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At $3000kg, Beche de mer back on menu By AARON SMITH PRICES of Beche de mer (BDM), also known as sea cucumber, have risen 10-fold over the last 10 years a new Southern Cross University study revealed, where it fetches up to $3000 a kilogram in China. With the Torres Strait sitting on perhaps the world’s most sustainably viable Black Teatfish population, the most economically valuable BDM species, many feel it’s a good time to trial a re-opening
of this species. TSRA member for Erub Kenny Bedford, who holds the fishing portfolio, said: “There is a lot of interest around this fishery in the Torres Strait, especially considering that prices are rising so much.” CSIRO marine scientist and expert on BDM Tim Skewes said: “A recent survey found that the density of Black Teatfish had increased significantly since the fishery was closed in 2003. “The stocks have appeared to
have bounced back making the region very lucky to be one of the only places to have a sustainable fishery. “This makes it a potentially valuable fishing resource.” Mr Skewes said that, after a survey in 2002 which identified Black Teat Fish as being over exploited, the fishery was closed in 2003. This occurred after a closure of the Sandfish fishery in 1998, where fishers then sourced Black Teat Fish unchecked.
Today is a very different story. Mr Bedford said: “We’re being cautious, but after the more-recent stock assessments since the closure on some of these species we have much better management in place now, if we re-introduce fishing, we want to make sure it’s done sustainably, the Black Teatfish for example would have a fishing season lasting a maximum of one month a year, with a conservative total allowable catch of 15 tonne as a first step in seeing how things
go.” Mr Skewes agrees that Mr Bedford’s plan is sustainable. “They are trying to kick off this year which has been a challenging process for them,” he said. The sustainable management of all BDM species in the Torres Strait Protected Zone is a priority of the PZJA, given the well documented vulnerability of this species to localised depletion from overfishing. Continued Page 2. >>
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At $3000kg, Beche de mer back on menu << From Page 1 The proposed opening of the Black Teatfish fishery later this year follows considerable scientific research and is well supported by community members The harvest of regulated BDM species provides an opportunity for all licensed community members to harvest a high value and easily accessible resources without the need for expensive equipment. A recent survey of sandfish however on Warrior Reef indicated that the population was still low. Mr Skewes said that as the PNG and Australian fisheries share the same sandfish stock, strong links need to be established with PNG to develop a joint approach to research and management of the Torres Strait sandfish population. H o w e v e r, P N G ’s N a t i o n a l Fisheries Authority have imposed a three-year ban on the legal commercial harvest of all BDM species in PNG’s area of jurisdiction of the Torres Strait Protected Zone Twenty-three commercial BDM species have been recorded in Torres Strait, however, only a small proportion of higher and medium value species have been targeted.
Black Teat fish.. Although sea cucumbers have been fished in northern Australia (including Torres Strait) for probably hundreds of years, the modern Torres Strait BDM fishery began in about 1990. Mr Bedford said that apart from a single, non-Indigenous ‘sunset’ licence, the Torres Strait BDM Fishery is for exclusive access by Torres Strait Islanders. “Demand for the resource is only likely to grow over time and the Torres Strait region naturally attracts a lot of interest from domestic buyers keen to supply the Asian market,’ Mr
Bedford said. “With sustainable, communitybased management plans and investment in improving handling and processing techniques, the BDM Fishery represents huge value-adding potential for fishers and community approaches to processing and marketing a range of sea cucumber species.” Mr Bedford said as part of this process of value adding to the product in the region before it goes to market and increase per kilo prices, has involved conversations with people in Cairns and with Tasmanian Seafoods, who have an interest in the region.
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“Most of the stock coming out of the Torres Strait at the moment is gutted and salted and goes out wet in containers. “I think that if we could move it further up the chain, then you can get up to those big prices, then the benefit could go back to the community,” Mr Bedford said. “If we can to improve handling and processing of the product as it makes a big difference to the end product market value. “What I am trying to explore, particularly through My Pathways and other programs is to get some training
to those communities, particularly in the east where these products are, to look at the handling, where to make the cuts to gut the slugs, how they are salted. “If we improve that then we can get a few extra dollars a kilo. There’s definitely room for improvement.” Mr Skewes also said that there has been some interest in farming BDM, or ‘sea ranching’ where juveniles are bred in aquaria then released into suitable habitats. “But there are also some question marks over the economic viability, but I think it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the Gulf Of Carpentaria where it is being done, as it could potentially form the basis of another industry in the Torres Strait,” Mr Skewes said. AFMA will be visiting communities between June 10 and 13 to talk about a suitable date for the opening of the Black Teatfish fishery as well as the development of a BDM species identification guide. Representatives from the Malu Lamar Working Group and the Torres Strait Fishers Association will also be attending the meetings. These community visits are vital in ensuring the fishery is managed in such a way as to provide maximum benefit to Torres Strait Islanders.
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I explained the child had already In April 2013 a child in my care AT a time when we are rightly encourNews & events Kaurareg homeland Kaiwalagal, the Torres Strait homeland, waited a year. The dentist said he of oftoothache. We were aged to act responsibly regarding ourof thecomplained and Cape York homelands of the Anggamuthi, Atambaya, Wuthathi, Yadhaykenu and Gudang Peoples own health, it is difficult to imagine given an appointment for August. After had assumed the appointment was 7 - those 13 April • Thursday Island can • www.torresnews.com.au • editor@torresnews.com.au Edition No. 1110 GST a check up.• It$2.00 wasinc. puzzling why the August check up it was decided • for how in 2014 positions of power continue to justify a widespread lack further work was needed and I was the decision to place her on a waiting told an appointment would be sent out. list had been made without looking of dental services. In January 2014, when no ap- at her file. While it can be uncomfortable to The dentist explained the clinic make a fuss and bring attention upon pointment had arrived, I called into ourselves I applaud the mother from the dental clinic and was given an would only see people with “swollen faces and chronic pain.” I explained Erub who highlighted her family’s appointment for April 2014. A few days before it was due, the we were not asking to push in; we had unthinkable experiences trying to secure dental treatment for her children. appointment was rescheduled as the already been waiting for 12 months. That this should be happening clinic was holding a staff meeting at I was told she wouldn’t be put at the very bottom of the waiting list, but in 21st Century Australia is beyond the original time. Shortly after I received another she would not be able to have the belief. If it were not for reading about message to say the new appointment appointment as planned. I was upset and wrote an email to Phoebe Pilot’s family and realizing was cancelled and the child would be the dentist to say I did not agree with how much worse the situation is for placed on a waiting list. I phoned the Senior Dentist and cancelling the appointment. those on the Outer Islands I would not coming on the inaugural I indicated I Garden would not allow the share this situation, which is very small was told a reviewer was THURDSAY Island enjoyed Torres Shire Saturday March 29, ANZAC Park. the day of our new Fair, appointment. I child to deteriorate to the point she had by comparison. There were stacks of gardening goodie giveaways, free plants, gardening tips, a free sausageswollen sizzle, mulch and or coconuts for to the original face chronic pain. I said we Although my situation is not news- asked if we could return everyone. It was all about a healthy lifestyle and getting your garden going. worthy or noteworthy it affects all of us appointment time, suggesting the staff could attend on either of the appointMore on page 10. >> mulch-shovelling frontline competition competitors. who valueTheproactive, health meeting could be held at an alternative ment times previously suggested. I also sent this email to the Minister care for our families and communities. time. I was told this was not possible.
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for Health, Lawrence Springborg, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion and the Acting Chief Executive of Thursday Island Hospital, Phillip Davies, all people who had commented in the Torres News regarding the state of the dental service. I was surprised and thankful when I received a speedy and encouraging response from Mr Springborg’s office and within two days a message from the dentist to say the child would be seen on the day of the original appointment. In our situation things worked out well, however, I am writing because there are many families who continue to miss out on this vital service. I’ve looked into possible reasons -budgetary concerns, individual work practices, changes in health practices, competing priorities - but there can be no excuses for such neglect.
All across the Torres Strait people continue to be offered dental services that fall short of what is required to meet people’s basic needs. Or worse, they are offered no service at all until they have “swollen faces and chronic pain.” It is unfortunate, but sometimes it is only by speaking out and by being a thorn in the side of our elected decision makers that changes are made. I hope others with similar experiences can have their story heard, and perhaps together, using our collective voice, we can encourage change for the better.If governments are serious about ‘closing the gap’, they must help us to close the gaps in our teeth. Sammy Devine (above), Thursday Island.
PHOEBE PILOT - ERUB MOTHER OF NINE
Many people with dental issues on Erub cut their gums with glass to release the blood and reduce swelling, they even try to pull loose teeth themselves.
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‘No reason’ dental services can’t resume quickly The message that something has to be done has been received loud and clear, particularly on the Outer Islands. - Dental Consultant Dr Ralph Neller (right) said last week. By AARON SMITH A REVIEW of the dental clinics on the five Outer Islands, Erub, Iama, Warraber, Kubin community on Moa and Mabuiag has shown that there is nothing wrong with the infrastructure and that it shouldn’t take much to get them operational again. Dental consultant Dr Ralph Neller said that, if Queensland Health was serious about resolving this, they need a short term-to-interim solution “to start getting things going”, and then a more-permanent solution put in place. Dr Neller visited the five Outer Island Health Centres last week to review the clinics, as well as the existing service on Thursday Island, and was “pleasantly surprised” at the good condition of the infrastructure. Nurses in the Outer Island Health Clinics told Dr Neller they “desperately need dentists to come out here”. “However some of the dental equipment has corroded due to the sea air and will need replacing and there is a question of infection control that have to be answered as the standards since 2012 have been set very high,” he said. Dr Neller is not concerned that staffing the clinics will be an issue. “A lot of people are worried about this, but we have five new dental
schools that have come online in the last 10 years. Just in Queensland we used to have 60 people a year graduating, now we have 300 and they all want jobs.” Dr Neller, a former dentist, has 35 years experience working for Queensland Health, including experience rebuilding dental services in remote and regional communities. Dr Neller was also heavily involved in dental regulation, dental safety, dentist registration and dental complaints, as well as experience with dentist accreditation and dental course accreditation, including the JCU dental course on Thursday Island. He said that the most likely scenario would be itinerant dentists that rotate between each island clinic. “Its up to Queensland Health but my personal view is that the dentists need to stay at each island for two to three months at a time, as they haven’t been there from a long time and there’s a lot of work to be done. We need to prioritise the work to most medical compromised patients first and work back from there,” A period of a couple of months would also give people from surrounding islands time to come in for work. He also acknowledged something needed to be done about Boigu and
Saibai, but at this point his focus was the islands with existing clinics. “It is a challenge to get dental services to remote areas like the Torres Strait, there’s no two ways about it. When asked why it takes so long to get an appointment on Thursday Island Dr Neller said the clinic has gone through some changes including, “from September to February, the clinic was a construction zone, so they were building the new clinic around these poor people.” Dr Neller also reviewed the Dental Drover, which has finally been given a trial run in Aurukun, where he says it is performing well. Dr Neller thinks the Drover would serve a function back up in Torres Strait, but is not sure why it has sat idle for so long. Finally Dr Neller also warned that dental services should not be seen as a cure but rather fixing a problem, he said prevention could remove so much of this problem in the community. “Kids are overdosing on sugar, and prevention goes a long way in avoiding a trip to the dentist in the first place. By not doing this is only going to scar your children for life. Dental disease is the most-preventable disease around.”
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if it was coming through the region that it may be coming from Indonesia or elsewhere. However Mr Siva acknowledged their marine resources were limited and that they would welcome Australian Customs having high powered boats in the region, “we have a good partnership with Australia,” he said. TSIRC Mayor Fred Gela said: “We definitely do need shallow water vessels that are capable of getting over the reefs and monitoring the regions that are currently unsurveyed, but as much for catching illegal fishers as anything.” The current Customs vessel, the ageing Roebuck Bay, is very limited in the area it can patrol in the region. Due to the depth of it’s draft, it’s restricted to only major shipping channels. It has been scheduled for replacement later this year. Minister Morrison, in his keynote address to the 15th World Customs Organization Asia-Pacific Regional Heads of Customs Administrations Conference, Port Douglas, Australia, April 30, said: “This is also our most porous border,
where thousands of people move between our two countries as they have done for centuries. However, hidden within these legitimate movements is more sinister traffic. “There is a need for additional, highly mobile maritime assets to patrol what is our nation’s most porous maritime border. “Such patrols not only provide the necessary physical deterrent, but are an important intelligence gathering operation.” The Minister’s private media entourage, who he invited to join him on his first visit to the region, made wild claims such as Channel Nine saying, “Torres Strait is an emerging soft spot for international gangs smuggling guns and drugs into Australia,” while the Courier Mail said it was similar to, “Colombian cocaine cartels in Florida, Chinese triads in Hong Kong and Malacca Straits pirates using planes, helicopters and speedboats to evade the law.” The Australian Crime Commission’s annual Illicit Drug Report, released last month, makes no mention of Papua New Guinea or the Torres Strait.
Torres Strait Islanders dying waiting for T.I. Renal Centre to open: Pastor Alan Mosby
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When I was told I had to go on dialysis and go to Cairns it was like a death sentence.
PASTOR Alan Mosby, 63, has been stuck in Cairns since September, 2012, in order to receive dialysis and he wants to come home to Thursday Island. However he is waiting for the Renal Centre to become operational at the Community Wellness Centre, which was officially ‘opened’ last year. During that time Pr Mosby knows of nine Torres Strait Islanders who also came to Cairns for dialysis and have since died, not being able to return to Country. “I used to be part of the Torres Strait Community Health Council. “Now we had that money to build a new dialysis centre on T.I,, and I was told last December that we would be able to move back home soon. I want to know what is the reason the centre is not yet working,” Pr Mosby said. “I was told by doctors it would be February, then March and now it is May and still no news.
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MINISTER for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison has been accused of exaggerating threats of international crime syndicates smuggling guns and drugs in the Torres Strait after his visit earlier this month. Mr Morrison said to Torres News that West African gangs in PNG are working with bikie gangs in Australia, calling the Torres Strait, “Australia’s blind spot.” TSIRC Mayor Fred Gela said: “I think the Minister should stop watching the TV show The Straits, it sounds like something from the script, it’s just a real exaggeration.” The Minister believed eight meth-amphetamine shipments incepted by Customs last year was an, “early warning sign,” of international smuggling operations. QPS Inspector David Lacey said he could not comment on the Minister’s claims of syndicates of West African and Australian bikie gangs colluding, nor had any knowledge of high powered
boats full of contraband crossing the Strait. He did say police had apprehended two East African asylum seekers. “In the past two years QPS staff have been directly involved with seven persons as illegal entries with two of these persons having a nationality recorded as Somalian and Kenyan,” Inspector Lacey said. PNG Western Province Police Commander Chief Inspector Silva Sika told SBS correspondent Stefan Armbruster that although he was aware some gun smuggling had occurred, usually 22’s and shotguns, there have been no arrests this year and that they were, “fairly rare incidents.” Mr Sika had no knowledge of drug syndicates involving West African gangs smuggling meth-amphetamines from PNG through the Torres Strait to Cape York as the Minister claimed. “I haven’t received any reports in regards to that and we have not made any arrests,” Mr Sika said. Mr Sika said he also has no evidence of methamphetamine use or production in the Western Province, but Inspector Sika said
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I would like to know where is the money to allow the centre to open. “What’s happening, what is the reason for the delay and when can I go home? “I want to come home, I have heaps of grandkids that were born, and they are now walking and I want to meet them. I’ve never seen them. “I wasn’t there when they started walking. They don’t know me and I don’t know them.” Pr Mosby has 12 grandkids spread across the NPA and Torres Strait. Another concern Pr Mosby has is that the practitioners will be inexperienced when the centre is finally opened. “I don’t want people to practice on me; I want to receive my dialysis treatment from experienced, mature people,” he said. “I want to say to Queensland Health and the Chair of Thursday Island Hospital to hurry up. “I’m getting sick of waiting and other people around me I can see are deteriorating in their health.
PASTOR ALAN MOSBY “When you are on dialysis you give up, especially Torres Strait Islanders when they are away from home. When I was told I had to go on dialysis and go to Cairns it was like a death sentence. “I just want them to pull their finger out and hurry up. “When I left in 2013, the building was nearly completed, and now it is nearly the middle of 2014 and they are still mucking around. “I was on the Reconciliation Council in 1993 and since then it seems our health has gone from bad to worse,” he said. Pastor Mosby’s sentiments echo those of NPA couple Neville and Lency Newman who have been stuck in a motel for several years while Mrs Newman continues to have dialysis at Cairns Hospital. Mrs Newman has been offered self-dialysis by Queensland Health at Bamaga Hospital, but has rejected the offer on the same grounds as Pastor Mosby, also seeking her treatment from experienced medical staff.
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The TSRA’s corporate costs of only 10.4 per cent ranked the organization as ninth most efficient on the list with its overheads less than half the overall average. “The TSRA spends just under $5 million per year on its corporate operations which includes a wide range of costs, such as corporate salaries, consultants, audit and professional fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities depreciation, and travel,” Mr Elu said.
“This means that nine out of every 10 dollars that is provided to the TSRA is being spent through the eight TSRA program areas which deliver valuable services to the region. “While this is a good result, the TSRA is always striving to reduce its cost of its overheads to maximise the service delivery.” The TSRA is also a government leader in Indigenous employment with 95 of its 137 positions (69 per cent) filled by Torres Strait Islanders
or Aboriginal people. Mr Elu said while the Commission has already identified a number of agencies and bodies that are to be abolished or merged, the Commission has suggested that the TSRA is one of a number of organisations that could be reviewed, and there has been no suggestion that the government is not happy with the performance of the TSRA. “I need to stress that there are many options available to the Gov-
ernment when considering the future of agencies and portfolio bodies such as the TSRA,” Mr Elu said. “The recent 2014 performance audit of the TSRA by the Australian National Audit Office has confirmed that the TSRA is performing very well and is delivering efficient and effective outcomes for people in the region. “We will keep communities informed if there are any developments from the Report.”
Sea Swift and Island & Cape for Reconciliation Awards SEA SWIFT and Island and Cape are among the finalists for the 2014 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. Both are competing for the Business award category. Sea Swift is being recognised for its support of the local tourism industry through the operation of the MV Trinity Bay, the last passenger cargo ship in Australia, which transports up to 40 tourists each week. It’s sponsorship and donations to numerous sporting, cultural, educational and organisations in the communities it services are also recognised. Island & Cape operates is being recognised for employing 100 staff of which 90 per cent are Indigenous. Over the past 10 years, Island & Cape has built cross-cultural understanding through its employ-
ment and training initiatives, education, partnerships and engagement with local communities. The initiatives recognised include Indigenous traineeships and in-job training programs for staff, appointment of a full-time nutritionist, in-store sugar awareness displays, working with local Indigenous farmers to supply locally grown fruit and vegetables, as well as replacing deep fryers in takeaway stores with healthy ovens. These initiatives have positively impacted on the Indigenous communities in which Island & Cape stores are located. Awards ambassador Jonathon Thurston was proud to represent the awards for a second year. “These awards highlight the
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action that is being taken every day to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians,” Mr Thurston said. “I want to congratulate this year’s finalists and thank you for your hard work in striving towards unity for all Australians.” Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony on Tuesday, May 27, during National Reconciliation Week. Winning projects across the categories of business, community, education, partnerships and the Premier’s Reconciliation Award receive $5000 prize money each. Visit www.qld.gov.au./reconciliation for more information.
Join in for a cuppa at Biggest Morning Tea OUR annual fundraiser, The Biggest Morning Tea, will be held this year on Friday, May 30, at Port Kennedy Association Hall on Thursday Island. Biggest Morning Tea is an opportunity for friends, family or workmates to come together, share a cuppa and some delicious food, whilst helping those affected by cancer. The Cancer Council brings together Australia’s leading state and territory cancer organisations. Their vision is to minimise the threat of cancer through successful preven-
tion, best treatment, support and world-class cancer research. As you know, financial support is extremely important to Port Kennedy Association, as we rely on donations that provide services back into our community that are greatly needed. As a non-government organisation we try attract more attendees each year to the Biggest Morning Tea, but we depend on the added support of our friends in the business community who supply us with exciting items to auction and raffle.
We are requesting donations such as cakes, gift certificates or merchandise from your business for our fundraiser. Your donation as an individual or community organisation is greatly appreciated by Port Kennedy Association and will be acknowledge on the day. If you are able to contribute to our fundraiser please contact me at the Port Kennedy Office (07) 4069 2306 to discuss your contribution. Yanna Nona PKA Hall, Thursday Island
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Seisia wharf key to NPA development “Communities in Cape York will benefit from new improved infrastructure, with a $210 million Commonwealth package set to enhance the region’s economy,” Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss.
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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.
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Sat 17. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon. Sat 17. KRL Seniors (Men and Women) season commences, Thursday Island. Sat 17. Ladies Rugby Talent Quest, PKA Hall 6:30pm. Sun 17. TIVA Team registrations close. Wed 21. Peter Dee plays at The Grand Hotel. Thu 22. TIVA Scrimmage games start. Mon 26. National Sorry Day. Tues 27. National Reconciliation Week begins. Thu 29. TIVA season starts. Sat 31. Mini markets, PKA Hall, TI, 9am-noon.
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JULY TBA. Regional NAIDOC Awards Evening. TBA. Torres Shire Family Fun Day, Friday Island. Wed 9. Sarpeeye and MRV raffle, at Sarpeye Club.
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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WITHOUT doubt topping the Cape’s important infrastructure issue is the wharf, boat ramp and esplanade at Seisia. The wharf and boat ramp are vital to the residents of the Northern Peninsula Area. All supplies are shipped to the area, and the wharf/ ramp is the only loading facility available. The wharf is the departure point for the ferry and tourist services. The ferry connects the mainland to Thursday Island, Horn Island (airport) and the rest of Torres Strait. During the tourist season operators embark and disembark passengers, launch and retrieve boats. Seisia wharf to the people of Cape York cannot be understated, folks go there to fish, to watch, to listen, to be happy, to be sad, to get out of the house, to have a sticky beak, to catch up with one another, to think, to see what’s happening, to see and feel the weather, they have a smoke, to have a whinge, and some just ponder. Remember virtually all the residents of NPA have a connection with the coastline. The wharf is critical to the delivery of goods, services and ultimately the wellbeing of all who live and visit. John Charlton, NPA.
THE Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) has been earmarked for review by the Abbott Government as part of their devastating Commission of Audit. Queensland Senator Jan McLucas is calling on Tony Abbott and Warren Entsch to clarify the future of the TSRA after their Commission of Audit revealed the local authority be reviewed “with a view to merging, abolishing or transferring” it. The Abbott Government is
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SAFETY The wharf is used by shipping companies, passengers, tourists, locals for a variety of uses simultaneously. No other wharf that I am aware of allows multiple uses, and it is an accident waiting to happen. Sooner or later there will be incident, let’s not wait. Essential service: The boat ramps/ barge ramps at times are useless, yet we depend on them 24/7 365 days a year. The ramps are essential for users livelihood. LACK of PLANNING and AD-HOC DEVELOPMENT Today like the past if you pull up where the road ends and the Torres Strait begins you will see rundown fencing, weeds, rubbish, rundown buildings set against one of most picturesque settings in Australia, Endeavour Strait, the gateway to Torres Strait. The wharf area is paramount to the future of the Cape in all regards; we need
as a community to invest in this area for the benefit of all. History shapes our future HISTORY SHAPES OUR FUTURE Seisia wharf was originally known as Red Island Point and is steeped in history going back to the pioneering settlement. It has served the Cape from the pearl lugging days, through WWII and we need it to serve us all well into the future. It is doing the same job it did over 100 years ago, delivering all our food, our building materials, our beer and wine, our fuel. It is a tourism hub, a fishing destination, a shipping yard, a car park, boat ramp, a vista for sunsets, as a local we have witness so many events and happenings, fishing competitions, meeting place, baptism, blessing of the fleet, kids swim here with crocs in the background. Even our new born step off the ferry from Thursday Island and enter their homeland via the wharf.
Abbott Government must rule out abolition of TSRA
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breaking promises left, right and centre. The Commission of Audit is Tony Abbott’s plan to put up taxes, cut services and increase the cost of living. Now it seems they have set their sights on the Torres Strait. The Abbott Government must rule out the abolition of the TSRA or funding cuts to the local organisation. Not only is the government turning the most basic things in life - education, health care, support for older Australians -
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they’ve earmarked cuts to the TSRA. He is making life harder for all Australians, including people living in the Torres Strait who already face unique cost of living challenges. Senator McLucas said Labor understands that Budgets mean tough choices, but Tony Abbott is making the wrong choices for our future. Tony Abbott and Warren Entsch must rule out cuts that will hurt Torres Strait Islanders. Senator Jan McLucas
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DV: ‘Don’t let concern become regret’ - Police By JAMIE HORN Officer-in-Charge Thursday Island Police THE month of May is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention month - the month where the spotlight is turned onto violence within the family unit and ways in which it can be prevented are openly discussed. The Torres Strait is far from immune to family violence - in the last 12 months or so Thursday Island police have responded to in excess of 300 calls for service relating to domestic or family violence. Many of these calls result in direct police intervention by way of applications for protection orders (what many people refer to as restraining orders) in the hope that this action prevents further instances of violence in the future.
On other occasions more direct action is taken with offenders being taken into custody for breaching already existing protection orders and returned to court where the possibility of stiff penalties exist including imprisonment. These are reactive measures to treat domestic and family violence from the police point of view - when it has become so bad that the only option is to call for assistance. There is a large amount of work being done in the back ground in the way of support services here in the Torres Strait that nearly all persons affected are referred onto by police in the first instance. Support being offered by the likes of Mura Kosker is fantastic and
confidential. We see far less calls for service from families willing to engage with the staff working hard to reduce the problem. I strongly encourage anyone thinking of seeking out the assistance of our local support services to make the inquiry and have that conversation. We find alcohol to be a major factor influencing families at risk and are also able to provide referrals to these forms of counselling if you
need it. I often remind my staff and other services around the Torres Strait that the real tragedy of domestic and family violence here locally is the destruction of the family unit and the flow on effect to the children of those involved. As family is so important in the Torres Strait, there is no excuse for turning on our loved ones. There is nothing more miserable than seeing a young family visit their Mum or Dad at the local watchhouse and say goodbye through the bars prior to them being removed from community for an act of preventable family violence. This is something I am sure will stay with that young person for many years and should be enough to deter anyone from
putting themselves in the same circumstances. It is overwhelming the percentage of offenders receiving custodial sentences in the Torres Strait that relate to Domestic and Family Violence and it needs to be stopped. Thursday Island Police will be actively involved in events around promoting the prevention of Domestic and Family Violence throughout May this year - we hope to make a difference and are there if you need us. The catch cry for Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Week this year is ‘Don’t let concern become regret - DV Connect - Make the Call’ for confidential support or advice call DV Connect on 1800 811 811. Please look after yourselves, your family and your friends and make the call if you need to.
We need to live within our means - Let’s see the politicians pick up a shovel The NOW we are in trouble. The government has set up a Commission of Audit to tell us how live within our means and - guess what - they have discovered all of Australia’s troubles are caused by poor people. And old people. And probably sick people as well. If we could just get rid of them Australia could stride forward into the sun-drenched uplands and... and do whatever you do in sun-drenched uplands, I suppose.
Well, speaking as a representative of the old (I’m definitely feeling old), poor (yup - that’s me too), and sick (you should hear me creak when I get out of bed of a morning), I can say Bless you, kind Sirs, may the light always shine on your noble faces. Can you spare a copper or two for us old folks? Think of your dear old mothers, I’m sure you can spare a penny for an old lady on hard times. Bless you, a whole penny! I’m sure I can find some-one to sell me an apple core
for that, mumble, mumble, mumble... What can you do? I mean, the Commission of Audit says poverty is good for us. I don’t know why the government even bothered asking a bunch of vinegar-faced old misers for advice. You might as well consult the College of Cardinals about condoms. You know what they are going to say before they open their mouths. I’m glad they are not going to catch me with the retirement age of seventy. Can you imagine how tough it is going
to be for some people? I mean, it’s fine to be eating big dinners and snoozing in the houses of Parliament (with a vast salary, benefits and a gold-plated pension scheme) but it another thing altogether to be mixing concrete out in the sun at seventy. Or building roads and bridges, running cattle or picking bananas. And we’ll never get rid of the old fogeys with comfortable jobs (I’m not just talking about local government here; there are plenty of others as
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IMP to partner with Medicare Local for fun runs
Robert de Castella at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre.
FNQ Medicare Local are planning to organise a series of Fun Runs on Thursday Island, in partnership with the Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP), starting in June. They are appealing to the community for support. On April 30, Australia’s former World Champion Marathon runner Mr Robert De Castella was on Thursday Island holding trials for potential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members for
the Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP). At a dinner later that evening at the Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Mr de Castella was the guest of honour where he gave a talk highlighting how the IMP started and evolved to help inspire organisers and community to do their own Fun Run. “FNQ Medicare Local’s vision is to enable individuals and communities to succeed in managing wellness. :So we are pleased to support the IMP as it promotes the sort of healthy, active lifestyle that also works toward this vision. “Our team on Thursday Island hosted an IMP dinner at the Gab Titui Ilan Café for 25 community members and stakeholders. “During the dinner Mr De Castella provided an insight into the journey of the young indigenous
people involved. He described how challenges and preparations lead to significant life change for participants as they approach the seemingly impossible task of completing a 42km marathon in New York City. “Our Senior Manager, Vonda Moar-Malone, is now in discussions to partner with the IMP on a series of fun runs in the Torres Strait region and we expect the first fun run to occur in early June. We’re seeking interest from the community to form a working group to support these fun runs either through donations or in-kind support” Community members wishing to get involved with the fun run may contact the following FNQ Medicare Local staff: Vonda Moar-Malone (0408 847726) or Patricia Akee (0448 227577)
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NINETY per cent of Papua New Guinea’s seven million people are at risk of malaria infection. Minster for Health and HIV AIDS revealed this frightening news, saying malaria is the leading cause for hospital admissions in PNG. “The figures are even higher than what is on record, and the burden falls on rural majority and urban poor,” said Malabag. Malabag was speaking at a recent world malaria day celebration. He said everyday malaria affects all people, including the country’s economic productivity. It also causes premature deaths. He said getting rid of malaria has been a challenge but we have achieved some goals through partnership. The malaria control program supported by Global Fund against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria through round three grants and round eight grants from 20092013 has helped PNG gain some of the milestones. A recent study by the PNG Institute of Medical Research has found that approximately 65 per cent of households surveyed owned a long lasting insecticide net and a little more than 90 per cent of health centres studied were having the first line anti-malarial drugs in stock. The Institute of Medical Research found that only 40 per cent of children younger than age five and only 44 per cent of pregnant women were sleeping under nets at night. Children under five years old and pregnant women are most vulnerable. Malabag said it takes a government that remains engaged in the fight to control malaria, a government from the central level through to the provinces, districts and LLG wards, to combat malaria. - Post Courier
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Autumn is here! LAST month, we talked about fertilisers and learning to read fertiliser labels and understanding the scientific element of (N) Nitrogen, (P) Phosphorus and (K) Potassium. These are the main elements for leaves (N), roots (P) and flowers and fruit (K) with the added trace elements (vitamins for plants) to getting your garden beds ready for planting in autumn. There are two main seasons for feeding your plants that are (1) wet season into autumn (for autumn & winter season) and (2) is the spring season which is the growing season (for spring and summer). This month I’d like to reintroduce readers to worm farming. The wonderful thing about worms is that they eat most of your kitchen scraps and turn it into rich organic fertiliser! Worm farms are a great way to enrich your normal compost. The worms feed on old fruits and vegetables, adding nutrients to the soil and eliminate the bad smell of rotting food and can create the perfect balance of nitrogen and carbon in the soil, making your garden healthier. Composting with worms is more versatile than other composting methods. It requires less space than normal and it can be done indoors or outdoors. In the outer islands, worm farming is not an issue as food or kitchen scraps are generally thrown into the garden or around fruit trees or even buried to decompose which makes it more accessible for the earthworms. Constructing a worm farm If you were to construct a worm farm in your general household, the key is to keep the right kitchen scraps so it doesn’t produce a bad odour or unwanted bugs. The worms need to be kept in a cool, moist area out of direct sunlight. Dark plastic bins are the best material to use for a worm farm. Plastic storage bins that do not allow light to filter through are the best. Drill holes around the bottom, middle and top of the bins to allow
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just leaving the stem and/or add Calcium (body) and the fruit. This (C) with Dolomite or allows all the energy in Lime fertiliser which the banana plant to flow can be found at the local up to the fruit and you hardware store. will see the fruit swell to Sow seeds in May a larger size than normal. in punnets/trays to be If you want to fertilise planted out into the your banana plant, use garden at the end of be hereMay. so come get yourse the dead banana leavesOur suppliers April orwillearly
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close to your kitchen and not in your garden. If this can be done in your household, please take the time to feed them properly so that you are successful. If unable to keep a worm farm, than stick to your outdoor compost and use the traditional method. NOTE: If using earth worms in your worm compost bins, you will find that the process is slower but if a neighbour already has a worm compost bin, ask for some worms. They will multiply quickly. Harvesting the worm compost To remove compost from the pile without removing or killing the worms, place the bin in direct sunlight for 2-3 hours. The worms will move towards the bottom of the bin. Scoop compost from the top layer and use it in your garden. If you have a worm farm that collects the worm ‘juice’, simply
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ONE-ON-ONE WITH BADU’S CHRIS TAMWOY By MATT GARRICK IT’S been a rollercoaster year for 18-year-old guitar wizard Chris Tamwoy. Hailing from Badu Island, the
musician has been described by some as having “magic fingers” due to the unique finger-picking style he has taught himself, where he combines soothing strumming and banging out
his own percussion, all on his acoustic guitar. Chris’s career took off late last year when he suddenly became a social media sensation after being interviewed on
national radio. Since then, he’s performed at the Woodford Folk Festival, the season launch of NRL team the Gold Coast Titans, and most recently, the popular Byron Bay
Bluesfest over the Easter Long Weekend. It was down there that the Torres News managed to catch up with Chris and see how it was all going. Everyone asks my grandfather a lot of questions about me and say nice comments and are absolutely amazed because I’ve never performed to the family like this before. I always kept my talents to myself. My Nan was a very private woman, and that’s how I am. And now it’s getting out there and I’m not going to be private. I guess it’s there for a reason - as much as my Nan was a private woman, she would be proud.
It’s been a long journey for you from Badu Island in the Torres Strait to be able to perform at Bluesfest this year. How has it been? It’s been exciting. I’ve had a lot of opportunities open up over the last 12 months, and to come to the Bluesfest, it’s only just the beginning. It feels like I’m on top of the world at the moment, getting to see so many artists, and just meeting and greeting and having dinner with so many artists that I never thought I would. And just getting the chance to enjoy the experience and I guess feel what it’s like to be in the shoes of a touring artist and see how artists prepare for their gigs in different ways. It’s obviously different in many ways compared to where I come from. Not many artists come up to tour the Torres Strait. So down here I’ve had the chance to see how everything is done backstage and behind the scenes. You had the chance to meet your musical hero at the festival. Can you tell us a bit about that? John Butler is my hero, and I’ve been following him since I was a little kid. I’ve always really enjoyed his music. My favourite song would have to be Better Than. Probably what I like most about him is how he engages with his audience, and just has time for a lot of his fans and doesn’t give up on them. You can notice that at a lot of his performances there’s a key message behind everything he does. It’s the same with Xavier Rudd - they’ve always got a message with every gig of theirs, whether it be about love or just how to become a better person in life in general. Or, they show their sympathy for certain towns that may be struggling with issues, like, for example, cyclones in Far North Queensland.
You’ve got such an interesting guitar style. Did you learn that from family as well?
I guess that’s the reason why I follow John - and his music’s just amazing. To meet him at the festival was absolutely unbelievable. Even now I still feel star-struck. But he said to me, ‘This is not the only time we’re going to meet - we’re going to cross paths in the future’. And he had a lot to say like, ‘follow your heart and follow your dreams’. And that’s what I’ve been doing I guess - and now I’ve clocked another big goal, and that’s meeting him. It took a long time to get here and be able to meet John, it didn’t just happen overnight. My next goal will probably be the same story - but I guess success is just a matter of failure after failure without the loss of enthusiasm. Meeting John Butler is not the only goal you’ve kicked in the last 12 months. How has it been?
I performed at TEDx Brisbane in September last year, and it was just amazing. A lot of business people that were there to come and listen to talks and stuff came and saw me and started facebooking me, putting me out there on social media. And then I was picked up by Triple J and ABC Radio and I had the opportunity to go in and speak with them. After I gave the on-air interview on Triple J, it was amazing. When I woke up that morning my facebook page had 302 ‘Likes’. By that night there were around 1500 ‘Likes’ just because of that one interview. So, that was a big achievement for me, and a milestone. Shortly after that a lot of people that heard me wanted to get me to places to perform. So I was happy to do that - it was exposure and it gave me the chance
to get my music out there. I performed at the Woodford Folk Festival in late 2013, then the Gold Coast Titans rugby league season launch in 2014, before making my way down to Bluesfest. It’s just been an amazing experience. How has this ride been for your family back in Torres Strait? One of my biggest inspirations was my grandmother, who passed away back in 2008. A lot of my family says they really wish she had been here and was alive to have seen all this happen. I always acknowledge her in everything I do, because she made me the person I am today. Respect plays a big role in our family, and to always take things as they come and always try to be flexible with everything. But otherwise, I think my family is taking it alright back home.
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Yeah - it was all self-taught. I always used to play guitar at home in the Torres Strait - from when I was in Grade Four. I couldn’t read music - not many people can read music up there, only a certain amount of people could actually read music on the island - but everyone was still very musical. So I sort of had to pick it up by myself, by ear and sight, and get it going naturally. I had to work out patterns and work out which notes were the highest and which were the lowest on the guitar. And in around Grade Seven I put the guitar on my lap and started mucking around with the harmonics signs. And my cousin sort of played similar style - so I got a few tips off him, and he showed me a few jams and basics to get me going. It was a good platform, and from there I’ve just built on it, in terms of working on tempo, and how to balance how to do percussion on the guitar as well as trying to manage the tunes. So it’s a lot of hard work physically doing it, but once you get in the groove of it, you’re in the mood. Thanks very much for your time Chris! Thanks very much I really appreciate you interviewing me, and I really look forward to crossing paths again in the future.
Pre-dawn jog with Rob de Castella.
NEWS
Flora graduates with an MBA
Council bulldozer levels drinking camp.
Horn Island says: Weed it Out! Attending the graduation (from left): Elders Susannah Luffman, Stella Warrior, Holly Banasa (in pink), Flora Warrior, Nubuwa Yellub (son), Lency Bani (Red) and Malu Warrior (black dress) At the front is little Zeljko Matatia Warrior, aged 4. FLORA Warrior from Mabuiag graduated last month with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from JCU. A mother and grandmother, Flora hopes other Island women will be inspired to pursue further studies. “I thought I might share my story so
that other community members may be inspired to try studies, especially mothers,” she said. “I did most of my subjects through Intensive mode which meant took me about a year and a half.” Flora received an IBA (Indigenous Business Australia) Postgraduate schol-
arship during her studies for which she was very grateful for. This money allowed her to travel to Cairns from Mabuiag for each block. “I am also blessed to have family and elders present at the ceremony as I could not have done it without their support and the community support,” she said.
Clare’s an Aussie now!
Clare McCormack with many friends and well wishers at her Citizen ceremony. By KAREN BURKE BALLOONS, streamers and cheers set the scene as well-wishers celebrated with Clare McCormack at her citizenship ceremony at Mikey’s Café at Gab Titui on April 30. Immigration Officer Wayne Seden performed the service on the deck, with family and friends looking on.
The calm water and blue skies at the waterfront was a perfect backdrop as Clare pledged her loyalty to Australia. Clare said she’d been thinking about becoming an Ozzie for a while now and the time felt right. “It was a special moment,” she said. Clare moved to Queensland from the UK 26 years ago. She’s lived in the Torres Strait with her partner, Jerome,
for much of the last eight of those years. As the celebrations started Mikey’s delicious meat pies and lamingtons were washed down with beer and champagne, but not too many for Clare as she had to be up and ready for work at Col Jones the next morning. “I’d better be on the ball, after all it’s my very first day as a proper Australian,” Clare said.
By DAVID YOUNG Acting Senior Constable Horn Island THE Weed It Out project is run by the Queensland Police Service and its main aim is to reduce the harm associated with cannabis use in the community. Weed it Out is a capacity building project that allows team members to work with communities, empowering them to take control and assist police in targeting major drug dealers who are responsible for bringing cannabis into the community. Horn Island police and council workers have again removed another camp used by persons who participate in anti-social behaviour including drinking in public and smoking cannabis. With support from tribal elders and other residents it was decided the make shift shelter be removed to deter would be offenders from returning after two offenders were recently located by Horn Island police using the shelter to smoke cannabis in broad daylight. It was on the request of community members that police conduct patrols of this area after this sort of anti-social behaviour was reported. Community member and Chairman of the Kaurareg Tribal Council of Elders Gordon Hammond says: “I support the good work our officers do here on Horn Island, this sort of bahaviour is not what our community is about. It is upto the older generations to teach and set an example for our young ones. It is these choices we make that affect the future for our community”. Another member of the community who supports the police in their efforts to kerb such anti-social behaviour is Elizah Wasaga, member of the Community Justice Group and the Horn Island Youth Issues interagency committee “Smoking cannabis and excessive drinking is destructive to the core values of our society. :Tackling anti-social behaviour is everybody’s responsibility to ensure our youth and the elderly are living in a safe community. These hangouts or shacks are not what we want in our community”. If you have any information relating to persons involved in selling, transporting or using cannabis anywhere in the Torres Strait call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, tell them what you know - not who you are (calls are not recorded or traced). You may be eligible for a reward for your information. For more information about the Weed it Out project - weeditout2police.qld.gov.au Torres News
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ATTENDANCE REPORT Term 2, Week 2 90% and above Attendance Badu
92%
Iama
94%
Kadhego
93%
Kubin
96%
Mabuiag
91%
Malu Kiyay
95%
Masig
90%
Poruma
93%
St.Pauls
93%
Warraber
96%
The YUMI WAY Our Way The Right Way The Only Way
NAVIGATING YUMI TO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE
What is NAPLAN?
The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.
EVERYDAY COUNTS
NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every
child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide, every year, in the second full week in May.
NAPLAN is made up of test in the four areas (or ‘domains’) of: • Reading • Writing • Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) • Numeracy. Source: ACARA 2011
When is NAPLAN? All students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will sit the annual National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests on 13, 14 and 15 May 2014.
How can I support my child? All Tagai State College campuses are preparing the Year 3,5,7 & 9 students to write the 2014 NAPLAN tests, however there are ways that you can support your child leading up to, as well as during the NAPLAN testing period: • Ensure your child is reading every day and completing all set homeowrk from their classroom teacher • Speak with your child’s teacher to see how you can support your child’s learning at home • Attendance at school every day is important for your child to learn vital Numeracy and Literacy skills • During the testing week ensure your child has early nights and a good breakfast - this will help with their concentration during the test • If you require any further information about the NAPLAN tests speak to your child’s teacher or Head of Cmapus. Alternatively you can visit the NAPLAN website: http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support.html Page 14 Torres News
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Meet Our New tagai MascOts! iNtrOduciNg....
Kebi Nam READING MASCOT
Koedal NUMBER MASCOT
Kebi Nam and Koedal will be travelling to all our primary campuses to spend time in classrooms, joining in on reading and number activities. Campuses will share photos and stories of Kebi Nam and Koedal’s visit in a journal and on an online travel blog. Our students will learn more about the different campuses in our college as they follow the mascots’ adventure. Big eso to Ms. Cherie for introducing our mascots and Father Cowley for naming our mascots before they start their journey. Please see map to keep note of where they begin their journey and where their adventure comes to an end.
Term 1, 100% Attendance
BADHULGAW NGURPAY LAG
Back Row (Left to Right): Babetha Morseu, Layna Nona, Walter Nona, Mauga Nona, Philemon Baira, Collis Nona, Saiyan Nona, Bianca Savage 4th Row: Shaniqua Ahmat, Liam Garam, Elder Mareko, Ulysse D’Aietti, Phoebe Nona, Angela Nona, Janard Bowie-Ahmat 3rd Row: Moigida Loban, Lazarus Dau, Darius Ishmail, Javon Nona, Oza Blanket, Relna Hosea, Elsie Baira 2nd Row: Dulcie Loban, Sophia Nona, Rose Kebisu, Isabella Warrior, Denna Nona, Simmie Loban Front Row: Benji Hosea, Jarani Kebisu, Walter Nona, Orlando Nona
ERUB ERWER UTEB
Back Row (Left to Right): Noretta Sipi, Daniel Sam, Abu-John Gela Middle Row: Jo’Leah Yamashita, Billy-Rxie Bourne, Ravina Ketchell, Patrina Sagigi Front Row: Nancy Anson, Mariza Sailor
Sofia Warrior, Walter Mene, Kevin Mongoo, Jeremiah Dau
Fred Kebisu-Matasia, Alicia Baira-Matasia, Benjamin Sebasio, Fa’afetai Ahmat-Baira
WAYBENI BUWAY NGURPAY MUDH
Shemyliah Ahmat Tara Arndt Jaace Bani Rusia Bann Temple Barry Damon Begley Alfred Bond Charlotte Cook Lincoln Daly Seba David Cyress Dewis Jalada Dorante-Ketchell
Courtney Drotini Shiloh Nakachi Olive Gesa Sienna Nakachi Wilson Kerry Sharvon-Veronica Nomoa Tayissa Laifoo Shania Nona Zairius Laifoo Ceanne Sabatino William Mariota Edna Sambo Christopher Mosby Ashwyn Seden Lashontae Mosby Petta Tabuai Martefa Mosby Jade Thurgate Ngukis Mosby Kaelan Uechitritz Nikayla Mosby Sherkoda Uta Teriza Muhamad-Mosby
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Northern Peninsula Area State College News
Date Claimers: 13th, 14th, 15th May: NAPLAN testing 15th May: Injinoo P&C SAO Meet and Greet, Injinoo Campus Library 5-6.30pm. BBQ dinner provided
What’s the story with the Purple Tee Shirt? In the last week or two you will have noticed a new uniform tee shirt around the NPA - It is royal purple and has the logo of the Education Council and the NPA College on the front. The shirts are worn by the Support Officers now assisting students to attend school every day as part of the Remote School Attendance Strategy. Families are telling the Government they want a good education and a better future for their kids. The Remote School Attendance Strategy is about working together – with schools, families, parents, and community organisations to ensure all children go to school every day. Why do children need to go to school every day? It’s the law that all children in Australia go to school, each and every day. Going to school every day and getting a good education leads to a better future. Children should only miss school when they are sick. Parents need to let the school know when their child is going to be absent from school, why they will miss school and for how long. What about children living in remote communities? It is just as important for children in remote communities to go to school every day as it is for those in the city. Many children in remote communities are not going to school every day, with attendance in some communities is very low. We need to increase attendance rates in remote schools, so all children get a good education. How will the Remote School Attendance Strategy work? The strategy was implemented in partnership with communities and schools in locations in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, from Term 1 2014. Additional schools in Queensland will now benefit from the strategy from Term 2. The strategy is designed to be driven by the community, and adapted to the dierent needs of different communities. The purple shirt wearing School Attendance Supervisors and School Attendance Officers have been engaged to help children get to school.
Attendence support Officers (L-R) Ivy Jacob, Bethel Hobson, Veronica Jackonia, Kulsam Newman, Project Officer Jeffrey Aniba, Kawia Sunai and Robby Tamwoy.
SAOs Meet Injinoo Students On Wednesday the 30th April the student Attendance Officers (SAO’s not biscuits )attended the Injinoo Campus Parade. The Student Attendance Officers introduced themselves to the Injinoo campus staff and students. Each SAO was required to say where they lived, their hobby and favourite colour. The students thought it was very funny! Each student at the Injinoo Campus receive Silicon Wrist bands that say “Injinoo - 5 in a row” if they attend all week. Students are rewarded with fruit juice Frozen cups and prizes for their 100% attendance in the week. The Students Attendance Officers will be out in all the communities assisting families to get their students to school ‘on time, every day’. The student Attendance Officers spent the reminder of the day participating in games at lunch time and visiting classrooms. It was a very enjoyable day for the students.
What will the School Attendance Officers and School Attendance Supervisers do? These are local people from the community and may be participants in the Remote Jobs and Communities Programme. They may be mums, dads, aunties, uncles or grandparents who want to work to help kids in the community get to school. They will help parents and families to make sure their children have what they need to go to school each day. They can help with things like: • Talking with children and families about the importance of regular school attendance. • Working with families where children are not attending school to find out why and what can be done to lift poor attendance rates. • Walking children to school or making sure they get on the bus. • Providing practical support like transport to school. • Working with the school to monitor attendance and follow up on student absences. • Celebrate and reward improved attendance. checks and participate in work-related learning activities. How will the Remote School Attendance Strategy work with other activities in the community? Getting kids to school is everybody’s business. Local councils, shops, sporting groups and other organisations will all need to get involved and help out.
From a student: “We are very lucky if we come to the Injinoo Campus. If we can attend 2 weeks in a row and get 2 red wrist bands, we are able to get our remote control car drivers licence and drive really fast monster trucks around our oval. They are very fast! I am going to be one of the first to do this as I come every day.” AJ Salee Year 7
School - Don’t Miss a Day
Students at Injinoo Campus get a wrist Band for attending five days in a row - they’re deadly!
Attendence support Officers at |Injinoo (L-R) Robby Tamwoy, Teannie Namok, Rose Morseau, Veronica Jackonia, Rosabelle Woosup, Irene Salee, Abs. Florence Kepa (afternoon shift)
Students at the Senior Campus are introduced to the entire Attendance Support Team
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6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:00 ABC News Mornings 10:00 In My Shoes: China 10:15 Being Me 10:35 Behind The News 11.00 Wonders Of The Universe 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 QI 1:30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg 2:00 Parliament Question Time 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 Midsomer Murders 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: Sandwick Socialisers 6:30 QI: Astronomy 6:55 Clarke and Dawe 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Budget 2014: Right Of Reply 8:00 7.30: Special Edition 8:30 Call The Midwife 9:30 Births, Deaths And Marriages 10:35 Lateline 11:10 The Business 11:35 Two On The Great Divide 12:35 Parliament Question Time: The House Of Representatives 1:30 Movie: “Danger Patrol” (PG) - A young medical student who moonlights as a nitroglycerine handler is encouraged to give up his dangerous job by his girlfriend’s father. 2:30 Football: WAFL: Round 8: Perth v Subiaco 5:30 Eggheads: Sandwick Socialisers
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 Jesse Stone - Innocents Lost - Jesse, no longer Chief of the Paradise Police Force sets out on his own to solve the murder of a young girl he had helped earlier. Starring Tom Selleck, (Adult Themes, Strong 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 LIVE Friday Night Football - Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans 9:30 Friday Night Football - South Sydney Rabbitohs v Melbourne Storm 11:30 Showdown In Little Tokyo - For 400 years, Japan has been home to a criminal organization dedicated to its own supremacy in the underworld. Ruled by an ancient code of honour, the deadly Yakuza are among society’s most feared members. Two cops from different worlds join to fight these criminals. (FV, SCL, DU, SS) 1:00 Cross Of Iron - A squad of German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during WWII led by a battle-hardened Sergeant fight to survive Soviet attacks and dogmatic Commanders. 3:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo - My Best Friend 4:30 Good Morning America
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6:00 Rage 10:30 Rage Guest Programmer 11:30 TBA 12:00 Australian Story 12:30 The People’s Supermarket 1:15 QI: Alan 1:50 Movie: “The Spanish Main” (G) 3:25 Movie: Blackbeard The Pirate 5:10 River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way 6:00 Saturday Landline 6:30 Gardening Australia 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Death In Paradise - DI Humphrey is surprised when his wife pays an unexpected visit to the island and suggests they give their marriage a second chance. 8:35 The Gods of Wheat Street: She Who Supplanted Her Sister - Everyone is relieved to have Odin home, but the business is in deep trouble despite all their efforts. When Jamie, Odin’s wife, arrives out of nowhere all Libby’s insecurities return. 9:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: When Phryne arrives at the exclusive fashion house of Madame Fleuri for a fitting, she unexpectedly finds herself amidst a crime scene, and everyone present is a suspect! 10:25 Accused: Helen’s Story - Helen Ryland is distraught to discover her only son has been killed during his first day of work. While her husband is consumed by grief, she sets out to discover how the accident happened. 11:25 Rage Guest Programmer 5:00 Rage
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5:00 World News 1:00 San Remo Song Festival 2014 3:00 Twiggy: The Face Of The 60s 4:00 Contact - Guy Le Querrec: Miles Davis 4:30 PBS Newshour 5:30 AGiro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights. 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Miniature Britain 8:30 Movie: “Harry Brown” (MAV) - Harry Brown is an elderly exmarine living in a dingy English housing estate apartment. The escalating crime and violence has made him so frightened that he won’t even use the underpass near his home. Shortly after his wife dies, Harry’s best friend is murdered, prompting Harry to seek revenge on the criminal lowlifes who have made his life hell. 10:30 Giro d’Italia - Stage 8 1:30 FA Cup 2014 Final 4:45 German Pokal Final 2014 - LIVE coverage of the German Pokal Final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The German football cup competition is now in its 71st season and the winners will qualify for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
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: A Tale of Six Towns 12:00 Landline 1:00 Gardening Australia 1:30 Flickerfest: Bee Sting 1:50 Death In Paradise 2:50 Don Pasquale 5:00 Midsomer Murders: The Animal Within 6:30 Compass: Twilight Songs 7:00 ABC News 7:30 Restoration Home: Coltman Street 8:30 Inspector George Gently: Gently With Honour - Gently and Bacchus delve into the world of army secrets when a young former soldier commits a murder and Gently finds some uncomfortable truths in what it means to serve one’s Queen and Country. 10:00 Balibo - Robert Connolly’s controversial film about the deaths of six Australian-based journalists in East Timor, 1975. 11:50 Movie: “Fehrenheight 451” (M) 1:40 Movie: “If I Had A Million” (PG) 3:00 Restoration Home: Coltman Street 4:00 The New Inventors 4:30 Catalyst 5:00 Order In The House
6:00 Children’s Programs 7:00 Weekend Today 10:00 Financial Review Sunday 10:30 Wide World Of Sports 11:30 Sunday Footy Show 1:30 Customs 2:00 2014 Intrust Super Cup - Recliffe Dolphins Vs Sunshine Coast Falcons 4:00 Sunday Football - Canterbury Bulldogs Vs New Zealand Warriors 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 Bridge - Erskine and Gunther, on a mission to New Britain, find that the man they have been sent to rescue has been killed by the Japanese. 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 - “First Birthday” Chris decides to throw Ernie’s first birthday and Gary and Marny decide to get back in shape and begin a strict kale-only diet, which quickly proves challenging. 12:00 TBA 5:30 Great South East 6:00 Seven News 6:30 TBA 11:40 Royal Pains: Sand Legs - It’s Labor Day Weekend in the Hamptons. It’s been a busy, intense summer for everyone at HankMed and the excitement is far from over. HankMed has been hired to step in as event medic for the Hamptons Invitational Labor Day Volleyball Tournament. But when Harper invites Hank to attend her family reunion for the weekend, he agrees to go to show that he is capable of putting their relationship ahead of work and his patients. 1:30 Harry’s Practice 2:00 Home Shopping 3:00 NBC Today 4:00 NBC Meet The Press 5:00 Sunrise Extra / 5:30 Seven Early News
5:00 World News 1:00 Al Jazeera News 1:30 So Frenchy, So Chic 2:00 Speedweek 4:00 2014 Superbike World Championship 4:30 UEFA Champions League Magazine 5:00 Subaru World Of Cycling 5:30 Giro d’Italia 2014 Daily Highlights 6:00 Road To The 2014 FIFA World Cup - France 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Lost Worlds: Sacred Wonders Of Britain 8:30 Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery 9:50 Magic Mushrooms 10:50 Giro d’Italia – Stage 9 1:30 Movie: “Marriage And Other Disasters” (M l) - In Italian. Set in the beautiful city of Florence, this Italian romantic comedy follows Nana (Margherita Buy). a love-weary 40-something bookstore owner who shrugs off the marital naggings of her family in favour of a quiet life with her cat. However, unbeknown to her pushy family, Nana is secretly in love with a self-centred novelist (Mohammed Bakri) who exploits her kindness at every opportunity. 3:15 Ohio Slave Girls: Their Story 4:10 Kill Arnman - Malaysia/Pentjak Silat 4:40 Adbc Bitesize 4:50 Island Feast With Peter Kuruvita Bitesize
6:00 ABC News Breakfast 9:30 ABC News Mornings 10:00 Backyard Science 10:15 Get Into Textiles 10:40 Atoms Of Fire 11:00 Big Ideas 12:00 ABC News With Ros Childs 1:00 Landline 2:00 Poh’s Kitchen On The Road 2:30 Hebburn 3:00 Last Of The Summer Wine 3:30 TBA 4:00 Last Tango In Halifax 5:00 ABC News: Early Edition 5:30 The Drum 6:00 Eggheads: Life’s Too Short Vs Eggheads 6:30 QI: Arts 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: Curley 12:35 Movie: “Drive, He Said” (M) - The longhaired star of an Ohio college team can’t decide if he wants to turn pro or join his radical roommate in bringing about a revolution. 2:05 Movie: “A Damsel In Distress” (G) 3:45 Movie: “Flying Down To Rio” (G) 5:30 Eggheads: Life’s Too Short Vs Eggheads
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CROSSWORD No. 198
SUDOKU No. 198
Your Lucky
Stars
ARIES (March 21st - April 20th) A comment made recently by a friend will surprise you. At first, you may disagree quite strongly with what this person has said. However, take time to consider this: you will find it makes sense. Romance. If you like children you will be in luck this week: you will have more than enough contact with them. Be thankful that they are not all your own!
TAURUS (April 21st - May 21st)
You will be even more generous than usual at the moment: this will be very much appreciated. Someone you see on a daily basis will remind you of something important. Romance. The Moon/Juno Midpoint moving through your sign should help you to understand your partner a little better. You may not realise how you have been taking them for granted recently.
GEMINI (May 22nd - June 21st)
FOR KIDS
A careless comment by a friend may be slightly embarrassing. You will need to find a way to stop this happening again. Don’t get angry: find a way to let this person know how you feel. Romance. You will need to spend some time by yourself this week. Your romantic life has felt strained lately: you need to recharge your emotional batteries.
CANCER (June 22nd - July 23rd)
There may be a dispute in your working life at the moment: now would be a good time to try to settle this as amicably as you can. Romance. A glance from an admirer will help to put you in a good mood. Your love life needs a boost and this would be a good week for a bold move.
LEO (July 24th - August 23rd)
You may need some help with a practical problem this week. You mustn’t be afraid to ask for other people’s advice - they will be happy that you value what they have to say. Romance. Don’t forget to tell your partner how much you care for them. They may need some convincing at the moment: you haven’t been paying them as much attention as you should recently.
VIRGO (August 24th - September 23rd) An important decision about your career must not be put off any longer: stop looking for excuses and do something. Any decisions you come to this week will work out well for you – provided you have the courage of your convictions. Romance. It may be better if you ignore some of the things which have happened recently: sometimes you can blow things out of proportion.
FINDWORD No. 198 A LAUGH WITH LOTSA
LIBRA (September 24th - October 23rd)
You will be spending quite a bit of time thinking about your job. This is not the best time to make a move, however. Try to analyse what you think is wrong with your situation and then see how you can put it right rather than change it completely. Romance. A letter or e-mail from a friend who is living a long way away will help to cheer you up.
SCORPIO (October 24th - November 22nd)
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MUDDY RIVER
A friend has been holding you back recently: you will be much more successful without this person’s advice. Try to disregard what they have to say without giving offence. You will need to be more diplomatic than usual. Romance. You may wish that you could spend more time by yourself. You need a chance to mull things over - but don’t be too anti-social.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23rd - December 21st)
A financial deal may be more favourable to you than to the other person concerned. Don’t be afraid to push for what you can get! Romance. A romantic meeting may last much longer than you expect. You won’t be in any hurry to get away, however!
CAPRICORN (December 22nd - January 20th)
At times, you may wish that you could be somewhere else. However, an option which seems exciting might be less fun in practice. There won’t be any way to escape this: you will have to grin and bear it. Romance. This would be a good time for settling any long-standing disputes that may have come between you and your partner.
AQUARIUS (January 21st - February 19th)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Love is when the other person’s happiness is
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SOLUTIONS No. 198
You will be amazed at how much energy you have at the moment. You can use this to start a number of projects at once. Just be sure to complete them! Romance. An offer from a friend overseas could seem too good to be true. Don’t be too sceptical, however: this person may have stumbled upon something.
PISCES (February 20th - March 20th)
You will have to take a more active approach in getting what you want; you cannot sit back and wait this week. Set yourself some short-term goals and try to achieve them by the end of the week. Romance. An unexpected show of support will go down well with a long-standing admirer. They may want to show their gratitude in unexpected ways, however.
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NEWS
We’ve lost 98 per cent of Indigenous music
might enjoy listening to music, going to a show, or hanging out at a festival now and then. A n d t h e n t h e r e ’s mutual understanding. Protecting, promoting and
sion, as well as with local ways of understanding and being in the world. The loss of a dance, say, may mean the unique story it carries is forgotten too. Songs in particular can be important vehicles for transmitting local cultural and historical information, encoding knowledge of genealogies and mythologies, records of ancestors and kinships, knowledge of the universe and the land, medicinal and culinary knowledge, social norms, taboos, histories, and cultural skills and practices, among other things. So when those songs disappear, much more than the songs themselves is lost. One music researcher has convincingly argued that the disappearance of Australian Aboriginal songs could “potentially compromise our ability to adapt to as yet unforeseen changes”. Songs may contain
celebrating our country’s rich diversity of both Indigenous and nonIndigenous performance traditions means we may reap the benefits of their remarkable ability to promote cross-cultural understanding, exchange, reconciliation and peace. In Toby Whaleboat’s words: Australia’s talking so much about reconciliation. One thing great about music – it can reconcile people, bring people together. Finally, as with many other indigenous traditions across the world, Australian performance traditions are closely interconnected with other kinds of cultural expres-
information (ecological knowledge, for instance) that could help us deal with contemporary issues challenging the future of our country – even the planet. In short, the effects of losing these traditions extend well beyond Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities themselves. We’ve begun to take notice of the loss and the possible consequences. Now, the challenge is for us to care enough about what is happening so that we may respectfully and collaboratively take whatever action is appropriate to help recover what we – all of us – are losing.
By CATHERINE GRANT Postdoctoral Researcher in Music at University of Newcastle for theconversation.com Photos courtesy theconvesration.com. AUSTRALIAN Indigenous performance traditions, among the oldest in the world, are also among the most endangered. According to a Statement on Indigenous Australian Music and Danceendorsed in 2011 by the International Council for Traditional Music, around 98% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music traditions have already been lost. Without urgent action, those remaining are at risk of disappearing within a generation or two. The loss, the Statement suggests, comes from
Australian Indigenous performance traditions are a unique expression of what it is to be human. “[m]odern lifestyles and the ongoing devastating impact of colonisation”, which are “affecting the
dissemination of cultural knowledge between generations”. “Many senior compos-
Lilian Willis Snr., performing at the 2009 Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival with members of the Gulumba Dance Group from Townsville and Palm Island
FUNERAL NOTICE
TAPIM, Mabel Gagee Late of Kirwan. Passed away peacefully on Sunday 4th May, 2014 at The Townsville Hospital. Aged 69 Years “Loved and Remembered Always” Family and Friends of MABEL are respectfully invited to attend her FUNERAL SERVICE which will commence with the CELEBRATION OF REQUIEM MASS at 10am NEXT SATURDAY 17th MAY, 2014 at Calvary Christian Church, 569 Bayswater Road, Mount Louisa. The Funeral Cortege will then proceed to the Belgian Gardens Cemetery for committal and interment. In keeping with Mabel’s request there will not be a viewing. FITZGERALD’S FUNERALS 7 Yeatman Street Townsville, Hyde Park. 4812 Phone 4724 4000 All Hours
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ers and performers,” it continues, “have passed away leaving limited or no record of their knowledge.” Initiatives such as the National Recording Project for Indigenous Performance and the recently-launched Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages are, of course, good news, but much still remains to be done – and the situation is becoming increasingly urgent as time passes. For the individuals and communities affected, there are many reasons why this loss matters. For one thing, songs, dances and ceremonial performances can contribute to a sense of individual and community identity. In the words of senior Tiwi woman Lenie Tipiloura, If all the old songs are lost, then we don’t remember who we are. Or as Murray Islander
Toby Whaleboat says, this element of culture: bjust gives us a sense of who we are. There are also spin-off benefits to keeping cultural traditions strong, including positive health and wellbeing outcomes. Benefits such as these are often used to advocate for greater government support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities who wish to document, maintain and revitalise their cultural practices. They are important and valid reasons. But they risk leaving non-Indigenous Australians to wonder why – or even whether – this loss really matters to us. If it’s hard to imagine how it feels to watch our language, songs, stories and other cultural practices vanish, it’s perhaps even harder to think of any dire consequences for us when these traditions are no longer practised. So why should nonIndigenous Australians care about this cultural crisis? A unique expression As with cultural traditions the world over, Australian Indigenous performance traditions are a unique expression of what it is to be human. They represent a continuum of intellect and imagination through the generations. They offer a direct glimpse at the creativity of the human mind. As such, their loss
(like that of hundreds of other threatened expressions of culture across the world) is a loss to the common heritage of humanity. For those with a global outlook, that’s
Toby Whaleboat. one reason we might care about their disappearance. T h e n t h e r e ’s t h e contribution these traditions make to global cultural diversity – and there are many reasons why diversity matters. One is simply that current performance traditions are almost always nourished by older ones, which form a point of departure for invention and transformation. (Take Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu as a case in point.) Current traditions will inform future ones, too. That is whatUNESCO refers to when it says cultural diversity “widens the range of options open to everyone”. That includes you, me and whoever else
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Torres Strait players lead Skipjacks to victory
Former NRL players Milton Thaiday (left) and Obe Geia jnr shone for Skipjacks. Brothers Jason Bulsey (left) and Fred Bulsey (right) with coach Alex Morgan and the Shield. “We played as a team and that is seven goals with a couple few from and New Zealand in Townsville. Borneo, Malaya and Vietnam, By ALF WILSON Skipjacks won the 2011 clash serving as a member of 1 Field why we finished well,” Fred Bulsey difficult angles near the sideline. Josiah Geia, also of TSI descent, held on Palm Island’s football oval Squadron and also 3 Field Troop. FORMER NRL players Milton told the Torres News. It and was the seventh clash Mickeal Sibley, Toby Hero, captain 46-30. He saw action in Vietnam as Thaiday and Obe Geia jnr of Torres It was sweet revenge for Skip- a tunnel rat in the tunnels of the Strait descent led Skipjacks to a for the shield named after the late courageous Fred Bulsey and Clinton 50-32 victory over Australian Army and great Palm Aboriginal elder Burns jnr scored the other tries for jacks which lost the 2010 game infamous Hobo (pronounced HoBo) Woods while attached as an Thunder at 1300Smiles Stadium Bill Coolburra who served in the Skipjacks which was coached by 22-16 to Army Thunder. The 2008 and 2009 clashes engineer to the 1st Battalion, The club stalwart Alex Morgan. in Townsville on April 26 to win Australian Army for many years. Other tireless workers for were held at Brother’s League’s Royal Australian Regiment (1 Another Skipjacks star Fred the prestigious Bill Coolburra Haines jnr has represented the North Skipjacks were forwards William Club in Townsville and were won RAR) and the 6th Battalion, The Memorial Shield. Marpoondin and Joi Joi Dabea by Skipjacks in amazing similar Royal Australian Regiment (6 It was a curtain-raiser to the Queensland Marlins. circumstances. Army went into the game as along with centre Darryl Pearson. RAR) in 1965 and 66. It was while Cowboys versus Parramatta Eels Scores were deadlocked at 28-all serving in the Army that he received Army try scorers were Dylan NRL clash which the NQ side won favourites and their players’ fitness was expected to prove vital as the Buckingham, Ross Hunter, Ben in both when the final siren sounded the nickname “Kookaburra.” Bill 42-14. Carter, Mahn Darley, Adam Fisher but Skipjacks were awarded the Coolburra served 16 years in the Thaiday who played NRL for the match went on. Even though Skipjacks were and Michael Hamer. Mahn Darley victory because they scored first Army. Newcastle Knights is of Darnley under game rules. Bill Coolburra loved the Army, descent and Geia jnr who was a heavily outweighed up front they kicked four goals. Bill Coolburra’s widow Edna but he also loved his Rugby League, The win gives Skipjacks four Cowboy for two A grade matches led 28-22 at halftime and ran away was at the game and presented the and his favourite Palm Island team, with the game late in the second victories from seven encounters. has Moa heritage. Last October Army Thunder beat shield to Skipjacks Fred Bulsey and the Skipjacks. It was his wish that Skipjacks captain Fred Bulsey half. Thaiday was crafty at halfback Skipjacks 32-28 in an exciting game the team. the Army and Palm Island play and his brother Jason, along with Joi Bill Coolburra served as a Regu- an annual game that would forge Joi Dabea, who all dominated in the and Geia jnr scored two tries as did on Palm Island. In late 2012 the Army beat lar soldier in the Royal Australian friendships and closer ties between forwards are also of Moa descent speedy fullback Fred Haines jnr. To give him a personal tally Skipjacks 32-14 played as a curtain Engineers after enlisting in 1964. the Army and the indigenous comand have played Island of Origin His overseas service included munity. of 22 points, Haines jnr kicked raiser to the Test between Australia football on Badu in recent years.
Obe Geia jnr tackled by two Army defenders.
An Army player is tackled by from left Milton Thaiday, obscured, Raoul Miller and Fred Bulsey.
New tool makes finding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature easy A NEW online research tool makes searching for information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health easy. Launched this month be the Lowitja Institute, LIt.search enables the user to search the worldwide PubMed database and confine their search to articles about Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander health. With one click the tool provides access to all available literature in this field and to 27 predefined search topics. Funded by the Lowitja Institute and developed in partnership with Flinders Filters at Flinders University, LIt.search was launched at the Primary Health
Care Research Conference at the Hilton in Sydney, July 11. Lowitja Institute Director and launch host, Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM, is keenly aware of how useful this tool will be, not just for students, but for anyone interested in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. ‘Some of our students
are absolutely baffled by the amount of information available on the Internet. A tool like this is critical in providing the best quality information to help them through their studies, as well as helping policy makers make the best informed decisions,’ said Professor Jackson Pulver. Flinders Filters Project Man-
ager, Dr Jennifer Tieman, has Torres Strait health is crucial. been pleased to be involved with The LIt.search tool will help a project that will provide greater health care providers, commuaccess to the wealth of literature nity organisations, academics, available on PubMed about researchers and policy makers the health of Australia’s First find this literature quickly and peoples. ‘Given the importance easily’ said Dr Tieman. of the Closing the Gap strategy, LIt.search is now available access to the research knowledge on the Lowitja Institute website about Australian Aboriginal and at www.lowitja.org.au. Torres News 12 - 18 May 2014 Page 21
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Rubgy Sevens to hold talent quest fundraiser By AARON SMITH THURSDAY Island Rugby Sevens teams are trying to rustle up some funding to get to Sydney for trials, and they are having a Talent Quest at the PKA Hall this Friday. Rugby Sevens has been growing from strength to strength since a ladies team first big comp in February this year where a group of girls went to Alice Springs, then later another competition in Cairns. There is now an Under 18 Men’s and Ladies’ team Coach Lasmintan Ah Boo said: “We trying to raise money to get to Sydney to play in the NAIDOC competition next month, where we will be doing a skills camp with the Men’s and Ladies Australian team if we can get down there. “What this all leading up to is trials for the Olympics. “We need to raise as much money as we can and get sponsorship to get to as many trial games as possible down south.” Lasmintan said they would love if some men out there signed up so they could form an open Men’s team as well. For information on how to get involved contact Elsie Seriat or Lasmintan Ah Boo.
MER VOLLEYBALL LEFT: Men’s finalists, Koki Kingz and Hulkies. RIGHT: Ladies’ Finalists: Negwamz A and Divas 3. BELOW LEFT: Men’s finals action. BELOW RIGHT: Negwamz victory hug.
Hulkies, Negwamz win the Mer volleyball finals as chief umpires and scorer, which players and community were very thankful for their time and experience. Passing and serving drills were run prior to the finals as well as the sharing of knowledge for ref, scoring and lines duties also. Prize packs were awarded to the top three servers of the drills with the winners being: Selima Dick, Daisy Noah and Sarie Tabo. TIVA officials were very impressed with the development of players and encouraged them to continue in preparation for future upcoming events. The results for the 2014 finals were: Ladies: Winners Negwamz A defeated Divas 3 sets to 2.
By FRANK LOBAN MER Island battled out their newly developed volleyball finals, on Friday, April 25, as part of Mer Island Healthy Lifestyle Program, where Sports and Rec officers worked together to kick-start the local competition of open ladies and open men volleyball games. It was at the primary school court. Players and teams enjoyed regular competition and ended their season on a spiking high with the Grand Finals held on ANZAC day afternoon. Thursday Island Volleyball Association (TIVA) members Tammy Collins, Frank Loban and Matilda Loban were invited out to officiate the finals
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Indigenous Marathon Project comes to Torres Strait FAR LEFT: Robert de Castella. LEFT: The trials, Elsie Seriat, Olive Tamwoy, Thelma Savage, Kathleen O’Brien, Anastasya Sagigi, Renee Guilgo and Harold Matthew (the only male runner). BELOW: Elsie Seriat, Olive Tamwoy, Thelma Savage, Kathleen O’Brien, Anastasya Sagigi, Renee Guilgo and Harold Matthew (the only male runner).
By AARON SMITH THE Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP) made its first visit to the Torres Strait on April 30 to run trials in an effort to recruit local Island runners. IMP uses marathon to change lives, aims to promote healthy and active lifestyles throughout Indigenous communities nationally and reduce the
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incidence of disease and aims to create Indigenous role models and inspire Indigenous people. Project Director, Robert de Castella said the project offers more than
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just improved running skill and ability, describing it as a “journey of self discovery.” “Running is our vehicle to drive change, promote a healthy lifestyle and
create inspirational role models within Indigenous communities Australia wide. Robert is an Australian sporting icon and Olympic marathon runner who was dedicated his life to the sport. It was his first visit to the Torres Strait. “I’ve been really keen to get up here, Nadine Hunt who organises the Deadly Fun Runs, has family from up this way and she was one of the first women to go through our program back in 2011,” he said. “We’ve also had a couple runners from Saibai over the last couple of
years who both told us some good stories about their lives up here when they were young.” Nadine Hunt said: “We have had four people apply fro up here so we thought it was time to come up.” Six women and one man turned up for the trials on Thursday Island. Mr de Castella said there are a lot of health issues up in the Top End of Queensland, especially diabetes and addressing that can be a big challenge. “If we can get a couple of young men and women involved, we could then hopefully help get that
healthy living message out there and increase the levels of physical activity, get the young kids coming through involved in an active lifestyle, get them off all the sugary soft drinks, sports drinks and fruit juices which are just so bad for your health. “Basically, eat less rubbish and move more,” he said. IMP national tour visited a number of major cities across the country including some of the most-remote Indigenous communities in Australia to select the 2014 squad to run in the world’s iconic New York Marathon in
November. Torres Strait was the last stop. “In addition to receiving a professional training program, successful applicants will undertake a Cert IV in Leisure and Health, providing them with an educational pathway they may not otherwise have the opportunity to complete,” Mr de Castella said. The try-out process involved six female applicants running 3km and one male runner tackling 5km and an interview with IMP staff. A final squad of six males and six females will be selected this week.