Newsletter date: 29 September 2013
Contents:
* Paddy Gibson, Overland Literary Journal: Stolen Futures
* Callum Denness, Eureka Street: The ethics of paternalism in Aboriginal policy
* A new John Pilger film, Utopia, to be released in UK cinemas in November
* SNAICC News: Brisbane workshop to support healing for survivors of forcible removal
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT
* The Wire: Time for an indigenous PM say young speechmakers [Featuring Darren Bradey and Lachlan]
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham about First Nations voting patterns in the 2013 Federal election
* Jeff McMullen, Tracker: Voting is a matter of trust
* Background to NT Aboriginal candidates in the 2013 Australian Federal elections
* PADDY GIBSON, OVERLAND LITERARY JOURNAL: STOLEN FUTURES
- Analysis / Opinion
Overland Literary Journal: Stolen Futures
http://overland.org.au/previous-issues/issue-212/feature-paddy-gibson/
Spring 2013: "The battle to end the Northern Territory Intervention is still being fought. While Commonwealth legislation continues to mark Aboriginal people as second-class citizens, 'solutions' based on punishment and control will remain central to the national agenda. ... We need to remove the knife and stop the cutting. Large-scale removal of children cannot be allowed to stand as a 'solution' to the oppression and grinding poverty Aboriginal people continue to suffer Australia wide." By Paddy Gibson: a senior researcher with the Jumbunna Indigeous House of Learning, UTS; a founding member of the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney; co-editor of Solidarity magazine
* CALLUM DENNESS, EUREKA STREET: THE ETHICS OF PATERNALISM IN ABORIGINAL POLICY
- Analysis / Opinion
Eureka Street: The ethics of paternalism in Aboriginal policy
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=38226
24 Sep 13: "The ethical question posed in first year arts courses is whether the end can ever justify the means; whether the deprivation of one's liberty can ever be considered an ethical response to a problem. For Aboriginal people, the answer to that question can be found in rates of abuse and alcoholism which have not reduced despite the intervention, or its continuation under Stronger Futures. The answer can be found in an adult incarceration rate 14 times higher than non-Aboriginal adults, and 31 times higher among Aboriginal juveniles; a life expectancy gap of 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females. The answer? Paternalism never has, and never will work for Aboriginal people." Callum Denness, lives in Melbourne. His background is in filmmaking, art and journalism. He was awarded Second Prize in the 2013 Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers for the above essay.
* A NEW JOHN PILGER FILM, UTOPIA, TO BE RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS IN NOVEMBER
- Launch
John Pilger website: A new John Pilger film, Utopia, to be released in UK cinemas in November
http://johnpilger.com/articles/a-new-john-pilger-film-utopia-to-be-relea...
25 Sep 13: "The launch of the film in Australia will consist of special screenings at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney, leading up to 'Australia Day' on 26 January 2014, followed by a cinema release. Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. "This film is a journey into that secret country," says Pilger in Utopia. "It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance - from one utopia to another"."
* SNAICC NEWS: BRISBANE WORKSHOP TO SUPPORT HEALING FOR SURVIVORS OF FORCIBLE REMOVAL
- News
SNAICC News: Brisbane workshop to support healing for survivors of forcible removal
[SNAICC: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care]
http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1211
13 Sep 13: "Marumali are hosting a five day workshop in Brisbane for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander service providers who support members of the Stolen Generations and their families. Marumali workshops have been designed by Lorraine Peeters, an Aboriginal survivor of past removal policies. The workshop aims to empower practitioners so that they can provide appropriate, effective and safe support to clients who are survivors of Australia's forcible removal policies. The workshop equips participants with a number of strategies to work with issues of trauma related to forced removal, ... "
- Event
Event: 2 to 6 December 2013 (5 days): West End, Brisbane, Qld
5 day Workshop for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander service providers who support
members of the Stolen Generations and their families
Venue: Queensland and Islander Health Council
Event details: http://www.snaicc.org.au/news-events/fx-view-article.cfm?loadref=32&id=1211
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Last updated: 19 September 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
* BACKGROUND TO 'STRONGER FUTURES' NEW NT INTERVENTION LAWS:
Last updated: 19 September 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...
* BACKGROUND TO 'KEEPING THEM HOME': CAMPAIGN AGAINST FORCED ABORIGINAL ADOPTION IN THE NT
Last updated: 15 September 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/03/background-to-keeping-them-home-campa...
* THE WIRE: TIME FOR AN INDIGENOUS PM SAY YOUNG SPEECHMAKERS [FEATURING DARREN BRADEY AND LACHLAN]
- Audio Interview
The Wire: Time for an indigenous PM say young speechmakers
Produced by Sarah Spencer
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10869
26 Sep 13: "Ten young Aboriginal people will soon deliver speeches to federal parliament on why Australia needs an indigenous PM. They are the finalists in a program which has involved over 600 Aboriginal students around the country. AIME is a mentoring program for young indigenous people and this particular campaign is called The Other Election.
Featured in story:
* Darren Bradey, AIME communication manager
* Lachlan, finalist from Rockhampton"
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS CHRIS GRAHAM ABOUT FIRST NATIONS VOTING PATTERNS IN THE 2013 FEDERAL ELECTION
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Chris Graham
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
25 Sep 13: "Freelance Journalist, [former] editor of Tracker Magazine and creator of chrisgrahamatlarge.com "
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/chris-graham-73/
* JEFF MCMULLEN, TRACKER: VOTING IS A MATTER OF TRUST
- Analysis / Opinion
agendaTracker: Voting is a matter of trust
http://tracker.org.au/2013/09/voting-is-a-matter-of-trust/
6 Sep 13: "NATIONAL: For the advancement of Australia’s First Peoples the main question in this Federal election is who can you trust, asks Jeff McMullen. All of our political leaders know this is true, with the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott declaring that trust is the overarching issue around Australia. Yet the major parties will have a very hard time convincing Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders that there is any evidence, any historical pattern of trust that would allow voters to pin hopes on promises of change." By Dr Jeff McMullen AM, one of Australia’s most respected journalists, a winner of the UN Media Peace Prize, prolific in Aboriginal affairs
* BACKGROUND TO NT ABORIGINAL CANDIDATES IN THE 2013 FEDERAL ELECTIONS
Last updated: 19 September 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/09/01/background-to-nt-aboriginal-candidate...
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