Victoria

WGAR News: Nyoongar Tent Embassy marches to Government House in protest

Newsletter date: 23 February 2012

Contents:
* Reminder of Our Generation Film Screening in Canberra - 27 Feb 12
* Reminder of Canberra rally to Stop the Second Intervention - 28 Feb 12
* Nyoongar Tent Embassy marches to Government House in protest
* "NT Aboriginal leaders reject Stronger Futures" Tracker
* "[NT] may have highest youth suicide rate in the developed world" NT Children's Commissioner
* "The future of indigenous activism?" The Wire
* Videos of 12 Feb 2012 Public meeting in Bankstown
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles

WGAR News: News of the Nyoongar Tent Embassy on Heirisson Island in Perth

Newsletter date: 21 February 2012

Contents:
* News of the Nyoongar Tent Embassy on Heirisson Island in Perth
* New Website for Stronger Futures info and submissions
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 18 events from 21 February 2012

* NEWS OF THE NYOONGAR TENT EMBASSY ON HEIRISSON ISLAND IN PERTH:

- Videos

Green Left: Nyoongar Tent Embassy: This is about sovereignty
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/50072

Defend and Extend Public Housing Meeting

Date and Time: 
Sat, 03/03/2012 -
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Pavilion Room, Railway House, 20 Solly Ave Carlton North, Melbourne 3054 (Melways ref 29 H10, near corner Lygon and Park streets)
Contact Name: 
Jeremy Dixon
Contact Phone: 
0451047188
Contact Email: 
jeremytrewindixon@yahoo.com.au
Website: 
www.publichousingwatch.com

Meeting to counter ongoing privatisation of public housing in Victoria. The Liberal's "discussion" paper will be released sometime in March, it is expected to be pretty bloody.

Over the last 10 years the bipartisan policy of both major parties has been to transfer public housing to the Housing Associations; supposedly "community" organizations but in fact heavily corporatized. This is associated with higher rents and less security, and with a reduction of conditions for public tenants to make the housing associations more palatable.

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Yoga Camp March 16-19 2012

Date and Time: 
Fri, 16/03/2012 - 4:30pm to Mon, 19/03/2012 - 10:30am
Location: 
Moira Park Scout Camp, Moira Drive, Kialla West. Near Shepparton.
Contact Name: 
Jacqui
Contact Phone: 
0400986317
Contact Email: 
info@yogacamp.com.au
Website: 
www.yogacamp.com.au

Yoga Camp is a fun and affordable way to connect with your spirituality and others in a beautiful bush setting by the Goulburn River, 2 hours north of Melbourne. Family-friendly - kids yoga and activities, vegetarian mostly organic meals, yoga classes and workshops all included.

Tickets
Adult $140 / $155 after February 24th
Kids under 2 free, 2-4years $20, 5-12years $50, 13-17years $65

More info and bookings www.yogacamp.com.au

Hope to see you there!

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Save Sylvia Creek case in court

The six weeks of protests culminated in local environment group MyEnvironment gaining a court injunction on all logging at the site until a Supreme Court hearing over claims of illegal operations.

The plaintiff, MyEnvironment Inc. alleges that VicForests has logged and intends to further log habitat protected at law, including under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act. VicForests, the defendant, argues that the area is not Leadbeater’s possum habitat and so should not be protected.

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WGAR News: Tent Embassy protest interviews with Michael Anderson, Jeff McMullen, Chris Graham, etc

Newsletter date: 9 February 2012

Contents:
* Interviews on the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest on Sovereignty Day
* More on the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill
* More on the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 22 events from 9 February 2012

* INTERVIEWS ON THE ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY PROTEST ON SOVEREIGNTY DAY:

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No coal mine in Bacchus Marsh - locals and activists halt exploratory drilling

Locals and activists from Quit Coal stopped exploratory drilling in Bacchus Marsh today, 50km west of Melbourne. About 20 people occupied a drilling rig belonging to Mantle Mining on the side of Glenmore Road, near the corner of Daisybank Lane, Bacchus Marsh.

Two people locked themselves to the Mantle Mining exploratory drilling rig this morning: Paul Connor climbed to the top of the rig and unfurled a banner which read ‘No New Coal Bacchus Marsh’. Bacchus Marsh mother Natasha Mills, who is pregnant with her second child, locked herself to the bottom of the rig and told reporters "I felt a responsibility to stop drilling today because I’m determined to protect my family from a dangerous coal mine, and I don’t want my children’s future to be marked by run-away climate change."

Background: Our neighbour the coal mine? Bacchus Marsh | Quit Coal | Quit Coal Flickr Photostream | Moorabool Environment Group | Sourcewatch: Bacchus Marsh coal project

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Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 17 events from 3 February 2012

Newsletter date: 3 February 2012

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 4 November 2011 to February 2012: Townsville, 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: February 2012 to May 2012: Queensland Museum
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970

Upcoming Melbourne Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 10 events from 9 February 2012

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Thu 9 February 2012: Carlton, Melbourne, Vic
Film screening: Operation 8 with Gary Foley
"Operation 8 involved 18 months of invasive
surveillance of Maori sovereignty ...
Reflections on Operation 8 & Q&A hosted by
Gary Foley after the screening."
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/49891

Event: Sat 11 February 2012: Melbourne, Vic
Aboriginal Rights Film Festival
Featuring:
The Coolbaroo Club; The Tall Man;
Ningla A-Na [Hungry for our land]; BarbaKiueria

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FREE SCREENING of Occupy Melbourne Interview series by Kenji Wardenclyffe

Date and Time: 
Fri, 03/02/2012 -
9:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: 
City Square - Melbourne CBD Corner of Swanston and Collins Street.
Contact Name: 
Kenji Wardenclyffe
Website: 
http://media.kenjiwardenclyffe.com

The mainstream media has said many things about Occupy Melbourne, sometimes taking things out of context, always putting a spin on the events and views of the protesters to "maybe" suit mainstream media and big business interests. But is what they say actually true? Have the public gotten an accurate depiction of the events surrounding the movement and the eviction day?

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