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Another tragic suicide at Villawood as detainees protest

An Iraqi man has tragically taken his own life on Monday 15th November at Villawood. This is the second suicide in two months at the detention centre run by the Multinational Serco. Refugee activists are holding protests outside the centre as detainees go on a hunger strike inside the centre. This suicide comes in the same week as a violent brawl at a Melbourne Detention Centre between Afghan teenagers recently moved from Christmas Island. Just like under Howard, traumatised people are being stressed and broken by the thousands by the Gillard Government with over 5000 people locked up in Australia's immigration gulag's. Just to emphasize the sense of history repeating, the Federal Government has confirmed that 10 asylum seekers have sown their lips together in protest on Christmas Island as the trouble in the detention centres escalates.
RISE Press Release -- RAC Sydney Press Release -- Article on Brawl in Melbourne Centre -- Solidarity Banners in Newtown -- Summary of recent protests

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WGAR News: Proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution; Jenny Macklin has ruled out a treaty

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

16 NOV 2010:

Contents:
* Racism and the Media: The lie that built the NT Intervention
* Proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution; Jenny Macklin has ruled out a treaty
* Canada signs on to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Jobs with Justice
* Other Aboriginal Articles

RACISM AND THE MEDIA: THE LIE THAT BUILT THE NT INTERVENTION:

WGAR: Racism and the Media

"Key of the Sea": Refugee fundraising CD launched

An album has been launched with all proceeds from the sale of the album going to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and Refugees Survivors and Ex Detainees (RISE) entitled "The Key of the Sea". The album consists of Australian musical artists collaborating with refugee artists from around the world.
http://www.keyofsea.com.au/

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Tex O'Grady and his dog: A feel-good story or a case for the R.S.P.C.A.?

The major news outlets have today promoted the story of Tex O'Grady and his motorcycling dog following the booking of Mr O'Grady by police under RTA laws relating to dogs travelling on motorcycles.

Much has been made of the 'fact' that Tex and the dog have travelled hundreds of thousands of kilometres 'safely'.

I have today attempted to have comments published on the Daily Telegraph website relating to this story because the whole truth has not been told. Perhaps Tex has friends in high places due to his charitable donations. None of my comments have been posted.

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Australia is still legally a colony

Media release

By Michael Anderson, Aboriginal political activist and leader of the Euahlayi Nation

Goodooga, northwest NSW, 8 November 2010.

The New Way Summit program has confirmed that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people successfully removed the international lie of Terra Nullius only now to be served up more lies by the Australian legal fraternity.

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2SER wins national broadcasting award

2SER FM has won a national award for excellence at the annual Community Broadcasting conference in Hobart.

The stations women’s affairs program “Double X” won the category for Excellence in Spoken Word, News and Current Affairs Programming.

More than fifty stations across Australia were nominated as finalists.

Double X is a weekly half hour program, produced and presented by Rosie Lentini and a small team of dedicated volunteer journalists.

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