early intervention and injury management strategy, 168

ecologically sustainable development, 161–63

economic development forums, 10–11

Economic Development Investment Strategy, 42

Economic Development Programme, 40–47

additional programme specific performance indicator, 43

and employment opportunities, 3

programme deliverables, 40

programme expenditure, 27, 41

programme budget variance, 235

programme goal, 40

programme map, 44–45

programme objectives, 40

programme performance, 42–43

regional goal, 40

and subsidised home loans, 11

Torres Strait Development Plan Outcomes, 41

economic development strategy, 10

economic development summits, 5

Ecotourism Australia, 5

education

statistics, 128–29

Effective Governance, viii, 5

elected Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal leaders

engagement in policy development and decision-making, 24

Elu, Joseph, 140

and bêche-de-mer fishery licence, 58

and Mabo lecture, 83

see also Chairperson

emergency position-indicating radio beacons, 113

Employee Assistance Programme, 167

employment, viii–ix, x, 3, 43

opportunities, 12

statistics, 128

from training to, 46–47

enabling functions, 161–71

Endeavour Strait, 120

Ensuring a Strait Start project, 110

enterprise agreement see TSRA Enterprise Agreement 2011 - 2014

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, 161

environmental education officer project, 62

environmental health infrastructure, 26

environmental impacts of operations, 163

Environmental Management Committee, 7

Environmental Management Programme, 60–68

additional programme specific performance indicators, 64

and ecologically sustainable development, 162

and ‘Junior Ranger’ project, 3

programme deliverables, 60

programme expenditure, 27, 61

programme budget variance, 235

programme goal, 60

programme map, 66–67

programme objectives, 60

programme performance, 62–63

regional goal, 60

and sustainable horticulture project, x

Torres Strait Development Plan Outcomes, 61

environmental reporting, 161–63

Ephraim Bani Gallery, 38

Equal Employment Opportunity groups, 95

Ergon Energy

and alternative energy project, 62

and renewable energy, 64, 162

Erub community

and Ensuring a Strait Start project, 110

and healthy communities workshops, 102

and Strait Smile programme, 100

‘Evolution: Torres Strait Masks’ exhibition, 32, 38

Executive Committee, 154–56

meetings, 72, 156

members, 154

objectives, 154

review by MLCS Corporate, 4

external audit, 72, 166

external scrutiny, 166