Australia

The ABC takes a long summer break

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 3:09pm

I was barely awake, but even so I recall the unmistakable voice of the ABC summer presenter mouthing polite platitudes of sympathy for the thousands of Haitians killed in the massive earthquake which hit the capital, Port-au-Prince on the 13th January. The journalistic imperatives of what, where, and who were barely mentioned, with the crucial how and why, the object of neglect. In their place, the summer listeners were urged to partake in an aural orgy detailing their own most frightening life event.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
ABC
Haiti
current affairs

WGAR News: Update on Aboriginal Summit in Canberra (23 Jan 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/01/2010 - 10:50am

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Aboriginal Summit in Canberra
Making a submission on the NTER legislation amendments by 1 Feb 2010
Ampilatwatja Walk-off
Racist Website
Peace Walk for Aboriginal Sovereignty: 25, 26 Jan Canberra
Loan shark lends to Aboriginal Centrelink clients
UN Report on conditions of world's indigenous peoples
Recent attacks on Indian students in Melbourne
Other NT Intervention Articles

ABORIGINAL SUMMIT IN CANBERRA:

"NEW WAY SUMMIT: Our Way or No Way

Geography: 
Canberra
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
United Nations
Aboriginal summit in Canberra
grassroots Aboriginal action

Australias secret police state concentration camps

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 20/01/2010 - 12:10pm

You could just be walking down the street wearing a funny looking teeshirt & someone can make a telephone call to a intake officer & have you locked up & drugged.

You could just be having a conversation with friends or family & someone behind your back will make a complaining telephone call & you will be locked up & drugged.

Geography: 
Australia

Lest we forget the war against Indigenous Australians

Submitted by takver on Sun, 17/01/2010 - 5:23pm

Dr Joseph Toscano writes on the commemoration of indigenous resistance and early Melbourne history and the need for a monument to the indigenous freedom fighters, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, who were the first judicial executions in Melbourne on January 20, 1842.

Update: About 80 people attended commemoration - Photoset | Youtube Videos: Bunurong Elder Carolyn Briggs - No tolerance for racism | Gunnai activist Robbie Thorpe - Australia is a crime scene | Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner 2010 commemoration
Related: Time for a memorial to commemorate the Indigenous Resistance | Event Details | Lord Mayor Robert Doyle commemorated story of aboriginal resistance | Belgrave Survival Day (Event)

Geography: 
Melbourne
Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
invasion
history
Tunnerminnerwait
Maulboyheenner
aboriginal resistance
commemoration

Aboriginal summit: “Be prepared for the fight of your life”

Submitted by Diet Simon on Sat, 16/01/2010 - 5:17pm

Goodooga, northwest NSW, 16 January 2010 - - Euahlayi activist Michael Anderson says people coming to the three-day Aboriginal summit in Canberra two weeks from now should “be prepared for the fight of your life”.

“This will be heated and furious because when people are hurting they will not hold back. (But) it is important to understand that it is the system that we have to fight, not each other,” the veteran campaigner for Aboriginal rights says in a media release.

Related: WGAR News: Call to an Aboriginal summit | Overwhelming interest in summit | UN report paints grim picture of world’s indigenous peoples |

Geography: 
Canberra
Australia
Keywords: 
aborigine
summit
Murris
Nyoongars
Goories
Koories

“Overwhelming interest in Aboriginal summit”

Submitted by Diet Simon on Wed, 13/01/2010 - 4:56pm

Goodooga, northwest NSW, 13 Jan 10 -- Aboriginal activist Michael Anderson reports “overwhelming interest” in an Aboriginal summit he is convening in Canberra on 30 January and 1 February.

“The many calls I have received from our people throughout Australia indicate that the representation should be national,” Mr Anderson, a one-time adviser to the federal government, says in a media release.

Geography: 
Australia

WGAR News: Call to an Aboriginal summit in Canberra (13 Jan 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 13/01/2010 - 4:42pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Call to an Aboriginal summit in Canberra
Ampilatwatja Walk-off

CALL TO AN ABORIGINAL SUMMIT IN CANBERRA

- Media Releases

Indymedia Australia: “Overwhelming interest in Aboriginal summit”
http://indymedia.org.au/2010/01/13/%E2%80%9Coverwhelming-interest-in-abo...

Geography: 
Canberra
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Aboriginal summit in Canberra
Michael Anderson
Richard Downs

East Timor: imperialist predators feast, covered with blood.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 13/01/2010 - 5:26am

The modern history of East Timor indicates very clearly what animal brutality hidden behind "humanitarian" façade of modern imperialism. A brief excursion through this drama will allow us to draw two very important conclusions.

The most important fact, which explains a great deal, can be specified at once. There are rich deposits of oil and natural gas in the offshore waters of the country.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
protest