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Julia Gillard and the 'Slush Fund' - Royal Commission or Bust

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 23/11/2012 - 1:57am

Lawyer claims discrepancy in PM's slush fund explanation

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-sl...

A lawyer who worked with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the 1990s says there is a two-and-a-half-year discrepancy in her explanation of when she knew about a loan for a house she lived in.

The property in question, on Kerr Street in Fitzroy, was allegedly paid for in part by funds taken from a union slush fund Ms Gillard helped set up.

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Conflicting information, interests and land owners dog FMG

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 22/11/2012 - 2:25pm

BIG THANKS to the National Indigenous Times and its very special journalist Gerry Georgatos in exposing the FMG hand in dividing the Yindjibarndi and then in keeping up the coverage - because of this mainstream media got the guts to run with a story not looking too pretty for Andrew Forrest and FMG!
Conflicting information, interests and land owners dog FMG

Fortescue Metals Group has had its East Pilbara iron ore operations caught in disputes over conflicting information, conflicts of interest and the authority of traditional owners.

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WGAR News: The Wire: Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 21/11/2012 - 3:32pm

Newsletter date: 22 November 2012

Contents:
* The Wire: Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation [Interview with Tjanara Goreng Goreng]
* ABC: Abused Indigenous children 'must be heard' [Tjanara Goreng Goreng]
* SNAICC News: Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: FMG [Fortescue Metals Group] actions warrant further investigation
* ABC 7.30 Videos: Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG)
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

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The Wire - Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation - Interview with Tjanara Goreng Goreng

ABC - Abused Indigenous children must be heard - Tjanara Goreng Goreng

SNAICC News - Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - FMG actions warrant further investigation

ABC 7.30 Videos - Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation YAC and Fortescue Metals Group FMG

Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation YAC

Tracker - Environmental approval granted for controversial gas hub - James Price Point WA

Tracker - Deadline looms for Murray-Darling plan

Background to the Northern Murray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Nations NBAN

Illawarra Mercury - Sandon Point site to be made permanent

Morgan Brigg and Matthew Johnson - How can we achieve Aboriginal wellbeing?

National Scorecard on the Stolen Generations Working Partnership - by the National Sorry Day Committee

AIHW - Indigenous young people enter juvenile justice supervision earlier stay longer

WGAR News: Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 20/11/2012 - 1:00pm

Background info page: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...

Last updated: 20 November 2012

Contents:
* Aboriginal Sovereignty websites
* Foundation Meeting of the Sovereign Union - National Unity Government (MR: 25 May 2012)
* Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT
* Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th Anniversary, Canberra, ACT
* Brisbane Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld
* Bulahdelah Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Bulahdelah, NSW
* Goomeroi Sovereign Tent Embassy, Moree, NSW

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WGAR News: Mining Deal Bombshell - Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi (by Gerry Georgatos)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 20/11/2012 - 11:08am

Newsletter date: 20 November 2012

Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos: Mining Deal Bombshell - Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi
* Chris Graham: Beer Goggles - The politics of backing grog bans despite scant evidence they actually work
* The Wire: Aboriginal women who experience sexual violence have a new support network
* Greens Rachel Siewert: JPP [James Price Point] protection relies on Minister Burke as the WA Government greases the wheels of industrialisation
* Graham Lloyd: New action to stop $35bn gas hub [James Price Point, WA]

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Chris Graham: Beer Goggles - The politics of backing grog bans despite scant evidence they actually work

The Wire - Aboriginal women who experience sexual violence have a new support network

Greens Rachel Siewert - JPP protection relies on Minister Burke as the WA Government greases the wheels of industrialisation

Graham Lloyd - New action to stop $35bn gas hub - James Price Point WA

Northern Star - Byron Bay Tent Embassy challenges legitimacy of land council

More Tributes to Aunty Isabell Coe - an elder of the Wiradjuri tribe

Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda calls for the ongoing debate in the media about the definition of Aboriginality to stop

WGAR News: Update on Aunty Isabell Coe's funeral + Adelaide Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/11/2012 - 7:42pm

Newsletter date: 18 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch

Contents:
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe:
Mon 19 November 2012
* Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate:
Sun 9 December 2012 (to mark International Human Right’s Day)
* A Decision to Discriminate: Speeches and pictures from the other book launches
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe - Mon 19 November 2012

Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - Sun 9 December 2012 - to mark International Human Right’s Day

A Decision to Discriminate - Speeches and pictures from the other book launches

Call to Asia Social Movements Assembly in Manila

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 18/11/2012 - 1:35pm

Building solidarity and strengthening our struggles to address the economic and climate crisis in the fight to change the system

Last September 17, 2012, in an inspiring expression of solidarity from the South to the North, more than 35 social movements and civil society organizations from Asia together with regional networks, international organizations and social movements, sent a letter to our brothers and sisters in Occupy Wall Street on the occasion of the first anniversary of their struggle.

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Australia Is doomed

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 18/11/2012 - 11:00am

The eastern states such as Victoria, New South Wales & Queensland are riddled with roads. It seems everybody wants to own a vehicle but how are we suppose to power these vehicles, through war it seems, but war is futile, obviously more fossil fuel oil pools need to be discovered, coal may need to be converted into oil. Their is gas like coal seam gas & natural gas but little has been done in regards to producing vehicles to run on gas.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 20 events from 17 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 17/11/2012 - 10:48am

Newsletter date: 17 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 17 November - 23 December 2012: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Theatrical Documentary: Beautiful One Day
"Beautiful One Day is a theatrical documentary
about the irrepressible life and times of Palm
Island. Three theatre companies (Belvoir,
Ilbijerri, and version 1.0) came together in 2011
over a shared sense of outrage at the injustices
surrounding a death in custody in 2004. But,

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Solidarity with grand jury resisters and response to coffee with ASIO

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 16/11/2012 - 2:21pm

“I must not fear.
Fear is the mind killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune

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