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Darwin events: 26 January 2013 Survival Day film screening - Murundak: Songs for Freedom

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Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - from 26 January 2013

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Event: 26 January 2013: Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT
Monsoon Movies Film Festival
Survival Day film screening:
Murundak: Songs for Freedom
Organised by Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition
Event details: http://darwinaboriginalrights.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/monsoon-movies-fi...
Event details: http://darwinaboriginalrights.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/survival-day-film...

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Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - from 26 January 2013

Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition film screenings

Monsoon Movies Film Festival

Is non-sniffable fuel really the answer?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 23/12/2012 - 8:06pm

Gerry Georgatos
The Western Australian remote Aboriginal community of Jigalong is renewing calls for non-sniffable fuel to combat substance abuse and anti-social behaviour, however some ask is this really the answer. Jigalong is near the heart of the mining boom and yet the majority of its Aboriginal peoples languish - they say 'what mining boom?'

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Michelle Lovegrove (SBS) interviews journalist Gerry Georgatos returned from Roebourne & Yindjibarndi CEO Michael Woodley

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 13/12/2012 - 10:23am

SBS Living Black Michelle Lovegrove interviews Gerry Georgatos on stark contrasts between Yindjibarndi poverty and the wealth nearby, and then Michelle continues on with an interview with Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation CEO Michael Woodley.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/WUJhYnV5Tk1VVG5MYnNUQw

This interviews says quite a lot about it everything wrong in the Pilbara and for Indigenous people all over Australia.

The National Indigenous Times – ‘voice to the voiceless’

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/12/2012 - 7:49pm

Published at Indymedia courtesy of the National Indigenous Times (12.12.2012) - Photo courtesy of the National Indigenous Times, by Geoff Bagnall; January 26, Lobby Restaurant

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 35 events from 6 December 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/12/2012 - 10:19am

Newsletter date: 6 December 2012

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Event: 5-7 December 2012: Gold Coast, Qld
2012 National Indigenous Health Conference
Many Pathways, One Outcome
" ... is designed to bring together both government
and non-government agencies who are working
in the field of Indigenous health with the belief
that working together can close the gap between
the state of Indigenous Health as compared to
the health of mainstream Australians."
"Organiser Maria Edubas says issues including
children's health, the prevention of chronic disease,

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WGAR News: 'A Decision to Discriminate': Brisbane Book Launch + Darwin Introduction to the Book

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:44pm

Newsletter date: 3 December 2012

Contents:

* Brisbane Book Launch: 'A Decision to Discriminate' - 12 Dec 12
* Darwin Introduction to the Book: 'A Decision to Discriminate' - 10 Dec 12
* Adelaide Book Launch: 'A Decision to Discriminate' - 9 Dec 12
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Australian Human Rights Commission: Social Justice Report 2012 & Native Title Report 2012
* SBS World News Video: Gooda calls for Indigenous governance overhaul

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Brisbane Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - 12 Dec 12

Darwin Introduction to the Book - A Decision to Discriminate - 10 Dec 12

Adelaide Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - 9 Dec 12

Australian Human Rights Commission - Social Justice Report 2012 & Native Title Report 2012

SBS World News Video - Gooda calls for Indigenous governance overhaul

SBS Audio - Effective governance starts with us - Gooda

The Wire - BHP Billiton bombarded by protests

Amy McQuire - WA govt’s mean-spirited refusal to extend Stolen Wages deadline

Amy McQuire - Act of Recognition introduced to lower house

Congress - Positive Step by Parliament but Substantive Reform Remains

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law - Closing the Referendum gap

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Greens remain committed to Constitutional Recognition

SNAICC News - NATSILs and SNAICC joint submission on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

SBS Living Black - A Senate Inquiry Into Justice Reinvestment

International Human Rights Day: Rally in Alice Springs + Celebration in Darwin

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/12/2012 - 2:45pm

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 11 events from 10 December 2012

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Event: 10 December 2012: various locations internationally
UN International Human Rights Day

Event: Mon 10 December 2012: Mparntwe-Alice Springs, NT
International Human Rights Day
Rally Against Deaths in Custody
Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe
"The family of Kwementjaye Briscoe, a young Aboriginal man
killed in custody in the Alice Springs watch house on
January 5 this year, will rally alongside supporters on

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Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 11 events from 10 December 2012

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 5 December 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/12/2012 - 10:05am

Newsletter date: 1 December 2012

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Event: Wed 5 December 2012, 12pm: Canberra, ACT
Memorial for Aunty Isabell
"A MEMORIAL day will be held at the
National Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra
on 5 December in honour of the late
Aboriginal rights campaigner Isabell Coe,
who died on 10 November."
"There will be a Smoking Ceremony"
Event summary: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20106
Event summary: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20113

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WGAR News: The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/11/2012 - 1:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 November 2012

Last updated: 17 November 2012 (to include funeral notice)

Contents:
* The Wire: Influential tent embassy activist passes away [Isabel Coe]
* Funeral Notice for Aunty Isabell Edie Coe
* Video: 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* iPetitions: Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown
* Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji: Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

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Video - 30th anniversary of the 1982 Stolenwealth Games protests

iPetitions - Darug Tribe to regain recognition as traditional owners of Blacktown

Interview with Shirley Nirrpurranydji - Strong community bonds the key to Indigenous student health

Interview with Tammy Solonec - National Congress Director working with the Justice Working Group

Patricia Karvelas - Racism link to poor mental health

Jan Mayman - On Our Watch - The death of John Pat

Michael Brull - Racism stains NT govt attempts to clean up the streets

Greens Rachel Siewert - United approach needed to tackle effects of alcohol abuse

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 18 events from 11 November 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/11/2012 - 12:46pm

Newsletter date: 11 November 2012

Updated 22 November 2012 to include new venue for the Adelaide Book Launch on Sun 9 Dec 12

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Event: Wed 7 to Sun 11 November 2012: Wollongong, NSW
Exhibition: Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention
Project Contemporary Artspace
"The word ‘intervention’ is popular in the art and
architecture worlds, but in this context it condemns
the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER),
Australia’s "national emergency" policy introduced in 2007.

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