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WGAR News: Mining Deal Bombshell - Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi (by Gerry Georgatos)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 20/11/2012 - 11:08am

Newsletter date: 20 November 2012

Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos: Mining Deal Bombshell - Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi
* Chris Graham: Beer Goggles - The politics of backing grog bans despite scant evidence they actually work
* The Wire: Aboriginal women who experience sexual violence have a new support network
* Greens Rachel Siewert: JPP [James Price Point] protection relies on Minister Burke as the WA Government greases the wheels of industrialisation
* Graham Lloyd: New action to stop $35bn gas hub [James Price Point, WA]

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Chris Graham: Beer Goggles - The politics of backing grog bans despite scant evidence they actually work

The Wire - Aboriginal women who experience sexual violence have a new support network

Greens Rachel Siewert - JPP protection relies on Minister Burke as the WA Government greases the wheels of industrialisation

Graham Lloyd - New action to stop $35bn gas hub - James Price Point WA

Northern Star - Byron Bay Tent Embassy challenges legitimacy of land council

More Tributes to Aunty Isabell Coe - an elder of the Wiradjuri tribe

Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda calls for the ongoing debate in the media about the definition of Aboriginality to stop

WGAR News: Update on Aunty Isabell Coe's funeral + Adelaide Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/11/2012 - 7:42pm

Newsletter date: 18 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch

Contents:
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe:
Mon 19 November 2012
* Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate:
Sun 9 December 2012 (to mark International Human Right’s Day)
* A Decision to Discriminate: Speeches and pictures from the other book launches
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe - Mon 19 November 2012

Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - Sun 9 December 2012 - to mark International Human Right’s Day

A Decision to Discriminate - Speeches and pictures from the other book launches

WGAR News: The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/11/2012 - 1:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 November 2012

Last updated: 17 November 2012 (to include funeral notice)

Contents:
* The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe
* Video: 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* iPetitions: Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown
* Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji: Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

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Video - 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests

iPetitions - Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown

Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji - Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

Interview with Tammy Solonec - National Congress Director working with the Justice Working Group

Patricia Karvelas - Racism link to poor mental health

Jan Mayman - On Our Watch - The death of John Pat

Michael Brull - Racism stains NT govt attempts to clean up the streets

Greens Rachel Siewert - United approach needed to tackle effects of alcohol abuse

WGAR News: Council Stops Darug Nation Acknowledgement: SBS Living Black

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 12/11/2012 - 6:21pm

Newsletter date: 13 November 2012

Contents:
* SBS Living Black: Council Stops Darug Nation Acknowledgement
* SNAICC: Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls on Government to put a stop to detaining juvenile offenders in adult custody
* Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation: Yindjibarndi Answer FMG/Wirlu-Murra Weasel Words
* Daily Liberal [Dubbo News]: Activist to speak at school debate
* 9 News: [Isabel] Coe lauded for role in Aboriginal politics
* Map of First Nations Sovereign Embassies in Australia
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

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SNAICC - Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls on Government to put a stop to detaining juvenile offenders in adult custody

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation - Yindjibarndi Answer FMG Wirlu-Murra Weasel Words

Daily Liberal - Dubbo News - Activist to speak at school debate

9 News - Isabel Coe lauded for role in Aboriginal politics

Map of First Nations Sovereign Embassies in Australia

Greens Rachel Siewert - Obligation now lies with Burke to protect James Price Point

Background to the Walmadan Tent Embassy - James Price Point - north of Broome - Kimberley Region - WA

Congress - Education Working Group Communique

Amnesty International Australia - 5 things Australia should do with its seat on the UN Security Council

Senator Nigel Scullion - Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs - Labor bureaucracy fails Indigenous Australians

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 18 events from 11 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 12:46pm

Newsletter date: 11 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

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

Event: Wed 7 to Sun 11 November 2012: Wollongong, NSW
Exhibition: Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention
Project Contemporary Artspace
"The word ‘intervention’ is popular in the art and
architecture worlds, but in this context it condemns
the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER),
Australia’s "national emergency" policy introduced in 2007.

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WGAR News: Anti-Intervention campaigners speak out over sacking of Olga Havnen: STICS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 10:09am

Newsletter date: 11 November 2012

Contents:
* Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education: Olga Havnen Presentation
* STICS: Anti-Intervention campaigners speak out over sacking of Olga Havnen
* Dr Janet Hunt: Inconvenient truths of the intervention
* Bob Gosford: Anderson sacks Havnen - a case of two strong hens in the NT henhouse is one too many?
* Background to Olga Havnen's Report
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Natasha Robinson: Lesson in how to play fair [Wadeye, NT]

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Australia

Northern Territory

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Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education - Olga Havnen Presentation

Dr Janet Hunt - Inconvenient truths of the intervention

Bob Gosford - Anderson sacks Havnen - a case of two strong hens in the NT henhouse is one too many?

Background to Olga Havnen's Report

Natasha Robinson - Lesson in how to play fair - Wadeye NT

Tobias Nganbe & Dominic McCormack - Education in Wadeye and the Thamarrurr Region

WGAR News: PM Gillard on the call for Treaty: "There will be no bits of paper!" (Gerry Georgatos)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 10/11/2012 - 8:37am

Newsletter date: 10 November 2012

Contents:
* By Gerry Georgatos: Prime Minister Gillard on the call for Treaty: "There will be no bits of paper!"
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* ABC: NZ group says NT Indigenous education decades behind
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools
* ABC: NLC in talks on additional nuclear waste dump site
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Petition: Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - lay charges against police

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ABC - NZ group says NT Indigenous education decades behind

ABC - NLC in talks on additional nuclear waste dump site

Petition - Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - lay charges against police

Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation - Whistleblower reveals FMG Mining deal bombshell

SBS Living Black - Aboriginal Stakeholders Left Out on Murray Darling Plan

Background to the Northern Murray-Darling Basin Aboriginal Nations - NBAN

WGAR News: Launch of A Decision to Discriminate: Aboriginal Disempowerment in the NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 09/11/2012 - 11:31am

Newsletter date: 9 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

Contents:
* Launch of 'A Decision to Discriminate: Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory'
* Yolngu Nations Assembly: Statement from 2nd assembly, 11-13 Oct 2012
* APO NT: Grog in the Territory: listening to the people, listening to the evidence
* Interview with Anthony Kerin of the Australian Lawyers Alliance re Stronger Futures Laws
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles

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Australia

Northern Territory

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Yolngu Nations Assembly - Statement from 2nd assembly - 11-13 Oct 2012

APO NT - Grog in the Territory - listening to the people - listening to the evidence

Interview with Anthony Kerin of the Australian Lawyers Alliance re Stronger Futures Laws

FMG/Yindjibarndi - mining deal bombshell - whistleblower blows the lid on Wirlu-murra

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/10/2012 - 6:45pm

The National Indigenous Times has run the story of the year - reporter Gerry Georgatos covers solicitor Kerry Savas' claims which blows the lid on the Wirlu murra and FMG - circulate this story, it's the big one that may change things - http://nit.com.au/news/2167-exclusive-mining-deal-bombshell.html
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation—BULLETIN
http://yindjibarndi.org.au/
Wednesday 31 October 2012
ANOTHER WHISTLEBLOWER DROPS FMG MINING DEAL BOMBSHELL

Nauru - Governments normalising racism while people suffer and die - "there is the smell of death here"

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 21/10/2012 - 11:35am

Gerry Georgatos
The veils and layers of racism are myriad – a trickle of humanity flees from persecution and horrific conditions, from civil strife, to our shores and Australian Governments react with racism, fall into the trap of justifying their racist actions, deeds and words and then normalise the racism and stereotype peoples.

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