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

#TorresStrait #elders #RainbowWarrior #climatechange #auspol

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/two-torres-strait-elders-are-sailing-to-vanuatu-on-a-rainbow-boat-to-highlight-this-issue/t06wi89ij?dlb=[2023/06/24]%20del_newswkend_bau&did=DM26094&cid=sbsnews:edm:acnewswe:relation:news:na:na

Climate hearing begins in the Torres Strait Islands

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8222011/hearing-starts-into-sinking-islands-of-torres-strait/ #climate #litigation #TorresStrait #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

Federal Court arrives on-country for climate change fight in the Torres Strait https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/federal-court-torres-strait-grave-sites/102421066 via @ABCaustralia #climate #litigation #TorresStrait #IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol

https://nit.com.au/24-04-2023/5700/former-president-of-kiribati-tours-torres-strait-communities-in-solidarity-with-climate-case Former President of Kiribati tours Torres Strait communities in solidarity with climate case #TorresStrait #Kiribati #ClimateUnity

“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.”

#auspol #ClimateEmergency #TorresStrait #ClimateRefugees #PacificIslands #Tuvalu #Kirabati #MarshallIslands #Vanuatu #Tonga #Fiji #Palau #PNG #ClimateAction

From: @Interactives
https://botsin.space/@Interactives/110244619651602199

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

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?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-08/cost-of-living-torres-strait-ferry-suspended-transport-cape-york/101747650
#TorresStrait #QldPol #AusPol

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.

#IndigenousPeoples #Indigenous #FirstNations #Aboriginal #TorresStrait #inuit
#racism #equity #equality #environmnent #deforestation #farming #mining #drilling #gas #stopoil #climatejustice #biodiversitycrisis #biodiversity

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

"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.

#Tuberculosis #PNG #Queensland #TorresStrait

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-14/torres-strait-clinicians-face-dilemma-png-tuberculosis-cases/101643914

‘It’s humiliating’: activist says Indigenous voices are being ignored on climate crisis – video https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2022/nov/09/cop-27-climate-crisis-activist-says-indigenous-voices-ignored-video #news #COP27 #TorresStrait #Indigenous #racism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange