Brisbane

Veterans group condemns hollow remembrance on ANZAC Day

"You do not honor the dead through mindless flag waving, rewriting history or promoting new wars," said Hamish Chitts, East Timor veteran and spokesperson for Stand Fast -- a group of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Is a renters revolution nearing?

Gerry Georgatos
A renters rights movement is gathering momentum in Western Australia with its first impetus surprisingly from the state's South West, and in particular from the Blackwood Valley.

Brisbane & Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 6 events from 26 April 2012

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Event: Thu 26 April 2012: University of the Sunshine Coast, Qld
Our Generation film screening
"The University of the Sunshine Coast's
Amnesty International Uni group will be
hosting this screening as a part of
Amnesty International's Homelands campaign."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/28240/
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/our-generation-film-screening-at-the-sunshine-coast
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012

Newsletter date: 23 April 2012

Contents:
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012
* Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW
* "How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?"
* Other articles

* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENT AROUND AUSTRALIA - 23 EVENTS FROM 23 APRIL 2012

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Event: Tue 24 April 2012: UTS, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Public Lecture: UTSpeaks: More Intervention
"Will the Government’s Stronger Futures law
reforms aid indigenous communities or

Renters stress hits the Blackwood - time for a renters alliance Australia-wide

Gerry Georgatos
We have all heard about mortgage stress however renters' stress has received comparatively little mention according to Lea Keenan, coordinator of the WA Renters Alliance. Ms Keenan said that rising rents are not confined to Perth and the north west however "are just as out of control in the south west."

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How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?

Gerry Georgatos
Kabi Kabi Elder, and Bundaberg campus coordinator Nulloo Yumbah at Central Queensland University, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian said she is devastated by the rising disenfranchisement of Aboriginal youth, and the world's highest suicide rates - of Australia's Aboriginal children.

"Across my desk came a study that reported 'the number of completed Indigenous suicides (in the Kimberley) last year exceeded the Australian Defence Force fatalities in Afghanistan'. I cannot comprehend this statement. It is too much," said Mrs Yavu-Kamu-Harathunian.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 17 events from 14 April 2012

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Event: 11 February 2012 to 26 May 2012: South Bank, Brisbane, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...

Event: Intermittent 1 March - 3 May 2012: Various Locations
House of Representatives Committees
Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities
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WGAR News: "Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 25th April 2012" Sovereign Union

Newsletter date: 13 April 2012

Contents:
* Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 25 April 2012
* Greens back Aboriginal elder Kevin Buzzacott in legal challenge
* Muckaty Traditional Owners stall traffic on highway
* Statements from Moree Sovereign Embassy, NSW
* Statement from The Sovereign Embassy Brisbane, Qld
* Interview with Dennis Eggington on Nyoongar Tent Embassy, WA
* The Spec: Council plans to close Portland Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Vic
* 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Interim conclusions from a PhD researcher in Australian Deaths in Custody

Gerry Georgatos
As my PhD progresses in researching Australian Deaths in Custody - I have visited Immigration Detention Centres - visited adult prisons - interviewed former detainees of the Immigration detention centres network - interviewed former prisoners of adult custodial jurisdictions.

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