 Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Torres Shire Council offices at Douglas Street, [[Thursday Island, Queensland|Thursday

On 15 March 2008, Pedro Stephen, an ordained [[Full Gospel]] minister first elected in 1994 and the first ever [[Torres Strait Islanders|Torres Strait Islander]] to be elected as a mayor of a local government area, was re-elected with almost 50% of the vote.The Torres Shire Council operates Ngulaig Meta Municipal Library at 121 Douglas Street on Thursday Island.