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Another suicide attempt at Nauru Detention Centre

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 25/10/2012 - 10:57am

An Iranian asylum seeker on Nauru attempted to hang himself on Tuesday night. He was rescued by guards and fellow detainees. This is the fourth attempted suicide on Nauru since the start of the Gillard government's Pacific Solution 2.0.

Meanwhile the number of hunger strikers on Nauru is also growing.
Asylum seekers on Nauru told the Refugee Action Coalition that there
are now 6 or 7 people on hunger strike, at least one of them now for
14 days. “More people are joining the hunger strike,” they said, “We
think there will be more day by day.”

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Australia's cluster munitions shame

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 22/10/2012 - 3:01pm

October 21, 2012 - By Michael Mullins, Editor of Eureka Street - Reposted here by their kind permission

After Australia was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council on Friday, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said: 'It's the world saying "we see Australia as a good country, a fine global citizen".'

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Nauru - Governments normalising racism while people suffer and die - "there is the smell of death here"

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 21/10/2012 - 11:35am

Gerry Georgatos
The veils and layers of racism are myriad – a trickle of humanity flees from persecution and horrific conditions, from civil strife, to our shores and Australian Governments react with racism, fall into the trap of justifying their racist actions, deeds and words and then normalise the racism and stereotype peoples.

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Paul Keating interviewed by Kerry O'Brien - Sydney Writers Festival

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 12/10/2012 - 8:04am

An interesting twilight years (post prime ministerial) interview of Paul Keating by Kerry O'Brien at last year's Sydney Writers Festival - Sunday October 30, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAOPX5A6GXY

(75 minutes)

Royal Commission or bust on the AWU scandal and Prime Minister Julia Gillard - there is no other way

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 11/10/2012 - 6:41pm

ROYAL COMMISSION or bust into AWU scandal and Prime Minister Julia Gillard, it goes to the highest office in the country with too many involved - from Gillard, Shorten, Ludwig, Roxon and others and of course McClelland too. The questions out there are so many, the allegations everywhere that not having a Royal Commission is bull dust and a different set of rules for the privileged and the elite.

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https://www.indymedia.org.au/2012/08/05/royal-commission-into-the-awu-al...

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Understanding Brian Butler and Lateral Love

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 05/10/2012 - 1:59pm

William Brian Butler was born 13th September 1938 at the Bagot Detention Centre in Darwin, Northern Territory

My mother Emily Anne was born Annie Lawrie and my grandmother Eliza Gordon was born Lady Wilson and are of the Aranda tribe and my grandfather Toby is of the Luritja tribe from the Uluru and Areyonga areas.

My tribal name is Jangala.

Nana Eliza Gordon and her sister Nana Mabel Smith, my mother Emily Ann Gordon and her sister, my auntie Mavis Webb were taken from their homeland at Altunga east of Alice Springs in central Australia.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 15 events from 5 October 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 01/10/2012 - 11:26am

Newsletter date: 1 October 2012

Last updated: 3 October 2012

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Event: Fri 5 October 2012: Alice Springs, NT
Protest: Stop Black Deaths in Custody
Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe
No to the CLP’s prison camps
"On Friday, the Country Liberal’s new
Minister for Central Australia Robin Lambley
will convene a forum with "key stakeholders"
to discuss "all aspects of alcohol policy".
The meeting is being held in response to
recommendations by the NT Coroner
Greg Cavanagh, following the death of

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CLIMATE of DEATH - justice denied means more will die

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 29/09/2012 - 4:23pm

CLIMATE of DEATH - justice denied means more will die, by Gerry Georgatos (courtesy of the National Indigenous Times - nit.com.au)

"We have to get rid of racist cops. I don't want to dwell on the past but I have grown up bitter," said Nyungar Elder Ben Taylor. Mr Taylor is on the mark when he says, "They have been killing our people for two hundred years."

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Sydney & Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 12 events from 25 September 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 24/09/2012 - 3:14pm

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Event: Tue 25 September 2012: Sydney, NSW
Deadly Awards
"The Deadly Awards is an annual event
held at the Sydney Opera House to recognise
the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders to their community and to Australian society."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html
Event details: http://www.vibe.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&id=4744

Event: 27 September 2012: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Walmadany - James Price Point
Guest Presenter: Deborah Wall OAM

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 25 September 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 24/09/2012 - 2:10pm

Newsletter date: 25 September 2012

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Event: 25 September 2012: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Gary Foley and Monica Morgan speak on:
Politics of the NT Intervention and
the ALP's continued support for it.
Hosted by The New International Bookshop
Event details: http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Sharne-Vate-Gary-Foley-and-Monica-Morgan...

Event: Tue 25 September 2012: Sydney, NSW
Deadly Awards
"The Deadly Awards is an annual event
held at the Sydney Opera House to recognise

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