Gerry Georgatos
(Photo - October 2008 during a visit to Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra)
Who has heard of the Galilee Basin? Virtually no one. That is the problem.
We are witnessing one of Australia’s biggest environmental emergencies unfold but it is taking place out of the public eye. And it threatens one of the world’s greatest natural treasures – the Great Barrier Reef.
Watch this video to find out more: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/savethereef/?section=learn-more
Mapping Australia's Nuclear Sites − Past and Present
australianmap.net is a new online educational resource which brings together information, photos and videos about more than 50 of Australia's nuclear sites including uranium mines and processing plants, the Lucas Heights research reactor, proposed reactor and dump sites, and British nuclear weapons test sites.
http://radio4all.net/responder.php/download/63026/70106/83380/?url=http:...
Mining magnate mania again
2:15 min 320 kbps stereo 5.5 MB
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Newsletter date: 18 September 2012
Contents:
* 'Our Land Our Languages': Report on inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities
* Greg Dickson: Parliament reports on indigenous tongues: can they be saved?
* Aidan Wilson: First language education is a matter of common sense
* Charis Palmer: Action needed to help preserve Indigenous languages
* Claire Bowern: The chance of a lifetime to save Indigenous languages
* More on the 'Our Land Our Languages' Report
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/62949/70027/83324/?url=h...
A satirical reflection on the establishment
sounds: "Walla Walla" Flatwound Sean-Mackenzie, "Ultimatum" Pigeon, news media
http://soundcloud.com/flatwoundsean-mackenzie.com
7:20 min 128 kbps stereo 6.9 MB
"2012's Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji verse the Vestey Corporation."
by Gerry Georgatos, National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter
PART 1 (Part 2 will feature in the next edition)
Courtesy of the National Indigenous Times - http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/1825-the-story-of-david-a-goliath-the-yind...
Gerry Georgatos – National Indigenous Times reporter & PhD researcher Custodial Systems and Deaths in Custody
Anthony Axtell is dead - he is now another Australian prison custodial death statistic however the manner of his death indicts so much of what is wrong with the Australian prison system. Australia has one of the world's worst deaths in custody records.
Newsletter date: 16 September 2012
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 16 events from 16 September 2012
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Tue 18 September 2012: Byron Bay, NSW
Our Generation film screening
Nigel Stewart, Bundjalung member will be doing
a welcome & didgeridoo performance
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/screenings/tue-18-sept-byron-bay-nsw
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Thu 20 September 2012: Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
