WGAR News: Recognise Secret Meeting: Snap Protest March over Sydney Harbour Bridge: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union

Newsletter date: 5 July 2015

"Protest March
Monday 6 July

Gather in park next to Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour from 8.30am for
10am March over Sydney Harbour Bridge to North Shore
Bring 'No Vote' Banners, Megaphones, Flags etc"

Contents:

* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Recognise Secret Meeting: Snap Protest March over Sydney Harbour Bridge

* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure

* Support: Donations - Sovereign Union: http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/node/2

* Audio Interviews: NIRS Weekly News-in-Review [featuring Celeste Liddle & Michael Anderson]

* News Analysis / Opinion: Ghillar Michael Anderson, First Nations Telegraph: Prime Minister hosting secretive ‘Indigenous Leaders’ meeting at Kirribilli House

* News Analysis / Opinion: Ghillar Michael Anderson, First Nations Telegraph: Callout to protest against Constitutional Recognition

* Homepage of First Nations Telegraph: Your Free Online Daily News - 100% Owned & Operated by Our Mob: http://www.firstnationstelegraph.com/

* Background:

WGAR News: Decolonisation: to be or not to be included in the Constitution?: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: 'That Word' Treaty - The Value of Historical Insights - 2009: http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/word-treaty

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

- Media Release

"Protest March
Monday 6 July

Gather in park next to Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour from 8.30am for
10am March over Sydney Harbour Bridge to North Shore
Bring 'No Vote' Banners, Megaphones, Flags etc"

Sovereign Union: Recognise Secret Meeting: Snap Protest March over Sydney Harbour Bridge
http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/recognise-secret-meeting-snap-pro...
3 Jul 15: "The protest being called for Monday 6 July is vital to show that Aboriginal Sovereign Nations and Peoples are fighting back and will no longer be dictated to. This is our future and cannot be decided by the white majority with a multicultural mix. It has been said in the past that we have been too passive in our resistance, so let us reassure Australia and the rest of the world that we have never accepted their assimilation."
"Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, co-founder of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic said today from Sydney:
I am aware that this is short notice, but important none the less. We need to show how corrupt and evil this Commonwealth government is. In a so-called democratic state such as Australia one would not expect the veil of secrecy now being applied to a so-called public call for a referendum for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have always been free and independent sovereign states with proprietary rights and interests over all natural resources in this country. ...
We have one common objective – this Country is ours, always was and always will be. It is time to pay up and we are coming to collect. We will not be wiped out by a deceitful 'Recognise' referendum. We are now rebuilding our pre-existing nationhood. They know it and they fear it. This is what they don't tell the public."

- 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...

 - Support

Donations - Sovereign Union
http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/node/2
"We must put an end to all political and historical theories and bring the sovereignty issue into the world of reality." Michael Anderson
"Sovereign Union' is not a government controlled movement but an independent Aboriginal Grassroots Sovereignty movement without a budget. ... Thank you for supporting the Aboriginal sovereignty movement ... "

- Audio Interviews

NIRS Weekly News-in-Review [featuring Celeste Liddle & Michael Anderson]
http://www.nirs.org.au/PROGRAMS/NIRS-Weekly-News-in-Review
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvtpmnufv9mauo6/Weekly%20News%20In%20Review%20...
"This week's episode is presented by Cassandra Tim.
This week:
* First Nations opinion blogger Celeste Liddle talking about recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution;
* Convenor of the Sovereign Union of First Nations Michael Anderson calls to rally against the reforms; ...
Credits: Producers: Adam Evans and Cassandra Tim"

- News Analysis / Opinion

Ghillar Michael Anderson, First Nations Telegraph: Prime Minister hosting secretive ‘Indigenous Leaders’ meeting at Kirribilli House
http://www.firstnationstelegraph.com/#!opinions/c15po
http://issuu.com/first_nations_telegraph/docs/prime_minister_hosting_sec...
3 Jul 15: "Locating the venue for the Constitutional recognition gathering of Abbott, Shorten and 40 ‘Indigenous Leaders’ who are all unknown, is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so much for the democratic process."

- News Analysis / Opinion

Ghillar Michael Anderson, First Nations Telegraph: Callout to protest against Constitutional Recognition
http://www.firstnationstelegraph.com/#!opinions/c15po
http://issuu.com/first_nations_telegraph/docs/callout_to_protest_against...
1 Jul 15: "Clearly an important aspect of the issues under discussion is Aboriginal citizenship and our relationship to the rest of Australia."

- Homepage

First Nations Telegraph:
Your Free Online Daily News - 100% Owned & Operated by Our Mob:
Keeping Our Mob Connected

http://www.firstnationstelegraph.com/

- Background

WGAR News: Decolonisation: to be or not to be included in the Constitution?: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/15/wgar-news-decolonisation-to-be-or-no...

WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 2 July 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: 2 July 2015)

Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: 'That Word' Treaty - The Value of Historical Insights - 2009
http://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/word-treaty

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WGAR News: "If Tony Abbott badly wants it, it won't be in the interests of First Nations people and will be in the interests of international mining giants".

Newsletter date: 6 July 2015, 5:30pm AEST

This newsletter: https://indymedia.org.au/2015/07/06/wgar-news-if-tony-abbott-badly-wants...

Contents:

* News & Photos: SBS News: Indigenous protesters call for a Treaty

* Timeline Photos: Sovereign Union, facebook: Constitutional Recognition - The arguments that mainstream media is hiding from you

* Background:

Survey: IndigenousX: Constitutional Recognition Survey - Data Analysis by Celeste Liddle and Survey Conducted by IndigenousX
Analysis: Celeste Liddle for IndigenousX, The Guardian: 87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition. You'd know if you listened
Sovereign Union: Constitutional History and Independent Constitutional Reform links
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

- Audio

The Wire: A step closer to Recognition

Featuring Alice Haines, protest organiser

Produced by Ninah Kopel

http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=12907
http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/ninah%20constitutional%20recognition%20a...

6 July 2015:

"Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten have met in an unprecedented act of bipartisanship to discuss what a future referendum might look like. Indigenous leaders from around the country were at the meeting, in what the prime minister describes as a significant step towards a 2017 referendum for constitutional recognition. Outside the meeting, a small but loud crowd gathered in protest, saying that they want sovereignty and not recognition."

Featured in story:
* Alice Haines, protest organiser
* Tony Abbott, Prime Minister
* Tanya Hosch, Joint Campaign Director at Recognise
* Patrick Dodson, former Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation