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Mal Brough, 'Interventionist', clashes with The National Indigenous Times

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Brough clashes with The National Indigenous - Brough accused of racism

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Brough clashes with National Indigenous Times

by: Lara Sinclair
From:The Australian
August 29, 20121:37PM

THE return to federal politics of one-time Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Mal Brough has been interrupted by a clash with the National Indigenous Times and indigenous leaders.

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Canberra Rally for Julian Assange

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/08/2012 - 9:51pm

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Fri, 17/08/2012 -

5:00pm to 6:30pm

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British High Commission Commonwealth Ave Yarralumla

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/239967526112819/269205046522400/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricordo Patino, has confirmed that UK police have threatened to invade the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrest Julian Assange. This would be an unprecedented and scandalous violation of international law.
Ecuador is expected to announce its decision on Assange’s asylum application tonight (10pm AEST, Thursday 16 August). Even if it is granted, UK authorities have made it clear they will still try to arrest Assange.

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Canberra

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 13 events from 14 August 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/08/2012 - 12:05pm

Newsletter date: 14 August 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 13 events from 14 August 2012

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Fri 10 - Sun 26 August 2012: Darwin, NT
Official Opening Fri 10 Aug
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographer Jagath Dheerasekara, human rights defender
This traveling exhibition is a collaborative project with
* the Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owners,
* the Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) and
* Amnesty International.
Presented by the Environment Centre NT
in association with Darwin Festival

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August 5 Sydney: banners dropped in solidarity with Toronto G20 Prisoners

Submitted by autonomousactions on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 6:36pm

On August 5 some anarchists dropped two banners from the Cahill expressway bridge outside the Canadian consulate. The action was in response to a call for August 5 solidarity actions for Kelly Rose Pflug-Back, an anarchist hostage of the Canadian state, recently sentenced to 15 months in prison for her resistance to the 2010 Toronto G20. The banners read:

'EVERY PRISONER IS A POLITICAL PRISONER'

'FREE KELLY ROSE PFLUG-BACK'

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People smugglers they are not, lawful and heroes instead - we have to change the language

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 19/07/2012 - 1:02pm

Gerry Georgatos
The misappropriation of language and abuse of semantics in reference to ‘perceived people smugglers’ has to begin to change so we do not further erode compassion, and continue to skew the moral compass, bend and circumvent the rule of law- domestic and international.

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A history of mandatory detention - presented by the Refugees Rights Action Network Perth

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 19/07/2012 - 8:31am

As part of the 20th year anniversary of mandatory detention, Refugees Rights Action Network Perth hosted a special forum examining the history of mandatory detention of refugees, the case against it and the role activism has played in challenging it. Guest speakers included activists who have been involved in the campaign for 20 years, who have seen the political and public landscape surrounding refugees transform into what it is today. The growth and change of the campaign against it was also examined.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 24 events from 14 July 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 14/07/2012 - 3:40pm

Newsletter date: 14 July 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 24 events from 14 July 2012

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Event: 14 to 18 (or 20) July 2012: Olympic Dam, SA
The Lizard's Revenge:
Olympic Dam expansion music/art/festival/protest
"Sleeping underneath the ground there is an old lizard,
Kalta the sleepy lizard. The lizard ain’t so sleepy anymore.
BHP is mining right into that Lizards body. The government
has just approved an expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium
mine, making it the biggest uranium mine in the world.

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WGAR News: "The Lizard's Revenge begins as protesters head to Olympic Dam" The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 13/07/2012 - 3:24pm

Newsletter date: 13 July 2012

Contents:
* The Wire: The Lizard's Revenge begins as protesters head to Olympic Dam
* Peter Burdon: Peaceful dissent and a lizard's revenge
* Jim Green: [Olympic Dam] Project a rule unto itself
* Background to expansion of Olympic Dam mine challenge
* MUA Stands With Traditional Owners To Oppose Nuclear Dump
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Greg Dickson: Ngurrju! Manymak! Pupuni! NT drops First Four Hours in English policy
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools
* Video: Yolngu tourism plan launched

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SBS Living Black - Stories From Sandon Point - Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Bulli - near Wollongong NSW

Peter Burdon - Peaceful dissent and a lizard's revenge

Jim Green - Project a rule unto itself

MUA Stands With Traditional Owners To Oppose Nuclear Dump

Greg Dickson - Ngurrju! Manymak! Pupuni! NT drops First Four Hours in English policy

Video - Yolngu tourism plan launched

Michael Anderson - Undermining sovereignty unity to get at colonial compensation treasure?

NITV acknowledges 40 years of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Rachel Siewert - Greens continue definitive action to improve Native Title

What's more important? The Queen's discontent or ten million Congolese dead and counting?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 12/07/2012 - 7:41pm

You cannot claim a moral compass if it is skewed and bent.

Our news media is crucial to our national consciousness, and to our children's form and content. An Australia-wide lead news item was the Queen's alleged discontent at honeymoon photos of her grandson being published.

However the news media makes just about zero mention of the 10 million Congolese who have been killed since 1996. Many of you will think, "10 million Congolese murdered? That's genocide, how wouldn't we know about this? This is more than 12 times the genocidal deaths in Rwanda during 1994.

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WGAR News: "Japarta Ryan’s plan to stop Intervention" National Indigenous Times

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 09/07/2012 - 11:19am

Newsletter date: 9 July 2012

Contents:
* NIT: Japarta Ryan’s plan to stop Intervention
* Emma Purdy: Labor lays the groundwork for another apology
* ABC Video: Bankstown residents oppose income management
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Aboriginal elder Ossie Cruse: An Australian identity starts with a "Treaty"
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* Interview with Tent embassy fire man, Robert Corowa

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More Stronger Futures Legislation related articles

Emma Purdy - Labor lays the groundwork for another apology

ABC Video - Bankstown residents oppose income management

Aboriginal elder Ossie Cruse - An Australian identity starts with a Treaty

Interview with Tent embassy fire man - Robert Corowa