Brisbane

Queensland events: In Conversation with Mary Graham + Clancestry Festival + Deepen the Conversation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:16pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 13 February 2013: various locations in Australia
National Apology Day
"Commemmoration of the day ex-Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd moved a Motion of Apology to the
Indigenous Peoples in the House of Representatives,
apologising for past laws, policies and practices that
devastated the Indigenous Peoples
(particularly those of the Stolen Generation)."
"The NSDC holds annual celebratory events on the
Anniversary of the Apology (13 February each year)

Geography: 
Brisbane
Cairns
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Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 44 events from 13 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 3:59pm

Newsletter date: 11 February 2013

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Event: 13 February 2013: various locations in Australia
National Apology Day
"Commemmoration of the day ex-Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd moved a Motion of Apology to the
Indigenous Peoples in the House of Representatives,
apologising for past laws, policies and practices that
devastated the Indigenous Peoples
(particularly those of the Stolen Generation)."
"The NSDC holds annual celebratory events on the
Anniversary of the Apology (13 February each year)

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia

WGAR News: Sovereignty not constitutional recognition the key to closing the gap: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 1:33pm

Newsletter date: 9 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Sovereignty not Constitutional recognition the key to Closing the Gap
* Sovereign Union: Governments 'Act of Recognition' has some very serious implications
* NIRS: Raising life expectancy not a case of throwing around money: Mansell
* Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee: Shadow Report 2013
* Congress Close the Gap Statement
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Government commitment to flawed policies clouds efforts to close the gap

* Brisbane Times: Protesters storm Rudd's Brisbane office

Geography: 
Perth
Brisbane
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Close the Gap
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
sovereignty
Heirisson Island
Act of Recognition
Close The Gap Campaign
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
constitutional recognition
Closing the Gap
sit-in
Rudd office
Noongar Embassy
Opal
Sovereign Union - Governments Act of Recognition has some very serious implications
NIRS - Raising life expectancy not a case of throwing around money - Mansell
Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee - Shadow Report 2013
Congress Close the Gap Statement
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Government commitment to flawed policies clouds efforts to close the gap
Brisbane Times - Protesters storm Rudd's Brisbane office
ABC - Four charged after sit-in protest at Rudd office
NIRS - Noongar Embassy reviews media coverage
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Opal Fuel Bill passes Federal Parliament

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 39 events from 4 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 2:28pm

Newsletter date: 3 February 2013

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Event: Mon 4 February 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Stop the Intervention Collective special meeting:
Guest speaker from the NT:
Marie Ellis, President Amoonguna community
"Marie Ellis has been a leading Aboriginal voice
opposing the Intervention and the devastation it
has caused at Amoonguna, her community near
Alice Springs. At this special STICS meeting,
Marie will give us the latest news from the NT
and discuss the struggle to re-establish community

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 33 events from 29 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 29 January 2013

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Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal

Queensland events: ANTaR Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Award + State of Emergency Exhibition

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 12:52pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 18 March 2013: Qld
Annual ANTaR Qld
Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Award
"We are happy to announce that the
Annual ANTaR Qld Closing the Gap in Indigenous
Health Award will continue to be hosted with a
Parliamentary sponsor and will continue to highlight
the wonderful success stories in health from around
our State."
"In negotiation with the new Government and Minister Elmes,
the Award ceremony has been rescheduled to

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WGAR News: Protest over land council mining plans: Mel Barnes, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/01/2013 - 2:16pm

Newsletter date: 28 January 2013

Contents:

* Mel Barnes, Green Left: Protest over land council mining plans

* Brisbane Times: Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
* SMH: Sodden but not sunk: How Queenslanders marked Australia Day
* Sovereign Union: Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* Background to Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld

* SBS Radionews Audio: Reviewing the MDGs: Pt 2 [Millennium Development Goals]

Geography: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Invasion Day
Aboriginal sovereignty
Australia Day
Kimberley
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
South Brisbane
north of Broome
NSW ALC Protest
Indigenous rally
Operation Kimberley Miinimbi
Broome Community No Gas
Aboriginal freedom fighters
Brisbane Times - Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
SMH - Sodden but not sunk - How Queenslanders marked Australia Day
Sovereign Union - Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013
SBS Radionews Audio - Reviewing the MDGs - Pt 2 - Millennium Development Goals
Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Update - No place sacred as Woodside prepares to destroy burial sites and ancient culture for gas in the Kimberley
Broome Community
Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Why is the Broome Community opposed to the development
Green Left - Aboriginal freedom fighters commemorated

WGAR News: "Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 25/01/2013 - 2:47pm

Newsletter date: 26 January 2013

Contents:

* NIRS: Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history
* NIRS: Australia Day a "race-based" celebration
* Joseph Toscano, Anarchist World - 3CR Audio: Inappropriate 'Australia Day', Invasion Day
* Peter Gebhardt, The Age: A national day of shame
* NIRS: Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest
* WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day Events: Sat 26 January 2013

* Tracker: Win for tent embassy activists

Geography: 
Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
aboriginal
Invasion Day
Survival Day
Australia Day
Royal Commission
tent embassy
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
Saturday 26 January 2013
Aboriginal Sovereignty Day
South Brisbane
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
child sexual abuse
Lowitja Institute
child protection system
NIRS - Day of Mourning protest - The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history
NIRS - Australia Day a race-based celebration
Joseph Toscano - Anarchist World - 3CR Audio - Inappropriate Australia Day - Invasion Day
Peter Gebhardt - The Age - A national day of shame
NIRS - Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest
Tracker - Win for tent embassy activists
NIRS - Court lifts bail conditions for Brisbane Embassy three
NIRS - Embassy member disappointed not to be allowed to light sacred fire
SNAICC News - The Lowitja Institute needs your support
The Lowitja Institute - The MCG Congress Lowitja Statement

WGAR News: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out: YouTube

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 23/01/2013 - 5:20pm

Newsletter date: 24 January 2013

Contents:

* YouTube: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out
* SBS Radionews Audio: Maralinga compo collapse prompts calls for Act of Grace
* ABC Radio National Breakfast: Maralinga compensation - Guest: WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
* Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog: In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist. Part 2
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone "steamrolling"

Geography: 
Brisbane
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
NT intervention
indigenous
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Aboriginal languages
Maralinga
Aboriginal victims
nuclear tests
Nova Peris
ABC Radio National Breakfast - Maralinga compensation - Guest - WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog - In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist
Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone steamrolling
NIT - You have betrayed us and Keating’s famous speech
SBS Radionews Audio - Remembering 1938 Day of Mourning declaration
NIRS - Lawyer Michael Mansell wants more Aboriginal rights marches
Tracker - Debate needed on Aust Day date - Calma
Aidan Wilson - Crikey Fully sic - Census data misleading - languages still at risk

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 25 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 23 January 2013

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Event: Fri 25 January 2013: East Perth, WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy: Last day of Freedom
- A ceremony to honour our Nyoongar Yorga Boodja
"Activities at Matagarup (Heirrison Island) hosted
by the Nyoongar Tent Embassy. Includes BBQ
(for donation) and music. ...
(Named for being the last day before invasion day.)"
"Preliminary Launch of Curtin University’s
Research on Media Reporting on the NTE"

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal