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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 39 events from 19 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 18/02/2013 - 9:29am

Newsletter date: 19 February 2013

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Event: 7 February - 10 March 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Production by emerging Koori playwright
Nakkiah Lui, called "This Heaven"
Director Lee Lewis
"'This Heaven' is the story about the
death in custody of a father and his
family's reaction on the night they're
told the police have been acquitted
of his murder."
Event details: http://belvoir.com.au/productions/this-heaven/
Event details: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1735970/Play-on-Indigenous-death-in-c...

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Gillard, Swan and Ferguson did a deal with the miners to sell out Australia’s sovereign wealth

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 17/02/2013 - 8:46pm

Courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/gillard-swan-and-ferguson-did-a-deal-with-the-...
Gerry Georgatos - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Treasurer Wayne Swan were bent on a progressive thinking educated Australia which would be built from a fairer disbursement of sovereign wealth, according to credible parliamentary sources. The Stringer was told that Mr Rudd and Mr Swan were both adamant that other business sectors of Australia could not be hit for tax hikes till the resources sector was finally brought into line.

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WGAR News: Who Gets To Develop James Price Point?: Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 17/02/2013 - 8:03pm

Newsletter date: 18 February 2013

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* Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda: Who Gets To Develop James Price Point?
* ABC: Wilderness Society challenges gas hub approvals
* Kimberley Page: Rachel Siewert on gas hub emmisions
* The West: Govt defends axing of greenhouse gas controls
* Kimberley Campaign Events
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* The Wire interviews Manawangu (Muckaty) Traditional Owners Isobel Phillips & Doris Kelly
* Tennant & District Times: Nuke waste in focus, Muckaty in the frame

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ABC - Wilderness Society challenges gas hub approvals

Kimberley Page - Rachel Siewert on gas hub emmisions

The West - Govt defends axing of greenhouse gas controls

Kimberley Campaign Events

The Wire interviews Manawangu Traditional Owners Isobel Phillips & Doris Kelly

Tennant & District Times - Nuke waste in focus - Muckaty in the frame

A meteorite hits Russia while an asteroid misses the Earth

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 17/02/2013 - 3:45pm

Courtesy of The Stringer - thestringer.com.au
http://thestringer.com.au/a-meteorite-hits-russia-while-an-asteroid-miss...

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WGAR News: "Federal Court win by Yindjibarndi means Fortescue must negotiate with them"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 16/02/2013 - 3:14pm

Newsletter date: 17 February 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Federal Court win by Yindjibarndi means Fortescue must negotiate with them
* CAAMA: Yindjibarndi 1 - Fortescue Metals Group 0 - court ruling favours the mob !
* YAC: Cause to come home - Yindjibarndi Federal Court win
* YAC: Truth is the Best Defense - Yindjibarndi Federal Court win
* ABC Indigenous: Yindjibarndi court decision brings 'tears of joy'
* NIRS: Former FMG employee allegedly threatens to sue National Indigenous Times
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

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Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation

Federal Court win

Yindjibarndi Federal Court win

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Federal Court win by Yindjibarndi means Fortescue must negotiate with them

CAAMA - Yindjibarndi 1 - Fortescue Metals Group 0 - court ruling favours the mob

YAC - Cause to come home - Yindjibarndi Federal Court win

YAC - Truth is the Best Defense - Yindjibarndi Federal Court win

ABC Indigenous - Yindjibarndi court decision brings tears of joy

NIRS - Former FMG employee allegedly threatens to sue National Indigenous Times

WGAR News: Let's Talk: Live Broadcast 5th Anniversary of the Apology Link-Up Event

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 15/02/2013 - 2:36pm

Newsletter date: 16 February 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk: Live Broadcast 5th Anniversary of the Apology Link-Up Event
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham about the National Apology
* NIRS: Chris Graham slams lack of compensation and change for Stolen Generations
* Shelter SA: Mr Rudd, why aren’t you talking about self-determination
* Fiona Arney, The Conversation: Making the national apology count for Indigenous children
* Greens MLC Tammy Franks: Five or Fifteen Years After Saying Sorry is High Time to Make Amends

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Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham about the National Apology

NIRS - Chris Graham slams lack of compensation and change for Stolen Generations

Shelter SA - Mr Rudd - why aren’t you talking about self-determination

Fiona Arney - The Conversation - Making the national apology count for Indigenous children

Greens MLC Tammy Franks - Five or Fifteen Years After Saying Sorry is High Time to Make Amends

NIRS - Unfinished business - Call for compensation for NT Stolen Generations

The Wire interviews Christine Jacques Doolan of the Stolen Generations Alliance

CAAMA - Stolen Gen in Centre say The Apology means little for them

NIRS - High incarceration rates amongst Stolen Generations a problem

NITV - Five years on from apology to Stolen Generations

News on Justice for TJ Hickey

WGAR News: Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 15/02/2013 - 10:29am

Newsletter date: 15 February 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition
* Sovereign Union: Open Letter to the Governor-General: Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition
* NIRS: Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Congress: Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

* News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

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Sovereign Union - Open Letter to the Governor-General - Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition

NIRS - Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing

Congress - Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform

News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

WGAR News: Muckaty Northern Territory exhibition to open at Adelaide Fringe festival: BNI

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 13/02/2013 - 1:58pm

Newsletter date: 14 February 2013

Contents:

* BNI: Nuclear waste in the spotlight, Muckaty in the frame: Northern Territory exhibition to open at Adelaide Fringe festival
* Event: Exhibition by Human Rights Activist, Jagath Dheerrasekara: Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud: 14 Feb - 22 Mar 13
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* SNAICC News: Know your rights - Resource on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

* Sovereign Union: The Apology is still an empty vessel

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Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Adelaide Fringe festival

Jagath Dheerrasekara

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

UNDRIP

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The Apology

Indigenous defence service

40-year leases

BNI - Nuclear waste in the spotlight - Muckaty in the frame - Northern Territory exhibition to open at Adelaide Fringe festival

Event - Exhibition by Human Rights Activist Jagath Dheerrasekara - Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud - 14 Feb - 22 Mar 13

SNAICC News - Know your rights - Resource on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - UNDRIP

Sovereign Union - The Apology is still an empty vessel

NIRS - Kowanyama wants housing but not with 40-year leases

SBS Radionews Audio - Remembering Indigenous defence service

The Wire - Cultural ties improve vocational opportunities

Call for an end to logging in the South West - tax payer charade - $106 million in losses

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 13/02/2013 - 11:00am

Gerry Georgatos - Western Australia could profit by over $400 million a year by the ending of logging in its native forests according to new research by the Australia Institute. The report confirmed logging is not only harmful to the environment, but also costs the State millions in potential profits.

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Federal Court win by Yindjibarndi means Fortescue must negotiate with them

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 13/02/2013 - 10:44am

Gerry Georgatos - On Tuesday February 12, the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) won a huge outcome in the Federal Court with Justice Neil Kerracher stating that only the YAC are authorised to negotiate with mining companies over certain Yindjibarndi Country. The claim area includes the vacant Crown land where Fortescue Metals Group is developing the Firetail mine site.

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