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WGAR News: Reactions to government discussion paper: 'Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 24/06/2011 - 9:41am

Newsletter date: 24 June 2011

Contents:
* Tent Embassy Leaders demand an end to the NT Intervention
* Reactions to government discussion paper: 'Stronger Futures in the NT'
* Fight for alternative to NT Intervention comes to Sydney on Sat 25 June 2011
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 24 June 2011
* Doing Time - report into high rates of Aboriginal imprisonment
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Event: Aboriginal Embassy symposium Canberra 20-22 June 2011

Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra

Tent Embassy Leaders demand an end to the NT Intervention

Fight for alternative to NT Intervention comes to Sydney on Sat 25 June 2011

Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 24 June 2011

Doing Time - report into high rates of Aboriginal imprisonment

Tent embassy leaders demand an end to the NT Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 22/06/2011 - 7:09pm

Press Release:

Tent Embassy Leaders demand an end to the NT Intervention

Aboriginal leaders, academics and participants at a symposium in Canberra have passed a resolution in support of a rally in Darwin today calling for an end to the Intervention.

The resolution included support for the Statement Rebuilding from the ‘Ground Up’ - An Alternative to the NT Intervention which is being launched at the Darwin Rally.

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Northern Territory Intervention

Event: Aboriginal Embassy symposium Canberra 20-22 June 2011

Fourth anniversary of the NT Intervention

Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra

'Rebuilding from the Ground Up: An Alternative to the NT Intervention' Statement

WGAR News: Speeches from Canberra rally against NT waste dump; Upcoming Aboriginal Rights events

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 19/06/2011 - 3:10pm

Newsletter date: 19 June 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 19 June 2011
* Speeches from Canberra rally against NT waste dump
* Plans for Australia to become world’s nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump

ABORIGINAL RIGHTS - UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA - FROM 19 JUNE 2011:

Click on the links for details of the events ...

27 May to Sun 9 October 2011: Kalgoorlie, WA
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 19 June 2011

Plans for Australia to become world’s nuclear waste dump

WGAR News: NT nuclear waste dump protest and debate in Senate

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 18/06/2011 - 9:47am

Newsletter date: 18 June 2011

Contents:
* NT nuclear waste dump protest and debate in Senate
* Central Land Council critical of Muckaty proposal
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Native Title
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

NT NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP PROTEST AND DEBATE IN SENATE:

- Speeches

Greens: Scott Ludlam: The debate on the Radioactive Waste Management Act
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/debate-radioactive-waste-ma...

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Northern Territory Intervention

native title

Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Central Land Council critical of Muckaty proposal

WGAR News: Australia rejects international calls for action

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/06/2011 - 9:41am

Newsletter date: 14 June 2011

Contents:
* Australia rejects International Calls for Action
* Endorsing 'An Alternative to the NT Intervention' document
* Funds needed to take delegates to Darwin for Prescribed Area Peoples’ Alliance gathering
* 'Our Generation' awarded ‘Best Campaign Film’
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 14 June 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

AUSTRALIA REJECTS INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR ACTION:

- Media Statement

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Endorsing 'An Alternative to the NT Intervention' document

Funds needed to take delegates to Darwin for Prescribed Area Peoples’ Alliance PAPA gathering

'Our Generation' awarded ‘Best Campaign Film’

Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 14 June 2011

WGAR News: Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Mparntwe Alice Springs

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 09/06/2011 - 10:09am

Newsletter date: 9 June 2011

Contents:
* Prime Minister visits Mparntwe Alice Springs
* One week to go! June 14 Canberra Rally against NT nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

PRIME MINISTER VISITS MPARNTWE ALICE SPRINGS:

- Media Release

Intervention Rollback Action Group, Alice Springs:
Aboriginal leaders tell Gillard: The Intervention is a failure - Self-Determination now
http://rollbacktheintervention.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/mr-7-6-11.pdf

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Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

One week to go! June 14 Canberra Rally against NT nuclear waste dump

WGAR News: Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - June 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/06/2011 - 11:14am

Newsletter date: 7 June 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia
* Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Alice Springs today
* Bankstown Income Management forum, 20 June 2011 - Organised by STICS
* Central Australian delegates return from UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
* Calls for Native Title reform
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

ABORIGINAL RIGHTS - UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA:

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Alice Springs

Bankstown Income Management forum 20 June 2011 - Organised by STICS

Central Australian delegates return from UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York

Calls for Native Title reform

Community rally: Don't dump on the Territory

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 24/05/2011 - 9:29pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 14/06/2011 -

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location:

Parliament House, Canberra

Don't dump on the Territory:
No national radioactive waste dump at Muckaty

Community Rally
June 14, 2011
...12 midday at Parliament House
Canberra

Speakers include:

* Dianne Stokes and Mark Chungaloo, Muckaty Traditional Owners
* Scott Ludlam, Australian Greens Senator
* Peter Simpson , ETU Queensland Secretary
* Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation
* Dr Sue Wareham, Medical Association for Prevention of War

We demand:

* Repeal of all NT sites under assessment for a national nuclear
dump
* An independent inquiry into radioactive waste management in

Geography:

Canberra

Darwin gathering for Aboriginal people living in prescribed areas under the NT Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/04/2011 - 10:06am

WGAR News

Newsletter date: 29 Apr 2011

Contents:
* Request for Support for Prescribed Area Peoples’ Alliance Gathering - Darwin June 19-21, 2011
* Deaths in Custody: A Crikey Investigation
* Aboriginal summit - Call for dramatic return to proactive political action
* First Nations political party and the NT elections
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

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Northern Territory Intervention

Aboriginal summit in Canberra

PAPA Prescribed Area People's Alliance

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (NCAFP)

New Way Aboriginal Summit

Aboriginal deaths in custody

New Way Sovereignty Summit

First Nations political party

WGAR News: Elders speak out on the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 21/04/2011 - 9:34am

Newsletter date: 21 Apr 2011

Contents:
* Elders speak out on the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Tracker: New magazine focusing on Aboriginal rights launched
* Co-Chairs of National Congress of Australia's First Peoples elected
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* More on New Way Sovereignty Summit, at Easter, in Canberra
* Commemorating Indigenous people who died in the Frontier Wars
* Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

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Northern Territory Intervention

New Way Summit

aboriginal land rights

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (NCAFP)

New Way Aboriginal Summit

Aboriginal deaths in custody