Australia

17 old asylum attempts suicide ahead of Malaysia deportation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 5:17pm

Refugee Action Coalition Statement August 7th A 17 year-old female asylum-seeker due to be deported to Malaysia has attempted suicide in Christmas Island’s Bravo compound. Reports from Christmas Island indicate that the girl made the attempt around 1pm Christmas Island time (4pm AEST) while in the complex’s medical centre, where she had been taken as a result of her participation in the hunger strike and protest by asylum seekers facing deportation to Malaysia.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Christmas Island
Australia's Mandatory Detention

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 8 August 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 1:12pm

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

Event: 27 May to Sun 9 October 2011: Kalgoorlie, WA
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow - Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...

Event: 3 July to Sun 25 September 2011: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: FREEDOM RIDERS - Art and activism 1960s to now
Sydney University Art Gallery

Geography: 
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
'Our Generation' film screenings

Malaysia deportees call for help, declare hunger strike. Advocates demand access to the asylum seekers.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 5:11pm

Refugee Action Coalition Statement 5th August Refugee advocates tonight received a distressed call for help from one of the asylum seekers being held pending removal to Malaysia. The short call said only, “We are in a bad way, we need help. We are starting a hunger strike.”

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Malaysian Solution
Australian Mandatory Detention

13 NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 2:27pm

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

Event: 3 July to Sun 25 September 2011: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: FREEDOM RIDERS
- Art and activism 1960s to now
Sydney University Art Gallery
"A unique and daring exhibition has pulled together some of
the most important political artworks produced by NSW's
leading Aboriginal artists and put them in one room for the
public to see." ABC News
Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/museums/events_exhibitions/art_gallery_exhibitions....
Featured in Video: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/07/01/3259282.htm

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney

WGAR News: Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill - 45th Anniversary Commemoration in Kalkarindji, NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 1:22pm

Newsletter date: 6 August 2011

Contents:
* Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill - 45th Anniversary Commemoration in Kalkarindji/Daguragu, NT
* Sydney Rally on Gurindji Freedom Day - Fri 26 Aug 2011
* Video of Richard Downs and Ngarla Kunoth-Monks at UN Indigenous Forum
* Interviews with Dorinda Hafner and Alistair Nicholson about the NT Intervention consultations
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 24 events from 6 August 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles

Geography: 
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
Sydney Rally on Gurindji Freedom Day - Fri 26 Aug 2011
Video of Richard Downs and Ngarla Kunoth-Monks at UN Indigenous Forum
Interviews with Dorinda Hafner and Alistair Nicholson about the NT Intervention consultations
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 24 events from 6 August 2011

Money Doesn't Talk - But We Do ! mp3

Submitted by huxwell on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 1:36pm

http://traffic.libsyn.com/kaputtradio/kr206.mp3

MS - media samples, Robert Fisk, Onion News, Noam Chomsky, Kevin Slavin, Clarke and Dawe, social commentator Graham

sounds: The Nomad, Drapht Brother's Grimm, Entropy Factory Seconds, Waxaudio, Eddie Palmeri

related show: KR # 202 Understanding Financial Reality

35:52 min 128 kbps stereo 32.9 MB

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Keywords: 
finance woes

WGAR News: Aboriginal voices criticize NT intervention at consultations

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:47am

Newsletter date: 2 August 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal voices criticize NT intervention at consultations
* Interview with Dr. Lynn Arnold about the NT Intervention
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Forty organisations oppose income management in Bankstown
* Interview with Prof. Sir Michael Marmot about impacts on people's health
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 2 August 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

Geography: 
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
New South Wales
Melbourne
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Townsville
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
Interview with Dr. Lynn Arnold about the NT Intervention
Forty organisations oppose income management in Bankstown
Interview with Prof. Sir Michael Marmot about impacts on people's health
Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 2 August 2011

Massive cost of housing and living protests in Israel - why not in Australia?

Submitted by Flowerpower on Mon, 01/08/2011 - 6:40pm

Israel has become the latest country to be swept by a citizens uprising. On July 30th 150,000 Israeli's both Jews and Arabs marched to demand the government act on the cost of housing and the cost of living more generally. Other specific demands of the protest movement include more affordable child care, more money for public hospitals and opposition to the policies of privitization and the free market that have exacerbated the gap between the rich and poor.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Australian politics
Israel protest movement