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Howard knew Aborigines had a sovereignty based land right

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 27/12/2012 - 8:33am

Tamworth, 23 December 12 - - A prominent Aboriginal sovereignty campaigner argues that former prime minister, John Howard, amended the Native Title Act in 1998 because he was fully aware of the inherent power of Aboriginal peoples based on their continuing sovereignty.

“With the passage of time it is now painfully obvious that former Prime Minister, John Howard, fully realised that Aboriginal peoples maintain a very powerful position in Australia,” Michael Anderson writes in a media release.

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WGAR News: WA govt's "mean-spirited" refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline: Tracker

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/12/2012 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 26 December 2012

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* Amy McQuire, Tracker: WA govt’s "mean-spirited" refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline
* Stolen Wages: Many will miss out says ALSWA [Aboriginal Legal Service of WA]
* Robin Chapple MLC: Hundreds will miss out as Government refuses to extend Stolen Wages Scheme
* ABC Indigenous: Payments flow to stolen wage victims
* Stolen Wages offer a 'slap in the face' says ALSWA [Aboriginal Legal Service of WA]
* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Stolen wages remain stolen with $2,000 offer
* Creative Spirits: Stolen Wages

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Stolen Wages - Many will miss out says ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Robin Chapple MLC - Hundreds will miss out as Government refuses to extend Stolen Wages Scheme

ABC Indigenous - Payments flow to stolen wage victims

Stolen Wages offer a slap in the face says ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Stolen wages remain stolen with $2000 offer

Creative Spirits - Stolen Wages

Martin Lukacs - The Guardian UK - Canada's First Nations protest heralds a new alliance

Sovereign Union - Howard recognised continuing Aboriginal sovereignty

Close The Gap Campaign - Don't slash Indigenous health funding - Close the Gap

Close The Gap Committee - Submission to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan

Amy McQuire - Tracker - WA govt's mean-spirited refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline

Letter from Manus

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 26/12/2012 - 8:52am

To the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

We are protesting today because of children and women who are suffering here.

Because they think they are dying here day by day
We are always asking about who is responsible who is in charge.

Our situation is insane.

Our children go to school that has no air conditioning in it.

They bring all the women and children to here and they don’t treat them very well and because of the hot weather and they are battling in the hot situation and the children are losing their appetite.

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Christmas message, kindly, Gerry

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 25/12/2012 - 9:40am

To all my friends, and to everyone I have been fortunate enough to have crossed paths in this last year, and to everyone in general, best wishes for Christmas, for the New Year - for each and every day.

For myself 2012 has been an interesting year, one of myriad bright good outcomes however always mixed with lingering frustrations and disappointments. This is life as we know it.

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Solidarity with Villa Amalias from Sydney

Submitted by autonomousactions on Mon, 24/12/2012 - 6:51pm

On Thursday the 20th of December in Athens Greece, Villa Amalias squat was raided by riot police and eight comrades inside were arrested. All have been charged with various felonies and misdemeanours and are being held at Athens police HQ till they will be brought again before a judge on the 24th of December.

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Anarchists mourn fallen officer

Submitted by autonomousactions on Mon, 24/12/2012 - 10:01am

"The Australian people made heroes of none, and raised no idols, except perhaps Ned Kelly, an outlaw.. "
Brian Fitzpatrick

On December 6 police were called to a property in Oakville Sydney over a neighbourhood dispute about a bird aviary.

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Is non-sniffable fuel really the answer?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 23/12/2012 - 8:06pm

Gerry Georgatos
The Western Australian remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong is renewing calls for non-sniffable fuel to combat substance abuse and anti-social behaviour, however some ask is this really the answer. Jigalong is near the heart of the mining boom and yet the majority of its Aboriginal peoples languish - they say 'what mining boom?'

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Researcher argues new generation of deals can finally empower Aboriginal communities

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 23/12/2012 - 6:38pm

Gerry Georgatos
Lily O'Neill is a PhD student with the Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project, an Australian Research project at the University of Melbourne and she argues the case that agreements such as the Kimberley LNG deal are the way forward for Aboriginal communities otherwise languishing in poverty.

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WGAR News: Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court [over proposed Kimberley gas hub]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 22/12/2012 - 7:28am

Newsletter date: 22 December 2012

Contents:

* The Wilderness Society: Wilderness Society takes WA EPA to Court
* ABC AM: Wilderness Society launches legal action against JPP gas hub environmental approval
* SBS World News Video: WA government taken to court over gas hub approval
* Greens MP Chapple calls on EPA Chief to resign
* Hands Off Country: EPA's Deception of Community
* Law Below the Top Soil, by Dr. Peter Botsman - a concise history of the flawed proposal to develop Browse Gas at James Price Point
* News re legal action against environmental approval of JPP gas hub

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