Peter RileyJan 18

1936 Torres Strait maritime workers strike https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/torres-strait-islanders-commemorate-1936-maritime-strike/106185202

#FirstNations #labourmovement #MaritimeWorkers #MUA #Pearling #Strikes #ThursdayIsland #TorresStrait
#workingclasshistory

Torres Strait Islanders commemorate the legacy of 1936 pearl industry maritime strike

Fed up with restrictions over what they earned and where they could go, pearl boat workers embarked on nine months of industrial action that would change the face of their communities forever. Ninety years on, their legacy is still felt across the Torres Strait.

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Show threadMatthew RimmerNov 26

11. Indigenous-led Rights-based Approaches to Climate Litigation: the Torres Strait Eight and Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2)

Francis Nona, Indigenous Medical Education, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, QUT

A Just Energy Transition:
Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
A QUT Symposium
QUT Energy Transition Centre
21 November 2025

https://drrimmer.medium.com/a-just-energy-transition-law-economics-and-public-policy-9a68767675a0

#QUT #symposium #justenergytransition #IndigenousIP #climate #litigation #TorresStrait #ZenadthKes #auspol #auslaw

Fanua 🌐Nov 15

Victoria's treaty is here. What does it mean? And is one coming to my state? - ABC News (November14, 2025)

First Nations people across the world have a complex relationship with treaties, many of which have been fought over, broken and continue to evolve today.

Australia has just seen its first treaty signed between Victorian First Nations people and the state government.

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #TorresStrait #VictoriaFirstNations #Australia #treaty

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/first-nations-treaty-potentially-first-of-many/106006576

Victoria's treaty is here. What does it mean? And is one coming to my state?

Hundreds of treaties exist between First Nations people and governments around the world. One state in Australia just became one of them.

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Fanua 🌐Nov 15

Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in Victoria - ABC News (November 12, 2025)

Australia has seen its first ever treaty with Aboriginal people signed and formalised as law today.

It follows nearly a decade of consultation and negotiation between the Victorian government and Indigenous leaders.

#Indigenous #Aboriginal #TorresStrait #VictoriaFirstNations #Australia #treaty

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/australia-first-treaty-agreement-signed-law-victoria/106002730

Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in Victoria

Leaders and activists say they are feeling the gravity of Australia's first treaty with Aboriginal people being signed and formalised as law.

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Matthew RimmerNov 11
Torres Strait Islanders appeal federal court decision on landmark climate case https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/climate-case-appeal/105990864 #auspol #auslaw #climate #TorresStrait #IndigenousIP
Torres Strait Islanders appeal federal court decision on landmark climate case

Two Torres Strait Islander uncles are appealing a federal court ruling that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to protect their people from the impacts of climate change.

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Charring AuhOct 30
#TorresStrait Islands between Australia and New Guinea have a distinctive series of artistic traditions. In the past, the signature art form of the Torres Strait Islanders was their unique turtle-shell mask, which was
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Oct 17

Three #NewSpecies discovered on #Australia's northernmost island https://phys.org/news/2025-10-species-australia-northernmost-island.html

"Dauan Island, a boulder-strewn, 3 sq. km island in the far northern #TorresStrait... has been revealed as a tropical refuge for three species new-to-science—a #gecko and two #frogs—found nowhere else on Earth... the peak that makes up most of the island is made of millions of #granite boulders, many the size of cars and houses, that are piled on top of each other, offering amazing hiding spaces"

Whiskers 🇦🇺Oct 17
This is #goodnews
#TorresStrait #torresstraitislands
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/frog-gecko-species-found-dauan-torres-strait/105790146
Endemic frog and gecko species identified on Dauan Island in Torres Strait

Two new frog species and a banded-patterned gecko are believed to have sheltered among the boulders of Dauan, in the Torres Strait, for millions of years.

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PugJesusOct 16
Torres Strait Islander mask, turtle shell and wood, mid-late 19th century AD
Matthew RimmerJul 22, 2025
As the International Court of Justice prepares to deliver a long-awaited climate advisory opinion, the ABC Law Report explores the recent Federal Court ruling that the Australian government does not have a legal responsibility to protect Torres Strait islands from the impacts of climate change. I talked to Damien Carrick about the decision of Wigney J in Pabai Pabai v Commonwealth https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lawreport/icj-to-deliver-climate-advisory-opinion/105502554 #auslaw #auspol #climate #litigation #AilanKastom #IndigenousIP #TorresStrait #ICJ
ICJ to deliver climate advisory opinion; Denmark's plan to let citizens copyright their face and voice - ABC listen

As the International Court of Justice prepares to deliver a long-awaited climate advisory opinion, the Law Report explores the Federal Court ruling that Australia's government does not have a legal responsibility to protect Torres Strait islands from the impacts of climate change. And Denmark is planning to give citizens copyright protection over their face and voice.

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