Northern Territory

WGAR News: World Council of Churches visit to NT Aboriginal communities (5 Oct 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

National Council of Churches in Australia:
NATSIEC - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
WCC Living Letters: Visit concludes with release of statement
http://www.ncca.org.au/departments/natsiec/559-wcc-living-letters-

Peopleā€™s Assembly in Canberra at the Opening of Parliament

Date and Time: 
Tue, 28/09/2010 -
11:30am to 1:30pm
Location: 
Parliament House the grassy hill Canberra, Australia
Contact Name: 
Sue Bolton
Contact Phone: 
0413 377 978
Contact Email: 
trconcepts@netspace.net.au

We are asking for you to join with us at a Peoples Assembly in Canberra at the opening of Parliament on Tuesday 28 September (2010).

We will assemble on the lawns outside Parliament House to call on the new Parliament to introduce humane refugee policies and stop using refugees as political footballs. Refugee groups are asked to bring banners with the key messages of the gathering as well as their own messages.

WGAR News: UN CERD recommends negotiation of a treaty (1 Sep 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

- UN CERD's Report on Australia

Advance Unedited Version - 27 August 2010 - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
[download] http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/co/CERD-C-AUS-CO-15_17.doc

WGAR News: 2010 Federal Election (26 Aug 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

- Background

Reconciliation Australia:
Five Fast Facts - Indigenous Candidates in the Federal Election (19 August 2010)
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/reconciliation-resources/facts---f...

ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:
Election 2010: Towards justice, rights and reconciliation?
An analysis of the major partiesā€™ Indigenous affairs election platforms

WGAR News: Alice Springs gathering resolutions; New Way Summit presentations (6 Aug 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Alice Springs Gathering Resolutions
Media about the Alice Springs Gathering
Melbourne New Way Summit Presentations

ALICE SPRINGS GATHERING RESOLUTIONS:

Rollback the Intervention: Statements/Reports
Resolutions from the Defending Indigenous Rights Conference Alice Springs. 6-9 July 2010.
[Click on link to read statements] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/statements/

Melbourne launch of Nuclear Freeways 2010 - 30 July

Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation, was one of the speakers at the launch of Friends of the Earth Nuclear Freeways 2010.

Muckaty traditional owners visit office of Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson - 26 July

A group of Traditional Owners from Muckaty are currently in Melbourne in connection with a court challenge to Government plans to build a nuclear waste dump on their land. This morning they attended the launch of a billboard in Northcote funded by supporters of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and this afternoon they followed this up by joining members of Friends of the Earth ACE collective and others outside the office of Federal Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson. They wanted to deliver a letter for the Minister, but the office was lockedā€¦

WGAR News: PM Gillard: No change on Muckaty nuclear waste dump (12 Jul 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
PM Gillard: No change on Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Other Muckaty nuclear waste dump articles
Background to the Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Calls to reform the Australian Constitution
Deaths in Custody protest
New Way summit: Aboriginals to retake lands
Other Aboriginal articles

PM GILLARD: NO CHANGE ON MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP:

- Media Release

Australian Conservation Foundation:
Muckaty nuclear waste plan is a bad deal, not a done deal

WGAR News: Programs for Upcoming Events: Gathering in Alice Springs; New Way Summit in Melbourne (27 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Programs for Upcoming Events
Urgent Fundraising Campaign
Aboriginal Articles

PROGRAMS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:

Defending Indigenous Rights Land~Law~Culture
[Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering]
July 6-9 in Mparntwe-Alice Springs
[Program]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/agenda/
[Link includes agenda, camping, contact, help needed, transport, donations]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/

The New Way Aboriginal summit July 1 - 4 in Melbourne

WGAR News: Laws extending income management to come before the Senate (18 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

18 JUNE 2010: LAWS EXTENDING INCOME MANAGEMENT TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE:

- Background

Submissions to the Senate Inquiry
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/soc_sec_welfare_reform_...

Stop the Intervention:
Forum: Welfare Quarantining and the RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/forum-welfare-quarantining-and-the-rda

Stop the Intervention:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation