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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

A national strategy, Partners in a Learning Culture, and an accompanying blueprint for implementation are in place to address the underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in vocational and educational training.

The Forum gives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, in consultation with their own communities, the opportunity to develop and implement proactive, health promoting strategies in relation to cervical screening at the national level.

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.

By March 2004 all of the mainland State libraries, the Northern Territory Library, the National Film and Sound Archive, the Australian War Memorial and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies had become participants.

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.

In its previous concluding comments,1 the Committee encouraged the Government to collect statistical data on the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in decision making, politics and administration and the judiciary (para.

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

In its previous concluding comments, the Committee encouraged the Government to collect statistical data on the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the workforce (A 52 38 Rev.1, para.

Life expectancy estimates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians born in the period 1996 2001 indicate that life expectancy at birth is around 18 years lower than the average life expectancy for all Australians.

These population characteristics coupled with more general health risk factors, such as higher smoking rates and incidence of sexually transmitted infections, increase the risks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women during childbirth.

The title of the song combines the word for body in two of the languages. Marrin is the word for body in the Wiradjuri language of New South Wales, and Gamu is the word for body in the Kalaw Kawaw Ya language from the Torres Strait.

In its previous concluding comments, the Committee encouraged the Government to collect statistical data on the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the workforce (A 52 38 Rev.1, para.

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 La Borde s sailed the Caribbean Sea, across the Pacific Ocean and through the treacherous Torres Straits to the Indian Ocean. They had an especially rough time crossing the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, known as the Mount Everest of the ocean, which Harold called the highlight of their journey.

In its previous concluding comments,1 the Committee encouraged the Government to collect statistical data on the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in decision making, politics, administration and the judiciary (para.

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.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has tabled a number of reports that analyse the background, statistics and experiences of indigenous women exposed to the justice system.

In addition, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a significantly lower life expectancy and experience lower levels of access to health services than the general population, and are nearly twice as likely to live outside urban centres.

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 its previous concluding comments, the Committee was concerned that the situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, as well as those of migrant women, had been further compromised by an apparent rise in racism and xenophobia in Australia (para.

The Attorney General's Department funds the Law and Justice Advocacy programme, which supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in their pursuit of social, cultural, economic and political rights through the legal system.

Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.

Through its Community Legal Services Programme, the Government funds seven organizations across Australia to operate the specialist Indigenous Women's Projects, providing culturally appropriate legal aid services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

In its previous concluding comments, the Committee was concerned that the situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait women, as well as those of migrant women, had been further compromised by an apparent rise in racism and xenophobia in Australia (para.

Photo by Spear Torres. Used with permission.

Illegal immigration Due to the proximity to the Papua New Guinea mainland, the northern Torres Strait islands have been experiencing significant numbers of illegal long term residents from Papua New Guinea, putting significant strain on scarce local resources such as fresh water.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 1.4 times more likely than non indigenous women to visit hospital for pregnancy and childbirth related issues, experiencing higher rates of perinatal mortality and adverse maternal outcomes, including death.

The Strait of Tiran and Tiran Island.

The Sunda Strait (Indonesian Selat Sunda ) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait from July 21, 1995 to March 23, 1996.