Northern Territory

WGAR News: CAAMA Radio - Alice Springs Rally Against Forced Closures of Aboriginal Communities

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)

Newsletter date: 8 May 2015

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio: Speeches at the Alice Springs May 1st Rally Against Forced Closures of Aboriginal Communities

- Rosalie Kunoth Monks
- Trisha Morton Thomas
- Maurie Ryan
- Christa Bartjen-Westermann
- Harold Furber
- Chancey Peach
- Walter Shaw
- Marlene Hodder

WGAR News: Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless!: Gerry Georgatos interviewed by CAAMA's Kyle Dowling

Newsletter date: 7 May 2015

Contents:

* Audio Interview: Kyle Dowling, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA): Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless! [Featuring Gerry Georgatos]
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless - but hey, who cares?
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Perth City Council fob off Matargarup homeless & say they cannot help homeless

WGAR News: Vinka believes it's crucial to empower the next generation to create a healthy community that celebrates culture, cares for country and builds opportunities.

Newsletter date: 6 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The Hunt For The Good Life: A Black Perspective

* Video - Vinka's story: Ella Archibald-Binge, SBS News: Home-grown Derby girl to be town's first Aboriginal doctor [Vinka's story is featured on Living Black: Kimberley Healing this week.]

WGAR News: The May 1st rallies have Gone Global: States in Australia, Aotearoa (NZ), Canada, Germany, Hawaii, Hong Kong China, UK, USA

Newsletter date: 10:20 am, 1 May 2015; Last updated 4:40pm, 1 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: SOGIP: Aboriginal communities should not be closed ! By Martin Préaud, Barbara Glowczewski and 16 French researchers working in Australia
* Analysis / Opinion: Arena Magazine: The Real Cost of Closing Remote Communities, by Brian F. Codding, Douglas W. Bird and Rebecca Bliege Bird
* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, Land Rights News - Northern Edition: The quest for the good life

WGAR News: Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities: Mia Pepper, Eco-Shout

Newsletter date: 27 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Mia Pepper, Eco-Shout: Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities

* Video Special report back: Paddy Gibson, Stop the Intervention: First Nations Peoples and Australian Government Policy - What happened to the Intervention?
[Paddy also discussed of how the policy architecture of the Intervention is expanding across the country to include the threat of closure of WA homelands]

WGAR News: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war: John Pilger, The Guardian

Newsletter date: 23 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: John Pilger, The Guardian: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war

* Video Special report back: Paddy Gibson, Stop the Intervention: First Nations Peoples and Australian Government Policy - What happened to the Intervention? 20 April 2015

WGAR News: Maori Party issues scathing letter to Tony Abbott regarding treatment of Aboriginal people: Claire Trevett, New Zealand Herald

Newsletter date: 22 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Belinda Grant Geary, Daily Mail Australia: 'The first thing that strikes me about Australia is how racist this place is': Writer claims our treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than apartheid South Africa
* Analysis / Opinion: Sisonke Msimang, Africa is a Country: Is There a Place Where White People Are More Committed to Faux Race Blindness than South Africa?

WGAR News: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Newsletter date: 19 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Mia Pepper, Eco-Shout: Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA

* News Analysis: Shar Adams, Epoch Times: Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step [Featuring Jon Altman]

WGAR News: Land Grab In The Outback: Australia Unites Against Genocide of First Peoples with Gerry Georgatos and Elders: Global Freedom Movement Media

Newsletter date: 17 April 2015

Contents:

* Extended Insightful Audio/Video Interview: Aimee Devlin & Brendan D. Murphy, Global Freedom Movement Media:
Land Grab In The Outback: Australia Unites Against Genocide of First Peoples with Gerry Georgatos and Elders [Featuring Bella & Herbert Bropho]

WGAR News: Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty: Rachel Evans & Richard Fan, Green Left

Newsletter date: 13 April 2015

Contents:

* Voices from the Treaty Forum: Rachel Evans & Richard Fan, Green Left: Aboriginal women on why Australia needs a treaty

* Videos: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): Videos from the Treaty Forum
[Videos include: Compilation, Introduction by Jeff McMullen, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Brenda Croft, Natalie Cromb, Amala Groom, Discussion & Community Voices]