Northern Territory

WGAR News: Jobs with Justice Petition (18 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Jobs with Justice Petition
Aboriginal work for rations
Aboriginal unemployment
Alyawarr walk-off protest videos
Other Aboriginal Articles

JOBS WITH JUSTICE PETITION:

- Petition

Jobs with Justice: The Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jobswithjustice/
"To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled:
The NT Intervention promised Aboriginal people real jobs.

WGAR News: Events: New Way Summit (Melbourne) & Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering (Alice Springs)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Event 1-3 July: New Way Summit (Melbourne)
Event 6-9 July: Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering (Alice Springs)
Aboriginal low-paid employment
Aboriginal unemployment
Aboriginal housing
Other NT Intervention articles
Other Aboriginal articles

EVENT 1-3 JULY: NEW WAY SUMMIT (MELBOURNE)

- Media Release

Indymedia Australia: New Way Aboriginal summit just before NAIDOC week
http://indymedia.org.au/2010/06/07/new-way-aboriginal-summit-just-before...

WGAR News: Federal Court legal challenge over nuclear waste dump (13 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Federal Court legal challenge over nuclear waste dump
Other Nuclear articles
Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump

FEDERAL COURT LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP:

- Media Releases and Announcements

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers:
Indigenous owners launch Federal legal challenge over Australia’s first nuclear waste dump

WGAR News: New laws that extend income management Australia-wide (23 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New Laws that extend Income Management (IM) Australia-wide
"Muckaty Voices": radioactive waste concerns go global
Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
Articles on the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

NEW LAWS THAT EXTEND INCOME MANAGEMENT (IM) AUSTRALIA-WIDE:

- Greens Special Feature

Rachel Siewert: Income Management
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/income-management

WGAR News: New research questions the effectiveness of NT income management (19 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Research on the impact of income management on store sales
Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention
New National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Other Aboriginal Articles

BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

WGAR News: Racial Discrimination Act - new legislation (17 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation
Extension of Income Management Australia-wide
Documentary by Sinem Saban about the NT Intervention
Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory
Aboriginal unemployment and the NT Intervention
NT Government policy marginalises Aboriginal languages
Second New Way Aboriginal summit
Other Aboriginal Articles

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT - NEW LEGISLATION:

- Special STICS compilation

WGAR News: "Muckaty Voices" film; Senate Report into nuclear waste dump plan (16 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
"Muckaty Voices": a film of resistance to nuclear waste dump plan
Senate Report into plan to establish national nuclear waste dump
Other Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump articles
Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump

"MUCKATY VOICES": A FILM OF RESISTANCE TO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP PLAN:

Beyond Nuclear Initiative's weblog: Muckaty Voices
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.wordpress.com/
Also, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuNpT84Ovo

Senate report increases determination to fight Muckaty nuclear dump

The Beyond Nuclear Initiative (BNI) says a Senate report on the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill released on May 7 is deplorable and will invigorate efforts to oppose a dump at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory.

Pictured: Muckaty traditional owners outside the Senate Inquiry hearing in Darwin

Related: Muckaty radioactive waste bill to be voted on
By Beyond Nuclear Initiative

Promotion: 

WGAR News: Speeches from National call out by John Pilger & Richard Downs (3 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Contents:
Public Forum (23 April): The NT Intervention is a fraud
Next Aboriginal summit in Sydney, May 8-9
Jobs With Justice for Aboriginal Workers
Other Aboriginal Articles

PUBLIC FORUM (23 APRIL): THE NT INTERVENTION IS A FRAUD:

- Special STICS compilation on the Forum

[STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney]

Stop the Intervention:
Forum: The NT Intervention is a fraud
http://stoptheintervention.org/forum-the-nt-intervention-is-a-fraud
"A National call out launched by