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Bob Carr said that it is abominable that children are in adult prisons - therefore release them all, now. Now that the Governor of Kerobokan has supported the right to early parole for Schapelle Corby, Australia needs to keep its side and en masse release all the children - now.

The conversations between DFAT and their counterparts, between Australian and Indonesian foreign ministries have occurred in that the goodwill of a sentence reduction, early parole for Schapelle Corby was brought up alongside the urgent need for Indonesian children in Australian adult prisons to be released.

Ploughshare activist Bryan Law in Rockhampton court

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 24/05/2012 - 9:31pm

Rocky Tiger Ploughshares Media Statement 24 May 2012 Bryan Law, the peace activist who disabled an Australian Army Tiger helicopter with a blow from a garden mattock during the Talisman Sabre war games last June, will appear in Rockhampton Court at 9 am today.

Mr Law is defending himself. He expects the outcome of the appearance will be a "hand up committal" to stand trial in the District Court at some future date.on two Commonwealth charges: “willful damage” and “threatening an aircraft”.

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WGAR News: "Brisbane tent embassy given permanent site" Tracker

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 24/05/2012 - 1:27pm

Newsletter date: 24 May 2012

Contents:
* BNI: Trade union support strengthens NT nuclear waste dump campaign
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Tracker: Brisbane tent embassy given permanent site
* Video: Sam Watson: The police attack on the Aboriginal Sovereign Tent Embassy, Brisbane
* ISJA: On Sovereign Embassies and police brutality
* IC: More Aboriginal Tent Embassies Appearing Throughout Australia
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies
* Video: Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - ANZAC Day 2012

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BNI - Trade union support strengthens NT nuclear waste dump campaign

Tracker - Brisbane tent embassy given permanent site

Video - Sam Watson - The police attack on the Aboriginal Sovereign Tent Embassy - Brisbane

ISJA - On Sovereign Embassies and police brutality

IC - More Aboriginal Tent Embassies Appearing Throughout Australia

Video - Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - ANZAC Day 2012

National Renters Alliance campaign - WA rally August - National day of rallies October

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 24/05/2012 - 9:20am

Interviews with the HRA's National Renters Alliance

It started in the Blackwood region of the South West of WA, and then became the WA Renters Alliance, and now it's a national movement with the National Renters Alliance campaign

In August there will be a renters rally for justice at WA's state parliament followed by a coordinated national day of rallies in October

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 32 events from 21 May 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/05/2012 - 2:40pm

Newsletter date: 21 May 2012

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Event: Wed 23 and Thu 24 May 2012: Wollongong, south of Sydney
Interim National Unity Government Assembly
of the Sovereign Union
Held at two locations:
Day 1 – Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong
Day 2 – Sandon Point Aboriginal Embassy
"All Aboriginal nations are being called on to send two
delegates - one man and one woman (if appropriate) to the
inaugural assembly of the Sovereign Union interim National
Unity Government in Wollongong Wednesday 23 & Thursday 24
May. ... "

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WGAR News: "Brisbane police move on Aboriginal Tent Embassy" The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 18/05/2012 - 6:11pm

Newsletter date: 18 May 2012

Contents:
* The Wire: Brisbane police move on Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Warwick Daily News: Protesters [from Brisbane Embassy] march on parliament
* NTEU: Indigenous business is Union business - Musgrave Park Tent embassy
* Change.org Petition: Mayor Graham Quirk: allow the return of the Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to Musgrave Park
* Michael Anderson: Aborigines call for UN peacekeepers to protect them
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies

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Warwick Daily News - Protesters march on parliament

NTEU - Indigenous business is Union business - Musgrave Park Tent embassy

Change Petition - Mayor Graham Quirk - allow the return of the Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy to Musgrave Park

Michael Anderson - Aborigines call for UN peacekeepers to protect them

Sisters Inside needs our help as the Queensland government has cut funding

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 18/05/2012 - 7:38am

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"For most of these women, the notion of human rights is unheard of. They have lived all their lives believing that they have no rights at all."

The Queensland Liberal-National government has withdrawn $120,000 annual funding from Sisters Inside, a long-time organisation that has provided counselling services for imprisoned women and for those recently released.

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200 police evict Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy on 1st day of new LNP parliament

Submitted by kimk on Wed, 16/05/2012 - 2:20pm

Support rally in Sydney 25 May

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 6 events from 16 May 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 16/05/2012 - 10:07am

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Event: Wed 16 May 2012: Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane
National Day of Action
in solidarity with the people of Broome
"250 police have converged on Broome, Western Australia,
as the WA Government attempts to crush peaceful
community opposition to a proposed industrial complex
at James Price Point on the pristine Kimberley coast."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.kimberleycampaigner.com/stories/national-mobilisation-of-kimb...

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