Western Australia

Justice for Rex Bellotti Jr - 3yrs to the day - Rally

Date and Time: 
Tue, 06/03/2012 -
11:45am to 1:00pm
Location: 
Steps of WA State Parliament

On March 6 it will be 3 years to the day that Rex Jr was struck down by a police-four-wheel drive however there has been no compensation or insurance pay out for Rex and his family - the boy was 15 at the time - his family is near impoverished as a result - The WA Corruption Commission slammed the handling of the police investigation - 8 rallies later, one public forum, a submission to a standing committee of government (outcome still pending), petitions to parliament, promises by the WA Police Commissioner, the file before the state solicitor (findings pending), justice has not been serve

WGAR News: Press conference on Stronger Futures legislation by Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC

Newsletter date: 1 March 2012

Contents:
* Press Conference on Stronger Futures legislation by The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
* "Democratic process in tatters" Michele Harris
* Parliament House Canberra protest called for repeal of the NT intervention
* ANTaR: New laws would entrench coercive measures for another ten years
* Online Petition: "No nuclear waste dump at Muckaty"
* "Labor attempts to sneak nuclear waste dump under the radar" Greens Scott Ludlam
* Tent Embassy set up in Portland’s Market Square, Vic

No-one in government cares enough about Aboriginal peoples

No-one in government cares enough about Aboriginal peoples

Gerry Georgatos

Well placed sources, including parliamentarians, in the Australian Labor Party, the Coalition, and the Greens have made surprising comments that issues afflicting Aboriginal peoples and 'Aboriginal affairs' are in the 'too hard basket' or 'best swept under the carpet'.

Stolen wages remain stolen

Gerry Georgatos

The Stolen Wages campaigns are struggling in the finding of justice for families of those long gone and for those with little time left on this earth.

From WA, Yamatji Phil Moncrief said, "(These are) simple cut and dried cases. A social justice run up the mountain of corruption is what it is - it does not get much easier than to get the justice done here." However, the Stolen wages remain stolen for far too many people, their families and/or their descendants.

March 6 - At WA state parliament - 3 years and no justice

3 years and still no justice

Gerry Georgatos

On March 6 it will have been three years since Rex Bellotti Jr was struck down by a police-four-wheel drive near midnight on Lower King Road in Albany, Western Australia.

Rex Jr was 15 years old at the time and only recently turned 18 however the fight continues to to save his leg from amputation. Further surgery and other procedures are required.

YES, there are numbats in Warrup

by Gerry Georgatos Conservationists have been campaigning to save what they say is WA's largest numbat colony in Warrup. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) had been denying such a colony existed.

The conservationists have called for a halt to logging in Warrup after finding what they say is irrefutable evidence of endangered numbats living near the logging in Warrup.

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Lobbygate - "The Prime Minister would have to resign"

By Gerry Georgatos
The Office of the Prime Minister continues to deny any involvement in sparking the Lobby restaurant incident - and their official spokesperson claims that Tony Hodges went rogue and acted alone. Two separate well placed sources in government and who are close to the Office of the Prime Minister have said that Mr Hodges did not act alone and that indeed the Office of the Prime Minister was extensively involved.

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Forest Rescue tie up logging operation.

Media Release: Forest Rescue 27th February 2012

Forest Rescue has successfully stopped work within the Warrup section six logging coupe again today, Monday 27th February 2012.

A Forest Rescue activist has tied up all logging machines within the Warrup logging coupe, and then suspended himself in a jarrah tree attached to the web like rope system, bringing work to a halt.

Forest Rescue has been battling the FPC and Warren Forest Products Services for nearly an entire month now.

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WGAR News: Petition: "Stop Stronger Futures and support Aboriginal self-determination in the NT"

Newsletter date: 26 February 2012
Last updated: 27 February 2012

Contents:
* NITV - Stronger Futures Forum shot on location in Maningrida - 28 Feb 2012
* Update of Our Generation Film Screening in Canberra - 27 Feb 2012
* Update of Canberra rally to Stop the Second Intervention - 28 Feb 2012
* Petition: "Stop Stronger Futures and support Aboriginal self-determination in the NT"
* Stand for Freedom - New Website and Campaign Video
* "Leaders call for a treaty" Torres News Online
* Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities
* More on Nyoongar Tent Embassy in Perth