Perth

WA events: NAIDOC Week + Land-based whale survey + 'I'm not going anywhere' Exhibition

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including WA
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Yolngu people whose Bark Petitions set into motion a
long process of legislative and constitutional reforms
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth

What future does this little boy have? 5 hours ago the first car bomb was detonated in Samawa

I woke this morning to a message and photo from Samawa, Iraq, hometown of my good friend Riyadh Al-Hakimi. Riyadh came to Australia in 1993 as a child refugee with his family fleeing the prospect of persecution. We met at university, I was the general manager of a Student Guild and coordinator of Students Without Borders and Riyadh was an international relations student, now graduated.

“What do these blacks want? An education? Send them back to the bush where they belong."

Courtesy of The Stringer, “What do these blacks want? An education? Send them back to the bush where they belong.” - http://thestringer.com.au/what-do-these-blacks-want-an-education-send-th... - by Gerry Georgatos - June 30th, 2013 - Today, Yothu Yindi’s great songwriter, musician, educator and social justice campaigner is at rest. Mr Yunupingu rocked the boat on racist stereotypes as he called for equality, and through Treaty.

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Australian embassy attacked in Berlin

On the evening of the 29th of June we took it upon ourselves to beautify a large eyesore called the Australian Embassy in Mitte, Berlin. This small gesture was taken in solidarity with comrades across the world, in the colonised region known as Sydney.

We painted

VIVA OCCUPY SYDNEY

DEATH TO SYDNEY COUNCIL

The Stringer weekly newsletter - June 29

NEWS update: The Stringer went live February 20. Four months young The Stringer has been reaching a growing readership, nationally and internationally. In the three months since March 1, The Stringer on average has had 12,340 new visitors each month with May recording 15,072 new visitors.

The downfall of Prime Minister Julia Gillard began with broken promises on the Intervention and the lies about the Lobby restaurant incident

- The following article has been republished on a number of sites in various formats, originally from various versions on The Stringer and in The National Indigenous Times. - Gerry Georgatos' investigations reveal the beginning of the end for Julia Gillard as Australia’s Prime Minister started with the revelations of the involvement of the Office of the Prime Minister to use the 40th anniversary Aboriginal Tent Embassy celebrations to wedge Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott. Gerry broke the story nationally that parliamentary staffer, Tony Hodges did not act alone.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 61 events from 28 June 2013

Newsletter date: 28 June 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: 27 June - 1 August 2013: Eveleigh, Sydney, NSW
Koori Radio 93.7FM and Carriageworks present:
LIVE AND DEADLY
20 years of the Gadigal Information Service
"For 20 years Gadigal Information Service
(incorporating Koori Radio 93.7FM) has been
broadcasting the news and views of Aboriginal
Australia from its home in Redfern. From Keating’s

WA events: Nyoongar Language Program + National NAIDOC Week + 'I'm not going anywhere' Exhibition

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 1-3 July 2013: City of Canning, WA
Nyoongar Language Program
"A special history lesson centred around the
Nyoongar language exploring its currrent
useage in relation to popular cultur."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.naidoc.org.au/naidoc-events/calendar/?state=WA&check=Check#4056

Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including WA
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:

"This system has made it much harder for us to share and care for each other" - After 6 years of NT intervention

By Barbara Shaw - Six years ago my family watched the TV in my living room as John Howard announced he would be sending in the military and taking control of our communities.

I have never been more frightened in my life. I locked the gate of my town camp and kept the kids inside for two weeks for fear of them being taken. I worried constantly about my family out bush who didn't understand what was coming.

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