Tasmanian lawyer Michael Mansell

WGAR News: Why I turned down an Australia Day award: Michael Mansell, The Guardian

Newsletter date: 6 November 2013

Contents:

* Michael Mansell, The Guardian: Why I turned down an Australia Day award
* SBS Living Black Radio's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Mansell: No to Australia Day Award Nomination
* Linda Seaborn, Green Left: Mansell refuses Australia Day award nomination
* Amy Corderoy, Sydney Morning Herald: Aboriginal activist refuses Australia Day award

* The Stringer: South Sea Islander blackbirding descendants live in disadvantage

* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

WGAR News: 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda: Sovereign Union [23-24 November 2013]

Newsletter date: 3 November 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: 2013 Gathering of Nations in Canberra - Agenda [23-24 November 2013]
* Sovereign Union Flyer: Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 23-24 November 2013: Gathering of Nations

* Natalie Ahmat, NITV News: Mansell rejects Australia Day Award nomination on moral grounds

* SBS News: 150 years on, South Sea Islanders seek apology for Blackbirding

* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies