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Aaron Smith

Cairns, Queensland
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Award-winning journalist and communications consultant.
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Citizenship confusion continues to affect Islanders

Citizenship confusion continues to affect Islanders

A deported Torres Strait Islander man has been in an immigration holding facility on Horn Island since May 30…

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Torres Strait push for regional autonomy echos sentiment across nation

Torres Strait push for regional autonomy echos sentiment across nation

A FORUM in the Torres Strait last week discussing regional autonomy and independence is a bellwether of First…

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Federal Labor's $20m seawall election promise praised by State and Torres Strait council

Federal Labor's $20m seawall election promise praised by State and Torres Strait council

Labor candidate for the federal seat of Leichhardt, Elida Faith, in Cairns on Wednesday announced a $20 milli…

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Torres Strait council critical of federal government's $5m work-for-the-dole seawall election pro...

Torres Strait council critical of federal government's $5m work-for-the-dole seawall election pro...

A federal election promise of $5m for seawalls in the Torres Strait has snubbed the local Indigenous council,…

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Torres Strait Islander doctor comes home to serve his community

Torres Strait Islander doctor comes home to serve his community

The first Indigenous resident doctors on the Torres Strait Island of Mer started practising earlier this mont…

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Australian government fails to consult PNG over deportations

Australian government fails to consult PNG over deportations

Papua New Guinea's Chief Immigration Officer, Solomon Kantha, claims the Australian Department of Home Affair…

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"I'm devastated by this, I'm a proud Australian": Man locked in detention fears deportation after...

"I'm devastated by this, I'm a proud Australian": Man locked in detention fears deportation after...

The Department of Home Affairs has again detained and threaten to deport another PNG-born Australian. The fat…

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'They just came and got me': Man fighting deportation after three decades living in Australia

'They just came and got me': Man fighting deportation after three decades living in Australia

WHEN Torres Strait Islander Andrew Kabe immigrated to Australia three decades ago he thought, being born on t…

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'Where will I go?': Man fears deportation after 48 years in Australia

'Where will I go?': Man fears deportation after 48 years in Australia

Formally recognised Traditional Owners who have spent most of their lives on the Torres Strait Islands have b…

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'This is my home': Woman fears deportation after 56 years in Australia

'This is my home': Woman fears deportation after 56 years in Australia

When Australian woman Catherine Bird had her passport renewal declined and citizenship revoked two years ago,…

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Sovereignty and lobsters: Torres Strait Islanders battle to own their fisheries

Sovereignty and lobsters: Torres Strait Islanders battle to own their fisheries

The battle for ownership of the region's fisheries has reached a loggerhead, with the Commonwealth calling fo…

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Exclusive: Torres Strait alarmed by 'intimidating' Border Force escalation

Exclusive: Torres Strait alarmed by 'intimidating' Border Force escalation

Armed Border Force officers have inundated the Torres Strait, say locals, with gun carrying officers scrutini…

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'On ANZAC day he would sit in front of the radio and just cry', Torres Strait Diggers seek recogn...

'On ANZAC day he would sit in front of the radio and just cry', Torres Strait Diggers seek recogn...

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following article contains images…

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Exclusive: 'I am not a criminal', PNG grandmother seized by Border Force after emergency surgery

Exclusive: 'I am not a criminal', PNG grandmother seized by Border Force after emergency surgery

A Papua New Guinean woman has been held in a Brisbane detention centre for the last six weeks after seeking e…

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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked report reveals 'extreme' levels of racism in Queensland public health system

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked report reveals 'extreme' levels of racism in Queensland public health system

A damning report by the Anti-discrimination Commission Queensland (ADCQ) has found "high to extreme" levels o…

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The 'forgotten people': When death came to the Torres Strait

The 'forgotten people': When death came to the Torres Strait

Milton Savage sits on the porch of his cement board house on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, about 40 k…

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Australia's forgotten indigenous World War II veterans

Australia's forgotten indigenous World War II veterans

Almost every able-bodied Indigenous man of Australia's Torres Strait Islands signed up to fight invaders in W…

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'I've just refueled the culture tank': NBA star Patty Mills returns home

'I've just refueled the culture tank': NBA star Patty Mills returns home

Australian NBA star Patty Mills could barely walk when he returned after midnight to his spartan lodging on t…

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Lone Pine: seeds grown into a living memorial - Australian Geographic

Lone Pine: seeds grown into a living memorial - Australian Geographic

From a handful of pine cones found by Aussie diggers at Gallipoli comes a living forest of war memorials. By …

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Lark Distillery, Hobart

Lark Distillery, Hobart

Aaron Smith finds out if a one-day whisky tour of Tasmania's premier boutique distillery is worth the cost. "…

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Lark Distillery, Hobart

Lark Distillery, Hobart

Aaron Smith finds out if a one-day whisky tour of Tasmania's premier boutique distillery is worth the cost. "…

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Torres Strait doctors issue call to arms over climate change impact on Indigenous health

Torres Strait doctors issue call to arms over climate change impact on Indigenous health

A group of 23 doctors from the Torres Strait and northern Cape York is demanding action to protect remote Ind…

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That sinking feeling

That sinking feeling

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