Newsletter date: 31 January 2013
Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: The burning issue of deaths in custody - Aboriginal people die 5 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody
* The West: Offshore Browse move hard to stop: EPA
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA
* Tracker: Nova Peris wins NT Senate pre-selection
* ABC PM Audio: Nova Peris endorsed
* Tracker: Peris choice is 'extremely positive': Albo
* Tracker: Senate move could jeopardise Stolen Gen compo bid
* Canberra Times: Crossin calls for NT stolen generation payout
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire, Editor of Tracker Magazine
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: The struggle against racism in Australia
* Other articles
* GERRY GEORGATOS, INDYMEDIA AUSTRALIA: THE BURNING ISSUE OF DEATHS IN CUSTODY - ABORIGINAL PEOPLE DIE 5 TIMES THE RATE OF APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
- Analysis / Opinion
Indymedia Australia: The burning issue of deaths in custody - Aboriginal people die 5 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/29/the-burning-issue-of-deaths-in-custod...
29 Jan 13: "Deaths in Custody continues and at the same abominable rates since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991). However the rates of custodial deaths that led to the call for the Royal Commission were actually less than since the end of the Royal Commission. So what has gone wrong, why are deaths in custody - proportion to prison populations and in terms of crude totals - on the rise? Several years ago as part of my PhD research into Australian Custodial Systems and Australian Deaths in Custody I did the comparative sums on deaths in custody in countries ... " By Gerry Georgatos
See:
Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia
http://indymedia.org.au/users/gerry-georgatos/track
About Indymedia Australia
http://indymedia.org.au/about
"Indymedia is a collective providing a platform for grassroots media-makers to create radical, accurate, and passionate coverage of struggles and movements working for social, environmental and economic justice. Everyone is a witness. Everyone is a journalist."
* BACKGROUND TO ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT AND DEATHS IN CUSTODY:
Last updated: 24 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/12/17/background-to-aboriginal-imprisonment...
* THE WEST: OFFSHORE BROWSE MOVE HARD TO STOP: EPA
- News
The West: Offshore Browse move hard to stop: EPA
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16011871/offshore-browse-move-ha...
30 Jan 13: "WA's top environment defender says he could be powerless to stop a bid to process gas offshore from Woodside's $40 billion Browse project, potentially undermining Premier Colin Barnett's campaign against the plan. Environmental Protection Authority chairman Paul Vogel made the comments as speculation swirls that Woodside and its joint venture partners are preparing to jettison a land-based plant at James Price Point as too costly. ... Royal Dutch Shell, has publicly stated it wants to use its world-leading floating LNG technology, ... to cut costs." Peter Kerr, The West Australian
* BACKGROUND TO THE SAVE THE KIMBERLEY CAMPAIGN - JAMES PRICE POINT, NORTH OF BROOME, WA
Last updated: 30 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/11/22/wgar-news-background-to-the-save-the-...
* TRACKER: NOVA PERIS WINS NT SENATE PRE-SELECTION
- News
newsTracker: Nova Peris wins NT Senate pre-selection
http://tracker.org.au/2013/01/nova-peris-wins-nt-senate-pre-selection/
29 Jan 13: "NATIONAL: Nova Peris has officially won pre-selection to run as a Labor Senate candidate in the Northern Territory. The ALP national executive confirmed the Olympic athlete had been pre-selected on Tuesday, prevailing over four other candidates. "It’s a vote of confidence I am determined to live up to," Ms Peris told reporters in Darwin. Prime Minister Julia Gillard personally drafted Ms Peris, causing tension in the party because she effectively dumped sitting NT Labor senator Trish Crossin."
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."
* ABC PM AUDIO: NOVA PERIS ENDORSED
- Audio
ABC PM: Nova Peris endorsed
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2013/s3678845.htm
29 Jan 13: "Indigenous Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris has been officially endorsed to run for the ultra-safe Senate position in the Northern Territory. At the next federal election, she's expected to become Australia's first Indigenous woman in Federal Parliament. The Prime Minister's decision to bypass the normal pre-selection process sparked a backlash in the Territory branch of the ALP (Australian Labor Party). The woman who's been forced to make way for Nova Peris, the incumbent Labor Senator Trish Crossin, has accepted today's result. But she has thrown down a fresh challenge to Nova Peris to show she'll stand up for Indigenous people. Sara Everingham reports from Darwin."
- Related Audio
SBS Radionews Podcasts: Peris officially pre-selected
http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/Podcasts/radionews/episode/251807/Peris-o...
29 Jan 13: "Nova Peris has officially won pre-selection to run as a Labor Senate candidate for the Northern Territory. ... The ALP national executive has confirmed the Olympic athlete has been pre-selected for Labor's number one spot on the Territory ticket. Peggy Giakoumelos reports."
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
http://caama.com.au/radio#tabs-6
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/am-29-1.mp3
29 Jan 13: "Aboriginal members of the ALP in the Northern Territory will flood Labor’s national executive with Senate nominations to protest the expected preselection of Nova Peris."
- Related News
The Australian: Nova Peris lashes 'failed' intervention
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/peris-lashes...
30 Jan 13: "LABOR'S star recruit Nova Peris has attacked the Northern Territory intervention in remote indigenous communities as a "failed policy" after Labor's national executive endorsed her as the party's Senate candidate. But Ms Peris said she endorsed Labor's replacement Stronger Futures legislation to improve conditions in indigenous communities."
* TRACKER: PERIS CHOICE IS 'EXTREMELY POSITIVE': ALBO
- News
newsTracker: Peris choice is 'extremely positive': Albo
http://tracker.org.au/2013/01/peris-choice-is-extremely-positive-albo/
29 Jan 13: "NORTHERN TERRITORY: Indigenous ALP members in the Northern Territory plan to flood Labor’s national executive with Senate nominations in protest at the expected preselection of Nova Peris, but government frontbencher Anthony Albanese says the Olympic gold medallist is a sound choice. NT Labor Senate preselection candidate Marion Scrymgour says the nominations should be seen as an objection to Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s intervention in the preselection process last week."
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."
* TRACKER: SENATE MOVE COULD JEOPARDISE STOLEN GEN COMPO BID
- News
newsTracker: Senate move could jeopardise Stolen Gen compo bid
http://tracker.org.au/2013/01/senate-move-could-jeopardise-stolen-gen-co...
29 Jan 13: "NORTHERN TERRITORY: The decision by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to fast track Nova Peris into the Senate at the next election could jeopardise a bid to have the Commonwealth government compensate members of the Stolen Generations in the Northern Territory. Dis-endorsed NT Labor Senator Trish Crossin today revealed she had been working for the past four years with NT members of the Stolen Generations to ensure they received compensation. Senator Crossin publicly challenged Ms Peris to acknowledge the importance of compensation ... " By Brian Johnstone
See:
Stories by Brian Johnstone - Tracker
http://tracker.org.au/author/brian/
"Brian Johnstone is a Walkley and Human Rights award winning journalist, and is employed by the NSW Aboriginal Land Council."
About Tracker
http://tracker.org.au/about-us/
"Tracker magazine is a publication of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Australia’s largest Aboriginal organisation."
* CANBERRA TIMES: CROSSIN CALLS FOR NT STOLEN GENERATION PAYOUT
- News
Canberra Times: Crossin calls for NT stolen generation payout
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/crossin-calls-for...
30 Jan 13: "Dumped Labor Senator Trish Crossin is calling for Aboriginal people who were forcibly taken from their parents in the Northern Territory to be given financial compensation. Senator Crossin, who’s lost preselection for Labor’s safe Northern Territory Senate seat, told ABC's 7.30 that Prime Minister Julia Gillard should ensure members of the stolen generation are compensated for what they went through. She says other states already have compensation programs in place, ... "
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS AMY MCQUIRE, EDITOR OF TRACKER MAGAZINE:
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Amy McQuire
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
10 Dec 12: Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire, Editor of Tracker Magazine
"Subscribe to get the Tracker Magazine monthly http://tracker.org.au/ "
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/amy-mcquire-3/
See:
98.9FM Brisbane - Let's Talk
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
About 989fm
http://www.989fm.com.au/about-989fm/
"To be an appropriate media service for the cultural and economic independence of Indigenous people."
* EMMA MURPHY, GREEN LEFT: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM IN AUSTRALIA
- Analysis / Opinion
Green Left: The struggle against racism in Australia
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53185
29 Jan 13: "But, while some may ignore or downplay the ugly side of Australia’s history, there is no escaping the facts: January 26 is the day Aboriginal dispossession began. It marks the beginning of a process of genocide, of land-grabbing, unpaid wages, and the smashing of traditional cultures to replace them with what we now know as Australia. Is that worth celebrating? If so, it reveals something of the racism deeply embedded in Australia’s history. ... Dispossession did not end - January 26 is not simply an historical anniversary, it is a painful and sobering reminder of the racism entrenched in mainstream Australian politics today." By Emma Murphy
See:
Emma Murphy - Green Left Weekly
http://www.greenleft.org.au/taxonomy/term/653
About GLW - the need for alternative media
http://www.greenleft.org.au/about
"In these days of growing media concentration, Green Left Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality."
* 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-28-1-update.mp3
28 Jan 13: "The decision by a QLD magistrate to overturn bail conditions which prevented three Aboriginal Sovereign Tent Embassy campaigners returning to the site was unexpected and will send ripples around the country."
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: 75 years of Day of Mourning protest celebrated
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7789-75-years-of-day-of-mourning...
29 Jan 13: "The 75th anniversary of the historic Day of Mourning protest for Aboriginal rights was celebrated at the annual Yabun Festival in Sydney on the weekend. In 1938, the Aborigines Progressive Association and supporters rallied at Sydney's Australian Hall and presented a 10-point plan of action for gaining Indigenous rights. It's been documented as the first national protest for Aboriginal rights in Australian history. Wes Patten, grandson of the Association's first President, Jack Patten, re-read the speech to the Yabun audience."
National Indigenous Radio Service: Students 'must see culture represented at school'
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7787-students-must-see-culture-r...
29 Jan 13: "An expert in Aboriginal education has called on Australian schools to increase their engagement with Indigenous families and communities to improve student outcomes. Michael Williams was the head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland for 19 years before retiring in 2010. Mr. Williams says Indigenous students will feel more comfortable if they see their people and culture represented at their school."
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