WGAR News: Gerry Georgatos, WikiLeaks Party WA Senate candidate, speaks out for First Nations Peoples

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/09/2013 - 12:11pm

Newsletter date: 1 September 2013

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Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, WikiLeaks Party WA Senate candidate, appeals for support in the upcoming Federal election
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos, Human Rights Advocate, Editor of 'The Stringer' and Senate Candidate for the WikiLeaks Party
* WikiLeaks Party Candidate: Western Australia - Gerry Georgatos
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Julian Assange interviewed on what the WikiLeaks Party will mean to Aboriginal peoples
* The WikiLeaks Party homepage

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Barbara Shaw, candidate for the Australian Greens
* CAAMA Radio: Candidate Barb Shaw says Greens will make a difference

* The Wire: Jeff McMullen backs First Nations candidate for the Senate [Aboriginal Elder from Utopia, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]

* Background to NT Aboriginal candidates in the upcoming 2013 Federal elections

* GERRY GEORGATOS, WIKILEAKS PARTY WA SENATE CANDIDATE, APPEALS FOR SUPPORT IN THE UPCOMING FEDERAL ELECTION

"My brothers and sisters, ... I will forever stand alongside my First Nations brothers and sisters and take their voices like never before into the Senate."
Gerry Georgatos, WikiLeaks Party WA Senate candidate

- Political Appeal

WikiLeaks is still a real chance, but only if you make it happen, for history and for all our sakes.
http://freepdfhosting.com/25579c72b7.pdf
"WikiLeaks Senators are desperately needed but we can't do it without your primary vote... We are a real chance if enough of you vote for us straight up, and then do your preferences as you like. WikiLeaks can't do the paid advertising, doesn't get the fair press, can't respond to many attacks on us because we don't have the resources to be heard or given a fair audience, because we are still young... however we can have you, people power, your vote, the spreading of the word, the common sense and heart and soul of those who think deeply about the imperatives that WikiLeaks is... For WikiLeaks Senators in Vic (Assange), NSW (Tranter) and WA (myself) we need you to spread the word day in day out everywhere, everywhere, to everyone you know. ... I have spent a lifetime among our poorest, the homeless, among the impoverished of our First Nations peoples, among our most disadvantaged and at-risk, those who injustice scorns, and if I am elected their voices will be heard, most of them for the first time, in the Senate." Authorised by Gerry Georgatos, WikiLeaks Party WA Senate candidate, PO Box 519 Fremantle, 6959

* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS GERRY GEORGATOS, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE, EDITOR OF 'THE STRINGER' AND SENATE CANDIDATE FOR THE WIKILEAKS PARTY

- Audio

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Gerry Georgatos
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
26 Aug 13: "Human Rights Advocate, Editor of 'The Stringer' and Senate Candidate for the WikiLeaks Party"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/gerry-georgatos-14/

- Related Audio

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Gerry Georgatos
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
5 Aug 13: "Human Rights Advocate, Editor of 'The Stringer' and Senate Candidate for the WikiLeaks Party"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/gerry-georgatos-13/

* WIKILEAKS PARTY CANDIDATE: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - GERRY GEORGATOS

The WikiLeaks Party Candidates: Western Australia - Gerry Georgatos
[scroll down page] http://www.wikileaksparty.org.au/candidates/
"The ability to discover the truth is outstripped by the capacity to manifest deceit - The WikiLeaks Party is an opportunity to challenge this premise."
"Gerry Georgatos is a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, an investigative journalist and a PhD researcher in Australian Custodial Systems and Deaths in Custody. ... Gerry has travelled widely among remote Aboriginal communities and extensively researched Aboriginal homelessness, poverty, imprisonment and suicide rates. ... His advocacy in fighting racism has been longstanding and he has completed two Masters topically covering racism and the ways forward."

* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: JULIAN ASSANGE INTERVIEWED ON WHAT THE WIKILEAKS PARTY WILL MEAN TO ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

- Interview

The Stringer:
Julian Assange interviewed on what the WikiLeaks Party will mean to Aboriginal peoples
http://thestringer.com.au/julian-assange-interviewed-on-what-the-wikilea...
10 Aug 13: "There is a new political party on the horizon - the WikiLeaks Party. Founded by Julian Assange the fledgling party is bidding for Canberra through the Senate. They have seven Senate candidates including Julian Assange. ... Mr Assange said that the WikiLeaks Party stands alongside all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their struggle and right to self-determination. The party has an eleven member National Council, with one of its national councillors Gamilaroy man Luke Pearson." By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist

- Related News

The Stringer:
Three of The Stringer's writers are WikiLeaks Party candidates
http://thestringer.com.au/three-of-the-stringers-writers-are-wikileaks-p...
27 Jul 13: "In a surprising turn of events three of The Stringer‘s writers are running in the coming Federal Election as Senate Candidates for The WikiLeaks Party. This article is a declaration of impartiality conflicts of interests on behalf of the three, and therefore they will not contribute articles to The Stringer in covering the Federal Election. ...
Three of the seven Senate Candidates are writers for The Stringer.
Gerry Georgatos is The WikiLeaks Party lead Senate Candidate for Western Australia.
Suresh Rajan is The WikiLeaks Party number two Senate Candidate for Western Australia.
Dr Binoy Kampmark is The WikiLeaks Party number three Senate Candidate for Victoria." By The Stringer

* THE WIKILEAKS PARTY HOMEPAGE

- Homepage

The WikiLeaks Party - Transparency Accountability Justice
http://www.wikileaksparty.org.au/

* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS BARBARA SHAW, CANDIDATE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GREENS

- Audio Interview

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Barbara Shaw
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
27 Aug 13: "Candidate for the Australian Greens House of Representatives for the Federal Seat of Lingiari."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/barbara-shaw-13/

See:

WGAR News: Barbara Shaw & Warren H. Williams: NT Greens Aboriginal Electoral Candidates (18 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/18/wgar-news-barbara-shaw-warren-h-willi...

* CAAMA RADIO: CANDIDATE BARB SHAW SAYS GREENS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

- Audio Interview

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association: Candidate Barb Shaw says Greens will make a difference
http://caama.com.au/candidate-barb-shaw-says-greens-will-make-a-difference
26 Aug 13: "Greens candidate for Lingiari, Barb Shaw has long been an anti-intervention campaigner and, an advocate for improving the quality of life for Aboriginal people. Her decision to run for the Greens she says is a reflection of their beliefs. "The Greens are standing up for what matters and what matters the most is the people in the country, and that is what the Greens have been fighting for ever since Bob Brown foundered the Greens party." If elected, the Greens candidate promises to put an end to the Stronger Futures policy, provide support for kidney dialysis and mental health in the bush, and reintroduce bilingual education. "Learning in language helps our kids achieve and keep culture strong.""

* THE WIRE: JEFF MCMULLEN BACKS FIRST NATIONS CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE

- Audio Interview

The Wire: Jeff McMullen backs First Nations candidate for the Senate
Produced by Lisa Burns
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10750
28 Aug 13: "Treaties and the future of the Stronger Futures legislation are issues that many Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory are hoping the major parties will consider during this election period. Aboriginal Elder from Utopia, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who has campaigned fiercely against Stronger Futures and the Intervention, has decided to take matters into her own hands and is bidding for a seat in the Senate. Journalist and former foreign correspondent, Jeff McMullen, has spent years covering Indigenous rights issues here in Australia and abroad, and is travelling around the country to support Rosalie in her campaign.
Featured in story:
Jeff McMullen, Journalist, Indigenous rights advocate, CEO of Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth "

See:

WGAR News: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Ken Lechleitner: Australia's First Nations Political Party candidates (21 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/19/wgar-news-rosalie-kunoth-monks-ken-le...

* BACKGROUND TO NT ABORIGINAL CANDIDATES IN THE UPCOMING 2013 FEDERAL ELECTIONS

- Compilations

WGAR News: Australia's First Nations Political Party proudly announces pre-selection of candidates (12 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/wgar-news-australias-first-nations-po...

WGAR News: Barbara Shaw & Warren H. Williams: NT Greens Aboriginal Electoral Candidates (18 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/18/wgar-news-barbara-shaw-warren-h-willi...

WGAR News: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Ken Lechleitner: Australia's First Nations Political Party candidates (21 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/19/wgar-news-rosalie-kunoth-monks-ken-le...

WGAR News: Let's Talk interviews Jeff McMullen about NT Aboriginal candidates in upcoming elections (27 Aug 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/26/wgar-news-lets-talk-interviews-jeff-m...