Australia

WGAR News: "Report finds serious flaws in delivery of gov't services to NT Aboriginal communities"

Newsletter date: 30 September 2012

Contents:
* SNAICC News: Report finds serious flaws in delivery of government services to NT Aboriginal communities
* Bob Gosford in the NT: Olga Havnen to government: "Lift your game, big time"
* Brian Johnstone: Black Power: The day the bush bit back [NT elections]
* Living Black: Outstanding Contribution to the Stolen Generations
* Other articles

* SNAICC NEWS: REPORT FINDS SERIOUS FLAWS IN DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO NT ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES

- News

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC):

CLIMATE of DEATH - justice denied means more will die

CLIMATE of DEATH - justice denied means more will die, by Gerry Georgatos (courtesy of the National Indigenous Times - nit.com.au)

"We have to get rid of racist cops. I don't want to dwell on the past but I have grown up bitter," said Nyungar Elder Ben Taylor. Mr Taylor is on the mark when he says, "They have been killing our people for two hundred years."

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WGAR News: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Deaths in Custody

Newsletter date: 27 September 2012

Contents:
* Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Deaths in Custudy
* Amnesty: Critical link between language and Indigenous Peoples confirmed in landmark report
* Sharon Grierson MP: Report: Our Land, Our Languages
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools
* CAAMA: National Congress says Australia will be under global scrutiny!
* CAAMA: National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples - Annual Meeting in Alice Springs
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

A web between London and Stockholm: The Julian Assange case

The complainants Anna Ardin and Sofia Wilén consented to sexual intercourse, which they did not take the initiative to stop: they never expressed non-consent and afterwards declared to not have felt threatened by Julian Assange.
Anna Ardin continued to allow Julian Assange to stay at her apartment for four days after the alleged offence, she also engaged in further consensual sex with him. She continued to act in a voluntary role as his press secretary.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 25 September 2012

Newsletter date: 25 September 2012

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

Event: 25 September 2012: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Gary Foley and Monica Morgan speak on:
Politics of the NT Intervention and
the ALP's continued support for it.
Hosted by The New International Bookshop
Event details: http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Sharne-Vate-Gary-Foley-and-Monica-Morgan...

Event: Tue 25 September 2012: Sydney, NSW
Deadly Awards
"The Deadly Awards is an annual event
held at the Sydney Opera House to recognise

WGAR News: Congress and ANTaR speak out on the 'Our Land Our Languages' Report

Newsletter date: 24 September 2012

Contents:
* Congress: Report speaks volumes on Aboriginal languages future
* ANTaR backs call for urgent action on languages
* Vicki Kerrigan: Parlez vous Yolngu?
* Emma Murphy: Report: Bilingual education in Aboriginal communities is crucial
* Claire Bowern: Our Land, Our Languages and Preserving Our Heritage
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools
* WANFA: Traditional Owners Demand Consultation
* Living Black: The First Handout of Aboriginal Passports
* Living Black: New Laws to Affect Traditional Hunting Methods

WGAR News: "Shires out, stop the Intervention - community control now!"

Newsletter date: 23 September 2012

Contents:
* Kalkaringi, Daguragu and Lajamanu residents and traditional owners:
Shires out, stop the Intervention - community control now!
* ABC: Sydney work bans on welfare quarantine scheme
* Bob Gosford: Was the 2012 Northern Territory election the dirtiest ever?
* Brian Johnstone: ALP alleges vote rorts in August poll
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* KALKARINGI, DAGURAGU AND LAJAMANU RESIDENTS AND TRADITIONAL OWNERS:

WGAR News: "With constitutional change deferred, it's time to negotiate a treaty"

Newsletter date: 22 September 2012

Contents:
* "With constitutional change deferred, it's time to negotiate a treaty"
* Sovereign Union: Vote "NO" To Constitutional Reform
* Greens won’t allow Constitutional Recognition to be pushed off the agenda
* Congress: Leaders must work towards full recognition
* ANTaR: Another step forward but keep end goal in sight
* Oxfam Australia: Act of Recognition a welcome step towards referendum
* Moree Champion: Tent embassy burns down
* Courier Mail: State backflip on Murri multicultural centre funding angers community