Darwin

NT events: Black Screen Film Festival: Mabo & Black Buster + Manuwangku: Under the Nuclear Cloud

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sun 16 June 2013: Darwin, NT
Mabo & Black Buster
Black Screen Darwin - Film Festival
Deckchair Cinema
"The Black Screen program tours and makes
Black Screen DVDs of contemporary Indigenous
Australian films available to individuals and
organisations for use at screening events,
festivals and community celebrations."
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

WGAR News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy: Jeremy Geia, NITV News

Newsletter date: 3 June 2013

Contents:

* Jeremy Geia, NITV News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy
* Jeremy Geia, SBS Radionews: Torres Strait continues autonomy push
* NIRS: New push for Torres Strait self governance

* Ian Lloyd Neubauer, TIME: Australia's Aborigines Launch a Bold Legal Push for Independence
* Audio Boo: Audio - Fred Hooper, Murrawarri Republic - 4ZZZ
* Audio Boo: Audio - Murrawarri Republic - Fred Hooper, spokesperson - 'The wire'
* Background to the Murrawarri Republic declaration

Racialised imprisonment

Racialised imprisonment - http://thestringer.com.au/racialised-imprisonment/#.UamCeEBTCaU
by Gerry Georgatos - May 28th, 2013
Australia has a history since colonialisation of racialised violence and hence racialised imprisonment. Aboriginal peoples deal the with the worst of Australia’s racialised imprisonment – throughout the criminal justice system – from sentencing regimes to the effects of having become the world’s most incarcerated peoples.

The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 26

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A fair media - let no threat get in the way

“It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it,” said John Pilger.

Article courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/

Seasoned journalist Kate McClymont delivered a speech, now widely referred to as the ‘Where angels fear to tread’ speech, at the Australian Press Freedom Dinner in early May. The event was hosted by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance and the Walkley Foundation for Journalism.

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NT events: KAHLIN Centenary + World Indigenous Network + National Sorry Day + Early childhood dev't

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 25 May 2013: Tennant Creek, NT
No Nuclear Waste Dump for Muckaty
Tennant Creek rally and concert
"May 25 marks six years since the Northern Land Council
voted to nominate the current Muckaty site for assessment.
The annual community rally will be held on this date
in Tennant Creek. The nomination remains strongly contested

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 56 events from 25 May 2013

Newsletter date: 25 May 2013

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The events included are not necessarily endorsed by WGAR.

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Event: 2 May to 1 December 2013: South Bank, Qld
Voice and Reason
"Since the colonial era, Indigenous artists have been
actively examining the conversations and conflicts
involving their ancestors and settlers in Australia.
Their works affirm the place of their peoples' cultures
in these interactions with different histories and beliefs."

The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 20

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NEWS update: More contributors and writers have joined The Stringer as we continue to extend our reach nationally and internationally. Less than three months young The Stringer has been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.
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