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Peacebus.com captain Convenes Peace Convergence 2011

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 23/05/2011 - 5:19pm

Peace Bus Press Release 23rd May Peacebus.com captain, Graeme Dunstan, has taken up the convening of the 2011 Peace Convergence and he is now in residence in Rockhampton organising citizen resistance to the Talisman Sabre war games (18-29 July). Talisman Sabre is the biggest military exercise in the land, a national event and as such the most visible manifestation of the US Alliance.

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Queensland

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Talisman Sabre

Peace Convergence 2011

Peace Bus

WGAR News: Indigenous Languages Forum - 8 May 2011, Mparntwe / Alice Springs

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 12:03pm

Newsletter date: 3 May 2011

Contents:
* Indigenous Languages Forum - 8 May 2011, Mparntwe / Alice Springs
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Travelling exhibition tracing the fight for Indigenous civil rights from 1920 to 1970
* Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Aboriginal incarceration rates
* Other Aboriginal Articles

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES FORUM - 8 MAY 2011, MPARNTWE / ALICE SPRINGS

- Forum

Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory:
Indigenous languages - politics, policy, protection and practice

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Northern Territory Intervention

Jobs with Justice

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Indigenous Languages Forum

National Museum of Australia

From Little Things Big Things Grow

ABC’s 7:30 Report

Still not free

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 25/04/2011 - 11:49am

"Write of life / the pious said
forget the past / the past is dead.
But all I see / in front of me
is a concrete floor / a cell door / and John Pat"
- by Jack Davis

15 Arpil was the 20th anniversary of the royal commission into black deaths in custody in 1991. Since that time there have been 397 black deaths in custody. Why?

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More arrests at Tara gas pipeline blockade

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 17/04/2011 - 8:00am

There were more arrests on the 11th April at the Tara blockade of the Queensland Gas Company's construction of pipelines through private land as the campaign against the expansion of the coal stream gas industry continues.

On the 11th of April Steve Irwin's father, Bob Irwin was arrested along with two other demonstrators after refusing to stop blocking a road.

Channel Ten news coverage on Youtube of arrests

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Queensland

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Tara

coal seam and gas

Tara "Rock the Gate" Convergence and Festival

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sat, 16/04/2011 - 7:22pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 29/04/2011 - 11:00am to Wed, 04/05/2011 - 4:00pm

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Tara showgrounds

Celebrating rural lifestyles,land and water.

come along from April 29th to May 4th 2011 at the Tara showgrounds for:

Bring light-weight camping gear. Showgrounds available for set-up Fri 29 April. Festivities get underway Sat 30 April.

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Queensland

WGAR News: Joint national call to action to reduce imprisonment of Indigenous people

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 16/04/2011 - 1:50pm

Joint National Call to Action to reduce imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Newsletter date: 16 April 2011

Contents:
* Call to Action to reduce imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
* Deaths in custody - 20 years since the Royal Commission
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

CALL TO ACTION TO REDUCE IMPRISONMENT OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE:

- Media Release

ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:

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Northern Territory Intervention

human rights abuses

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

Indigenous imprisonment

Coral Reef record shows Queensland climate becoming more extreme

Submitted by takver on Sat, 16/04/2011 - 8:39am

The Queensland climate is becoming more extreme with more frequent rain and drought events since the nineteenth century according to research on coral reef cores published in the scientific journal, Paleoceanography by Dr Janice Lough from the Australian Institute of Marine Science in April 2011.

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Blockaders claim victory at Tara: Queensland Gas Company in breach of environmental authority

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/04/2011 - 8:43am

Lock the Gate Press Release April 3rd 2011 The blockaders at the Tara residential estate claimed victory today in their campaign to stop QGC (British Gas) from building a pipeline on to their estate. The police have packed up and left, telling the protest group this was a "civil matter now". QGC have stopped all work on the pipeline.

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coal and gas seam mining

Drew Hutton arrested at gas pipeline blockade

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/03/2011 - 8:16pm

On March 29th Drew Hutton, spokesperson for Friends of the Earth and leading campaigner for the national Lock the Gate campaign, was arrested at the Tara anti-coal seam gas blockade. He appeared in court the following day after spending the night in custody where he was bailed to appear in court in April.

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No uranium! No wars! Nuclear-Free & Peaceful Qld - Workshop Day

Submitted by kimk on Thu, 24/03/2011 - 10:24am

Date and Time:

Sat, 16/04/2011 -

9:00am to 5:00pm

Location:

CEPU Bldg. 41 Peel Street South Brisbane

Contact Name:

Robin

Contact Phone:

0411 118737

Website:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=197871753577333

Join us for a day of education, talk and strategising...
Forums: Nuclear Australia: Uranium, Radioactive Waste, Nuclear Power - and the alternatives. Wars and Peace: the US Alliance, Libya, Afganistan, Iraq and us all...

Irradiation-free morning tea starts the day at 9am. Forums from 9:30. Full program tba.

Speakers include:

Dianne Stokes, Yapa Yapa Elder from NT - Muckaty Land Trust - will talk about the push to dump radioactive waste on her people's land.

James Taylor - Kalkadoon elder from North Queensland where uranium exploration is occurring.

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Brisbane

Queensland