The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance met in Cairns on 4 and 5 July to discuss matters including opportunities to improve local government efficiency and performance, reforms to community-based employment programs, health system reform, [...]

More than 35 members of the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance came together in Cairns on 9 and 10 May for the Alliance’s second meeting for 2023.  The meeting was held alongside the Regional Sitting of the Queensland Parliament, with [...]

Yarrabah played host to the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance’s fifth and final meeting for 2022 on 15 November, attended by nearly 30 Mayors, Councillors and Chief Executives from across the Torres Strait, Cape York and Lower Gulf [...]

OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS ARE THE NEXT GENERATION. THEY WILL TAKE OUR PLACE AND TAKE UP OUR FIGHT WHICH IS TO CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO BE EQUAL TO EVERYONE ELSE IN OUR/YOUR COUNTRY. My name is Robbie Sands my traditional country is Gimuy (Cairns) [...]

The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance held its fourth meeting for the year in Mapoon, Napranum and Weipa on 14 and 15 September, with Members getting the opportunity to see for themselves a range of projects completed or underway in Mapoon [...]

 The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance held its third meeting for 2022 from 12-13 July, representing one of the largest regional gatherings of Mayors, Councillors and Chief Executives of Indigenous local governments in the country, and [...]

Cooktown played host to more than 25 mayors, councillors, and chief executives from the Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance for the alliance’s second meeting for the year on 10 and 11 May.  Leaders discussed a variety of important issues for [...]

The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance held its first meeting for 2022 in Cairns on 1 and 2 March.  Attended by more than 30 mayors, councillors and chief executives from across the region, key areas of focus for TCICA included water [...]

Mayors, councillors and chief executives from across the Torres Strait and Cape York region met in Cairns from 9 to 11 November for TCICA’s 2021 Annual General Meeting, and to participate in a series of meetings and roundtables to address [...]

The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) hosted its second Indigenous Local Government Disaster Resilience Forum in Cairns yesterday, with TCICA Deputy Chair and Mayor of Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council Robbie Sands officially [...]