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Forty uranium mines is the plan for Western Australia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 09/12/2013 - 7:06am

Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Credible sources in the uranium sections of resource companies first told The Stringer, in February, of futurist uranium mining plans that are being deliberated by mining companies for Western Australia – which is rich in high grade uranium, and which is easily accessible in this infrastructure wealthy State. They described a burgeoning relationship with India, the world’s most populous nation, as a market for the uranium.

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Call on your MP to protect workers' rights

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/12/2013 - 5:28pm

With the new Federal Parliament having now begun, we have a clearer picture of the agenda of the Abbott Government.

After just two sitting weeks, there are already worrying signs for working Australians and their families.

We know the Coalition is listening to big business but they need to listen to you! Send a message to your MP through our new “Stand for Workers!” site, to remind them that they have been elected to govern for all us.

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New revelations increase pressure for surveillance inquiry

Submitted by 2060 on Mon, 02/12/2013 - 5:40pm

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and Independent Senator Nick Xenophon push for senate inquiry into spying on Australian citizens.

The two major parties are opposing an inquiry despite disturbing new revelations from Edward Snowden. Today's revelations about coordinated mass-surveillance of ordinary citizens will increase the pressure on the Australian Government to come to the table with transparency and reform proposals without delay.

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WGAR News: WA Government supports end to suicide crisis but ironically cuts funding!: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 02/12/2013 - 3:06pm

Newsletter date: 3 December 2013

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* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: WA Government supports end to suicide crisis but ironically cuts funding!
* NACCHO Aboriginal suicide prevention: Black Dog Institute launches app to try to save lives
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Family of 15 are being evicted from their home by Department of Housing

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WGAR News: Living Black Radio's Marc Tong interviews Kirstie Parker: Congress Opposes RDA Amendments

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 02/12/2013 - 11:50am

Newsletter date: 2 December 2013

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* SBS Living Black Radio's Marc Tong interviews Co-Chair of Congress Kirstie Parker: Congress Opposes RDA Amendments
* Geoffrey Brahm Levey & Helen Pringle, ABC The Drum: Why the 'Bolt laws' should stay
* ABC Lateline: "Professor Gillian Triggs, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission discusses freedom of speech."
* Marina Freri, SBS Radionews: Groups combine to oppose Racial Discrimination Act change
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Attorney-General under fire over Racial Discrimination Act

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WGAR News: First Peoples groups criticise the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/12/2013 - 8:03pm

Newsletter date: 2 December 2013

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* Croakey - the Crikey health blog: Indigenous groups call for specific focus from Royal Commission into child sexual abuse
* The Stringer: First Peoples groups criticise the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse
* Background: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander responses to Royal Commission into child sexual abuse

* SNAICC News: SNAICC Training! Through Young Black Eyes
* SNAICC News: UP Child Rights campaign and Universal Children's Day

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WGAR News: Bid to reduce Indigenous child removal: Biwa Kwan, SBS Radionews

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/11/2013 - 5:34pm

Newsletter date: 1 December 2013

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* The Stringer: Stolen Generations continue
* Biwa Kwan, SBS Radionews: Bid to reduce Indigenous child removal
* Anna Patty, Canberra Times: New South Wales: Another stolen generation looms, warn protesters
* SNAICC News: Minister pledges his support for Aboriginal controlled services
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: South Australia drawing closer with Stolen Generations reparations

THE STRINGER: STOLEN GENERATIONS CONTINUE

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West Papuan National Day Goes Global

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 29/11/2013 - 3:12pm

This Sunday the 1st of December 2013 events will be held across West Papua, Australia and the world to mark the day West Papua’s flag was first raised in preparation for Independence from the Dutch in 1961.

Global solidarity for a free West Papua is surging in the wake of the unprecedented public awareness generated by the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua and the occupation of the Australian Embassy in Bali during the APEC summit.

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - November 29

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 29/11/2013 - 2:53pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20, 2013. We are a not-for-profit independent news format. We believe in the importance of independent media with a bent for investigative journalism.

Qld citizens network forms to fight civil liberties "crackdown"

Submitted by kimk on Fri, 29/11/2013 - 9:36am

A packed meeting of more than 70 concerned citizens and representatives from community organisations founded a new campaigning organisation at Brisbane's Electrical Trades Union hall on Wednesday night, responding to what organisers called "an unprecedented crackdown on civil liberties in Queensland".

The Queensland Civil Liberties Network was born amid cheers from meeting participants who set about planning a series of protest actions over coming months, including a rally and march to fall on Parliament's first sitting day, February 11 2014.

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Premier Campbell Newman