Australia

WGAR News: SBS TV: Watch John Pilger's 'Utopia', on Saturday 31st May 2014, 8:35pm SBSONE

Newsletter date: 27 May 2014

Contents:

* johnpilger.com : Utopia, John Pilger's latest film, to be broadcast on SBS Australia on 31 May
* Chris Graham, New Matilda: Utopia: The Inside Story
* The Stringer: A long way to go for 'Utopia'
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* johnpilger.com : UTOPIA, JOHN PILGER'S LATEST FILM, TO BE BROADCAST ON SBS AUSTRALIA ON 31 MAY

- News

Australia a nation of drug dealers & drugged victims

The average Australian sells 13 bottles of wine a week . . .

The average Australian sells 2 litre's of beer a week . . .

The average Australian sells 2 litre's of spirits a week . . .

The average Australian sells 3 packages of illegal drugs a week . . .

9,330,000 Australians commit people into the fraudulent mental health system & the victims are forced to take psychosomatic drugs for their entire life manufactured by pharmaceutical companies & their representatives . . .

20% of Australians purchase cigarettes from legal outlets . . .

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WGAR News: Anderson: You cannot benefit from murder ... Time does not erase murder: Sovereign Union

Newsletter date: 25 May 2014

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Anderson: You cannot benefit from murder ... Time does not erase murder
* Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy: Mega-charities killing Aboriginal people
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Loner - Black protest music to bring on the hope

* Nadine Schoen, The Stringer: Aboriginal issues, in the context of a capitalist system
* Nadine Schoen, Green Left: Way forward for Aboriginal struggle

Aboriginal help sought for student's Master’s thesis

My name is Lia Hibner. I am a student researcher at the university of
Southern Queensland currently doing my Master’s thesis in Clinical
Psychology.
My thesis is looking at the potential buffering effect of sense of belonging
on the detrimental outcomes of negative life events on the psychological
well-being of Aboriginal Australians (and yes, it is a mouthful!...).
I invite Aboriginal Australians to take part in this
study. It is the first study to explore the importance of the community and
Country for Aboriginal Australians as a potential protective factor against

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Six homeless children fighting for a better tomorrow

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/six-homeless-children-fighting-for-a-better-to... - The remote is an idea romanced by Governments when it comes to tourism but when remote communities ask for quality schools, utilities and services, Governments cold shoulder them.

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Thousands march in Australian cities against budget

Reprinted from the World Socialist Website Thousands of people attended “March Australia” rallies on Sunday to protest against the harsh budget measures announced last week by the Liberal-National government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Some 10,000 marched in Sydney, up to 7,000 in Adelaide, similar numbers in Melbourne and 1,500 in Perth. Some 500 people rallied in Brisbane and Hobart.

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WGAR News: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the 2014 Federal Budget

Newsletter date: 20 May 2014

Contents:

* Amy McQuire, The Guardian: Cash for jails: Tony Abbott's budget for Indigenous Australia

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: "Warren Mundine, show your face," Tauto Sansbury [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham speaking about and breaking down the recently announced Australian Budget
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mary Graham & Monica Morgan about the upcoming Budget announcement

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