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WGAR News: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub: Save The Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 1:13pm

Newsletter date: 30 January 2013

Contents:

* Save The Kimberley: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub
* Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Decision "insulting joke" to Aboriginal heritage
* Perth Now: Broome and the gas hub - a town divided
* The West: Premier heckled by protesters
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* 'concerned Australians': Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June, 2012
* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity: NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

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Northern Territory Intervention

Broome Community No Gas

Australian First Nation's Political Party

Peris

Aboriginal ALP members

Day of Mourning

Indigenous party

Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Decision insulting joke to Aboriginal heritage

Perth Now - Broome and the gas hub - a town divided

The West - Premier heckled by protesters

concerned Australians - Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June 2012

Paddy Gibson - Solidarity - NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

SMH - Indigenous party rallies in Canberra

Tracker - Aboriginal ALP members put hands up against Peris nomination

ABC - Indigenous ALP members nominate against Peris

Socialist Alternative - What's to celebrate on Invasion Day

Socialist Alternative - Poems of resistance on Invasion Day

Sovereign Union - Invasion Day

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 33 events from 29 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 29 January 2013

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Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

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WA events: Kimberley update for new and existing volunteers + Walk the Lurujarri Dreaming Trail

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 1:07pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 5 February 2013: West Perth, WA
Kimberley update for new and existing volunteers
- meet our new staff!
The Wilderness Society WA Inc
"The new year has brought with it many changes,
including some great additions to our WA Perth
campaign team. Join us in our offices in West
Perth on Tuesday Feb 5th from 5:30pm to
meet the new team, hear a campaign update and
get involved in exciting actions and events coming up!"

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Perth

Western Australia

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Protest over land council mining plans: Mel Barnes, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/01/2013 - 2:16pm

Newsletter date: 28 January 2013

Contents:

* Mel Barnes, Green Left: Protest over land council mining plans

* Brisbane Times: Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
* SMH: Sodden but not sunk: How Queenslanders marked Australia Day
* Sovereign Union: Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* Background to Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld

* SBS Radionews Audio: Reviewing the MDGs: Pt 2 [Millennium Development Goals]

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy

Operation Kimberley Miinimbi

Broome Community No Gas

Aboriginal freedom fighters

Brisbane Times - Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld

SMH - Sodden but not sunk - How Queenslanders marked Australia Day

Sovereign Union - Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013

SBS Radionews Audio - Reviewing the MDGs - Pt 2 - Millennium Development Goals

Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Update - No place sacred as Woodside prepares to destroy burial sites and ancient culture for gas in the Kimberley

Broome Community

Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Why is the Broome Community opposed to the development

Green Left - Aboriginal freedom fighters commemorated

WGAR News: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island: The West Australian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/01/2013 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 27 January 2013

Contents:

* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic

* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police

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Aboriginal sovereignty

James Price Point

Save the Kimberley

Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Heirisson Island

Kumentjaye Briscoe

Aboriginal Heritage Sites

north of Broome

Tracker - Mature Australia needs new flag - academic

SBS Living Black - Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites

ABC - Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown

SBS Living Black - No Criminal Charges Against Police

WGAR News: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out: YouTube

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 23/01/2013 - 5:20pm

Newsletter date: 24 January 2013

Contents:

* YouTube: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out
* SBS Radionews Audio: Maralinga compo collapse prompts calls for Act of Grace
* ABC Radio National Breakfast: Maralinga compensation - Guest: WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
* Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog: In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist. Part 2
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone "steamrolling"

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 25 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 23 January 2013

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Event: Fri 25 January 2013: East Perth, WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy: Last day of Freedom
- A ceremony to honour our Nyoongar Yorga Boodja
"Activities at Matagarup (Heirrison Island) hosted
by the Nyoongar Tent Embassy. Includes BBQ
(for donation) and music. ...
(Named for being the last day before invasion day.)"
"Preliminary Launch of Curtin University’s
Research on Media Reporting on the NTE"

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Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/01/2013 - 8:52am

Last updated: 18 December 2013

WGAR News: Radioactive Show: Maralinga - Muckaty - Medicine: 3CR Community Radio
[Featuring Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Barb Shaw, Penny Phillips, Isobel Phillips & Michael Fonda] (18 Dec 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/12/17/wgar-news-radioactive-show-maralinga-...

WGAR News: David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Australian atomic massacre still ignored [Maralinga nuclear tests] (12 Jul 13)

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Aboriginal Maralinga victims

Maralinga nuclear tests

Goolarabooloo law bosses lift the ante in battle with Woodside over gas hub

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 20/01/2013 - 8:08pm

Gerry Georgatos - Story
Damien Kelly - Photo - Goolarabooloo Law Bosses, Phillip Roe and Richard Hunter with Eric Hunter in traditional pelican head dress - the pelican is the head dress of their particular Goolarabooloo group and symbolic of Walmandan (James Price Point) country.

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WGAR News: 200 Aboriginal Maralinga victims denied compensation: Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 20/01/2013 - 6:06pm

Newsletter date: 21 January 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: 200 Aboriginal Maralinga victims denied compensation
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Goolarabooloo Law Bosses lift the ante in battle with Woodside over gas hub
* Background to Walmadan Tent Embassy, James Price Point, north of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Lobby restaurant incident - January 26, 2012 - Will Prime Minister Gillard finally admit the truth and apologise?

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Gerry Georgatos