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WGAR News: Glen Klatovsky speaks at Aboriginal Support Group: What is happening in the Kimberley?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 02/10/2013 - 5:57pm

Newsletter date: 3 October 2013

Contents:

* Glen Klatovsky speaks at the Aboriginal Support Group answering the question: What is happening in the Kimberley?
* Glen Klatovsky speaks at Building Bridges about the Kimberley Gas Hub: For and Against
* Kimberley and James Price Point (JPP) News
* German Language: Rettet die Kimberley Kampagne - Artikel fuer Amnesty International Rundbrief 2013
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

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WGAR News: State Government apologies 30 years later to the family of John Pat: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 30/09/2013 - 3:18pm

Newsletter date: 1 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: State Government apologies 30 years later to the family of John Pat
* Emma Wynne, ABC Perth: Apology to John Pat's family but Aboriginal deaths in custody on the increase
* NITV News: WA government agrees to John Pat apology
* NITV News: Ben Wyatt's call for a national apology is passed unanimously

* SBS 6:30 News Video reporting back on rallies on National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
* NITV News: Australians march to stop all deaths in custody

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 30 September 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 29/09/2013 - 1:22pm

Newsletter date: 30 September 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 29th September 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch
"Big hART and the community of Ieramugadu (Roebourne)
proudly present the Album Launch of Murru
- a music collaboration between John Bennett, Shellie Morris,
Emma Donovan, Archie Roach, Lucky Oceans, Harry Hookey,
Bill Chambers, the Last Kinection, Trevor Jamieson,

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Fremantle event: Murru: In Memory of John Pat Album Launch

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 28/09/2013 - 1:54pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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WGAR News: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about Aboriginal youth suicides

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 27/09/2013 - 2:59pm

Newsletter date: 28 September 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about the high number of Aboriginal youth suicides in Australia
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: How many more suicides will it take?
* The Wire: Let's ask R U OK? to our Indigenous youth [Featuring Will Austin]
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: Darwin gets groggy with it -- exhibition examines NT booze double-standard
* Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill

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WGAR News: "National Day of Action Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody John Pat Died 30 Years Ago"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 27/09/2013 - 10:10am

Newsletter date: 27 September 2013

Contents:

* Upcoming Events - National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: National Day of Action Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody John Pat Died 30 Years Ago - Still No Justice!
* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: National Day of Action - your support can make a difference
* The Wire: Aboriginal deaths in custody, remembering John Pat [Featuring Marc Newhouse and Rodney Dillon]
* SBS Radio News: Anniversary of deaths in custody Royal Commission

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How many more suicides will it take?

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 20/09/2013 - 10:58pm

by Gerry Georgatos of The Stringer, The National Indigenous Times, the National Indigenous Radio Service - September 20th, 2013 - Two years ago, as part of my academic research into the prevalence of suicides in Australia, particularly among Aboriginal youth, to my horror I discovered that Aboriginal youth suicides are tragically at record high levels – that spates of Aboriginal youth suicides are proportionately the world’s highest rates. Aboriginal youth is suiciding at the world’s highest rates.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 42 events from 20 September 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 19/09/2013 - 2:21pm

Newsletter date: 20 September 2013

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: Fri 20 September, 2013: Sydney, NSW
ISJA Rally DPP
"we will be rallying to strongly urge mr. babb and
his legal team of officers to fully charge those
errant police officers that have been recommended
by the police integrity commission, among other
legal entities, to answer charges for the killings of
adam salter and roberto laudisio curti and the

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Perth event: Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 19/09/2013 - 1:09pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Wed 25 September 2013: Parliament House, Perth, WA
Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action
"John Pat died 30 years ago - but still no justice!
Remembrance ceremony - Rally and March.
Apology motion. Parilament House."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/wa/event/32538/
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54542
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar/2013-09/

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WGAR News: Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson about Aboriginal imprisonment

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 11/09/2013 - 11:26am

Newsletter date: 13 September 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson from the Indigenous Social Justice Association about Aboriginal imprisonment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Monica Morgan, Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International, about Aboriginal imprisonment
* Amanda Banks, The West Australian: Juveniles return to Banksia Hill
* SBS Radio News: WA promises youth justice system overhaul
* MJA: Prevalence and perceptions of overweight and obesity in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people in custody

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