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UNBELIEVABLE: Qld plans torres strait islands summit - The Untold Story

The summit will focus on cost-of-living issues for island residents, the premier says. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The Queensland government will host a cost-of-living summit in the Torres Strait Islands to work out ways to reduce "astronomically high" food prices and deal with other problems the Indigenous islanders are facing.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the summit wll be held within three weeks in the remote archipelago on Australia's border with Papua New Guinea, which is home to 4120 mostly Indigenous residents.

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