New South Wales

Winter Chill: Fruit and nut trees feeling the heat of global warming

Climate change affecting safe winter chill for orchard trees.

A new study says that global warming will impact fruit and nut tree productivity in Australia and globally. Most fruit and nut trees have evolved in cool temperate climates and go through a dormant winter phase and require a certain amount of winter chill to trigger their spring growth and fruit production. But with strong trends in many regions for warming winter minimum temperatures and reduced number of 'winter chill' days, the heat is on our orchards.

WGAR News: We must continue calls for Treaty: Nicole Watson, Tracker

Newsletter date: 15 April 2013

Contents:

* Nicole Watson, Tracker: We must continue calls for Treaty
* Greg Dyett and Jeremy Geia, SBS Radionews Audio: Claim renews sovereignty campaign
* NIRS: Call to charge up sovereignty campaign
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* The Stringer: Department changes from Indigenous to Aboriginal

* Croakey: We must do far more as a country to acknowledge the First Australians: Prof Lesley Barclay

* Jeremy Geia, NITV News: Row over Canberra's traditional owners

* Other articles

The Stringer weekly newsletter - April 14

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - April 14 - http://thestringer.com.au/

The Stringer went live February 20 - If you would like to subscribe to The Stringer's newsletter and updates please email contact@thestringer.com.au or go to the subscribe tab on the home page.

Sydney events: Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony + Freedom Rides and Anti-Racist activism

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sun 14 April 2013: Appin, Sydney, NSW
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony
"All are welcome to this annual memorial for the
Dharawal people who perished in the massacre of 1816."
Hosted by:
* the Winga Myamly Reconciliation Group and
Supported by:
* Campbelltown City Council,
* Wollondilly Shire Council,
* Camden Council,
* Sydney Catchment Authority,
* W.I.L.M.A,
* the NSW Reconciliation Council and
* the Aboriginal Communities of the Macarthur Region.

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 43 events from 14 April 2013

Newsletter date: 14 April 2013

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Event: Thu 28 March to Sun 14 April 2013: Belconnen, Canberra, ACT
I Do Have a Belief:
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre
Producer: Gilbert Family
"I Do Have a Belief is an exhibition and events
celebrating the life of Kevin Gilbert and his contribution
to the local community, advancing human and political
rights and Aboriginal sovereignty at a national and
international level."
"The showcasing of his creative work includes

The Stringer's interview with Tony Abbott

The Stringer’s interview with Tony Abbott – his “must-do” list for Aboriginal Australia
by Gerry Georgatos - thestringer.com.au
April 10th, 2013

The Leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott has drawn up a “must do list” he said he would implement from the first day he became Prime Minister to deliver Aboriginal peoples from abject poverty.

WGAR News: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Newsletter date: 10 April 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system
* CAAMA Radio: Priscilla Collins, NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth
* SBS Living Black Audio: WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous detention centres 'at crisis point'
* The Stringer: "Paraded like zoo animals"
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

WGAR News: Money for Aboriginal disadvantage being chewed up by white bureaucrats!: CAAMA

Newsletter date: 8 April 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA: Money for Aboriginal disadvantage being chewed up by white bureaucrats!
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT minister blames welfare dependence for violence

* NITV News: Indigenous children to learn native language
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous languages to be taught in NSW schools
* SBS Radionews Audio: Support for NSW school Indigenous language plan
* Darug Tribal Aboriginal Corporation - Language
* Greg Dickson, Fully (sic), Crikey: Creative Australia lends extra support to Indigenous languages, but is it enough?

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 46 events from 7 April 2013

Newsletter date: 7 April 2013

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Event: 7 April until 4 May 2013: Forrest, Canberra, ACT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Canberra Opening Sun 7 April 2013
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated By Judith Crispin
To be opened by special guest speaker:
Ms Penny Phillips, Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owner
Venue: Manning Clark House Gallery: http://manningclark.org.au/
Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara