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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 58 events from 16 July 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 16/07/2013 - 10:52am

Newsletter date: 16 July 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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

Event: Wed 17 July 2013: Narrabundah, Canberra, ACT
Families with Children with Disability Workshop at Winnunga
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
"1. Opening
2. Background
3. National Disability Insurance Scheme
4. Parental and Community Engagement Program
5. Feedback from Parents/Carers
6. Summary and Closing"

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Treaty, sovereignty, empowerment the key factors for meaningful recognition

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 16/07/2013 - 9:43am

By John Rowsthorne, National Indigenous Times - We fear the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and the leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott are missing the most important point about recognition of Australia’s First Peoples. Perhaps they are doing so deliberately, perhaps they believe by promoting recognition of Indigenous Australians in the constitution it takes people’s mind from the real issues – we hope that is not the case.

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Australia

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Feature

New report puts lie to military claims of clean, green war games in barrier reef and elsewhere

Submitted by kimk on Mon, 15/07/2013 - 11:34am

Today Friends of the Earth release a damning report of the track record of military uses of the environment and the risks US bases and exercises pose to our natural heritage.

The report US Bases in Australia: the social and environmental risks lists the numerous locations that the US military will increasingly use on Australian soil, and comes on the heels of the commencement of the world's biggest US-Australian war games in Shoalwater Bay near Yeppoon in Queensland.

Links: http://peaceconvergence.wordpress.com/ http://brisbane.foe.org.au/

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Greens launching 2013 election platform

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 14/07/2013 - 1:07pm

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Australia

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Greens launching 2013 election platform

WGAR News: Rudd hails 'Aboriginal Magna Carta': Kathy Marks, The New Zealand Herald

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 14/07/2013 - 12:41pm

Newsletter date: 15 July 2013

Contents:

* Kathy Marks, The New Zealand Herald: Rudd hails 'Aboriginal Magna Carta'
* Stefan Armbruster, SBS Radionews: Where NAIDOC came from ... 75 years ago
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 1,200 attend NAIDOC Ball - but there is justice yet to be done

See:

WGAR News: NAIDOC Week: Still Supporting Yolngu in Their Fight for Rights: 'concerned Australians' (8 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/08/wgar-news-naidoc-week-still-supportin...

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Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - 1200 attend NAIDOC Ball - but there is justice yet to be done

Kathy Marks

The New Zealand Herald

Rudd hails Aboriginal Magna Carta

Stefan Armbruster

Where NAIDOC came from 75 years ago

NAIDOC

Stefan Armbruster - SBS Radionews - Where NAIDOC came from - 75 years ago

WGAR News: Land rights are empty, Yolngu elder tells Rudd on bark petition anniversary: Guardian UK

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 14/07/2013 - 10:45am

Newsletter date: 14 July 2013 NAIDOC Week

Contents:

* National NAIDOC Week 2013 theme: We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
* Richard Trudgen, The Stringer: What Happened to the Second Bark Petition?
* Oliver Laughland, The Guardian UK: Land rights are empty, Yolngu elder tells Rudd on bark petition anniversary [Featuring Galarrwuy Yunupingu]
* The Stringer: Monica Morgan says much more needs to be done [Featuring Amnesty International's Indigenous Rights campaigner]

* NATIONAL NAIDOC WEEK 2013 THEME: WE VALUE THE VISION: YIRRKALA BARK PETITIONS 1963

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National NAIDOC Week 2013

National NAIDOC Week 2013 theme - We value the vision - Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963

Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963

Richard Trudgen

What Happened to the Second Bark Petition

Richard Trudgen - The Stringer - What Happened to the Second Bark Petition

Oliver Laughland

Yolngu elder Galarrwuy Yunupingu

bark petition anniversary

PM Kevin Rudd

Amnesty International's Indigenous Rights campaigner Monica Morgan

The Stringer - Monica Morgan says much more needs to be done

The secret recording & AFP corruption

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/07/2013 - 9:00pm

In 2005 the AFP were passed a secret recording of a man discussing the collection, from Sydney Airport, of the marijuana which was found in Schapelle Corby's bag in Bali.

They hid it. They buried it. They pretended that it did not exist.

They not only did this whilst Schapelle was being destroyed in Indonesia, but they did it whilst the man in question was fighting the media after they had damned his claims and presented him as a liar.

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Australia

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human rights

Canberra

Australian Federal Police

leaks

Before Edward Snowden and Wikileaks, William Roy attempted to expose mass surveillance by the United States government and was killed in 1991

Submitted by Anon on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 9:07pm

Manning, Assange, Snowden….but before the age of Wikileaks came brilliant electronics, communications and surveillance expert and whistleblower William Francis Roy who was killed at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in March 1991.

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Julian Assange solidarity

Edward Snowden

united states government

espionage

ruth zsebehazy

ruth ludigkeit

Liberal Party now in government in the NT, tipped to win Federal election... STICS Meeting - Sydney

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 5:50pm

Date and Time:
Mon, 15/07/2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:
NSW Teachers’ Federation, 23 Mary St. Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW

Contact Name:
Alex Johnson

Contact Phone:
0449 184 801

Contact Email:
alex.johnson@cpsu.org.au

Website:
http://www.stoptheintervention.org/
http://www.indymedia.org.au/what-does-the-liberal-party-ascendency-mean-...

STOP THE INTERVENTION COLLECTIVE - Special Meeting and Discussion - All Welcome

Monday 15th July 2013 6pm at the NSW Teachers’ Federation, 23 Mary St. Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW

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STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Special Meeting and Discussion - All Welcome

What does the Liberal Party ascendency mean for Aboriginal affairs?

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout: 3CR: Featuring Scott Ludlam, Kado Muir, Mia Pepper & Dave Sweeney

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 4:12pm

Newsletter date: 12 July 2013

Contents:

* Community Radio 3CR: Walkatjurra Walkabout. A new mine, an old fight. [Featuring Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Kado Muir, Mia Pepper and Dave Sweeney]
* Background to the Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining

* David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Australian atomic massacre still ignored
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Brian Johnstone, Tracker: How Land Rights were won… and almost lost

* Tracker: Native title tax bill passes Senate
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

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