Stories and events of the Kaurareg homeland of Kaiwalagal, the Torres Strait homeland and Cape York homelands of the Anggamuthi, Atambaya, Wuthathi, Yadhaykenu and Gudang Peoples.
Thursday, 19 January 2023
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Erub United trophies brought ‘Back to Ged’
Representatives of champion Allblacks carnival team Erub United travelled to Darnley with their trophies for winning the prestigious Arthur Beetson Foundation Murri Knockout, the Gordonvale Allblacks and the most recent Zenadth Kes carnivals, over the break.
Pictured left to right is Jay Gebadi, Brian Murgha, Kristin Ware, Telly Dick Gela, Tabane Bustard, Leslie Pitt, Elia Ware, Taiby Doolah and Sammy Pau.
the NSW Koori Knockout victors Newcastle Allblacks in what has been dubbed a ‘state of origin’style showdown – who will claim the title ‘best Allblacks’ team in the country?
As winners of the Murri Knockout, the Erub United team will play in Beenleigh on 28 January against
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Flights still out of action – for now. BY christine howeS
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says they are continuing to work closely with Skytrans and are assessing documents to support their efforts to progressively resume services, a spokesperson has told Torres News. “We continue to work
through the necessary processes to resume commercial flights to more Torres Strait Islands in 2023,” the CASA spokesperson said. Skytrans Sales and Marketing Manager Campbell Wilson said they “absolutely” expected flights to resume, although putting a date on when that would be was “quite difficult”. “I would anticipate
Murray Island would be the first of those to be restored, then we can look at Mabuiag and Darnley,” he said. “When we have a closer idea, then we’ll communicate on dates.” He said they were working “very collaboratively” on safety-related changes with the Torres Strait Island Regional Council (TSIRC), who were responsible for
the airports. “It’s in all our interests to restore flights as soon as we possibly can,” he said. “What’s happened is there has been some changes to the regulations on short strips, so the work that is being undertaken is just to go out there and make those changes so we can restore our flights, as we’ve been doing for the past 17 years.”
TSIRC Mayor Phillemon Mosby said many of the transport issues affecting the Torres Strait were out of Council’s control. “Through my office and through our CEO, we have been working tirelessly with decision-makers to find a fast and safe outcome,” he said. “You may have already noticed our engineering teams undertaking work
on our airstrips in close consultation with both CASA and service providers. “We are also in regular contact with our Member for Cook, both State and Commonwealth Ministers and regulators. “I want to stress to everyone that whilst Council has limited control over the current circumstances, we are doing everything and more.”
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