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Bamaga kids AFL in Coen
Students from Northern Peninsula Area State College (NPASC), Pormpuraaw, Lockhart River and Aurukun state schools joined host school Coen for the annual AFL Cape York Central Cape Development camp last week.
Teams arrived from their communities on Wednesday and were given explanations of the rules of the game and education about the AFL talent pathway program. On Thursday, students took to the field in a round-robin style tournament which saw
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Pormpuraaw State School beat the NPASC Bulldogs by three points in the grand final. “This is the third year we’ve been able to run this event in Coen, and it’s quickly becoming a highlight on the AFL Cape York Calendar, AFL Development
Coordinator Matt Mellahn said. “To have 68 students come together from hundreds of kilometres away to play our great game really shows that interest in AFL is growing.” More on P19 N
Communitycontrolled health closer In a significant step towards ‘place-based and community-led’ health initiatives, leaders from the Cape and Torres region have welcomed the incorporation of Cape and Torres Health Commissioning (CaTHC). The new organisation, led by founding board members Aileen Addo (chair), Patricia Yusia, Flora Warrior (deputy chair) and Lui Ned David, will plan and buy health services for the region based on evidence and local community input. Ms Warrior said CaTHC was a communitycontrolled, whole-of-population health commissioning organisation. “Health commissioning is the process of planning and purchasing health services to meet the needs of communities,” she said. “Over the next 10 years CaTHC will become responsible for commissioning all public health services for the Torres Strait. “It will also be responsible for commissioning public health services in the Cape York and Northern Peninsula Area.” She said they hoped to make a difference. “We can now have community as part of the decision-making at the health-commissioning and health-funding level,” she said. “The other key difference is Torres Strait has never before had accredited community-controlled health services. “CaTHC will create a new opportunity to fund community-controlled health services as well as the current health providers.” Ms Warrior said it was important to remember CaTHC was to develop its role over 10 years. “As CaTHC builds capacity and capability it will be able to listen more to our people and purchase the services they need,” she said. “Our first job will be to engage with our communities and listen to Continued P3 N them.”
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