Newsletter date: 27 July 2011
Contents:
* Interview with Randa Kattan about the campaign against the expansion of Income Management to Vic, NSW, Qld and SA
* Interviews with Alistair Nicholson and Ian Viner about the current round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Videos opposing Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 22 events
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* INTERVIEW WITH RANDA KATTAN ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE EXPANSION OF INCOME MANAGEMENT TO VIC, NSW, QLD AND SA:
- Audio Interview
3CR Community Radio 855 AM: Podcasts
Stick Together - 25 Jul 2011
[scroll down page] http://www.3cr.org.au/podcast
[download this program] http://pod.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2011-07-24-78032.mp3
25 Jul 11: "Randa Kattan, Executive Director of the Arab Council Australia, will speak about the campaign against the expansion of Centrelink "income management" programs to Vic, NSW, QLD and SA. ... "
See New website:
Welcome to the campaign website of
Say No to Government’s Income Management, Not in Bankstown, Not Anywhere!
http://www.sayno2gim.info/
"The Australian Government has announced that Income Management will be coming to Bankstown. A coalition of organisations came together in June 2011 to campaign against this policy. ... Read the Open Letter to Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion, Tanya Plibersek, the Member of Blaxland, Jason Clare and the Member for Banks, Daryl Melham."
* INTERVIEWS WITH ALISTAIR NICHOLSON AND IAN VINER ABOUT THE CURRENT ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS IN THE NT OVER THE INTERVENTION:
- Audio Interview
SBS Audio and Language: Aboriginal: Deeply Troubling - Intervention Consultation Concerns
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/aboriginal/highlight/page/id/178909/t...
21 Jul 11: "Former Chief Justice of the Family Court, Alistair Nicholson speaks out on the NT Intervention. Former Chief Justice of the Family Court, Alistair Nicholson says he is deeply troubled by the current round of government consultations across the Northern Territory. Mr Nicholson tells Michelle Lovegrove, the current round began so quickly, communities had very little time to prepare." Michelle Lovegrove
- Audio Interview
SBS Audio and Language: Aboriginal: A Policy Sale - Or Consultations?
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/aboriginal/highlight/page/id/178911/t...
21 Jul 11: "Open Letters question the intent of the current round of consultations in the Northern Territory. Two former Federal Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs have joined with an extraordinary group of Australians - to denounce the continuation of the Northern Territory Intervention.
Former Ministers Ian Viner and Fred Chaney, as well as former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Professors Pat Dodson and Larissa Behrendt; Dr Djiniyini Gondarra and Rosalie Kunoth Monks and Former Chief Justice of the Family Court, Alistair Nicholson have attacked successive governments for their neglect and continuing ill-treatment of the Aboriginal people. ... Former Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ian Viner tells Michelle Lovegrove, it's vital communities ensure their voices are heard." Michelle Lovegrove
See:
'concerned Australians': New round of consultations 2011
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
STICS: Consultations 2011
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/consultations-mid-2011
Our Generation: Prominent Australians Speak Out [about the consultations]
http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/press/
WGAR News: New round of Government consultations in the NT over the Intervention (1 Jul 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/07/01/wgar-news-new-round-of-government-con...
WGAR News: Interviews with Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra about the Government’s consultation process (6 Jul 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/07/06/wgar-news-interviews-with-rev-dr-djin...
WGAR News: 24 prominent South Australians call on the government to end the NT Intervention (22 Jul 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/07/22/wgar-news-24-prominent-south-australi...
* VIDEOS OPPOSING MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP:
YouTube: A message to Senators from Muckaty Traditional Owners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKybLeLyyos
22 Jul 11: "Many Muckaty Traditional Owners are opposed to establishment a radioactive waste dump on the Muckaty Land Trust, 120km north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. This is a short video appeal to Senators calling on them to oppose Minister Ferguson's National Radioactive Waste Management Bill, which would entrench Muckaty as the only site to be actively considered for the dump. More info about the waste dump plan and community campaign at http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/ "
YouTube: Muckaty - KYLIE SAMBO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nadlwfLapPg
18 Sep 10: Music video
YouTube: Muckaty Voices-Australia's nuclear waste dump story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuNpT84Ovo
9 May 10: ""Muckaty Voices" is a short film capturing community resistance to an Australian government plan to dump radioactive waste at Muckaty Station, 120 kilometres north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. The area is being assessed by the federal government for a low and long-lived intermediate level radioactive waste facility, despite sustained opposition from Aboriginal Traditional Owners, pastoralists and the NT government and community."
Beyond Nuclear Initiative: Video
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/video/
See:
Beyond Nuclear Initiative:
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/
* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA - 22 EVENTS:
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: 27 May to Sun 9 October 2011: Kalgoorlie, WA
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
Event: Wed 27 July 2011: Melbourne, Vic
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Thu 28 July 2011: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Gary Foley speaks on the history of Aboriginal resistance
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/gary-foley-speaks-on-the-history-of-aboriginal-r...
Event: Wed 3 August 2011: Kempsey, NSW
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Fri 5 August 2011: Adelaide, SA
129th Justice and Peace Candlelight Walk
"To call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, ... "
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/?p=1
Event: Tue 9 August 2011: Adelaide, SA
'Our Generation' Community Screening
With open panel discussion including:
Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Tue 9 August 2011: Gymea, South Sydney, NSW
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Poster: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Facts-Info-Our-...
Event: Wed 10 August 2011: Maroubra, East Sydney, NSW
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Wed 10 August 2011: Manly, Sydney, NSW
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Thu 11 August 2011: Sydney, NSW
Film night: Special screening of Backroads
Staring Gary Foley and the late Bill Hunter
Tin Sheds Gallery: booking required
Event details: http://tinsheds.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/special-event-gary-foley-in-syd...
Event: Sat 13 August 2011: Sydney, NSW
Workshop: Black Heart of the City
Gary Foley on Sydney’s Black history
Tin Sheds Gallery: booking required
Event details: http://tinsheds.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/special-event-gary-foley-in-syd...
Event: Monday 15 August 2011: Narooma, NSW
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Wed 17 August 2011: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges Course 2011
Nicole Watson - Why Change the Constitution?
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Register for course (it's free!): http://www.parramattacollege.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Parramatta.woa/wa...
Brochure: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Facts-Info/Buil...
Event: Thu 18 August - Sun 30 October 2011: Wiluna to Perth, WA
Walk Away from Uranium Mining
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/walk-away-from-uranium-mining
Event details: http://www.nuclearfreefuture.com/
Walk Schedule: http://footprints.footprintsforpeace.net/nffcampaign/upload/files/Wiluna...
About the walk: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48231
Event: Fri 19 August 2011: Perth City, WA
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/48217
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Mon 22 August 2011: Adelaide, SA
'Our Generation' Community Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Event details: http://unione.unilife.edu.au/Clubs/Event.aspx?CID=267&EID=1498
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=233274766693612
Film details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Event: Wed 24 August 2011: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges Course 2011
Chris Graham - Racism in the Media & the NT Intervention
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Register for course (it's free!): http://www.parramattacollege.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Parramatta.woa/wa...
Brochure: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Facts-Info/Buil...
Event: Fri 26 - Sun 28 August 2011: Kalkarindji/Daguragu, NT
Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill
- 45th Anniversary Commemoration
Event location and details: http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/
Event: Wed 7 September 2011: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Indigenous Social Justice Association:
Discussion of Justice Reinvestment
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/indigenous-social-justice-association-discussion...
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event: Wed 7 September 2011: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Building Bridges Course 2011
Graham Merritt - Aboriginal Activism in WA/NT & STICS
Organised by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Register for course (it's free!): http://www.parramattacollege.com.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Parramatta.woa/wa...
Brochure: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Facts-Info/Buil...
Event: Fri 7 & Sat 8, Tue 11 to Sat 15 Oct 2011: Melbourne, Vic
Presented by Melbourne Festival in association with Sydney Festival
Ilbijerri Theatre Company (Australia): FOLEY
"Political agitator Gary Foley presents a swag of stories from a life lived in the spirit of resistance. ... "
Event details: http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3860&idx=1&max=12
Event: Fri 4 November 2011 to February 2012: Townsville, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
Event: February 2012 to May 2012: Queensland Museum
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
- 'Our Generation' Film Reviews
Elimatta:
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater:
Our Generation - Showing in London - page 8
http://www.asgmwp.net/ElimattaWinter2011.pdf
Winter 2011: "The Intervention is yet another example of the appalling treatment the Aboriginal People of Australia have been subjected to in such a short period of time compared to thousands of years of survival. Sinem Saban and Rev. Dr Gondarra supported by the Yolngu people and cinematographer, Damien Curtis, have created a sensitive and realistic view of the plight of those who wish to live a more traditional life in their homelands and of those who appear to be dispossessed." Christine Waterer
Elimatta:
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater:
ASG Information Night: Our Generation - page 6
http://www.asgmwp.net/ElimattaSummer2010.pdf
Summer 2010: "Local resident and journalist, Jeff McMullen introduced "Our Generation", the film by Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis which we were there to see. The film explored in depth the Federal Government Intervention into Aboriginal Communities in the Northern Territory. Jeff had told us that the film’s producers were not having any success in having the film shown on government or commercial media outlets and they were having to screen it in local community halls to show the community at large just what was involved in the Intervention. It is basically a war on Aboriginal culture. The dispossession of the Aboriginal people is simply continuing in a new guise." Carol Gerrard
See:
Our Generation: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater: http://www.asgmwp.net/index.htm
* OTHER NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION ARTICLES:
- Analysis / Opinion
WSWS: Australian government deepens Northern Territory "intervention"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jul2011/ntin-j21.shtml
21 Jul 11: "A "second stage" of the intervention will commence next year, when the emergency legislation was due to expire. ... The intervention has never had anything to do with overcoming Aboriginal poverty or protecting Aboriginal children. The current "consultation" is a smokescreen for implementing a pre-determined agenda, in particular welfare cutting and the removal of all barriers to low-wage labour and corporate profit. The "second stage" like the first, will use Aboriginal people to test measures for use against the entire working class." Susan Allan
- News
NT News: Cheeky sign too much for Canberra
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/07/26/249521_ntnews.html
26 Jul 11: "The cheeky redecorated Intervention sign at Yuendumu has reportedly had a short life. The NT News reported earlier this month that locals had launched a graffiti payback after years of putting up with the much-hated signs. The blue-and-white signs had originally announced grog and porn bans in the community. A new lick of paint and suddenly it said: "Welcome to Yuendumu. If you want porn, go to Canberra." Canberra itself has a thriving sex and porn scene - possibly fuelled by the thousands of Government suits who live there."
Green Left: Cafes, hairdressers and the NT intervention
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48232
23 Jul 11: "Sara Hudson, a research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, recently wrote a comment piece on ABC’s Drum Opinion that supported the Northern Territory intervention. It also attacked public land title in remote Aboriginal communities. The article was what you might expect from a research fellow from the conservative think tank. "Public bad, private good", and so on. But one passage stood out to me, given I had visited many remote Aboriginal communities recently." Peter Robson, Darwin
National Indigenous Radio Service: NT Senator calls for outstation funding
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5997...
22 Jul 11: "Northern Territory Senator Trish Crossin says she will push the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to strip Indigenous outstation communities of funding for services next year."
Amnesty International Australia: Improved lives in the Northern Territory
http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/26265/
22 Jul 11: "In late 2009 Amnesty released a global report titled Going Backwards: Laws fuel discrimination in Australia's Northern Territory. The report highlighted the discriminatory aspects of the Northern Territory Emergency Response, focusing on blanket quarantining of social security payments for Aboriginal people living in 73 'prescribed' communities. Amnesty supporters in Australia and around the world joined with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal activists and organisations campaigning for this and other injustices to be resolved." Sarah Marland and Lucas Jordan
ABC Alice Springs: Macklin visits Centre for intervention talks
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/07/21/3274586.htm
21 Jul 11: "Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin is in the Centre for a series of community consultations about the future of the Federal intervention. ... A criticism of this round of community talks has been the short time frame of just six weeks, but Minister Macklin says this criticism is unwarranted as the process is actually taking much longer."
ABC: Call for tougher stand on welfare payments
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-21/20110721tougher-welfare/2804366
21 Jul 11: "The Northern Territory Opposition says Centrelink should start forcing people to train and apply for vacant positions in remote communities as a requirement of claiming welfare payments. Opposition indigenous affairs spokesman Adam Giles says it is unfair that people in remote Indigenous communities do not have to prove they are looking for work. He says the exemption is encouraging the welfare cycle."
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
CAAMA Radio News 22-07-2011
http://caama.com.au/caama-radio-news-22-07-2011
22 Jul 11: "The Federal Indigenous affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has hit back at critics of the consultation process which is currently taking place with Aboriginal people in the in the Northern Territory."
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Creative Spirits: Northern Territory Emergence Response (NTER) - "The Intervention": http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/northern-terr...
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Northern Territory National Emergency Response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention
Treaty Republic - NT Intervention: http://treatyrepublic.net/search/node/NT%20Intervention
CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) - NT Intervention: http://caama.com.au/?s=NT+Intervention
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney): http://stoptheintervention.org/
'concerned Australians': Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
IRAG (Intervention Rollback Action Group): Mparntwe - Alice Springs: http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/
The Greens: Rachel Siewert: Northern Territory Intervention: http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/category/issues/indigenous-rights...
Crikey - NT Intervention: http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/nt-intervention/
ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) - NT intervention: http://www.antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/nt_intervention
Jobs with Justice: http://jobswithjustice.wordpress.com/
MAIC (Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective): http://maicollective.blogspot.com/
New Matilda - northern territory intervention: http://newmatilda.com/tag/northern-territory-intervention
Amnesty International Australia: Looking back at the Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/24460/
Students For Indigenous Rights - UQ: The Northern Territory Intervention: http://uqsir.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/stir-uq-intervention-intro-fact...
Defending Indigenous Rights: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/
Intervention walk-off's Blog: http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/
Australian Human Rights Commission: Northern Territory ‘Emergency Response' intervention: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/intervention/index.html
FAIRA; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; NACLC: Australia's compliance with CERD - Fact Sheet 2: Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.hrlrc.org.au/files/Fact-Sheet-2-NT-Intervention.pdf
Green Left: Northern Territory intervention: myths and facts: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/39732
WGAR (Working Group for Aboriginal Rights): http://wgar.wordpress.com/
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- News
Green Left: Walk away from uranium mining
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48231
23 Jul 11: "Footprints for Peace, an international grassroots group that organises walks, bike rides and runs around the world, invites families and people of all ages, background and cultures to come and support traditional owners in their opposition to uranium mining in Western Australia by taking part in the "Walk away from uranium mining" that begins in Wiluna on August 19 and finishes in Perth on October 28." Kerrie-Ann Garlick, Perth
National Indigenous Radio Service: Call for level playing field in mining negotiations
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5998...
22 Jul 11: "The head of the country's peak Native Title body says negotiations between traditional owners and mining companies' needs to be reformed to create a level playing field. This issue has reentered the spotlight after an ABC Four Corners report on Monday night highlighted the problems associated in negotiating land use agreements."
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Engagement and trust key to decreasing Aboriginal Youth in trouble with the law
http://caama.com.au/engagement-and-trust-key-to-decreasing-aboriginal-yo...
25 Jul 11: "The over-representation of Aboriginal youth in the criminal justice system accross the country is seen as a national crisis….but in Warnambool in Victoria local programs are having positive effects. While the rates of Aboriginal youth in the criminal justice system are rising accross the country, the number of young aboriginal people in Warnambool being arrested has fallen 40 % in the last couple of years."
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
"Denying Aboriginal children their language at school is psychological abuse" - clinical psychologist
http://caama.com.au/denying-aboriginal-children-their-language-at-school...
25 Jul 11: "Aborignal children attending Territory schools who are denied the right to speak in their first language for the first four hours of each day are being psychologically abused …according to a former teacher who is now a practicing clinical psychologist. Louise Samways, a former Territory Education Department psychologist, who worked at numerous schools throughout the Alice Springs and Barkly Districts, says any practice which denies children an opportunity to be able to understand what is expected of them in their own language, is abusive."
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Committee looks into the significance of Aboriginal language
http://caama.com.au/committee-looks-into-the-significance-of-aboriginal-...
25 Jul 11: "The House of Representaives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander Affairs is calling for submissions into the significance of Aborignal languages and the role they can play in helping to close the disadvantage gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians…. The preservation and maintenance of Aborignal language is seen as being vital for the continuation of strong culture…and the new inquiry hopes to establish the links between language and improving education, community wellbeing, interpreting services and strategies to reduce disadvantage."
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