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WGAR News: "Frontier wars remembered on ANZAC Day" Koori Mail

Newsletter date: 26 April 2012

Contents:
* Koori Mail: Frontier wars remembered on ANZAC Day
* Ray Jackson, ISJA: NSW police 'too deadly'!
* Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Bulli, NSW
* Corroboree at Brisbane Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park
* Let's Talk: Live from Moree Tent Embassy, NSW
* Update on the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal Tent Embassies
* Other articles

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Is a renters revolution nearing?

Gerry Georgatos
A renters rights movement is gathering momentum in Western Australia with its first impetus surprisingly from the state's South West, and in particular from the Blackwood Valley.

Canberra, Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 15 events from 24 April 2012

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Event: Tue 24 April 2012: UTS, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Public Lecture: UTSpeaks: More Intervention
"Will the Government’s Stronger Futures law
reforms aid indigenous communities or
further divide Australia’s people?"
Lecture by three UTS experts in Indigenous law reform:
* Nicole Watson
* Alison Vivian
* Craig Longman
All are senior researchers with the UTS
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
Event details: http://newsroom.uts.edu.au/events/2012/04/more-intervention

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

Newsletter date: 23 April 2012

Contents:
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012
* Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW
* "How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?"
* Other articles

* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENT AROUND AUSTRALIA - 23 EVENTS FROM 23 APRIL 2012

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Event: Tue 24 April 2012: UTS, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Public Lecture: UTSpeaks: More Intervention
"Will the Government’s Stronger Futures law
reforms aid indigenous communities or

Renters stress hits the Blackwood - time for a renters alliance Australia-wide

Gerry Georgatos
We have all heard about mortgage stress however renters' stress has received comparatively little mention according to Lea Keenan, coordinator of the WA Renters Alliance. Ms Keenan said that rising rents are not confined to Perth and the north west however "are just as out of control in the south west."

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Source spills beans on government (PMO) scandals

Gerry Georgatos
The National Indigenous Times was informed some weeks back of the scandal surrounding the Speaker of Parliament, Peter Slipper, the member for Fisher and former barrister and businessperson.

A source close to the Office of the Prime Minister said that the scandal "was in the works, would soon surface, and just like the Lobby restaurant incident that went on for a little while having pearshaped on the government, the Prime Minister and crew are in overdrive behind the scenes to shore up the government against looming threats from this latest scandal-in-waiting."

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How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?

Gerry Georgatos
Kabi Kabi Elder, and Bundaberg campus coordinator Nulloo Yumbah at Central Queensland University, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian said she is devastated by the rising disenfranchisement of Aboriginal youth, and the world's highest suicide rates - of Australia's Aboriginal children.

"Across my desk came a study that reported 'the number of completed Indigenous suicides (in the Kimberley) last year exceeded the Australian Defence Force fatalities in Afghanistan'. I cannot comprehend this statement. It is too much," said Mrs Yavu-Kamu-Harathunian.

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WGAR News: Aboriginal Nations assert sovereignty over the Northern Murray Darling Basin

Newsletter date: 19 April 2012

Contents:
* Aboriginal Nations assert sovereignty over the Northern Murray Darling Basin
* Workshop on legal and political implications of claims to Aboriginal sovereignty
* Interview with Michael Anderson, founder of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* SBS Living Black: WA's Government remains silent on its stolen wages offer
* SBS Living Black: New Representative Group for Aboriginal & TSI with disabilities
* More Intervention: Lecture by 3 UTS experts in Indigenous law reform

Sydney, NSW & ACT Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 9 events from 18 April 2012

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Event: Wed 18 April 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Free Public Screening of Our Generation
Introduction and Q&A by Jeff McMullen AM
Hosted by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
"Jeff will be talking about the Stronger
Futures legislation, its clash with our
human rights obligations and the
calls by NT Elders for opposition to
the Government's approach."
Event details: http://stoptheintervention.org/#OurGen