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WGAR News: Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point: Tracker

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 28/02/2013 - 7:55pm

Newsletter date: 1 March 2013

Contents:
* The Wilderness Society: Broome takes over Sydney’s Martin Place
* Tracker: Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point
* YouTube: Christine Milne on James Price Point - AustralianGreens
* YouTube: Rally For the Kimberley, Images Robin Chapple and Red Broome - Red Hand
* Robin Chapple MLC: Greens name and shame our biggest carbon emitters
* Perth Now: Sleeping giants square off in gas wars
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Other articles

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The Wilderness Society - Broome takes over Sydney’s Martin Place

YouTube - Christine Milne on James Price Point - AustralianGreens

YouTube - Rally For the Kimberley - Images Robin Chapple and Red Broome - Red Hand

Robin Chapple MLC - Greens name and shame our biggest carbon emitters

Perth Now - Sleeping giants square off in gas wars

WGAR News: Aboriginal youth could be silent victims in mandatory sentencing: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 27/02/2013 - 2:59pm

Newsletter date: 28 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Aboriginal youth could be silent victims in mandatory sentencing
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Legal service slams WA govt’s "despicable" plans for mandatory sentencing
* The Stringer: Feed the little children
* The Stringer: Sansbury and Franks say "enough" and time for the SA Government to act
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The Stringer: Aboriginal peoples finally to be included in SA Constitution - but 'no' to Treaty

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Amy McQuire - Tracker - Legal service slams WA govt’s despicable plans for mandatory sentencing

The Stringer - Feed the little children

The Stringer - Sansbury and Franks say enough and time for the SA Government to act

The Stringer - Aboriginal peoples finally to be included in SA Constitution - but no to Treaty

The Stringer - Finally ABS data to corroborate the horrific extent of homelessness - but who really cares

WGAR News: "20,000 turn out to save the Kimberley" "A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 26/02/2013 - 4:46pm

Newsletter date: 27 February 2013

Contents:

* Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: 20,000 turn out to save the Kimberley
* The Wilderness Society: Concert for the Kimberley - A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
* The West Australian: Stars fire up gas hub protest
* ABC: Greens demand gas hub management plan details
* Hands off Country: Tony Burke is called upon to call a Public Inquiry
* The Stringer: Fifteen thousand call on Burke to stop the destruction of Aboriginal burial grounds at James Price Point
* ABC Radio National: Red Dirt Dreaming Part One - The Kimberley

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Alex Bainbridge - Green Left - 20000 turn out to save the Kimberley

Hands off Country Video - Stars fire up gas hub protest - The West Australian

ABC - Greens demand gas hub management plan details

Hands off Country - Tony Burke is called upon to call a Public Inquiry

The Stringer - Fifteen thousand call on Burke to stop the destruction of Aboriginal burial grounds at James Price Point

ABC Radio National - Red Dirt Dreaming Part One - The Kimberley

WGAR News: Australia's horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 25/02/2013 - 5:01pm

Newsletter date: 26 February 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: International Prisoners Justice Day highlights Australia's horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Dr Alice Clark, The Stringer: Housing and homelessness issues for Aboriginal and Islander Peoples living in South Australia

* The Stringer: One of Australia's worst massacres - 150 Yaburara men, women and children slaughtered

* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: "Captain's pick" Nova Peris will make NT Labor's problems worse

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WGAR News: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton's Boyer Lectures: arena

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 24/02/2013 - 6:39pm

Newsletter date: 25 February 2013

Contents:

* arena: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton’s Boyer Lectures
* Andrew Crook, Crikey: Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers
* ABC Radio National: 2012 Boyer Lectures

* NIT: Native Title win
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

* The Wire: Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education
* The Wire: Taking books out bush

* ARENA: OPPORTUNITY LOST BY BORIS FRANKEL: MARCIA LANGTON'S BOYER LECTURES

- Analysis / Opinion

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Andrew Crook - Crikey - Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers

ABC Radio National - 2012 Boyer Lectures

NIT - Native Title win

The Wire - Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education

The Wire - Taking books out bush

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 40 events from 24 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 5:25pm

Newsletter date: 24 February 2013

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Event: Sun 24 February 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Concert for the Kimberley:
A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
The Wilderness Society WA
"Join us in Fremantle on Sunday 24 February 2013
for a free, open-air concert featuring the
John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Ball Park Music,
special guest Dr Bob Brown, and others."
"This concert and rally is a call to arms for
all West Australians to stand up and protect
one of our finest national treasures,

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WGAR News: Man allegedly bashed by NSW police testifies: NITV News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 20/02/2013 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 21 February 2013

Contents:

* Alexandra Payne-Baggs, Green Left: March demands justice for TJ Hickey
* NIRS: Prison only a temporary solution: WA group
* SBS Audio Radionews: Fighting to reduce young Indigenous imprisonment
* NITV News: Man allegedly bashed by NSW police testifies
* SBS World News Video: NSW police accused of bashing cover-up
* Tracker: Cops taunted Aboriginal man: PIC
* ABC Indigenous: Police taunted bashed man's mother, inquiry told
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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WGAR News: Blackett, Western Sydney launch of the book 'A Decision to Discriminate'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 20/02/2013 - 10:04am

Newsletter date: 20 February 2013

Contents:

* Blackett, Western Sydney launch of the book 'A Decision to Discriminate'
* New 'A Decision to Discriminate' book review
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mick Gooda on Stronger Futures
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Cathy Eatock, One Billion Rising: End violence against Aboriginal women

* NIRS: Compensation test case hoped to shine light on removal conditions
* NIRS: Stolen Generations victims deserve criminal compensation: Sam Watson

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WA events: Concert for the Kimberley + Kimberley Starlight Films + National Close the Gap Day

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 18/02/2013 - 6:13pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 39 events from 19 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 18/02/2013 - 9:29am

Newsletter date: 19 February 2013

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Event: 7 February - 10 March 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Production by emerging Koori playwright
Nakkiah Lui, called "This Heaven"
Director Lee Lewis
"'This Heaven' is the story about the
death in custody of a father and his
family's reaction on the night they're
told the police have been acquitted
of his murder."
Event details: http://belvoir.com.au/productions/this-heaven/
Event details: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1735970/Play-on-Indigenous-death-in-c...

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