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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 57 events from 12 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 4:43pm

Newsletter date: 12 June 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: Wed 12 June 2013: Melbourne CBD, Vic
Public meeting: Closing the Indigenous health gap in Victoria
Speakers:
* Mary Guthrie (Policy and Communications, The Lowitja Institute),
* Jane Freemantle (Centre for Health & Society ... )
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54247

Event: Wed 12 June 2013: Cambelltown, Sydney, NSW
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The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 11

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 2:20pm

The Stringer went live February 20 - NEWS update: More contributors and writers continue to join The Stringer. Three months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing audience, nationally and internationally.

Please share this newsletter and spread the word about The Stringer.

In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stringer

Queensland events: The Conspiracy of Silence + Ration Shed Tours + new ANTaR working groups

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 12:40pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 11 June 2013: West End, Qld
The Conspiracy of Silence - Dr Timothy Bottoms
"Join ABC Radio National's Kate Evans for a
Big Ideas in-conversation with Dr Timothy Bottoms
discussing his new book The Conspiracy of Silence.
The Conspiracy of Silence is the first systematic
account of frontier violence in Queensland."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/228

Event: Ongoing: Cherbourg Aboriginal community, S-E Qld

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WGAR News: "call for action to reduce high number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 08/06/2013 - 4:33pm

Newsletter date: 9 June 2013

Contents:

* SNAICC News: Delegates call for action to reduce high number of Aboriginal Children in out-of-home care
* SBS Radionews: Remove harm, not children: Indigenous advocates
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage
* Vimeo: Adam Giles, Child Protection from CAAMA

* SNAICC News: Our governments have failed Indigenous children Canadian First Nations advocate tells SNAICC
* Pro Bono News: Governments Have Failed Indigenous Children
* SBS Radionews: Australia failing Indigenous child rights obligations

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 7 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 5:04pm

Newsletter date: 7 June 2013

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Event: Ongoing until 14 September 2013: Canberra, ACT
Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait
"Bipotaim: Stories from the Torres Strait is an exhibition
of striking photographs, stories and objects about the
lives, culture and identity of Torres Strait Islanders."
"People from islands across Australia's northern frontier
are depicted in David Callow's portraits. They compare
current and traditional ways and practices and reflect on
changes that have occurred in the Torres Strait during

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Queensland events: SNAICC National Conference + Mother Courage and Her Children + Manuwangku

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 7:43pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 4 to 6 June 2013: Cairns, Qld
SNAICC’s Fifth National Conference
For Our Children: Living and Learning Together
Organised by SNAICC:
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Keynote Speakers:
* Marta Maurás Perez (Chile)
* Cindy Blackstock (Canada)
* Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Kiro (New Zealand) - of Maori descent
* Prof. Judy Atkinson - a Jiman and Bundjalung woman
* Kathy Guthadjaka (Gotha) - a Gatjirrk Warramiri woman

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WGAR News: Do forced adoptions mean forced assimilation?: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 04/06/2013 - 6:38pm

Newsletter date: 5 June 2013

Contents:

* STICS: Do forced adoptions mean forced assimilation?
* SBS Living Black: Adopting Out Children in the NT [Interview with SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten]
* SBS Living Black: Adopting Children In the NT - Listen to the Elders [Interview with Graham Mundine, ACM]
* NITV: Indigenous kids need Indigenous carers: Expert
* CAAMA: Children's Commissioner calls on Government to commit to future of Territory
* NIRS: NT Government looking at child protection changes
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage

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Soil Carbon sequestration limited in mitigating fossil fuel emissions say scientists

Submitted by takver on Sun, 02/06/2013 - 11:28pm

Rebuilding soils through carbon sequestration and mitigating fossil fuel emissions sounds like a win-win solution all around. A reason the Liberal and National Parties in Australia adopted it as a major part of their 2010 Direct Action climate change policy. But a new international study by Australian and UK scientists said soil carbon programs while important, have many limitations, and provide too much false hope in mitigating emissions from fossil fuels.

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

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/06/2013 - 5:51pm

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

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Queensland events: My Country, I Still Call Australia Home + Mabo Day + SNAICC National Conference

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 6:21pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia including Queensland
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...

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