Perth | Indymedia Australia

Contents:
* Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill - 45th Anniversary Commemoration in Kalkarindji/Daguragu, NT
* Sydney Rally on Gurindji Freedom Day - Fri 26 Aug 2011
* Video of Richard Downs and Ngarla Kunoth-Monks at UN Indigenous Forum
* Interviews with Dorinda Hafner and Alistair Nicholson about the NT Intervention consultations
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 24 events from 6 August 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles

Geography:

Adelaide

Perth

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Sydney Rally on Gurindji Freedom Day - Fri 26 Aug 2011

Video of Richard Downs and Ngarla Kunoth-Monks at UN Indigenous Forum

Interviews with Dorinda Hafner and Alistair Nicholson about the NT Intervention consultations

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 24 events from 6 August 2011

Perth Tampa Day Protest Against Mandatory Detention and the Malaysian Solution

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 12:07pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 27/08/2011 -

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location:

Perth Immigration Detention Centre Baker Rd, Perth Domestic Airport

Website:

http://rran.org/tampa-day-protest-against-mandatory-detention-and-malaysian-solution

Over several days in August of 2001 the Tampa incident marked a turning point in how Australia engaged with the refugee issue. John Howard used the SAS to prevent the freighter Tampa from landing asylum seekers on Christmas Island that it had rescued at sea, rescued at Australia's request no less.

Geography:

Perth

RRAN benefit gig

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 12:03pm

Date and Time:

Thu, 01/09/2011 -

8:00pm to 11:00pm

Location:

Mojo's Bar 237 Queen Victoria Street North Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Website:

http://rran.org/

Refugee Rights Action Network presents:
Neil Murray
Rachel Taylor
+ special guests

Neil Murray was a founding member of the Warumpi Band, which brought indigenous music to a mainstream audience in the 1980s. The Warumpi Band performed songs such as My Island Home, Blackfella Whitefella, Fitzroy Crossing, Jailanguru Pakarnu, Stompin Ground, From the Bush and Waru. Since 1989, Neil Murray has pursued a solo career performing to audiences around the country in festivals, theatres and pubs.

Geography:

Perth

WGAR News: Aboriginal voices criticize NT intervention at consultations

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 9:47am

Newsletter date: 2 August 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal voices criticize NT intervention at consultations
* Interview with Dr. Lynn Arnold about the NT Intervention
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Forty organisations oppose income management in Bankstown
* Interview with Prof. Sir Michael Marmot about impacts on people's health
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 2 August 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Interview with Dr. Lynn Arnold about the NT Intervention

Forty organisations oppose income management in Bankstown

Interview with Prof. Sir Michael Marmot about impacts on people's health

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 2 August 2011

WGAR News: Gurindji tell consultations meeting: 'stop the Intervention immediately'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/07/2011 - 9:43am

Newsletter date: 30 July 2011

Contents:
* Gurindji tell consultations meeting: 'stop the Intervention immediately'
* Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Update on Kimberley gas hub protest
* Survey: 88% of NCAFP members want constitutional recognition
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Minister meets with Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust community
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

Background to the 2011 round of consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Update on Kimberley gas hub protest

Survey: 88% of NCAFP members want constitutional recognition

Minister meets with Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust community

Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 21 events from 30 July 2011

Australian solidarity protests for Bersih democracy movement in Malaysia

Submitted by Flowerpower on Sun, 10/07/2011 - 9:30am

While "thousands and thousands" marched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today (July 9th) for democracy (braving police roadblocks, hundreds of arrests, water cannon, teargas, etc), in Australia some 750 Malaysian rallied in Melbourne, 300 in Sydney, 200 in Perth, 150 in Adelaide, 40 in Canberra and 100 in Brisbane.

Geography:

Keywords:

international solidarity

Malaysia

Bersih

democracy movement

WGAR News: New round of Government consultations in the NT over the Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/07/2011 - 12:02pm

Newsletter date: 1 July 2011

Contents:
* New round of Government consultations in the NT over the Intervention
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 15 events
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

* NEW ROUND OF GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS IN THE NT OVER THE INTERVENTION:

- The Consultations

indigenous.gov.au: The consultations [includes timetable]
http://www.indigenous.gov.au/index.php/no-category/the-consultations/

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 15 events - from 1 July 2011

Alastair Nicholson AO

Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM

Malcolm Fraser - former Prime Minister of Australia

Archbishop Philip Freier - Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne andformer Bishop of the Northern Territory

Locking up Indonesian children in adult Australian jails: Mandatory detention claims more victims

Submitted by Flowerpower on Wed, 15/06/2011 - 11:10pm

Mandatory detention is claiming more victims than most Australians realise, it is not just the six and half thousand folk seeking Asylum, having fled war and devastation and the direst of circumstances and are now incarcerated in Australia's mandatory detention network - 24 concentration-like facilities on our soil - we are also incarcerating the poorest of folk and youth from Indonesia in our gaols.

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Promotion:

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Walk Away from Uranium Mining

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 15/06/2011 - 9:42am

Date and Time:

Thu, 18/08/2011 - 9:00am to Fri, 26/08/2011 - 8:00pm

Location:

Wiluna to Perth

Contact Name:

Kerrie-Ann

Contact Phone:

0401 909 332

Contact Email:

nffc@footprintsforpeace.org

Website:

http://www.nuclearfreefuture.com

STOP URANIUM MINING IN WA!
GET ON THE PERTH to WILUNA BUS THIS AUGUST

Here is your opportunity to participate in the beginning of the 10-week “Walk Away from Uranium Mining” that will be walking 1,250km’s from Wiluna to Perth.
Footprints for Peace are organising a bus that will depart from Perth to Wiluna on Thursday 18th August and return to Perth on Friday 26th August 2011.
...

Geography:

Perth

Western Australia