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HRA MEDIA RELEASE: First load of victims to Malaysia - Australia's racism for all to see

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 31/07/2011 - 9:08pm

HRA Press Release 31/7/2011The first boat load of lawful Asylum Seekers will be victimised by the Australian Government under its illegal Malaysian Deal policy. The boat load of lawful Asylum Seekers has presented themselves to the Australian Navy's HMAS Ararat in Australian waters north-west of Western Australia, near Scott Reef. There is irony in the name of the Australian Navy vessel - 'Ararat'.

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Tony Blair on trial in Sydney

Submitted by 2SER on Sun, 31/07/2011 - 12:52pm

Julia Gillard might've been chuffed after Tony Blair gave her carbon tax campaign the thumbs up, but not everyone is happy to see the former British prime minister in Australia.

Mr Blair has been on a speaking tour of the country, in part to promote his new book of memoirs.

But the Stop the War Coalition accuses Mr Blair of committing war crimes in Iraq and say by selling his book he's profiting from proceeds of crime.

To voice their concerns, the group staged a mock trial down at Sydney's Darling Harbour.

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Media Alliance calls for better access to asylum seekers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 30/07/2011 - 6:46pm

MEAA Press Release July 26th 2011 The Media Alliance has written to the minister for immigration, Chris Bowen, and the minister for home affairs, Brendan O’Connor, calling on them to re-examine the guidelines under which journalists are allowed access to asylum seeker detention centres and detainees, and to review the policy for releasing footage of incoming asylum seeker vessels.

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WGAR News: Gurindji tell consultations meeting: 'stop the Intervention immediately'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/07/2011 - 9:43am

Newsletter date: 30 July 2011

Contents:
* Gurindji tell consultations meeting: 'stop the Intervention immediately'
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Update on Kimberley gas hub protest
* Survey: 88% of NCAFP members want constitutional recognition
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Minister meets with Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust community
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events

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Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Update on Kimberley gas hub protest

Survey: 88% of NCAFP members want constitutional recognition

Minister meets with Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust community

Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 30 July 2011

Extremism essential to Australian culture

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/07/2011 - 8:25pm

by Nick Carson After recent events in Norway it comes as no surprise that the Australian media are bad-mouthing 'extremism', to quote The Age, as having "no place in our culture". They seem to be collectively missing the point. Having an extreme point of view or ideology isn't a crime in itself. Extremism, regardless of the values or ideologies behind it, not only has a place in a given culture, but is quite essential.

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Australia’s detention centres explode in protest and despair

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/07/2011 - 7:52pm

The last fortnight has seen protests by asylum seekers erupt at a number of detention centres, including Christmas Island, Darwin in the NT, Scherger in Queensland and Broadmeadows in Melbourne. Australia has 23 such centres which would be more aptly described as concentration camps. Asylum seekers took to the roof in Darwin for days before being forcibly removed. A solidarity rooftop protest occurred at Monash University. A hunger strike continued for six days at Scherger. A protest at Christmas Island was again violently suppressed by the AFP with tear gas and synthetic bullets. Detainees at Christmas Island dug buried themselves in shallow graves to symbolize their despair. Unfortunately threats to self-harm are not just threats with five detainees taking their own lives in the last ten months in detention. In Broadmeadows a number of boys sewed their lips together. All of this occurred at the same time the Gillard ALP government hardened its policies towards asylum seekers even further by signing off on the Malaysian solution.

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YOUTUBE(8 mins)-Police/ C.I.B. Interview with Bryan Law, Helicopter Gunship Ploughshares @ Talisman Sabre military exercises

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 5:41pm

YOUTUBE (8 mins) -
Police Record ofInterview by Queenlsand/ Australia Criminal Investigation Bureau of Bryan Law who explains ploughshares actions and his intentions to disarm a helicopter gunship in Australia in nonviolent resistance to the war on Afghainstan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZgfbGCLRk

In July 2011, Bryan Law from Cairns , north Queensland / Australia , travelled to Rockhampton central Queensland to the biannual "Operation Talisman

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Australian detention centres in crisis: Refugee Advocacy Network

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 4:50pm

Refugee Advocacy Network Media Release: July 28th 2011 “Australia’s detention centres are in crisis”, said Refugee Advocacy Network spokesperson Pamela Curr, as the protests by asylum seekers in detention centres around Australia are becoming more desperate and more frequent. One of the asylum seekers on the roof of the Darwin detention centre has already lost consciousness.

Curr says that many people seeking asylum have been detained for up to 22 months.

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WGAR News: Interview with Randa Kattan about expansion of Income Management to Vic, NSW, Qld and SA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 8:34am

Newsletter date: 27 July 2011

Contents:
* Interview with Randa Kattan about the campaign against the expansion of Income Management to Vic, NSW, Qld and SA
* Interviews with Alistair Nicholson and Ian Viner about the current round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Videos opposing Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 22 events
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Interviews with Alistair Nicholson and Ian Viner about the current round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Videos opposing Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 22 events from 27 July 2011

Australia's response to asylum seekers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 26/07/2011 - 7:22pm

The 'Pacific Solution' didn't work, and now Australia is trying the 'Malaysian Solution'. Under the Malaysian Solution, signed on 25th July 2011, Australia is once again out-sourcing its obligation to aid and help people seeking asylum. The agreementmeans that the next 800 asylum-seekers arriving in Australia by boat will, within 72 hours of their arrival, have their bio-metric data recorded and be flown to Malaysia. In return, Australia will allow 4000 people, who have already had their application for refugee status approved by the UNHCR, to move to Australia over the next four years.

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