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The Stringer weekly newsletter - November 29

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 40 events from 28 November 2013

Newsletter date: 28 November 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: Now Open [as of 27 Nov 13]: Parkes, Canberra, ACT
Insurgence
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
"The Insurgence exhibition explores art, with all its
revolutionary potential, deployed as a platform for politics."
"The museum welcomes all voices in the House-
Insurgence is the voice of proppaNOW. Insurgence builds on

NT Events: Don't frack the territory: film screening & discussion + John Pilger's film, 'Utopia'

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

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Event: Thu 28 November 2013: Museum & Art Gallery of NT
Don't frack the territory: film screening & discussion
"A screening of groundbreaking new documentary
"Fractured Country: an unconventional invasion".
Followed by a talk by NSW cattle farmer Phil Laird,
and an update on what's happening in he NT"

NT Events: After the Intervention webinar + Don't frack the territory: film screening & discussion

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

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Event: Thu 21 November 2013: Webinar & Melbourne CBD, Vic
Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) are hosting a webinar on 21 November 2013
After the Intervention:
The ongoing challenge of ensuring the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children in the NT
"Following a brief review of the circumstances leading up to and

NT events: Family Matters: Territory Forum & Community Consultation + After the Intervention webinar

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

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Event: Thu 14 November 2013: Charles Darwin University, NT
Family Matters - Kids safe in culture, not in care
Territory Forum and Community Consultation
"Did you know that in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Islander
children are six times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care
than non-Aboriginal children? ...

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 40 events from 4 November 2013

Newsletter date: 4 November 2013

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 ...

Event: Now Open [as of 4 Nov 13]: Parkes, Canberra, ACT
Insurgence
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
"The Insurgence exhibition explores art, with all its
revolutionary potential, deployed as a platform for politics."
"The museum welcomes all voices in the House-
Insurgence is the voice of proppaNOW. Insurgence builds on

NT events: Family Matters: Kids safe in culture, not in care: Territory Forum & Community Consult'n

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 ...

Event: Thu 14 November 2013: Charles Darwin University, NT
Family Matters - Kids safe in culture, not in care
Territory Forum and Community Consultation
"Did you know that in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal and Islander
children are six times more likely to be placed in out-of-home care
than non-Aboriginal children? ...

WGAR News: 996 Aboriginal deaths by suicide - another shameful Australian record: The Stringer

Newsletter date: 17 October 2013

Contents:

* SNAICC News: Culture is Life campaign update
* Culture Is Life campaign: The Elders Report
* Culture Is Life campaign: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
* The Wire: New mental health app for indigenous communities [Suicide prevention; featuring Professor Helen Christensen and Joe Tighe]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 996 Aboriginal deaths by suicide - another shameful Australian record
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 996 deaths by suicide - one in 24 die by suicide

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 42 events from 7 October 2013

Newsletter date: 7 October 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 30 September 2013

Newsletter date: 30 September 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 29th September 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch
"Big hART and the community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne)
proudly present the Album Launch of Murru
- a music collaboration between John Bennett, Shellie Morris,
Emma Donovan, Archie Roach, Lucky Oceans, Harry Hookey,
Bill Chambers, the Last Kinection, Trevor Jamieson,