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WGAR News: Aboriginal elder challenges expansion of Olympic Dam mine

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 06/04/2012 - 5:59pm

Newsletter date: 6 April 2012

Contents:
* Aboriginal elder challenges expansion of Olympic Dam mine
* Tracker: Fight for Muckaty: TOs vow it’s not over
* Moree Champion: Tent Embassy set up in Moree
* Interview with Damien Curtis of Stand for Freedom
* Jeff McMullen: Aussies should stand strong for freedom
* CRA: Call for consultation not legislation
* UTS: Listening but not hearing
* Amnesty: Ask your local MP to speak up on homelands
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

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Northern Territory Intervention

Tracker - Fight for Muckaty - TOs vow it’s not over

Moree Champion - Tent Embassy set up in Moree

Interview with Damien Curtis of Stand for Freedom

Jeff McMullen - Aussies should stand strong for freedom

CRA - Call for consultation not legislation

UTS - Listening but not hearing

Amnesty - Ask your local MP to speak up on homelands

Sydney University Gets Occupied

Submitted by 2060 on Thu, 05/04/2012 - 12:39am

- Students start direct action campaign at Sydney Uni against plans to cut 350 jobs.

- They occupied staff offices to make their feelings known to the management who have so far kept them out of the loop.

- The cuts are planned despite student enrolments rising by 1000 on the previous year.

- The staff cuts are planned while at the same time the uni is planning to spend $250 million next year on two new buildings.

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Sydney

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protest

education

Anarchists disrupt Police Expo

Submitted by autonomousactions on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 8:55pm

Just before dawn on April 1st a group of anarchists dropped a banner reading “COPS OUT OF REDFERN, OUT OF OUR LIVES” from a construction site at 90 Regent St Redfern. The building now being renovated had been a squatted social centre and a home for more than 10 people throughout November and December of 2010. Within the large city owned building, dubbed ‘The People’s Castle’, solar power, a free shop and free café were established and opened to the public. In mid December 2010 police evicted the building following a failed supreme court challenge to keep the social centre open.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 2 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 02/04/2012 - 9:39am

Newsletter date: 2 April 2012

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

Event: 11 February 2012 to 26 May 2012: South Bank, Brisbane, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...

Event: Intermittent 1 March - 3 May 2012: Various Locations
House of Representatives Committees
Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities

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Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 12 events from 1 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/04/2012 - 7:27pm

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

Event: 1 April 2012: Glebe, NSW
The Tall Man documentary film screening
NSW Reconciliation Council
"In 2004, Cameron Doomadgee, an Aboriginal man,
was arrested for drunkenly swearing at police
Sgt. Chris Hurley and died less than an hour
after being arrested. ... The Tall Man is an
important documentary, shedding a new light on
Doomadgee's tragic death and the events
that followed."
Event details: http://nswreconciliation.org.au/thetallman

Event: Mon 2 April 2012: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
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WGAR News: Responses to Ten-Year Funding of NT Aboriginal Communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/04/2012 - 1:45pm

Newsletter date: 1 April 2012

Contents:
* Congress: Ten-Year Investment in the NT Must Involve Local and Community Control
* AHRC: Long-term funding commitment welcomed but Stronger Futures still must change
* Greens: Funding shouldn’t be tied to Intervention legislation
* APO NT: NT Aboriginal Organisations Welcome Homelands Support
* AMSANT: Long term funding for Aboriginal health-at last!
* CLC: Ten year Funding Boost will bring relief to the bush
* NACCHO: Ten year funding should be committed to all ACCHO's
* Amnesty: A huge win for homelands

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Northern Territory Intervention

Congress - Ten-Year Investment in the NT Must Involve Local and Community Control

AHRC - Long-term funding commitment welcomed but Stronger Futures still must change

Greens - Funding shouldn’t be tied to Intervention legislation

APO NT - NT Aboriginal Organisations Welcome Homelands Support

AMSANT - Long term funding for Aboriginal health-at last

CLC - Ten year Funding Boost will bring relief to the bush

NACCHO - Ten year funding should be committed to all ACCHO's

Amnesty - A huge win for homelands

NT Govt - $221M Outstation investment welcome news for the Territory

News re Ten-Year Funding in the Northern Territory

STICS Public Meeting - Can Income Management help with Child protection?

Country Liberals - Homelands and Outstations policy

Interviews re Stronger Futures legislation

ROLL OVER RACISM

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 31/03/2012 - 6:34pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 21/04/2012 -

7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:

The Bald Faced Stag 345 Parramatta Rd Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW 204

Website:

https://www.facebook.com/events/111380805659173/

ROLL OVER RACISM is a live music event promoting anti-racism in Australia. This is the first ROLL OVER event, and it will be held in Sydney on the 21st of April.

Featuring diverse acts from all over the country, all of whom are passionate about supporting this cause.

GAY PARIS
HOODLUM SHOUTS
LO!
SHANGHAI
BRAVE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
FIREARMS
ONSLAUGHT
THE INCREDIBLE KICKS
+ Special guests

Set times TBA.

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Sydney

4:20 @ NSW Parliament.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 31/03/2012 - 6:27pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 20/04/2012 -

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location:

Parliament House, Sydney CBD

ANNUAL EVENT! EVER YEAR SINCE 2011!
FREE CANNABIS! OCCUPY YOUR MIND!

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Sydney

Saving the Kimberley. Our land or Gasland?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 31/03/2012 - 6:22pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 19/04/2012 -

7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location:

Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney

Saving the Kimberley. Our land or Gasland?
Why the campaign to save the Kimberley from gas and industrialisation matters in Sydney and across NSW.

Speakers: Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert from WA; Lyndon Schneiders, National Director of The Wilderness Society; Geoff Cameron from Beyond Zero Emissions. Chaired by Coal and Gas Campaigner Justin Field.

7pm, Thursday 19th April
Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney CBD
Entry $10, $5 (unwaged)

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Sydney

Workers Out! NSW Relaunch meeting

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 31/03/2012 - 6:16pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 13/04/2012 -

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

The Rose of Australia, 1 Swanston Street, Erskineville

Meeting to discuss relaunching Workers Out!- a group for LGBTI unionists and their allies. Agenda items to include 1) Restarting Workers Out! 2) Getting a contingent together for the next equal love rally on May 12th at Sydney Town Hall (http://www.caah.org.au/)

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Sydney