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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 35 events from 6 December 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/12/2012 - 10:19am

Newsletter date: 6 December 2012

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Event: 5-7 December 2012: Gold Coast, Qld
2012 National Indigenous Health Conference
Many Pathways, One Outcome
" ... is designed to bring together both government
and non-government agencies who are working
in the field of Indigenous health with the belief
that working together can close the gap between
the state of Indigenous Health as compared to
the health of mainstream Australians."
"Organiser Maria Edubas says issues including
children's health, the prevention of chronic disease,

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Memorial for Aunty Isabell at Aboriginal Tent Embassy + Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/12/2012 - 10:37am

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 13 events from 5 December 2012

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Event: Wed 5 December 2012, 12pm: Canberra, ACT
Memorial for Aunty Isabell
"A MEMORIAL day will be held at the
National Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra
on 5 December in honour of the late
Aboriginal rights campaigner Isabell Coe,
who died on 10 November."
"There will be a Smoking Ceremony"
Event summary: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20106
Event summary: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20113

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Canberra

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 13 events from 5 December 2012

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 5 December 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/12/2012 - 10:05am

Newsletter date: 1 December 2012

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Electric Vehicle Festival -- Saturday 1/12/12 -- Canberra City

Submitted by Jane A Salmon on Fri, 30/11/2012 - 5:13pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 01/12/2012 -

10:00am to 4:00pm

Location:

City Walk, Civic, Canberra City, near Merry-go-round.

Contact Name:

Mishka Talent

Contact Phone:

0403520690,

Contact Email:

Mishka@electricvehiclefestival.com.au

Website:

http://www.electricvehiclefestival.com.au

Electric Vehicle Festival -- See, Touch and Drive the Ride of the Future.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE POWERING ON

International Electric Vehicle Festival comes to Canberra CBD
http://www.electricvehiclefestival.com.au/

The International Electric Vehicle Festival will be held in downtown Canberra in City Walk (Civic) next to the merry-go-round on December 1st 2012, demonstrating the potential for these vehicles to be sustainable transport options.

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Canberra

Electric vehicles powering in Australia - Canberra fest this weekend

Submitted by Jane A Salmon on Fri, 30/11/2012 - 3:02pm

Media Release - 30.11.2012 - please circulate widely.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE POWERING ON

International Electric Vehicle Festival comes to Canberra CBD
http://www.electricvehiclefestival.com.au/

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Don’t abandon us as you did in other Royal Commissions

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 25/11/2012 - 7:42am

Courtesy of The National Indigenous Times

By Geoff Bagnall

Indigenous leaders have welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard of a wide ranging Royal Commission into child abuse but warned they will demand any recommendations by the Commission are not abandoned by government as they were with the findings into the Royal Commissions into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Stolen Generations.

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WGAR News: ABC: Fortescue accused of rigging land rights deal

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 24/11/2012 - 4:15pm

Newsletter date: 25 November 2012

Contents:

* ABC: Fortescue accused of rigging land rights deal
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)
* SBS World News Video: Quake concerns rise at Muckaty Station
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* SBS Living Black: WA Approves James Price Point Gas Hub
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA
* NIRS: Cultural flows a significant part of Murray-Darling plan: Burke
* Background to the Northern Murray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Nations (NBAN)

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SBS World News Video - Quake concerns rise at Muckaty Station

SBS Living Black - WA Approves James Price Point Gas Hub

NIRS - Cultural flows a significant part of Murray-Darling plan - Burke

3CR - Interview with Vicki Roach - advocate for Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system

Tracker - Call for police to lose Tasers

Senator Rachel Siewert - Greens work to reduce petrol sniffing

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin - Courts more likely to find young Indigenous guilty

Nicole Watson - We are a lot poorer for ATSIC’s absence

Jeff McMullen - The Way Ahead - A stronger smarter future

SBS Living Black - Tent Embassy Founder Remembers Isabel Coe

ANTaR ACT 2012 David Hunter Memorial Lecture + Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 23/11/2012 - 2:13pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 10 events from 27 November 2012

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Event: Tue 27 November 2012: Barton, Canberra, ACT
2012 David Hunter Memorial Lecture
What next for constitutional recognition?
Guest speaker: Les Malezer, Co-chair of
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Organised by ANTaR ACT
ANTaR ACT website: http://antaract.wordpress.com
Flyer: http://antaract.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/99_210-dhml-flyer.jpg
Event details: http://antaract.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/79/

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Canberra

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 10 events from 27 November 2012

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 23/11/2012 - 1:08pm

Newsletter date: 23 November 2012

Last updated 24 November 2012 to:
* include BHP Billiton Sydney AGM Protest on Thu 29 Nov 12
* cancel Melbourne Rally: Meet the Muckaty Mob on Fri 30 Nov 12

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Event: 23 November 2012 to 20 January 2013: Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative presents:
Ripple Effect: Boomalli Founding Members Exhibition
25th Anniversary Exhibition
* Officially opened by Gary Foley.
Opening night celebrations will include
performances and music.
* Public Program weekend:

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Julia Gillard and the 'Slush Fund' - Royal Commission or Bust

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 23/11/2012 - 1:57am

Lawyer claims discrepancy in PM's slush fund explanation

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-22/lawyer-claims-discrepancy-in-pm-sl...

A lawyer who worked with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in the 1990s says there is a two-and-a-half-year discrepancy in her explanation of when she knew about a loan for a house she lived in.

The property in question, on Kerr Street in Fitzroy, was allegedly paid for in part by funds taken from a union slush fund Ms Gillard helped set up.

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