Newsletter date: 24 September 2015, 7:45am AEST
Contents:
* Media Release: 'concerned Australians': New Book, 'The Intervention - an Anthology', is Very Timely.
published by 'concerned Australians'; edited by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss
* Details of Melbourne Launch: This Thursday, 24th September 2015, 11.30am -1pm Venue: Arena Publications: http://arena.org.au/event/book-launch-the-intervention-an-anthology/
* Audio Interview: Emma Hart spoke with Alastair Nicholson about the new book 'The Intervention - an Anthology': Tuesday Breakfast - 3CR Community Radio: http://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast
* Analysis / Opinion: Jim McIlroy, Green Left Weekly: Racist Intervention dismantled by anthology
* Background:
WGAR News: The Intervention - an Anthology: Melbourne Launch of New Book published by cA - 24 September 2015
Respect and Listen compilation - The Intervention - an Anthology
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
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- Media Release
'concerned Australians': New Book, 'The Intervention - an Anthology', is Very Timely.
published by 'concerned Australians'; edited by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/09/24/new-book-the-intervention-an-antholo...
"In the second half of 2015 it is becoming clearer that many Aboriginal people and their communities "are now so fed up with Government orchestration of the so called policy consultation process that they are asserting their right to discuss the issues on their own and where necessary challenge or resist the oppression," Jeff McMullen AO.
This is leading to growing calls and meetings across the country for the right of Aboriginal people to determine their own futures and for recognition of their sovereignty through treaty or treaties.
Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the Northern Territory where Aboriginal people have now lived under the Intervention for eight years with its consequent disempowerment of Aboriginal communities. In 2012 the Intervention was rebadged and extended for ten years (Stronger Futures and other related package of three laws). This imposed further punitive controls over Aboriginal peoples of the N.T.
With this context the newly published book, "The Intervention – an Anthology", is very timely. ... "
- Details
Details of Melbourne Launch:
Date: This Thursday, 24th September 2015
Time: 11.30am -1pm
Venue: Arena Publications 2 Kerr St. Fitzroy, Melbourne
http://arena.org.au/event/book-launch-the-intervention-an-anthology/
"In this historic anthology, award-winning writers Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss have gathered together the work of twenty of Australian’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."
- Audio Interview
Emma Hart spoke with Alastair Nicholson: Tuesday Breakfast - 3CR Community Radio
http://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast
23 Sep 15: "7.30am Emma spoke with Alastair Nicholson, former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia, about the new book "The Intervention - an Anthology" edited by Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss. The book contains writing from over 20 indigenous and non-indigenous writers about the NT Intervention, which is ongoing. The launch takes place this Thursday 24 September at Arena Publications, 2 Kerr Street, Fitzroy. Attendees must RSVP by calling Pia on 0419 541 733."
For more information or to get a copy of the book listeners can visit http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ or http://www.booktopia.com.au
- Analysis / Opinion
Green Left Weekly: Racist Intervention dismantled by anthology
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/60138
21 Sep 15: " ... June 21 marked eight years since the introduction by the Howard government of one of Australia's most racist policies - the Northern Territory National Emergency Response package - otherwise known as the NT Intervention. ... The Intervention: An Anthology is a devastating expose of the realities of the Intervention as it affects the Aboriginal people of the NT. Edited by award-winning authors Rosie Scott and Dr Anita Heiss, the anthology includes statements by Aboriginal elders, poetry, commentary, fiction and non-fiction contributions from a wide variety of writers. ... " By GLW author Jim McIlroy
- Bio
GLW author Jim McIlroy - Green Left Weekly
https://www.greenleft.org.au/taxonomy/term/576
- Background
WGAR News: The Intervention - an Anthology: Melbourne Launch of New Book published by cA - 24 September 2015
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/09/16/wgar-news-the-intervention-an-anthol...
Respect and Listen compilation - The Intervention - an Anthology
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
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: 18 September 2015)
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