Homelands and Homelessness
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
6:30pm - 9:00 pm
NSW Parliament House
Theatrette and Jubilee Room,
6 Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Contact: amnesty.centralcoast@gmail.com
Hosted by: Amnesty International Australia Central Coast
For the flyer: http://www.respectandlisten.org/uploads/downloads/NT_Intervention/Our-Ge...
A host of high profile speakers will flock to NSW Parliament House for Amnesty International's Homelands and Homelessness night.
The night will feature a screening of the film, 'Our Generation', followed by a panel discussion.
The panel will address concerns about the 105,000 homeless people currently struggling to survive in Australia. It will also discuss the human rights problems experienced by indigenous persons living in remote Homelands.
Speakers will include:
Sarah Marland;
John Dowd AO (Chancellor of Southern Cross University and former NSW Attorney General)
http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/29438/
Background Info
Amnesty International - Don’t abandon Aboriginal homelands - http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/dontabandonhomelands/
Amnesty International - About our campaign for Indigenous Peoples Rights - 25 June 2012 -
http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/24406/
Amnesty International School Action Pack - October 2011 -
http://salvos.org.au/scribe/sites/children/files/SAGALA/Missionary%20Pro...
Ears2theground - Don’t Destroy Homelands, Says Amnesty -
http://ears2theground.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/homelands-need-support-sa...
Homeless Persons Protocol - http://www.housing.nsw.gov.au/Help+with+Housing/Homelessness/Homeless+Pe...
Housing NSW - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander - http://www.housing.nsw.gov.au/Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander/
The Australian - $27 a week for a bed by the chook house - 20 August 2012 -
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/a-week-for-a...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Strategic Indigenous housing and infrastructure program (now incorporated under the National partnership agreement on remote Indigenous housing) -
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=554
NT Government, Department of Housing - National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing -
http://www.housing.nt.gov.au/remotehousing/strategic_indigenous_housing_...
For Amnesty International's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Forum of 17 Oct 12 and video clips of Paul Pholeros, Healthhabitat: http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/housing.html
Yolŋuw Makarr Dhuni (Yolŋu Nations Assembly) Statement from the second Yolngu Nations Assembly meeting, Maningrida, October 11th – 13th, 2012: http://concernedaustralians.com.au/media/Yolngu_Nations_Assembly_Stateme...
The Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services Report - June 2011 to August 2012:
http://www.rdia.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/144886/NTCGRS_full... (pdf)
http://www.rdia.nt.gov.au/indigenous_advancement/coordinator-general/pro...