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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 2 July 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/07/2012 - 6:27pm

Newsletter date: 1 July 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 25 events from 2 July 2012

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Event: 4 May - 8 July 2012: Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated by Sandy Edwards
Head On Photo Festival
""The photographs are excellent. They are a moving
portrayal of Aboriginal Australia that all Australians
aught to know about on an issue that wont go away."
- John Pilger, Writer and Filmmaker, January 2012"

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WGAR News: Intervention laws pass the Senate; Dr Gondarra in High Court challenge

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/06/2012 - 4:51pm

Newsletter date: 30 June 2012

Contents:
* Greens MPs: NT wakes to sad news after Intervention laws pass the Senate
* Senate Hansard on Stronger Futures - Thursday, 28 June 2012 - pp 67-145
* NIT: Intervention - Gondarra in High Court challenge
* Tracker: Stronger Futures is a "war on democracy": Gondarra
* Congress Statement: Passage of the Stronger Futures Bills
* ACM Sydney: A sad day for democracy but the fight will continue
* ACOSS: Wrong way, go back: Communities seek a change of direction on income management

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Australia

Northern Territory

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Greens MPs - NT wakes to sad news after Intervention laws pass the Senate

Senate Hansard on Stronger Futures - Thursday 28 June 2012 - pp 67-145

NIT - Intervention - Gondarra in High Court challenge

Tracker - Stronger Futures is a war on democracy - Gondarra

Congress Statement - Passage of the Stronger Futures Bills

ACM Sydney - A sad day for democracy but the fight will continue

ACOSS - Wrong way go back - Communities seek a change of direction on income management

Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney - Aboriginal Heartache as Govt Extends Intervention for 10 more Years

The Wire - 10 more years for the NT Intervention

News re Intervention laws pass the Senate

WGAR News: A Day of Mourning: Yolngu Nations Assembly and the Alyawaar Nation media release

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/06/2012 - 1:35pm

Newsletter date: 30 June 2012

Contents:
* Deni Langman: A letter to the Politicians of Australia who will Debate the Stronger Futures Legislation, June 2012
* A Day of Mourning: Yolngu Nations Assembly and the Alyawaar Nation media release
* Interview with Rosalie Kunoth Monks: A day of mourning for Stronger Futures
* Interview with Barbara Shaw, member of the NT Intervention Rollback Action Group
* Greens to oppose NT Intervention expansion
* Tracker: Anti-intervention campaign standing strong
* CAAMA: Graeme Mundine on Stronger Futures Bills which are before the Senate this week

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Australia

Northern Territory

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Deni Langman - A letter to the Politicians of Australia who will Debate the Stronger Futures Legislation - June 2012

Interview with Rosalie Kunoth Monks - A day of mourning for Stronger Futures

Interview with Barbara Shaw - member of the NT Intervention Rollback Action Group

Greens to oppose NT Intervention expansion

Tracker - Anti-intervention campaign standing strong

CAAMA - Graeme Mundine on Stronger Futures Bills which are before the Senate this week

Michelle Morgan - Stronger Futures - but what about today?

Bennelong and Surrounds Residents for Reconciliation opposes the Stronger Futures legislation

RANZCP - Re - Stronger Futures Legislation

Ghost Citizens - Witnessing the Intervention

WGAR News: avaaz.org community petitions: Putting Australia to the human rights test

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 7:39pm

Newsletter date: 29 June 2012

Contents:
* avaaz.org community petitions: Putting Australia to the human rights test
* Congress letter to Parliamentary Human Rights Committee
* Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights: Chair's Statement to the House of Representatives
* Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls for human rights scrutiny on income management national rollout
* 'concerned Australians': Stronger Futures or human rights: will FAHCSIA remain closed?
* ACM Sydney: The ACM endorses requests to send Stronger Futures for scrutiny by Parliamentary Human Rights Committee

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Australia

Northern Territory

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Congress letter to Parliamentary Human Rights Committee

ACM Sydney - The ACM endorses requests to send Stronger Futures for scrutiny by Parliamentary Human Rights Committee

Greens Rachel Siewert - Human rights examination of parenting and intervention laws is an important step

WGAR considers Stronger Futures legislation should face Human Rights scrutiny

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights - Chair's Statement to the House of Representatives

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service calls for human rights scrutiny on income management national rollout

concerned Australians - Stronger Futures or human rights - will FAHCSIA remain closed?

UnitingJustice - Human rights check is a vital step towards dignity for Indigenous Australians

CRA - CRA urges for an examination of Stronger Futures legislation's compatibility with human rights

Emilija Beljic - St Vincent de Paul Society - Who's afraid of human rights?

Human Rights Scutiny News

Australian - NT Aborignal groups urge customary law rethink

"Stronger Futures legislation will cause great suffering in our hearts"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 27/06/2012 - 12:32pm

MEDIA RELEASE (27.6.2012)by the Yolngu Nations Assembly and the Alyawaar Nation

Should this Stronger Futures legislation pass through the Senate and become law, it will be a day of mourning for all Aboriginal peoples. This legislation will be the cause of great suffering in our hearts.

For those of us living in the Northern Territory the anguish of the past five years of Intervention has been almost unbearable. Many have simply given up hope. We have been burying people who can no longer live with the pain and despair.

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WGAR News: Stronger Futures Petition with 43,000 signatures - audio of petition handover

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/06/2012 - 4:48pm

Newsletter date: 23 June 2012

Contents:
* Uncle Kevin Buzzacott returns to court to block Olympic Dam expansion
* Background to expansion of Olympic Dam mine challenge
* Stronger Futures Petition with 43,000 signatures official handover - audio
* Arena Magazine: Barbara Shaw: Shifting Fortunes: Mount Nancy
* SBS World News Video: NT Intervention: 'We desperately need housing'
* DARC: NT Aboriginal voices oppose 'Stronger Futures' law
* Arena Magazine Editorial: Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson: Hope-Less Futures?

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More Stronger Futures Legislation related articles

Uncle Kevin Buzzacott returns to court to block Olympic Dam expansion

Arena Magazine - Barbara Shaw - Shifting Fortunes - Mount Nancy

SBS World News Video - NT Intervention - We desperately need housing

DARC - NT Aboriginal voices oppose Stronger Futures law

Arena Magazine Editorial - Jon Altman and Melinda Hinkson - Hope-Less Futures?

STICS - Horror statistics mark fifth anniversary of NT Intervention

Green Left - Aboriginal panel attacks Labor for 5 years of NT intervention

WGAR considers Stronger Futures legislation should face Human Rights scrutiny

Whitehouse Announce Australian Tour 2012 - 5-28 July

Arena editor John Hinkson - Western Innocence - Why the West continues to devastate Aboriginal cultures

Courier Mail - Charges against Musgrave Park tent embassy protesters dropped

12 July 2012 - Supporting Muckaty - Nuclear Waste through our port - MUA says No Way!!!

WGAR considers Stronger Futures legislation should face Human Rights scrutiny

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/06/2012 - 11:40am

Media Release of WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights, Australia - 22 June 2012

Working Group for Aboriginal Rights considers Stronger Futures legislation should face Human Rights scrutiny

The Working Group for Aboriginal Rights condemns the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention and its proposed extension for ten years and expansion into other parts of Australia, through the proposed 'Stronger Futures' legislation.

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Australia

Northern Territory

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WGAR condemns NT Intervention and its proposed extension for ten years and expansion into other parts of Australia

WGAR urges the Australian government to fully accept and respect the sovereign rights of Aboriginal Nations

Yolŋuw Makarr Dhuni (Versammlung der Yolngu Nationen)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/06/2012 - 10:28am

German language articles on the Australian Federal government intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities:

Contents:
* Yolŋuw Makarr Dhuni (Versammlung der Yolngu Nationen)
* Amnesty International Buchtip - „This Is What We Said“ - Dies ist was wir sagten
* Amnesty International - Our Generation - ein Film über die Aborigines

* YOLNUW MAKARR DHUNI (VERSAMMLUNG DER YOLNGU NATIONEN)

Yolŋuw Makarr Dhuni (Versammlung der Yolngu Nationen)

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Global/International

Australia

Northern Territory

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Amnesty International Buchtip - „This Is What We Said“ - Dies ist was wir sagten

Amnesty International - Our Generation - ein Film über die Aborigines

German language articles on the Australian Federal government intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities

WGAR News: "Aboriginal and church leaders oppose the NT intervention extension legislation" Greens

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 21/06/2012 - 12:22pm

Newsletter date: 21 June 2012

Contents:
* Richard Downs, a leader of the Alyawarra nation: The true path to stronger Indigenous futures
* Background to the Ampilatwatja Anti-Intervention Walk-off
* Greens MPs Audio: Aboriginal and church leaders oppose the NT intervention extension legislation
* IRAG: Central Australian Human Rights Defender and campaigner Barbara Shaw has been in Canberra this week
* Dr John Falzon: Statement to Stronger Futures press conference
* ACM Sydney: Public Outcry Mounts against Stronger Futures
* 'concerned Australians': 'Stronger Futures' Bills opposed

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Richard Downs - a leader of the Alyawarra nation - The true path to stronger Indigenous futures

Greens MPs Audio - Aboriginal and church leaders oppose the NT intervention extension legislation

IRAG - Central Australian Human Rights Defender and campaigner Barbara Shaw has been in Canberra this week

Dr John Falzon - Statement to Stronger Futures press conference

ACM Sydney - Public Outcry Mounts against Stronger Futures

concerned Australians - Stronger Futures Bills opposed

Congress letter to Parliamentary Human Rights Committee

ACM Sydney - The ACM endorses requests to send Stronger Futures for scrutiny by Parliamentary Human Rights Committee

Greens Rachel Siewert - Human rights examination of parenting and intervention laws is an important step

SBS World News Special Coverage - NT Intervention set to continue

The Wire: Longer Futures

AASW - Co-operation not Coercion - Restoring Respect for Australia’s First Peoples by Saying NO to Stronger Futures Legislation

Dexamphetamine and ADHD cons - Mental health policies must move from medication to recovery

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Wed, 20/06/2012 - 11:15am

Gerry Georgatos
"In Western Australia, 1989, 880 people were prescribed stimulant medication (for ADHD). By the year 2000 this had increased to 20,648, with the WA Health Department estimating 18,000 prescriptions having been issued to children. By 2002 WA prescription rates were amongst the highest in the world, exceeding the US national average,” said Martin Whitely.

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