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ANNUAL REPORT | 2012 to 2013 To lead, provide & facilitate Torres Shire Council ANNUAL REPORT | 2012 to 2013 Disclaimer: Torres Shire Council advises that this publication may contain images or information of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. INDEX 04. Introduction 20. Councillors’ Remuneration 05. The Torres Strait 22. Organisation Chart 06. History 23. Chief Executive Officer’s Report 08. Torres Shire In Brief 26. Corporate Governance 09. Torres Shire 29. Statistics & Other Information 11. Strategic Direction 30. Community Snapshots 2012/2013 13. Contacting the Council 34. Community Financial Report 14. Report from the Mayor 37. Sustainability Ratios 2012 to 2022 16. Our Councillors 38. Financial Outlook 19. Advisory Committees APPENDICES 44. Financial Statements 92. Independent Auditor’s Report presented to the Local Government Council INTRODUCTION for adoption before 30th November in the year after the end of the financial year to which the report relates. This Torres Shire Council’s Annual Report provides an account of the organisation’s performance, activities and other information for the financial year - 1 July 2012 to 30 June COPIES 2013 Objectives and strategies addressed in this It is an important document by which Annual Report are contained in the Torres Council is transparently accountable for Shire Council 2013 -2017 Corporate Plan. its financial and operational performance Copies of both the Corporate Plan and this throughout the year and contains important Annual Report are available from: information for Residents and Ratepayers, Councillors and Staff, community groups, Torres Shire Council, government, developers / investors and other 68 Douglas Street, Thursday Island interested parties, on Council’s operations, Postal address – P O Box 171, achievements, challenges, culture, purposes Thursday Island Qld 4875 and plans for the future. Email - [email protected] Website - www.torres.qld.gov.au Council is strongly committed to serving the Shire and provides this Annual Report in accordance with legislation. FEEDBACK Feedback and suggestions for any LEGISLATION improvement to this Annual Report are welcomed and maybe email to admin@ Under the Local Government Act 2009, a torres.qld.gov.au or by phone call to the local government must prepare an Annual Chief Executive Officer on Telephone (07) Report for each financial year which is from 4069 1336. 1st July to 30th June. The report must be Pearl Shell Sculpture on Victoria Parade Foreshore, Thursday Island Page 4 THE TORRES STRAIT The Torres Strait islands, of more than a hundred islands, traditionally known as Zenadth Kes, are divided into: Gudha Maluilgal - Boigu; Dauan and Saibai Islands Muluilgal - Badu; Mabuiag and Moa Islands Kulkulgal - Iama (Yam Is); Warraber (Sue Is); Poruma (Coconut Is) & Masig (Yorke Is) Meriam - Mer (Murray Is); Erub (Darnley Is) and Ugar (Stephen Is) Kaiwalagal - Waibene (Thursday Is); Ngurupai (Horn Is); Kirriri (Hammond Is); Muralug (Prince of Wales Is); Gealug (Friday Is); Mawai (Wednesday Is), Palilug (Goode Is) There are three dialects spoken within the three groups of islands, predominated by the ‘creole’ language that emerged after the arrival of the missionaries: Kala Kawa Ya (Top Western and Western group) Kala Lagau Ya (Central group) Meriam (Eastern group) The Torres Strait is home of the First Nation Indigenous People of Australia - Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginals. The Torres Strait islands are part of the State of Queensland of Australia and the islands of Boigu, Dauan and Saibai are within an active international border where the neighbouring country of Papua New Guinea is visible from those islands’ shorelines. The issues of Customs, Quarantine, Immigration and Defence are administered from Thursday Island within a Treaty that also maintains traditional cultural and trade ties between Papua New Guinea and the people of the Torres Strait. Annual Report 2012 - 2013 Page 5 HISTORY Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginals occupied the Torres Strait during a period when the celestial tides provided a bridge between Papua New Guinea and Australia over 40,000 years ago. The first place of permanent European settlement in Torres Strait was Somerset, south-east on the tip of Cape York Peninsula and occupied from 1863 to 1877. The settlement was moved to Port Kennedy – Thursday Island on account of the hazardous tidal channel between Somerset and Albany Island. Thursday Island was considered as having a safe harbour and deep anchorage for the increasing shipping movements of the Pacific traders and the Christian missionaries throughout the Torres Strait. Also with the discovery of pearl shell in the 1860’s this led to the influx of Japanese, Malays, Filipinos, Micronesian and European nationalities to this region. The London Missionary Society (LMS) landed on Darnley Island on July 1, 1872 and introduced Christianity for the first time to its Torres Strait Islander inhabitants. The date of July 1 is recognised as the “Coming of the Light” and not only is that day commemorated annually on Darnley Island, known as Erub, but throughout the Torres Strait. It is a Torres Shire gazetted bank holiday each year. The customary lores that still regulate the practices and customs of today’s traditional and contemporary Torres Strait culture is evident in the continual struggle for greater autonomy by the islanders which dates back to when Luis Vaes De Torres, the first navigator named Torres Strait. In 1770 Captain James Cook made claim to the east coast of Australia, on Possession Island, in the name of the King of England, the British Crown under international award of terra nullius (which in legal terms means Australia was empty of inhabitants when it was first settled by Europeans). This concept was overturned by the Mabo High Court Decision on 3 June 1992 (this date is now commemorated as Mabo Day – a Torres Shire gazetted bank holiday). Historical Japanese Grave Japanese Pearling Lugger Fleet Page 6 Torres Shire Council Main Office Building, Thursday Island The Inaugral Island Council Meeting at Masig in August 1937 set about the revival of the need to establish the prominancy of Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland and Local Government on the outer islands that would set a precedent for the Town Council on Thursday Island. The first migration of outer-island tribal group to Thursday Island occurred around the period of 1930 to form Tamwoy Reserve community under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act. Annual Report 2012 - 2013 Page 7 TORRES SHIRE IN BRIEF • Torres Shire consists of Waibene (Thursday Island); Ngurupai (Horn Island); Gealug (Friday Island); Mawai (Wednesday Island); Muralug (Prince of Wales Island) and Palilug (Goode Island) and areas of the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York. • Torres Shire is the northern most Shire in Queensland and is located in a Special Commonwealth Territory of Australia with an international border from the coast line of Western Province in Papua New Guinea down to the 11th degree parallel crossing the Cape York Peninsula at the Jardine River. • Torres Shire is the northern most administration centre for the Commonwealth and State Governments based on Thursday Island. • Torres Shire has a population of approximately 4,600 with a transient number of residents working in education, police, ambulance, medical, customs, recreation, travel and administrative needs based on Waibene and Ngurupai. • Torres Shire owns and administers an international/domestic airport on Horn Island. Horn Island Township Aerial View Turtle Sculptures on Victoria Parade Foreshore, Thursday Island Page 8 TORRES SHIRE THURSDAY ISLAND Thursday Island, also known as Waibene and central to the Kaurareg Archipeligo, is approximately 3.5 square kilometres. The administration centre of the Torres Shire is based on Thursday Island. After almost 40 years of administration by a State Government Administrator the Torres Shire Council was restored to elected Council status in March 1991 and is now administered by a mainstream local authority Council comprising a Mayor and four Councillors. Torres Shire Council has established an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with the Kaurareg Traditional Owners on specific aspects of its development and is covered by Native Title. Virtually all commercial activities and social services are generated from Thursday Island. The majority of the business centre is located in the main street of Douglas Street where there are motels, hotels, food takeaways, numerous retail shops including a chemist, newsagency, groceries and bakery, the Council Chambers, Australia Post & agent for Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Bank of Australia, Queensland Public Health Centre & Dental Clinic, Police Station, Court House and residences. Other facilities of the Federal and Queensland Governments maintaining services on Thursday Island include Immigration, Customs, Foreign Affairs & Trade, Fire & Rescue Services, Queensland Ambulance and the Federal Police. A joint Defence Force Base is situated at Hocking Point. Several Churches are situated at the west end of Douglas Street, with a fully equipped General Hospital at the far end, staffed by professional medical and health personnel with the nursing staff quarters nearby. In emergency cases, patients are medivaced south and the Queensland Ambulance Service plays a major part in servicing the communities in the whole region. The TI Cemetery is listed on the Australian Historic Register and a special section is dedicated to approx.
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