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Rapid and intense Bushfires destroy 200 Sydney homes while Federal Government continues dismantling climate change policies

Submitted by takver on Sun, 20/10/2013 - 3:10am

Widespread October bushfires in NSW are unusual, but have happened before, such as in 1991. This year there was an Early start to Australian bushfires, record temperatures in early September.

It is now the 7th time this bushfire season a total fire ban has been declared in Sydney. Very Unusual. If the fire weather is this bad so early in the season, it can get worse over the coming months as Summer heats up, especially if we have extreme summer heatwaves similar to 2013.

Update: Sunday 20 October: Premier Barrie O'Farrell has declared A State of Emergency across NSW for 30 days as weather conditions are now forecast to be worse than anticipated. Indefinite Total fire bans, and increased powers for emergency personnel. The State Mine fire in the Blue Mountains has burnt 38,000 hectares and is burning on a broad front from Lithgow to west of Bilpin.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 38 events from 22 October 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 19/10/2013 - 8:19pm

Newsletter date: 20 October 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: Tue 22 October 2013: Perth, WA
Free seminars - Engaging Indigenous communities and improving community governance
"Closing the Gap is hosting free seminars in Perth and Canberra
discussing the evidence on engaging with Indigenous communities
and improving community governance."
Dr Janet Hunt, Australian National University

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NSW Events: 'Redfern Now' special event + AbSec's 'Strong Sector Connected Kids' 2013 Conference

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 19/10/2013 - 7:16pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: Wed 30 October 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Redfern Now special event
Redfern Celebrates Redfern Now with a special outdoor event on the Block!
"Join the stars of ABC1's award-winning Redfern Now,
special guest Gurrumul Yunupingu, local celebrities and
people from all over Sydney for a premiere screening from

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Redfern Celebrates Redfern Now with a special outdoor event on the Block

Next Information night - First Footprints - Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater - ASG

WGAR News: CAAMA interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children in care of the state in WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 08/10/2013 - 4:06pm

Newsletter date: 9 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia's Aboriginal suicide epidemic - Whose child will be the next to die?
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* CAAMA's Lorena Walker interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children who are in care of the state in WA
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT

* The Wire: A culturally safe health system for everyone [Featuring Dr Tammy Kimpton, President of AIDA]

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WGAR News: Michael Anderson returns from UN Symposium and announced the next Sovereign Union meeting

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 3:20pm

Newsletter date: 8 October 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Michael Anderson returns from UN Symposium and announced the next Sovereign Union meeting
* Canberra Event: 23-24 November 2013: Next Sovereign Union meeting
* Musgrave Park, South Brisbane Event: 11-13 October 2013: 31st Anniversary Commonwealth Games Protests
* Canberra Event: 17-18 October 2013: First Nations Gathering - Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* James Rose, Crikey: Book Review: Forgotten War [By Henry Reynolds]

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 42 events from 7 October 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 9:53am

Newsletter date: 7 October 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."

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WGAR News: Indigenous imprisonment rates: Australia needs better sentencing: The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/10/2013 - 3:41pm

Newsletter date: 6 October 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): First time in 30 years - High Court judgement on Aboriginality in sentencing to be handed down
* Clare Quirk, Warrnambool Standard: South-west elder praises indigenous appeal decision [Featuring Aboriginal Elder Lenny Clarke]
* Louise Taylor, The Guardian: Indigenous imprisonment rates: Australia needs better sentencing [About the High Court finding]
* Jane Lee, SMH: Judges told to consider history when sentencing
* ABC News Video: Indigenous disadvantage does not diminish over time, High Court rules

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 30 September 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 1:22pm

Newsletter date: 30 September 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 29th September 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch
"Big hART and the community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne)
proudly present the Album Launch of Murru
- a music collaboration between John Bennett, Shellie Morris,
Emma Donovan, Archie Roach, Lucky Oceans, Harry Hookey,
Bill Chambers, the Last Kinection, Trevor Jamieson,

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NSW Events: STICS planning meeting + Boomerang Festival: Larissa Behrendt + Exhib: Saltwater Visions

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 12:35pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 30 September 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney) planning meeting
"Please Note: As the first Monday in October, i.e. 7 October
is a public holiday we will instead be meeting on
Monday 30 September at 6 pm, Federation Conference Centre"
"Discussion about an upcoming protest on 12 October 2013
12 October 2013 - 3pm:
No Basics Card No Work-for-Dole No Intervention Rally
at Sydney Martin Place.

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Canberra events: Murra Bidgee Mullangari River Ceremony + First Nations Gathering: Tent Embassy

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 9:56am

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 30 September 2013: Murrumbidgee River, Stromlo, ACT
Murra Bidgee Mullangari River Ceremony
Uriarra East picnic area, Murrumbidgee River
"For the first time in more than 200 years, Traditional Custodians
from the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia
will perform ceremony with Traditional Custodians in Canberra
on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, to reawaken an
ancient pathway that connected their nations for more than
25,000 years."

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