Cape York Weekly FREE – #278 | Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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HEALTH COUNCIL VAPE WARNING Page 3
New post office opens doors on Thursday Island THURSDAY Island residents can breathe easy after a new post office opened, locking in essential services for the Torres Strait administrative and commercial hub. The team (pictured) at the new Thursday Island Post Office at 79 Douglas Street will serve the community five days a week. Full story page 2.
BACK TO BASICS Big push to upskill Cape jobseekers
by LUKE MORTIMER ORGANISATIONS helping build crucial skills for education and employment in Far North Queensland First Nations communities have been given a boost thanks to a federal funding injection. Hundreds of people in Cape York, the Torres Strait and
Cairns areas have been accessing free language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills training as part of the $38.5 million Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program. Over the past year, $37.7 million has been invested in 11 SEE First Nations delivery grants in regional and remote Australia,
according to the Federal Government. The Aboriginal-run Literacy for Life Foundation has received a $12 million grant for foundation skills training across the Leichhardt electorate, co-designed with traditional owners and community members. Mapoon, in the north-west of
the peninsula, will benefit from the Literacy for Life funding, alongside Cairns and surrounds. The SEE First Nations program has also handed out 30 scoping grants totalling $805,000 for organisations to assess training needs in local communities and carry out consultation. – Continued page 3
CAPE TALENT ON GLOBAL STAGE Page 4
AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS Pages 8 & 9 WATER WOES HIGHLIGHTED Page 5
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