Newsletter date: 16 February 2014
Contents:
* 'concerned Australians': 'In the Absence of Treaty' book launch Waurn Ponds (Vic) with screening of 'Utopia' - 6 March 2014
* 'concerned Australians': 'In the Absence of Treaty' book launch Mona Vale (NSW) with screening of 'Utopia' - 10 March 2014
* 'concerned Australians': 'In the Absence of Treaty' book launch Ryde (NSW) with screening of 'Utopia' - 28 June 2014
* ACM Sydney: 'In the Absence of Treaty' launched in Canberra
* Graeme Mundine, ACM Sydney: Launch of 'In the Absence of Treaty' - Canberra
* Dr John Falzon, St Vincent de Paul Society: The history of colonisation - 'In the Absence of Treaty' Book Launch, ANU
* TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and share
* WGAR News: Yolngu Nations Assembly (YNA) supports the call for treaties with indigenous peoples (10 Feb 14)
* WGAR News: IQ2 Debate: True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty: ABC TV Big Ideas (5 Feb 14)
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* 'CONCERNED AUSTRALIANS': 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' BOOK LAUNCH WAURN PONDS (VIC) WITH SCREENING OF 'UTOPIA' - 6 MARCH 2014
- Book launch
'concerned Australians': In the Absence of Treaty
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ITAT
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ITAT_booklaunches.html#Waurn_Ponds
Waurn Ponds (VIC) - Thursday, 6 March 2014, 6:30pm for 7pm
in conjunction with the screening of Utopia,
John Pilger’s film on Aboriginal Australia (entry free) ...
Organised by:
* Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group,
* Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative,
* the Institute of Koorie Education and
* concerned Australians"
* 'CONCERNED AUSTRALIANS': 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' BOOK LAUNCH MONA VALE (NSW) WITH SCREENING OF 'UTOPIA' - 10 MARCH 2014
- Book launch
'concerned Australians': In the Absence of Treaty
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ITAT
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ITAT_booklaunches.html#Mona_Vale
"Mona Vale (NSW) - Monday, 10 March 2014, 7.30pm
in conjunction with the screening of Utopia,
John Pilger’s film on Aboriginal Australia (entry free) ...
Speaker: Paddy Gibson, Associate producer of the documentary "Utopia"
Organised by the Aboriginal Support Group Manly Warringah Pittwater (ASGMWP)"
* 'CONCERNED AUSTRALIANS': 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' BOOK LAUNCH RYDE (NSW) WITH SCREENING OF 'UTOPIA' - 28 JUNE 2014
- Book launch
'concerned Australians': In the Absence of Treaty
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#ITAT
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ITAT_booklaunches.html#Ryde
"Ryde (NSW) – Saturday, 28 June 2014, 1:30pm
Book presentation in conjunction with the screening of Utopia,
John Pilger’s film on Aboriginal Australia (entry free)
This event is part of the Guringai Festival 2014. ...
Organised by the Bennelong Reconciliation Group"
* ACM SYDNEY: 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' LAUNCHED IN CANBERRA
- News
ACM Sydney: In the Absence of Treaty launched in Canberra
http://acmsydney.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/in-the-absence-of-treaty-launc...
12 Feb 14: "Last week concerned Australian’s latest book was launched in Canberra at the ANU Coop. The speakers were: Graeme Mundine, Executive Officer of the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, John Falzon, CEO of the St Vincent De Paul Society and Professor Jon Altman, Research Professor at CEAPR.
Graeme’s speech ITAT_Canberra launch [ http://acmsydney.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/itat_canberra-launch.pdf ]
To read John Falzon’s speech click here [ http://www.vinnies.org.au/page/Publications/National/Articles_and_speech... ]
To buy the book and find out more about Stronger Futures – http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ "
* GRAEME MUNDINE, ACM SYDNEY: LAUNCH OF 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' - CANBERRA
- Speech
Launch of In the Absence of Treaty- Canberra
Graeme Mundine, Executive Officer, Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, Sydney Archdiocese
http://acmsydney.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/itat_canberra-launch.pdf
6 Feb 14: "Governments often talk about resetting relationships with Aboriginal peoples. Mostly this means same old same old with different buzz words. What we need is for Government to heed what Aboriginal peoples have been telling them for years about how to work with us and negotiate properly. As is suggested in the book this could mean a binding legal contract to ensure Aboriginal peoples have the certainty required to obtain real selfdetermination. These contracts might be considered treaties. Not just a mention in the Constitution or recognition that we were here first ... "
* DR JOHN FALZON, ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: THE HISTORY OF COLONISATION - 'IN THE ABSENCE OF TREATY' BOOK LAUNCH, ANU
- Speech
St Vincent de Paul Society: The history of colonisation - "In the Absence of Treaty" Book Launch, Australian National University, 6th February 2014
Dr John Falzon
http://www.vinnies.org.au/page/Publications/National/Articles_and_speech...
6 Feb 14: " ... I don’t know how to read the country, but I’m learning how to listen to it. There are places all over Australia where the country is calling out to us, where the Old People of the country are calling out to us, where the hidden histories are calling out to us... reminding us that another kind of world is possible. And that the blood of our sisters and brothers cries out to us from the ground. This blood calls us to struggle and to reflect. A struggle for justice that makes no room for reflection will be defeated by its own lack of clarity. And, reflection that does not come from, or lead to, struggle is nothing more than the dancing of clouds. ... "
* TREATY - CHANGE.ORG PETITION FOR TREATY - PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE
- Petition
Change.org petition TREATY
Petitioning To the Australian Government, To the Prime Minister, To the Attorney-General
Petition by Gerry Georgatos, Bridgetown, Australia
Change.org : http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/to-the-australian-government-to-th...
Gerry Georgatos, http://indymedia.org.au/2014/01/20/treaty-changeorg-petition-for-treaty-...
"TREATY is the justice - when TREATY is here, "that'd be the justice" said a Central Desert Elder to me.
When we settle for less, in general we are left with 'the less', period.
TREATY is about justice, about humanity, about equality. TREATY will best define the Australian peoples and the ways forward. ...
Far too many narratives of tragedy, of stories untold, voices unheard, unbearable ordeals have occurred - they need not continue. "TREATY is the justice."
I ask all my fellow Australians to coalesce in and with humanity to sign this petition and call upon our Government, upon the Prime Minister and upon the Attorney-General, and upon all our parliamentarians, to move without delay, in bringing on the national conversations for TREATY - to not stand in the way of our Aboriginal and Torres Islander brothers and sisters in defining and in bringing about TREATY.
TREATY will enrich the national consciousness. ... "
[Editorial Note: WGAR respectfully acknowledges that there are many Aboriginal Sovereign Nations and there is a potential for many Sovereign Treaties and/or Peace Accords.]
* WGAR NEWS: YOLNGU NATIONS ASSEMBLY (YNA) SUPPORTS THE CALL FOR TREATIES WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (10 FEB 14)
- Compilation
WGAR News: Yolngu Nations Assembly (YNA) supports the call for treaties with indigenous peoples (10 Feb 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/02/10/wgar-news-yolngu-nations-assembly-yna...
"Contents:
* Yolngu Nations Assembly (YNA) supports the call for treaties with indigenous peoples
* 'concerned Australians': Yalmay’s Speech on behalf of Dr. M Yunupingu
* 'concerned Australians', Vimeo: In The Absence of Treaty book launch Sydney
[Featuring Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Jeff McMullen]
* Respect and Listen: Review of ‘In the Absence of Treaty’ by The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC ... "
* WGAR NEWS: IQ2 DEBATE: TRUE RECONCILIATION REQUIRES A TREATY: ABC TV BIG IDEAS (5 FEB 14)
- Compilation
WGAR News: IQ2 Debate: True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty: ABC TV Big Ideas (5 Feb 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/02/04/wgar-news-iq2-debate-true-reconciliat...
"Contents:
* ABC TV Big Ideas: IQ2 Debate: True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty
[Featuring Peter Sutton, George Williams, Mark Yettica-Paulson, Mick Dodson, Tony Birch, Gregory Phillips, Michael Williams]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Treaty
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yalmay Yunupingu discusses call for Treaty
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yalmay Yunupingu learns of the calls for TREATY
* NIT: Utopia shows Scullion's truancy army is no substitute for a Treaty
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Prime Minister Tony Abbott opines for Treaty ... "
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Last updated: 11 February 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
* BACKGROUND TO 'STRONGER FUTURES' NEW NT INTERVENTION LAWS:
Last updated: 11 February 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt...
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