 | |  | WARNING: This website contains images of deceased persons More ABC News headlines» Coming up THIS WEEK on Message Stick TV Mondays at 6pm, repeated Sundays at 1.30pm Troubled Waters Monday 19 November The Queensland Governments? decision to forcibly reduce the state?s number of shire councils has met with widespread opposition but its repercussions may be most keenly felt in The Torres Strait Islands. Under the proposals, one regional authority would replace the 17 island councils but there would be community boards on each of the islands. Locals fear amalgamation would lead to a loss of employment, services autonomy and cultural identity. From the Message Stick Kitchen: This week we've selected a delicious meal of Christmas Roast Ham with Honey and Berry Glaze for you. Give it a try» More ABC TV Indigenous programs» Coming up on SPEAKING OUT ABC Local Radio - Sundays at 9.30pm Stolen Generation, Music & Laughter Sunday 30 September This week on Speaking Out, highlights from the past two months. Listen Up to AWAYE ABC Radio National - Fridays at 1pm Fear of a Black Planet - part 2 12 January 2008 In part two of 'Fear of a Black Planet', Tony Collins weighs up the economic prospects for a future north Australia.
While demographers predict a sharp increase in the Aboriginal population in the north over the next fifty years, economists point to a distinct lack of jobs and education in the growing black townships. |  | Program sales | | Latest Yarn Time Comment
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