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WGAR News: The Wire: Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 21/11/2012 - 3:32pm

Newsletter date: 22 November 2012

Contents:
* The Wire: Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation [Interview with Tjanara Goreng Goreng]
* ABC: Abused Indigenous children 'must be heard' [Tjanara Goreng Goreng]
* SNAICC News: Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: FMG [Fortescue Metals Group] actions warrant further investigation
* ABC 7.30 Videos: Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG)
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

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The Wire - Call for indigenous commissioners to head up abuse investigation - Interview with Tjanara Goreng Goreng

ABC - Abused Indigenous children must be heard - Tjanara Goreng Goreng

SNAICC News - Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - FMG actions warrant further investigation

ABC 7.30 Videos - Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation YAC and Fortescue Metals Group FMG

Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation YAC

Tracker - Environmental approval granted for controversial gas hub - James Price Point WA

Tracker - Deadline looms for Murray-Darling plan

Background to the Northern Murray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Nations NBAN

Illawarra Mercury - Sandon Point site to be made permanent

Morgan Brigg and Matthew Johnson - How can we achieve Aboriginal wellbeing?

National Scorecard on the Stolen Generations Working Partnership - by the National Sorry Day Committee

AIHW - Indigenous young people enter juvenile justice supervision earlier stay longer

WGAR News: Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 20/11/2012 - 1:00pm

Background info page: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...

Last updated: 20 November 2012

Contents:
* Aboriginal Sovereignty websites
* Foundation Meeting of the Sovereign Union - National Unity Government (MR: 25 May 2012)
* Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, ACT
* Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th Anniversary, Canberra, ACT
* Brisbane Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld
* Bulahdelah Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Bulahdelah, NSW
* Goomeroi Sovereign Tent Embassy, Moree, NSW

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WGAR News: Update on Aunty Isabell Coe's funeral + Adelaide Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/11/2012 - 7:42pm

Newsletter date: 18 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch

Contents:
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe:
Mon 19 November 2012
* Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate:
Sun 9 December 2012 (to mark International Human Right’s Day)
* A Decision to Discriminate: Speeches and pictures from the other book launches
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe - Mon 19 November 2012

Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - Sun 9 December 2012 - to mark International Human Right’s Day

A Decision to Discriminate - Speeches and pictures from the other book launches

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 11 events from 23 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 17/11/2012 - 11:36am

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Event: Fri 23 November 2012: University of Canberra, ACT
Media & Indigenous Policy Symposium
Researchers:
* Kerry McCallum
* Michael Meadows
* Lisa Waller
* Michelle Dunne Breen
* Holly Reid
Guest speakers include:
* Pat Anderson, Chair, Lowitja Institute
* Jon Altman, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
* Jack Waterford, Canberra Times
* R. Warwick Blood, University of Canberra
* Peter Putnis, University of Canberra
"The Australian News Media and Indigenous Policymaking

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Canberra

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 20 events from 17 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 17/11/2012 - 10:48am

Newsletter date: 17 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

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Event: 17 November - 23 December 2012: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Theatrical Documentary: Beautiful One Day
"Beautiful One Day is a theatrical documentary
about the irrepressible life and times of Palm
Island. Three theatre companies (Belvoir,
Ilbijerri, and version 1.0) came together in 2011
over a shared sense of outrage at the injustices
surrounding a death in custody in 2004. But,

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WGAR News: The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/11/2012 - 1:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 November 2012

Last updated: 17 November 2012 (to include funeral notice)

Contents:
* The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe
* Video: 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* iPetitions: Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown
* Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji: Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

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Video - 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests

iPetitions - Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown

Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji - Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

Interview with Tammy Solonec - National Congress Director working with the Justice Working Group

Patricia Karvelas - Racism link to poor mental health

Jan Mayman - On Our Watch - The death of John Pat

Michael Brull - Racism stains NT govt attempts to clean up the streets

Greens Rachel Siewert - United approach needed to tackle effects of alcohol abuse

WGAR News: Council Stops Darug Nation Acknowledgement: SBS Living Black

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 12/11/2012 - 6:21pm

Newsletter date: 13 November 2012

Contents:
* SBS Living Black: Council Stops Darug Nation Acknowledgement
* SNAICC: Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls on Government to put a stop to detaining juvenile offenders in adult custody
* Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation: Yindjibarndi Answer FMG/Wirlu-Murra Weasel Words
* Daily Liberal [Dubbo News]: Activist to speak at school debate
* 9 News: [Isabel] Coe lauded for role in Aboriginal politics
* Map of First Nations Sovereign Embassies in Australia
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

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SNAICC - Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls on Government to put a stop to detaining juvenile offenders in adult custody

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation - Yindjibarndi Answer FMG Wirlu-Murra Weasel Words

Daily Liberal - Dubbo News - Activist to speak at school debate

9 News - Isabel Coe lauded for role in Aboriginal politics

Map of First Nations Sovereign Embassies in Australia

Greens Rachel Siewert - Obligation now lies with Burke to protect James Price Point

Background to the Walmadan Tent Embassy - James Price Point - north of Broome - Kimberley Region - WA

Congress - Education Working Group Communique

Amnesty International Australia - 5 things Australia should do with its seat on the UN Security Council

Senator Nigel Scullion - Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs - Labor bureaucracy fails Indigenous Australians

Canberra Book Launch 'A Decision to Discriminate' + 2012 David Hunter Memorial Lecture

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 1:26pm

4 Canberra events for your diary:

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Event: Tues 13 November 2012: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Launched by:
* John Falzon, CEO St Vincent de Paul
* Janet Hunt, Fellow at Centre for Aboriginal Economic
Policy Research and former President of ANTaR
"This new book is an important historical record
that focuses on the Senate Committee Inquiry
into the Stronger Futures legislation. It shows
how the Government decision-making process

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Canberra Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory

Canberra - 2012 David Hunter Memorial Lecture - What next for constitutional recognition?

I Do Have a Belief - Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective - Canberra

Canberra Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 1:21pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 13/11/2012 -

5:30pm to 7:00pm

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The Co-op Bookshop, Union Court, ANU

Website:

http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/ADTD_booklaunches.html#Canberra

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Canberra

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 18 events from 11 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 12:46pm

Newsletter date: 11 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

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Event: Wed 7 to Sun 11 November 2012: Wollongong, NSW
Exhibition: Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention
Project Contemporary Artspace
"The word ‘intervention’ is popular in the art and
architecture worlds, but in this context it condemns
the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER),
Australia’s "national emergency" policy introduced in 2007.

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