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WGAR News: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub: Save The Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 1:13pm

Newsletter date: 30 January 2013

Contents:

* Save The Kimberley: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub
* Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Decision "insulting joke" to Aboriginal heritage
* Perth Now: Broome and the gas hub - a town divided
* The West: Premier heckled by protesters
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* 'concerned Australians': Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June, 2012
* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity: NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

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Northern Territory Intervention

Broome Community No Gas

Australian First Nation's Political Party

Peris

Aboriginal ALP members

Day of Mourning

Indigenous party

Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Decision insulting joke to Aboriginal heritage

Perth Now - Broome and the gas hub - a town divided

The West - Premier heckled by protesters

concerned Australians - Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June 2012

Paddy Gibson - Solidarity - NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

SMH - Indigenous party rallies in Canberra

Tracker - Aboriginal ALP members put hands up against Peris nomination

ABC - Indigenous ALP members nominate against Peris

Socialist Alternative - What's to celebrate on Invasion Day

Socialist Alternative - Poems of resistance on Invasion Day

Sovereign Union - Invasion Day

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 33 events from 29 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 29 January 2013

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Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

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WGAR News: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island: The West Australian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/01/2013 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 27 January 2013

Contents:

* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic

* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police

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Aboriginal sovereignty

James Price Point

Save the Kimberley

Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Heirisson Island

Kumentjaye Briscoe

Aboriginal Heritage Sites

north of Broome

Tracker - Mature Australia needs new flag - academic

SBS Living Black - Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites

ABC - Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown

SBS Living Black - No Criminal Charges Against Police

WGAR News: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out: YouTube

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 23/01/2013 - 5:20pm

Newsletter date: 24 January 2013

Contents:

* YouTube: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out
* SBS Radionews Audio: Maralinga compo collapse prompts calls for Act of Grace
* ABC Radio National Breakfast: Maralinga compensation - Guest: WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
* Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog: In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist. Part 2
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone "steamrolling"

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 25 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 23 January 2013

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Event: Fri 25 January 2013: East Perth, WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy: Last day of Freedom
- A ceremony to honour our Nyoongar Yorga Boodja
"Activities at Matagarup (Heirrison Island) hosted
by the Nyoongar Tent Embassy. Includes BBQ
(for donation) and music. ...
(Named for being the last day before invasion day.)"
"Preliminary Launch of Curtin University’s
Research on Media Reporting on the NTE"

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Darwin events: Monsoon Movies Film Festival (organised by Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 10:07am

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - from 26 January 2013

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Event: 26 January 2013: Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT
Monsoon Movies Film Festival
Survival Day film screening:
Murundak: Songs for Freedom
Organised by Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition
Event details: http://darwinaboriginalrights.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/monsoon-movies-fi...
Event details: http://darwinaboriginalrights.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/survival-day-film...

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Darwin

Northern Territory

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Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - from 26 January 2013

WGAR News: Background to support for the Yolngu statement and opposition to 'Stronger Futures' laws

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/01/2013 - 5:25pm

Newsletter date: 22 January 2013

Background info page:
Background to support for the Yolngu statement and opposition to the 'Stronger Futures' laws
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/06/10/background-to-support-for-the-yolngu-...

Contents:

* Yolngu Nations Assembly Statements and Media Releases

* Compilations calling for:
support for the Yolngu statement of 24 April 2012 and
the abandonment of the Stronger Futures laws

* Supportive Statements, Media Releases and News (14 March 2012 - 3 July 2012)

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

Yolngu statement

WGAR News: ALSWA calls for bipartisan commitment to justice reinvestment: Aboriginal Legal Service

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 19/01/2013 - 2:39pm

Newsletter date: 20 January 2013

Contents:

* ALSWA calls for bipartisan commitment to justice reinvestment
* NIRS: WA legal service slams criminal justice system failures
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Tracker: Six million to attend "Australia Day" events on Invasion date

* NITV News: NSW Aboriginal Land Council under fire over CSG permits

* Australian: Road project may be halted as Aborigines seek burial-ground injunction

* SNAICC News: Appointment of Professor Helen Milroy as a Royal Commissioner

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Royal Commission

Aboriginal Land Council

NIRS - WA legal service slams criminal justice system failures

Tracker - Six million to attend Australia Day events on Invasion date

NITV News - NSW Aboriginal Land Council under fire over CSG permits

Australian - Road project may be halted as Aborigines seek burial-ground injunction

SNAICC News - Appointment of Professor Helen Milroy as a Royal Commissioner

ALSWA welcomes establishment of new family violence legal service

NITV News - Indigenous health program in NT may lose funding

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam - Greens call on British to deliver justice for victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

SBS Audio - Maralinga compo hopes dashed

Maralinga

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 51 events from 17 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 17/01/2013 - 7:19am

Newsletter date: 17 January 2013

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Event: Fri 18 January 2013: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
Kimberley documentary Melbourne premiere screening
LURUJARRI-THE DOCUMENTARY- Melbourne Premiere
"The Wyldeclan documentary film making
team are touring their new film
'LURUJARRI-THE DOCUMENTARY' and you are
invited to the very exciting Melbourne premiere screening.
At The Wilderness Society Vic campaign centre
(the Loft, Leval 2) we will show a couple of short films,
hear from the filmakers then screen the feature

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WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day Events: Sat 26 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 16/01/2013 - 1:08pm

Newsletter date: 17 January 2013

Last updated: 22 January 2013

Contents:

* Background to Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day
* Adelaide events
* Brisbane event
* Canberra events
* Darwin event
* Hobart event
* Melbourne and Victoria events
* Perth events
* Sydney and NSW events

* BACKGROUND TO SOVEREIGNTY DAY, INVASION DAY AND SURVIVAL DAY

Event: 26 January 2013: various locations in Australia
Sovereignty Day / Invasion Day / Survival Day
"'Australia Day', also known as Survival Day,
Invasion Day and Sovereignty Day:

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