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Sydney Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 4 events from 17 January 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 3:36pm

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Event: Tue 17 to 28 January 2012: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Photographic exhibition:
Manuwangku Under the Nuclear Cloud
"Manuwangku: Under a Nuclear Cloud, gives the affected
Aboriginal communities a collective voice against the
proposed radioactive waste dump. The exhibition aims
to dispel the myth that remote areas are uninhabited
and thus suitable to be dumping grounds.
Jagath Dheerasekara is a talented and respected
photographer as well as an Amnesty International
Human Rights Defender."

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New South Wales

Sydney

WGAR News: Wrapping up 2011; New Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th anniversary website

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 28 December 2011

Contents:
* New Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th anniversary website
* Interview with activist Darren Bloomfield from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Michael Anderson: Govt gives ultimatums to NAIDOC not to use 40th anniversary
* SBS Radio Living Black: WA Indigenous Affairs Minister clears the way for mining mate
* Dianne Stokes speaks at Hot Politics-Radioactive waste management in Australia
* Interview with Chris Graham wrapping up the year’s events
* SBS World News Australia: 2011 in review - The NT intervention

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Interview with activist Darren Bloomfield from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Michael Anderson - Govt gives ultimatums to NAIDOC not to use 40th anniversary

SBS Radio Living Black - WA Indigenous Affairs Minister clears the way for mining mate

Dianne Stokes speaks at Hot Politics-Radioactive waste management in Australia

Interview with Chris Graham wrapping up the year’s events

SBS World News Australia - 2011 in review - The NT intervention

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

Greens Rachel Siewert - Negative SEAM evaluations must trigger NT Intervention re-think

Michael Brull - 2012 or 1912? Stigmatising and humiliating Aboriginal parents

Interview with Jon Altman on the future of the NTER in the Northern Territory

Jon Altman - Reforming the Native Title Act

ANTaR - Time to modernise our Constitution

Stronger but fewer cyclones for Australia says CSIRO scientist

Submitted by takver on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 10:27am

New research by CSIRO scientists is showing a trend for fewer tropical cyclones forming off the Western Australian coast, but those that do form may become more intense and potentially destructive. The results apply across the Australian region according to CSIRO in an interview with Dr Debbie Abbs from CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.

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Eight killed in protest against Australian gold mining in Indonesia

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 25/12/2011 - 3:38pm

by hidup biasa An Indonesian activist website reports eight people killed, hundreds wounded, ten arrested and many hiding after a police attack on protesters demonstrating against a locally working mainly Australian gold mining company. hidup biasa says the attack was on the occupation of Sape port by thousands of residents of Lambu district, Bima regency, West Nusa Tenggara, repressed and forcibly dispersed by police. The occupation, which had continued for five days, was by local people opposing the operations of PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara. The company is 95% owned by an Australian company called Arc Exploration, based in Chatswood, Sydney.

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Inner West Film Forum - January 2012 - Post Invasion Day Special

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 24/12/2011 - 10:23pm

Date and Time:

Tue, 31/01/2012 -

7:30pm to 10:30pm

Location:

Petersham Bowling Club 77 Brighton Street, Petersham, Australia 2049

Contact Phone:

Alex 0449 184 801

Website:

http://thepbc.org.au/?page_id=9

Is There Anything to Celebrate in 1988?–(1985) - 60 minutes - Producer, Pat Kavanagh - Music, No Fixed Address - VHS

This is a television forum from 1985 chaired by Michael Mansell in which the question is asked whether or not the Bicentennial Celebrations are appropriate for Aboriginal people. The forum participants raise a number of issues relating to Aboriginal land rights, health and cultural survival. Some of the participants propose that the Bicentennial should be used as an opportunity for educating rather than celebrating.

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Sydney

WGAR News: Sovereignty never ceded: A key theme of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy's 40th anniversary

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 21/12/2011 - 1:56pm

Newsletter date: 21 December 2011

Contents:
* Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention
* Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley
* Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
* Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?
* 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012
* Congress Peoples' Forum: Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012

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Northern Territory Intervention

Interview with Mathew Dhulumbuurk on the continuation of the NT intervention

Interview with elder Philip Roe after the Supreme Court ruling re Kimberley

Interview with Michael Woodley CEO of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation

Michael Anderson: Who deleted the phrase 'her heirs and successors'?

40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy Canberra - 26-29 Jan 2012

Congress Peoples' Forum - Sovereignty and Self Determination - Canberra - 24-25 Jan 2012

Have your say on the Extension of Key NT Intervention Measures for another Decade - Submissions due 1 Feb 2012

GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stop the Racist NT Intervention

GetUp! Campaign Suggestions Forum - Stopping Proposed Gas Refinery

Inga Ting - Aboriginal crime and punishment - incarceration rates rise under neoliberalism

What's Working - Alternative to NT Intervention

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 11 events from 21 December 2011

Australian solidarity actions for Bradley Manning - December 17th 2011

Submitted by Flowerpower on Tue, 20/12/2011 - 6:08pm

On December 17th 2011, Bradley Manning turned 24 and his pre-trial hearing began. Bradley has been charged with a variety of offences that related to the release of documents and evidence of war crimes by the U.S. to Wikileaks. On this day an international day of solidarity occured and a number of actions occured in Australia. In Brisbane musicians played in solidarity in the Brisbane Mall. In Sydney a daily vigil during the pre-trial has been organised by the Sydney Stop the War Coalition outside the U.S. Consulate General in Martin Place. In Adelaide a small group gathered to sing Bradley happy birthday and to hand out information on his trial. In London, Australian peace activist Ciaron O'Reilly was amongst solidarity protestors outside the U.S. Embassy. Meanwhile Australin journalist Julian Assange will have the next stage of his appeal against his extradition to Sweden heard on December 20th.
Related:Updates on Brad's trial at www.bradleymanning.org

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Fair Go for Bradley Manning Sydney protests

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 8:23pm

Join the campaign for justice for Bradley Manning and win his release from prison, outside the US Consulate General in Martin Place:

Friday, 16 Dec, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Saturday 17th Dec, 11:00am – 12 noon
Monday 19th Dec, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tuesday Dec 20, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

The week December 16-21 marks the long awaited pre-trial of 24-year-old US army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning who is charged with leaking classified material to WikiLeaks.

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Sydney

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Bradley Manning Solidarity

Stop the War Coalition

WGAR News: Euahlayi tribal leader Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 December 2011

Contents:
* Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London
* Gerry Georgatos: Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra, January 26 2012
* Recordings from the Forum: Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia
* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: Leaders meet in Canberra
* ANTaR: Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people
* Greens Penny Wright: Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Gerry Georgatos - Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra January 26 2012

Recordings from the Forum - Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples - Leaders meet in Canberra

ANTaR - Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people

Greens Penny Wright - Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

Mandingalbay Yidinji Country - Indigenous Protected Area agreement

Susan Allan - Australia - Labor to extend NT intervention for a decade

Greens Rachel Siewert - Another Intervention Is Not The Answer

Emma Murphy - Darwin launch of Walk With Us

What's Working - Our Generation film

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 14 events from 15 December 2011

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 6 events from 11 December 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 11:11am

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Event: 11, 12, 13 December 2011: Paddington, Sydney, NSW
Documentary Film - The Tall Man
"... a vivid portrait of an Australian island enraged
by the death of an Aboriginal man while in custody
of the local, predominantly white-run police force."
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
Cinema Release Date: Thu 17 November 2011
Event details, incl. film review and interview with the director: http://www.hopscotchfilms.com.au/films/coming-soon/thetallman-film/
Event details: http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/thetallman/

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New South Wales

Newcastle

Sydney