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WGAR News: Government cuts a major blow to the territory's vulnerable children and families: SNAICC

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 19/12/2012 - 10:26am

Newsletter date: 19 December 2012

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* SNAICC News: Government cuts a major blow to the territory’s vulnerable children and families

* Jon Altman and Susie Russell, Evidence Base Journal:
Too much 'Dreaming': Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* 2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs: Speeches, Videos and Photos
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

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Northern Territory Intervention

alcohol

High Court

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Jon Altman and Susie Russell - Evidence Base Journal - Too much Dreaming - Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012

2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs - Speeches Videos and Photos

Claire Mallinson - Amnesty - Talking human rights with the Prime Minister of Australia

Elizabeth Watt - ABC The Drum Opinion - Is it racist to ban alcohol from some Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal nations should form nations within Australia

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WGAR News: Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to charge Graham Quirk: Media Release

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 18/12/2012 - 7:51am

Newsletter date: 18 December 2012

Contents:

* Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to charge Graham Quirk: Media Release
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

* APO NT: Mini-budget cuts to Aboriginal services will increase harm and cost more -especially in the Bush
* Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition has condemned the CLP’s mini-budget cuts to vital Aboriginal services: Media Release
* Respect and Listen Video: Adelaide's book launch of 'A Decision to Discriminate'
[Speeches by Djiniyini Gondarra, Amelia Pangarte Kunoth-Monks and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks.]

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Northern Territory Intervention

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

A Decision to Discriminate

APO NT - Mini-budget cuts to Aboriginal services will increase harm and cost more - especially in the Bush

Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition has condemned the CLP’s mini-budget cuts to vital Aboriginal services - Media Release

Respect and Listen Video - Adelaide's book launch of A Decision to Discriminate

Speeches by Djiniyini Gondarra - Amelia Pangarte Kunoth-Monks and Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Amnesty - 2012 a permanent stain on Australia’s human rights record

Amnesty - Indigenous lives lost as Government inaction continues

Diane Fieldes - Socialist Alternative - Aboriginal incarceration rates soar

Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/12/2012 - 1:25pm

Last updated: 14 May 2014

Contents:

* National day of action for Rex Bellotti Jr (Thu 18 September 2014)
* About Justice Reinvestment
* WGAR Compilations (Last updated: 14 May 2014)
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (25-29 September 2013)

* NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR REX BELLOTTI JR (THU 18 SEPTEMBER 2014)

- Analysis / Opinion

The Stringer: National day of action for Rex Bellotti Jr
http://thestringer.com.au/national-day-of-action-for-rex-bellotti-jr/

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Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and incarceration rates

Indigenous women in prisons

Justice Campaign

Justice Reinvestment

Background to the justice for Kumentjaye Briscoe campaign

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/12/2012 - 1:16pm

Last updated: 10 November 2013

Petition: Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - Call for police to answer for their role
http://rollbacktheintervention.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/justice_for_b...

Sign-on statement: Call for police to answer for their roles in Deaths in Custody
http://rollbacktheintervention.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/briscoe-lette...

Petition closed: Petitioned Chief Minister of the Northern Territory:
Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - lay charges against police
Petition by Trisha Morton Thomas, Alice Springs, Australia

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Northern Territory Intervention

death in custody

Coronial report

Coroner’s report

Aboriginal Death in Custody

Kwementyaye Briscoe

[WGAR-news] Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 27 events from 17 December 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/12/2012 - 8:55am

Newsletter date: 17 December 2012

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

Event: 10 December 2012 to 10 January 2013: Online
Our Generation film
Film released free online
"To mark the International Day for Human Rights
(10 Dec), we have uploaded the original version
of the film to watch for free online.
It will be available to view until 10 Jan 2013."
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/news/film-released-free-online-1
About the film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews

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Hit the road 'brother' - Bruce Woodley, chairman of the Wirlu-murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 16/12/2012 - 4:23pm

By National Indigenous Times reporter Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of the National Indigenous Times - http://www.nit.com.au/news/2299-hit-the-road-twiggy.html - Wednesday 28, November 2012

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Stopping the military's war on animals - it just goes on and gets more evil

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 16/12/2012 - 10:09am

Gerry Georgatos
The exploitation of animals has reached never before seen extents, with animals bred in the most horrific conditions to be en masse slaughtered for so-called food production and human consumption. In the meantime humankind is getting physically and mentally sick on the excess consumption of animals as food.

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WGAR News: Premier’s approach ostracising all in the push to develop James Price Point: Greens

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 16/12/2012 - 6:26am

Newsletter date: 16 December 2012

Contents:

* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Premier’s approach ostracising all in the push to develop James Price Point
* The West: Wide-ranging rally [in opposition to the gas hub at James Price Point]
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS World News: [National Indigenous Television] NITV goes free to air

* SBS World News Video: National strategy launched to reduce Indigenous suicide rates

* SBS World News Video: Indigenous Aussies 'should vote for their own senators'

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National Indigenous Television

Indigenous suicide

Indigenous politics

The West - Wide-ranging rally - in opposition to the gas hub at James Price Point

SBS World News - National Indigenous Television - NITV goes free to air

SBS World News Video - National strategy launched to reduce Indigenous suicide rates

SBS World News Video - Indigenous Aussies should vote for their own senators

SBS Living Black Audio Interview - More Trouble In Roeburne - That's the prediction of lawyer Kerry Savas

SBS Living Black Audio Interview - Why are Yindjibarndi Still Living In Poverty

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Premier’s approach ostracising all in the push to develop James Price Point

WGAR News: "High Court gives Congress chance to argue equality before the law"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 15/12/2012 - 9:56am

Newsletter date: 15 December 2012

Contents:

* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: High Court Statement
* Human Rights Law Centre: High Court to hear landmark case on race discrimination and "special measures"

* The Wire Audio Interviews: Amelia Kunoth-Monks following in her grandmother's footsteps
* ABC Alice Springs Audio Interview: Guestroom - Olga Havnen
* 19th Maurice Blackburn Oration: Professor Clare Martin
* VEOHRC: Human Rights Oration 2012: Ron Merkel, QC
* STICS Forum Videos: After the NT election... The Struggle Against the NT Intervention:

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Northern Territory Intervention

racial discrimination

High Court