Australia

WGAR News: 'Say no to government’s income management, not in Bankstown, not anywhere!'

Newsletter date: 15 July 2011

Contents:
* 'Say No to Government’s Income Management, Not in Bankstown, Not Anywhere!'
* Interview with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks about the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Government uses Aboriginal mining royalties to pay for leases on Aboriginal land
* The fight to stop the James Price Point gas hub
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

* 'SAY NO TO GOVERNMENT'S INCOME MANAGEMENT, NOT IN BANKSTOWN, NOT ANYWHERE!'

- New website

Carbon pricing policy a small start to tackling climate change

On Sunday the Gillard Federal Government announced it's carbon tax at $23 a tonne of carbon to be imposed on the 500 largest carbon polluting companies starting from July 1st, 2012. More than half the money raised will be returned to low and middle income earners, pensioners and retirees as compensation. Additional packages include $10 billion renewable energy and low emissions technology fund, substantial assistance packages to 'trade exposed' industries, $1.9 billion to fund carbon geo-sequestration in the land sector, and a $1 billion biodiversity fund.

The initial rate of $23 a tonne will be indexed at 2.5% for 3 years before an Emissions Trading Scheme is introduced in 2015 with a cap and floor price set by the Government. An independent Climate Change Authority will be established to recommend targets when the emissions trading scheme commences to take some of the politics out of the process. A target of 80% emissions reduction from 2000 levels by 2050 will be set.

See also: Carbon price in a nutshell according to the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. Full Details are available on the Government compensation package and of the carbon price modelling from Treasury Department.

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Australian solidarity protests for Bersih democracy movement in Malaysia

While "thousands and thousands" marched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today (July 9th) for democracy (braving police roadblocks, hundreds of arrests, water cannon, teargas, etc), in Australia some 750 Malaysian rallied in Melbourne, 300 in Sydney, 200 in Perth, 150 in Adelaide, 40 in Canberra and 100 in Brisbane.

Scientist: Less rain across southern Australia a long term climate trend

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is increasing atmospheric temperatures changing the dynamic of the sub-tropical jet stream and thus the number and intensity of storms bringing autumn and winter rainfall to southern Australia, according to CSIRO climate scientist Dr Jorgen Frederiksen. He was addressing the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics conference in Melbourne this week regarding recent research on changes to atmospheric circulation, storm intensity and reduction in winter rainfall in Australia.

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ABC 4 Corners Report- Sri Lanka's Killing Fields‏

Date and Time: 
Sat, 09/07/2011 -
8:00pm to 9:00pm
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ABC News 24 Channel ABC 4 Corners iview link: http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/four%20corners (Can only be viewed by computers in Australia)- Please promote & promote as much as possible across Australia. You Tube link to the doco: http://www.youtube.com/wat​ch?v=XADVagA2MUk&feature=p​layer_detailpage#t=2s - Please promote & promote as much as possible to anyone who might not be able to access the ABC 4 corners iview link.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2011/s3257956.htm

Presented by Kerry O'Brien, "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields" goes to air again on Saturday July 9th at 8.30pm on ABC News 24 (Digital Channel).

It is also available on ABC iview (see below link):
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/four%20corners

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ABC 4 Corners Report- Sri Lanka's Killing Fields‏

Date and Time: 
Sat, 09/07/2011 -
8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
ABC News 24 Channel ABC 4 Corners iview link: http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/four%20corners (Can only be viewed by computers in Australia)- Please promote & promote as much as possible across Australia. You Tube link to the doco: http://www.youtube.com/wat​ch?v=XADVagA2MUk&feature=p​layer_detailpage#t=2s - Please promote & promote as much as possible to anyone who might not be able to access the ABC 4 corners iview link.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2011/s3257956.htm

Presented by Kerry O'Brien, "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields" goes to air again on Saturday July 9th at 8.30pm on ABC News 24 (Digital Channel).

It is also available on ABC iview (see below link):
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/series/four%20corners

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 15 events from 9 July 2011

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: Thu 30 June to Sun 17 July 2011: Newtown, Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: Stars, Sky, Breeze, Trees
Photo artist: Jagath Dheerasekara
Gallery: At The Vanishing Point

HADI KURNIAWAN - one of 100 children in Australian adult prisons.

by Gerry Georgatos An impoverished Indonesian mother, in front of an Australian journalist, lies on a cement floor clutching a photograph of her 16 year old son who is now in an Australian adult prison and whom she hasn't seen since he was fourteen. Abject and acute poverty ravages Indonesia, a country where only 10% of the population has a refrigerator, where most people do not have electricity let alone a television, where many people live half lives working in sulphur mines and where most folk will never rise out of the shanty towns and villages they are born to die in.

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WGAR News: 25 protesters arrested at James Price Point blockade; Petition handed to Minister

Newsletter date: 9 July 2011

Contents:
* 25 protesters arrested at James Price Point blockade
* Kimberley Gas hub petition handed to Minister
* Film Reviews: Our Generation
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* 25 PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT JAMES PRICE POINT BLOCKADE:

- Protest and blockade updates

Save the Kimberley: Police attempt to break blockade – update Day 30
http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2011/07/05/police-attempt-to-break-bl...