Saibai Islanders are spiritually connected to the land, sea and sky. It's aislan kastom (island custom).(ABC News: Baz Ruddick) Australians on the frontline of climate change are fighting for ...

The island is mostly flat and is dense with mangroves; it’s one of the outer northern islands of the Torres Strait, just four kilometres from Papua New Guinea.

But these days, the soil of low-lying islands such as Saibai Island in the Torres Strait – where Anu’s mother and maternal ancestors were born – contains so much saltwater from rising sea ...