On Friday the 22 of March, Brazilian riot police evicted dozens of indigenous squatters from an abandoned museum in the centre of Rio. For over a decade indigenous people from across the territory had occupied the large building and the surrounding area, renaming it the ‘Macanara Village’ as it sits besides the large Maracana football stadium.
The Stringer went live February 20. Some of our stories from the last week include:
Rising Renters Stress – 2/3rds of Australian live in rent
March 23, 2013
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ‘rental stress’ is a term often used to describe households at risk of experiencing difficulty meeting their rental costs. High levels of rental stress mean that affordability may be low and, as a result, those households experiencing rental stress may be less able to rent housing that meets their basic needs.
The Stringer went live February 20. Some of our stories from the last week include:
Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd
March 16th, 2013
Once again the United Nations has ranked Australia second behind Norway in its annual Human Development Index – for public health, social wealth, education, even happiness. But if Aboriginal peoples go stand-alone they would not be part of that 2nd rating – they would be 122nd.
Newsletter date: 24 March 2013
Contents:
* STICS: Protest against NT Intervention and income management on UN Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
* NITV's coverage of STICS Sydney protest
* NIRS: Sydney rally calls to end racism
* Pip Hinman, Green Left: 'No harmony in income management', say protesters
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison says Richard Trudgen
Newsletter date: 20 March 2013
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Event: Tue 19 - Thu 21 March 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Preparatory Meeting for Pacific Indigenous Peoples on the
World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014
Co-hosted by:
* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples; and
* New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council;
in collaboration with the
* Indigenous Peoples Organisations (IPO) Network of Australia
and * Global Coordinating Group
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and
Indigenous peoples from the Pacific are invited
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 20 March 2013: Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Symbolism, is it enough?
"As the movement towards constitutional recognition
gains momentum, we ask is symbolism enough?
Get the lowdown from key Indigenous voices
on an issue that affects us all.
And have your say during the Q and A."
Moderator: Miriam Corowa, ABC News 24
Tanya Hosch, Recognise
Peter Dawson, Youth Activist
Jody Broun, National Congress
Luke Pearson, Educator/Social Commentator
On Sunday around 300 residents rallied in Campbelltown in western Sydney and called on the NSW state government and Federal Government to protect drinking water and drinking water catchments, and for local communities to protect their farmland and water resources from Coal seam gas (CSG) development. Jess Moore from Stop CSG Illawarra spoke passionately and outlined the campaign to stop coal seam gas mining in Sydney's water catchments and the threat it poses to the millions of people who live in greater Sydney area. Here is her speech with transcription.
In the early hours of March 7 some anarchists broke into the abandoned St Michaels College building on City rd on the Sydney Uni campus.
(For three months in 2011 this large abandoned space, renamed the “Chapel of the Insurrection” was liberated from the Catholic Church, their bullshit morality and their vast landholdings. Inside dozens of comrades, students, street youth and wage slaves experimented with new ways of living and found love, laughter and joy. Inside we built barricades and outside a large vegetable garden.)*
The Tipsy Rabbit: on music
Are you a lover of words and ideas but find panel discussions a little dry? Then grab a glass and join in the inaugural Tipsy Rabbit night Wednesday 10 April, doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start at the Red Rattler in Marrickville. The series of panel discussions kicks off with a theme close to our hearts: music.
To share their love of song writing and writing about songs we welcome to The Tipsy Rabbit couch:
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 13 March 2013: Sydney, NSW
Lecture meeting: Dr Mike Donaldson - on the ancient art
sites of the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of WA
Event summary: http://oceanicartsociety.org.au/calendar.html
Event summary: http://oceanicartsociety.org.au/index.html
Event details: http://oceanicartsociety.org.au/lectures.html
Event: 13 February - 13 March 2013: Bathurst, NSW
Strong Spirit Strong People Strong Culture
"The name of the exhibition is borrowed from
