries a fine of $7500, and to a person a fine ofOur$22,500. suppliers will be here so come get yourse
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THIRD TORRES STRAIT RECOGNITION AWARDS THE 2013 Torres Strait Recognition Awards took place at Tagai TAFE College, on Thursday Island to recognise achievers in employment and training. President of the My Pathway’s Torres Strait Recognition Awards Mark England said last week: “The Awards held on Thursday, October 17, have surpassed the previous two years in sponsorship, nominations and Award categories and was a credit to all involved. “ The committee boasts mainly locals from the region who have worked hard all year to make this evening a success. “The third Torres Strait Recognition Awards has grown from strength to strength as nominations flowed in from a wide range of organisations from across the Torres Strait region”. Commenting on the quality of nominations Mr Robert Tippins from My Pathway said: “It is truly inspiring to see so much creative hard working and talented leadership across
the sector”. Mark England said: “This year we had 10 Categories and nominations covering all aspects of Employment and Training, as well as recognition of ‘Community Support’. The event was introduced by the Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch who is also the Awards Patron said: “I am proud to be the Patron” and paid tribute to all the attending locals, nominees and sponsors. He made mention of the new stage that was built by Remote Jobs in Community Program (RJCP) participants under the guidance of TAFE.This stage is now a permanent fixture at the Tagai TAFE and was made possible by a forward thinking Awards Committee. The Awards Host was the local community member Sylvia Tabua and throughout the evening the guests where entertained by a variety of local Torres Strait music, from performers Seaman Dan and his grandson Patrick
Mau and also the dancers EIPE KAREM BEIZAM from Mer Island. The guests were treated to five-star catering by the Awards chef Abi Dennis who worked closely with Tagai TAFE College students to present five varieties of tasty canapés. The students were invited to the stage to be gratefully acknowledged by the guests. In Torres Shire Mayor Pedro Stephen’s closing speech he described how proud he was of his community and of the awards, he made mention that next year the Torres Shire Council (TSC), will certainly be a major sponsor of these awards, which was greeted with much applause from the 100 plus guests who attended. Several new sponsors as well as existing sponsors have already approached event organisers regarding their involvement in the 2014 Torres Strait Employment and Training Recognition Awards.
ABOVE: The awards winners. BELOW: The Awards sponsors and patrons. BELOW LEFT: Eipe Karem Beizam Dancers from Mer.
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Stinger season warning
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30 to 40 hospitalisations a year in the Torres Strait.
By VIVIANE SILVA A MIXED bag of mothers, fathers, kids, doctors, paramedics as well as police staff all came to listen to Dr Jamie Seymour, a SLSQ marine stinger advisor and associate professor from James Cook University, on October 16, at the Port Kennedy Hall on Thursday Island. “We get approximately 30 to 40 hospitalisations a year in the Torres Strait during the marine stingers season,” Dr Seymour (right) said. Dr Seymour has over 20 years experience in researching and working with venomous and dangerous animals. He was brought to Thursday Island by the Surf Life Saving Queensland Institution and for almost two hours, Dr Seymour talked about the stringer season starting in November this year, which goes up to the end of the wet season, which can be
March. The presentation was very informative, which also helped kids and parents to not only identify the species, but also to give them relevant data related to the danger, harm and first aid to help save a life. The audience was able to ask questions at the end and it became an informal, but yet, very useful resource of an up to date understanding of marine stingers. He also discussed the dangers of other venomous species, such as cone snails and stone fish. According to Dr Seymour, the seasons are getting longer, in the 1960’s it would approximately take 45 days, but in 2007 it was registered as 150 days long. He said communities should
be prepared, as sometimes, the wet season may stop temporarily, but then restart. Dr Seymour explained, despite all other important procedures, such as the use of vinegar, to save a
life CPR is still an important operation if someone has been stung by a jelly fish. “A prompt and prolonged CPR can save a life,” Dr Seymour said.
Yawo fishing for Matt Mason in the Torres Strait By NOLA PAGE MATT Mason, Lecturer/Campus Co-ordinator School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition at JCU had his last fish at a “secret spot” last week, the day before leaving the island for good. Matt had been living here for nearly four years with his wife, Camille, sons Caelan and Fionh and Thursday Island born baby daughter, Freya. As well as his regular job Matt was an integral member of the community, acting as an Auxiliary Firefighter for the local Queensland Fire and Rescue Service and had been on-call and assisted in several incidents. Wife Camille was a teacher at Tagai Primary School. The Mason’s are a lovely family that will be sadly missed as they start their new future on the Sunshine Coast.
Matt Mason drops a line for the last time.
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Erub Arts take out awards at Media Festival THE Torres Strait fared well in the 15th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival, where residents of Darnley took out three awards. Held in Western Arrernte country at Ntaria (Hermannsburg) Community, Northern Territory, from October 2 to 8, 180 delegates came together from across Australia to showcase, celebrate and develop the remote Indigenous media sector. Louisa Anson, from Erub Arts on Darnley Island, won the Steve McGregor Award for Best Emerging Talent (presented by TEABBA). The Best RIBS Operator Award went to Walter Lui and the Best ICTV Station ID went to Jimmy Thaiday. Anthony Geagea was also awarded the Best Emerging Radio Talent from TSIMA. The slogan for this year’s festival
was Ngkitja Arr-kunna, meaning ‘Happy Voices’, and it set the tone for a positive and creative mood for the festival. The festival was broadcast live by CAAMA Radio 8KIN FM, with many Remote Indigenous Media Organisations (RIMOs) from across Australia rebroadcasting CAAMA Radio’s coverage. For the first time, the SBS Board of Directors travelled to the Festival to discuss issues facing the remote media sector, and to show support for the sector. Erub Arts gratefully acknowledges funding from Arts Queensland’s Building Skills and Opportunities. Programs such as this are vital to enable artists from remote areas overcome the high costs of travel to participate at such important national events.
Water Lui, Louisa Anson and Jimmy Thaiday who were major award winners at the 15th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival.
AFMA says Black Teatfish is a no take THE Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) would like to let fishers know that the sea cucumber species Black Teatfish in the Torres Strait is still a no take species. While this species was unsustainably fished during the 1990’s and 2000’s, the closures are leading to a slow recovery. Having considered the latest science, the Protected Zone Joint Authority is considering an option to allow limited fishing for Black Teatfish in a short trial.
The Authority will make a decision soon. The Tropical Rock Lobster commercial fishing season is closed for October and November. The next season will open again for ‘free diving’ on December 1, 2013. The fishery will open to ‘hookah diving’ on February 1, 2014. For further information on sea cucumber species available for harvest please go to www.pzja.gov.au. For any other questions contact AFMA (07 4069 1990).
Jeffrey’s goal: Revive Meriam language TORRES Strait Island man Jeffrey James (pictured) is among Indigenous students from Queensland travelling to the NT to turn their academic dreams into reality thanks to a program designed to prepare them for success at university and TAFE. Jeffrey finished PTS in 2012, and this year has been studying an ACIKE bachelor degree at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education. Batchelor Institute recently acknowledged the achievements of 26 students who completed the Preparation for Tertiary Success (PTS) course. PTS is just one of the courses delivered by the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE), a joint partnership between Batchelor Institute and Charles Darwin University (CDU). Jeffrey said: “Now I’ve nearly finished my first year of uni I have worked out that really I want to become an expert in my language. “My dad always spoke to me in Meriam and now he’s passed I’m really worried that I will lose the language.” Jeffrey’s goal is to contribute to the revival of Meriam because it is an endangered language. “My language is my identity. Without it I would lose a huge part of who I am,” Jeffrey said. Now these PTS graduates are continuing to experience success as students enrolled in degrees of education, health and linguistics. The ACIKE mixed mode (workshops plus online) delivery model allows Indigenous people from
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THE appeal hearing in the High Court, October 11, concerning the Malu Sara was unsuccessful. The Coroner delivered a devastating 86 page report criticising both the Department and the rescue effort, and the builders of the boat. All the family asked was that he refer his papers to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration as to whether any of the parties should be prosecuted. Both the boat builder and the Department were fined approximately $200,000 each, with costs. This was meaningless as one Department simply paid another and the boat building company went into liquidation. The public Servant in charge of the fiasco, both ordering the boat to be built and instructing Mr Baira
to take it out in bad weather while he returned by helicopter, resigned from the Department and could not be disciplined under the Public Service Act. We asked the Coroner Mr Barnes to refer the papers to the DPP. He declined. We asked for reasons so we could judicially review his decision - he wouldn’t give any. We appealed to the Supreme Court, they said - he had not made a decision under the Judicial Review Act and rejected our claim. We appealed to the Court of Appeal. They agreed. We then appealed to the High Court. We also asked the Assistant Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Mr David Kempton to speak to the Attorney General Mr Jarrod Bleijie. David said he would - but has not told us what if anything happened. This was the last throw of the
Thanks for a great carnival CONGRATULATIONS to the organisers, players and spectators of the Zenadth Kes Cup for a great carnival. Thank you so much for considering the neighbouring residents when it came to playing music at reasonable levels and turning off the oval lights around ten each night. I certainly enjoyed the music and the cheering of the cup and I got a great sleep each night. Well done. Catherine Titasey (right), Thursday Island.
legal dice for the family. In essence the High Court then decided that the Coroner’s decision came under the exception in the Judicial Review Act which allow you to review decisions which are associated with the administration of criminal justice. So they disallowed the appeal. So where does this leave us? We think that the State fought the matter so hard because they were worried it would set a general precedent across the board allowing people to judicially review any administrative decision in the criminal jurisdiction. Imagine if five people drowned on a government boat in Moreton Bay and the Coroner found that it was an avoidable accident. The papers would be across to the DPP in an instant. We now have to make sufficient fuss to put pressure on
the politicians (in particular the Attorney General and David Kempton) to fix things. All it would take would be for the Attorney General to tell the Coroner to refer the papers to the Director of Public Prosecutions. We have given him an opinion which shows that he can do it - we just need to make sure that he does. In other circumstances, he has done it - so why not with the Malu Sara? Remember the family are not asking to prosecute anyone - they just want the official who can decide if that should be done to be allowed to review the papers to decide IF it should be done.Put They can’t even get to first base, legally there is nothing they can do about it. John Bottoms (pictured) Baira Family Lawyer Cairns.
News from the window continues . . . By VIVIANE SILVA
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IN a recent edition of Torres News, I reported news that came from my bedroom window. A big, white and mysterious structure, that came out of the ocean onto my backyard beach, made me write about the unknown answers of the way we consume and deal with the waste. I thought I had a final melancholic stop to that short story, but not exactly. On October 9, I was again, at my computer, looking out of the window and, to my surprise, two clever boys have found the answer to my question on my first “news from the window”: recycle; re-use; re-invent. They were using it as boat, floating in sea, to fish from. Those two boys, whom I didn’t have the chance to talk with, found in that lost and sad structure, a way to not only have fun, but also make me smile, with the sensation that Thursday Island has more to offer than I could ever imagine. My window is always open on TI.
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Parish Hall restoration ready to roll AFTER a year of intensive fundraising, the Parish Hall Restoration Committee has announced that the fundraising target for Stage 1 works on the historic Quetta Parish Hall has been reached. The news is a major milestone, and means that Stage 1 construction - comprising the removal of the asbestos roof and replacement with colour bond roofing, and the installation of new decking and railing on the verandah - can now begin. Committee Chair Chris Lemke said it was a real achievement to reach the first target without receiving any government grants. “This is fantastic news and I congratulate the Committee for all their hard work fundraising. We also couldn’t have done it without the support of the community. “There are too many individuals and businesses to name but it has been heart-warming to see how everyone has come together for this cause.” The PHRC also recently won the My Pathway Ken O’Brien Achiever
Award at the Torres Strait Recognition Awards 2013, for ‘outstanding achievements, going beyond and working towards excellence’. Mr Lemke said: “We’re not going to stop the fundraising; there is still a Stage 2 target to reach which will enable us to paint the exterior and refurbish the interior, as well as elaborating on the current garden areas.” The winner of the much sought-after Sea Swift raffle, a trip for two on the MV Trinity Bay, was Tamworth resident Ross Sharrock. Mr Sharrock is a fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) and initially donated $100 towards the project before buying the winning ticket from PHRC member Vonda Moar-Malone at one of the ARLP sessions. Ross and wife Ed are very excited to be the winners of this prize and are very much looking forward to visiting the region before the end of this year. The Committee’s next fundraiser is a Christmas
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Raffle; tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the National Australia Bank. Prizes are as follows: 1st PRIZE: Return tickets between Horn Island and Cairns for two people (kindly donated by Matt Trevett-Lyall at QantasLink) 2nd PRIZE: Traditional pack including a matching pair of shorts, a Lava Lava and a handkerchief (kindly donated
by Linda Fell) and a pearl pendant of a Dhari (kindly donated by Brendan O’Connor) 3rd PRIZE: $100NAB Classic Bank Account (kindly donated by Louella Tidswell and Thursday Island NAB Branch) Members of the PHRC would especially like to
thank major sponsors Seaswift and QantasLink for their continued support. Contributions of labour and materials will be gratefully accepted, and financial donations can be made at the TI branch of the NAB, or by direct deposit (BSB 084-951 Account 142116-121).
ABOVE: The Parish Hall Restoration Committee from left: Danica Lemke, Leigh Lemke, Chris Lenke, Bruce Ranga, Lou Tidswell, Michelle Cochrane, Pauline Ahwang and Halan Dyer. LEFT: Ross and Ed Sharrock receive their prize from Sea Swift from Vonda Moar-Malone.
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ABOVE and BELOW: The workshop in progress. RIGHT: Ceferino Sabatino. By JOHN SMITH ‘GHOST nets’ haunt our seas like a transparent veil of death. Discarded from fishing boats, either accidentally or deliberately, they ensnare all manner of fish (both adult and undersize) including sharks, dolphins, rare sawfish and turtles. The nets trap the fish in a tangle, their bodies then acting as enticing bait for other unsuspecting fish. They are like a floating graveyard - ever growing - driven by tides, ocean currents and the SE trade winds from the Timor Sea and ending up in the hot spots of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Only about 10 per cent of ‘ghost nets’ found in our seas are from Australian fishing boats, but we are left with 100 per cent of the problem. The Ghost Nets Australia program trains sea-rangers from indigenous communities across WA, NT and Queensland as part of the Australian government’s ‘Caring for Country’. Its funding is derived from the Northern Gulf Resource Management Group - unfortunately, the funding expires this year. The capture and landfill disposal of ghost nets is a difficult, labour intensive effort, but every problem is also an opportunity. By looking upon the discarded ghost nets as a resource, something
positive can be created. On Sunday October 13, Ceferino (Nino) Sabatino, a well-respected artist in the region, conducted a ghost net workshop on art making hosted in the home of Kate Carroll. Nino was born on Thursday Island, but grew up on Hammond Island. His art practice covers drawing, ceramics, linocuts, and painting as well as hand crafted Dhoeri making, woodcarving and reconfigured ghost net artwork. Nino has an Associate Diploma of Art from the Thursday Island campus of Tropical North Queensland Institute (TNQI). He states that: “The sea environment plays an enormous part in my lifestyle and culture.” His entry in this year’s Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award 2013 won the Best Work on Canvas Award. As Nino explains ‘using reverse psychology to recycle ghost nets into art can turn a problem into an asset’.
Art has the capacity to simultaneously entertain and to educate, to enquire and to interrogate an issue. A group of around 15 participants split naturally into two groups - one outside sitting on the floor in a circle, and the other inside around a long table. Each wove their pieces with nimble fingers to construct art works under Nino’s skilful supervision, whilst engaging in group dialogue the conversations covered a diverse range of topics of social relevance. This was a situation where art making provided a focus for nurturing a genuine spirit of community. It paralleled the North American tradition of quilt making, where groups of women would work together to sew communal quilts, whilst stitching together social ties and friendships. As this workshop demonstrated, art can be a social glue, binding a community closer together, networking through net working. www.ghostnets.com.au
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Participants in the first workshop last month have provided positive feed-back. THE Torres Strait Region- a commercially viable business in a way that they understood.” al Authority (TSRA) has small business. “We live and work in A second workshop entered into a partnership with Indigenous Business a challenging environ- for new participants was Australia to deliver Into ment for business, with held on Thursday Island Business Workshops in our remoteness having an on the 15 October and the Torres Strait for the impact on the commercial continuing participants viability of businesses. from the first course took first time. “These workshops part in a two day workshop The workshops are designed to assist Tor- will assist participants on October 16 and 17. res Strait Islander and to develop strategies Future workshops will be Aboriginal people fully and provide some of the conducted in the region investigate and research tools to build successful based on Island cluster their business ideas before businesses despite the groups. The workshops form taking the leap into busi- challenges.” Mr Elu said feedback part of a suite of services ness ownership. The three one-day from the pilot workshop offered by the TSRA to self-paced workshops are conducted in September aspiring and current Torres Strait Islander and spaced over the course of had been very positive. “People were saying Aboriginal business owner several weeks. The TSRA Chairman, the workshop helped them operators. Other services offered Mr Joseph Elu said the understand how business TSRA is committed to works and what was by the TSRA include the Islander Entrepreneur fostering economic devel- needed to be successful. “People also liked the Program, which offers opment in the region. “It is crucial for us to approach of the facilitator loans up to $20,000 and support those people who who used stories and real is delivered in partnership aspire to own and operate life experience to explain with the National Australia
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Input to maternity services review MATERNITY services in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula areas will be reviewed to ensure they are meeting client needs and expectations. Torres Strait-Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Service (HHS) Chief Executive Simone Kolaric said the region had an extensive maternity service and offered full birthing facilities for women with low-risk pregnancies. “Currently, we deliver around 120 babies a year on Thursday Island and we are also able to do emergency caesarean sections if required,’’ Ms Kolaric said. “We also offer full ante and postnatal care.’’ Women with high-risk pregnancies still need to have their babies at Cairns Hospital, or another major hospital where there is access to more specialised care units for babies and mothers if required. About 180 Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula women a year go south to have their babies at a major hospital. Ms Kolaric said local maternity services had recorded some wonderful outcomes in recent years, with many results being above the State averages. “For instance, currently, 100 per cent of all pregnant women passing through our maternity service are offered smoking intervention and support to stop smoking,’’ she said. “In addition, 93 per cent of mothers
birthing with us are breastfeeding upon discharge. “All our mothers are provided with emotional and spiritual well-being support throughout their pregnancy and after the birth. “Our maternity service staff are very proud of their achievements but there is always room for improvement. “That’s why, in line with traditional culture in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula, we plan to hold a series of community consultation meetings throughout the region to find out what clients of the service want for the future. “These meetings will be held between November 5-14. “We want to ensure our service is culturally appropriate and meets the needs and expectations of all our diverse communities, both on the islands and on the Northern Peninsula.” Community consultations will be held at: Nov 5. Badu Island RTC Building - Health Room 9 am-12 pm Nov 6. Bamaga Hospital Conference Room 9 am-12 pm Nov 8. York Island Council Community Hall 9 am-12 pm Nov 11. Darnley Island Council Conference Room 9 am-12 pm Nov 13. Saibai Island Community Hall 9 am-12 pm Nov 14. Thursday Island Adgir Gubau Giz (Chronic Disease Centre) Meeting Room 1 & 2 9 am-12 pm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at just under one per cent. “The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has a younger age structure than the non-Indigenous population, with larger proportions of young people and smaller proportions of older people. “The median age of the Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander population as of June, 2011, was 22 years, compared to 38 years for the non-Indigenous population,” Mr Jarvis said. “Contrary to popular belief, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population predominantly lives in Australia’s most-populous areas, with about 60 per cent living in major cities and inner regional areas, and just over 20 per cent living in remote and very remote areas.”
AUSTRALIA’S Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population has reached 669,900 (or three per cent of the total population), according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The Director of Demography at the ABS, Bjorn Jarvis, said: ‘New South Wales has the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population (208,500), followed by Queensland (189,000) and Western Australia (88,300). “About three-quarters of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in these three states. “Almost a third (30 per cent) of the Northern Territory’s population were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - the highest of any state or territory. “Victoria had the smallest proportion of
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NPA COLLEGE YEAR 12 FORMAL
NPA College held its Year 12 formal this month at Loyalty Beach. Stunning in their beautiful dresses, colourful shirts and ties, one student even arrived on his horse as the sun went down.
The graduating students were: Quintella Jawai, Braydon Mudu, Caleb Ober, Winston Williams, Jowin Pascoe, Kenita Bamaga and Kitty Mairu. Guests consisted of family,
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friends, teachers and local community representatives. Mr Gordon Herbertson, the new College Principal, and Councillor Eddie Newman spoke of the importance of education in Indigenous
communities and how this group of senior students are role models for other year levels. After the speeches everyone gathered at the water’s edge for a candlelight ceremony.
Students placed a candle in an origami lotus flower they had made at school, placed it in the water then pushed it out into the night, carrying with it their hopes and dreams for the future.
ABOVE LEFT: Year 12 Students (from left): Jowin Pascoe, Braydon Mudu, Kitty Mairu, Caleb Ober, Kenita Bamaga, Winston Williams and Quintella Jawai. ABOVE RIGHT: Year 12 students (from left): Caleb Ober, Wilton Williams and Braydon Mudu. LEFT: From left: Guest Titus Mooka, students Kenita Bamaga, Jowin Pascoe, Kitty Mairu, Quintella Jawai and From left: Guest Wilton Williams, student Winston guest Andre Wapau. Williams and guest Ronald Williams arrive on horseback.
PINK-TOBER, raising awareness of breast cancer
LEFT: Emma Bampton RIGHT: A ‘booby trap’. BELOW: Paul MacGuire and Janelle Power-Akee.
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THURSDAY Island Hospital was the location of cakes, coffee, a sausage sizzle and fun, all to raise awareness of breast cancer, to honour those who have fallen and those brave survivors. Sandra Gregg a support nurse from the MacGrath Foundation, which provides help for survivors and families affected by breast cancer even flew up from Cairns to give her support. Event Organiser Robyn Humphreys, Hospital Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services, said it was a fun and positive way to raise awareness of this devastating disease as well as raising some funds to help research. ‘Pink-tober’ is a way for people to show there ‘true colours’. If anybody would like to sponsor a Pink Lady, which will be placed in the hospital grounds to help keep the message alive, they can contact Thursday Island Hospital. Ms Humphreys said dozens of staff and many community members had turned out for the Mini-Field of Women event held at the hospital. “It was a great day and I thank everyone who turned up to show their support,’’ Mrs Humphreys said. She said she particularly wanted to thank all the organisations and individuals that had supported the event with donations of goods or services or who had helped on the day. These were: Torres News, Radio 4MW, Mona’s Boutique, the Grand Hotel, Roger Chandler, TI Hardware, TI Pharmacy, Torres Shire Council, Heidi Eastcott, the Thursday Island Hospital Maintenance Department, the Rotary Club of Thursday Island, TI Meats, the Department of Health, Riverina Workwear, Flipstars, Ron Humphreys, Ghislaine Wharton, Solveig Bergstrom, Martha Horgan, Paul McGuire, Cairns breast care nurse Sandra Gregg, Heidi Eastcott, Maor from Ilan Café, Emma our wonderful barista and the many individuals who had baked the selection of cakes. “This event simply would not have been possible without the help and support of these organisations and individuals,’’ Mrs Humphreys said.
ABOVE: Robyn Humpherys (left) and Simone Kolaric. RIGHT: Sandra Gregg. BELOW: Heidi Gibson (left) and Sylvia Tabua
By AARON SMITH
RECLAIMING THE NIGHT RECLAIMING the night is what women from Thursday Island Community were marching for earlier this month and to raise awareness of violence against women. Latoya Nakata from Mura Kosker Sorority, who organised
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the march, entertainment and sausage sizzle on Front Beach, Friday, October 18, said they hoped to make it an annual event again. “We have not run this for the last three years but we intend
to re-establish this each year. “It would not have been possible without the support of various agencies, such as DATSIMA, Child Protection, Queensland Police and TSRA. It was truly a collective effort,” she said.
LAST WEEK was the official launch of the Torres Strait Island Police Support Officers (TSIPSO) program, where 31 Torres Strait Island Community Police Officers were sworn in as TSIPSOs in Cairns. The officers were inducted into the force on Thursday Island earlier this month. The full report of that occasion was featured in the edition of the Torres News (7-13 October, 2013). PHOTO: From left: Commissioner Ian Stewart, Minister for Police and Community Safety Jack Dempsey, TSIRC Mayor Fred Gela, Superintendent Ned Mosby and David Kempton, Member for Cook, at the TSIPSO official launch.
Looking through Tom Roberts’s eyes By AARON SMITH
ABOVE: Tom Roberts. BELOW: Tom Roberts’s missing Torres Strait painting.
THERE is no better way to understand an artist than to the see the world they saw, believes specialist of 19th century Australian art Julie Cotter. Ms Cotter visited Thursday Island earlier this month as part of her research of new book about the portraiture of Tom Roberts, whose famous Shearing the Rams is an iconic symbol of Australia. Tom Roberts came to the Torres Strait in 1892 and painted a series of
‘forgotten portraits’’ A lecturer of Art and design at Monash University, who has completed a Phd on the work of Tom Roberts, Ms Cotter said: “Seeing something in person and reading about it are two completely different things and I think it is so important to immerse yourself in something you are writing about. “Academics can get so far removed from what they are working on. You can’t actually know something until are there and looking at it yourself.” In July, 1892, Tom Roberts caught a pearling lugger named Jessie from
Sydney and travelled up the East coast of Australia. “He invested a great deal of time trying to change his perspective away from being a society painter, so he wanted to see something else of the country and was really interested in the history of Australia. “One of the many books he took with him was Captain Cook’s voyage, so that he could retrace his sea tales up the east coast.” On Thursday Island Roberts stayed with magistrate John Douglas, who invited Roberts on an official trip around the islands.
With John Douglas, Roberts went to Mer, Badu, Hammond Island and Horn Island. Roberts painted four portraits from his travels, three of which were archived and forgotten in the British Museum until only a few years ago. One of Roberts’s moststriking paintings, of a ceremonial dance on Mer, can best be described by the original words Roberts wrote for a newspaper of the time: “The firelight rises and falls, the dancers come and disappear, always with different step and changing time, the dark skins begin to shine, and the muscles show out
in clear lines as their legs move to the quick time, the white teeth glistening on the dark faces as with a shout they join in with the chorus, who with every different movement change their accompaniments so subtly that it seems impossible to remember them, as they finish with some haunting half-tone that never gives the feeling of a rest or finish.”
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ABOVE: Julie Cotter. Ms Cotter’s book is due for release next March with MacMillan Australia.
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Parent and Community Engagement
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adhego Ngurpay Lag,Every term Kadhego Ngurpay Lag has a night class where parents with their children return to school at 5 pm for a specific hour lesson. Parents enjoy seeing how and
what their children are learning and this provides an opportunity to talk with the teachers. At the end of the evening we celebrated with
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Last term we have had a class competition for the class who achieved 100% attendance for 5 days in a row. We got very close results with pre prep, prep, year 5/6/7 and year 4/5 having 4 days. Well done to Miss Andersen and her class year 4/5 for being the first class to make 100%. Which class will be next?
fun at Sports Day 2013... Sports Day on Friday September 13. What a wonderful day we all had! Watching all the parents and families getting behind the students who needed support to finish the race! It is special things like this that make this community great! The winning sports team was the BAYDHAM! KOEDAL were great
Francis Akiba, Gimure Wosomo, Anthony Dau, Ian Akiba, Biannca Wosomo, Michael Dau, Naioki Dai, Seriba Tabuai, Clay Sambo, Raima Wosomo, Millar Wosomo, Stewart Sam, Cassandra Dau, Isabella Sutton, Smith Waigana, Rasella Wosomo, Samuel Dau, Adrianna Namaibai, Miss Caille Andersen.
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sports as both teams were so close. The following students were the age champions: Under 10 years - Marley Wosomo, Under 11 years -Millar Wosomo, Under 12 years (2 winners) - Raima Wosomo, Paul Akiba, Under 13 years - Soepal Warusam
Tagai Staff wins the “Deadly Customer ServicesAwards” Tagai State College Staff Member Liz Ahwang and Hassan Ah Boo both received the “Deadly Customer Services Award” at the Torres Strait Recognition Awards 2013. The event was held at the TAFE College on Thursday 17th October 2013. Some of the criteria for this award were: • Returning to the workforce after a long absence; • Always willing to go beyond the call of duty to respond to client/customer needs;
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Last term, an event organised by Badhulgaw Ngurpay Lag brought the community together and saw students engaged in a range of activities, extending learning beyond the classroom walls. Led by the grade 6/7 class and with the support of Kay Ahmat, Head of Campus we organised a fundraiser to raise money for the Cancer Council. Pre-loved items donated by the community were snapped up by bargain hunters. Those feeling lucky took their chances on the Hoopla stall while others simply relaxed and sampled some home-made goodies. A variety of activities were available for the
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Liz Ahwang also received “The Best Dressed Award” winning a voucher of $500 from Qantas and a 2 Night Stay at the Novotel Resort in Cairns.
children to enjoy: hairspray, portraits, glitter tattoos, guess how many marbles in a jar, colouring and much more. The grade 6/7 class got a chance to be behind the counter and tested their mathematical and bargaining skills to entice customers to their stalls. Not only did the day bring the community together, but a total of over $3500 was raised for a very worthy cause. On behalf of the school the staff would like to say a big ‘Eso’ to all of those in the community who made this wonderful event happen.
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THURSDAY 31
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Wild China 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 My Family 1:00 Turn Back Time: The High Street 2:00 Whale Patrol 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 TBA 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Catalyst 8:30 Redfern Now: Where The Heart Is 9:30 Fry’s Planet Word: Spreading The Word 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 TBA 12:30 Skellig 2:15 Movie: “The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers” (PG) - A violent argument and an accidental murder bind for life Martha Ivers and Walter O’Neil. 4:10 Movie: “The Brighton Strangler” (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: Live Nomination - Big Brother nominations, live with Sonia Kruger. Who will they nominate this week? And why? 8:00 Top Gear 12:00 True CSI: Cold Blood: Murder By Numbers - The slaying of Keith Slater, a driving instructor who was knifed in the throat, leads investigators into the realm of numerology and the occult. 12:00 Anthony Bourdian: No Reservations 1:00 The Baron 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: “All American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story” (M a,s) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 8:00 How I Met Your Mother 8:30 Beauty And The Geek Australia 9:30 TBA 10:30 The Amazing Race 11:00 Grimm: Mr. Sandman - When a mysterious case of sudden blindness causes a woman’s death, Nick and Hank come across a disturbing Wesen that feeds off its victim’s tears. 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Parent Rescue 1:30 Into The Crocodile’s Lair 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 Being Overseas 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Italian Food Safari 8:00 Destination Flavour: Japan 8:30 The London Markets: Fish Market - London’s oldest wholesale market is on the verge of its biggest change in over a thousand years. Fish merchants are facing tough times. The market is under pressure to modernise and its iconic and ancient traditions are under threat. The job of the licensed fish porter, once a job for life, could be thrown open to all comers. The market is divided as to whether ancient custom or modern commerce win out. 9:30 Masters Of Sex: Catherine 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 11:30 Thursday FC 12:30 Anthony Bourdian: No Reservations 2:15 Weatherwatch Overnight
FRIDAY 01
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 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 TBA 6:25 Auction Room 6:50 What’s Your Story? 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Illness - Stephen Fry displays his breeziest and most patronising bedside manner for an episode that’s all about illness, infection and injury. 8:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Framed For Murder - Phryne journeys into the twilight world of silent movies. When a lead actor and a director are murdered, Phryne steps in to solve the crime and save the production. 9:25 Luther: Luther investigates two horrific cases, unaware his every step is under scrutiny. 10:25 Lateline 11:00 Whites / 11:30 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 The Big Bang Theory: The Russian Rocket Reaction - Sheldon’s arch nemesis invites the guys to a party at his house and Leonard decides to go, angering Sheldon. Howard gets the opportunity of a lifetime but his decision doesn’t sit well with Bernadette. 8:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Rhinitis Revelation 8:30 TBA 11:00 Movie: “Obsessed” (M s,a,l) 2:00 Movie: “The Marriage Of Figaro” (M l) 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: “Someone Is Watching (FKA: Intrusion)” (M v,l) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens 8:30 TBA 11:00 Movie: “Carlito’s Way” - Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer is sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality. When Carlito renounces his old ways and takes a job as the manager of a club, he soon finds himself back on the streets of New York facing old partners and vicious new enemies. 2:05 Grey’s Anatomy: No Good At Saying Sorry (One More Chance) As plans continue for Meredith and Derek’s wedding, Izzie receives a surprise hospital visit from her handful-of-a-mother, Robbie. 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today
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 Greece! The Islands 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Coast: Rivers And Seas Collide 8:40 The Crown Prince Couple’s Awards 10:25 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “The Housemaid” (MA a,s) - In Korean. Eun-Yi is employed as a maid by an wealthy family, and is forced into an affair with the father of the house. When she falls pregnant, and the family uncover their secret, she is forced to take matters into her own hands to protect the unborn child. 12:55 Movie: “Paprika” (M a) In English. A machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen and a young dream therapist, Paprika, has to recover it. Award winning anime director Satoshi Kon returns to the virtual set with a cautionary tale of technology run amok. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
SATURDAY 02
6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 7.30 QLD 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 Catalyst 12:55 Going Postal 2:30 At The Movies 3:00 Basketball: WNBL: Round 5 - Canberra Vs Dandenong 5:05 Mountain Gorilla: Kingdom In The Clouds 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 New Tricks: Things Can Only Get Better 8:30 Whitechapel 9:20 Kingdom: Peter gets used to being a surrogate father with the help of Honor, Simon’s girlfriend. Baby Daniel is christened but there is a huge surprise for Peter when he returns home. 10:10 Upstairs Downstairs: The return of the much loved television series. Brought back to life with a fresh cast and sumptuous production values, the series lifts the curtain on a historical era. 11:10 Woodley: Greg 11:40 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 Business Agenda 1:00 Sullivan & Son 1:30 Movie: “Escape To Victory” (PG v,l) - As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team’s escape. 4:00 Explore South Korea 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Getaway 6:00 National News Saturday 6:30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos 7:30 Australia’s Got Talent 9:10 TBA 11:10 TBA 1:50 Movie: “Alien Raiders” (AV v,h,l) - It’s closing time at an idyllic family grocery store in Arizona. But the normal monotony of closing up is broken when a group of armed militants invade the store, killing several employees and shoppers and holding the rest hostage. 3:30 Extra 4:00 Brand Developers 5:00 Life Today With James Robinson / 5:30 Wesley Impact
6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The 2013 Melbourne Cup Carnival 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender: Dean Miller and his team cover the length and breadth of Queensland with great suggestions for weekends, short breaks and holidays. 6:00 Seven News 6:30 The Neighbors: Larry Bird & The Iron Throne - Jackie JoynerKersee tries her best to help as Debbie whips herself into a frenzy planning the perfect birthday for little Abby. 7:00 TBA 10:45 Movie: “Johnny English (2003)” (PG v,l) - He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows... nothing! When the priceless Crown Jewels are stolen, bumbling Johnny English is the only Secret Agent in the country (literally!) who can solve the crime. 12:35 Grey’s Anatomy: What A Difference A Day Makes 1:30 Movie: “The Matador (2005)” (MA s,l) 3:30 It Is Written Oceania 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz
5:00 World News 1:00 Movie: “In Search Of Haydn” 2:45 Tim Marlow’s Virtual Gallery 2:50 Passione: A Musical Adventure 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 Finding Your Roots 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 24/7 Wild: An Elephant’s Tale 8:30 Simon Reeve’s Pilgrimage To Jerusalem 9:30 Movie: “Creation” - English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work. 11:30 Movie: “Storm Warriors” (M v) - In Cantonese. An epic battle is played out by warriors harnessing the power of the elements in this action drama from the directing team of Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun. Heroic warriors Wind and Cloud find themselves up against a ruthless Japanese warlord intent on invading China and taking control of the land. 1:35 Shameless 3:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
SUNDAY 03
SBS
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: Old Church, New Church 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Shamwari: A Wild Life 2:00 Fake Or Fortune? 3:00 Sticky Bricks 4:00 The Desert Of Forbidden Art 5:00 Midsomer Murders 6:30 Compass 7:00 ABC News 7:30 The Search For The Ocean’s Super Predator 8:30 Serangoon Road 9:25 The Sunnyboy 11:05 Australia On Trial: Massacre At Myall Creek 12:00 Wake In Fright 1:45 Movie: “The Manchurian Candidate” (M a,v) - A gripping political thriller about a group of American soldiers who are captured and brainwashed into becoming sleeper agents. 4:05 The New Inventors 4:35 Catalyst 5:00 Gardening Australia 5:30 Collectors: Scissors
6:00 Bubble Guppies 6:30 Dora The Explorer 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Financial Review Sunday 10:30 Wide World Of Sports 11:30 Australian Fishing Championships 12:00 Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 12:30 Movie: “Jeremiah Johnson” (PG a,v,l) 2:50 Australia’s Got Talent 4:30 Deepwater 5:00 Reel Action 5:30 Musomagic Outback Tracks 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 Australia’s Got Talent 8:10 60 Minutes 9:10 TBA 11:30 Hostages: Truth And Concequences - Ellen has to make another life-changing choice when she performs emergency surgery in her own home. 12:30 Deep Water 1:00 Financial Review 1:30 What Would You Do? 2:35 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 The Morning Show - Weekend 11:00 Kochie’s Business Builders 11:30 TBA 12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 8:00 Sunday Night 9:00 Bones: The Sence In The Sacrifice 10:00 Castle: Time Will Tell / Boom! - A grisly murder investigation leads Castle and Beckett to a suspect who claims he’s travelled back in time to stop terrible events from unfolding, events that will change the course of human history. 12:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 12:30 Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum 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 ADbc 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 National Road Series 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Living Black Conversations 5:30 Mythbusters 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Lost Worlds: Roman Homicides 8:30 JFK: The Smoking Gun 10:05 Ewan McGregor: Cold Chain Mission 11:10 Movie: “Tears For Sale” (MA s) - In Serbian. Set during the 1920s in post-war Serbia, where the nation is rebuilding after an armed conflict in which it lost a sizable part of its young male population. In certain rural parts, this shortage of men threatens to extinguish life completely. 12:45 Movie: “Empties” (M s,l) - In Czech. A comic love story about a man who refuses to accept that old age is empty of love, meaning and value to society. Josef, a newly retired Prague school teacher, feels he still has much life to live. But he’s destined for disaster when he takes a job as a bike messenger. 2:35 Weatherwatch Overnight
MONDAY 04
7 CENTRAL
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Landline 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 The Kennedys 1:55 As Time Goes By 2:25 Choccywoccydoodah 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Nigella Kitchen: Don’t Knock It Till You’ve Tried It 6:25 Auction Room: The Collector - Featherston 6:55 Audrey’s Kitchen: Truffle Risotto 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: Secrets Of The Dead 1:05 Movie: “See No Evil” (M v) 2:35 Movie: “Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon” (PG) 3:45 Movie: “Mexican Spitfire At Sea” (G) 5:00 Pacific Pulse Fest’Napuan 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 Movie: “Moon” (M l) 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:30 The Big Bang Theory: The Workplace Proximity 9:00 The Big Bang Theory: The Monster Isolation 9:30 2 Broke Girls: And The Group Head 10:00 Two And A Half Men: Clank Clank Drunken Skank 10:30 Big School 11:00 Two And A Half Men: Bazinga! That’s From A TV Show 11:30 Two And A Half Men: Another Night With Neil Diamond 12:00 Nikita: Tipping Point 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: “Premonition” (M l,a) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 The Blacklist 9:30 Scandal 10:30 Mistresses: Payback - Savi desperately tries to make things right with Harry, but he continues to avoid her and discussion of their future. 12:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 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 Explore - Patagonia To The Pampas 2:00 Conservation’s Dirty Secrets 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 Greece! The Islands 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Countdown To Catastrophe: Volcanoes 8:30 The Truth About Exercise 9:30 Legally Brown 10:00 The Jeselnik Offensive 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Community: Investigative Journalism - Follows a group of misfits at a community college in Greendale, Colorado. This episode, Jeff takes on the role of Greendale Gazette Journal’s editor, and the gang decides whether to admit an eager classmate into its study group. 11:55 Shorts On Screen 12:30 The Family UK 2:20 Weatherwatch Overnight
TUESDAY 05
IMPARJA
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 Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School For Boys 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Nigella Kitchen: Kitchen Comforts 6:30 Auction Room: Lawsons - Art Prize 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 The Art Of Australia 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club: November 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Outcasts 1:35 Thorne: Sleepyhead 2:20 Movie: “Friends And Lovers” (PG) 3:30 Basketball: WNBL: Round 5 - Canberra Vs Dandenong 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 Movie: “Michael” (PG l) 2:27 National News Interest Rate Decision 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 6:30 A Current Affair 7:00 Big Brother 8:00 Super Fun Night: Cookie Prom - After law firm big wig Porter Warner advises Kimmie to act more professional, she starts calling herself “Kimberly” and looks to Kendall for advice. 8:30 TBA 11:30 2 Broke Girls: And The Temporary Distraction 12:00 Nikita: Masks - Alex confesses to Birkhoff her desire to leave Division. Amanda begins providing Owen with something he was never able to find -- memories of his real past. 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 2013 Melbourne Cup Carnival 4:30 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Dancing With The Stars 9:30 Body Of Proof: Committed - A schizophrenic teenage girl at a mental institution is found murdered. When Megan and Tommy interview a young patient named Darby, who seems extremely sane and lucid, she tells them that she saw the killer climb down from a heating vent in the ceiling, but most shocking of all -- he meant to kill her, not the actual victim. 10:30 Suits: He’s Back 11:30 Go On: Matchup Problems 12:00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians 12:30 Harry’s Practice 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Eros Ramazzotti Cinecetta Concert 2:30 Memories Of Italy 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 Greece! The Islands 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 JFK: This probing, definitive four-part biographic series provides a fresh look at an enigmatic man who has become one of the nation’s most beloved and mourned leaders – John F. Kennedy. Beginning with Kennedy’s childhood years as the overlooked second son of a multimillionaire exploding with ambition, the dramatic series explores JFK’s early political career as an unremarkable congressman, his subsequent successful run for a senate seat, and the presidential victory that made him the youngest elected president in U.S. history. 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Masters Of Sex 12:00 Prisoners Of War 12:55 Strange Birds In Paradise 2:00 Weatherwatch Overnight
WEDNESDAY 06
ABC
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 Business Today 10:00 Children’s Programs 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 Midday Report 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 At The Movies 2:00 The Jonathon Ross Show 3:00 Children’s Programs 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Nigella Kitchen 6:25 Auction Room 6:55 Lessons From The Grave 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Tractor Monkeys: School 8:30 Shock Horror Aunty 9:05 Ja’mie: Private School Girl 9:35 Agony Aunts 10:05 Would I Lie To You? 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Kidnap And Ransom 12:20 Taggart: The Ends Of Justice 1:10 The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister 2:40 Movie: “The Human Factor” (M l,s) 4:35 The Jonathon Ross Show 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 Hostages 2:00 Prime Suspect 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. 9:00 Hostages: Sister’s Keeper 10:30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Last Supper - The name of the hit cooking show, “Slice and Dice,” takes on a grim new meaning when a sliced-and-diced former contestant is incorporated into a “special challenge.” 11:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Play Dead 12:00 Political Animals 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: “Held Hostage” (M v,a,s) 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 6:30 Today Tonight 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 Slideshow 8:30 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D 9:30 TBA 10:30 Air Crash Investigations: En route from Alaska to Seattle, Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight #8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller from one of its four turboprop engines flies off and tears a hole in the fuselage. 11:30 30 Rock 12:00 The Cult 1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 Korean News 5:30 UEFA Champions League 2013/2014 8:00 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 Greece! The Islands 6:30 World News Australia 7:30 Richard Hammond’s Miracles Of Nature 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: Head First 9:30 Prisoners Of War: Beaches - Atar Shorer executes a meticulous recruitment of Yinon, and Iris’s investigation leads her to “Operation Judas”. Nurit is fraught with anxiety and guilt over her decision. 10:30 World News Australia 11:00 Movie: “Fish Tank” (MA a,s,l) - Mia Williams is a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old who lives with her single mother and younger sister. Constantly fighting with her family and after falling out with her best friend, her only solaces are her passion for hip-hop dancing and an old horse she comes across one day which she forms a bond with and cares for. 12:50 Movie: “Scheherazade, Tell Me A Story” (MAV v,a) 3:15 Weatherwatch Overnight
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CROSSWORD No. 172
SUDOKU No. 172
Your Lucky
Stars
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd) Don’t get too wrapped up in your own concerns. You are a very unselfish person and do not normally forget about the needs of the people around you. Romance. This is not the best time for joint activities. You will enjoy being with your partner, but alone time as well.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
Use this week to declutter your life. Do this at home and at work to get the most benefit from it. You will feel more relaxed after you do! Romance. This will be a very great time for romance, with both Venus and Mars in good positions. Spice things up with something new!
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
FOR KIDS
Your family may be a little trying this week. You will have to be more patient than usual. Spending more time with them is a must. Romance. Your partner may be less responsive to your changing moods than you’dlike. Don’t expect them to be at your beckon call.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
A friend who has inconvenienced you in the past may do so again. Don’t be so quick to believe all their excuses. Romance. A major improvement in your partner’s status is aout to come true. You may not be ready for all of the changes that are about to come. Prepare yourself!
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
Don’t worry about something that happened in the past. There is nothing that you can do to change it. Learn from your experiences. Romance. You will need a lot of emotional support from your partner this week. Be glad that they are there when you need them. Tell them!
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th)
You’ll be in a very efficient mood this week. Everything will be going well and you will get a lot done. Be careful of making a careless mistake, however. Romance. A sudden outburst of emotion may surprise your partner. It will be very effective in getting their attention!
FINDWORD No. 172 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
You will need to find a balance between the needs of different people. You haven’t got enough money to please everybody. Romance. Your partner may be jealous because you have been paying too much attention to someone else. Reassure them of your actions.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
There may be tension this week between you and another member of your family. You should both become less judgmental in order to work things out. Romance. Your partner’s erratic moods should not be a cause for concern. They’re just releasing tension and will be fine.
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CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd) Time spent discussing your recent lifechange with a friend will help you to see things in a new perspective. Romance. You will have to take the initiative in starting a new relationship. If you wait, you could miss the chance. Don’t put too much pressure on your future mate, however.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
An argument with a friend could be difficult to resolve. Avoid spending too much time griping about old issues. Stick to the matter at hand. Romance. A book may give you a suggestion which is worth following up. Think creatively about changes to your relationship.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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The greatest gift you can give someone is time. Because when you give them your time your giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. –Unknown
SOLUTIONS No. 172
A letter to a friend will help to bring you closer together. There may be some things which you find it difficult to tell them to their face. Romance. Avoid getting into a situation in which your partner is making decisions on your behalf. You’ll need to be a little more assertive.
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
A risk which seems unlikely to come off may be much more sensible than you think. Don’t take things further than you need, however. Romance. Your partner may be in for a huge change at their workplace. Allow them to make the decision to take or decline the offer.
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FOR RENT HORN ISLAND 4 bedrooms. Close to shops & wharf, fully fenced yard, partly furnished. $500 p/wk + bond. Available Now. Email: anckcross@ bigpond.com or Call: 0429 479 773
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Saturday, NOVEMBEr 2, 2013 9.00am to 12.00pm port Kennedy Hall
For more information or to book a stall contact the Port Kennedy office on (07) 4069 2306
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Port Kennedy Association Incorporated. Notice to all financial members to attend the
Thank You The family of the late Roland (Roly) Francis KIRK wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many expressions of love, kindness and support shown to them during this time of bereavement. Words cannot express the gratitude we feel. Your generosity will be remembered always. God Bless you all. From Geraldine (Tum) and Family
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An animal rescue group based in Cairns that is the only animal rescue dedicated to helping stray, unwanted and neglected animals in the Torres Straits. We provide veterinary care and rely on dedicated and passionate foster carers to provide a loving home for rescued animals until the right forever family is found. For help or further information please call Hannah on 0402 354 249 or email Ti.rescuefosteradopt@hotmail.com
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Monday, November 11, 2013. to commence at 5:30pm at the Port Kennedy Association’s Community Hall Douglas Street Thursday Island
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Cape York Land Council
NOTICE OF MEETING TO ALL NATIVE TITLE PARTIES OF CAPE MELVILLE NATIONAL PARK, FLINDERS GROUP NATIONAL PARK, HOWICK GROUP NATIONAL PARK (“Northern Parks”), JACK RIVER NATIONAL PARK, STARCKE NATIONAL PARK, MOUNT WEBB NATIONAL PARK, MELSONBY (GAARRAAY) NATIONAL PARK (“Southern Parks”), NORTH BARROW ISLAND, ROCKY POINT ISLAND, HALES ISLAND, WEDGE ROCKS, BOULDER ROCK, CAPE ROCK (“the Unallocated State Land Islands”), MELSONBY (GAARRAAY) NATURE REFUGE & KALPOWAR NATURE REFUGE (“the Nature Refuges”), CAPE YORK PENINSULA
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Seisia Primary Health Care Centre, Torres Strait – Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Service. Remuneration value up to $84 080 p.a., comprising salary between $69 888 $73 692 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (OO6) (Applications will remain current for 12 months.) Duties/Abilities: Provide and supervise the provision of quality essential primary health care services in the Seisia Community. The position involves primary clinical care, community education, health promotion and administration of the community health centre. The primary health care services are to be delivered in a culturally appropriate and acceptable manner so as to ensure consistency in health care practice across the Health Service. Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Enquiries: Karyn Sam (07) 4069 3200. Job Ad Reference: H13TO10414 Application Kit: (07) 4226 5124 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday, 4 November 2013. You can apply online at www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended person for the job. A non-smoking policy applies to Queensland Government buildings, offices and motor vehicles.
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Any person who claims to hold native title over the Northern Parks, Southern Parks, the Unallocated State Land Islands and the Nature Refuges is invited and urged to attend a meeting convened by the Cape York Land Council and Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation. The area in question is described as Lots 1-5 and all roads on SP252501, Lots 1-9 on SP220299, Lots 1-9 on SP220300, Lot 3 on SP252519, Lot 5 on SP252520, Lot 4 on SP252521, Lot 1-2 on SP252522, Lot 1 on SP252523, Lot 2 on SP252524, Lot 8 on SP252507, Lot 203 on SP252496, Lot 2 on SP252508, Lot 215 on SP252509, parts of Lot 7 on SP156403, parts of Lot 6 on SP171857, parts of Lot 1 on SP189914, Cape York Peninsula (“the Agreement Area”). The Agreement Area is accessed via the Mount Webb Wakooka Road (from either Kalpowar Crossing from the west or Hopevale from the east) or via Battlecamp Road from Hopevale or Laura. The Agreement Area is bordered by Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL) to the south and west, the coastline from Bathurst Heads in the north down past the Jeannie River in the south-east, and includes offshore islands in the Howick Group National Park, Flinders Group National Park and those islands described above as the Unallocated State Land Islands. On Tuesday 26th November 2013 a meeting will be held in Cooktown to: Authorise the making of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with the State of Queensland. The ILUA will provide for:
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate broad based experience, knowledge and qualifications in the sports and fitness industry, ability to obtain a Bronze Medallion or equivalent and a current Senior First Aid/CPR Certificate and Suitability Blue Card. Tertiary qualifications in a health/fitness discipline would be an advantage.
(a) the grant of Aboriginal land under the Aboriginal Land Act 1991 to Aboriginal landholding bodies, namely: i. the Southern Parks to be granted to Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation ICN 7852; ii. the Northern Parks and the Unallocated State Land Islands to be granted to Cape Melville, Flinders & Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation ICN 7847; and iii. a small area of land (approximately 10ha on SP252501) to be granted to Kalpowar Aboriginal Land Trust as a result of road realignment; (b) the dedication, use and management of the Northern Parks and Southern Parks as national parks (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land); (c) entry into, compliance with, and variation of: i. an Indigenous Management Agreement for the Northern Parks; and ii. an Indigenous Management Agreement for the Southern Parks; (d) continued use and management of the Nature Refuges in accordance with the respective Conservation Agreements; (e) dedication of areas of new road under the Land Act 1994; and (f) issuing future interests (such as leases or licences) over Aboriginal land held by Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation ICN 7852 and Cape Melville, Flinders & Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation ICN 7847.
Employment Terms and Conditions will be in accordance with the Torres Shire Council Certified Agreement 2010.
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Position Vacant SportS complex manager Torres Shire Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified persons to manage and maintain the Torres Shire Sports Complex comprising an indoor stadium, 50 metre swimming pool/kiosk and gymnasium.
An application kit for this position can be obtained from the Council Office, 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island or by contacting the Human Resources Officer, Don Benjamin phone: (07) 4069 1336, email employment@torres.qld.gov.au or Council website www. torres.qld.gov.au. applications close 4pm tuesday, november 5, 2013 Dalassa Yorkston Chief Executive Officer
Tuesday 26th November 2013 at 9:00 am (lunch included) Cooktown Events Centre, 3 May St, Cooktown
On Wednesday 27th November 2013 in Cooktown will be the Hand-back Ceremony. Date and time: Venue:
Wednesday 27th November 2013 at 9.30 am (lunch included) Cooktown Events Centre, 3 May St, Cooktown
If you need assistance with transport to these meetings please call Toni Hodges at Balkanu on (07) 4019 6225 or email toni.hodges@balkanu.com.au. For all enquiries about the proposed ILUA contact Philip Duffey at CYLC on Freecall 1800 623 548.
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Health groups tell Coca-Cola to stop ‘weight-washing’ PEAK health and community organisations have written to senior leaders in Coca-Cola’s Australian and New Zealand operations, calling for the company to stop weight-washing the issue of obesity with expensive advertising, and instead take practical steps to address the core drivers of weight gain. The group has outlined six key measures that Coca-Cola could implement if it was serious about reducing obesity levels in Australia and New Zealand: • reduce the sugar content of high-kilojoule beverages, such
as Coke, Fanta and Sprite; • stop marketing highkilojoule beverages to children and young people, including through high-rating TV programs and social media; s• top sponsoring sports clubs and events, especially children’s sports; • stop the sale of high-kilojoule beverages in all schools and other children’s settings; • stop promoting the message that high-kilojoule beverages are part of a healthy, balanced diet. • support physical activity initiatives, but without CocaCola or other high-kilojoule
beverage branding. Cancer Council Victoria, Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society, Diabetes Australia, Heart Foundation Victoria, Australian Dental Association, Physical Activity Australia, Nutrition Australia, The Parents’ Jury, a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health from the University of Sydney, and the Obesity Policy Coalition (which includes Diabetes Australia -Victoria and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University) are all signatories to the letter.
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Nominations for 2014 Australia Day Awards As part of the annual AUSTRALIA DAY celebrations hosted by the TORRES SHIRE COUNCIL, a community event will be held on Australia Day, Sunday, 26 January, 2014, and all are invited to enjoy the award ceremony and activities at the TSC Sports Complex, Loban Road. In recognition of the achievements of others you are invited to nominate members of our communities for the following Awards as well as nominating the best Community Event of the Year held in 2013.
Citizen of the Year Young Citizen of the Year Community Event of the Year Achievement Medallions Achievement - Cultural - Sport - Competition Achievement Awards Achievement - Sponsor - Appreciation - Participation These awards are deserving of individuals who have made significant contributions to our community. Applications are only accepted on Nomination Forms, which are available from the Receptionist at Council Reception, 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island and must be returned to the Receptionist before 4pm, Monday, December 2, 2013 and addressed to: Mrs Dalassa Yorkston Chief Executive Officer Torres Shire Council (2013 Australia Day Nomination) 68 Douglas Street THURSDAY ISLAND Dalassa Yorkston CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Page 20 Torres News
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ALLEGATIONS AGAINST COCA-COLA • Coke and other soft drinks are part of the obesity problem • Drink a can of sugary soft drink a day? That could lead to a weight gain of more than 6.5 kg in a year. • A can of Coke, Fanta or Sprite contains at least 40g of sugar (around 10 teaspoons), and a 600ml bottle contains at least 60g (around 15 teaspoons). • The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend that people limit intake of sugary soft drinks. The World Health Organization recommends that consumption of soft drinks should be restricted, and the World Cancer Research Fund recommends that consumption should be avoided. • Coke and other soft drinks are bad for your health • Drinking Coke and other sugary drinks increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and overweight and obesity. • It’s not just the kilojoules from the sugary drink that are the problem people who drink these beverages tend to consume more kilojoules overall. • Coke and other soft drinks are bad for children’s health • Children who drink lots of sugary drinks are more likely to put on weight and be obese. • Drinking a can of soft drink each day significantly increases the risk of tooth decay and erosion. “Coca-Cola has bombarded the public with ads suggesting they are not only committed to helping tackle obesity, but that they are part of the solution,” said Jane Martin, Executive Manager of the Obesity Policy Coalition. “If it really wanted to take responsibility and contribute to a reduction in obesity levels in Australia, the company would follow-through with our recommendations and not invest countless dollars in over-the-top marketing campaigns.” The Coca-Cola campaign included a TV commercial and large-scale press ads in major metropolitan newspapers. “One can of Coke contains 10 teaspoons of sugar so it’s no surprise they are sugar-coating their attempt to tackle obesity,” said Ms Martin. “With one-in-four Australian children overweight or obese, Coca-Cola’s targeting of children and young people through advertising and the sponsorship of sports clubs and events is completely inappropriate. “The 2012 ‘Share a Coke’ campaign blatantly sought to increase Coke consumption amongst young people. With these sorts of campaigns Coca-Cola has consistently shown to have very little regard for the health of Australians, particularly teens,” said Ms Martin. The many negative effects of sugary drink consumption on children include lower intakes of calcium and protein and increased risk of tooth decay, with a clear link between drinking soft drinks regularly and weight gain and obesity for adults as well as children. “Any serious attempt to reduce obesity in our children will require reducing sugary drink consumption, a point that is completely absent from the Coca-Cola initiatives,” adds Anna Peeters, President of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society. The long term health risks of obesity include type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. “Overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and the associated health risks is a serious problem in Australia and comprehensive action is needed by governments and other organisations to address it,” said Greg Johnson, CEO of Diabetes Australia. “A failure to act now will contribute to our growing public health crisis and escalating costs for individuals, families, communities and governments,” he said.
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This is a confronting image from the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) monitoring program conducted by the Australian Department of Agriculture. It shows the began in 2011 where elders the problem stomach contents of a feral pig which included more than and seniors from all over the • Legal reform- a great need 30 Flatback turtle hatchlings/eggs. This particular pig was Cape very quickly discovered to establish Traditional Owner sampled in November 2006 near a beach at the mouth of the common concerns about their rights to enforce local rules Jardine River on Cape York. This animal was one of 10-15 sea country. regulations and ‘right way’ others moving away from the beach where evidence of pigs The strategy was launched hunting predating on turtle nests had been observed earlier that in Cairns this month. • Better science - need better morning. These concerns include: collaboration between science This problem continues. • Raine Island- largest and traditional knowledge and a comprehensive community to link communities and to remaining green turtle rookery support for monitoring and participation process involving help formulate this regional experiencing extremely high research programs all saltwater clan groups and approach. • Resourcing- needed by stakeholders, with 76 meetings mortality due to decrease in “While research shows the communities and ranger across 22 communities on that we have healthy dugong hatchling survival • Pig predation is one of the groups to manage sea country the Cape and more than 60 populations in Cape York biggest threats facing turtle and threats facing turtle and individual and small group waters, dugong conservation reproduction with 200 pigs dugong. meetings,” Mr Ludwick said. world-wide is largely depend“From there, with asper head of population, yet A Taskforce of representa- ent on what we do here in only $300,000 government sistance from the Federal tives nominated by saltwater Australia as most dugongs funding allocated to managing government, we coordinated communities was established are found in the waters of developing nations with limited AT A GLANCE capacity to contain the impacts The Cape York Turtle Dugong and Sea Country Management Strategy will: within sustainable limits,” • Be implemented by Traditional Saltwater people on their country; Traditional Owner Harold • For the first time empower Traditional Custodians with the authority to act on their Ludwick said. responsibility to manage sea country; “We are ready to implement • Deliver dedicated conservation measures; the rules and regulations out• Confront the impact of new technologies on hunting and cultural ethics; lined in our strategy and have • Address the worst threats to turtle mortality- feral pigs, foxes, and erosion on Raine Island; asked the State and Federal • Give turtle and dugong the best chance in the long term. Governments to support us in • Pig Predation - the biggest threat to turtle reproduction on Cape York doing this.”
Feral pigs damaging Cape York. They are the biggest threat to turtles. Photo: cywafap.org.au CAPE York is home to some of the most globally significant populations of dugong, six species of marine turtles and the largest turtle-nesting site in the world at Raine Island. Cape York Traditional Owner Harold Ludwick said Traditional Custodians believe it is their responsibility to manage the impacts of human activity on land and sea and the animals in those environments. “While we have the right to hunt turtle and dugong, we do not have the rights or resources that enable us to exercise and
enforce our responsibilities to these animals,” Mr Ludwick said. “Our Strategy outlines the critical legal reforms needed to empower Indigenous groups to enforce regulations on the ground. “This Strategy is critical to ensuring the long term conservation of turtle and dugong in Cape York and neighbouring territories. It cements, for the first time, regional and subregional cooperation on this issue,” he said. The first regional meetings
Photo: rgc.org.au
Cape York turtle and dugong regional plan launched
TB from near neighbours ‘a major problem for Australia’ By TONY MOORE brisbanetimes.com.au THE world needs new drugs to fight tuberculosis as strains have become drug-resistant, a world expert on the disease has said in Brisbane. TB Alliance chief executive Dr Mel Spigelman also warned tuberculosis rates in Papua New Guinea - 110 times Australia’s rate - posed a major problem for Australia. There were 14,749 new tuberculosis case in Papua New Guinea in 2011-12. The TB Alliance is a not-for-profit tuberculosis research body set up by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2000 and backed by the Gates Foundation to find cheaper, effective drugs. Dr Spigelman said the world was grappling with how to tackle emerging tuberculosis cases that were now “totally resistant” to the existing tuberculosis drug regime. Tuberculosis treatment has evolved over the past 50 years from being treated with one drug, Streptomycin, to a combination of three and four drugs as drug resistance builds. “And if people don’t stay on the six to nine month treatment very religiously, the (TB) organism they have becomes
Young patients suffering from tuberculosis at the Paediatric ward of the Port Moresby hospital Photo: brisbanetimes.com.au resistant to some of the drugs they are Tuberculosis also continues to mutate, being given,” he said. building resistance to those drugs. He said when Streptomycin was “Then you get to the situation, where discovered in 1947 it was immedi- you have absolutely no drugs because ately effective but the patients “almost there has been such a dearth of new drugs all relapsed” with TB that was resistant in the field of TB,” he said. to Streptomycin. The New York-based TB Alliance is He said the lesson of the past 30 one of three large research bodies which years was that a combination of drugs are close to bringing new tuberculosis was effective if patients stay on the mix drugs to the market. of drugs. Dr Spigelman was in Brisbane to The frightening problem that is meet with research partners at Brisbane’s emerging is multi-drug resistance. Griffith University, whose Eskitis In“The treatment for multi-drug resistant stitute provides crucial material to their TB can take two of three years,” he said. three-year study. “You have to have injections every day The university provides a store of for six to nine months. It is very tough. 200,000 biological compounds used to And even in the best circumstances, fight infectious diseases in a facility called only about 50 per cent of the patients its Nature Bank. are cured.” Mel Spigelman said few people out-
side the scientific community realise how little research into new tuberculosis drugs has been done, because the consumers of the drugs are the world’s poor. Pharmaceutical companies have more profitable and more “publicity friendly” areas to work in. “The drugs are 50 years old, the vaccines are 100 years old, the diagnostics are 100 years old. This is an unbelievably neglected field,” Dr Spigelman said. The TB Alliance, which is backed by $2.5 million in research money from AUSAID, is close to bringing new drugs to market. “We really are on the cusp of making major breakthroughs,” he said. The drugs alone to treat a patient with multi-drug resistant TB would cost anywhere from $3000 to $50,000 in the US. “And treat a patient with multi-drug resistant TB can cost easily a half a million dollars over two years. “We are now working on a new regimen where the drugs would probably only cost around $100, the treatment would be shortened to about six months and, in the long term, that could be done with just pills at home. “It would save the health care systems millions, literally millions, of dollars.” Griffith University’s Professor Ron Torres News
Quinn said some of the 200,000 natural compounds stored at the Eskitis Institute’s Nature Bank were used in the research. “We try to find a naturally-occurring fragment that binds to the protein and that may inhibit the tuberculosis,” he said. He agreed with Dr Spigelman that the tuberculosis project had gone exceptionally well. It’s still a mixture of three drugs but it gets action in a few months rather than in six to 18 months under the current therapy.” India, China, Papua New Guinea and South East Asia - to Australia’s north - are all hot spots for drug-resistant tuberculosis. Papua New Guinea had the highest rate of tuberculosis in the Pacific Region, with over 14,749 new cases in 2011-12. An Australian Government study released in May revealed 40 cases of people arriving from Papua New Guinea with tuberculosis. The country’s tuberculosis infection rate is 534 per 100,000 people, more than 113 times the rate (4.7 cases per 100,000 people and 1501 cases overall) in Australia. Queensland’s rate has jumped from 2.1 per cent per 100,000 to 3.7 per 100,000 people, with the cases doubling from 76 in 2000 to 166 in 2010. 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2013 Page 21
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League leaders praise Zenadth Kes Cup >> From Page 24. Queensland Police Senior Sargent Jamie Horn said punters were the best behaved in over 10 years, with only minor infringements occurring. “It was a really good carnival, with everyone doing the right thing. There was very little agro or bad attitudes, it was smiles all round,” Snr Sgt Horn said.
Mulgas vs Platoon 2. Saguci Kekel, photo by Claire Alcorn.
CARNIVAL AWARDS Men’s Rookie of the Carnival:Wimple Guligo Women’s Rookie of the Carnival: Tanya Jobi Best Dressed Men’s Team: Kuruwai
Best Dressed Women’s Team: Waki Yama Best Men’s Coach: Robinson Toby Best Women’s Coach: Sascha Busch Men’s Best Back: Maipele Morseu Women’s Best Back: Stephanie Mooka Men’s Best Forward: Samson Zitha Women’s Best Forward: Rothanna Baira Men’s Golden Boot: Andreas Nona Women’s Golden Boot: Elsie Seriat Men’s Player of the Final: Maipele Morseu Women’s Player of the Final: Latoya Billy Men’s Player of the Carnival: Patrick Ropeyarn Women’s Player of the Carnival: Kema Mairu
GRAND FINAL TEAMS Women’s Runners-Up: Saguci Kekel: Mayleen Nona, Vera Gibuma, Elsie Seriat, Bethana Blanket, Rosie Gela, Kristy Wilson, Natasha Fujii, Rothanna Baira, Patty Lui, Mary Mairu, Tiuella Nona, Kema Mairu, Geiza Baira, Dilly Gaiden, Retemoi Cook, Laurina Bair, Rohani Nona, Balu Scott, Marizah Namoa, Kaia Hosea, Evelyn Nona, Alphie Hosea, Kitara Whap, Erin Young, Romeenah Baira,\ Martha Sagigi, Martha Akiba, Lily Namoa. Women’s Champions: Deddeyal Gammas: Ayesha Kepa, Billie Monkland, Lily Solomon, Rachel Namok, Donita Vidaldum, Orepa Mene, Ella-Faye Hosea, Pearl Kris, Latoya Billy, Shrime Oath, Latoya Moses, Fisi Ahwang, Bianca Ambrum, Fransesca Ahwang, Alana Banasa, Raylene Singleton, Trudy Ronson, Rellis Kris, Savanna Hosea, Sepie Sagigi, Sania Whap, Matilda Whap, Moira Hosea, Polly Matthew, Tanya Jobi, Lafay Whap, Yoshira Newie, Crystal Ware, Toshina Kris. Men’s Runners-Up: Platoon 2: Aaron Binawel, Ted Mosby, Joey Mareko, Peter Eseli, Harold Mosby, Nathan Kepa, Shawn Nona, James Binawel, Gayal Nona, Eiekana Nona, Matthew Bon, Liam Cloudy, Ben Ketchell, Robert Ketchell, Edward Mosby, Dicky Mills, Lorenzo Mosby, Lindsay Nona, Danny Mene, Wees Nawia, Harry Ambryum, Jonathan Mau, Neville Nakata, Luke Trevallin, Sam Wasaga, David Nona, Kearney Binawel, Sol Bowie, Yohannis Gebadi. Men’s Champions: Mulga Tigers: Andreas Nona, Danny Yorkston, Brenko Lee, Linc Port, Weldon Matasia, Troyson Bassani, Maipele Morseu, James Livok, Travis Waddell, Masi Nona, Richardo Laza, Talipasa Nona, Sam Bann, Oscar Fourmile, George Morseu, Jamal Lee. Zangia Nona, Andrew Nona, John Nona, Frank Nona, Dale Pablo. Platoons 2, Men’s Grand Final Runners-Up.
ABOVE: The Refs: Steve Heem, Chey Bird, Michael Fuller, George Sailor, Roy Brown, Josh Bollman, Allestair Parmenter, Rod ‘Hairy’ McRae and Dave Maiden. RIGHT: Nora Mosby and niece Norisha Mosby. BELOW: Saguci Kekel (purple) tackles Deddeyal Gammas. BELOW RIGHT: A scrum on the sidelines.
KRL president president Tali Tali Frank Frankpresents presentsthe thewinning winningtrophies trophiesMulga to Mulga (left)(left) andand Deddeyal Gammas (right). KRL Tigers Deddeyal Gammas (right). Junior rugby league.
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Maipele: Man about town Sport TORRES NEWS
By ALF WILSON
AS Maipele Morseu was collecting his man-of-thematch award after starring for Mulga which took out the grand final of the Zenadth Kes carnival on Thursday Island, he must have been a tired 21-yearold. One could have suggested that Maipele really did earn the key to the door after an exhausting month. Classy Maipele has played in four of the biggest All Blacks rugby league carnivals in Australia spanning two states on four successive weekends. The Badu Islander starred for Mulga which defeated Platoonz 2 by 38-16 in an entertaining Zenadth Kes decider on October 20 on Thursday Island. Not only did Maipele collect the man-of-the-match trophy, but also scored the most tries at the carnival and the best back award. To add to his personal triumph, Mulga was coached by his proud dad and renowned astute coach George Morseu. The previous Sunday Maipele was best on the ground for the Murri Bama side which won the plate grand final at the Bindal All Blacks carnival in Townsville when they beat Innisfail Waru 22-16. Just six days before on Monday, October 7, Maipele was a member of the Mindaribba Warriors which lost the grand final of the NSW Knockout to Newcastle Yowies 17-16. Maipele was one of the best players and recovering from a campaign for Badu side Argun Warriors at the Murri Knockout in Ipswich the week before. After being undefeated in their qualifying games (two wins and a draw) over the first two days, Argun Warriors finished sixth on the ladder of the 26 teams in the Men’s Deadly Choices division of the Murri knockout. They qualified for the elimination semi-finals featuring the top 16 teams in which Argun Warriors met another Torres Strait Islander side Wagadagam Storm. Argun Warriors trailed 22-16 until the final minute when they scored a try reducing the deficit to 22-20. Argun’s kicker landed a conversion from near the sideline after the fulltime siren sounded. Carnival rules, on initial appearance, gave Argun Warriors the win as they had scored first and triumphant players celebrated ready for a quarter finals appearance and a probable march to back-to-back titles at the rich $50,000 prize. However a protest was fired in when it was claimed that noted goal kicker Mosby had been interchanged after the final try was scored. Rules did indicate that unlimited interchange was allowable and the required 25 players were on the team sheets according to Argun officials. Argun Warriors had won the 2012 Murri Knockout grand final and then had beaten Newcastle Yowies 28-24 in the Murri versus Koori showdown at Brisbane’s Davies Park earning them the title of the best Allblacks side of that year. In that Murri Knockout win Maipele had played his first game for some time after a knee reconstruction. “It was a total knee reconstruction it was good to see Maipele do so well at the four carnivals,” dad George said. George said that, in addition to Maipele, good players for Mulga were Newcastle Knights NRL utility Travis Waddell, big forward James Livock, fullback Andreas Nona, Hope Vale’s Linc Port and Brenko Lee.
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Maipele Morseu in action for Mulga. “George, his older brother, played adding aggression in defence and attack which followed by good forward running from Richardo and Masi Nona. “Maipele scored three tries in the Grand Final which sealed the win for Mulga; we scored 26 points in the first 25 minutes which broke Platoonz 2 back. “They just could not climb back into the contest. “Our plan was to work hard in our stinging defence and lay the foundation and be patient and tries will come. “My plan was to get and 18 points start from the very outset and make life difficult for the opposite sides. “All our players went well,” coach George said.
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Torres News
28 Oct - 3 Nov 2013 Page 23
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League leaders praise Zenadth Kes Cup By AARON SMITH OVER three days Thursday Island was the stage of the region’s biggest Rugby League carnival,
the Zenadth Kes Cup. From October 18 until October 20, 12 men’s teams and four women’s teams battled it out in hot, humid conditions,
competing for prize money of up to $20,000. But it was not about the money. Players travelled up to seven hours in dinghies
from the NPA and as far as Boigu to compete in the carnival. The players were unfazed by the lengths they went to get to Thursday Island, after all rugby league is a way of life in the Torres Strait. Chief executive of the Australian Rugby League Commission Dave Smith even came up at the start of the carnival, along with retired indigenous NRL star David Peachey. “This is a really special place and a privilege to visit. Rugby League is the fabric of the community up here,” Mr Smith said to Torres News. “We spent some time
working with the local Rugby League officials, conducting clinics in the schools and with the local administrators. We watched day one of the Zendath Kes Cup and there was some remarkable talent. These guys really played hard in some hot and windy conditions. “Across the game we need grassroots to be strong and we will continue to work in partnership with communities such as this to deliver Rugby League programs and competitions.” Some 30 games were played to whittle
the teams down to the Semi’s. In the Women’s semifinal, Deddeyal Gammas beat Wakeyama 24-0 for a spot in the finals against Saguci Kekel. In the Men’s semi’s, Mulga beat Kuruwai 18-16, while Platoons 2 beat Besi 14-10. I n t h e Wo m e n ’s Grand Final, Deddeyal Gammas dominated the first-half against Saguci Kekel, leading 20-10 at half-time. Saguci Kekel made up some ground in the second-half but still lost to Deddeyal Gammas 24-20. This was Deddeyal Gammas fourth consecutive vic-
tory. They took home $5000 in prize money, while runners-up Saguci Kekel took home $2500. In the Men’s Cup Grand Final, Mulga dominated the whole game, leading 20-6 against the Platoons 2 at half-time. Mulga won 38-16, taking home $20,000. For Platoon 2, who took home $10,000, it was still a great victory as the team formed as a living memorial to the late Francis Maia Mosby. << Continued, Page 22; << Man of the Match, Page 23 << Photos, Page 22
Leaders of rugby league in Australia, Queensland, FNQ and the Torres Strait and NPA were at the Zenadth Kes Cup carnival on Thursday Island. PIctured with the State-of-Origin trophy which the Queenms;and Maroons have won for the last eight years were: (from left): Dave Smith (NRL CEO), Mick Inman (NRL Referees Development Officer), Arthur Eustace-Earle (NRL Government Advisor), Rob Moore (back, QRL CEO), Tony Quinn (NRL Regional Development Manager), Tali Frank (Kaiwalagal RL President), Dave Peachey (NRL Ambassador), Terry Abednego (front holding shield KRL Registrar and carnival convenor), Tony Bani (KRL Board member), Chey Bird (back Take Pride General Manager), Jo Dorante (KRL Juniors), Nigel Tillett (QRL Northern Division Chairman), Karl Adams (NRL Game Development Officer).
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