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WGAR News: Proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution; Jenny Macklin has ruled out a treaty

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 16/11/2010 - 4:18pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

16 NOV 2010:

Contents:
* Racism and the Media: The lie that built the NT Intervention
* Proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in the Constitution; Jenny Macklin has ruled out a treaty
* Canada signs on to UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Jobs with Justice
* Other Aboriginal Articles

RACISM AND THE MEDIA: THE LIE THAT BUILT THE NT INTERVENTION:

WGAR: Racism and the Media

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U.S. war criminals in Oz as Australia boosts its involvement in U.S. war machine

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 06/11/2010 - 5:52pm

Hillary Clinton arrived in Melbourne today (6/11/2010) and will soon be joined by Secretary of Defence Robert Gates. These high level U.S. war criminals will then be meeting the Prime Minister and other politicians as part of the annual AUSMIN talks in Canberra on Monday. The whole visit and itinerary has been kept secret, supposedly for "security" but more likely to prevent any public protests against U.S. imperialism and the U.S. Australian alliance. On the agenda for the talks include the development of new U.S. bases in Australia, escalation of the conflict with Iran and of course Australia's involvement in the increasingly bloody Afghan war. If anyone has any details of any snap protests planned please post ASAP.

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Veterans group says hidden casualties must be considered in war debate.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 19/10/2010 - 8:20am

Press release - 18 October 2010
On Tuesday, 19th October the Australian Parliament will debate Australian military involvement in the war and occupation of Afghanistan. Stand Fast, a group of veterans and former military personnel opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is calling on the debate to openly consider and recognise the hidden casualties of this war and the long term cost this has on communities.

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Canberra refugee protest outside parliament

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 28/09/2010 - 8:27pm

Refugee advocates protested today on the lawns outside Parliament House, Canberra, to call on the new federal parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs.

About 150 people from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra, carrying endorsements from over 48 groups across Australia, gathered at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September.

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People’s Assembly in Canberra at the Opening of Parliament

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 14/09/2010 - 7:25pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 28/09/2010 -

11:30am to 1:30pm

Location:

Parliament House the grassy hill Canberra, Australia

Contact Name:

Sue Bolton

Contact Phone:

0413 377 978

Contact Email:

trconcepts@netspace.net.au

We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).

We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.

Walk Against Warming 2010

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 25/07/2010 - 12:04am

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Sun, 15/08/2010 -

11:00am to 3:00pm

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Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Adelaide Perth, Darwin and many regional towns

Website:

http://www.walkagainstwarming.org/

We’re doing our bit on climate change. It's time to make our political leaders do theirs. This election join a Walk near you and help us convince our political leaders to: Walk with the people. Not the Big Polluters.

While our political leaders have been squabbling, the rest of us have been getting on with the business of dealing with climate change.

We're going green and clean. We're reducing our greenhouse pollution and recycling our waste. We're saving water and energy, and buying greenpower. And we're forming climate action groups - all across the country.

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Prime Minister avoids climate protest and talk of climate change

Submitted by takver on Thu, 15/07/2010 - 7:54pm

The missing words at Julia Gillard's first address as Prime Minister to the National Press Club was "climate change". Outside the building Climate activists from Rising Tide Newcastle had dumped a ute full of coal at the entrance. The protesters called on the Gillard Government to announce a climate change policy that addresses Australia's principal source of greenhouse pollution - coal.

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Call for Gillard to install solar panels on the Lodge

Submitted by takver on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 3:58am

The international climate activist organisation - 350.org - has launched a campaign for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to install solar panels on The Lodge. It has called for leaders of nations to instal solar panels on official residences, as part of global action on climate change on 10/10/10.

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June 10th national day of action for equal pay for women

Submitted by Flowerpower on Thu, 10/06/2010 - 6:43pm

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Veterans group says President Obama not welcome down under

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 02/06/2010 - 6:29pm

MEDIA RELEASE, 2 June, 2010 - Stand Fast, the Australian-based veterans group which is comprised of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is calling on all people of conscience to protest the upcoming visit of Barack Obama in mid-June.

"Why should we welcome a war criminal?" asked Stand Fast spokesperson and East Timor veteran, Hamish Chitts. "Obama is not a force for progress, he is not a man of peace - from his first day in office he has firmly placed himself in the camp of the warmongers and war-profiteers."

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