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Inspired by the influential women in their lives, Marie Pitt and Florence Charger are now inspiring the next generation. The two chairs at Western Cape Communities Trust – Marie is the head of the main trust and Flo leads the coordinating committee – are out to pave a stronger future for Traditional Owners.

Member for Cook Cynthia Lui says last week’s trip to Weipa was a “positive experience” and that she left with a better grasp of issues facing the Western Cape. It was the MP’s first trip to the area after more than 550 days and constituents were happy to have face time with the elected member.

Domestic violence survivor Lydia Gah will share her story with the women of Weipa on Sunday in what will be a thought-provoking luncheon.

New arrivals to Weipa this year are still on foot as they wait for their vehicles to arrive on the Sea Swift barge. School teachers, child care workers and hospital staff say they are desperate for their cars and can’t get an answer on when they will arrive.

Weipa will roll out the red carpet for passengers on a cruise ship that is expected to dock in October. The 100-odd passengers aboard Caledonian Sky will get the VIP treatment, says Weipa Town Authority chair Michael Rowland.

The Scenic Rim region is reaping the rewards of Queenslanders exploring their own backyard according to the most recent Tourism Research Australia data. Mayor Greg Christensen said that after a year of international and state border closures, the September 2020 year-end data shows that, while visitor numbers were down in the Scenic Rim, we fared much better than in other parts of South East Queensland.

Leadership is crucial to any business and Colin Savo is proving to be a key member of Rio Tinto's Weipa team. Colin first caught the attention of Rio Tinto in 2017 when he joined the Rio Tinto and Sodexo-partnered Fit For Work program as a mentor.

... With a solid understanding of Wik Mungkan, Mr Waterman is planning to strengthen the connection between language and art to better showcase Wik and Kugu culture to the world. "Language represents a whole life world that gives greater insight into cultural nuances and the Arts Centre is a great fit for that as it enables local people to express themselves in their own language to a broader audience," he said....

Expecting mothers from Weipa and the Western Cape will be able to give birth locally this time next year as work begins on the upgrade of Weipa Hospital. Around $8.86 million worth of upgrades are under way, or about to start, at the Weipa Hospital and scheduled for completion in the coming months.

The Somerset Art Beat Festival is back on the calendar for 2021 and will see a range of arts, music, performance, and creativity celebrated at The Somerset Regional Art Gallery - The Condensery in Toogoolawah.

Fast emerging as one of the biggest events on the Cape York calendar, the Weipa Running Festival continues to go from strength to strength. While the pandemic put a hold to the major race day last year, a virtual event allowed the show to roll on and people from all over the world ended up taking part.

There will be no risk to public health as a result of water from a lagoon adjacent to a sewerage plant being pumped into Weipa’s Mission River, Rio Tinto says. Last week, the mining company notified local residents that it would be releasing water from the lagoon next to the Awonga Point Sewerage Treatment Plant into the Mission River following heavy rainfall.

Telecommunications are back online in Lockhart River after the Cape York community suffered a 10-day outage to kick off February ... Mayor Wayne Butcher said the community had a long history of communication issues, mostly in the wet season, when they needed these services the most ...

Malcolm Prowse. World leading mariculture expert, Dr Brian Von Herzen has just been granted a special talent visa to Australia and has set up his organisation's focus of operations in South East Queensland.

... “Even foods you wouldn’t put in a home compost bin could go in because the processing of the waste occurs in a controlled environment. Cr Dickson said our region’s organic waste could be turned into high quality compost which could be put to good use in parks, gardens and farms, instead of rotting in a landfill and producing methane ...

... Mr Adidi said he was thankful that his partner Shawntaye Manantan and cousin were with him when the attack happened. “We literally couldn’t do anything but watch what was happening and it happened so fast,” Ms Manantan said. “We ran and dragged him up (the bank) and the croc was coming with its mouth open.” ...