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WGAR News: "Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 25th April 2012" Sovereign Union

Newsletter date: 13 April 2012

Contents:
* Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 25 April 2012
* Greens back Aboriginal elder Kevin Buzzacott in legal challenge
* Muckaty Traditional Owners stall traffic on highway
* Statements from Moree Sovereign Embassy, NSW
* Statement from The Sovereign Embassy Brisbane, Qld
* Interview with Dennis Eggington on Nyoongar Tent Embassy, WA
* The Spec: Council plans to close Portland Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Vic
* 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Interim conclusions from a PhD researcher in Australian Deaths in Custody

Gerry Georgatos
As my PhD progresses in researching Australian Deaths in Custody - I have visited Immigration Detention Centres - visited adult prisons - interviewed former detainees of the Immigration detention centres network - interviewed former prisoners of adult custodial jurisdictions.

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Allegations of paedophilia hit country town - what to do

Gerry Georgatos
Last week the Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail reported that on Good Friday, Bridgetown was plastered with graffiti alleging one of the town's most prominent citizens is a paedophile.

'Warning to Parents' was painted in large letters and then alleged a noteworthy individual in a position of trust was a paedophile.

The Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail received calls from three individuals about the graffiti. One photo of the graffiti and the accusations, smack right across Coronation Street, was forwarded by a Bridgetown resident to the Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail.

'National Interest' by Aidan Fennessy

Date and Time: 
Sat, 05/05/2012 - 7:30pm to Sun, 20/05/2012 - 9:00pm
Location: 
State Theatre Centre of WA, 174 William Street, Perth WA
Contact Name: 
Kerry Miller
Contact Phone: 
0862129304
Contact Email: 
kerry@bsstc.com.au
Website: 
www.bsstc.com.au

Black Swan State Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company present
NATIONAL INTEREST by Aidan Fennessy
Tony Stewart was just 21 when he was killed in Balibo in October 1975. 32 years after Tony and his television news crew were murdered, the ghosts of the past are awakened again during the coronial inquest.

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Consensus Decision Making

Date and Time: 
Sat, 16/06/2012 -
9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 
445 Hay St, Perth
Contact Name: 
Katrina Bercov
Contact Phone: 
042-532-7454
Contact Email: 
katrina73@iinet.net.au
Website: 
www.activistcampaigntools.org

What if there was something even more democratic than voting?

What if “'winners'” and '“losers' weren’t inevitable in decisions?

Imagine an organisation driven by collaborative processes, resulting in better outcomes, positive solutions and team ownership of decisions.

Consensus is a powerful decision making tool, utilised by cultures and groups across the world, with applications for your organisation.

Consensus creates:
- Collaborative synergies
- An inclusive, empowering culture
- A loyal, engaged workforce / membership
- Decisions being owned, not undermined

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Law for Activists and Campaigners

Date and Time: 
Sun, 22/04/2012 -
12:15pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
445 Hay St, Perth
Contact Name: 
Katrina Bercov
Contact Phone: 
042-532-7454
Contact Email: 
katrina73@iinet.net.au
Website: 
www.activistcampaigntools.org

Want to change the world, but unsure about the legalities?

Join Solicitors Kate Davis & Cameron Poustie for an accessible community workshop about what to be aware of.

To book for "Law for Activists" please see www.activistcampaigntools.org.
· Do we have a Legal Right to protest?
· Defamation, Littering, Freedom of Information
· Criminal Law for Activists
· Environmental and Planning Law in WA
· Using the Law to protect the Environment

Featured guest speaker: pioneering activist / ex-Senator Jo Vallentine

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Wedge tactics by WA government to water down Aboriginal Heritage Act

Gerry Georgatos
The West Australian government will attempt to water down the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 to make it easier for government and big business to secure the "assessments they want" of Aboriginal historical and cultural sites.

Aboriginal Elders and advocates have spoken about their fears that the only intention of this move by the state government is to keep on building assimilationist policies, to railroad Aboriginal folk and in effect extinguish customary and historical rights to the benefit or miners, big business and state and local government projects.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 2 April 2012

Newsletter date: 2 April 2012

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 11 February 2012 to 26 May 2012: South Bank, Brisbane, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...

Event: Intermittent 1 March - 3 May 2012: Various Locations
House of Representatives Committees
Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities

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WGAR News: The Lizard's Revenge over uranium mine - Festival protest against Olympic Dam expansion

Newsletter date: 31 March 2012

Contents:
* The Lizard's Revenge over uranium mine
* Interviews re Federal Court challenge over Muckaty
* Brisbane Tent Embassy Interview
* Nyoongar Tent Embassy Interviews
* Deaths in Custody research Interview
* Other articles

* THE LIZARD'S REVENGE OVER URANIUM MINE:

- Upcoming Event

Event: Sat 14 to Fri 20 July 2012: Olympic Dam, SA
The Lizard's Revenge:
Olympic Dam expansion music/art/festival/protest
"Sleeping underneath the ground there is an old lizard,
Kalta the sleepy lizard. The lizard ain’t so sleepy anymore.

Protests from all quarters as Warrup grabs national attention

Gerry Georgatos
The Warrup forest blockade by Forest Rescue Australia (FRA) has broken a long standing record in Western Australia - the blockade is eleven weeks long. It is the longest anti-logging action in 14 years, said Simon Peterffy, FRA convenor.

"For us, we have to save the largest numbat colony in WA and which is under threat of extinction, we have to save the trees, we have to protect the environment - if someone doesn't stand up then they're gone and the damage is done," said Mr Peterffy.

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