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WGAR News: Protest blockade by Lake Tyers Aboriginal women continues

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/03/2011 - 11:57am

Newsletter date: 21 Mar 2011

Contents:
* Protest blockade by Lake Tyers Aboriginal women continues
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Aboriginal workers and the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention & other related articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Interview with Kylie Sambo, Mark Lane and Dr. Jim Green about Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* SBS Highlight: Closing The Gap - Are We There Yet?

PROTEST BLOCKADE BY LAKE TYERS ABORIGINAL WOMEN CONTINUES:

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Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Muckaty station

Aboriginal sovereignty

Lake Tyers blockade

Seven years of clearfelling commences in Gippsland's domestic water supply

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/03/2011 - 2:42pm

Friends of the Earth Melbourne Press release 17th March 2011 Friends of the Earth today warned that the South Gippsland communities of Toora, Welshpool and Port Welshpool, could start to experience declining quality of drinking water after observing yesterday that logging had commenced in the water supply for these communities. The logging probably started three weeks ago said Friends of the Earth Landuse Researcher Anthony Amis. The logging is being conducted by Hancock Victorian Plantations (HVP) in the headwaters of the Agnes River system.

Geography:

Victoria

Keywords:

Logging

Permanent protest camp set up by Aboriginal protestors at Iluka sand mine in Victoria

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 17/03/2011 - 4:46pm

A protest camp was set up by an Indigenous group, outside the Iluka mine in late February, in north-west Victoria. The group demands a stop to mining due to damage of culturally sensitive sites. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Jeannette Powell has stated that while the reported discovery of stone artefacts is still being investigated, she is confident the mining company is meeting its cultural heritage obligations.

Geography:

Victoria

Keywords:

Iluka

ANTaR update on Lake Tyer women's blockade - the blockade WILL continue!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 6:22pm

A group of women have started a blockade at Lake Tyers Aboriginal community in Victoria's far south east. The spokesperson for the blockaders is Leanne Edwards.

They set up their blockade on International Women's Day and on Friday released a second statement affirming that their blockade continues after having met with people from Aboriginal Affairs Victoria and Minister Jeannette Powell's office and recieved no joy as to their concerns.

Geography:

Victoria

Keywords:

indigenous rights

self-determination

WGAR News: Federal Court challenge over nuclear dump resumes in August

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 8:37am

Newsletter date: 16 March 2011

Contents:
* Federal Court legal challenge over Muckaty nuclear waste dump resumes in August
* More on the blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* More on 'racist' Alice Springs TV advertisement
* Other Muckaty nuclear waste dump articles
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

FEDERAL COURT LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP RESUMES IN AUGUST:

- News

ABC: Legal battle over nuclear dump to resume in August

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Muckaty

Federal Court legal challenge

Lake Tyers blockade

Coalition’s 2km wind farm veto sets a risky precedent

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:53pm

Media Release:Friends of the Earth 11 March 2011 The Coalition’s proposed right of veto for residents within 2 km of planned wind farms highlights worrying double standards on development, according to Friends of the Earth (FoE).A spokesperson for the Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy told the Weekly Times that residents within 2 km of new wind farms would be able to veto a development if they couldn’t reach an agreement with the proponent.

Geography:

Victoria

Keywords:

FoE

Wind farms

WGAR News: Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers are staging a blockade

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:57am

Newsletter date: 12 March 2011

Contents:
* Petition to Support the Northern Territory Elders' Statement
* Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers are staging a blockade
* More on 'racist' Alice Springs TV advertisement
* More on the UWS Anti-Racism Research Project
* More on the Reconciliation Barometer
* More on the ACTU’s Indigenous Conference
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

PETITION TO SUPPORT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELDERS' STATEMENT:

Friends of Australia’s First Peoples petition:

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Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Clean Ocean Sorrento Film Festival

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 2:34pm

Date and Time:

Fri, 25/03/2011 - 6:00pm to Sun, 27/03/2011 - 6:00pm

Location:

Sorrento Athenaeum Cinemas

Contact Email:

volunteer@cleanocean.org

Website:

www.cleanocean.org

13 movies, 3 days of sea stories at the Sorrento Athenaeum Cinemas. Festival Pass $100, 3 Movie Pass $45, 1 Movie ticket $20. Bookings through the cinema on (03) 5984 2903. See www.cleanocean.org for movie list and details.
Announcing ... the first Clean Ocean Foundation Sorrento Film Festival!
March 25,... 26 and 27. Thirteen films of Sea Stories over three days at the beautiful Sorrento Athenaeum Cinemas.
The best films the ocean... has to offer, including:
* Musica Surfica
* Chasing Dora
* The Life And Films Of Albie Falzon
* One Winter Story
* Last Hope
* In The Eye Of The Whale

Geography:

Victoria

Blockade of Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust residents and shareholders

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 08/03/2011 - 1:27am

Press Release 8th March 2011

International Women’s Day

Statement by Aboriginal Women of Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust – Blockade on Road to Lake Tyers

To The World;

As from today the shareholders and residents of Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust blockaded the road to Lake Tyers. No persons or governments are allowed to come on to the trust until governments sit down and listen to our statement of claims resolve the situation.

Health service employees and the school bus are the only exceptions.

We are sick of the Northern Territory style intervention imposed on us.

Geography:

Victoria

Keywords:

Indigenus Human Rights

Hepburn wind farm nears completion

Submitted by takver on Sun, 06/03/2011 - 2:13pm

While Governments and business have been slow to progress action on climate change some communities are putting their money into action by financing and establishing community owned and operated utility scale wind farms. Hepburn Wind is arguably the first Australian community owned wind farm located at Leonards Hill, near the town of Daylesford in central Victoria. When completed this year its two wind turbines, each producing 2 megawatts power for the grid, will supply enough for 2,300 homes, most of the demand generated in the Daylesford and Hepburn Springs area.

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