Legal fight to save their island homes from the rising sea

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Singer Christine Anu has thrown her support behind a legal bid to save her ancestral island home in the Torres Strait from the effects of climate change.

, originally performed by the Warumpi Band, she pays tribute to saltwater people and the family ties that bind traditional cultures at Australia’s northernmost tip.

“Those islands have always been low-lying, and as the waters are rising it’s just eating away very quickly at the edges of the island,” Anu said. Traditional owners Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai, from Saibai and Boigu islands respectively, have taken the legal action on behalf of their communities, and argue the Commonwealth, by not taking greaterTraditional owners Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai have launched legal action against the Australian government on behalf of their island communities.Pabai described Boigu as having been “infected” by climate change.

Kabai said he had seen devastating changes in his lifetime on Saibai Island. As the sea levels rose, saltwater inundated inland swamps where barramundi and crabs once lived. Phi Finney McDonald principal lawyer Brett Spiegel argues that Australia has acknowledged its commitment to real climate action by signing up to“Given they’ve made that commitment, it is inconsistent to then fail to actually engage with the climate science to ensure that you’re setting targets that are in accordance with those previous policy decisions,” Spiegel told this masthead.

 

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