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WGAR News: Petition against Northern Territory's paperless arrest laws reaches 12,000 signatures, to be delivered to Attorney-General: Avani Dias, ABC News

Newsletter date: 23 September 2015; last updated 6:50pm AEST, 22 September 2015

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* Take Action Online: Amnesty International Australia: Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

* News Analysis: Avani Dias, ABC News: Petition against Northern Territory's paperless arrest laws reaches 12,000 signatures, to be delivered to Attorney-General

When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia’s deplorable pace of change is glacial

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Last year I founded a campaign to urge of the implementation of the Custody Notification Service (CNS) across the nation but without delay in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In meeting Federal Ministers and State Governments I implored the wisdom of this move – in reference to the saving of lives. In NSW, the CNS has led to zero lives lost of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders detained in police watch houses – since 1998.

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Do not play with people’s lives – Climate of death

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Despite the standout work of various individuals, our Governments have failed to respond to the catastrophic humanitarian crisis sweeping this nation, that is taking the lives of children, young adults, of human beings denied the sense of hope that the majority of Australians enjoy. The statistical narrative is startling and indicts the nation but there continues an effective silence.

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It is not like me to cry - our children should not see suicide as the solution

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - 18 years young, Phillinka died on October 18 last year. At the time, at her anguished mother’s request I wrote of the loss of Phillinka and of so many others in the Kimberley. I am once again in the Kimberley – surrounded by the most pristine nature and by the loss of so many young lives.

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1 in 6 jail rate and 1 in 3 suicide rate are tools of the oppressor – institutionalised racism

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Globally, the impacts of colonialism have seen a widening divide between the First Peoples of lands they once inhabited effectively uninterrupted for tens of thousands of years and the new dominant populations who at most are only hundreds of years old. The dominance of these new populations, whether they are the majority or the minority, has been delivered on the back of ruthless oppressor/oppressed dichotomies.

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The makeup of Australia’s parliaments is racist

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - The presumption that Australia’s modernist racist past is being whittled away has long been a fallacy and every once and a while shows its hand. The modern Australian nation arrived on the back of invasion, apartheid, genocidal policies – justified by the worst forms of racisms. The invaders continued on as oppressors and wrapped racist narratives around the dispossessed and oppressed.

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(A-Radio) Eastern Europe 1: Struggles in Poland and the Rozbrat squat in Poznan

As part of a journey through Eastern Europe a member of the Anarchist Radio Berlin had the opportunity of talking to a comrade of the Anarchist Federation in Poznan in Poland in the Rozbrat squat. In the following interview we talk about the historical development of the squat, that celebrated its 21st anniversary on the weekend of September 18 and 19, and also about current struggles of FA Poznan, especially the workers' struggle of the Amazon workers in Germany and Poland.

The Shortwave Report 9/18/15 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (September 18) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

WGAR News: Bright Spark, Black Day: The Political Obituary Of The Prime Minister For Indigenous Affairs: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Newsletter date: 18 September 2015

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* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Bright Spark, Black Day: The Political Obituary Of The Prime Minister For Indigenous Affairs

* Audio Interview: CAAMA Radio: Michael Mansell shares a few home truths with our new PM

* Audio: Justin Fenwick, The Wire: Opportunities for Aboriginal people in the Cabinet reshuffle [featuring Michael Mansell, Les Malezer & Nova Peris]

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WGAR News: Treaties of Unity: Voices at the Freedom Gathering 2015 - Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT), 11-13 September 2015

Newsletter date: 14 September 2015; last updated 12:40pm AEST 15 September 2015 to feature Voices from the Freedom Summit

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* Event: WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015

* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Ngarla Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139165387

WGAR News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims: Susan Browning, ABC News

Newsletter date: 13 September 2015

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* News Analysis: Susan Browning, ABC News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims

* Change.org Petition: Reinstate funding to the Aboriginal Legal Service in Tasmania

* Homepage: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc: http://tacinc.com.au/

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August 2015 Honduras Coup Update

With formatting: https://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com

August 2015 Honduras Coup Update

Cases of persecution in August 2015

Attacks against the fire torch movement; one youth killed, protests violently repressed, and a doctor and politician receives death threat for supporting the marches.

WGAR News: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

Newsletter date: 12 September 2015

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* Event: World Suicide Prevention Day http://wspd.org.au/ was on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia.

* Audio Interview: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

* Bio: Prof Pat Dudgeon - National Mental Health Commission

The Shortwave Report 9/11/15 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (September 11) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom