Newsletter date: 2 August 2015; last updated 10:45am AEST to include Intervention anthology launch on 2 September 2015 Sydney
Contents:
Respect and Listen Compilation: The Intervention: an Anthology:
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
Description about "The Intervention - an Anthology":
Booktopia: The Intervention: an Anthology by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss
The Intervention: an Anthology Book Reviews:
Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald: In short: non-fiction book reviews
Linda Jaivin goodreads, Linda's Reviews > The Intervention: an anthology
The Intervention: an Anthology book launches - Darwin & Sydney:
* Upcoming Events:
Respect and Listen: The Intervention: an Anthology book launches
[scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
4 August 2015: NT Darwin launch: Charles Darwin University
12 August 2015 - Parramatta
26 August 2015 - Gleebooks, Glebe
2 September 2015 - Sydney
14 September 2015 - Mona Vale, NSW
Respect and Listen: Intervention Anthology launches and events: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
* Past Events:
Respect and Listen: 1 July 2015 - National launch in Sydney: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
Video clips from the launch: 1. Compilation; 2. Welcome to Country and Introduction; 3. Rosie Scott; 4. Pat Anderson; 5. Ali Cobby Eckermann
Speech at original launch of The Intervention: an Anthology: Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
More SBS and ABC media coverage on original launch of The Intervention: an Anthology
Respect and Listen: 9 July 2015 - Ashfield Library: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
Video clips of the speakers coming soon ...
Building Bridges 2015 - Parramatta:
* Upcoming Events:
5th, 12th, 19th & 26th of August Building Bridges 2015: Reconciliation For Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/building-bridges/building-bridge...
* Homepage:
Reconciliation For Western Sydney: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/
Background:
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR News postings on Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/newswire
WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
Respect and Listen Compilation: The Intervention: an Anthology
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
"In this historic anthology, award-winning writers Dr Anita Heiss and Rosie Scott have gathered together the work of twenty of Australia’s finest writers both Indigenous and non-Indigenous together with powerful statements from Northern Territory Elders to bring a new dimension and urgency to an issue that has remained largely outside the public radar. Anna Funder has described the book as ‘an indispensable contribution to the debate.’ It’s been a long time in the making. ... "
Description about "The Intervention - an Anthology":
Booktopia: The Intervention: an Anthology by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss
http://www.booktopia.com.au/the-intervention-an-anthology-rosie-scott/pr...
"Book Description: One of the most invasive, puzzling and unprecedented actions by a government in Australian history – the 2007 NT Intervention by the Howard Government- has resulted in an ongoing and flagrant breach of human rights. ... In compelling fiction, memoir, essays, poetry and communiqués, the dramatic story of the Intervention and the despair, anguish and anger of the First Nations people of the Territory comes alive. The Intervention: an Anthology is an extraordinary document – deeply moving, impassioned, spiritual, angry and authoritative –it’s essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this passionate opposition. ... "
The Intervention: an Anthology Book Reviews:
Fiona Capp, Sydney Morning Herald: In short: non-fiction book reviews
The Intervention: An Anthology, Edited by Rosie Scott and Anita Heiss, 'concerned Australians', $25
[scroll down page] http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/in-short-nonfiction-book-revie...
27 Jun 15: "Eight years after the federal government sent troops and police into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, the verdict is grim. Almost none of the recommendations in the report Little Children Are Sacred, which was cited as the motivation for the intervention, have been addressed. Co-author of the report, Pat Anderson, concludes that the intervention was "neither well-intentioned nor well evidenced". Her disturbing conclusion is that it was driven by the Howard government's desire to undermine land rights, an ideological campaign dressed up as concern for child welfare. ... "
Linda Jaivin goodreads, Linda's Reviews > The Intervention: an anthology
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1322997284?book_show_action=true&f...
2 Jul 15: "This is an important book, one that every Australian (and non-Australian interested in the rights of First Nation peoples) ought to read. Since Prime Minister John Howard launched the military-led Intervention into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory in 2007, there has been intermittent discussion of its methods, consequences and ongoing effects in the Australian media, but until now, it has been difficult for even sympathetic outsiders to understand the full range, import and impact of this complex, neo-paternalistic policy on life in the NT. ... "
The Intervention: an Anthology book launches - Darwin & Sydney:
- Upcoming Events
Respect and Listen: The Intervention: an Anthology book launches
[scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
"4 August 2015 - NT Darwin launch
Tuesday, 4 August 2015 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Charles Darwin University,
in the new Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education(ACIKE) Precinct, Building Blue 2,
at Casuarina Campus.
Speakers:
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks,
Jeff McMullen
TBC
Please RSVP by Friday, 31 July 2015
12 August 2015 - Parramatta
Wednesday, 12 August 2015 - 7:30pm
The Jubilee Room, Parramatta Town Hall
182 Church Street Mall
Speaker tbc
Part of Building Bridges 2015
http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/building-bridges/building-bridge...
26 August 2015 - Gleebooks, Glebe
Wednesday August 26, 6pm for 6.30pm
Panel discussion with Nicole Watson, Pam Newton & Rosie Scott"
To buy tickets and for more info:
https://gleebooks.worldsecuresystems.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=227914
2 September 2015 - Sydney
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
Time and location tbc
Speakers:
Larissa Behrendt, Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS
Eva Cox, Research Fellow at Jumbunna, Indigenous House of Learning at UTS
14 September 2015 - Mona Vale, NSW
Monday, 14 September 2015 - 7.30pm
Speaker: Jeff McMullen, journalist and film-maker
Hosted by the Aboriginal Support Group MWP: http://www.asgmwp.net/index.htm
Respect and Listen: Intervention Anthology launches and events
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
- Past Events:
Respect and Listen: 1 July 2015 - National launch in Redfern, Sydney: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
Video clips from the launch:
1. Compilation
2. Welcome to Country and Introduction
3. Rosie Scott
4. Pat Anderson
5. Ali Cobby Eckermann
- Speech at original launch of The Intervention: an Anthology
Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
AHRC: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/speeches/northern-territory-interven...
Respect and Listen: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/a...
1 Jul 15: " ...The Intervention presents a raw cry of pain and bewilderment that all Australians should read if they genuinely want to understand the impact of the intervention in human and personal terms. ... But this anthology does so much more than document the legal terms of the Intervention. Rather, it is a work of art in which the authors provide individual perspectives on the impacts of the Intervention. There is a kaleidoscope of writing styles and approaches that are sometimes reflective and sometimes instantaneous responses, ranging from the time of the intervention in 2007 to the present. ... "
- More SBS and ABC media coverage on original launch of The Intervention: an Anthology
SBS: Call for new debate on The Intervention's impacts
SBS: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/07/03/call-new-debate-interventi...
Podcast: http://www.sbs.com.au/podcasts/naca/radionews/episode/423401/Call-for-ne...
3 Jul 15: " ... Eight years after the Northern Territory Intervention was enacted, 34 Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have put together their personal reflections on its impact. In a new book entitled The Intervention: An anthology*, the group says it wants to reignite debate on the ongoing impacts of the event in Indigenous communities today. ... "
SBS Podcast: New debate on the going impacts of the intervention in Indigenous communities
http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/vietnamese/en/content/new-debate-goin...
3 Jul 15: "Eight years after the Northern Territory Intervention was enacted, almost 30 prominent Indigenous Australians have put together their personal reflections on its impact."
ABC News: Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs criticises NT intervention in remote Aboriginal communities
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-02/gillian-triggs-criticises-nt-inter...
http://aboriginalhumanrights.org/index.php/the-news/2638-triggs-slams-nt...
2 Jul 15: " ... Professor Gillian Triggs used a book launch in Sydney last night to describe the 2007 Northern Territory intervention in remote Aboriginal communities as "a sad chapter" in Australia's history. Professor Triggs said the government showed little regard for the rule of law and the intervention happened without consultation. She said her new book, The Intervention: an Anthology, outlined a gross "breach of the basic principles of public international law". ... "
ABC AM: Gillian Triggs unbowed by months of government rancour
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4265831.htm
2 Jul 15: " ... Professor Triggs says the intervention happened without consultation. ... I think it is time that we assessed: What have been the benefits of this intervention? Has it been worth the breaches of fundamental freedoms and rights? Should we have suspended the Race Discrimination Act? Should we have insisted on medical checks of children? Could we have done this in a more consultative and appropriate way? ... "
Respect and Listen: 9 July 2015 - Ashfield Library: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology/e...
Building Bridges 2015 - Parramatta:
- Upcoming Events
Wednesdays 5th 12th 19th & 26th of August Building Bridges 2015: Reconciliation For Western Sydney
http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/building-bridges/building-bridge...
"Building Bridges provides an opportunity to come and hear both Indigenous and non-Indigenous presenters sharing their knowledge, expertise and personal experience in in informal and relaxed atmosphere. ... "
"5 Aug:
Natalie Cromb - Treaty https://www.facebook.com/events/1668933253341762/
Heidi Norman - The History of Land Rights in NSW
12 Aug:
(new speaker to be confirmed) - Intervention Update
Howard Bath - The effect of the Intervention on children
19 Aug:
Chris Burke & the Yarramundi Kids - Domestic Violence
Graeme Merrit - Closure of Remote Homelands and Communities
26 Aug:
Graeme Cordiner - Myall Creek History & Future Museum
Leanne Tobin - Aboriginal Spirituality: Feet on Country"
"Location: The Jubilee Room, Parramatta Town Hall"
Brochure: http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/wp-content/uploads/building_brid...
- Homepage
Reconciliation For Western Sydney
Building Bridges Between Aboriginal Peoples and other Australians
http://reconciliation4westernsydney.org/
Background:
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/03/26/wgar-background-to-treaties-with-abo...
(last updated 11 July 2015)
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/08/wgar-background-intervention-into-no...
(last updated 17 July 2015)
WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/08/background-plans-to-close-aboriginal...
(last updated 12 July 2015)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated 29 July 2015)
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