Newsletter date: 27 January 2013
Contents:
* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic
* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA
* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police
* Background to the justice for Kumentjaye Briscoe campaign
* Other articles
* THE WEST AUSTRALIAN: 'TENT EMBASSY' RETURNS TO HEIRISSON ISLAND
- News
The West: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/15955570/tent-embassy-heirisson-...
25 Jan 13: "About 60 people have gathered on Heirisson Island this morning for cultural talks and ceremony. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags festooned the island, along with signs proclaiming it as the Noongar Tent Embassy. Noongar Tent Embassy member Helen Corbett said the group wanted to come to Matagarup, the traditional name for the island, to "celebrate their rights as sovereign people" and "educate people about the recognition of our sovereignty." ... "The 25th was the last taste of freedom. That’s the theme of today’s gathering. ... "" Rebecca Trigger, The West Australian
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Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
http://caama.com.au/radio#tabs-6
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/am-25-1.mp3
25 Jan 13: "Former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner Tom Calma wants a national debate on whether Australia Day should be moved to a more neutral date."
* BACKGROUND TO NYOONGAR TENT EMBASSY, HEIRISSON ISLAND, PERTH, WA
Last updated: 20 August 2012
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/nyoongar-tent-embassy-heirisson-islan...
* BACKGROUND TO THE ABORIGINAL SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT:
Last updated: 26 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...
* TRACKER: MATURE AUSTRALIA NEEDS NEW FLAG: ACADEMIC
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newsTracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic
http://tracker.org.au/2013/01/mature-australia-needs-new-flag-academic/
25 Jan 13: "Australian National University academic Dr John Blaxland has revealed a new design that incorporates the current Australian flag, the Union Jack and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. ... His design starts with the black and red of the Aboriginal flag but replaces the sun with the seven-pointed Federation Star. It is filled with 250 dots to represent the range of indigenous languages combined with the native tongues of immigrants."
See:
About Tracker
http://tracker.org.au/about-us/
"Tracker magazine is a publication of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Australia’s largest Aboriginal organisation."
* SBS LIVING BLACK: APPROVAL GRANTED TO DESTROY ABORIGINAL HERITAGE SITES
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SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
By Marc Tong
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/aboriginal/highlight/page/id/251330/t...
25 Jan 13: "Traditional owners, environmentalists, the Australian Greens and members of the Broome community in Western Australia are outraged at the WA government's decision to approve the destruction of Aboriginal heritage sites in the region. The Minister for Indigenous Affairs Peter Collier has granted Woodside Energy Limited approval under the WA Aboriginal Heritage Act, Section 18, to begin investigative works as part of its $40 billion dollar liquefied natural gas plans. ... The traditional owners who have claimed ownership over the area are the Goolarabooloo people and the Jabir Jabir people."
* ABC: NUMBER OF LAND ACQUISITION MISTAKES UNKNOWN
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ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-24/grylls-defends-land-challenges/448...
24 Jan 13: "The State Government says it still does not know how many projects are vulnerable to legal challenge because of mistakes made acquiring land. Late last year, the Government was forced to restart the compulsory acquisition of land north of Broome for the Browse LNG project because the correct process had not been followed. It was then revealed the same problem, a failure to notify the Native Title Tribunal of the Government intention to take the land, had been made on acquisitions dating back to the 1990's."
* BACKGROUND TO THE SAVE THE KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN - JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, WA
Last updated: 25 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
* SBS LIVING BLACK: NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST POLICE
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SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police
By Carla Mascarenhas
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/aboriginal/highlight/page/id/251328/t...
25 Jan 13: "The Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions has defended his decision not to investigate possible criminal charges in the case of Kwementyaye Briscoe. Despite committing no crime, Kwementyaye Briscoe was taken into custody for being drunk in January 2012. The Northern Territory Coroner Greg Cavanagh found that the probable cause of Mr Briscoe's death was a combination of being very drunk, positional asphyxia and aspiration, which is the act of inhaling fluid into the bronchi and lungs, that obstructed his airways."
* BACKGROUND TO THE JUSTICE FOR KUMENTJAYE BRISCOE CAMPAIGN:
Last updated: 15 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-the-justice-for-kumentj...
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
http://caama.com.au/radio#tabs-6
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/am-25-1.mp3
25 Jan 13: "A leading Australian human rights advocacy group says that the federal governments draft Human Rights and anti discrimination Bill has the potential to make anti discrimination laws in this country more effective but government will still have the power to override them if it sees thee need."
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: Constitutional recognition argued to protect against discrimination
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7786-constitutional-recognition-...
25 Jan 13: "The Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples says the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution is necessary to avoid racially-discriminatory legislation. Les Malezer will convene a discussion on sovereignty and constitutional recognition in Canberra tomorrow. A Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into constitutional recognition began this week. Mr. Malezer told 98.9fm the Racial Discrimination Act isn't enough to protect Indigenous people from raced-based laws and it must be done in the Constitution."
newsTracker: Gillard challenged over NT senator plan
http://tracker.org.au/2013/01/gillard-challenged-over-nt-senator-plan/
25 Jan 13: "NATIONAL: Prime Minister Julia Gillard continues to be criticised for her decision to personally elevate Olympian Nova Peris to the number one spot on the Labor Northern Territory Senate ticket. ... "What’s in fact been done is to override the possibility … of a much better qualified and experienced Aboriginal candidate in Marion Scrymgour getting the nod in favour of someone who isn’t a member of the Labor party, doesn’t live here, has never had any involvement in politics. ... " [said former NT Labor politician Ken Parish]"
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