Australia

WGAR News: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 06/10/2015 - 7:31pm

Newsletter date: 7 October 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers

* Audio: Bridget Brennan, ABC AM: Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide [featuring Dameyon Bonson]

* News Analysis: Bridget Brennan, ABC News: Mental As: Indigenous community lacks resources to prevent LGBTI suicide

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide
Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide prevention'
Dameyon Bonson - Black Rainbow Living Well - ABC News
Indigenous-run mental health services are struggling to attract funding for suicide prevention programs
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - UWA
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - Uni of Western Australia - ABC News
Calla Wahlquist - Guardian Australia
Aboriginal suicide rates
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Prof Pat Dudgeon chair - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health group & a Bardi woman - Guardian Australia
Prof Ian Hickie co-director - University of Sydney’s Brain & Mind Centre - Guardian Australia
Goldfields Aboriginal mental health workers Kelly Donaldson & Richard Ashwin - ABC News
Nathan Morris - ABC Goldfields WA
Sidney Carruth - Goldfields-Esperance Aboriginal mental health co-ordinator - ABC News

WGAR News: Nov 27: Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities, facebook event

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 05/10/2015 - 2:20pm

Newsletter date: 6 October 2015

Contents:

* facebook event: Friday, 27 November 2015:
Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1656551727921649/

* For more info:

www.sosblakaustralia.com

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Sydney
Northern Territory
Brisbane
South Australia
Adelaide
Melbourne
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
Friday 27 November 2015: Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Emma Donovan calls on Australia to save its remote Indigenous communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced for Friday 27th November 2015
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in Western Australia (WA) South Australia (SA) [and Northern Territory (NT)?]
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
WGAR Background - Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

WGAR News: Video coverage of STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion featuring Larissa Behrendt, Thalia Anthony, Eva Cox & Paddy Gibson

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 04/10/2015 - 8:34pm

Newsletter date: 5 October 2015

Contents:

* Intro:

'concerned Australians': The Intervention - an Anthology: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/#INTANT
Respect and Listen: The Intervention - an Anthology: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Larissa Behrendt - STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion
Thalia Anthony - STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion
Eva Cox - STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion
Paddy Gibson - STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion
Video coverage of STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion
Video coverage of STICS Intervention Anthology panel discussion - 2 Sept 2015
STICS on Vimeo
STICS Video's on Vimeo
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Speaker: Larissa Behrendt: Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman; Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS - STICS Intervention Anthology
Speaker: Eva Cox: Research Fellow at Jumbunna UTS - STICS Intervention Anthology
Speaker: Thalia Anthony: Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law UTS - STICS Intervention Anthology
Speaker: Paddy Gibson: Senior Researcher Jumbunna UTS - STICS Intervention Anthology

WGAR News: Cashless welfare card could breach right to privacy - human rights committee: Petition update: Kerry Arch, Change.org

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 04/10/2015 - 12:22pm

Newsletter date: 4 October 2015

Contents:

* Petition update: Kerry Arch, Change.org: Cashless welfare card could breach right to privacy - human rights committee

* Change.org Petition: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Stop Income Management and the Healthy Welfare Card

* WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Cashless welfare card could breach right to privacy - human rights committee
Petition: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: Stop Income Management and the Healthy Welfare Card
Stop Income Management and the Healthy Welfare Card
WGAR Background - Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Parliamentary joint committee on human rights - Change.org petition update
Parliamentary joint committee asks social services minister to explain how the bill (Debit Card Trial Bill 2015) is compatible with human rights
cashless welfare card could breach the right to privacy & indirectly discriminate against Indigenous people
Compulsory Income Management is an outrageous attack on the rights of welfare recipients
compulsory income management
income management
Income Management - IM
Cashless welfare card
Healthy Welfare Card

WGAR News: "Queen got no right here. This is our Country, under our Tjukurpa Law ..." - Murray George - Sovereign Union Media Release

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 03/10/2015 - 9:08pm

Newsletter date: 4 October 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Ghillar Michael Anderson, First Nations Telegraph: Queen got no right here. This is our Country, under our Tjukurpa Law…

* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: "Queen got no right here. This is our Country, under our Tjukurpa Law ..." - Murray George

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
South Australia
Keywords: 
Ghillar Michael Anderson - First Nations Telegraph
Tjukurpa Law and Cultural Rights - Murray George Videos
Murray George from Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) in South Australia has a message for First Nations people across the continent
Murray George has a message for First Nations people
Enlightning Productions videos - Sovereign Union
Eleanor Gilbert on Vimeo
Eleanor Gilbert's videos
Michael Anderson
Ghillar Michael Anderson
Sovereign Union
Ghillar Michael Anderson - Sovereign Union
'Queen got no right here. This is our Country; under our Tjukurpa Law ...' Murray George
Murray George - Sovereign Union
Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Law and Culture Pty Ltd company - Sovereign Union
authority of Tjukurpa Law is what gives the sovereign Peoples the Anangu dominion in the absolute sense over their Lands and Territories
sovereign Peoples the Anangu - Sovereign Union
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia

WGAR News: Indigenous groups take Adani Carmichael mine battle to the United Nations: Lisa Cox, Sydney Morning Herald

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 03/10/2015 - 11:28am

Newsletter date: 3 October 2015; last updated 4:20pm AEST

Contents:

* Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Letter // Submission to UN:
Letter // Submission regarding Australia’s failure to protect the Wangan and Jagalingou People’s rights to culture from the proposed Carmichael Coal Mine

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council Submission to UN
Emma Blackwood - ABC News
Spokesman Adrian Burragubba - Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council - ABC News
Traditional owners appealing to United Nations over native title process on Adani coal project
Adrian Burragubba & Murrawah Johnson - Wangan and Jagalingou representatives - Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous groups take Adani Carmichael mine battle to the United Nations
Lisa Cox - national political reporter - Sydney Morning Herald
Adrian Burragubba
Murrawah Johnson
spokespeople Adrian Burragubba and Murrawah Johnson - Wangan and Jagalingou People - 9 News
Indigenous groups call on UN to stop mine
Indigenous groups call on UN to stop mine - 9 News
Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections
Wangan & Jagalingou People
Wangan & Jagalingou Family Council
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
Aboriginal sovereignty movement

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Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 01/10/2015 - 12:23pm

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Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
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WGAR News: Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position: Sol Bellear, Huffington Post Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 7:24pm

Newsletter date: 30 September & 1/2 October 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Sol Bellear, Huffington Post Australia: Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position

* Bio & Links to articles: Sol Bellear - Huffington Post Australia: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/sol-bellear/

* Background:

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Sol Bellear - Huffington Post Australia
Sol Bellear - Chairman of the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern - Australia's largest community-controlled health service - Huffington Post Australia
Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position
Australia seeks position on United Nations Human Rights Council for two years from 2018
Australia seeks another stint on United Nations Security Council for 2029-30
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

WGAR News: 6th SNAICC National Conference Communique: 'Over 1,000 people from around Australia gathered in Perth for the 6th SNAICC National Conference'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 29/09/2015 - 12:32pm

Newsletter date: 29/30 September 2015

Contents:

* Communiqué: 6th SNAICC National Conference Communiqué: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care: http://www.snaicc.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/003600_bbdb.pdf

* Homepage of SNAICC 2015 National Conference - 15-17 September 2015, Perth: http://www.snaicc.org.au/conference/

Geography: 
Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
SNAICC 2015 National Conference - 15-17 September 2015 - Perth
6th SNAICC National Conference Communique
SNAICC - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
Over one thousand people from around Australia gathered in Perth for the 6th SNAICC National Conference
over-representation of Aboriginal children and young people in the child protection system
Removal of Aboriginal children and the continuing Stolen Generation
WGAR Background - Removal of Aboriginal children and the continuing Stolen Generation

WGAR News: The Intervention - An Anthology - Time for a National Debate: Nicole Watson interviewed by Donna Campbell on Strong Voices, CAAMA Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/09/2015 - 6:48pm

Newsletter date: 28/29 September 2015; last updated 28 September 2015, 8pm AEST

Contents:

* Audio Interview: Donna Campbell on Strong Voices interviews Nicole Watson, a Birri-Gubba woman & (former) senior Lecturer, UTS
CAAMA Radio: The Intervention - An Anthology - Time for a National Debate
http://caama.com.au/the-intervention-an-anthology-time-for-a-national-de...

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Melbourne
Keywords: 
Diet Simon - Nuclear Worrier - Linksunten Indymedia
Massive pain inflicted on Aborigines to steal their land rights
Donna Campbell on Strong Voices interviews Nicole Watson - CAAMA Radio
Nicole Watson - a Birri-Gubba woman & (former) senior lecturer UTS - CAAMA Radio
First Nations Telegraph - Your Free Online Daily News - 100% Owned & Operated by Our Mob
First Nations Telegraph: 'NT Intervention an Anthology' launch; supplied by Georgina Gartland
Respect and Listen compilation - The Intervention - an Anthology
24 September 2015 - Fitzroy Melbourne - The Intervention - an Anthology book launch - 'concerned Australians' with Arena Magazine & Journal
concerned Australians
'concerned Australians'
The Intervention - an Anthology
NT intervention
Stronger Futures
CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government