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28 April - 4 May 2014 • Thursday Island • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au • Edition No. 1113 • $2.00 inc. GST

Gab Titui turns 10 - Happy Birthday!

By AARON SMITH Photos: AARON SMITH, VIVIANE SILVA GAB Titui Cultural Centre celebrated its 10-year anniversary,on Wednesday , April 16, on Thursday Island, with music, dancing, kai kai and and the seventh annual Gab Titui Art Awards.

Established in 2004 as a centre for Torres Strait cultural and historical artefacts and promotion of contemporary Indigenous art, Gab Titui services communities throughout the Torres Strait and NPA through a range of arts developments and cultural maintenance initiatives.•• • Continued Page 12 >> • Art Awards Page 13 >>

Saam Era Kodomer performing at the Gab Titui 10- year anniversary. Photo by Viviane Silva.

Climate change threat to Torres Strait mangroves TORRES Strait is home to nearly half of the world’s mangrove species, but they are all at greater risk than mainland mangroves from climate change effects, such as storm severity and erosion.

The 31,390 hectares of Torres Strait

mangroves are exposed to natural drivers of change, including wind, waves, storms and lightning, more so than mainland mangroves and are therefore more vulnerable.

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Climate change threat to mangroves << From Page 1 Researchers say that because of this a greater understanding of these habitats is vital.

Torres Strait islanders have a long and intimate knowledge of mangrove habitats, reflected in their traditions, culture and long-standing reliance Mangrove Watch training with the Torres Strait Rangers for mangrove shoreline monitoring. on the basic benefits and Regional Authority’s Land and Sea understanding of mangrove biodi- erenced image database and critical resources provided, such as food Management Unit (LSMU) to record versity on the islands surveyed; often baseline data. fishes, wood construction products the condition of mangrove habitats. more than doubling existing species These aerial surveys have been and medicinal aids.

The collaborative arrangement is records. validated by boat-based assessments However, the collective species carried out in conjunction with the The species documented were or by shoreline walks at low tide inventory and condition of mangrove activity of Project 2.2 ‘Mangrove and already locally known, named and guided by local knowledge. habitats among the islands of the Freshwater Habitat Status of Torres used by Traditional Owners.

More than 170 km of shoreline on Torres Strait has not previously been Strait Islands’ and forms part of the The National Environmental 15 islands have been surveyed by the recorded. broader Mangrove Watch Program.

Research Program (NERP) project latter methods since 2012.

Tropical Ecosystems Hub reThe collaboration with the LSMU includes helicopter surveys, which The impressive spatial coverage of searchers are working in collaboration Rangers and their extensive local have covered 463 km of shoreline the project has provided researchers with Rangers from the Torres Strait knowledge has greatly improved on 20 islands and collected a georef- with a vastly improved understanding

of the overall condition of mangroves in Torres Strait.

The aerial surveys indicate that, whilst human impacts are minimal in most areas, direct human impacts on mangroves adjacent to townships were observed, especially localised cutting and pollutant impacts from nearby sewage treatment plants.

In a changing environment, it is increasingly important that these critical habitats are well understood and that management of these resources reflects the ecosystem services provided by them.

The collaborative and complementary approach combines local and scientific knowledge to build capacity for the management of Torres Strait mangroves in the future.

A coffee (or three) a day keeps the diabetes away NEW US research has found increasing coffee consumption by an average of one and a half cups per-day over a four-year period reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes by 11 per cent.

The authors found those who consumed three cups or more per day had the lowest

risk of type 2 diabetes, 37 per cent lower than those who consumed one cup or less per day.

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Our future leaders head to Canberra

By AARON SMITH

GELAN Yama Banu is one of five Torres Strait and NPA youths heading to Canberra May 28 to June 3 to participate in the National Indigenous Youth Parlaiament for 2014.

The other four Torres Strait Islanders selected include: MIKAELA FRENCH, 17, from Cairns; MYIESHA YOELU, 16, from Umagico; ADIMIN MOOKA, 16, from Dauan Island; and TANISHA PABAI, 17, from Boigu Island.

The program includes a two-day simulated parliament in the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House where the youth parliamentarians will debate bills on matters important to themselves and their community.

The Australian Electoral Commission received over 220 applications for the six places in each state and territory.

The National Indigenous Youth Parliament is run by the Australian Electoral Commission in collaboration with the YMCA and Museum of Australian Democracy.

Very excited at being selected and a little surprised that he will be heading down to Canberra, Gelan said:”My aspiration is to work in the health industry so I can help close the gap in Indigenous health, education and employment, and the experience and the teachings I will gain from this program will certainly help.”

Gelan plans to do a Bachelor degree in Public Health at Griffith University in Brisbane and go on to do a Masters Degree in the same field.

Gelan’s heritage is both Boigu and St Paul community on his father’s side and Yolngu people at Yirrkala, Nhulunbuy in Gove, on

Masepah Banu (Gelan’s father )and Gelan Yama Banu. his mother’s side. The last time he went back to Torres Strait was in 2012 when he visited Thursday Island, and he went back to his mother’s Country three years ago.

The 17-year-old, who lives in Townsville is in his last year at Kirwan High in Townsville where is has been getting ‘A’s in English and Maths, he has also recently completed a Lion Rotary Club Leadership program.

• Mikaela is a Torres Strait Islander from Kanimbla Heights in Cairns.

Mikaela has a strong

political interest and believes the insight gained from the NIYP, particularly how parliament operates in making new legislation, will assist her journey as an Indigenous advocate.

Mikaela is a keen advocate for Indigenous people and passionate about improving opportunities and fighting for recognition in

the Constitution. Her goal is to gain entry into Law at the University of Queensland and pursue studies in Native Title or political law.

• Myiesha from Umagico Current boards at Ipswich Girls’ Grammar in Brisbane, Myiesha was selected to represent her school and the Indigenous community at the Indigenous Australian Constitutional Convention and the QATSIF Scholarship breakfast.

She is completing a Cert II in Services Consultancy as part of her traineeship with the ANZ bank.

Myiesha is committed to gaining qualifications in law that will enable her to address the disparity in participation and outcomes for all Australians.

Ultimately, she would like to use her education to conduct a youth empowerment business for Indigenous adolescents in the Cape region.

• Adimin from Dauan Island aspires to work in parliament to provide a voice for her community. Adimin is an active member of the Indigenous community, both in and out of school, mentoring younger peers and speaking up for those she represents.

• Tanisha’s academic and community achievements include the 2010 Walter Nona Scholarship, Excellence in Language and Culture 2010-2013, Torres Strait Youth Award 2012, Cultural Exchange - Cambridge 2013, International Women’s Day Award - Youth Category 2013 and 2014, Kazi Meta Boarding College Captain 2014, and Tagai Secondary School Traditional Dance coach and captain.

Tanisha has participated in the Indigenous Leaders of Tomorrow program. She has received multiple awards recognising her contribution to her community and teaching language and culture.

Tanisha is currently studying a Certificate III in Education, after which she will commence an undergraduate degree in Education at James Cook University.

Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch said: “It’s estimated that less than half of eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are enrolled to vote.

“The aim of the youth parliament is to help close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage in electoral participation by developing young leaders who are willing to advocate for their community.”

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Maori Fishing Trust, pathway for traditional fishers

By AARON SMITH GUESTS from New Zealand at the Fishery stakeholder Forum and PZJA meeting earlier this month, The Mãori Fisheries Trust, Te Ohu Kaimoana, explained how Mãori negotiated and established both traditional and commercial fishing for Indigenous people.

Peter Te Matakahere Douglas, CEO of Te Ohu Kaimosna, said: “I don’t believe in telling someone how do something, but if I can share our experience from the last 25 years, you can take what you want from it.

“After your recent success in the High Court, I want to encourage you to take the next step which is for your community and for yourselves so you can make a place for yourselves in the world.”

Te Ohu Kaimoana is a statutory organisation dedicated to advancement of Mãori interests in

the marine environment, including customary commercial fisheries, aquaculture and providing policy and fisheries management advice and recommendations the Mãori community.

It was Mr Douglas’s first visit to the Torres Strait where he presented the Mãori model for fisheries management.

Senator Richard Colbeck, Parliamentary Secretary for the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Chair of the PZJA who was also at the meetings, said: “I think there was something for everybody in what the Maori Fishing Trust presented to us.

“The difference here is that the fishery is in very good condition and the Torres Strait community has much, much more of the fishery than the Maori community when they started. This means they will be starting from a much more advanced position, but there’s obviously a lot

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more conversations to be had.”

Mr Douglas explained how they went through a process in the 1980’s and which is still evolving today.

“Our situation is a little different to yours, we have around 600,000 Maori in New Zealand, which is about 15 per cent of the population,” Mr Douglas said.

“In the 1980’s the New Zealand Government was introducing a new quota management system, the individual transferable quota, which was going to given to fishermen that could prove they had a fishing history, the Maori were worried that traditional fishing rights would not be recognised so the New Zealand Maori Council went to the court and they were successful in getting the government to stop proceeding with the quota management system until they reached an agreement with Maori interests, that was in 1987.

“Then in 1989 an interim arrangement, saw the transfer of up to 10 per cent of the quota in New Zealand’s

Quota Management System (QMS) and a payment of some cash.

Then in 1992, New Zealand’s biggest fishing company Sealords was in trouble and we suggested a settlement deal that provided us 50 per cent of the company and the transfer of 20 per cent of all new species added to the QMS, along with representation on fisheries management bodies and regulations allowing Maori to control Maori customary non-commercial fishing activities.

A Commission was established steward then monitor the performance of the company, which it did for ten years.

Then in 2004The Maori Fishing Act established Te Ohu Kaimoana (Te Ohu) which allocated and transferred assets to the 57 Maori Iwi (tribes).

While the agreed allocation model established a minimum settlement to each tribe, the methodology was a political agreement, not an economical one.

The assets were: deep water, inshore, and freshwater quota shares, dividend shares

in Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd (AFL) and cash. AFL is one of the biggest fishing companies in New Zealand.

Few people had confidence in Te Ohu’s ability to make much progress on the process of recognition and distribution.

The companies Te Ohu assist and represent have had good and bad years like all businesses, but assets grew from $170 million in 1992 to over $800 million today.

Senator Colbeck thought the PZJA could learn from the Te Ohu example, “their capacity to work their way through a process, which they’ve done, having been at it for 25 years, also the way they provide holding companies with very commercial objectives as part of their process.

“They’ve also looked at how to use the assets to benefit their communities. Whether that asset is a means unto an end or a tool to get where they want to go. I think there are some of the conversations the Torres Strait community need to have. How do Torres Strait Islanders want to utilise their fishery?”

ABOVE: Senator Richard Colbeck inspects a Barramundi Cod amongst the morning catch of Coral Trout at the Erub community freezer.

Presenting him the fish is Freezer Manager, George Romano and looking on are Bert Matysek, Deputy President of Erub Fisheries Management Association, and Alicia Sabatino, AFMA. BELOW: Peter Te Matakahere Douglas.

Northern Australia inquiry comes to Thursday Island

THE Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee, which includes members from all political parties, is coming to Thursday Island this Wednesday to hold public hearings as part of its inquiry into the region’s economic future.

The committee will hear from a range of stakeholders representing current industry strengths, such as tourism, and areas for development in agriculture, mining and tropical medicine.

The potential environmental impacts of development proposals and the implications for resource management more generally will also be discussed.

The committee will discuss the challenges and opportunities across the Torres Strait and how Torres Strait Islanders must now manage biosecurity risks presented by the close proximity with Papua New Guinea and other regional neighbours.

Committee Chair Warren Entsch said he looked forward to hearing a wide variety of views about the way forward for the economic prosperity of northern Australia.

“Northern Queensland is a dynamic part of Australia which is already attracting large numbers of international visitors as well as being a place in the sun for Australian retirees and

those just wanting time to relax.

But there is much more to the North than tourism: its proximity to key trade partners, richly diverse natural environment and resource wealth offers enormous opportunities that are still largely untapped,” Mr Entsch stated.

Details of the program for each day is available on the Committee’s website at www. aph.gov.au/jscna The committee has already held hearings in Western Australia in Perth and the Pilbara and in various locations in north Queensland.

The public hearings on Thursday Island will be held at the TSRA Conference Room

on Wednesday, April 30, 9am12.50 pm.

PROGRAM 9.00 am Opening Prayer: Mayor Cr. Napau Pedro Stephen, Torres Shire Council 9.10 am Welcome to Country: Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation 9.25 am Chair opens the meeting 9.30 am Torres Shire Council 10.10 am Kaurareg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation 11.00 am Torres Strait Regional Authority 11.40 am Ngurupai Kaurareg Aboriginal Land Trust (Sub. 127) 12.20 pm Rotary Club,Thursday Island 12.50 pm CLOSE

April peak month for croc attacks

APRIL is the most-dangerous month for crocodile attacks, the West Australian reported.

There are more than 100,000 crocodiles in the Northern Territory and numbers of the protected species are growing each year, the newspaper said.

NT Parks and Wildlife Commission spokesman Michael Barritt said Darwin Harbour and its beaches have been recent hot spots for crocs but no Top End waterways are safe.

“We always have to be . . . particularly careful this time of year,” he said, the paper reported.

“Particularly around April; statistically that is when most of the incidences happen with people getting taken by saltwater crocodiles. I am guessing it is because they are moving into areas that they probably have not been that common in before.

“People may not be thinking so much about crocodiles in really shallow creek systems.”

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Badu Arts Centre forges new connections

5000year-old process in use

ABOVE: Dev Lengjel with Aurukun artists Garry Namponan, Leigh Namponan, Bevan Namponan, Senator Nigel Scullion and Roderick Yunkaporta looking at the first mould being opened.

LEFT: Badu Art Centre Manager Laurie Nona expalins lino prints to Senator Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs earlier this month.

RIGHT: David Hamilton. visited the foundry to to collaborate on such a work on some pieces for unique project.

“We wanted to make BADU Arts Centre has the upcoming the Cairns been forging ahead with Indigenous Art Fair as part a new body of work that not only developing the of the Kick Arts organisa- represented our totemic sculptures, which centres country’s most northerly tion, on July 26-27.

Aurukun Art Centre around the dog in Aufoundry for fine art metal casting but also develop- Manager Dev Lengjel rukun, and as Aurukun said: “All-in-all it was a is on bauxite country it ing collaborations.

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wax casting is made. This buried in plaster and sand and the wax melted out, after which bronze can be poured into the void.

“The process is over 5000-years-old, so it’s nothing new in terms of technology but for the Badu Arts Centre in the future, it’s provides an opportunity to produce works as more than just one off pieces.

“Their works are now selling as far south as Ho-

bart as well as Brisbane.”

David plans to be back in September and again in 2015, by which time he expects they will have sufficient expertise to get it up and running.

“Badu Art Centre Manager Laurie Nona, who has been working with me, is already well and truly experienced with the process, but he is so busy with managing the art centre, so he already has a lot of balls in the air

at the moment.

“But a couple of the young fellas have a fairly good idea of how the process works and after a couple more visits I would think they will be up to speed.”

Dev said: “Laurie Nona hopes to invite more art centres and artists to utilise this great facility. Talks are underway with Tasmanian artists to come for workshops next year.”

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FRONT (from left): Charlie Street,Mersane Loban, Diann Lui, Pam Bigelow Manager IACA, Valerie Keenan, Vanessa Gillen, Dora Griffiths, Philomena Yeatman.

BACK: Phil Rist, Paul Jakubowski, Jeannie Heynatz, Diat Alfernik, Vicky Burrows, Dev Lengjel, Michelle Dale, Margaret Mara, Daphnie De Jersey, Solomon Booth President IACA management Committee, Sid Bruce Short Joe, Cathy Cummins, Emma Fowler Thomason, Florence Gutchen, Samantha Gutchen, Racy Pitt, Milton Savage.

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THE Indigenous Art Centre Alliance Inc. (IACA) held a meeting for the first time earlier this month on Thursday Island.

The IACA is the peak body, not-for-profit organisation, that represents the community-based art and craft centres of far north Queensland.

It aims to support, strengthen and empower the remote community-based Far North Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture centres.

The IACA meets twice a year.

Pam Bigelow, IACA Manager, said: “We intend to meet in all the regions our art centres are located, so that’s why we were here for this meeting. The next meeting will be in Cardwell.

“It was a fantastic meeting, and because the that the Gab Titui Art Awards were on at the same time, it meant we had the opportunity to also network with the Franchesca Cubillo the Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art for the National Gallery who is also the Chair of the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair as well as meeting with Michael Pickering, Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program at the National Museum.”

Ms Bigelow said a guest speaker, the manager of an art centre from the Kimberly’s that has been operating for 37 years, explained how they built their art centre up into “a vibrant and strong community arts centre”.

“Their shared a lot of their learning, discussing how they managed in artist involvement, project development and effective negotiation with their board.

How they Created, implemented and stuck to goals.’

“There are currently 13 member art centres spreading across the islands of the Torres Strait, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York and the tropical rainforest and coastal regions of Far North Queensland. Torres Strait makes up three of them with Art Centres on Badu, Moa and Erub.

“All of our members were present at the meeting, except Hope Vale due to the cyclone and Mornington Island because of personal family reasons,” Ms Bigelow said.

IACA has the following Art Centres: • Badhulgaw Kuthinaw Mudh Art Centre - Badu Art Centre • Erub Erwer Meta - Darnley Island Art Centre • Ngalmun Lagau Minaral Art Centre - Moa Island • Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre - Cardwell • HopeVale Arts and Culture Centre • Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre -Wujal Wujal • Lockhart River Art Centre • Mornington Island Arts • Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre Inc • Wei’num Arts and Crafts - Western Cape York • Wik and Kugu Art Centre - Aurukun • Yalanji Arts - Mossman Gorge • Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct

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Third Tuesday of the month. Torres Shire Council monthly meeting, Council Chambers TI 9am.

Every Wednesday: Bingo at the TI Bowls Club.

Every Thursday: TI Bowls Club Social Games from 6pm.

MAY

Sat 3. Bring and Buy fundraiser for Ladies Rugby, 6:30pm PKA Hall.

Sat 3. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

Thu 8 - 11. Touch Football Championships, TI. Sat 17. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

Sat 17. KRL Seniors (Men and Women) season commences, Thursday Island.

Mon 26. National Sorry Day. Tues 27. National Reconciliation Week begins.

Sat 31. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

JUNE

Tues 3. Mabo Day. Fri 6. National NAIDOC Week starts.

Mon 9. Queen's Birthday.

Sat 14. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

Sat 28. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

JULY TBA. Regional NAIDOC Awards Evening.

TBA. Torres Shire Family Fun Day, Friday Island.

Wed 9. Sarpeeye and MRV raffle, at Sarpeye Club.

Sat 12. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

Sat 26. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.

AUGUST Mon 4. National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

CHURCH SERVICES Anglican, All Souls and Saint Bartholomew Church meets weekly at 10am at 124 Douglas St Thursday Island Independent Church Parish of the Resurrection TI, Morning Prayer Sundays 10am, Evening Service 7pm Parish of St Bethel,131 William Cr Bamaga NPA, Sundays 10am Uniting Church, 114 Douglas St Thursday Island, Sundays 10am

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 OPINION / LETTERS TO ThE EdITOR Email: editor@torresnews.comau Fax: 1300 STRAIT (1300 787 248)

Vast majority reject change to racial vilification law A RECENT Nielsen poll showing 88% of respondents disagree with the contention that it should be lawful to offend, insult or humiliate a person on the basis of race is further evidence that changes to the Racial Discrimination Act are unwarranted and unwanted.

There is a high level of opposition to plans to water-down the Race Discrimination Act..

The overwhelming majority of Australians see no need for repealing or amending our racial vilification laws.

The Nielsen poll results are consistent with the views expressed by multicultural and Indigenous communities, human rights organisations, the legal profession and many other people I have consulted about

THE Abbott Government should urgently reinstate Labor’s Local Government Value for Money Pricing Model to support local jobs and deliver greater value for money when rebuilding from Cyclone Ita. Under the Value for Money model, Queensland local councils are able to use their own internal council workers for reconstruction projects and be eligible for disaster payments.

It was instigated by the Federal Labor Government for Tropical Cyclone Yasi and the 2010-11 floods rebuilding efforts. It was extended to cover the 2013 flood events across Queensland.

The Value for Money model benefits local councils, local workers and keeps costs low for the Commonwealth.

It means councils don’t have to outsource work and bring in contractors from around the state when a workforce is sitting at the council depot, ready to work.

It is often the case that councils can undertake basic reconstruction work cheaper than if they outsourced it. In some cases local council project costs could be reduced by 45 per cent by using internal labour.”

The reality is that works in remote locations simply won’t be done for many months unless they’re delivered by the local councils who can just get on with the job.”

The Federal Government must address this labour issue with rebuilding efforts due to start shortly.

I urge the Abbott Govern-

ment to allow Labor’s Value for Money model to be used by all local councils across the North as they recover from Cyclone Ita. While the Cook Shire bore most of the brunt of Cyclone Ita, Hopevale, Wujal Wujal, Douglas, Mareeba and other shires still assessing the level of damage sustained must also be able to access the Value for Money model.

To date, all I am hearing from the Federal Government are stalling tactics.

They’re hiding behind a Productivity Commission report that has barely started before helping Far North Queensland councils.

I understand that the government has yet to even sign off on the terms of reference, let alone task the Commission to begin

Boaties do the right thing at Easter A BOAT got into trouble onApril 22, when travelling from Mabuiag to Boigu.

Thursday Island Water police were alerted when the vessel’s EPIRB was activated, which resulted in a Rescue 700 Helicopter being sent to their location.

Apparently the vessel had engine trouble, but when the helicopter, arrived they had managed to repair the problem and continue to their destination unassisted.

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Not least, they have influenced the ‘emotional climate of the public culture’, setting the tone for our multicultural society and signalling what is unacceptable behaviour in public.

They have provided all Australians with a legal means of holding others accountable for public acts of racial vilification that have the effect of degrading them.

They have bolstered the assurance of security to which every member of a good society is entitled - the sense of confidence that everyone will be treated fairly and justly, that everyone can walk down the street

without having to fear abuse or assault.

Tim Soutphommasane (above), Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner.

Gov’t ‘dithering’ on Ita reconstruction money value

Contacts & Deadlines EDITOR:

this issue.

Racial tolerance is a pillar of Australian public morality. Today’s findings are an emphatic statement of our society’s commitment to civility, decency, and tolerance.

It is an acknowledgement that race relations should be placed above politics or ideology.

Since commencing as Race Discrimination Commissioner in August 2013, I have made it clear that current protections against race-based discrimination and vilification should be retained.

Racial vilification laws that have successfully operated in Australia for the past two decades have achieved a number of things.

Sgt Jeff Tanswell, from Thursday Island Police Station said the four occupants all had life jackets and the proper safety equipment and did the right thing to alert authorities when they got into trouble.

“This was the only incident over Easter, at first we were expecting potentially a big weekend, but it turns out the weather was not so bad and people did the right thing,” Sgt Tanswell said.

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Recognition for Torres Strait ex-servicemen and women I WOULD like to acknowledge the historical ceremony which took place at Edmonton Barracks 51st Battalion on ANZAC Day and I convey my best wishes always to all Torres Strait Islander ex-servicemen and women.

A big esso to Warrant Officer Bowie and his efforts over the last years to achieve this recognition for his countrymen, and to be recognised and by the Chief of the Army no less.

Well done and congratulations.

I was fortunate to celebrate and record this historical event with such proud ex-servicemen and women.

Shane Bousen, Cairns.

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work.”

It is a long standing practice going back many years that councils are not reimbursed for reconstruction work undertaken by their own internal labour under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA).

This means that councils are required to outsource reconstruction works to contractors where the costs are claimable under the NDRRA, rather than using their own resources.

However under Labor’s Value for Money model, internal labour can be claimed in situations where there is a demonstration that there is greater cost effectiveness than outsourcing.

Jan McLucas Queensland Senator

The publishers of the Torres News acknowledge the Kaurareg Nation, upon whose land the Torres News makes its home.

We pay our sincere respects to the elders and the peoples of the Torres Strait and NPA, across whose traditional lands and seas we report.

This newspaper is dedicated to recognising, preserving and promoting the traditional cultures and customs of the Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal peoples of this region.

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The Editor reserves the right not to print any letters which may be defamatory and provoke legal action against the newspaper. The opinions expressed in Letters to the Editor are not necessarily those of the Torres News.

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NEWS

A close shave for Rose ROSINA (Rose) Erofeev from Erub had a close shave earlier this month when she lost her locks for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.

Rose faced the clippers wielded by her husband at the school market day on Thursday, April 3, accompanied by her Aunty Evelyn Loftes and Uncle Balby Pensio.

With assistance of her sponsors, and the wider island community, a total of $985 was raised.

Rose said she will put in the extra $15 to round it to $1000 - an outstanding effort.

Rose Erofeev with Evelyn Loftes and Balby Pensio.

Rose is cut down to size.

Building resilient communities for Torres Strait futures LOCAL and global changes are creating new pressures in remote Torres Strait island communities, including substantial increase in the cost of living.

The changes are primarily associated with climate change, resource development in Papua New Guinea and disease and biosecurity threats.

There is, consequently, strong interest among Torres Strait communities in increasing their resilience so that they can not only cope with the full range of interacting changes but proactively respond to new opportunities that change creates, such as sustainable economic development.

CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Hub researchers from Project 11.1 ‘Building Resilient Communities for Torres Strait Futures’

joined forces with James Cook University, Torres Strait Regional Authority, Torres Strait Islands Regional Council and other research users to establish a participatory strategic planning and social learning approach to help a number of Torres Strait communities understand and enhance their resilience and adaptation skills to tackle likely future scenarios.

The project involves envisioning the future, valuing and estimating impacts on ecosystem services, identifying steps that communities can take to reach their desired visions for the future, and developing ‘no regrets’ strategies that do not undermine existing sources of community resilience or the ecosystem services on which they depend.

Four workshops have been completed to date: a regionallevel stakeholder workshop in Cairns in 2012, and community workshops on Masig (July, 2013), Erub (August, 2013) and Mabuiag (January, 2014).

At each workshop, four alternative scenarios were developed and illustrated by participants along with sets of adaptation strategies that were considered robust regardless of which scenario actually unfolds. Scenarios were designed around two key drivers of change considered most important by participants.

Though developed independently at each workshop, these drivers were invariably defined as: 1) Strength of Torres Strait Island or community culture

(strong vs. weak) and; 2) The nature of socio-economic development at national and global scales (focused narrowly on economic growth vs. focused on sustainability and ‘green’ growth).

In May, the team will return to Masig to conduct a followup workshop focused on the community’s resilience to more specific pressures and will work through strategies to respond to unexpected shocks the future may bring.

An integration workshop will be held in July that will bring together representatives from all the workshops held to date to cross-check the feasibility of strategies identified in the respective workshops, explore innovative ways to implement

these strategies (i.e. aquaculture, horticulture, ecotourism), and review existing programs in the Torres Strait to support these strategies.

In its last phase, the project will focus on training community facilitators to run scenario workshops and showcasing the project through visual products.

This project’s expected outcomes for communities and regional stakeholders include information to support adaptation decisions, increased capacity to adapt and avoid maladaptive development trajectories, and support for community adaptation and resilience planning in the Torres Strait.

BACKGROUND: Masig, the venue for a follow-up workshop in May. Photo courtesy TSRA.

Australia declared measles free AUSTRALIA is among the first countries in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Western Pacific Region to be declared measles-free.

Australia, Macao (China), Mongolia and the Republic of Korea are leading the way in eliminating measles, a virus that kills approximately 330 people worldwide every day, mostly children under the age of five.

“Australia can be very proud of what it has achieved so far through comprehensive public immunisation programs. Internationally far too many children still succumb to this virus that can be easily prevented,” said Angela Newbound, Co-Convenor of the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Immunisation Special Interest Group.

“The WHO’s announcement of measles elimination by Australia is particularly exciting because we are among the first countries or areas in the region to receive this distinction.

“However, we must remain vigilant given the measles outbreaks in China, the Philippines and Viet Nam during

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2013 and early 2014. These outbreaks highlight the ongoing challenge in ensuring high and consistent coverage of immunisation programs.

“Despite these outbreaks, steady progress has been made with measles deaths in the region dropping by an estimated 84%, from 12,100 in 2000 to just 2000 in 2012.

“This drop is largely attributable to an increase in high coverage with two doses of measles vaccine provided either during routine immunisation services or mass vaccination campaigns.

“It is worth remembering that the Western Pacific Region is home to more than 1.8 billion people - more than a quarter of the world’s population - and includes a wide range of low, middle and high-income countries.”

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NEWS

JC co U is mp o ut ffe er rin wo g rk fre sh e op s JCU are conducting free computer workshops at the Thursday Island campus on Tuesday and Thursdays from 4-5pm throughout May and June. These one hour sessions are run at the JCU computer lab and are open for anyone to join.

Kate Carroll, JCU TAC Coordinator, will be running the workshops which have proved popular in past years.

“The workshops we are running are targeted for beginners and aims to teach participants everything they need to know to be able to confidently operate a computer” said Kate.

The workshop is tailored to participant’s current computer levels and includes everything from opening, saving and printing a document to sending emails and searching on the internet.

“We hope the community gets behind the workshops as they are a great opportunity for people to be able to build up the skills needed to operate a computer at home or work” said Kate.

The first workshop will be held on Thursday 8th May from 4 - 5pm at the JCU computer lab, Victoria Parade (opposite Thursday Island Police Station).

JCU offers a wide range of study programs and is dedicated to assisting Torres Strait Islander people further their education. JCU ensures their teaching, learning and research is not only of high quality but also delivers practical benefits to the people and industries in the Torres Strait.

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NORTHERN PENINSULA AREA REGIONAL COUNCIL With Respect and pride we will build a future for our children based on unity, equitable self-governance, education and culture.

The Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council is proud to announce that we are hosting our very own inaugural NPA Cultural Festival this year.

This exciting event is open to all Nations of the Torres Strait and Mainland Australia.

Come, share and experience a diversity of cultural explosion on ‘red dust country’.

This explosive event is a must for your calendar and is not to be missed.

Festival Dates: 2nd - 4th October 2014 In The Northern Peninsula Area.

Further information can be obtained from NPARC’s website: www.nparc. qld.gov.au or contact NPARC Festival Coordinator Cassandra Adidi on: 4048 6600 or 0458 051 986 at NPA Regional Council Office – New Mapoon or Email: cassandra.adidi@nparc.qld.gov.au This is a Drug and Alcohol free event.

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NAIDOC award nominations now open NOMINATIONS for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week Awards are now open.

NAIDOC Week is held in the first full week of July, 6-13.

The annual NAIDOC Awards recognise the outstanding contributions that Indigenous Australians make to improve the lives of Indigenous people in their communities and beyond, or to promote Indigenous issues in the wider community, or the excellence they’ve shown in their chosen field.

There are 10 categories to choose from: Lifetime Achievement Award, Person of the Year, Female Elder of the Year, Male Elder of the Year, Caring for Country Award, Youth of the Year, Artist of the Year, Scholar of the Year, Apprentice of the Year and Sportsperson of the

Year.

National NAIDOC Committee co-chairs Anne Martin and Benjamin Mitchell are calling on communities around the country to nominate inspirational leaders, talented sportspeople, creative artists, academics and apprentices, community members, elders and environmentalists.

“Being nominated for a National NAIDOC Award is a real honour and it’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase all of our successful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,” Mr Mitchell said.

Plastics choke our marine life: Is message getting through?

A NEW James Cook University project is helping assess whether we are winning the war on informing people about plastic waste and its devastating impacts on the marine environment.

JCU researchers are conducting surveys, both in person and online, to help gauge people’s attitudes toward disposing of materials, plastics in particular, and its impacts on tropical ecosystems.

Associate Professor Mark Hamann, from JCU’s School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, said marine debris was a key conservation issue for tropical environments and a threat to many species, especially marine turtles.

“The challenge is to find effective ways to change human behaviour with regard to the consumption and disposal of debris, especially plastics, “ Associate Professor Hamann said.

“Social marketing offers frameworks and processes to encourage this kind of human behaviour change.”

“The project will generate data that can be used in the development of more effective behaviour change programs in environmental protection.”

Associate Professor Hamann said the issue of marine debris had been identified by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Federal Department of Environment and Water Resources as both a key conservation issue for tropical

marine ecosystems and a major threat to species including marine turtles and dugongs.

“The use of social marketing to address sustainability issues is growing and is particularly focused on linking the business sector and consumers to a range of environmental and social issues,” he said.

The project is designed to help develop effective social marketing campaigns within the tourism sector in tropical Australia focused on wider aspects of environmental protection.

“Over recent years, the problem of marine debris, specifically plastic pollution, has become a prominent issue concerning many government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and scientific communities around the world.

“As productivity and consumer buying continues to increase, the amount of plastic that makes its way into the marine environment also continues to rise at an alarming rate. As such, marine debris is now a ubiquitous problem worldwide.”

Associate Professor Hamann said synthetic marine debris such as plastic was increasingly recognised worldwide as significant risk for many types of marine wildlife.

“Although plastics have only existed for just over a century, by 1988, 30 million tons of plastic were produced annually, and their versatility has rapidly caused them to become a part of everyday life in developed countries around the

world.

“As plastic has become more prevalent in society and new uses have developed, the quantity of plastic debris entering the marine environment has undergone a corresponding increase.

“Solutions to plastic pollution need to start with changes in consumer behaviours including selecting products with less plastic packaging, avoiding single use plastic items, and more careful disposal of rubbish.”

Associate Professor Hamann said traditional government and NGO responses in this area had relied heavily on information delivery and public education campaigns.

“Information is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for behaviour change. Persuasive strategies such as social marketing have proven to be more successful than solely information-based strategies.”

The project involves three stages, starting with a survey conducted in key locations in the Townsville region to collect data from local residents and tourists.

It will measure awareness of, attitudes towards, and actions related to marine debris, threats to marine turtles and consumer behaviour related to plastics.

The survey can be found at: www. jcu.edu.au/marinesurvey The research has been conducted with the support of Reef HQ Aquarium Turtle Hospital and SeaLink.

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PHOTOS: AARON SMITH and VIVIANE SILVA

Gab Titui celebrates 10 years

TRSA Chairman Joseph Elu.

Milton Savage.

Gabriel Bani.

By AARON SMITH GAB Titui Cultural Centre celebrated its 10-year anniversary, on Wednesday, April 16 on Thursday Island, with music, dancing, kai kai and and the seventh annual Gab Titui Art Awards.

Established in 2004, as a centre for Torres Strait cultural and historical artefacts and promotion of contemporary Indigenous art, Gab Titui services communities throughout the Torres Strait and NPA through a range of arts developments and cultural maintenance initiatives.

The name ‘Gab Titui’ was recommended by the late Ephraim Bani, a cultural advisor and linguist who was one of the key visionaries for the creation of the Centre.

Combining the languages of the Torres Strait, Gab Titui means ‘journey of the stars.’

The word ‘Gab’ is interpreted as ‘journey’ in Eastern Islands language of Meriam Mir, while ‘Titui’ means ‘stars’ in the Western Island language Kala Lagaw Ya. Milton Savage, Chairperson of the Kaurageg Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, presented Welcome to Country, acknowledging the work of Ephraim and the Bani family.

“I welcome everyone here tonight; it is the blood of all of us that ties us together and makes us Torres Strait Islanders.

“I acknowledge the Elders of the past, the Elders of the present and the Elders of the future,” Mr Savage said.

TSRA Chairman Joseph Elu then explained the history of the Gab Titui from its beginnings in 2004, the first Art Awards in 2008 and the renovations 2012 to 2013 that made it the world-class centre it is today, which is a

Jack Bani sings tribute to his late grandfather Adhi Ephraim Bani.

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Fr Charles Loban. ‘keeping place’ for significant cultural and historical artefacts.

“The Centre celebrates the myth and legends of the Torres Strait and supports artists in all stages of their careers,” he said.

Federal Member for Leichardt Warren Entsch said: “This is not only a keeping place but also a showcase. It is keeping culture in the homeland and since 2004 it has done nothing but grow.

“I am sure Gab Titui will not only be celebrating its next 10year anniversary but also its 100 year anniversary in the future.”

In a tribute to his father, Gabriel Bani quoted Ephraim Bani: “Culture is not a step backwards but it is a foundation for us to firmly stand on and move forward.”

Mr Bani then explained how his father’s totem animal was the crocodile.

“It is the most intelligent and territorial of the animals and is the guardian of its habitat and sovereign of it’s own kingdom. It can see both front and backwards.

“It can see where it has been and where it is going.”

After the speeches Jack Bani sang some songs in tribute to his grand father Ephraim Bani, which was followed by dancing

by Saam Era Kodomer from

Warren Entsch.

Erub Island.

The crowd was then served a traditional Kai Kai dinner, blessed by Fr Charles Loban.

Judges of the Art Award, Alo Tapim, Meriam Elder and Culture and Language specialist, Victor McGrath, a Torres Strait artist and Franchesca Cubillo, Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres

Michael Pickering.

Strait Islander Art, National Gallery of Australia, presented the awards. Michael Pickering, Manager of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program at the National Museum also presented an award.

The evening was topped off with music from Northern Xposure.

PHOTOS: Photos by GEORGE SERRAS, National Museum of Australia

7th Gab Titui Indigenous Art Awards GAB Titui Cultural Centre celebrated its seventh Indigenous Art Awards, April 16.

WINNERS WINNER: Adhe Buiya, Vincent Babia 2014 RUNNER-UP: Apu and Kazi Dhangal, McFarlen Brian Bowie 2014 BEST CULTURAL ARTEFACT: Gaba Gaba, Jimmy Thaiday (Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre) 2014 BEST WORK ON PAPER: Iron Men and Wooden Boats, Tony Harry 2014 BEST WORK ON CANVAS: Waubin and Epili, Gordon Hammond 2014 BEST CRAFT WORK: Ngau Aingu Garrpathamai Bugit (My Food Collecting Basket), Jean Tamwoy (Ngalmun Lagau Mineral Art Centre) 2014 BEST SECONDARY SCHOOL WORK: Sagerwazer, Michealine Fauid 2014 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA HISTORY THROUGH ART AWARD: Clinging for Life, Ceferino Sabatino 2014 HIGHLY COMMENDED Bipi Popa, Alma Sailor (Erub Erwer Meta Art Centre, Erub Island); Ariew Baib (Rain Cloud), George Nona (Badu Island); Nam, John Dorante (Hammond Island); Untitled, Nathan Bob (Hammond Island); Aib, Wasie Tardent (Thursday Island) COMMENDED Torres Strait Style, Cessa Nakata (Thursday Island); Elder, Delizah Levi (St Paul’s Community, Moa Island); Gelam Nguzu Kaazi, George Pedro (Thursday Island); Naghir Fashion, Ruth Neru Doolah (Horn Island); Peibri Sor, Sam Bon (Thursday Island)

Vincent Babia, winner of 2014 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award, for his print, Apu and Kazi Dhangal.

ABOVE; 2014 judges: Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award judges (from left): Alo Tapim, Franchesca Cubillo and Victor McGrath.

RIGHT; 2014 Gab Titui Indigenous Art Award Runner Up: McFarlen Brian Bowie, for ‘Apu & Kazi Dhangal.’

ABOVE RIGHT: The National Museum of Australia History Through Art Award: Ceferino Sabatino, FOR ‘Clinging for Life.’

RIGHT: Best Work on Canvas: Gordon Hammond for, ‘Waubin & Epili.’

BELOW: Best Cultural Artefact: Jimmy Thaiday for ‘Gaba Gaba.’

RIGHT BELOW: Best Craft Work: Jean Tamwoy, for ‘Ngau Aingu Garrpathamai Bugit.’

LEFT BELOW: Best Secondary School Work: Michaeline Fauid for ‘Sagerwazer.’

Best Work on Paper: Tony Harry, for ‘Iron Men Wooden Boats.’

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The YUMI WAY Our Way The Right Way The Only Way

NAVIGATING YUMI TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE

Welcome back to Staff and Students of Tagai State College.

Term 2: Tuesday 22nd April - Friday 27th July

We hope the body, mind and spirit has been energised and ready to power on for Term 2 - a very busy and exciting term of school activities. We welcome some new staff and also someone who is no stranger to our college for this term.

Welcome to the leadership team: • • • • •

Kathy Wemyss will be Acting Warraber HOC until 9 May as Michael Tuni is on paternity leave.

Tim McKee will be Acting Poruma HOC until the Head of Campus position is filled.

Adrienne Paget who is the Acting HOSE until end of semester 1 as Zoe Lang is on maternity leave.

Annette O’Rourke will be replacing Uncle Ian Unicomb who is taking a well deserved break.

Glenys Tonon who will be conducting the Reading Resources Upgrade to campuses.

EVERY DAY COUNTS • Consistent attendance and participation at school are essential factors in achieving success.

• All students across Tagai who have 100% attendance will be eligible to be in the draw for a SPECIAL AWARD at the end of each term. This award is to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts of the student and their family in honouring their commitment to attend school everyday and reinforce our goal that ‘Everyday Counts.’

• The worthy recipient of this award for Term 1 will be announced in Monday 5 May edition of the Torres News.

Explicit Teaching in our Classsrooms across the Strait!

- Behaviour Expectations We are Proud Learners who are Respectful Responsible and Safe

Important Announcement: Celebrating Retirement from Education We regret to inform families the special parade to celebrate the retirement of Larry James and Lizzie Lui, scheduled for 9th May, is postponed.

We apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We will provide additional information once another date has been confirmed.

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Great Work!!

Term 1, 100% Student Attendance

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Parents/caregivers can inform the school of a student absence by: • • • • •

Poruma Ngurpay Lag • Jimmy Billy • Isaac Bonner • Rebecca Bonner • Samuel David • Florence Fauid • Lala Daisy Lui • Tianna-Kate McKee

Telephoning the campus on the morning of the absence Sending a note with the student upon return Parent communications book Email the school Visit the office

We look forward to your continued support and working together to ensure your child receives a quality education. “EVERY DAY COUNTS”

What should I do to be • healthy?

Nutritionists have devised plans and suggestions that contribute to healthy eating patterns for children. However, • you and your parents will probably know if some of the guidelines don’t (or cant) apply to you.

As a growing child, it’s best for your body and brain if you: • Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday • Eat plenty of vegetables, legumes and fruit • Drink fat-reduced milk • Eat plenty of cereals including wholegrain bread, rice, pasta and

• • • •

noodles Include protein sources such as lean red meat, fish, chicken and other poultry, or alternatives, in your diet Limit you consumption of chips, cakes and other fatty foods, “junk food” and confectionery so that you only eat them occasionally Replace soft drinks and other sweetened drinks with water (and sometimes milk) Choose foods low in salt Drink plenty of water to keep hydrated – and even more in hot weather Ask parents to consider food products with minimal preservatives and artificial addictive’s when shopping Torres News

28 Apr - 4 May 2014 Page 15

Northern Peninsula Area State College News

Senior Campus 2014 Cross Country Results The annual senior cross country was held in the last week of Term One. The sun was shining, the course was rugged with many washouts and a steep hill or two.The students headed off at a blistering pace in two groups, Juniors, followed by Seniors five minutes later, within seconds vanishing out the gate off around the college and TAFE campuses.

The runners, including two staff members, soon slowed to a steady jog and it was only a matter of sixteen minutes before the first students started to arrive back at the finish of the four kilometre course. All the athletes had arrived back within 50 minutes. The presentation of age champion ribbons and winners was made on parade the following morning.

Well done all.

Girls Time Boys Time Open 1 Jochebed Sebasio 24:10 Jeremiah Siganisucu 16:58 2 Lavinia Williams 26:24 Jared Graham 17:32 3 Yanessa Woosup 27:21 Mylee Nona 19:33 16 and U 1 Jeanette Bryden 26:15 Tabua Woosup 17:43 2 Assiyih Christian 35:30 Eliwees Anau 18:43 3 Anndalassa Sebasio 25:31 Drey Tamwoy 19:19 15 and U 1 Madia Nomoa 26:48 Darren Phineasa 16:06 2 Shirley Bond 27:10 Corey Toby 16:15 3 Trevina Lifu 28:22 Kapua Sebasio 18:22 14 and U 1 Shanda Lifu 20:49 Tipoti Bowie 17:30 2 Delphina Bond 22:00 Lawrence Townson 19:02 3 Dawn Bamaga 25:00 Eric Williams 20:47 13 and U 1 Lillymaud Bowie 24:25 Stewart Stephen 17:34 2 Laquita Atu 26:00 Agai Savage 3 Elma Yoelu Lorenzo Whap

Date Claimers:

Primary Student Cross Country 2014 Held across two days on the last week of term, the Prep to Year Seven cross country was a very well supported event with many community and family members present to cheer the young athletes on. The spectators saw many valiant athletic performances with the course circling the Bamaga Junior Campus Oval and the older students running past the crowd two or three times each.

A fantastic effort by all the runners.

1st & 2nd May: HRE Camp 6th May: P&C Meeting 7.00pm Senior Library 13th, 14th, 15th May: NAPLAN testing

House points: Gelam-174 Baidam-158 Bowie-208 Year Born Girls Time 2009 1 Aliti Nona 5.37 2 Latisha Ropeyarn 5.38 3 Valerie Wilson 6.31 2008 1 Aeisha Nona 4.37 2 Sepoima Woosup 4.38 3 Isabella Lui 4.41 2007 1 Yazlyn Mooka-Kepa 4.37 2 Uraz Wasiu 4.41 3 Jennifer Bowie 5.06 2006 1 Joshira Sebasio 8.48 2 Waisie Yoelu 9.36 3 Teuisha Wilson 9.36 2005 1 Anjahlijay Atu 11.43 2 Addy Mooka 13.15 3 Shanille Solomon 13.17 2004 1 Whenna Ibuai 13.08 2 Calista Atu 13.24 3 Katie Pablo & Jean Tugai 13.49 2003 1 Shanique Bamaga 11.46 2 Geiza Williams 12.02 3 Daisy Atu 12.26 2002 1 Leilani Woosup 13.17 2 Lindsay Billy 13.18 3 Joydee Williams & Vilisi Wasiu

Boys

Time

Kaigi Sebasio Titus Atu Quinton Larry

4.44 4.45 4.48

Carson Mau Trevor Sebasio Errisito Panuel

4.36 4.38 4.50

Jack Strevens Giles Sam Dinto Bowie

3.58 4.15 4.17

Oliphnu Sagigi Ky Couttes-Chandler Oki-Poi Namai

7.53 7.58 7.58

Mace Arnold 11.06 Yunara Wymarra-Charlie 11.08 Frank Ropeyarn 11.10 Ky Gowa Mark Strevens Solomon Bowie

10.58 11.20 11.26

Oliphanu Daniel 10.31 Gordon Pablo 10.54 Charles Baira & Meun Lifu Mia Jacob Dennis PoiPoi Reuben Woosup

10.08

Good Pasin: I am a learner, I am respectful, I am safe Page 16 Torres News

28 Apr - 4 May 2014

THURSDAY 01

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 In My Shoes: China 10:10 What Makes Me Me? 10:15 My Great Big Adventure 10:35 Behind The News 11.00 Wonders Of The Universe 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 QI 1:30 The Kumars (M,Sexual References) 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Braintree 6:55 Clarke And Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 The Checkout - Factory Seconds 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Assused: Tina’s Story 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret 12:40 Movie: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 6: Claremont Vs Peel Thunder 5:30 Eggheads: Eggs Men

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: “Leap Year” Mild Coarse Language, Mild Violence - 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 TBA 8:40 The NRL Footy Show - Join Fatty Vautin, Michael Slater, Erin Molan, Beau Ryan and Darryl Brohman, along with the game’s biggest names for all the fun and all things footy in the show’s 21st year.

10:40 Two And A Half Men 11:10 Two And A Half Men 11:40 The AFL Footy Show 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 A Place To Call Home 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 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:00 Under The Hammer 11:30 Parks & Recreation “Article Two” Leslie works to get rid of out-dated laws from the original town charter that no longer make sense.

12:00 Dr Oz 1:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

7:00 World News 1:00 The Secret History of Eurovision 2:00 The Hotel Do Not Disturb 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 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Luke Nguyen’s France 8:00 French Food Safari 8:30 Fargo – The Crocodile’s Dilemma/The Rooster Prince **Special Double Episode New Series Premiere** 10:45 SBS World News Late 11:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 11:30 Toughest Place To Be A... - Nurse 12:30 China: Triumph And Turmoil - Emperors 1:35 Movie: “Elite Squad” MAV(V D) - An ex-cop turned pimp is in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts.

3:35 Afghanistan: The Great Game 4:35 Adbc Bitesize / 4:45 UEFA Europa League

FRIDAY 02

6:00 ABC News Breakfast ANZAC Day 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Making Media 10:30 Three Kinds Of Writing 10:45 The Shot 10:55 Artpost 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Jane Hutcheon 1:00 Call The Midwife 2:00 At The Movies 2:30 My Family 3:00 The Telegraph Man 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 Eggheads 5:30 ABC News: Early Edition 6:00 Grand Designs: Brighton Co-op 6:50 What’s Your Story?: Medieval Sword Fighting Knight 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 QLD 8:00 QI: Health And Safety 8:30 Jonathan Creek: The Letters Of Septimus Noone - When a glamorous West End star is found stabbed inside a locked dressing room, her colleagues remain baffled. Attention turns to Jonathan Creek for a solution to the grisly puzzle.

9:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Murder Most Scandalous - Miss Phryne Fisher is back! Jack’s father-in-law is implicated in the brutal murder of a prostitute.

10:30 Lateline 11:05 Randling: 11:40 Rage 5:00 Rage

6:00 Today 9:00 Global Shop Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 12:30 Movie “Michael” 2:30 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 Trans-Tasman Test Australia Vs New Zealand - International Rugby League comes to Sydney with Australia taking on New Zealand from Allianz Stadium.

10:15 TBA 12:30 Movie: “Never Back Down” - Never Back Down is the story of Jake Tyler, a tough kid with a big heart.

2:30 Spyforce: The Murder - Part 1 - Colonel Cato is shot and killed by an unknown assassin while working late at his desk. Although the Military Authorities try to cover up his death, Erskine and Gunther realise that he was in fact murdered and set about to discover his killer.

3:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo 4:00 Brand Developers / 4:30 Good Morning America

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 A Place To Call Home 2:00 The Daily Edition 3:00 The Chase - Four contestants go into battle against the Chaser as they try to win thousands of pounds. 4:00 Seven News At 4 5:00 Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Million Dollar Minute 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Better Homes & Gardens 7:30 2014 AFL Premiership Rnd 7 - Carlton Vs Collingwood - It’s a fierce rivalry stretching back decades. Can Nathan Buckley’s Magpies make it three in a row against the Blues?

11:00 Friday Late Movie “Stripes” - When John Winger loses his job, his car, his apartment and his girlfriend, he decides he has only one option: volunteer for the army.

1:00 Desperate Housewives - “Lost My Power” - Lynette tries to cause some negative friction between Tom and Jane.

2:00 Dr Oz 3:30 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today

5:00 World News 1:00 Living Black 1:30 Murdoch’s Scandal 2:30 NITV News Week In Review 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 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 This is Brazil!

8:30 The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light “The Men Of The North” 9:35 As It Happened: - What Destroyed The Hindenburg?

10:30 SBS World News Late 11:05 The Feed: Best Stories Of The Week 11:30 Movie: “Gigola” 1:25 Kurt Wallender: The Ghost - Arson is suspected when a cottage by the sea burns to the ground following a gas explosion, and a man and a woman are found dead. M(D,L,S) 3:10 Movie: “On The Ropes” - Michele Venitucci stars in his awardwinning role as Mike, a struggling young boxer who agrees to participate illegally in a series of brutal bare-knuckle fights in order to pay off his sister’s debts.

M(D,L,V) 4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

SATURDAY 03

6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 The Checkout 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 The Next Big Thing 1:40 Movie: “Montana Belle” (G) 3:25 Movie: “The Lion In Winter” (G) 5:10 River Cottage Veg Every Day Finale 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise - When a bird-watcher is discovered murdered in the Saint-Marie jungle, DI Goodman and his team have a particularly puzzling conundrum to solve.

8:30 The Gods of Wheat Street: Nobody Lives Forever (CC,M,V) - Libby, sick of not being appreciated, decides to let the Freeburns fend for themselves; Jonesy breaks into the Freeburn’s house in search of his stolen money; and Tristan tries to win back Anastasia.

9:30 Last Tango In Halifax 10:30 Accused: Willy’s Story - From Jimmy McGovern comes the story of how ordinary individuals end up in the dock.

11:50 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage

6:00 Bubble Guppies 7:00 Weekend Today - Saturday 10:00 Danoz Direct 11:00 The Garden Gurus 11:30 Sally: Behind The Smile 12:00 The Middle 12:00 We Are Marshall 3:00 Commando 4:00 The Bottom Line 4:30 Reel Action 5:00 4WD TV 5:30 Getaway 6:00 National News Saturday 7:00 Movie: “Journey 2 The Mysterious Island” - Sean Anderson partners with his mom’s husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island thought to be a fictitious place described by Jules Verne.

9:00 Movie: “Miss Congeniality” - Starring Sandra Bullock 11:10 Movie: “Blindness” (Some Coarse L, AT) - When a city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant blindness a doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see.

1:45 Movie: “Acolytes” (VCL, SV, SAT) - A High School student stumbles upon a body and after learning the identity of the killer.

3:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 4:00 Brand Developers 5:00 Extra 5:30 Wesley Impact

6:00 Saturday Disney 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend 12:00 Live Well 1:00 TBA 2:30 TBA 5:00 Creek To Coast 5:30 Queensland Weekender 6:00 Seven News 7:00 Happy Endings 7:30 2014 AFL Premiership Season: Rnd 7 - Brisbane Vs Sydney 10:30 Border Security: International 11:00 Strike Back - In Budapest, Section 20 tracks a pair of suicide bombers who could bring the city, and the World Security Summit, to its knees.

12:00 Desperate Housewives: “The People Will Hear” 1:00 The Late Movie: “Butter” - When a talented singer’s career takes off, she decides to change record companies - a decision that will change her life forever.

3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 It Is Written Oceania - “Finding Jesus Anywhere - From New York City To The Messiah” Religious program 4:00 Home Shopping 5:00 Dr Oz - “Eat This, Weigh Less! The Best Foods To Help You Lose Weight”

5:00 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2014 3:00 Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues 3:55 Contact - Steve McCurry: 9/11 This series focuses on a different photographer each episode from the iconic agency Magnum. 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 A History Of Celtic Britain - Age of Romans 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 My Wild Affair: The Rhino Who Joined the Family PG - Rescued from flooding caused by the damming of the Zambezi River, ‘Rupert’ the orphaned black rhinoceros was brought up in the suburban family home of wildlife vet Dr John Condy.

8:30 Movie: “Everything Must Go ” - Nick Halsey is a career salesman whose days of being on top are long gone.

10:25 Movie: “The Wackness” - It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop.

12:15 Turn Me On: The History Of The Vibrator 12:35 Movie: “: Black House” - Jeon, an insurance claims agent, suspects a family of murdering their son with the intention of collecting insurance premiums 2:30 Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections - Space Shuttle 3:30 Solar Storms: The Threat To Planet Earth 4:30 Adbc Bitesize 4:45 Coppa Italia Final

SUNDAY 04

SBS

6:00 Rage 8:00 Weekend Breakfast 9:00 Insiders 10:00 Offsiders 10:30 The World This Week 11:00 7.30 Qld 11:30 Songs of Praise: Doubt 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Compass: The Moral Compass 2:00 Death In Paradise 3:00 Typeface 4:00 Big Art Ideas 5:00 Midsomer Murders: Worm In The Bud 6:30 Compass: God In The Lodge: Part 1 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Restoration Home: Nebo Chapel 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently Between The Lines - . Inspector George Gently is taken by surprise when he learns of Sergeant John Bacchus’s resignation.

10:00 Unfinished Sky - Farmer John Waldring wakes to find a woman collapsed in front of his house. She is injured but has no English to convey what has happened.

11:35 Movie: “The Last Tycoon” (MCL SR) 1:35 Movie: “The Informer” (PG) 3:05 Restoration Home: Nebo Chapel 4:05 The New Inventors 4:35 Catalyst 5:05 Gardening Australia 5:30 Best Of Collectors

6:00 Bubble Guppies 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Financial Review Sunday 10:30 Wide World Of Sports 11:30 Sunday Footy Show 1:30 Broncos Insider 2:00 2014 Intrust Supercup Easts Tigers v North Devils 4:00 Football: City v Country 6:00 National News Sunday 6:30 TBA 12:00 Financial Review Sunday 12:30 What Would You Do - Using hidden cameras, host John Quiñones observes and comments on how ordinary people behave when they are confronted with a dilemma that requires them to either take action or walk by and mind their own business.

1:30 Spyforce: The Trail - Part 2 - A medical Aid Post on a forward trail in New Guinea is under threat of shelling by Japanese guns.

Allied High Command does not believe the Japanese can be so close to Port Moresby, and refuses to allow the Post to be evacuated.

2:30 Brand Developers 4:00 Good Morning America - Sunday 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sophia The First 6:30 Jake and The Neverland Pirates 7:00 Weekend Sunrise 10:00 AFL Game Day 11:30 Guys With Kids 12:00 TBA 1:30 Footy Flashbacks 3:00 2014 AFL Premiership Season Geelong Vs Richmond 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 10:30 Malcom Naden: “Australia’s Most Hunted” “ Reveals the incredible true story behind Strike Force Durkin - the 7 year manhunt to capture Malcolm John Naden, Australia’s most elusive fugitive.

A man described as an enigma, an invisible shadow in the bush that led police on a deadly game of cat and mouse and reveals the untold story behind Naden’s incredibly chilling confessions.

12:00 Dr Oz - “Ancient Ayurvedic Secrets To Lose Weight” - Get answers to your health questions from Dr Oz and other leading doctors, hospitals, associations and authors.

1:00 Outrageous - Features characters who are way-over-the-top. The bizarre, the zany and the outright crazies.

2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra

5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 Wainwright Walks 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 2014 Superbike World Championship 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Subaru World Of Cycling 5:30 Road To The 2014 FIFA World Cup. 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Lost Worlds: Carthage’s Lost Warriors 8:30 Life On Us 9:30 The Battle For Rio 11:00 What Is One Degree? What is one degree? And what does one degree mean in the context of global warming?

12:00 Movie: “Sita Sings The Blues” - Filmmaker Nina Paley shares the details of her marriage breakdown through three very different animation styles and an original re-telling of ‘The Ramayana of Valmiki’, the greatest break up story ever told.

1.35 Movie: “The Matchmaker” - During the summer of 1968, young Arik Burstein goes to work for a matchmaker who has survived the Holocaust.

3:40 Cassino: Nine Months In Hell 4:40 Costa’s Arnhem Land Odyssey Bitesize - Costa embarks on an odyssey to northeast Arnhem Land to meet the students from the Yirrkala school.

MONDAY 05

7 CENTRAL

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Backyard Science 10:15 Get Into Textiles 10:45 Atoms Alive 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Landline 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: The Antibodies 6:30 QI: Adam 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 Changi: Gordon’s Will 12:35 Movie: “Born To Be Bad” (G) 2:05 Movie: “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame” (PG) 4:05 Movie: “Let’s Make Music” (G) 5.30 Eggheads: The Antibodies

6:00 Today 9:00 Global Shop Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “Avalanche Express ” (Some V) 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 TBA 12:00 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations - As the sun scorches overhead, Tony hops into his classic Thunderbird and hits the open road of the US Desert, hoping to learn more about the region and its food 1:00 Nitro Circus Live - Pastranaland - Travis decides to host a week of insanity at his home compound. With ramps bigger than anything ever built, it’s a birthplace for tricks that have never even been dreamed of.

1:30 Extra 2:00 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News / 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 9:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie: “The Devil’s Bed” 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 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 10:30 Suits - Moot Point” With his secret seemingly safe once again, Mike gives Harvey a token of appreciation - a case against A. Elliot Stemple, the man who beat Harvey in moot court during his Harvard days.

11:30 Talking Footy 12:30 Parks And Recreation - “Jerry’s Retirement” When Leslie finds out Jerry is retiring, she struggles with the proper way to commemorate the occasion.

1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons & Daughters - Wayne is amazed to discover that the Hamiltons have an unexpected and uninvited house-guest.

4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 World News 1:00 Are You Good Or Evil? 2:00 First Australians Freedom For Our Lifetime 3:00 France 24 International News 3:30 Al Jazeera News 4:00 The Journal 4:30 FIFA Futbol Mundial 5:00 Living Black 5:30 Global Village 6:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Mythbusters: Do Try This At Home Special 8:35 Vikings: Blood Eagle 9:30 RocKwiz - Kurt Vile, Phoebe Baker & Iva Davies 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Cycling: Fleche-Wallonne 2014 12:00 Shorts On Screen - Free Kick - Having turned 60, Adela is living a life she never wanted. She has no children, a husband who walks all over her and, worst of all, nothing to look forward to.

12:35 Movie: “The Last Days Of Emma Blank” M(A,N,S,L) - A black comedy with overtones of the Theatre of the Absurd.

2:15 Movie: “Son Of Babylon” PG(A) 3:50 Inside Nature’s Giants - Camel - The experts head deep into the Australian outback to explore the ultimate desert survivor.

4:50 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong Bitesize

TUESDAY 06

IMPARJA

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Behind The News 10:30 Jung In Europa 10:40 La Mappa Misteriosa 11:00 Four Corners 11:45 Media Watch 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Q&A 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads The Bedford Blues 6:30 QI: Atoms 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Foreign Correspondent 8:30 New Tricks: Gentleman Vanishes 9:30 At The Movies 10:00 The Book Club 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:35 Four Corners 12:20 Media Watch 12:35 Movie: “The Mad Miss Manton” (PG) - A socialite tries to uncover a murder mystery with the help of a group of friends 1:55 Movie: “Bachelor Mother” (G) 3:30 Rugby Union: Shute Shield: 5:30 Eggheads: The Bedford Blues

6:00 Today 9:00 Global Shop Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “The Special Relationship” (S Ref: Some Coarse Language) - A behind-thescenes dramatization of two world leaders - Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton - who forged a loyal, if tempestuous, friendship out of the crucible of political necessity. 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 TBA 12:00 20/20 - 20/20 is news and current affairs show anchored by Elizabeth Varga and Chris Cuomo.

1:00 Extra - Co-hosts Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos reporting in front of a live audience from The Grove in Los Angeles. Catch up on all the latest in Hollywood’s current affairs as we find out what the world’s hottest stars have been up to this week.

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: “Rapture” - A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now married high-school crush of 20 years before. 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 7:00 Home And Away - Cheryl gives Casey the answers he needs about his real father. Jett struggles to find the money to pay for his boat.

Denny tells Chris she can’t stand players.

7:30 TBA 10:30 Parenthood - “Cold Feet” Zeek and Camille finally agree on what to do with the house. Julia jumps back into work helping out Kristina and Adam but is struggling on how to proceed in her personal life.

11:30 Smash: “The Dress Rehearsal” As Tom and Julia race to ready ‘Bombshell’ for previews, Tom’s eagerness to prove himself may not be the best thing for the show.

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 Movie: For A Moment, Freedom 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 Food Safari - Lebanese 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Great Houses With Julian Fellowes - Burghley House 8:30 Insight 9:30 Dateline 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 The Killing: Jens Peter Raben is in intensive care after having been shot by Ulrick Strange.

12:10 East West 101 - Just Cargo - Detective Zane Malik is deep undercover, and in danger. His mission is to link arms dealer, Akmal, with the car bomb murder of an NSO agent.

1:10 Movie: “No One Knows About The Persian Cats” - Tehran’s indie-rock scene is explored through a pair of underground musicians, Negar and Ashkan, who face persecution if they are caught performing their music.

3:00 The Circuit - The Fallout 4:00 Terror Island - On 22 July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian set off a bomb in the heart of Oslo.

WEDNESDAY 07

ABC

6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 My Place 10:45 Behind The News Specials 11:00 One Plus One 11:30 Foreign Correspondent 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 12:30 National Press Club Address 1:30 Vet School 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen 2:30 My Family 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: No Accounting For Taste 6:30 QI: Aquatic Animals 7:00 ABC News 7:30 7.30 8:00 Q1: K Folk 8:30 Spicks & Specks 9:00 Jonah From Tonga 9:30 The Agony of Modern Manners: Weddings & Funerals 10:00 The Kumars Final 10:30 Lateline 11:05 The Business 11:30 Hustle 12:35 Movie: “Blue Collar” (M,Nudity, Violence) 2:30 Football: VFL: Round 5 Northern Blues v Coburg 5:30 Eggheads - No Accounting For Taste

6:00 Today 9:00 Global Shop Direct 10:00 Brand Developers 11:00 National Morning News 12:00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1:00 Movie: “Silk” (Sex Scenes, Some Coarse Language) - The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France travelling to Japan for his town’s supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. 3:00 National News Now 4:15 National Afternoon News 5:30 Hot Seat 6:00 National News 7:00 A Current Affair 7:30 TBA 12:00 Rizzoli & Isles - Welcome To The Dollhouse - Young female professionals dressed as dolls are turning up dead on the public transit system, and Jane and Maura must piece together the clues.

1:00 EXTRA 1:30 Brand Developers 3:30 Good Morning America 5:00 National Early Morning News 5:30 Today

6:00 Sunrise 10:00 The Morning Show 11:30 Seven Morning News 12:00 Movie Romance “Tears In The Rain”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 7:00 Home And Away 7:30 TBA 8:30 TBA 10:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D - “Nothing Personal ” Agent Phil Coulson assembles a small group of Agents from the worldwide law- enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. to investigate the new, strange and unknown and protect the ordinary from the extraordinary.

12:00 Defiance: “Past Is Prologue” A wake is held for Nicky at Kenya’s bar. Stahma confides in Kenya that losing the election would be a great shame for Datak and as such is he planning to kill Amanda.

1:00 Home Shopping 3:30 Sons And Daughters - Wayne uses Patricia to get Karen off his back for good.

4:00 NBC Today 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News

5:00 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 My Family Feast - Greek 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Walking Through History - Stonehenge 8:35 One Born Every Minute - What Happened Next?

9:30 The Bridge - Martin is at the hospital watching over his son, Nikolaj, who has suddenly fallen ill. Saga goes there to update him on the case, and notices something isn’t quite right at the hospital.

10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 Movie: “Beautiful Lies” - This delightful French comedy stars Audrey Tautou as the well-meaning Emilie, a hair-dresser who begins to use the anonymous love letters she receives from a co-worker to reignite her mother’s joie de vivre. M(L) 12:55 Movie: “Castaway on the Moon” M(A,L) - After failing to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge, Mr Kim is stranded on an isolated island in a Seoul river.

3:05 Movie: “I’m All Good” - ) M(S,N,L) This lively comedy set in a sleepy backwater pits a bunch of barflies against a slippery team of con artists to recoup the winnings of a shell game.

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CROSSWORD No. 196

SUDOKU No. 196

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TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st) You may feel that family members are taking advantage of your skills. Tell them that you have limited time or ask for an exchange of some sort. Romance. Don’t miss an opportunity to meet someone new. This person knows you, but is very shy. Seek them out!

GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st) Don’t worry too much about something that is beyond your control. A solution will come if you wait. Busy yourself in the meantime.

Romance. An unusual dream may worry you at first. The message in the dream will be much more positive than you realise, however.

CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)

FOR KIDS

You could be approached by someone who wants to set a meeting with you this week.

This person will be much older than yourself.

Heed their advice. Romance. Your partner may be in a slightly strange mood. You’ll have to make allowances for them at this time.

LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)

A difficult family decision will be at the forefront this week. Be attentive to what others are saying and asking for. Romance. You will be feeling very confident. Your partner will find it great fun to be with. Your enthusiasm will help to cheer them and others up.

VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) You need the chance to get away from your day-to-day routine. Try to find an excuse for a short trip away from home.

It will leave you feeling rejuvinated.

Romance. This will be a good time for relaxing with your partner. Finish your work early so you can have time together.

LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)

A difficult decision will not be any easier if you worry constantly. Put your mind at rest and the matter will soon sort itself out. Romance. Don’t spend too much time thinking about the past. You need to take into account recent changes which have improved your situation.

FINDWORD No. 196

SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)

A LAUGH WITH LOTSA

Some well-meant advice could be more of a hindrance than a help. Don’t rely on other people’s judgement when your own is better. Romance. You may feel completely in sync with your partner this week. It’s a good indication of how well you work with one another.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st) A chance meeting later in the week may be less accidental than it seems. They may have been seeking you out for some time. Romance. Both Venus and Mars are in good aspect at the moment. This could bring new endeavours to you and your partner. Are you ready?

CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)

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MUDDY RIVER

You will have a strong need for security this week. Your friends should rally round you and give you some encouragement.

Romance. Your partner will be intrigued to find out what you have been up to recently. Try to maintain the mystery as long as you can.

AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th) Look at all angles before you make your move. There may be something that you have forgotten. Double-check everything!

Romance. Pressure from other people may cause strains in your love-life. Take what information you want from this and move on!

PISCES (February 20th - March 20th) You should be very “on the ball” this week.

Activities which require clear, logical thinking will be especially easy for you.

Romance. Someone close to you may soon be getting married. Your feelings may be a little ambivalent. Are you where you want to be at this moment?

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SOLUTIONS No. 196

ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) Your emotions will be much stronger than you realise. Don’t commit to any offers without thinking through them first.

Romance. Don’t allow yourself to be ruled by your emotions. You will make a better partner when you are relaxed and realistic with your expectations.

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took your breath away

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CLASSIFIEDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

24 Hour Service for DV CONNECT Telephone 1800 811 811 – Lena Passi Women’s Shelter NPA WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP 24 Hour Crisis Shelter Ph: 4069 3020

Port Kennedy Association

MINI MARKETS Come along and grab a bargain!

Saturday, May 3, 2014 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

2 X UNITS FOR RENT Thursday Island Unit 4A - Two bedrooms, one bathroom, unfurnished.

Unit 4B - Master bedroom with ensuite, second bedroom and main bathroom, unfurnished.

Phone Simone 0427 691 994 Language Literacy and Numeracy Teachers (Casual Part Time)

The Learning Workshop seeks qualified and experienced teacher/trainers with Adult literacy qualifications and experience to deliver Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) language, literacy and numeracy programs to youth, mature aged and Indigenous job seekers in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsular Area.

The position is requires: • Formal teaching qualifications • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) • Adult Literacy or TESOL qualification • Current LLN or English as Second language teaching experience The person/s will be employed under the Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award 2010. The positions will be based on Thursday Island and Northern Peninsular Area. Regular travel to other island locations may be required.

Email Adminstration@thelearningworkshop.com.au for a copy of the Position

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ANIMAL RESCUE

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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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ROTARYCLUB CLUBMEETINGS MEETINGS TI TI ROTARY Thursday Island Thursday Island Rotary Rotary ClubClub Meets at 7am Meets at 7.00am Friday Morning Breakfast Friday Morning Breakfast Meeting Meeting at the Grand Hotel at Federal Hotel.

Visitors Welcome.

Visitors welcome!

Inquiries 4069 1531 Inquiries 0438 747 853 TOMBSTONES

Description. Information about TLW is available at www.thelearningworkshop.com.au Applications close Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) is a Commonwealth statutory body located on Thursday Island.

The TSRA is engaged in a wide range of service delivery functions to Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in the Torres Strait region.

The TSRA is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and motivated person to fill the following identified non-ongoing position:

Project Officer Indigenous Protected Areas and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Environmental Management Program APS5 (P/N T01879) *SALARY RANGE $67,836 - $71,933 P/A

*Generous allowances are paid on top of the salary listed above. Allowances include district allowance, leave fare allowance (payable after 12 months of service) and housing subsidy.

Superannuation is paid at 15.4% The position provides administrative and project support to the Project Manager (Ranger Policy and Planning) to assist in delivering the Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) project. The Project Officer has a key role in effective communication and consultation around the IPA project.

This position is restricted to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants only, as per the Special Measures provisions outlined in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Section 8(1), and the Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999 at 4.2 (6)(b)(i) and 4.3(3)(b)(i). Applicants may be required to provide evidence of their Aboriginality or Torres Strait Islander descent. A merit list may be created.

TSRA accommodation is not available for this position, applicants should familiarise themselves with the Thursday Island housing market prior to applying for this position How to apply: • Visit our website at www.tsra.gov.au and click on the Career Opportunities link to apply through the online application system • If you do not have access to the internet please contact the HR Team on (07) 4069 0700 ***APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO APPLY ONLINE*** Closing date for applications is cob 9 May 2014.

For further information relating to this position please Kelly Flower on (07) 4069 0700 Note: • Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

• All positions with the TSRA are subject to satisfactory character checks, police checks, health clearance, Australian citizenship requirements, and, if applicable, formal qualifications.

TSRA is committed to ‘Closing the Gap’ and in support of Government policy encourages applications from Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australians. TSRA embraces Workplace Diversity. Enjoy the benefits of a career in the Australian Public Service.

BOAT CHARTER MARINE TRANSPORT TORRES STRAIT (Trading as Wis Wei Boat Charters)

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Available for day trips, camping trips, Charters to: Seisa, POW, Hammond, TI and other nearby islands.

Phone Vince: 0429 631 844

MACHINERY / TRACTORS

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Torres News

28 Apr - 4 May 2014 Page 19

SPORT/CLASSIFIEDS

Yamba Bowie firing in Townsville comp.

By ALF WILSON SPEEDY Badu Island rugby league back Yamba Bowie is star-

ring for Norths in the Townsville and District competition.

The 19-year-old Bowie signed a two-year

contract with the NQ Cowboys last June and is eligible to play in the Holden Cup under 20 competition.

Whilst he waits for that opportunity Bowie has been shining for Norths in the local district club comp.

FOR SALE

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3 BEDROOM Highset Home on 1012m Block. 20 Nawie St, Horn Island. New Kitchen/ Shower and extras. If not sold available for Rent. Contact: Greg Kirk on 0499 191 363.

ADVERTISE your classified here! Garage Sales, Meetings, Car or Boat for Sale! Email ads@torresnews.com.au or call 1300 867 737 and ask for Bec.

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TOMBSTONE UNVEILING

OLD Thursday Island soft drink bottles. George Lamb, Tropical Cordials. Good money paid. Phone 0427 585 660

LATE MR DAVID JOHN TA B U A o f M a r e e b a o n Saturday 31st May 2014 at Mareeba Cemetary at 10am.

Phone Julius Tabua on 0487 936 674.

CLASSIFIEDS Careers with Queensland Health Pharmacy Assistant

Cairns Link

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Allied Health Services, Thursday Island Hospital, Torres Strait – Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Service.

Remuneration value up to $59 128 p.a., comprising salary between $49 598 - $51 821 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (OO3) (Applications will remain current for 12 months).

Duties/Abilities: Assist in the provision of pharmacy services under the supervision of a pharmacist which support the delivery of pharmaceutical service to Queensland Health. The principal reason for this support is to relieve the pharmacist of non-professional and technical tasks in the provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical services to twenty-three, geographically remote centres. Potential applicants are advised that the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 requires Queensland Health to seek a ‘working with children check’; from the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian prior to appointment to this position.

Enquiries: Frances Vaughan (07) 4069 0262.

Job Ad Reference: TO111973 Application Kit: www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Tuesday, 6 May 2014

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Yamba Bowie (middle) with Eddie Daniel (left) and Maipele Morseu after Argun Warriors won the Dan Ropeyarn NPA Cup carnival at Bamaga late last year.

Norths scored an 1816 win over reigning premiers Herbert River in round five on April 12 and Bowie scored two great tries.

That was Herbert River’s first loss of the 2014 season.

In one of the best tries seen in the competition for many years, fullback Bowie ran 90m in wet conditions at Peggy Banfield Park in the last two minutes.

His first try involved

DATE CLAIMER TOMBSTONE UNVEILING OF THE LATE MRS GIWAH SOLOMON (NEE FUTUNA/WAIREG) LATE MR WINDSOR SOLOMON LATE MRS IVY SOLOMON (NEE BOWIE) LATE MRS BETHINA ELLA NAMAI (NEE SOLOMON) LATE MR FRANK L W BILLY

NOTICE OF MEETING FOR NORTHERN CAPE YORK GROUP #2 (QUD157/2011) All people who hold or may hold native title over all lands and waters claimed to be lands and waters of the Northern Cape York Group #2 Claim Area including members of the Northern Cape York Group #2 Native Title Determination Application (QUD6119/98) Claim Group are invited to an Authorisation Meeting in Napranum next month.

Saturday, October 11, 2014 At the Injinoo Cemetery

THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:

The Claim Group includes all people who identify as Anathangayth, Thanakwithi, Yupungathi, Tjungundji, Taepadhighi or Mbakwithi people being the persons descended from the apical ancestors Jimmy Pine River, Ardirramina (father of Toeboy), Bosen, Tjantayn, Henry Mailman Brown, Peter Cockatoo, Mammus Aorotwan, Charlie Hall, York Downs Mammus aka Olkolkon, Charlie Fletcher, Nuarutty, Jack Batavia aka Jack Bellyfull, Bob Andoran (the father of Catfish/Joseph Andoran), Douglas, Mary Price, Bumu, Mother of Condia, Grace, Bullock, Alec Red Beach, Peter, Archie, Charlie Cooktown, Lorna, Billy Barkley/Wombi, Maffra Reid, Cockatoo, Mona, Victor, James Andrews, Billy Bigfoot (Miller).

The area of the Native Title Application generally covers land and waters bounded by: a) the Southern shores of Port Musgrave from Cullen Point easterly and then the centreline of the Ducie River on the north. b) the eastern boundary of Bertiehaugh Station and the centrelines of the Wenlock River, Moonlight Creek and Cox Creek on the East. c) the northern boundary of Sudley Station, the centrelines of Myall Creek and the Mission River and the northern shores of Albatross Bay and Pine River Bay to Duyfken Point on the South. d) the eastern shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria between Duyfken Point and Cullen Point on the west.

This area includes Mapoon township, parts of the Napranum DOGIT lands and the former Mapoon DOGIT lands and parts of the Comalco (now RTA Weipa) and Alcan South Pacific Mining Leases.

The purposes of this meeting are to provide information and authorise: 1. The terms of the proposed Northern Cape York Group #2 Native Title Consent Determination.

2. The Indigenous Land Use Agreement for Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council.

3. The Indigenous Land Use Agreement for Ergon Energy Corporation Limited.

4. The Indigenous Land Use Agreement for Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council.

5. Nomination of the Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation (ICN 7972) as the Prescribed Body Corporate to hold Native Title rights to the Determination area on behalf of the Northern Cape York Group #2.

6. Technical amendments to the Application (Form 1).

7. Other matters relating to the Native Title Application.

If you wish to attend the meeting or would like more information or assistance please call Maleta West in Weipa on (07) 4069 7484 or Shilo Villaflor at Cape York Land Council in Cairns on (07) 4053 9222 or Freecall 1800 623 548.

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Argun Warriors at the 2012 Island of Origin and the Dan Ropeyarn carnival at Bamaga and the side won both.

“I am studying Sports and Exercise Science at James Cook University here in Townsville.”

Bowie gets regular calls from elder brother, Keiji Bowie, who is on Badu and other family members.

“I will get back to Badu several times a year,” he said.

CLASSIFIEDS

Cape York Land Council

Date: Tuesday 20 May and Wednesday 21 May 2014 Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm each day Venue: Napranum Community Hall Napranum Road, Napranum (Lunch and refreshments will be provided)

a 50m chip kick which gave Norths a four point lead at half-time.

“I have been pretty happy with my form for Norths and hope to get a game in the Holden Cup soon. My aim later on is to play in the NRL,” he told the Torres News.

Bowie played for champion Badu side Argun Warriors at the last Murri Knockout carnival when they were unluckily disqualified.

He also lined up for

*Times to be advised at a later date For further information please contact Eleanor Mara: 0477 503 541 Or Robert Bagie: 0498 800 722

POSITION VACANT Attendance Officer

Full time Attendance Officer position based at Thursday Island Primary Campus (Tagai State College).

Classification:

$30 per hour. This role is funded through YUMI Education. Temporary/part-time for 2014.

Hours of Duty:

30 hrs per week. Paid leave available. Hours will be negotiated with Head of Campus.

Duties:

Engage school community to improve attendance.

Liaise with families to promote a learning culture.

Liaise with staff to ensure clear communication.

As advised in the duty statement. Interested applicants are welcome to discuss the position further (at the school) if interested.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Closing Date:

Applicants must have or apply for a Blue Suitability Card (Commission for Children and Young People).

Application packages including duty statement are available from Tagai State College - Thursday Island Primary Campus. Interested persons should apply in writing. Applications must address the selection criteria within the package and present a resume. Applications can be dropped off at the School or mailed to: Head of Campus Tagai State College Thursday Island Primary Campus PO Box 78, Thursday Island, Qld 4875

COMMUNITY

Karla Place: Policewoman inspiring change RIGHT: Karla at left with Detective Sergeant Kristy Wilson and a curious sea turtle BELOW: Karla recommends policing in remote locations and gets to meet a variety of people from different cultures. Karla is standing to the right of two customs officers toward the rear of this photo. It’s good to see these children know the best NRL team to cheer for. GO BRONCOS! (Yes they are my team too!)

RIGHT: Karla at the Tip of Cape York.

By SERGEANT CARY COOLIGAN PLAIN Clothes Senior Constable Karla Place grew up in the far north and was schooled locally in Cairns.

She joined the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and worked throughout the Far North and Cairns for many years.

About five years ago, Karla opted for a sea change and transferred to Thursday Island.

Initially Karla thought TI was just a hop, skip and jump from Cairns.

After a quick squiz at a map and a little bit of research she quickly realised TI was but one island, in our northern most Australian islands in the Torres Strait.

It is remote!

Thursday Island Division is in the Far North District in the Northern Police Region of the QPS. This division takes in some 38 islands from the tip of Cape York, includes the Torres Strait Islands, and goes to within just 3km of the Papua New Guinea coastline.

The exception of the islands is Horn Island, which is a separate police division.

The TI policing division has a total population of some 8000 residents with the majority living on Thursday Island itself.

Karla is just one of 30 police officers working in this division.

They are supported by the local Torres Strait Island Police Officers (TSIPO’s).

She’s performed uniform first response duties, worked with the Water Police, then branched out into plain clothes work in the Child

Karla in PNG.

Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU).

She is currently an investigator in the Thursday Island Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and is working her way toward getting her detective appointment.

Karla is one of 10 policewomen on the island and explains that policing in the Torres Straits is very different to policing in regional centers or other remote communities for that matter.

She, like all our policewomen, get in and do the same job the boys do.

Karla said: “We have 33 inhabited islands in the Torres Strait Islands, so logistically it’s much harder to respond to an incident over this vast area.

“We have the ‘William Conroy’ which is our 22m water police catamaran. It can sleep 10 and patrols our waterways.

“We have a small eight-seater plane based on Horn Island that we can use for search and rescues (SAR).”

On average the TI water police respond to approximately three

SAR’s a week and look to additional staff, including Karla, to help in those searches on a regular basis.

Karla’s worked her way around the Cape and whilst she was working in Bamaga she had the time of her life at a truly unique job.

She said: “I actually had to help rangers to remove a rogue crocodile from a popular boat ramp. This is something that some people will never get to experience.

“It was amazing and literally hands on as you can see in the photos.

“I’ve also been lucky enough to see my fair share of sea turtles, dugongs, sharks and whales whilst in the Torres Straits.

“I’d rate these as very special experiences that I wouldn’t have had, had I not been working up here.”

In her role on TI, Karla works closely with other government agencies such as the Australian Federal Police, Australian Customs Service, AQIS, Immigration, Defence, Fisheries and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Embassy.

Karla’s gained valuable experience dealing with these agencies as well as her own investigations.

She’s needed to manage her own crime scene examinations, look for evidence and take her own photographs at major incidents because the closest Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO) was some two hours away.

A dedicated Scenes of Crime Officer (SOCO) has recently been appointed and is now stationed on TI. After listening to Karla’s recount of her career and social experiences up on TI, it sounds more like a tourist brochure for a holiday of a lifetime.

TI has seen many officers throughout the state travel north as part of their service.

I have only ever managed a few fleeting visits when I was in the then Juvenile Aid Bureau many years ago, so I’ve not reaped the benefits of the local fishing and social atmosphere.

Karla said: “We are a very social bunch on TI. We have fundraisers and functions here regularly.

“I helped to organise the boys to do Movember last year.

Our team, TI Bro’s Wit Mo’s came in second in the QPS Movember Network teams tally, which was an amazing effort for our area.

“Most Sundays you can head to the Torres Hotel for a drink and listen to local identity ‘Seaman Dan’. He’s actually got six albums to his name and two ARIA’s to boot.

“Sunday afternoons on Friday Island which is not far from Thursday Island, is the perfect opportunity to have an authentic Japanese lunch, catch up with friends, sit under man made huts and look out at the crystal blue waters.”

Now before you turn green with envy, there is a downside to living in a remote location.

The cost of living is much higher and you don’t have the benefit of having a variety of choice when supermarket shopping. If you are a fan of eating out at restaurants, this too is limited.

Then again Karla disclosed that she not only gets a good supply of fish, but she can buy her favourite seafood, mud crabs, for just $5.

Karla says: “The cost of flights can be anywhere from $300 to $400 for a one way off the island.

The pros far outweigh the cons though.

“If it wasn’t good, there is no way I would have stayed up here this long.

“I get to fly in helicopters and planes, travel to remote islands in police vessels, watch beautiful sunsets and meet amazing people every day. The best part of all is that I actually get paid to do this job.”

Policing’s never boring when you get to Karla in the back row, third from right, working closely with other government agencies in wrestle a croc - with help! both Australia and PNG Torres News 28 Apr - 4 May 2014 Page 21

COMMUNITY Vaccine for meningococcal disease A NEW vaccine is now available in Australia for Meningococcal disease.

Meningococcal disease is an acute bacterial infection which, although rare (200-250 cases a year), can cause death within hours if not recognised and treated promptly.

It is most common in children under five, adolescents and young adults and can appear as meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord) or septicaemia

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(blood poisoning), or both.

In its early stages, meningococcal disease causes symptoms similar to colds or flu, making it difficult to diagnose. Even with appropriate treatment, about one in 10-20 of those who contract meningococcal disease will die and up to one in five survivors may suffer from devastating, life-long disabilities such as brain damage, hearing impairment or limb loss.

TORRES NEWS

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We love sport and want to provide your club or association with the best coverage possible!

Email your sports news, results and photos to: editor@torres news.com.au

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8am and 4pm Bookings PEAK Depart Thursday Island: 6:30am and 2:30pm SEASO Bookings essential.

Boarding 15mins prior to departure N FERRY Depart Seisia: 8am 4pm Boarding prior toand departure *Please contact us15mins or check online for changes to the ferry April: Monday, *Please Wednesday, Friday *With Exceptions OFF Bookings essential. schedule around holidays asfor variations occur. contact uspublic or check online changesmay to the ferry PE&only. schedule around public holidays as to variations may occur. *Exceptions: Week Prior Easter: Monday 14th, Wednesday 16th AM APM Boarding 15mins prior departure Monday 7thDepart Oct Public Holiday.

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One way travel only available on this date.

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“Linking the Cape to the Torres Strait” Thursday 24th PM only Monday 7th Oct Public Holiday. Peddells Ferry Service will operate an afternoon service only.

Depart Thursday Island 2:30pm and Seisia 4pm.

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Images for outer space helping to protect Great Barrier Reef JCU researchers are using images from NASA satellites to help protect the Great Barrier Reef from polluted land run-off.

Researchers have developed a new technique that analyses the images to assess coastal water quality from space.

Many important habitats in the Great Barrier Reef such as coral reefs and seagrass are in decline and one important driver of this decline is poor water quality.

Heavy rains and cyclones during the wet season scour mud and pollutants, such as fertilisers and pesticides, from land. The resulting river flood plumes are the main way polluted water travels to the Great Barrier Reef.

Researchers from TropWATER at James Cook University, who regularly monitor the duration and impacts of flood plumes in the Great Barrier Reef, have proved that publicly available satellite imagery can be effectively used to map the extent, nutrient content and muddiness of flood plumes.

Traditional methods of monitoring flood plumes require scientists to use submerged data loggers, or boats and helicopters to gather water samples. These methods are expensive, labour intensive, and cannot be collected everywhere.

Dr Caroline Petus from TropWATER at James Cook University is the lead author of two studies that use the

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“Despite technical challenges, satellite time series provide the spatial and long-term window necessary for understanding water quality variability inside Great Barrier Reef coastal waters, and provide the baseline information to assess changes to important ecosystems, such as seagrass beds”, said Dr Petus.

She said these studies are first steps toward the development of river plume risk maps for Great Barrier Reef seagrass and coral ecosystems.

“Combined with ecological and in-situ water quality data, these maps will help our understanding of the resilience of these ecosystems to water quality changes.

In the near future they should help us predict ecosystems’ health changes associated with human activities or climate change”, said Dr Petus.

Project Leader Dr Michelle Devin said the Australian Government Reef Programme aims to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef by enhancing land management practices.

“These new monitoring techniques, with other ongoing risk assessments, will help prioritise how money can be spent to get maximum outcomes for the reef”, said Dr Devlin.

Seagrass expert and co-author, Dr Michael Rasheed, says the information will help researchers understand the impact of flood plumes, ultimately leading to better management of the Great Barrier Reef.

“It is often difficult to determine whether declines in seagrass beds are due to polluted river run-off or coastal development such as dredging around a port. This new tool will allow us to better understand which activities are driving declines,” Dr Rasheed said.

50,000 young Australians now long-term unemployed THE number of young Australians who are unemployed for longer than a year - referred to as long-term unemployment - has more than tripled since 2008.

The alarming new analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data released by welfare group the Brotherhood of St Laurence reveals more than 50,000 people aged between 15 and 24 nationwide have now been on the unemployment treadmill for more than 52 weeks.

This includes 16,700 young people in Queensland.

“The experience of being young and unemployed in Australia has painfully changed. More than 18 per cent of the overall 257,000 unemployed young people in Australia are now consigned to the longterm unemployment queue,’’ said Brotherhood of St Laurence executive director Tony Nicholson. ‘’There is now an overwhelming and urgent need to do more to secure the future for a new generation.

As parents, communities and as a nation, we need to act now to tackle the crisis of youth joblessness and restore hope.’’

The unemployment rate nationally among those aged 15 to 24 was 12.5 per cent at March 2014 - more than double the overall rate of unemployment.

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Thaiday Brothers go from strength to strength

By ALF WILSON CHAMPION Brisbane Broncos forward Sam Thaiday (right) is having one of his best seasons in the NRL and his younger brother Eli Thaiday (left) is starring in his rugby league comeback for Centrals club in the Townsville and District competition.

Eli, 21, of Yam descent hadn’t played rugby league for three years since he was in the Moranbah Miners under 18 team in the Mackay competition.

Since then Eli had been playing the rival Australian Rules both A grade and reserves for Thuringowa Bulldogs in Townsville.

His switch back to league in season 2014 has been successful.

Playing in the front row Eli shone when Centrals beat University 36-20 in round three of the Townsville rugby league A grade comp.

Eli scored a try and Centrals moved to the top of the table under coach Dick Walsh with 12 points and a for and against of 94 and 50 at stage of the season.

Speaking to the Torres News the day after, Eli said he had given up Australian Rules to concentrate on league.

“It was too difficult training for both and

some of the games would have clashed being on at the same time. So I am enjoying league and have scored two tries this year and have played second row and lock also,” Eli said.

Eli said he received a phone call from his 28-year-old brother, Sam, recently when he celebrated his 21st birthday.

“He has always been very supportive of me.

I weigh 98kg and Sam is heavier at 110kg,” Eli said.

Sam had been stripped of the Broncos captaincy for this season but Eli reckons that had nothing to do with his improved form.

“He had surgery on a shoulder and now his confidence has improved,” Eli said.

Their father is highly respected Townsville based Torres Strait Islander Billy Thaiday and Eli said he wanted a big contingent of the family to visit Thursday Island and Yam next Christmas.

“We have heaps of relatives up there and it should be good,” he said.

Eli is heading off to Brazil and the USA from May to July and hopes to be ready for Centrals finals appearances after that.

He also wants to have a run at the Zenadth Kes on Thursday Island in October if Yam side Magun Warriors enters.

“I’d love to play there,” he said.

Does the size of your catch measure up?

WHILE fishers love to tell tales about the size of the ones that got away, it is important they make sure the ones they keep are measured accurately to ensure they comply with Queensland size limits.

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol district officer Graeme Broughall said recently there had been an increase in the number of fishers measuring their catch incorrectly.

“The correct way to measure a fin fish is lying on their side and measur-

ing from the tip of their snout to the end of their tail,” Mr Broughall said.

“The fish should not be manipulated in any way when measuring.

For example, fishers shouldn’t pinch the tail together to lengthen a fish’s overall length.

“A sturdy ruler or coil tape measure with an end stop on it is the most accurate tool for measuring fish.

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“If a fisher catches an undersize or unwanted fish they should return it to the water immediately taking as much care as possible to avoid causing the fish any injury.”

Mr Broughall said mud crabs were

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Blue swimmer crabs are measured from the notch immediately forward of the base of the largest lateral spine and this notch-to-notch measurement must be a minimum of 11.5cm.

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Memorial side beaten in carnival grand final

By ALF WILSON THE Wayne Guivarra Memorial side performed strongly at the Rockhampton All Blacks carnival reaching the grand final.

Fifteen men’s sides and seven women’s teams contested the first All Blacks carnival of the year held from Easter Saturday to Monday.

In qualifying games the Wayne Guivarra Memorial side had a bye in round one before defeating Millie G Mob 32-28 in round two.

The side which was named in honour of the late and great Torres Strait Island rugby league identity Wayne Guivarra then won its semi-final beating Black Magic 22-18.

That set up a grand final showdown with Woorabinda Gold which beat Palm Island Barracudas 20-10 in the other semi-final.

Barracudas had recruited some quality Torres Strait Islander footballers including All Blacks carnival specialist Billo Mosby.

In the grand final Wooarbinda Gold defeated the Wayne Guivarra Memorial side 40-14.

Players from the Wayne Guivarra Memorial side did well in the carnival individual awards and selection in the representative merit side picked after the carnival.

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Bobby Nona was named best forward of the carnival while Windsor Bowie, Angus Dorante, Bobby Nona and Ben Shell were picked in the 20 man merit team acknowledging them as the best players at the carnival.

In the men’s bowl final Jason Lingwoodock Memorial beat Macca United 34-12 and in the Plate decider CQ Warriors defeated Gunboat Raiders 22-19.

The women’s grand final saw Highlanders 32 defeat Macc United 22.

Last year’s winners Descendants Team which consists of Torres Strait Islander players was a late carnival withdrawal with organizer Elia Ware telling the Torres News it was due to transport problems.

“We had to withdraw due to our bus drivers pulling out a few hours before we had to leave then we couldn’t find one at short notice but I am very happy that some of the boys still went down and played for Uncle Wayne’s Memorial Team because if it wasn’t for that man I don’t know where Torres Strait rugby league would be.

“My dad BJ Saylor speaks highly of him and what he has done for Torres Strait rugby league not just in this era but dating back to my dad’s playing days,” Ware said.

RESULTS Men’s Rnd 1 Qualifying Games: Palm Island Barracudas 40 d Eidsvold All Blacks 0, CQ Warriors 52 d Jason Lingwoodock Memorial 0, Marcias Mob 18 d Rocky All Blacks 0, Woori Gold 34 d Woori Blue 0, Black Magic 18 d Gladstone United 10, Gunboat Raiders 22 d Macca United 10, Millie G Mob 20 d Buka Kanaka 18, Wayne Guivarra Memorial Team (bye).

Rnd 2: Palm Island Barracudas 26 d CQ Warriors 12, Woori Gold d Marcias Mob 16, Black Magic 24 d Gunboat Raiders 12, Wayne Guivarra Memorial 32 d Millie G Mob 28, Eidsvold All Blacks 30 d Jason Lingwoodock Memorial 12, Rocky All Blacks 22 d Woori Blue 6, Gladstone United 30 d Macca United 12.

Plate Quarter Finals: CQ Warriors 22 d Buka Kanaka 20, Gladstone United 28 d Marcia’s Mob 4, Gunboat Raiders 28 d Rocky All Blacks 12, Millie G Mob 20 d Eidsvold All Blacks 20 (Millie G Mob advanced 1st tryscorers), Shield Semi-Final: Woori Gold 20 d Palm Island Barracudas 10, Wayne Guivarra Memorial 22 d Black Magic 18.

Plate Semi Final: CQ Warriors 28 d Gladstone United 10, Gunboat Raiders d Millie G Mob, Bowl Semi-Final: Jason Lingwoodock Memorial 18 d Woori Blue 16, Grand Finals: Bowl: Jason Lingwoodock Memorial 34 d Macca United 12.

Plate: CQ Warriors 22 d Gunboat Raiders 19.

Shield: Woorabinda Warriors Gold 40 d Wayne Guivarra Memorial 14.

WOMEN Bowen’s Buccaneers 14 d Rocky Stars 0, CQ Warriors

8 d Cherbourg Hornettes 6, Highlanders 44 d CQ Warriors 10, Macca United 10 d Bowens Buccaneers 10 ( Macca United 1st tryscorers), Macca United 38 d Rocky Stars 0, Highlanders 34 d Cherbourg Hornettes 0.

5 v 6 playoff: Cherbourg Hornettes 46 d Rocky Stars 0.

Semi-Finals: Macca United 20 d CQ Warriors 6, Highlanders 13 d Bowen’s Buccaneers 12 (Golden Point).

Grand Final: Highlanders 32 D Macc United 22.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Fastest Players Men: Vernon Bourne (Palm Island), Women: Mahalia Murphy (Macca United).

Player of Carnival Men: William Munns ( Woorabinda Warriors Gold), Women: Jenni Sue Hoepper (Highlanders).

Best Back - Men: F Aubrey (Gunboat Raiders), Women: Mahalia Murphy (Macca United).

Best Forward - Men: Bobby Nona (Wayne Guivarra Memorial), Women: Hana Ngaha (Highlanders).

2014 Carnival Men’s Merit Team: 1- Fred Aubrey (Gunboat Raiders), 2- Justin Asse (CQ Warriors), 3- David Munns (Woori Gold), 4- Windsor Bowie (Wayne Guivarra Memorial), 5- Steve Williams, 6- Danial Roberts, 7- Charles Murgha, 8- William Munns (all Woori Gold), 9- Angus Dorante, 10- Bobby Nona, 11- Ben Shell (Wayne Guivarra Memorial), 12- George Jarrett (Woori Gold), 13- Andrew Dale (Black Magic), 14- Marlon Doak (Millie G Mob), 15- Yoren Major (CQ Warriors), 16- Anthony Munns ( Woori Gold), 17- Matt Tanner (Black Magic), 18- Malcolm Congoo (Palm Island), 19- Nathan Ramsay (CQ Warriors), 20- Daniel Pickering (Palm Island), Coach - Aaron Georgetown (Woori Gold).

Mills 9th in NBA Most Improved from SanAntonio.com SAN Antonio Spurs reserve Patty Mills (right) finished ninth in the voting for Most Improved Player as Phoenix point guard Goran Dragic ran away with the award, the NBA announced Wednesday.

Mills, 25, had a career year in his fifth NBA season, doubling last year’s scoring average from 5.1 to 10.2 points per game while shooting 42.5 percent from 3-point range with an 18.7 player efficiency rating.

The Spurs were 33-4 when he scored in double-figures this season, including a road victory at Charlotte in which he erupted for 32 points in 25 minutes.

Mills earned a secure role in the Spurs’ rotation after showing up in dramatically better shape. He will be an unrestricted free agent this summer.

Dragic dominated the voting with 65 of the 126 first-place votes cast by the voting panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. He more than doubled his career scoring average to 20.3 points.

2013-14 Most Improved Player voting 1. Goran Dragic, Phoenix (65 1st, 25 2nd, 8 3rd, 408 points) 2. Lance Stephenson, Indiana (13/24/21, 158) 3. Anthony Davis, New Orleans (16/21/12, 155) 4. Gerald Green, Phoenix (16/7/16, 117) 5. DeAndre Jordan, L.A. Clippers (4/13/7, 66) 6. Kyle Lowry, Toronto (2/8/9, 43) 7. Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers (6/1/6, 39) 8. DeMar DeRozan, Toronto (1/4/11, 28) 9. PATTY MILLS, SPURS (0/4/2, 14) 10. Markieff Morris, Phoenix (1/1/5, 13) Page 24 Torres News

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