Newsletter date: 5 October 2015
Contents:
* Intro:
'concerned Australians': The Intervention - an Anthology: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#INTANT
Respect and Listen: The Intervention - an Anthology: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
* Videos: STICS 2 Sept 2015 Intervention Anthology panel discussion featuring Larissa Behrendt, Thalia Anthony, Eva Cox & Paddy Gibson
* Videos: STICS on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/stics
* WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
WGAR News postings on Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/newswire
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WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
- Intro
'concerned Australians': The Intervention - an Anthology: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#INTANT
Respect and Listen: 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."
- Videos
STICS 2 Sept 2015 Intervention Anthology panel discussion featuring Larissa Behrendt, Thalia Anthony, Eva Cox & Paddy Gibson
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney:
Panel Discussion: The Intervention - An Anthology
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/2-sept-2015-intervention-anth...
Wednesday, 2 Sept. 2015
Redfern Community Centre
"Speakers:
Larissa Behrendt: Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS
Eva Cox: Research Fellow at Jumbunna, UTS
Thalia Anthony: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UTS
Paddy Gibson: Senior Researcher, Jumbunna, UTS"
"Video coverage:
Introduction by Paddy Gibson ...
Larissa Behrendt ...
Thalia Anthony ...
Eva Cox ...
Paddy Gibson ... "
- Videos
STICS on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/stics
- Background
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...
"This background info web-page includes compilations related to the NT Intervention along with other NT issues."
(last updated: 18 September 2015)
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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
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