Australia

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

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 01/09/2015 - 9:24am

Newsletter date: 1 September 2015

Contents:

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

* Background:

WGAR News: NAIDOC 2015 Awards: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Person of the Year & Tauto Sansbury, Lifetime Achievement Award

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Freedom Summit's National Freedom Movement
Demand Our Treaty
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Tauto Sansbury
Rosalie & Ngarla Kunoth-Monks
freedom movement
National Freedom Movement
Freedom Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015
WGAR Background to the National Freedom Movement
WGAR Background to Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples

WGAR News: Traditional owner to challenge Carmichael mine in Federal Court over job and revenue claims: [featuring Adrian Burragubba] Brian Williams, The Courier-Mail

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 30/08/2015 - 5:40pm

Newsletter date: 31 August 2015; last updated 31 August 2015, 7:30am AEST

Contents:

* News Analysis: Brian Williams, The Courier-Mail: QLD News: Traditional owner to challenge Carmichael mine in Federal Court over job and revenue claims [featuring Traditional Owner Adrian Burragubba]

* News Analysis: Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS): Prime Minister's interference in Adani mine & port decisions alarming - AMCS

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
Brian Williams - The Courier-Mail
Traditional Owner Adrian Burragubba & Mr Burragubba's lawyer Benedict Coyne - The Courier-Mail
Traditional owner to challenge Carmichael mine in Federal Court over job and revenue claims
Connie Hedegaard - international climate expert & former EU Commissioner for Climate Action - Queensland Country Life
Peter Hannam - Queensland Country Life
Govt aid for coal industry 'unwise'
AMCS Great Barrier Reef campaigner Gemma Plesman - Australian Marine Conservation Society
Prime Minister's interference in Adani mine & port decisions alarming - AMCS
Federal Govt must not use taxpayer funds to prop up Adani's reef-risking project
AMCS welcomes Treasurer Curtis Pitt comments that Carmichael not the be-all for QLD economy
Bernard Keane - Crikey Politics Editor
Court doc confirms - govt admitted screwing up Adani approval
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
AMCS - Protecting Australia's Ocean Wildlife Since 1965

WGAR News: Redfern tent embassy protesters claim victory: audio featuring Lorna Munro: triple j Hack, SoundCloud

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 29/08/2015 - 1:39pm

Newsletter date: 29 August 2015; ; last updated 8:30pm AEST

Contents:

* Audio: SoundCloud - triple j Hack: Redfern tent embassy protesters claim victory [featuring Lorna Munro. Her Mum, Jenny Munro, started the tent embassy]

* News Analysis: Sarah McVeigh, triple j Hack: The Block: Tent embassy protesters claim win at The Block

* facebook video: Jenny Munro on ABC24 [interview with Jenny Munro, founder of Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy]

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
Keywords: 
GLW author Rachel Evans - Green Left Weekly
Rachel Evans - Green Left Weekly
Redfern Tent Embassy succeeds in fight for Aboriginal housing - Green Left Weekly
RATE - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy
facebook updates - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Lorna Munro - triple j Hack - SoundCloud
Video - Jenny Munro on ABC24 - Lisa Delpeoples facebook
ABC24 interview with Jenny Munro - founder of Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Sarah McVeigh - reporter - triple j Hack
Sarah McVeigh - reporter - triple j Hack - The Block
Sarah McVeigh - reporter - hack - shoving the 'j' into journalism - triple j
Tent embassy protesters claim win at The Block
SoundCloud - triple j Hack - Redfern tent embassy protesters claim victory
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Aboriginal sovereignty
sovereignty movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

WGAR News: At Redfern's the Block, spirits lifted after Tent Embassy win: Danny Teece-Johnson, NITV News: Video Live from The Block

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 28/08/2015 - 12:26pm

Newsletter date: 28 August 2015; last updated 5:10pm AEST

Contents:

* Video & News Analysis: Danny Teece-Johnson, NITV News: At Redfern's the Block, spirits lifted after Tent Embassy win [includes NITV News Live from The Block]

* Video: Newzulu Australia: [Video] Sydney: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy comments on housing deal [featuring Jenny Munro, founder of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy]

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
Keywords: 
Danny Teece-Johnson - NITV News
At Redfern's the Block - spirits lifted after Tent Embassy win
NITV News Live from The Block
Jenny Munro - founder of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Newzulu Australia
Video - Sydney - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy comments on housing deal
Bridget Brennan - Reporter - ABC PM
Jenny Munro - Nigel Scullion - Alisi Tutuila - ABC PM
The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy released a statement on 27 August 2015
Tom Joyner & Justin Pen - Honi Soit
Black heart still beating - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy claims important housing victory
The Guardian - Victory at The Block - government gives $5m to homes for Aboriginal families
Diane Fieldes - Red Flag
Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy - a win in sight
Daisy Dumas - Writer - Sydney Morning Herald
Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy given seven days to pack up and leave
Pedestrian TV - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy Claim Victory - Prepare To Vacate The Block
Aboriginal sovereignty movement

WGAR News: Redfern Tent Embassy claims victory with Aboriginal housing deal: Lucy McNally and staff, ABC News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 27/08/2015 - 12:04pm

Newsletter date: 27 August 2015; last updated 8:50pm AEST, 27 August 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Tom Joyner & Justin Pen, Honi Soit: Black heart, still beating: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy claims important housing victory

* News Analysis: Lucy McNally and staff, ABC News: Redfern Tent Embassy claims victory with Aboriginal housing deal

Geography: 
Australia
New South Wales
Sydney
Keywords: 
NITV - Tent embassy victory for The Block
Jodan Perry - NITV News
Greens wants govt to ensure Aboriginal housing on Redfern's The Block
Tom Joyner & Justin Pen - Honi Soit
Black heart still beating - Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy claims important housing victory
Lucy McNally and staff - ABC News
Redfern Tent Embassy claims victory with Aboriginal housing deal
Rick Feneley - Sydney Morning Herald
Tent embassy prepares to leave the Block as Indigenous housing 'guaranteed'
Kara de Groot - 4ZZZ FM
David Shoebridge - Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice - 4ZZZ FM
Reporter Kara de Groot spoke to David Shoebridge Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice - 4ZZZ FM
Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy 'trespassing' on Aboriginal land
Jenny Leong MP - Local Member for Newtown - Australian Greens
David Shoebridge - Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice - Australian Greens
Terra Nullius lives on as the Supreme Court finds against Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy

WGAR News: Reject the Uluru Bark Petition: Celeste Liddle, Change.org Petitioning Federal Government

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/08/2015 - 7:05pm

Newsletter date: 27 August 2015

Contents:

* Change.org Petition: Petitioning Federal Government: Reject the Uluru Bark Petition: Celeste Liddle, Melbourne, Vic

* Blog: Celeste Liddle, Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist: The Uluru Bark Petition - They don't speak for me

* Audio Interview: Sarah Martin, The Wire: Not in our name: Aboriginal people speak out against Uluru Bark Petition [featuring Celeste Liddle]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Not in our name - Aboriginal people speak out against Uluru Bark Petition
Sarah Martin - The Wire
Celeste Liddle - The Wire
Central Australia
Reject the Uluru Bark Petition
Petitioning the Federal Government Reject the Uluru Bark Petition
Celeste Liddle - Change.org
The Uluru Bark Petition - They don't speak for me - Celeste Liddle
Celeste Liddle - Arrernte feminist hard left trade unionist with a taste for protopunk - Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist
Minelle Creed - SBS Living Black Radio
Aboriginal Lawyer disturbed by new Bark Petition
Michael Mansell - Tasmanian Aboriginal Lawyer Activist & Secretary of Aboriginal Provisional Government - SBS Living Black Radio
Michelle Lovegrove - SBS Living Black Radio
LBGTIQ Community - Bark Petition does not represent us
Dameyon Bonson - founder of Black Rainbow - SBS Living Black Radio
Cec Busby - Gay News Network (GNN)
Aboriginal community members say Uluru Bark Petition doesn't represent their views on gay marriage

WGAR News: NAAJA to challenge 'paperless arrest' laws in High Court: Minelle Creed, Living Black interview with Jonathon Hunyor on SBS Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/08/2015 - 11:23am

Newsletter date: 26 August 2015

Contents:

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

* Audio: Ninah Kopel, The Wire: Paperless arrest laws to be challenged in High Court [featuring Julian Cleary, Indigenous Campaigner, Amnesty International & Thalia Anthony, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UTS]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT paperless arrest laws
Ninah Kopel - The Wire
Julian Cleary - Indigenous Campaigner - Amnesty International - The Wire
Thalia Anthony - Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law UTS - The Wire
Paperless arrest laws to be challenged in High Court
Jonathan Hunyor - principal legal officer - NAAJA - SBS Living Black Radio
Minelle Creed - SBS Living Black Radio
NAAJA to challenge 'paperless arrest' laws in High Court
Take Action Online - Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives
Take Action Online - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives
Cuts to Legal Aid in NT worry for Aboriginal people in remote communities
Tammy Solenec - Amnesty's Indigenous peoples rights manager
Michelle Lovegrove - SBS Living Black Radio
Kirstyn Lindsay - SBS Living Black Radio
Amnesty International - ATSI kids 24 times more likely to be imprisoned

WGAR News: NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody: CAAMA Radio interview with Jonathan Hunyor, NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 25/08/2015 - 8:32am

Newsletter date: 25 August 2015

Contents:

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

* Audio Interview: CAAMA Radio: NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody. [featuring Jonathan Hunyor, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency]

* Homepage of North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA): http://www.naaja.org.au/

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Aboriginal imprisonment
Aboriginal deaths in custody
NT paperless arrest laws
Jonathan Hunyor - principal legal officer - NAAJA - CAAMA News
NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody
Jane Bardon - ABC News
NT Coroner recommends paperless arrest law repeal to prevent more deaths
Helen Davidson - a reporter for Guardian Australia based in Darwin
Northern Territory government resists call to ditch paperless arrest laws
Take Action Online - Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives
Take Action Online - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives
Amnesty International Australia - Indigenous Peoples' Rights
WGAR Background - Justice Reinvestment Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
Justice Reinvestment Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Next, Federal Court: Wangan & Jagalingou Stand Stronger Than Ever To Stop Adani Carmichael: Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 22/08/2015 - 4:54pm

Newsletter date: 22 August 2015

Contents:

* Media Statement: Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council: Next, Federal Court: Wangan & Jagalingou Stand Stronger Than Ever To Stop Adani Carmichael: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/stronger-than-ever/

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council
Wangan & Jagalingou People
Next - Federal Court - Wangan & Jagalingou Stand Stronger Than Ever To Stop Adani Carmichael
Representation of the Wangan & Jagalingou People (W&J)
Explainer - Representation of W&J
the right of the W&J people as described in Article 18 of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background - Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
sovereignty movement
Aboriginal sovereignty

WGAR News: 'Vigilante' and 'sabotage' apply to the government more than environmentalists: Fatima Measham, Eureka Street

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 21/08/2015 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 21 August 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Fatima Measham, Eureka Street: 'Vigilante' and 'sabotage' apply to the government more than environmentalists

* Analysis / Opinion: Andrew P Street, Brisbane Times: View from the Street: Lies, damned lies, and mining development approvals

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
Fatima Measham - a Eureka Street consulting editor
'Vigilante' and 'sabotage' apply to the government more than environmentalists
Andrew P Street - Writer - Brisbane Times
View from the Street - Lies damned lies and mining development approvals
Wangan Jagalingou Juru & Birri traditional owners have challenged the Adani lease
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background - Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
sovereignty movement
Aboriginal sovereignty