Western Australia

Newsletter date: 27 July 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 20 events from 27 July 2012

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Event: Fri 27 July 2012: The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Talks on The Rocks:
Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 years on
* July 27 - Gabi Widders, an Anaiwan and Gumbangier woman
"To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tent Embassy,
The Rocks Discovery Museum has invited four
Aboriginal women to reflect on the significance
of the Embassy in their own and their family's
lives for Talks on The Rocks in July."

WA’s mining boom, its growth and reports of its looming demise, whether true or not make front page news media and are picked up as the news of the day off the newswire by the majority of the news media however the record homelessness rates in the Kimberley and the Pilbara – the heart of the mining boom – barely rate a mention.

Newsletter date: 20 July 2012

Contents:
* Greens Rachel Siewert: 60% of Australians do not support the processing of gas in the Kimberley
* Rachel Siewert: Australian Greens respond to the release of the EPA recommendations on James Price Point
* Tracker: Brown backs Sea Shepherd campaign against Browse
* Walmadan Tent Embassy, James Price Point, north of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal tent embassies
* ABC Darwin: Bilingual education policy relaxed for bush schools
* NIRS: 'First Four Hours' policy change welcomed

As part of the 20th year anniversary of mandatory detention, Refugees Rights Action Network Perth hosted a special forum examining the history of mandatory detention of refugees, the case against it and the role activism has played in challenging it. Guest speakers included activists who have been involved in the campaign for 20 years, who have seen the political and public landscape surrounding refugees transform into what it is today. The growth and change of the campaign against it was also examined.