WGAR News: Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty: Rachel Evans & Richard Fan, Green Left

Newsletter date: 13 April 2015

Contents:

* Voices from the Treaty Forum: Rachel Evans & Richard Fan, Green Left: Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty

* Videos: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): Videos from the Treaty Forum
[Videos include: Compilation, Introduction by Jeff McMullen, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Brenda Croft, Natalie Cromb, Amala Groom, Discussion & Community Voices]

* Audio Interview: Dom Vukovic, The Wire: First Nation's Women calling for a Treaty
[Featuring Aboriginal Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]

* Audio: Dom Vukovic, 2SER - Real Radio: Indigenous recognition in the Constitution, what does it mean?
[Featuring Paddy Gibson, Brenda Croft & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]

* Background Video: SBS On Demand: Opinion Piece: First Nations Women On Treaty 1 [expires 26 Apr 15]
[Featuring Jeff McMullen, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Brenda Croft, Natalie Cromb & Amala Groom]
* STICS Background: NITV Video clips of the Treaty Forum
[Featuring Jeff McMullen, Brenda L Croft, Natalie Cromb, Amala Groom, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Malcolm Fraser]

* STICS Updates on the Treaty Forum: http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum
* Respect and Listen Background to the Treaty Forum: http://www.respectandlisten.org/

* WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement

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- Voices from the Treaty Forum

Green Left: Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58715
9 Apr 15: "More than 150 people filled the Redfern Community Centre on March 20 to discuss a treaty for Australia’s first people. Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS), the event was hosted by veteran journalist Jeff McMullen and televised by National Indigenous TV. As coverage of female Aboriginal voices are rare among mainstream discourses, their retelling of their pasts and hopes for the future captivated the room. Natalie Cromb, a Gamileraay woman, said that a treaty "would help the Australian government keep its word to the Aboriginal people". ... Amala Groom, a Wiradjuri woman ... , noted that a treaty "would recognise the sovereignty of the First Nations over their land", ... Brenda Croft, a Gurindji/Malngin/Mudpurra artist, praised the massive protests against WA community closures. ... Finally, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks recounted the brutal history of conquest against the Aboriginal people, ... " By GLW author Rachel Evans & Richard Fan

about GLW - the need for alternative media
https://www.greenleft.org.au/
"In these days of growing media concentration, Green Left Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality. By printing the news and ideas the mainstream media won't, Green Left Weekly exposes the lies and distortions of the power brokers and helps us to better understand the world around us."

- Videos

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): Videos from the Treaty Forum
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum#Trea...
[Videos include: Compilation, Introduction by Jeff McMullen, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Brenda Croft, Natalie Cromb, Amala Groom, Discussion & Community Voices]

- Audio Interview

The Wire: First Nation's Women calling for a Treaty
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=12562
http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/firstnationstreatyWEB.mp3
30 Mar 15: "The proposed constitutional referendum recognising Indigenous Australians has bipartisan support. But a panel of esteemed Indigenous Women has called instead for a 'treaty' between Indigenous people and the Australian government. A treaty to legally recognise Indigenous sovereignty over the land. ... " Produced by Dom Vukovic
Featured in story: Aboriginal Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

- Audio

2SER - Real Radio: Indigenous recognition in the Constitution, what does it mean?
[Featuring Paddy Gibson, Brenda Croft & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]
http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/14504-calling-for-constitutional-c...
" ... Between now and then debate is likely to focus around the issue of what that term 'recognition' actually means, paritcularly in light of the removal of Aboriginal communities from their lands in Western Australia. Will it be an important symbolic acknowledgement of Australia's first peoples, or is there an opportunity for Constitutional recognition to mean something more? 2SER's Dom Vukovic reports" Producer: Dom Vukovic

- Background Video

SBS On Demand: Opinion Piece: First Nations Women On Treaty 1
[Featuring Jeff McMullen, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Brenda Croft, Natalie Cromb & Amala Groom]
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/418195523899/Opinion-Piece-First-Na...
Aired on 27 March 2015 on NITV; Expires on 26 April 2015, 7:30pm.
"Redfern Community is hosting a forum to discuss the merits of Treaty. Speakers include Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, [Brenda Croft,] Natalie Cromb and Amala Groom, all First Nation Women."

- STICS Background

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): NITV Video clips of the Treaty Forum
[Featuring Jeff McMullen, Brenda L Croft, Natalie Cromb, Amala Groom, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Malcolm Fraser]
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum/nitv

- Background

STICS Updates on the Treaty Forum:
http://stoptheintervention.org/past-events/20-mar-2015-treaty-forum
"Content:
Audio
Forum Info
Media Coverage
NITV Coverage
Photos
Promotion
Quotes
STICS Bulletin
STICS Media Release
Vale Malcolm Fraser
Videos"

- Background

Respect and Listen Background to the Treaty Forum:
http://www.respectandlisten.org/
http://www.respectandlisten.org/treaty.html

- 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: 29 March 2015)

- Background

WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 31 March 2015)

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