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Occupy Byron Bay! Occupy everywhere!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 18/10/2011 - 8:07pm

by Harsha Prabhu via Facebook Sat 15t October saw Byron Bay, Australia's easternmost point, join over 900 cities across the globe (in addition to every state in the US) in a world-wide day of action in solidarity with Occupy Wall St.

Several hundred people converged on Railway Park in the heart of town, with signs that read: "Poverty is the result of structural violence", "No jobs on a dead planet", "Open your heart, be informed, be brave, be free", "Be rich in spirit and greed shall fall away" and "Keep your money, we want change".

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Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 8 events from 17 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 16/10/2011 - 5:00pm

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Mon 17 October 2011: Avoca Beach, Central Coast, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
Hosted by Amnesty International's Central Coast Action Group
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/26574/
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews

Event: Thu 20 October 2011: Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Special screening of excerpts from the emerging feature doco
Breath of Life
& Muckaty Voices,

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New South Wales

Sydney

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NT intervention

Northern Territory Intervention

Our Generation NSW Film Screenings

WGAR News: Advocates brief UN Committee on the Rights of the Child re Australia's performance

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 16/10/2011 - 1:40pm

Newsletter date: 16 October 2011

Contents:
* Advocates brief UN Committee on the Rights of the Child re Australia's performance
* Amnesty chief tells Macklin - We will be watching
* Attempted suicides in communities affected by NT Intervention has doubled
* Arnhem Land leaders are gathering on Elcho Island
* Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott calls for scrapping of Olympic Dam expansion
* What’s Working: A Better Way - ANTaR's book of success stories
* More on APY Lands
* Apology to the Aboriginal People of Australia on behalf of Australians of Arabic background

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Northern Territory Intervention

Amnesty chief tells Macklin - We will be watching

Attempted suicides in communities affected by NT Intervention has doubled

Arnhem Land leaders are gathering on Elcho Island

Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott calls for scrapping of Olympic Dam expansion

What’s Working - A Better Way - ANTaR's book of success stories

Occupy Sydney photos

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 15/10/2011 - 11:35pm

Couple of panoramas from day and night protest.

Day photo from around 4pm, night photo around 10pm (after police raid).

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New South Wales

Sydney

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#OccupySydney

WGAR News: Amnesty International head slams decades of neglect in remote Aboriginal communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/10/2011 - 9:56am

Newsletter date: 13 October 2011

Contents:
* Amnesty International cheif Salil Shetty visits communities in Utopia, NT
* Calls for implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
* Jon Altman: Homeland communities destroyed to save a bit of cash
* Amnesty International Australia Action: Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands
* Amnesty International Australia: Utopia Homelands featured on the 7pm Project
* What’s Working: Health-Utopia
* Rally against Income Management in Bankstown - 8 October 2011

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Northern Territory Intervention

Amnesty International cheif Salil Shetty visits communities in Utopia NT

Calls for implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Jon Altman - Homeland communities destroyed to save a bit of cash

Amnesty International Australia Action - Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands

Amnesty International Australia - Utopia Homelands featured on the 7pm Project

What’s Working - Health-Utopia

Rally against Income Management in Bankstown - 8 October 2011

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 13 October 2011

Forums at Sydney Uni , UNSW and UTS - hear Gerry Georgatos in person speak about the jailed Indonesian children.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/10/2011 - 8:42am

Over the next week there will be three forums in Sydney presented by Indonesian Solidarity to demand Stop Jailing the Children. Gerry Georgatos, the gutsy human rights campaigner is in Sydney and he is one of the speakers and it will be a great chance to hear him, see him in person and learn from him. A Sydney lawyer Edwina Lloyd will also be speaking and a Eko Waluya an Indonesian Solidarity member.

The first forum was held today (12th October at UTS). The next two forums are listed below:

17th October 2011
1pm to 2pm
Venue
Lecture Theatre G04
Law Faculty
UNSW

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New South Wales

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Indonesian Solidarity

Jailed Indonesian children

Mandatory detenions

Gerry Geratos

WGAR News: Tracker's Brian Johnston: Reality in APY Lands different from media agenda campaigns

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 12:01pm

Newsletter date: 9 October 2011

Contents:
* Tracker's Brian Johnston: Reality in APY Lands is different from the media agenda driven campaigns
* APY Council general manager calls for full community consultation about their needs
* Head of Amnesty says govt's "top-down externally driven" efforts widen the gap
* Media re Barbara Shaw's Sydney speaking tour - 3-9 Oct 2011
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 9 October 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 9 October 2011

APY Council general manager calls for full community consultation

Amnesty says govt's top-down externally driven efforts widen the gap

Media re Barbara Shaw's Sydney speaking tour Oct 2011

Occupy Corporate Byron Bay

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/10/2011 - 8:51am

Date and Time:

Sat, 15/10/2011 -

12:00pm to 3:00pm

Location:

Railway Park, Byron Bay, Australia

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124008954370411

We will gather at 12 noon in Railway Park in the heart of Byron Bay to express our solidarity with the peoples' movements for true democracy sweeping across the globe.

People before profit, the earth before corporate greed. We are the 99%. We will no longer remain silent.

This is an experiment in co-creation. Please being banners, flags, drums and good wishes for a peaceful planet with plenty for all.

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New South Wales

Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 9 events from 6 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/10/2011 - 7:47am

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Event: Thu 6 October 2011: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw
Public Forum
Not In Bankstown, Not Anywhere!
Why we need a moratorium on Government's Income Management
Speakers include:
* Barbara Shaw, BasicsCard recipient and anti-intervention
campaigner
* Randa Kattan, CEO of the Arab Council of Australia
* John Falzon, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society's Nat'l Council
Organised by the Campaign coalition of the
Say No to Governments Income Management:

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Northern Territory Intervention

Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw 3rd to 9th October 2011

NSW Our Generation Film Screenings

Amnesty International Homelands Campaign - NSW

[WGAR-news] Public forum launching a national campaign calling for a moratorium on income management

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/10/2011 - 6:16am

Newsletter date: 6 October 2011

Contents:
* Sydney public forum launching a national campaign calling for a Moratorium on Income Management - 6 October 2011
* Alice Springs public forum: No Income Management - Women demand a Moratorium on Income Management - 13 October 2011
* Media Release by Aboriginal activist and trained lawyer Michael Anderson
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 26 events from 6 October 2011

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