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Australia’s Torres Strait islands: one of the last undiscovered places Down Under - Even most Aussies have never stepped in this remote region of the country. Abha Shah flies in to see what’s ...
A cultural culinary experience shows visitors the traditional Torres Strait way to prepare cuts, veggies and bread. Everything is prepared on a banana leaf that’s woven shut before being placed ...
Many of the islands are volcanic, and, set amid brilliant turquoise water, they create an incredible landscape. And it’s one that now has become a bit easier for non-Torres Strait Islanders to ...
Australian federal court officials on Monday began hearings on a lawsuit filed by a group of Torres Strait Islanders alleging the Australian government had failed to protect them from climate ...
The Torres Strait Islands are among the most vulnerable regions to climate change in Australia. Sea levels continue to rise, making tides more destructive, coastal erosion faster and droughts more ...
Telstra has embarked on a $5.3 million project to improve broadband services for islands in the Torres Strait region of far northern Queensland. (Sydney 500 image by Jon Ovington, CC BY-SA 2.0) ...
Australia has been tightening the border between PNG and the Torres Strait Islands in recent years, exacerbating poverty and the spread of tuberculosis in villages that depend on cross-border trade.
I wonder how sustainable it can be if flying there is the only way to reach the island. Fraser Nai, Torres Strait Islander and co-owner of Strait Experience, acknowledges my point, but says that ...
The case, the first climate class action brought by Australia's First Nations people, was filed in 2021 on behalf of the remote islands of Boigu and Saibai in the Torres Strait off Australia's ...
Visiting the Islands is usually invite-only, but that’s changing as locally-owned company Strait Experience opens up one of the biggest islands, Masig, also known as Yorke Island, for cultural ...