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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 7 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 5:04pm

Newsletter date: 7 June 2013

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

Event: Ongoing until 14 September 2013: Canberra, ACT
Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait
"Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait is an exhibition
of striking photographs, stories and objects about the
lives, culture and identity of Torres Strait Islanders."
"People from islands across Australia's northern frontier
are depicted in David Callow's portraits. They compare
current and traditional ways and practices and reflect on
changes that have occurred in the Torres Strait during

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Australian robotics looks bright

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 7:50am

The first industrial robot was actuallly built in the United States in the 1970's & since then we have seen the proliferation of industrial robots all round the world.

Australia needs a diversified homegrown continental based robotics industry . . .

http://www.araa.asn.au/

The demoscene is a good starting point for beginners with robotics . . .

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Australia

Great expectations - is this why we went to Afghanistan?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 1:22pm

by George Venturini *

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Global/International

Australia

WGAR News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy: Jeremy Geia, NITV News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/06/2013 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 3 June 2013

Contents:

* Jeremy Geia, NITV News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy
* Jeremy Geia, SBS Radionews: Torres Strait continues autonomy push
* NIRS: New push for Torres Strait self governance

* Ian Lloyd Neubauer, TIME: Australia's Aborigines Launch a Bold Legal Push for Independence
* Audio Boo: Audio - Fred Hooper, Murrawarri Republic - 4ZZZ
* Audio Boo: Audio - Murrawarri Republic - Fred Hooper, spokesperson - 'The wire'
* Background to the Murrawarri Republic declaration

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Help refugee children tell their stories to MPs

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 02/06/2013 - 1:27pm

Last Thursday the Human Rights Commission called on the Government to reconsider offshore processing, labelling the 'no advantage' policy as unclear and a potential violation of international law.

These concerns are shared by GetUp members, who over the past few weeks have sent in thousands of messages calling for our government to take immediate steps to shut down the Manus Island detention centre, currently home to twenty-two vulnerable children.

Messages like this one, from Mary in Victoria:

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Australia

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 2 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 4:50pm

Newsletter date: 2 June 2013

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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...
* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "
Reconciliation Australia

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Racialised imprisonment

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 3:23pm

Racialised imprisonment - http://thestringer.com.au/racialised-imprisonment/#.UamCeEBTCaU
by Gerry Georgatos - May 28th, 2013
Australia has a history since colonialisation of racialised violence and hence racialised imprisonment. Aboriginal peoples deal the with the worst of Australia’s racialised imprisonment – throughout the criminal justice system – from sentencing regimes to the effects of having become the world’s most incarcerated peoples.

Goodes, MacGuire and Australia’s racism – let us not forget mining and Government

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 3:10pm

Goodes, MacGuire and Australia’s racism – let us not forget mining and Government
by Gerry Georgatos
May 30th, 2013 - http://thestringer.com.au/goodes-mcguire-and-australias-racism-let-us-no...

Photo - Collingwood AFL president, Eddie MacGuire - www.heraldsun.com.au

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 1

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 2:38pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20

WGAR News: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities: Australian Human Rights Commission

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 31/05/2013 - 2:48pm

Newsletter date: 1 June 2013

Contents:

* AHRC: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities
* NITV News: National strategy targeting Indigenous suicide announced
* CAAMA interviews Professor Pat Dudgeon about the strategy to tackle suicide and self harm
* Pro Bono News: National Strategy on Indigenous Suicide
* SBS Radionews: National strategy to reduce Indigenous suicide
* SBS Radionews: Applause for Indigenous suicide prevention plan
* Australian: Kimberley indigenous suicide prevention plan set to expand

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New South Wales

Australia

Western Australia