Newsletter date: 8 February 2013
Contents:
* Accent of Women, Radio 3CR: "Marie Sailor, an Aboriginal elder whose wages were stolen"
* "Landmark Stolen Generations Test Case Begins in Perth" Media Statement
* Tracker: Stolen Gen victims begin landmark compensation trial
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews William Hayward of ATSILS
* Background: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander responses to Royal Commission into child sexual abuse
* NIRS: Health provider regrets lack of community control
* NIRS: Territorians continue to speak out against funding cuts
* SNAICC Newsletter January, hot off the press
* ALS News: Issues with DoCS or FaCS?
* Green Left TV: Socialist Alliance stands up for the Burrup
* Green Left TV: David Beniuk - January 26
* Other articles
* ACCENT OF WOMEN, RADIO 3CR: "MARIE SAILOR, AN ABORIGINAL ELDER WHOSE WAGES WERE STOLEN"
- Audio Interview
3CR Community Radio 855 AM - Podcasts
Accent of Women - 6 Feb 2013
[scroll down page] http://www.3cr.org.au/podcast
Listen to this interview on-line: http://pod.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2013-02-05-81817.mp3
6 Feb 13: "This week on Accent of Women, we hear the story of Marie Sailor, an Aboriginal elder whose wages were stolen by the Queensland State Government under the "Protection Act"."
See:
3CR Community Radio 855 AM - Who we are
http://www.3cr.org.au/about_3CR
"The radio station was established in 1976 to provide a voice for those denied access to the mass media, particularly the working class, women, Indigenous people and the many community groups and community issues discriminated against in and by the mass media."
* "LANDMARK STOLEN GENERATIONS TEST CASE BEGINS IN PERTH" MEDIA STATEMENT
- Media Statement
Landmark Stolen Generations Test Case Begins in Perth
ALSWA: http://www.als.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=253:b...
4 Feb 13: "It’s been a long and emotional journey but today marks the beginning of the landmark Stolen Generations test case in the Supreme Court of Western Australia where it will run for the next five weeks.
On Sorry Day in 2010 law firm Lavan Legal lodged a Writ on behalf of nine members of the Collard family, including parents Donald and Sylvia, whose children were removed without consent and placed in state care between 1958 and 1961.
The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) and law firm Lavan Legal have worked closely with family members, acutely aware of the important significance of this case, not only for the Collard family, but for the thousands of Aboriginal people who were also stolen from their families. ... "
See:
Our History
http://www.als.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&It...
"ALSWA is currently the largest community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal organization in Australia. It provides legal aid services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Western Australia in accordance with grant conditions imposed by the Commonwealth Department of the Attorney General."
* TRACKER: STOLEN GEN VICTIMS BEGIN LANDMARK COMPENSATION TRIAL
- News
newsTracker: Stolen Gen victims begin landmark compensation trial
http://tracker.org.au/2013/02/stolen-gen-victims-begin-landmark-compensa...
5 Feb 13: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Members of the Stolen Generations have begun a five-week trial in the West Australian Supreme Court seeking compensation. The case against the state has been brought by seven siblings and their parents, Donald and Sylvia Collard. The children were all removed from their parents and placed into state care between 1958 and 1961. Aboriginal Legal Service of WA chief executive Dennis Eggington said the effects of being forcibly removed from their families had had heartbreaking inter-generational effects on many people."
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."
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS WILLIAM HAYWARD OF ATSILS
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - William Hayward
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
1 Feb 13: Tiga Bayles interviews William Hayward
"Law and Justice Advocacy Developmental Officer at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS)
William speaks about The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry and the release of the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse Terms of Reference"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/william-hayward-2/
See:
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."
* BACKGROUND: ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER RESPONSES TO ROYAL COMMISSION INTO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Last updated: 26 January 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/20/background-aboriginal-torres-strait-i...
* NIRS: HEALTH PROVIDER REGRETS LACK OF COMMUNITY CONTROL
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: Health provider regrets lack of community control
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7817-health-provider-regrets-lac...
6 Feb 13: "The head of a key Darwin Aboriginal health service says governments must be more willing to put important programs in the hands of Indigenous people. Olga Havnen is CEO of the Danila Dilba Health Service ... Ms. Havnen told Brisbane radio station 98.9fm a lack of confidence in Aboriginal people to organise and run their own programs isn't helpful. "There's a lot of language around at the moment around partnerships and yet I see very few examples of genuine partnerships, where the decision-making may well be joint decision-making. ... ""
See:
About the National Indigenous Radio Service
http://www.nirs.org.au/about-us
"NIRS provides what is arguably an essential service; a two-way communication of radio and internet products and services via a national radio network."
* NIRS: TERRITORIANS CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST FUNDING CUTS
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: Territorians continue to speak out against funding cuts
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7808-territorians-continue-to-sp...
4 Feb 13: "A protest against the Northern Territory Government's decision to discontinue funding for a number of Aboriginal programs was held in Darwin recently. Chief Minister Terry Mills has been criticised for not extending the funding of a wide range of social and health programs for Indigenous people. These include Stronger Aboriginal Families, Together, the Balunu Foundation and the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation's Night Patrol program. The chief executive of Larrakia, Ilana Eldridge, says the NT Government must invest in Aboriginal people."
See:
About the National Indigenous Radio Service
http://www.nirs.org.au/about-us
"The National Indigenous Radio Service Limited (NIRS) is a national service provided from a hub station residing in Brisbane. It networks material for Indigenous media organisations that don't have the staffing or capital requirements to provide a 24-hour high quality broadcast to their audience."
* SNAICC NEWSLETTER JANUARY, HOT OFF THE PRESS
- News
SNAICC Newsletter January, hot off the press
http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=966
6 Feb 13: "In This Issue:
Prime Minister names Royal Commissioners, New centre at Halls Creek looks to become a one-stop shop, Budget cuts a major blow to children and families in NT, Victoria on the way to Aboriginal guardianship, National campaign to reduce number of children in child protection system, SNAICC wins Indigenous Governance Award and more.... "
"The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC). SNAICC is the national non-government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families."
* ALS NEWS: ISSUES WITH DoCS OR FaCS?
- News and Fact Sheets
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): ALS News: Issues with DoCS or FaCS?
http://www.alsnswact.org.au/news_items/77
6 Feb 13: " Two new Fact Sheets have been produced by ALS Care and Protection Lawyers to help people who may be having dealings with FaCS - Family and Community Services, which used to be called DoCS. ALS Care and Protection lawyers are currently building a suite of Fact Sheets to help Aboriginal families who are dealing with FaCS. The new Fact Sheets talk about what happens if FaCS comes to your front door, and what happens if FaCS takes your children. The Fact Sheets can be found on the ALS website ... "
See:
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) - About Us
http://www.alsnswact.org.au/pages/about-us
" The ALS is a proud Aboriginal organisation. We opened our doors in 1970 in Redfern as the first Aboriginal Legal Service in Australia – that makes us over 40 years old! The ALS does legal work in Criminal law and Children’s Care and Protection law. We assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men, women and children through representation in court, advice and information, and referral to further support services."
* GREEN LEFT TV: SOCIALIST ALLIANCE STANDS UP FOR THE BURRUP
- Video
Green Left TV: Socialist Alliance stands up for the Burrup
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53228
4 Feb 13: "Socialist Alliance national conference supporting the campaign for UNESCO world heritage listing for the oldest rock art in the world at the Burrup in northern WA."
See:
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."
* GREEN LEFT TV: DAVID BENIUK - JANUARY 26
- Song
Green Left TV: David Beniuk - January 26
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53229
4 Feb 13: "Song by David Beniuk: January 26. Video by Green Left TV"
See:
About GLW - the need for alternative media
http://www.greenleft.org.au/about
"By printing the news and ideas the mainstream media won't, Green Left Weekly exposes the lies and distortions of the power brokers and helps us to better understand the world around us."
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
http://caama.com.au/radio#tabs-6
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/am-6-02.mp3
6 Feb 13: "West Australian Aboriginal academic Professor Ted Wilkes says it is sad that Aboriginal people have had to use a firm of internationally recognised financial analysts to argue their case that massive savings can be made by governments if they diverted Aboriginal offenders into community rehabilitation programs."
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