Richard Ważny · @RcjWaz
389 followers · 6670 posts · Server aus.social

Finally managed to add being at the very top end of the Australian mainland several days ago - the sign is self explanatory🤸😷😜

#travel #travelphotography #humor #TorresStrait

Last updated 1 year ago

Richard Forrester - 🐦 escapee · @RichForrest2
186 followers · 4211 posts · Server aus.social
Matthew Rimmer · @drrimmer
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Matthew Rimmer · @drrimmer
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Kayleen Gnwmythr · @KayleenGnwmythr
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Ferdi Magellan · @FerdiMagellan
138 followers · 2078 posts · Server aus.social

“Given the rate at which the planet is warming, scientists predict that low-lying atolls across the Pacific region like Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tuvalu could be uninhabitable this century, threatening the cultural legacy of the roughly 10 million people living there.
“It’s hard to swallow for Pacific Island nations that have contributed the least to the climate crisis, while rich countries continue to pump out planet-heating pollution.
“How much more science do we need to tell these countries that climate change is real? If we lose the Pacific Islands, it will have a great impact on the global community, because we are all connected.”

From: @Interactives
botsin.space/@Interactives/110

#auspol #climateemergency #TorresStrait #ClimateRefugees #pacificislands #tuvalu #kirabati #marshallislands #vanuatu #tonga #fiji #Palau #png #climateaction

Last updated 2 years ago

Deborah Lee-Talbot · @DLeeTalbot
916 followers · 632 posts · Server ausglam.space

The first book from the TBR pile: Aaron Fa'aoso's So far, So Good. Great tone and pace, the chapters were like an intense conversation with a friend. I found reading his ancestor histories and future plans particularly informative. It's a really masculine book, that took me by surprise. There's men's business, how to be a man, and much discussion about DVOs. I acknowledge Fa'aoso's honesty and the obvious care taken to present this complex narrative.

#bookreview #TorresStrait #2023books

Last updated 2 years ago

Ken S · @ki_sekiya
72 followers · 242 posts · Server aus.social

Why haven’t government discussed and implemented the electrification of public transport, in remote and vulnerable regions, like the Torrest Strait ferries,
considering the predictable outcome of procrastinating on the issue?
abc.net.au/news/2022-12-08/cos

#TorresStrait #qldpol #auspol

Last updated 2 years ago

Paul Peace · @paulpeace
213 followers · 180 posts · Server mstdn.social

Indigenous peoples own, occupy, or conduct their activities on 1/4 of the world's surface area.

They are stewards of or connected to 80% of the world's remaining biodiversity.

Tackling racism, or in many cases, ignorance, is central to the health of people and planet.


#biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis #climatejustice #StopOil #gas #drilling #mining #farming #deforestation #Environmnent #equality #equity #Racism #inuit #TorresStrait #aboriginal #firstnations #Indigenous #indigenouspeoples

Last updated 2 years ago

Deborah Lee-Talbot · @DLeeTalbot
752 followers · 381 posts · Server ausglam.space

Since I have been writing and editing my thesis for a while now, I've forgotten how...emotive...I can be when researching primary sources. Very happy to say today I linked Torres Strait languages to a map created in New Guinea with the help of intermediaries from Saibai, and my cats have forgiven me for my whoop of delight.

#histodons #pacific #papuanewguinea #TorresStrait #cartography #maps #research

Last updated 2 years ago

Jim Richardson · @jimrhiz
49 followers · 142 posts · Server aus.social

"Children suffering from tuberculosis (TB) are dying in the Torres Strait border region after being referred away from Queensland clinics under inconsistent health department policies, an audit has found ...

"Under Queensland government policy, PNG nationals with emergency life-threatening health conditions can obtain treatment if they present at Queensland Health clinics."

But clinicians are pressured to make sound health decisions while simultaneously avoiding costs.

abc.net.au/news/2022-11-14/tor

#tuberculosis #png #queensland #TorresStrait

Last updated 2 years ago

Killer Rabbit 90 · @killer_rabbit90
1 followers · 305 posts · Server mastodon.social