The Mornington Shire Council, Mornington Island Aboriginal Corporation for Health and PCYC will get extra funding for basketball, rugby league, boxing, teeball and fitness activities. Mornington Island Aboriginal Corporation for Health will receive $14,000 to conduct new teeball and junior rugby league programs, the PCYC will receive $6447 to support…

Mornington will have new maritime fuel storage and delivery systems to meet relevant safety and environmental standards for the 4000 marine vessels operating in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The only marine fuel station in the Wellesley Island Group (22 islands), the project is essential for…

On September 28, over 450 locals gathered to discuss an alcohol management plan to lift the ban on Mornington Shire. Mornington Shire Council and residents have been under prohibition for about a decade and are seeking change for Far North Queensland.   READ FULL STORY HERE

Mornington Shire Council has worked with Transport Main Roads to develop a timeline for the urgent repairs to the runway at the Mornington Island Aerodrome. The procurement process will commence from October 6 and materials will begin to arrive on the remote island over the next two…

FUNDING for the damaged Mornington Island runway has at last been confirmed by the state government. Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said the runway will receive an $8 million infrastructure upgrade. The state government will provide $6.5 million towards the repairs which were needed after a…

Recently, Mornington Island Hospital workers Erwin Arago and Genald Mararac became Australian citizens in the pristine Wellesley Island group (located approximately 550 kms from the nearest town centre of Mount Isa, Queensland). Originally from the Philippines, the pair are among the 19000 people who will become…

An operation to clean up over two hundred wrecked cars has commenced in the Wellesley Island Group Queensland.   Dedicated to protecting the pristine region, the Mornington Shire Council has partnered with Carpentaria Freight to clear tonnes of rusted car bodies from the isolated Mornington…

Local governments around the country want – and need – to employ more Indigenous Australians. And like every other employee, once hired they need to be supported and provided development opportunities to make the most of their potential. However, councils often lack the capacity and…

Overwhelmingly, sixty seniors came along to the first ever Queensland Seniors Week celebrations today on Mornington Island in the Wellesley Island group. Many elders shared a very special morning tea with ‪‎friends‬ and ‪family‬ at the Council Chambers in Gununa. Stories of times changed were a’plenty…