Indigenous affairs in the media 31 May 13
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Victorian government knowingly driving Leadbeater's Possum to extinction, say scientists
Submitted by takver on Fri, 31/05/2013 - 3:43amTwo distinguished environmental scientists accused the Victorian Government of forestry policies knowingly designed to drive Leadbeater's Possum, one of the two fauna emblems of Victoria, to extinction.
In a letter to sciencemag.org, the publication of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, Professors David Lindenmayer and Hugh Possingham say, "Government-sanctioned legal logging of the reserve system will significantly increase the chance of extinction of Leadbeater's possum. To the best of our knowledge, and despite state and national threatened species legislation, this is the first time an Australian government has taken calculated actions to substantially reduce the viability of an IUCN-listed endangered species with full knowledge of the likely consequences." (Read full letter reproduced at end of this article)
Petition: Defer the Bill that would lock-in long-term native forest logging | Help Save Leadbeater's Possum | My Environment Appeal 2013 Leadbeater's Possum | Ethical paper pledge
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WGAR News: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 6:04pmNewsletter date: 30 May 2013
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* Australian Institute of Criminology: Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates
* Inga Ting, SMH: Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people
* Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle, ABC The Drum Opinion: Indigenous prison rates are a national shame
* SBS World News: 'No lessons learned' on Aboriginal deaths
* Cairns Post: Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise
* Bundaberg News Mail: Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels
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Other media coverage of Indigenous affairs 29 May 13
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WGAR News: Oxfam report mocks Native Title: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer
Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 9:36amNewsletter date: 29 May 2013
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* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Oxfam report mocks Native Title
* Oxfam Australia: Mining
* Oxfam Australia and CAER: The right to decide: company commitments and community consent
* SBS Radionews: Mining benefits 'not getting to Indigenous people'
* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters [Refusal to honour native title & Indigenous land use agreements]
* Background to Mabo and Native Title
* SBS Radionews: Indigenous focus on land and sea management
* ABC: Waste dump opponents 'not going to back down'
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The law a law unto itself - as ever
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 9:11amby ray jackson
president, indigenous social justice association
many thanks to gary foley and the other readers of the previous post for sending me the article or link involved. the article is attached.
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Coal seam gas: not worth the risk
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 28/05/2013 - 5:49pmI’ve just had an opinion piece published in Farm Weekly about the campaign against coal seam gas.
“At a community meeting on coal and gas in the Hunter Valley last weekend, the crowd was dotted with woollen beanies and Akubras alike.
I attended the meeting as the Greens’ environment and mining spokesperson and I was pleased to see all types of folk there – some were locals, some had come from Sydney or Melbourne, others had driven for hours from properties that provide this nation with food and fibre”
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What are they trying to hide about the Manus prison camp?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 28/05/2013 - 5:29pmJournalists aren't allowed in, the Human Rights Commissioner was barred from visiting, and the Government's own Immigration Department found it posed serious health risks. What is the Government trying to hide inside the Manus Island detention centre?
Tune in to Dateline at 9.30pm tonight as SBS reporter Mark Davis sheds more light on what lies behind the fences of Manus: www.sbs.com.au/dateline
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Media on Indigenous affairs 27 May 13
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Why Celebrate on Mabo Day June 3
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 27/05/2013 - 7:08pmWhen Australia was invaded and colonised on the 26th January 1788, the British colonisers acted as if this land was uninhabited. Over forty thousand years of civilisation was swept aside in an orgy of destruction that resulted in the violent dispossession of people who had a long and fruitful association with the land.
For 204 years the legal fiction of TERRA NULLIUS - the land of no one, was used to legally reward the murderers who colonised this land although the original inhabitants had never ceded sovereignty.
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