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On the face of it, bicycles should be a great way to get around on Thursday Island, or "TI", in the Torres Strait. The 3.5-square-kilometre tropical island has a designated cycleway and most ...
Australian Army engineers took to the water with specialist equipment on three commercial barges to support a complex ...
Torres Strait Island Mayor says Voice ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ for all Aussies. If the Voice referendum fails, there won’t be “an appetite” to improve conditions for First ...
The group of men believed to be from Senegal, were discovered hiding in mangroves on Saibai Island, located in the Torres Strait 4km off the Papua New Guinea mainland.
Skytrans pulls out of all Torres Strait island routes. A major shake-up has been announced for air travel into the Torres Straits after the falling through of a Skytrans deal with Northern ...
A Far North community struggling with overcrowding and poor health outcomes is set to receive a major boost with the construction of a series of new dwellings.
History-making Torres Strait Island Paralympian Harry Mosby. Author provided, Author provided (no reuse). Mosby, who left the Strait in 1963 and lost both legs in a railway accident in the Pilbara ...
Warraber (Sue Island) has been Ted Billy's home for over six decades. But in spending his life on the island, the 65-year-old has had to navigate severe environmental change.
Health and infrastructure outcomes have worsened in the Torres Strait in the past 20 years despite an increase in First Nations’ politicians in parliament, the region’s mayor said as he urged ...
Skytrans pulls out of all Torres Strait island routes. A major shake-up has been announced for air travel into the Torres Straits after the falling through of a Skytrans deal with Northern ...
Health and infrastructure outcomes have worsened in the Torres Strait in the past 20 years despite an increase in First Nations’ politicians in parliament, the region’s mayor said as he urged ...