New date confirmed for region’s ‘Cost of Living’ Summit

STORY BY KANTESHA TAKAI

Local MP Cynthia Lui has announced the rescheduled Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Region Cost of Living Summit will be held at Thursday Island on Monday 20 March.

The Summit promised to deliver on the State Government’s commitment to continue high of living discussions with local communities.

Late last year Ms Lui told the Torres News such dialogue was critical to identify solutions to alleviate some of the financial pressures experienced in the region.

“We know that the further you are from an urban centre, the greater the impact of supplychain issues on prices,” she said. “Unfortunately, for people in the Torres Strait, they are often at the end of those supplychains, absorbing all the accumulated pressures.”

Ms Lui said she was keen to hear from locals in the community in the lead up to the Summit. Her office invited comments and perspectives on the impact of those pressures.

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JT drops in to ‘hang out’ and inspire

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Incentives within the program include exclusive camps and field trips and other opportunities designed to encourage and support students as they navigate their way through secondary school.

Students enjoyed team building activities to create stronger connections for them, so they could ‘be the change’ they wanted to see in the school by applying the three values of confidence, courage and self-belief from the JT Believe Program.

JT told students he made changes at the age of 15 to move away from his friends and focus on his goals and his studies.

He said he was also inspired by the Mabo Mural at the school, which enouraged students to ‘study like Mabo’.

Mr Blanco said it was an awesome day.