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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 56 events from 25 May 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 24/05/2013 - 12:36pm

Newsletter date: 25 May 2013

Ed. Note: 'WGAR News' publishes events from a wide range of sources.
The events included are not necessarily endorsed by WGAR.

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Event: 2 May to 1 December 2013: South Bank, Qld
Voice and Reason
"Since the colonial era, Indigenous artists have been
actively examining the conversations and conflicts
involving their ancestors and settlers in Australia.
Their works affirm the place of their peoples' cultures
in these interactions with different histories and beliefs."

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 20

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 8:51pm

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20 - http://thestringer.com.au/
NEWS update: More contributors and writers have joined The Stringer as we continue to extend our reach nationally and internationally. Less than three months young The Stringer has been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.
Please share this newsletter and spread the word about The Stringer.

WGAR News: The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 12:04pm

Newsletter date: 20 May 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Homeless protest at Matagarup - "we will not be swept away"
* Tracker: Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans
* NIRS: Matagarup development protested in Perth
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: New laws to criminalise drinking
* NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders
* Other Northern Territory News

* The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

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Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Emma Murphy

NAAJA

The Stringer

Northern Territory News

Tracker

Green Left

Alcohol Protection Orders

Heirisson Island - Matagarup

The Stringer - Homeless protest at Matagarup - we will not be swept away

Tracker - Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans

NIRS - Matagarup development protested in Perth

Emma Murphy - Green Left - New laws to criminalise drinking

NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders

WGAR News: "Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 15 May 2013

Contents:

* Change.org Petition: Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service (CNS)
* Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT: ALS News: Save the CNS
* The Wire Audio: Argument between governments puts lives at risk
* The Stringer: Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated
* NIRS: Urgent funding call for anti-deaths in custody measure
* NIRS: ALS warns lives could be at risk unless phone line is funded

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Custody Notification Service

CNS

Aboriginal deaths in police custody

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

ALS

Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition

Alcohol Protection Orders

Aboriginality in sentencing

Change org Petition - Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service - CNS

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - ALS News - Save the CNS

The Wire Audio - Argument between governments puts lives at risk

The Stringer - Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Aboriginality in sentencing before the High Court

The Stringer - DCS issued warning one year prior - that riot would eventuate

Western Australia events: Stop the Suicides in Our Community Now + Making Waves for the Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 5:46pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 21 May 2013: Waterford, Perth, WA
Stop the Suicides in Our Community Now!
"The Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation calls for
all members of the Nyoongah community and organisations
to stand up strong against the ongoing epidemic
and spates of suicide in our Nyoongah community."
Event details: http://allianceaustrale.org/Dumbartung/CommunityNote.html
Event details: http://allianceaustrale.org/Dumbartung/SuicideMediaRelease.html

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 13 May 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 4:30pm

Newsletter date: 13 May 2013

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Event: Wed 1 May - Sun 30 June 2013: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Photographer: Barbara McGrady
"Barbara is a Gamilario/Murri woman has been photographing
the social history of contemporary Aboriginal life for over
30 years. From Sports to politics, her vision is a unique
perspective from within a community empowering her
subjects by this virtue alone."
Event details: http://headon.com.au/event/barbara-mcgrady

Event: Fri 10 May until 1 June 2013: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
The Power and the Passion

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The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 12

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 12/05/2013 - 10:42am

Welcome to The Stringer’s weekly newsletter - The Stringer went live February 20
NEWS update: More contributors and writers have joined The Stringer as we continue to extend our reach nationally and internationally. We are also keen to share with you that in the 80 days we have been bringing to you The Stringer we have been reaching an audience in such high numbers that it was beyond our expectations. We are establishing a healthy national reach but also an international social reach.

South Africa, 20 years after Apartheid, doing better than Australia

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 11/05/2013 - 6:31pm

by Gerry Georgatos - May 11th, 2013
Australia incarcerates its Aboriginal youth at the world’s highest rates, it imprisons one in 14 Western Australian Aboriginal adult males and it removes one in 14 children from Western Australian Aboriginal families into the care of the State, and for Aboriginal peoples the whole of the Northern Territory is a prison built brick by brick by the Commonwealth, and this prison is loosely known as the ‘Intervention’.

Since 1992, the rate of Aboriginal incarceration in Australia has grown 14 times faster than that of non-Aboriginal incarceration.

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WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining: WANFA & ANAWA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 10/05/2013 - 4:52pm

Newsletter date: 11 May 2013

Contents:

* WANFA & ANAWA: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining
* NITV News: WA anti-uranium protesters begin 250km walk
* SBS Radionews Audio: TOs lead walk against uranium mining in WA
* NIRS: 20-day walk to protest uranium mine
* Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora - 4 until 29 May 2013
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Aboriginal heritage: between a rock and a hard place
* Tracker: Small fine for NSW Aboriginal rock damage

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New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia

Fracking the Canning Basin

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 7:35pm

Gerry Georgatos - Western Australia’s Canning Basin (photo abc.net.au) will soon be talked about as the next resources mining frontier. The James Price Point $40 billion gas hub proposal for all intents and purposes has been dumped but the State’s Premier, Colin Barnett, will pitch the extraction of natural gas from the Canning Basin as the way to go in the pursuit of State revenue. Most of the gas will be exported.

The shale gas deposits of the Canning Basin are among the richest in the world.

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