Last updated: 9 April 2014
Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
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LIVING ARCHIVE OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES (LAAL)
- Homepage
Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (LAAL)
http://www.cdu.edu.au/laal/
http://laal.cdu.edu.au/
Newsletter date: 9 April 2014
Contents:
* Michael Christie, Brian Devlin & Cathy Bow, The Conversation: Some vital signs for Aboriginal languages
* Brian Devlin, Snippets: Will Aboriginal languages still have a role in school learning?
* Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages (LAAL)
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual learning)
* MICHAEL CHRISTIE, BRIAN DEVLIN & CATHY BOW, THE CONVERSATION: SOME VITAL SIGNS FOR ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
- Analysis / Opinion
The Conversation: Some vital signs for Aboriginal languages
Newsletter date: 8 April 2014
Contents:
* CAAMA Radio: Mansell says role of Attorney General is to protect standards for everyone [Michael Mansell on changes to Racial vilification]
* CAAMA Radio: Chairman of NACCHO talks on CAAMA Radio [about changing the federal race discrimination laws]
* ABC News: Aboriginal health group warns against changes to Racial Discrimination Act [Featuring NACCHO]
* SNAICC News: Changes to Racial Discrimination Act will harm society, say leading community agencies and figures
Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary
WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Updated Event: 29 & 30 April 2014: Darwin, NT
Why Warriors Presents
Bridging the Gap Seminars
"Many people want to know why the crisis in many
Aboriginal communities seems so hard to change,
others ask how they can be involved in practical
reconciliation. Some want tounderstand more
about an original Australian culture and its people,
Newsletter date: 31 March 2014
WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings
Click on the links for details of the events ...
New Events: 1, 2, 5, 7 April 2014; 26 May 2014; 28 June 2014:
Various locations around Australia including:
Illawarra premiere, Glebe, Sydney, Sydney Resistance Bookshop,
Avoca Beach, La Perouse, Ryde
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
"When I began filming this secret Australia 30 years ago,
a global campaign was under way to end apartheid in South Africa.
Newsletter date: 30 March 2014
Contents:
* CAAMA Radio: March against Racial Laws and Racist Policing
* CAAMA: Racism Rally In Alice Springs
* Tara Callinan, NITV News: 'Racist' alcohol laws and policing spark protest in Alice Springs [Featuring Barbara Shaw, demonstration organiser]
* Mikaela Simpson, The Wire: Rally accuses police of racism [Featuring Alison Furber, rally organiser]
* CAAMA Radio: Police harassment - race profiling angers Centralian mob! [Featuring Alison Furber]
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
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Newsletter date: 27 March 2014
Contents:
* Mikaela Simpson, The Wire: A new way of tackling Aboriginal incarceration [Featuring Les Malezer & Dr Peter Lewis]
* SNAICC News: Congress adds its voice to growing calls for justice targets
* ABC The World Today: NT plans to punish heavy drinkers during pregnancy
* ABC Lateline: N.T. alcohol experts oppose criminalisation of pregnant drinkers
* Christina Franks, Mumsnet Talk: Guest post: If drinking in pregnancy becomes a crime, women's bodies will no longer be their own
Newsletter date: 26 March 2014
Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Call for Prime Ministerial Amnesty for 5,000 inmates
* Mikaela Simpson, CAAMA Radio: Intellectually Impaired Aboriginal Peoples vs. the Justice System: A Story of Unfair Treatment [Featuring Ian McKinley]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Marlon Noble, Rosie Anne Fulton - but what about the others?
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Rosie Anne Fulton
* Articles and Petition about Aboriginal disabled people jailed without conviction
Newsletter date: 25 March 2014
Contents:
* FOBL (Friends of Bilingual Learning): Responses to the DRAFT report of the Indigenous Education Review for the Northern Territory Government
* FOBL (Friends of Bilingual Learning): National Indigenous Languages Survey 2 (NILS2)
* FOBL (Friends of Bilingual Learning): DRAFT Report of the Review of Indigenous Education in the Northern Territory
* Why FOBL Matters
* SKrashen: Strongest evidence so far in support of bilingual education
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)
