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Coal seam gas field proposal for Pilliga Scrub withdrawn by Santos

Submitted by takver on Wed, 13/02/2013 - 12:20am

The Adelaide headquartered mining and energy company Santos has withdrawn proposals for development of the Pilliga gas field near Narrabri in north western New South Wales.

Santos took over Eastern Star Gas' assets in the Pilliga Forest in 2011 with the intention of developing 550 duel coal seam gas wells and associated infrastructure. They were vigorously opposed by the local community and activist groups including the Wilderness Society. Conservationists have welcomed the withdrawal but are aware that further proposals may be submitted in future.

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WGAR News: Michael Mansell continues call for community-driven rehabilitation programs: CAAMA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 12/02/2013 - 6:23pm

Newsletter date: 13 February 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA: Michael Mansell continues call for community-driven rehabilitation programs
* Carrie Fowlie, The Canberra Times: Jail costly way to tackle scourge
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The Wire interviews Liz Johnstone & Michael Mansell on the Tarkine

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Greens call on NSW govt to get serious about culture and heritage

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Alf Lacey & Michael Woodley
* YAC: WMYAC documents confirm Michael Gallagher is FMG’s inside-man

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rehabilitation programs

WMYAC

indigenous employment

indigenous lifespans

apology

Carrie Fowlie - The Canberra Times - Jail costly way to tackle scourge

The Wire interviews Liz Johnstone and Michael Mansell on the Tarkine

Amy McQuire - Tracker - Greens call on NSW govt to get serious about culture and heritage

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Alf Lacey and Michael Woodley

YAC - WMYAC documents confirm Michael Gallagher is FMG’s inside-man

NIRS - Evidence for Indigenous child protection control undeniable

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Ted Wilkes

Professor Jon Altman - Crikey - Seeking truth from facts in indigenous employment data

Callum Denness - Crikey - Not closing the gap - indigenous lifespans remain too short

SBS Radionews Audio - The Stolen Generations apology - five years on

WGAR News: Let Aboriginal people manage their own affairs: Canberra & Brisbane Tent Embassies

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/02/2013 - 12:02pm

Newsletter date: 12 February 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Tent Embassies in Canberra and Brisbane: Let Aboriginal people manage their own affairs
* Jon Lamb, Socialist Alternative: "They cannot put out the fire of sovereignty"
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* ISJA: TJ Hickey: Nine Long Years...Time for Justice?
* Event: Rally 9th Anniversary of TJ Hickey's death - 14 Feb 13
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT government cuts services, reverses Aboriginal gains
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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TJ Hickey

Aboriginal imprisonment

Stronger Futures

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Jon Lamb - Socialist Alternative - They cannot put out the fire of sovereignty

ISJA - TJ Hickey - Nine Long Years - Time for Justice

Event - Rally 9th Anniversary of TJ Hickey's death - 14 Feb 13

Emma Murphy - Green Left - NT government cuts services - reverses Aboriginal gains

ANTaR - Reporting progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Sydney events: 9th Anniv of TJ Hickey's death + Kimberley Festival + Shane Phillips: Tribal Warrior

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:08pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 February - 10 March 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Production by emerging Koori playwright
Nakkiah Lui, called "This Heaven"
Director Lee Lewis
"'This Heaven' is the story about the
death in custody of a father and his
family's reaction on the night they're
told the police have been acquitted
of his murder."
Event details: http://belvoir.com.au/productions/this-heaven/

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 44 events from 13 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 3:59pm

Newsletter date: 11 February 2013

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Event: 13 February 2013: various locations in Australia
National Apology Day
"Commemmoration of the day ex-Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd moved a Motion of Apology to the
Indigenous Peoples in the House of Representatives,
apologising for past laws, policies and practices that
devastated the Indigenous Peoples
(particularly those of the Stolen Generation)."
"The NSDC holds annual celebratory events on the
Anniversary of the Apology (13 February each year)

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Sydney events: STICS meeting: Guest speaker from the NT: Marie Ellis + 'Lurujarri Dreaming' doco

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 2:55pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 4 February 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Stop the Intervention Collective special meeting:
Guest speaker from the NT:
Marie Ellis, President Amoonguna community
"Marie Ellis has been a leading Aboriginal voice
opposing the Intervention and the devastation it
has caused at Amoonguna, her community near
Alice Springs. At this special STICS meeting,
Marie will give us the latest news from the NT
and discuss the struggle to re-establish community

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 39 events from 4 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 2:28pm

Newsletter date: 3 February 2013

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WGAR News: UN intervention called for at James Price Point: Hands off country

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/02/2013 - 2:08pm

Newsletter date: 2 February 2013

Contents:

* Hands Off Country: UN Intervention called for at James Price Point
* The West: Push for UN to visit gas hub
* Respect and Listen: Save the Kimberley: Report on Walmadany - James Price Point
* Hands Off Country: Video: Barnett Blooms in Broome
* The West: Premier coy on ways to stop FLNG
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* NIRS: Income management admin costs over a million a year: Report
[sic - actually the amount is over one hundred million a year]

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Queensland 2013 bigwet floods, tornados and climate change

Submitted by takver on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 5:11pm

Ex-tropical cyclone Oswald has left a trail of damage and destruction from it's origins in the Gulf of Carpentaria to crossing Cape York and working it's way down the Queensland Coast. The storms brought destructive winds, tornados, rough seas, storm surge and torrential rain, followed by flooding. Quite a few rain records were broken for 24 and 48 hour periods in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Bundaberg with some rain gauges recording well over one metre of rain in 48 hours. Now flood level records are being broken for many river basins and towns like Bunderberg and Gympie.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 33 events from 29 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 29 January 2013

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Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

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