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WGAR News: Deaths in custody on conscience of all Australians - Save the CNS: ALS News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 07/06/2013 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 8 June 2013

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* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): Deaths in custody on conscience of all Australians: Save the CNS

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Deaths in Custody - when will something be done?
* The Stringer: WA imprisons 300 Aboriginal people each year for driving offences
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: NT's third-world prisons - a national disgrace
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: CCC inquiry into police lock-up bashing

* Greens Senator Penny Wright: Greens say books not bars for Territory youth

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Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal imprisonment

Justice Reinvestment

The Stringer

Aboriginal Legal Service - NSW ACT

NT's third-world prisons

CCC

Greens Senator Penny Wright

Aboriginal Legal Service - NSW ACT - Deaths in custody on conscience of all Australians - Save the CNS

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Deaths in Custody - when will something be done

The Stringer - WA imprisons 300 Aboriginal people each year for driving offences

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - NT's third-world prisons - a national disgrace

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - CCC inquiry into police lock-up bashing

Greens Senator Penny Wright - Greens say books not bars for Territory youth

NIRS - Peak bodies tell NT Gov't - Alcohol a health issue

Solidarity with the USYD strike from Copenhagen

Submitted by autonomousactions on Fri, 07/06/2013 - 11:11am

In the early hours of June 5 some anarchists redecorated the facade of the Australian embassy in Copenhagen with messages of solidarity with the ongoing strike at Sydney University. Students and workers at USYD have faced off against the pigs of the NSW police force on numerous occasions since April this year, in an ongoing campaign against neoliberal restructuring of their university.
We sprayed:

NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

CUT SPENCE STAB SCIPIONE

DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST USYD STRIKERS

OCCUPY & RESIST!

A.C.A.B.
A.V.C.A.B.*

FUCK NSW POLICE

FOR THE SYDNEY UNI COMMUNE

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 7 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 5:04pm

Newsletter date: 7 June 2013

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Event: Ongoing until 14 September 2013: Canberra, ACT
Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait
"Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait is an exhibition
of striking photographs, stories and objects about the
lives, culture and identity of Torres Strait Islanders."
"People from islands across Australia's northern frontier
are depicted in David Callow's portraits. They compare
current and traditional ways and practices and reflect on
changes that have occurred in the Torres Strait during

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Canberra events: Where is, what is Wreck Bay? + Aboriginal health service: 25 years + Inside Out

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 10:46pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 29 Jun to 24 Aug 2013: Various venues around Canberra, ACT
Windsongs & Waterlines - Where is, what is Wreck Bay?
"The Wreck Bay Community is the only Aboriginal Community
reserve in the ACT and is a closed community.
This exhibition will enable the wider public a rare
opportunity to visit and better understand Wreck Bay’s story.
For traditional owners this exhibition is an opportunity to
speak about culture and country and how as a community

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 2 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 4:50pm

Newsletter date: 2 June 2013

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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...
* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "
Reconciliation Australia

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Racialised imprisonment

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 3:23pm

Racialised imprisonment - http://thestringer.com.au/racialised-imprisonment/#.UamCeEBTCaU
by Gerry Georgatos - May 28th, 2013
Australia has a history since colonialisation of racialised violence and hence racialised imprisonment. Aboriginal peoples deal the with the worst of Australia’s racialised imprisonment – throughout the criminal justice system – from sentencing regimes to the effects of having become the world’s most incarcerated peoples.

Goodes, MacGuire and Australia’s racism – let us not forget mining and Government

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 3:10pm

Goodes, MacGuire and Australia’s racism – let us not forget mining and Government
by Gerry Georgatos
May 30th, 2013 - http://thestringer.com.au/goodes-mcguire-and-australias-racism-let-us-no...

Photo - Collingwood AFL president, Eddie MacGuire - www.heraldsun.com.au

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 1

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 2:38pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20

The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 26

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 6:58pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
NEWS update: More contributors and writers continue to join The Stringer. Three months young The Stringer has been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.

Please share this newsletter and spread the word about The Stringer. To subscribe to The Stringer newsletters either email contact@thestringer.com.au or go to the home page subscription tab. The Stringer is free to everyone.

A fair media - let no threat get in the way

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 6:27pm

“It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it,” said John Pilger.

Article courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/

Seasoned journalist Kate McClymont delivered a speech, now widely referred to as the ‘Where angels fear to tread’ speech, at the Australian Press Freedom Dinner in early May. The event was hosted by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Walkley Foundation for Journalism.

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