South Australia

William Brian Butler was born 13th September 1938 at the Bagot Detention Centre in Darwin, Northern Territory

My mother Emily Anne was born Annie Lawrie and my grandmother Eliza Gordon was born Lady Wilson and are of the Aranda tribe and my grandfather Toby is of the Luritja tribe from the Uluru and Areyonga areas.

My tribal name is Jangala.

Nana Eliza Gordon and her sister Nana Mabel Smith, my mother Emily Ann Gordon and her sister, my auntie Mavis Webb were taken from their homeland at Altunga east of Alice Springs in central Australia.

Gerry Georgatos - courtesy National Indigenous Times - nit.com.au
“The South Australian Lower and Upper Houses snuck through a Bill to steal away Indigenous rights in winding back the clock two decades. It was racism as Indigenous people were tossed aside,” said SA Indigenous Association president and Nunga Elder, Alison Thorne.

The SA Parliament stunned its Aboriginal peoples by voting to axe the right of Aboriginal peoples – Native Title holders and claimants – to negotiate over oil and gas activities on their Traditional Lands.

Newsletter date: 12 September 2012

Contents:
* CAAMA: Labor Government is set to introduce income management in APY Lands
* The Hon Jenny Macklin MP: Income management for APY Lands
* Background to Income management for APY Lands
* NIT: United Nations letter reveals Intervention concerns remain
* Emma Murphy: Assimilation lies at the heart of NT intervention
* Maggie Knight: Driving In The NT
* Interview with Rollo Manning on pharmacies in remote NT communities
* Stop the NT Intervention Videos - Sorry means you won't do it again

BREAKING NEWS: Super trawler hits Australia. Greenpeace takes action.

This morning Greenpeace activists intercepted controversial Dutch super trawler, FV Margiris, and attempted to stop it sneaking into Port Lincoln Harbour in South Australia. The activists' inflatable boat was rammed out of the way and some of their ropes cut, but their determination remains to stop this super trawler plundering Australia’s oceans.

Over the past few weeks, as the Margiris drew closer to Australia, community outrage has swelled. The government has started to listen, but we still need it to act.