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WGAR News: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome: The Directors of Save The Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 2:05pm

Newsletter date: 10 May 2013

Contents:

* The Directors of Save The Kimberley: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome
* YouTube: Thank you - for uniting to stop the gas hub! - TheWildernessSociety
* WA Today: James Price Point land acquisition likely
* Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert; WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: The emperor needs to let go of James Price Point
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Gas Wars
* Tracker: Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

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Western Australia

WGAR News: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition: Ray Jackson, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 6:06pm

Newsletter date: 9 May 2013

Contents:

* Indymedia Australia: Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!

* The Wire Audio: Justice reinvestment 'key to tackling Indigenous incarceration'
* WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Justice reinvestment comeback
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment or by any other name
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

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Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

Socialist Alternative

children in adult jail

WA Greens

Green Left

national stop deaths in custody coalition

Indymedia Australia - Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed

WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple - Justice reinvestment comeback

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Justice Reinvestment or by any other name

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Amnesty - Supreme Court of WA - case dismissed - but concerns remain about children in adult jail

The Stringer - Supreme Court decision floors parents of jailed children

SBS Radionews Audio - WA judge dismisses juvenile offender challenge

WGAR News: Tiga Bayles interview with John Pilger: First Nations Peoples and the new Film 'Utopia'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 04/05/2013 - 4:00pm

Newsletter date: 5 May 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews John Pilger about his life long support for First Nations Peoples and his new Film 'Utopia'
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: A special message from John Pilger
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Guest Speaker Sue Gillett
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Some Statistics - Then and Now [from Paddy Gibson]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: John Pilger on racism in Australia
* Therese Mortensen, Amnesty International Australia: No more secrets

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First Nations Peoples

Amnesty International Australia

Aboriginal squalor

dirtiest secrets

dirtiest little secret

Indigenous Australians

New John Pilger film

ITV

Aboriginal Australians

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews John Pilger about his life long support for First Nations Peoples and his new Film Utopia

Respect and Listen - Docos - The Secret Country - A special message from John Pilger

Respect and Listen - Docos - The Secret Country - Some Statistics - Then and Now - from Paddy Gibson

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - John Pilger on racism in Australia

Therese Mortensen - Amnesty International Australia - No more secrets

Candace Sutton - The Australian - Aboriginal squalor among Australia's dirtiest secrets says expat

The Stringer weekly newsletter - May 4

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 04/05/2013 - 2:29pm

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 73 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.

The Prime Minister believes she will win September 14

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 04/05/2013 - 1:00pm

Every poll nationwide portrays either a decisive or catastrophic defeat for the Australian Labor Party come September. But the Office of the Prime Minister has gone heavy into campaign strategies since late last year according to our source. These include not just make overs for the Prime Minister but the commissioning of their own polls and surveys.

Read the whole story here: http://thestringer.com.au/prime-minister-believes-she-will-win/#.UYR3A7W...

Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Thu, 02/05/2013 - 4:31pm

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/

In the United States, the Annie Casey Foundation’s report ‘No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration,’ has an assembly of juvenile crime statistics that evidence why locking up children does not work. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rates of adults and children than any other nation.

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WA events: Walkatjurra Walkabout + No Gas on the Kimberley Coast Party + Stop the Suicides

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 02/05/2013 - 10:22am

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 4 until 29 May 2013: Yeelirrie to Leonora, WA
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora
"The walk will continue to be a celebration of
Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength
of the community who have fought to stop
uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years,
and a chance to come together and continue
to share our commitment to a sustainable
future without nuclear. It is a chance to
reconnect with the land, and to revive the

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 47 events from 2 May 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 01/05/2013 - 5:58pm

Newsletter date: 2 May 2013

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

Event: Thu 2 May 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting:
Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne:
http://www.isja-msg.com/index.htm
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the
first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm

Event: Fri 3 May 2013: Grovedale, Geelong, Vic
Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate
Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory
Speakers:
Auntie Betty Pike, Elder from the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, Victoria

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WGAR News: Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people: John Pilger, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 30/04/2013 - 4:51pm

Newsletter date: 1 May 2013

Contents:

* John Pilger, The Guardian: Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people

* Daniel Emerson, The West Australian: Nation's political bloodshed 'ignored'
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Killing Times
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: WA Governor states that he was misinterpreted

* The Wire: Coalition says remote communities should fund own water, sewerage [interview with Paddy Gibson]

* Rachel Siewert, New Matilda: When Did Labor Stop Caring?

* Other articles

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Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on [Aboriginal] women in prison: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 29/04/2013 - 11:19am

Newsletter date: 30 April 2013

Contents:

* Debbie Kilroy, The Stringer: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Call for crime prevention focus to cut Indigenous jail rates
* The Stringer: KALACC lends its weight to Justice Reinvestment
* Priscilla Collins, Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT: Mandatory rehabilitation bill must be released for public consultation
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop police self investigation
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia