Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A group of Torres Strait Islanders say they are disappointed to be leaving Canberra without the assurance of new funding to save their homelands from rising tides. The Poruma Islanders visited Parliament House today to raise awareness of the threat to their small coral atoll. They are calling for urgent funding for sand dredging and the construction of sea walls. Joseph Elu, the mayor of the Northern Peninsular Area Regional Council, says there is great alarm among …