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WGAR News: Only a few weeks left to voice opposition to 10 more years of Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 02/01/2012 - 9:37am

Newsletter date: 2 January 2012

Contents:
* Only a few weeks left to voice opposition to 10 more years of Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Submissions on the role of languages in protection of indigenous rights due soon
* 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26 to 29 January 2012
* Congress Peoples' Forum: Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24 to 25 January 2012
* Interview with ANTaR's Jacqui Phillips about the ‘Locked Up and Locked Out’ campaign

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Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Only a few weeks left to voice opposition to 10 more years of Intervention

UN Submissions on the role of languages in protection of indigenous rights due soon

40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26 to 29 January 2012

Congress Peoples' Forum - Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24 to 25 January 2012

Interview with ANTaR's Jacqui Phillips about the ‘Locked Up and Locked Out’ campaign

Indigenous Storybook - Celebrating and sharing good news stories

CAEPR - Indigenous language education in remote communities

Videos and Audio from Hot Politics-Radioactive waste management in Australia

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 12 events from 2 January 2012

Sydney Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 4 events from 17 January 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 3:36pm

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Event: Tue 17 to 28 January 2012: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Photographic exhibition:
Manuwangku Under the Nuclear Cloud
"Manuwangku: Under a Nuclear Cloud, gives the affected
Aboriginal communities a collective voice against the
proposed radioactive waste dump. The exhibition aims
to dispel the myth that remote areas are uninhabited
and thus suitable to be dumping grounds.
Jagath Dheerasekara is a talented and respected
photographer as well as an Amnesty International
Human Rights Defender."

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New South Wales

Sydney

WGAR News: Wrapping up 2011; New Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th anniversary website

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 28 December 2011

Contents:
* New Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th anniversary website
* Interview with activist Darren Bloomfield from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Michael Anderson: Govt gives ultimatums to NAIDOC not to use 40th anniversary
* SBS Radio Living Black: WA Indigenous Affairs Minister clears the way for mining mate
* Dianne Stokes speaks at Hot Politics-Radioactive waste management in Australia
* Interview with Chris Graham wrapping up the year’s events
* SBS World News Australia: 2011 in review - The NT intervention

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Interview with activist Darren Bloomfield from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Michael Anderson - Govt gives ultimatums to NAIDOC not to use 40th anniversary

SBS Radio Living Black - WA Indigenous Affairs Minister clears the way for mining mate

Dianne Stokes speaks at Hot Politics-Radioactive waste management in Australia

Interview with Chris Graham wrapping up the year’s events

SBS World News Australia - 2011 in review - The NT intervention

ANTaR Action - School attendance and Centrelink payment suspension in the NT

Greens Rachel Siewert - Negative SEAM evaluations must trigger NT Intervention re-think

Michael Brull - 2012 or 1912? Stigmatising and humiliating Aboriginal parents

Interview with Jon Altman on the future of the NTER in the Northern Territory

Jon Altman - Reforming the Native Title Act

ANTaR - Time to modernise our Constitution

NSW set to hinder wind energy with onerous planning regulations

Submitted by takver on Fri, 23/12/2011 - 8:31pm

The NSW Draft planning regulations on wind farms was released on Friday December 23: on the very last working day before Christmas. You don't need to be a cynic to understand the Barrie O'Farrell conservative Government wants to bury news coverage of these draft planning regulations which impose strict limits on wind farm development which are very similar in scope to the draconian Victorian wind farm planning regultions.

"The new wind guidelines introduced today place more rigourous requirements on wind projects than on any other project development in the state." said Lindsay Soutar, national coordinator of the community 100% Renewable campaign. "While coal and coal seam gas get the red carpet, wind power just gets more red tape."

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RAC media release: Robert Manne is wrong

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 22/12/2011 - 6:40pm

MEDIA RELEASE: WHAT’S RIGHT FOR REFUGEES? : ROBERT MANNE GETS IT WRONG ON OFF-SHORE PROCESSING

“Robert Manne’s argument that the only alternative is off-shore
processing in Nauru is simply wrong. Any policy that starts with the
idea of stopping the boats can only lead to a conclusion that is
morally and politically flawed.

“Robert Manne’s arguments are of a piece with those of Gillard and
Abbott which both violate the rights of asylum seekers and foster
anti-refugee sentiments in Australian society,” said Ian Rintoul from
the Refugee Action Coalition.

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New South Wales

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asylum seekers

Refugee Action Coalition

Australia's Mandatory

WGAR News: Sovereignty never ceded: A key theme of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy's 40th anniversary

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 21/12/2011 - 1:56pm

Newsletter date: 21 December 2011

Contents:
* Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention
* Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley
* Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
* Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?
* 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012
* Congress Peoples' Forum: Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012

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Northern Territory Intervention

Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention

Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley

Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation

Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?

40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012

Congress Peoples' Forum - Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012

Have your say on the Extension of Key NT Intervention Measures for another Decade - Submissions due 1 Feb 2012

GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stop the Racist NT Intervention

GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stopping Proposed Gas Refinery

Inga Ting - Aboriginal crime and punishment - incarceration rates rise under neoliberalism

What's Working - Alternative to NT Intervention

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 11 events from 21 December 2011

The gluttony of Australian politicians

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 17/12/2011 - 10:16am

The Gluttony of Australian Politicians.

While Nurses ask for a one percent wage rise and amongst these would be people who nurse Rudd when his heart needs medicals and are refused, Julia Gillard will be receiving a wage of a quarter or is it half million if my stats are correct.
The source is correct politicians in Australia are getting a pay rise.
This is in total disregard for the disadvantaged who are being tormented and turfed into living in abject poverty under systems created by the former and this government.

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New South Wales

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protest

WGAR News: Euahlayi tribal leader Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 December 2011

Contents:
* Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London
* Gerry Georgatos: Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra, January 26 2012
* Recordings from the Forum: Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia
* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: Leaders meet in Canberra
* ANTaR: Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people
* Greens Penny Wright: Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Gerry Georgatos - Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra January 26 2012

Recordings from the Forum - Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples - Leaders meet in Canberra

ANTaR - Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people

Greens Penny Wright - Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

Mandingalbay Yidinji Country - Indigenous Protected Area agreement

Susan Allan - Australia - Labor to extend NT intervention for a decade

Greens Rachel Siewert - Another Intervention Is Not The Answer

Emma Murphy - Darwin launch of Walk With Us

What's Working - Our Generation film

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 14 events from 15 December 2011

Xstrata Ulan coal mine expansion required to offset greenhouse gas emissions

Submitted by takver on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 12:34pm

In a landmark judgement concerning climate change, a judge in the NSW Land and Environment Court has given approval for the expansion of the Xstrata Ulan coal mine near Mudgee in Central western New South Wales, but conditional on the mine offsetting all of its greenhouse gas emissions generated in mining the coal.

Background: June 2011 - Legal Challenge to Xstrata Ulan Coal mine expansion

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 6 events from 11 December 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 11:11am

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Event: 11, 12, 13 December 2011: Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Documentary Film - The Tall Man
"... a vivid portrait of an Australian island enraged
by the death of an Aboriginal man while in custody
of the local, predominantly white-run police force."
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
Cinema Release Date: Thu 17 November 2011
Event details, incl. film review and interview with the director: http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/films/coming-soon/thetallman-film/
Event details: http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/thetallman/

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Newcastle

Sydney