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We don't want coal for Christmas!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 20/12/2011 - 8:44pm

Flanked by his trusty team of reindeer and elves, Santa visited Melbourne with a simple question – do Victorians all want coal for Christmas? ‘I’m confused’, he told onlookers. ‘If you don't want coal for Christmas, why would Victoria have plans for a new coal fired power station HRL?’ Luckily, the people of Melbourne set Santa straight, signing up in droves to support a joint petition by Quit Coal and other environmental groups calling for No New Coal!

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climate change

Quit Coal

: Refugee Action Collective calls on the government to decriminalise people smuggling

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 7:55pm

Media Release 19th December The Refugee Action Collective (Victoria) is saddened by the news of over 200 asylum seekers who have potentially died at sea on their way to Australia to seek asylum. The Refugee Action Collective also condemns the anti-people smuggling policies of the Gillard Labor government and places them with the blame for the death of possibly over 200 asylum seekers off the coast of Java on Sunday morning.

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Australia's Mandatory Detention

Refugee Action Collective

Asylum seeker policy

WGAR News: Euahlayi tribal leader Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 15 December 2011

Contents:
* Michael Anderson addresses Occupy crowd in London
* Gerry Georgatos: Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra, January 26 2012
* Recordings from the Forum: Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia
* National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples: Leaders meet in Canberra
* ANTaR: Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people
* Greens Penny Wright: Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Gerry Georgatos - Aboriginal Tent Embassy - Canberra January 26 2012

Recordings from the Forum - Hot Politics - Radioactive Waste Management in Australia

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples - Leaders meet in Canberra

ANTaR - Act now to ensure a free and equal future for Aboriginal and TSI young people

Greens Penny Wright - Native Title Wins Few and Far Between

Mandingalbay Yidinji Country - Indigenous Protected Area agreement

Susan Allan - Australia - Labor to extend NT intervention for a decade

Greens Rachel Siewert - Another Intervention Is Not The Answer

Emma Murphy - Darwin launch of Walk With Us

What's Working - Our Generation film

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 14 events from 15 December 2011

Victorian agriculture minister locks in logging of native forests

Submitted by takver on Wed, 14/12/2011 - 2:55am

The Victorian Coalition Government have given a green light to their logging mates by announcing the expansion of native forest logging and locking in to place much longer native forest logging contracts.

In a statement yesterday Agriculture and Food Security Minister National Party MP Peter Walsh released the Timber Industry Action Plan. Under the plan Vicforests would be able to harvest and sell timber through supply agreements of up to 20 years, instead of the current maximum five year period. VicForests will also be given the right to sell timber in a variety of ways, including both timber auctions and other sales arrangements. And contract clauses will be written in to provide compensation if there happens to be a change of government policy in the future (as sometimes happens in a democracy).

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Melbourne Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 6 events from 13 December 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 11:22am

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

Event: Tue 13 December 2011: Upwey, Melbourne, Vic
Belgrave Survival Day film showing:
Murundak: songs of freedom
"Journeys into the heart of Aboriginal protest music
following The Black Arm Band, a gathering of
some of Australia’s finest Indigenous musicians,
as they take to the road with their songs of
resistance and freedom."
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/49700
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/belgrave-survival-day-film-showing-%E2%80%9Cmuru...

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WGAR News: ABC Video: Kimberley gas hub opponents claim legal victory

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/12/2011 - 10:20am

Newsletter date: 11 December 2011

Contents:
* ABC: Kimberley gas hub opponents claim legal victory
* Michael Anderson: Aboriginal sovereignty confirmation expected soon
* Yananymul Mununggurr addressing 'The case against the NT Intervention'
* New Updated Version of Our Generation is out
* Tom McMahon: Govt fails to heed lessons of the Intervention
* What's Working: Language and Wellbeing
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Michael Anderson - Aboriginal sovereignty confirmation expected soon

Yananymul Mununggurr addressing The case against the NT Intervention

New Updated Version of Our Generation film is out

Tom McMahon - Govt fails to heed lessons of the Intervention

What's Working - Language and Wellbeing

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 15 events from 11 December 2011

Wave Energy pilot project for Port Fairy receives Victorian government funding

Submitted by takver on Fri, 09/12/2011 - 3:09am

Surf coast residents in Victoria may be drawing some of their electricity from the ocean waves that come crashing onto the beaches in the not too distant future. The Victorian state Government has awarded Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems (BPS) $5 million of funding under the Sustainable Energy Pilot Demonstration Program to establish a $14 million pilot demonstration of the company’s 250kW bioWAVE ocean wave energy system at a grid-connected site near Port Fairy, Victoria.

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WGAR News: Djiniyini Gondarra message to ALP conference; Analysis by Hilary Tyler and Paddy Gibson

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 07/12/2011 - 11:12am

Newsletter date: 7 December 2011

Contents:
* Herald Sun: Aboriginal leader takes fight to Europe
* ABC: Major Arnhem Land employer in financial trouble
* Video: Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra message to ALP conference
* Dr Hilary Tyler and Paddy Gibson: Still no evidence for Macklin’s Intervention
* Jon Altman: The cunning of consultation: school attendance and welfare reform
* 2SER's Razors Edge: Labor looking lost on Poverty
* Eva Cox: Stronger Futures demands are un-Australian
* Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud exhibition: support needed!
* What's Working: Valery's Bus

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Herald Sun - Aboriginal leader takes fight to Europe

ABC - Major Arnhem Land employer in financial trouble

Video - Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra message to ALP conference

Dr Hilary Tyler and Paddy Gibson - Still no evidence for Macklin’s Intervention

Jon Altman - The cunning of consultation: school attendance and welfare reform

2SER's Razors Edge - Labor looking lost on Poverty

Eva Cox - Stronger Futures demands are un-Australian

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud exhibition - support needed!

What's Working - Valery's Bus

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 18 events from 7 December 2011

Eureka protests in Ballarat: from dawn vigil to pool protest

Submitted by takver on Tue, 06/12/2011 - 4:02am

In the wee hours of Saturday morning, December 3rd, some 40 people gathered in the dark at the monument in Eureka park in Ballarat. For the last 10 years people have gathered at the monument for a dawn vigil to remember those who died one morning 157 years ago fighting to defend basic rights and liberties.

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Conservationists halt logging across Victoria

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/12/2011 - 5:41pm

Media Release 5/12/11

Conservationists Halt Logging Across Victoria

Conservationists are taking action across Victoria today to expose and hold accountable the Baillieu government and Vicforests for the ongoing destruction of threatened species habitats.

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