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WGAR News: "Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 18/03/2013 - 4:53pm

Newsletter date: 19 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd

* Rachel Evans & Leticia Funston, Green Left: Bowraville murders spark renewed protest
* Tracker: Hundreds protest lack of action over Bowraville murders
* Tracker: Murder victim's families to march on Parliament

* David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Blue Mountains crossing cemented colonisation

* Dr Alessandro Pelizzon, Sovereign Union: General Principles of Sovereignty for non-lawyers

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Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway - but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd

Rachel Evans and Leticia Funston - Green Left - Bowraville murders spark renewed protest

Tracker - Hundreds protest lack of action over Bowraville murders

Tracker - Murder victim's families to march on Parliament

David T Rowlands - Green Left - Blue Mountains crossing cemented colonisation

colonisation

Dr Alessandro Pelizzon - Sovereign Union - General Principles of Sovereignty for non-lawyers

ALSWA's Report Card reveals the Barnett Government has FAILED

The Stringer - Adam Giles becomes the first Aboriginal leader of an Australian State Territory

WGAR News: Goolarabooloo calls for protection of cultural sites: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 17/03/2013 - 4:40pm

Newsletter date: 18 March 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Goolarabooloo calls for protection of cultural sites
* ABC Radio National Awaye!: Lurujarri Dreaming
* Walk the Lurujarri Dreaming Trail in 2013
* An LNG Plant at James Price Point?
* Hands off Country: Woodside are back in Country 2013
* Hands off Country: If Woodside enter the sand dunes through the Monsoonal Vine Thickets they will be acting out side the law
* The Stringer: Kimberley voters send strong message - "do not build the Gas Hub"

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 44 events from 13 March 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 12/03/2013 - 3:35pm

Newsletter date: 13 March 2013

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Event: from 13 March 2013: Canberra, ACT
Exhibition now showing:
First Australians - Resistance
"The lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples were profoundly changed by the arrival
of British colonists in 1788. Lives were lost
and land taken as the colonisers attempted to
impose new social, economic and religious
orders. ... "
"Indigenous people responded in a variety of ways.
Some fought back with weapons. Others
developed different strategies to survive this

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WGAR News: Broome community calls on Shell to protect burial grounds: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/03/2013 - 6:25pm

Newsletter date: 12 March 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Broome community calls on Shell to protect burial grounds
* Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: Kimberley rally forces response from Labor and Liberal
* The Stringer: Broome voters send a strong message - don’t build the gas hub
* SMH: Hot contest in Kimberley gas hub seat
* Independent Australia: Kimberley's gas hub to become industrial wasteland - Greens
* WA 2013 Vote: Barnett Woodside Gang Up on Broome Community
* WA 2013 Vote: Liberal Bloom Admits James Price Point Start About Complete Kimberley Resource Development

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Alex Bainbridge - Green Left - Kimberley rally forces response from Labor and Liberal

The Stringer - Broome voters send a strong message - don’t build the gas hub

SMH - Hot contest in Kimberley gas hub seat

Independent Australia - Kimberley's gas hub to become industrial wasteland - Greens

WA 2013 Vote - Barnett Woodside Gang Up on Broome Community

WA 2013 Vote - Liberal Bloom Admits James Price Point Start About Complete Kimberley Resource Development

More News re Kimberley election

WGAR News: Stronger Futures 'fundamentally racist': Ada Lee, South Sydney Herald

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/03/2013 - 12:55pm

Newsletter date: 11 March 2013

Contents:

* Ada Lee, South Sydney Herald: Stronger Futures 'fundamentally racist'
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* YouTube: Letters Patent Protest, South Australia - MAV Media

* PShift: Traditional owner - james bonner - supports tent embassy in Musgrave Park
* YouTube: Sovereignty is an Australian question - SovereignEmbassy
* Brisbane City Council Heritage Citation: Musgrave Park

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Northern Territory Intervention

treaty

Muckaty nuclear waste dump

sovereignty

Stronger Futures

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Musgrave Park

Wave Rock

Letters Patent Protest

Indigenous doctors

cave art

YouTube - Letters Patent Protest - South Australia - MAV Media

PShift - Traditional owner - james bonner - supports tent embassy in Musgrave Park

YouTube - Sovereignty is an Australian question - SovereignEmbassy

Brisbane City Council Heritage Citation - Musgrave Park

NITV Footage - Michael Anderson - Nicole Watson and Dianna Murray - A discussion of Sovereignty and Treaty

NIRS - Efforts for more Indigenous doctors praised

Debra Jopson - The Guardian UK - Australian uranium discovery threatens ancient indigenous cave art

Malarndirri McCarthy - NITV News - Mercedes-Benz apologises over Wave Rock video

Songlines - Government answers to Greens questions regarding Muckaty radioactive sites matters

WGAR News: Promising news for Kimberley, but industrialisation still looms: The Wilderness Society

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 09/03/2013 - 1:36pm

Newsletter date: 9 March 2013

Contents:

* NITV News: Festival for the Kimberley in Sydney
* The Wilderness Society: Promising news for Kimberley, but industrialisation still looms
* ABC AM: WA Liberals promise national park on re-election
* Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Broome community calls on Shell to protect burial grounds and to intervene to stop Woodside drilling works
* Hands off Country: Bob Brown Speaking at a Broome No Gas forum
* Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: Together, we're fighting for James Price Point

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Kimberley Campaign News

Kimberley national park

Broome Community No Gas Campaign

Shell

burial grounds

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam

NITV News - Festival for the Kimberley in Sydney

ABC AM - WA Liberals promise national park on re-election

Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Broome community calls on Shell to protect burial grounds and to intervene to stop Woodside drilling works

Hands off Country - Bob Brown Speaking at a Broome No Gas forum

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam - Together we're fighting for James Price Point

Environs Kimberley - Kimberley rainforest listed as endangered by Australian Government

Róisin Mortimer - Friends of the Earth Australia - James Price Point gas hub controversy

Conservation Council of Western Australia - Protect the Kimberley and Prevent More Carbon Pollution

WGAR News: "ALSWA, Governor McCusker, McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 07/03/2013 - 1:25pm

Newsletter date: 7 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: ALSWA, Governor McCusker, McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing
* NIRS: Legal service slams WA mandatory sentencing push
* CAAMA: Calls for release of juvenile prisoners being held in a men's prison
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The Stringer: Taoundai Conference brings on the Aboriginal Liberation Movement

* NIRS: Funding still not reaching communities: Smallwood

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal Liberation Movement

Aboriginal Health Workers

Racist attack via Facebook

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - ALSWA Governor McCusker McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing

NIRS - Legal service slams WA mandatory sentencing push

CAAMA - Calls for release of juvenile prisoners being held in a men's prison

The Stringer - Taoundai Conference brings on the Aboriginal Liberation Movement

NIRS - Funding still not reaching communities - Smallwood

NACCHO Support - In a time of need the Lowitja Institute is asking for your support to Close the Gap

The Wire - Indigenous Australian research institute Lowitja faces possible closure

RHEF - A Unique Profession - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Workers

Let's Talk - Clancestry Conversation - Kinship and Identity - Just who is Black enough

Western Australia Aboriginal rights events: National Close the Gap Day + Lurujarri Dreaming Trail

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 05/03/2013 - 12:03pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 21 or Fri 22 March 2013: Western Australia
National Close the Gap Day
"A day for Australians to join together and remind
political leaders to close the life expectancy gap
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
within a generation." ATSI Support
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
still die 10-17 years younger than other Australians.
Closing this health gap cannot be done overnight.

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Katanning's shame - time to stand up to child sexual abuse

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 12:55am

From the age of seven up until she was thirteen years old Elizabeth Johns was molested, sexually abused and raped by one of the town’s community stalwarts – a Noongar man. Many in the town, Noongar and non-Aboriginal knew but did nothing – such was the pervasive culture of silence.

The whole story is here:
http://thestringer.com.au/katannings-shame-time-to-stand-up-to-child-sex...

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Perth

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Australia's Aboriginal children - The world's highest suicide rate: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/03/2013 - 3:37pm

Newsletter date: 2 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children - The world’s highest suicide rate
* The Stringer: Youth suicides - toll higher than Afghan war deaths

* NIRS: Higher rates of severe disability for Indigenous Australians: Research

* SBS Living Black: Heal Our Youth - Or Jail Them?
* NIRS: Gooda: "Stop locking Aboriginal people up who don't need to be locked up"
* ABC Radio Australia: Call for NSW intervention program to include indigenous youth
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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Aboriginal imprisonment

suicide

disability