Newsletter date: 19 August 2015
Contents:
* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Why Deafening Silence: on Constitutional Recognition?
* Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles
* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
* News: The Gympie Times: Police praised on bail compromise in native title row [featuring Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka]
* Analysis / Opinion: Sandy Toussaint, The Conversation: Putuparri and the Rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture, life and law
* Fundraising: Chuffed: Wongutha Birni Means All of Us! By Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Coorporation, Kalgoorlie, WA
* Background:
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
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- Media Release
Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Why Deafening Silence: on Constitutional Recognition?
SU: http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/why-deafening-silence-constitutio...
German Indymedia: Australian prime minister's Aboriginal advisers 'out of touch': https://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/150770#comment-154495
17 Aug 15: "Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, Head of State of the Euahlayi Republic and co-founder of the 1972 Aboriginal Embassy said from Goodooga today:
"As the Gurindji celebrate the 40th anniversary of former PM Gough Whitlam announcing the return of land at Daguragu, Wave Hill, Northern Territory, we have to ask ourselves why the deafening silence from the proponents of Recognition in the Australian Constitution, after PM Tony Abbott refuses to support 'Indigenous-led' community consultations on the implications of the proposed referendum. ...
Obviously our well reported protest against the secret meeting at Kirribilli on 6 July 2015 hit the mark. [ http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/tony-abbotts-summit-constitutional-re... ]
Noel Pearson was propelled into admitting the meeting was stage-managed and then Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, revealed his defeatist attitude when PM Abbott has refused to meet their request for community meetings on the referendum. His reported saying: "For me it is one of those moments where I feel like curling up in the foetal position under the doona." does not inspire confidence in the government chosen so-called 'leader'. ... "
- Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles:
Sovereign Union: Recent 'Constitutional Recognition' Articles: with Teasers http://nationalunitygovernment.org/tags/constitutional-reform
Sovereign Union: Over 50 related 'Constitutional Recognition' Articles - SU http://sovereignunion.mobi/search/node/Constitutional%20Reform
New Matilda - Constitutional Reform https://newmatilda.com/search/node/constitutional%20reform
Red Flag - Constitutional Recognition articles https://redflag.org.au/search/node/constitutional%20recognition
Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: Aboriginal 'recognition'-a cover for Abbott’s assimilation http://www.solidarity.net.au/best/aboriginal-recognition-a-cover-for-abb...
- About
About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/about-sovereign-union-and-our-org...
"The Sovereign Union was first formed at a meeting on 12-14 June 1999 on Mt Kaputar, near Narrabri, NSW. A delegation was sent to Geneva to the UN Working Group of the Commission on Human Rights to take our sovereign voices to the international community. The Sovereign Union was further formalised with a Foundation Meeting of the 'Sovereign Union – interim Unity Government' at the Kuradji Tent Embassy, near Wollongong, New South Wales on May 25 2012. As First Nations Peoples it is now imperative that we unite and rebuild as sovereign independent nations, in order to assert our sovereign title and rights throughout Australia. This will be a major political and legal fight, but it is our future for not just us, but for our children and our grandchildren. ... "
- Colour Poster
Sovereign Union Organisational Structure:
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/sovereign-union-organisationa...
- News
The Gympie Times: Police praised on bail compromise in native title row [featuring Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka]
http://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/new-land-rights-row-in-gympie-court-b...
18 Aug 15: " A MAN facing a week in jail after refusing to recognise Queensland law, emerged smiling from Gympie Watchhouse yesterday afternoon. Gary Tomlinson had appeared in court under his tribal name Wit Boooka. After a weekend in custody charged with trespass, he told the court he maintained a refusal to provide fingerprints and DNA. Yesterday, his supporters praised Gympie police for helping reach a compromise in what may be Australia's newest Aboriginal land rights battleground. Gympie police yesterday found the common ground in what had seemed an intractable dispute between the law and Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka. ... "
- Analysis / Opinion
The Conversation: Putuparri and the Rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture, life and law
https://theconversation.com/putuparri-and-the-rainmakers-is-a-stunning-s...
14 Aug 15: "Putuparri and the Rainmakers (2015) is about the courage of Putuparri Tom Lawford, a Kimberley Wangkajunga man whose determined love of family, culture and traditional lands takes him on a hard yet profoundly rewarding journey all the way back to his desert home. Directed by the Chinese-born film director Nicole Ma over a decade, Putuparri’s grandparents, Wirrali, activist and artist Nyilpirr Ngalyaku “Spider” Snell and Dolly Juguja Snell, define much of Putuparri’s story and the film’s fine-grained narrative. Integrated throughout, we see footage of 40 artists and claimants working collaboratively on the distinctive painting of the Ngurrara Canvas at at the Pirnirni desert site prior to National Native Title tribunal hearings in 1997. ... " Sandy Toussaint, Associate Director Berndt Museum at University of Western Australia
- Fundraising
Chuffed: Wongutha Birni Means All of Us!
By Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Coorporation
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
https://www.chuffed.org/project/wongutha-birnimeansallofus
"A little bit of context: Wongutha Birni aims to preserve, protect, and promote Aboriginal culture, heritage and art of the Eastern Goldfields Region. It is a hub for activities to enhance the development of the art and craft industry and create socio-economic opportunities for Aboriginal people in Kalgoorlie and the surrounding remote communities and towns. Wongutha Birni has been the major community partner in the Western Desert Kidney Health Project www.westerndesertkidney.org.au and continues to partner with major health research projects in the Goldfields. ... "
- Background
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
https://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/background-to-constitutional-recogni...
(Last updated: 30 April 2014)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 18 August 2015)
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: 18 August 2015)
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