The activities of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and the transfer of certain specific responsibilities to the Torres Strait Regional Authority are noted with appreciation.

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner had been appointed to monitor and assess the human rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in particular women.

Aboriginal Hostels provide 3,300 beds for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.

A national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Women apos s Council was being considered.

This was the first occasion a ship was navigated through Torres Strait from west to east.

The focus of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner is on indigenous people.

The ATSIC board members were elected by and from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

In 1978 an agreement between Australia and Papua New Guinea determined the maritime border in the Torres Strait.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the cross border region of Australia and Papua New Guinea

The country was home to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples thousands of years before white settlement.

The Commission manages the Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees, which is aimed at

It related to the rights of the Meriam people to the lands of the Murray Islands in Torres Strait.

The indigenous education programmes are based on the 21 goals of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) had been established as the premier body responsible for Federal Government programmes.

The maternal mortality ratio for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women continues to be higher than that for non indigenous women.

514. Major progress in the implementation of the Convention had been made for the benefit of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.

Stabilizing numbers over the next two years, then increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' employment in the mainstream Australian Public Service

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women continue to have their first and subsequent babies at significantly younger ages than non indigenous mothers.

To help address the fact that the incidence of and deaths from cervical cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is significantly and disproportionately high compared to non indigenous women, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Forum has been supported by the Department of Health and Ageing since 2000.

During the session several delegations stated that the resolution provided no international legal basis for mandatory pilotage for ships in transit in the Torres Strait or any other strait used for international navigation.37

MEPC adopted a resolution (MEPC.133(53)) designating the Torres Strait as an extension of the Great Barrier Reef Particularly Sensitive Sea Area.

The representative stated that further programmes would be developed to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples move out of situations of dependence.

In the 2001 Australian national census, the population of the islands was recorded as 8,089, though many more live outside of Torres Strait in Australia.

It was also the first occasion a ship was navigated through the Coral Sea from Torres Strait, south eastward to the southward of New Caledonia.

She noted that the Office of Indigenous Women within ATSIC was the body responsible for Federal Government programmes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Although some of the Torres Strait islands lie just off the coast of New Guinea, they were annexed in 1879 by Queensland, then a British colony.

Please provide information on what other strategies, including awareness raising, are in place to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's access to health care services.

Please provide information on what other strategies, including awareness raising, are in place to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's access to health care services.

Australia apos s national indigenous peoples organization, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, has responsibility for coordination, planning and implementation of Decade activities in Australia.

Supporting agencies to align strategies that promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment with their broader strategies for achieving business outcomes through workforce planning and capability development

Increased capacity in the health and community workforce to address all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and blood borne viruses.

5 Information on the Employment and Capability Strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employees is taken from the Australian Public Service Commission website www.apsc.gov.au indigenousemployment index.html.

The Committee is concerned about the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), the main policymaking body in Aboriginal affairs consisting of elected indigenous representatives.

In 2001 2002, total expenditure on health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was AUS 1.8 billion, or 2.8 per cent of total national health expenditure.

In July 2004, programmes previously administered by the Indigenous Law and Justice Branch of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services were transferred to the Attorney General's Department.

516. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission which had just been set up consisted of 35 democratically elected regional councils and had a A 1 billion budget.

The Commonwealth Government apos s follow up in its Native Title Act 1993 and the establishment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund are also welcomed.

Australians generally are appreciating more broadly the depth and diversity of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and the contribution they make to enriching our national life and identity.

Mr. Torres withdrew.

Patricia Olamendi Torres

A song called Marrin Gamu, created for primary school children and teachers to promote the diversity and beauty of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, is proving just that.

The noteworthy conclusions and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the consequent establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Social Justice Commissioner are also welcomed.

There was a great need for an indigenous women apos s health policy to complement the National Aboriginal Health Strategy, the major initiative in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Since 1992, annual national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women apos s conferences had been held to enable representatives of indigenous women to identify important issues and provide advice to ATSIC.