Torres Strait Islands – a government to government matter.
By Susan Merrell Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has instructed cabinet to appoint an eminent persons committee to conduct a review of the Torres Strait Treaty with Australia. He says: …for 40 years no government has ever stood up on behalf of Trans Fly villages. Indeed they haven’t Prime Minister, although there are some who have been pointing out the inequities for quite some time. In 2011, I opined that only a government to government solution would work (litigation had already failed). At last (and bravo!) a PNG government is seeking to effect a more equitable solution for the people of Continue reading Torres Strait Islands – a government to government matter.
