The Stringer’s interview with Tony Abbott – his “must-do” list for Aboriginal Australia
by Gerry Georgatos - thestringer.com.au
April 10th, 2013
The Leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott has drawn up a “must do list” he said he would implement from the first day he became Prime Minister to deliver Aboriginal peoples from abject poverty.
In the late hours of the 7th April 28 refugees went on hunger strike at Broadmedows denetion centre (MITA).
These 28 refugees incluing 25 Tamils, two Burmese Rohingyas and one Iranian
Many of the refugees on hunger strike have been in detention for between 2- 4 years and have received negative ASIO results, ASIO does not need to give the person receiving the negative result a reason for the negative result.
All of the refugees stated they have risked their lives to seek assylum, they have been given false hope and false promises
The Stringer weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
Newsletter date: 7 April 2013
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: 7 April until 4 May 2013: Forrest, Canberra, ACT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Canberra Opening Sun 7 April 2013
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated By Judith Crispin
To be opened by special guest speaker:
Ms Penny Phillips, Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owner
Venue: Manning Clark House Gallery: http://manningclark.org.au/
Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Tuesday, April 16, 6:30pm (meal from 6pm).
Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: Sat 6 April 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Help Solidarity Salon Stand Up for the Burrup!
"The Burrup Peninsula needs your support.
Located in the Pilbara region, it contains the
world’s largest and most important collection
of ancient petroglyphs, or rock carvings.
This collection, contains over a million images,
and is so detailed that individual species can be
identified. The oldest engravings were created
35,000 years ago and only a fraction has
Thought provoking clips on journalism, on deaths in custody, Mr Ward and Mulrunji
A journalist with a difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzigzfSNx9Y
The REAL FACTS on DEATHS in CUSTODY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVof4bQg1X8
The BETRAYAL of MR WARD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TM5KqgQNAI&playnext=1&list=PLF0B0129D1B...
ALEC DOOMADGEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8lT437h6I
MULRUNJI - Palm Island
Courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/cuts-to-single-parent-payments-lead-to-hardshi...
Gerry Georgatos - There are 630,000 Australian lone parent families with dependents – 84 per cent are single mothers and 16 per cent are single fathers. 54 per cent of these single parents have a youngest child less than nine years of age. Of the parents with a child less than 9 years of age 59 per cent were in some form of employment end of June 2011 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011).
Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter
The Stringer went live February 20 - http://thestringer.com.au/
Some of our stories from the last week include:
Australia’s pathway to poverty – bridging visas
March 30, 2013
The Australian Government’s hard on refugees policy is creating an underclass of people – many condemned to an itinerant lifestyle and many condemned to living on the streets.
According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship since November 25, 2011, 12,765 people have been released from the detention centres and into community on bridging visas.
In the 15 years since the World Socialist Web Site began publication on February 14, 1998, it has established itself as the most widely read and authoritative socialist publication in the world, accessible in 19 different languages.
