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WGAR News: "Cooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/11/2011 - 9:51am

Newsletter date: 26 November 2011

Contents:
* Stronger Futures is the same intervention says Amnesty
* "Cooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory"
- Joint Statement from ACOSS, APO NT and many others
* "Stand against Macklin’s decade of discrimination - No second Intervention!"
- Joint Statement from IRAG, DARC and STICS
* SNAICC: Elders and representatives express anger over future of NT Intervention
* Pat Turner: Cutting Centrelink cash won't stop indigenous truancy
* Interview with Paddy Gibson about the new school attendance measures

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures is the same intervention says Amnesty

SNAICC - Elders and representatives express anger over future of NT Intervention

Interview with Paddy Gibson about the new school attendance measures

Cooperation not intervention - a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory - Joint Statement from ACOSS APONT and many others

Stand against Macklin’s decade of discrimination - No second Intervention! - Joint Statement from IRAG DARC and STICS

Pat Turner - Cutting Centrelink cash won't stop indigenous truancy

Michael Brull - The Government's new case for the intervention

Rachel Siewert - Government announces stealthy expansion of income management

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

Amnesty campaign: Tell Treasurer Swan - support homelands in the Federal Budget

SBS - Shining A Light On Northern Territory Education Success

Film night: the real social network

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 22/11/2011 - 1:59pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 29/11/2011 -

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Quad History Room S223, Main Quadrangle at the University of Sydney.

Contact Name:

Dr Peter John Chen

Contact Phone:

0432845766

Contact Email:

peter.chen@sydney.edu.au

Website:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/girsocialnet

Interested in politics, technology, social movements and protest in the 21st century? This event is for you.

On Tuesday 29 November, the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney will be convening a free screening of ‘The Real Social Network’, a documentary film about the new generation of protest.

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Sydney

Upcoming Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 9 events from 20 November 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 20/11/2011 - 3:07pm

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

Event: Sun 20 November 2011: Mullumbimby, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
With live music by Xavier Rudd and
Q&A with the filmmakers and
special guest Yolngu elder Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra
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: Fri 25 November 2011: Camperdown, Sydney, NSW
Launch of the 2011 Social Justice and Native Title Reports
Australian Human Rights Commission
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Northern Territory Intervention

Our Generation NSW Film Screenings

WGAR News: "Federal Government betrays NT communities with second Intervention" STICS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 20/11/2011 - 12:02pm

Newsletter date: 20 November 2011

Contents:
* Federal Govt plans to extend its intervention in the NT
* Interviews with Barb Shaw and Randa Kattan on Income Management
* The Bush to Bankstown: The fight against Govt Income Management
* Two Sydney events highlighting struggles for Aboriginal rights in the NT
* International Human Rights Day - Alice Springs, NT
* Ninety people gathered in Darwin on Nov 18 to launch Walk With Us
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

Federal Govt plans to extend its intervention in the NT

Interviews with Barb Shaw and Randa Kattan on Income Management

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 20 November 2011

The Bush to Bankstown - The fight against Govt Income Management

Two Sydney events highlighting struggles for Aboriginal rights in the NT

International Human Rights Day - Alice Springs NT

Ninety people gathered in Darwin on Nov 18 to launch Walk With Us

Occupy Sydney video update: Day 45

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/11/2011 - 10:33am

The following video update was posted on Youtube by Occupysydneymedia on November 19th

Here is a link to the General Assembly minutes for the GA held in Martin Place on November 16th to give you more of an idea of what is being discussed down at Occupy Sydney.

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Sydney

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Occupy Sydney

Speaking out against Obama wars

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 20/11/2011 - 2:46am

Report of the Resistance to the visit by US President to Canberra Thursday 17 November 2011 by Graeme Dunstan of Peacebus.com

Good to be standing for peace with friends outside the Parliament, while Obama was inside beating a drum for war in the Pacific. All in all it was an evocative witness, few in number, good in feeling and dramatically artful.

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PALEA joins Global Day of Action for Qantas workers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/11/2011 - 5:57pm

The Philippine Airlines Employees’ Association (PALEA) picketed the Qantas office and Australian embassy in a show of solidarity for the embattled workers of the Australian flag carrier. “We extend the hand of solidarity to our brothers and sisters at Qantas who are for fighting for job security, decent pay and better working conditions. The struggles they are waging mirror the same demands that we are currently fighting for at PAL,” declared Gerry Rivera, PALEA president and vice chair of Partido ng Manggagawa.

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Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/11/2011 - 8:05pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 7:00pm

Location:

Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney (5 mins walk from Darling Harbour)

7pm Saturday December 3

Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

Forum and Photo Exhibition

Against a background of heightened awareness of nuclear issues, key stakeholders will examine the plan to develop a national radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory.

Hosted by Jeff McMullen

Speakers Include:

Matthew Gardiner, United Voice NT Secretary
Dianne Stokes, Muckaty Traditional Owner
Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation
George Newhouse, Human Rights lawyer

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Sydney

The case against the NT Intervention

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/11/2011 - 8:00pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 5:45pm

Location:

Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney (5 mins walk from Darling Harbour)

Hosted by the CFMEU Indigenous Committee

Speakers include:
Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, Senior Elder from Elcho Island

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Sydney

WGAR News: 'cA' paper: Cuts to welfare payments for school non-attendance - requested or imposed?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 12/11/2011 - 1:08pm

Newsletter date: 12 November 2011

Contents:
* 'cA': Cuts to Welfare Payments for School Non-Attendance
* Thanks from leaders to supporters of the Yolngu Nations Assembly
* Paddy Gibson and Barb Shaw: Alternative to the NT Intervention
* Emma Murphy: New NT education policy still sidelines Indigenous language
* Amnesty: Stronger futures in the NT must be a product of the people
* Greens Rachel Siewert: Smarter investments the key for the NT
* More on the National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF)
* What’s Working: So No to Government Intervention

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