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Sydney Opera House banner drop protests Harvey Norman forest destruction

Submitted by takver on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 5:41pm

Five environmental activists were arrested yesterday for climbing the Opera House and draping a banner on one of the sails protesting Retailer Harvey Norman's participation in Australian native forest destruction. The banner read "No Harvey No! Stop selling Aussie forest destruction!" and was part of a global 24 hours of action targeting the Harvey Norman business with more than 30 actions taking place in Australia and several overseas.

Links: No Harvey No | The Last Stand | Markets for Change | The Last Stand Flickr Photostream | Indymedia Harvey Norman stories

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Occupy Sydney in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street & United for Global Change

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 1:15pm

I wonder how many of us have been glued to our computer screens over the past week watching the events in New York as they unfold live on air (http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution & http://occupystream.com/). Have you joined the Twitter conversation with hash-tag OccupyWallStreet? The occupy movement in the US is proving to be something of a social tsunami.

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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

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* 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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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

40th Anniversary of Levine Ruling on NSW Abortion Rights - Public Forum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 2:19am

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Sun, 23/10/2011 -

1:00pm to 5:00pm

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NSW Teachers Federation Club Room 23-33 Mary Street Surry Hills

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Margaret

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0407 665 857

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contact_waac@yahoo.com.au

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www.waac.org.au

Public Forum to commemorate the Levine Ruling
40 Years of Legal Abortion in NSW
What challenges remain today?

In 1970, police raided Sydney's Heattherbrae abortion clinic.

They stormed into the surgery, dragged patients off for interrogation and arrested medical staff.The doctors were charged under the NSW Crimes Act for performing abortions.

In the subsequent 1971 trial, they were acquitted. Presiding Judge Aaron Levine's ruling, on 28th October 1971, defined lawful abortion and greatly improved access for NSW women.

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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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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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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 - 2 October 2011

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 26 events from 6 October 2011

NT and Bankstown join forces in campaign for moratorium on income management - Barbara Shaw in Sydney

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 04/10/2011 - 3:00pm

NT Aboriginal leader Barbara Shaw has arrived in Sydney on a speaking tour to build support for the campaign against income management and the NT Intervention. Her full itinerary is listed below.

On Thursday 6 October, Ms Shaw will visit Bankstown in south-west Sydney to speak at a public meeting launching a national campaign calling for a moratorium on government’s income management.

Bankstown is one of five trial sites across Australia facing the introduction of income management from July 2012.

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Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 10 events from 4 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/10/2011 - 8:08pm

This page last updated 4 October 2011

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Event: Tue 4 October 2011: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw
Evening Meeting with Amnesty Demand Dignity Campaign
"This meeting is not to be missed as Barbara Shaw,
a delegate to the UN's permanent forum of Indigenous
Issues will be joining us. Barbara is a Mt Nancy town
camp resident from Alice Springs, and appeared
shortly in 'Our Generation' (2010).
Our main focus topic will centre on Amnesty

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

Our Generation NSW Film Screenings

WGAR News: NT govt's English in schools policy; Trucking nuclear waste through SA on way to NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/10/2011 - 11:47am

Newsletter date: 2 October 2011

Contents:
* Reminder of change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' launch with Barb Shaw
* A Tribute to Aboriginal Youth Suicide and Stolen Generations: 10 October 2011
* NT government's draft update to its English in schools policy
* Plan to truck nuclear waste through SA on way to NT
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 2 October 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

* REMINDER OF CHANGE OF VENUE OF 'REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP' LAUNCH WITH BARB SHAW:

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Reminder of change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' launch with Barb Shaw 5 Oct 2011

A Tribute to Aboriginal Youth Suicide and Stolen Generations - 10 October 2011

NT government's draft update to its English in schools policy

Plan to truck nuclear waste through SA on way to NT

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 2 October 2011

Occupy Sydney - Hyde Park Rally

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 30/09/2011 - 7:17am

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Sat, 15/10/2011 -

2:00pm to 5:00pm

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Hyde Park Elizabeth Street Sydney, Australia

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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Sydney/153514104742550?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/event.php?eid=284324328246853

In the USA, people are getting fed up with the government and corporations screwing them over. In response, a small group set out to squat on Wall Street. Barred from that, they have occupied a nearby park. At first only a few hundred, the occupation hasn't disbanded, and has been growing. Now, other cities in other states have joined in. Hell, even Glasgow, in Scotland has!

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