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WGAR News: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and John Pilger speak at the Australian premiere of 'Utopia' in Redfern

Newsletter date: 22 January 2014

Contents:

* Respect and Listen compilation: Australian Premiere of Utopia: Redfern Sydney Screening [Fri 17 January 2014]
* Respect and Listen, Vimeo: Utopia screening in Redfern - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
* Respect and Listen, Vimeo: Utopia screening in Redfern - John Pilger
* JohnPilger.com : Record 4,000 audience attend open-air premiere of Utopia in Australia [In The Block in Redfern]
* The Guardian: Q&A with Amelia Kunoth-Monks: on the devastation brought upon First Nations by government policies

WGAR News: Change.org petition for 'Treaty' & 'In the Absence of Treaty' book-launches by 'cA'

Newsletter date: 21 January 2014

Contents:

* TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and share

* 'concerned Australians' Sydney Book launch - Tue 28 January 2014: 'In the Absence of Treaty' [Launched by Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Jeff McMullen]
* 'concerned Australians' Canberra Book launch - Thu 6 February 2014: 'In the Absence of Treaty' [Speakers: Graeme Mundine & John Falzon]
* 'concerned Australians' Melbourne Book launch: 'In the Absence of Treaty' Unfortunately this event is already booked out
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

TREATY - Change.org petition for Treaty - please sign and share

Petitioning the Australian Government, To the Prime Minister, To the Attorney-General
TREATY

Go the change.org petition site to read and sign the petition - here: http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/to-the-australian-government-to-th...

TREATY is the justice - when TREATY is here, "that'd be the justice" said a Central Desert Elder to me.

When we settle for less, in general we are left with 'the less', period.

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WGAR News: Congress to hold urgent meetings with members and supporters [around Australia]: SNAICC

Newsletter date: 20 January 2014

Contents:

* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples - A National Voice
* Congress: Message from Co-Chairs Les Malezer and Kirstie Parker
* SNAICC News: Defunding of NATSILS and Congress raises major concerns
* SNAICC News: Congress to hold urgent meetings with members and supporters
* Congress Events: Unite & Support Strong Black Voices
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Audit chief: No guarantee Indigenous spending will be immune from cuts
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

WGAR News: NT juvenile detention - 98 % are Aboriginal youth: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Newsletter date: 19 January 2014

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 30 suicides in the last three months as we wait for promises to be kept
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA): Tenth anniversary of TJ Hickey death [14 February 2014]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: NT juvenile detention - 98 % are Aboriginal youth
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 10,000 move on notices
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Mother's prison funeral leave denied - to farewell 13-year-old son

WGAR News: Anderson: Cuts to Aboriginal Legal Aid budget deny natural justice and rights of appeal: SU

Newsletter date: 18 January 2014

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Anderson: Cuts to Aboriginal Legal Aid budget deny natural justice and rights of appeal
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Marc Tong, SBS Living Black Radio: Fighting to Stay Afloat [Featuring Chairperson of NATSILS, Kalkadoon Wonkamudla man Shane Duffy]
* WGAR News: NATSILS Factsheet: funding cuts to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (22 December 2013)
* Tracker: Wyatt takes aim at Mundine's legal cut stance

WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day Events: Sun 26 January 2014

Newsletter date: 16 January 2014

Last updated: 16 January 2014

Contents:

* Background to Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day
* Adelaide events
* Alice Springs event
* Brisbane and Queensland events
* Melbourne and Victoria events
* Perth events
* Sydney and NSW events

* BACKGROUND TO SOVEREIGNTY DAY, INVASION DAY AND SURVIVAL DAY

Event: Sun 26 January 2014: various locations in Australia
Sovereignty Day / Invasion Day / Survival Day / Day of Mourning
"'Australia Day', also known as Survival Day,
Invasion Day and Sovereignty Day:

NSW Events: Responding to Country + 'Utopia' film + Black Diggers + The Shadow King + Yabun Festival

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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

New Event: 8 January to 2 February 2014: Grafton, NSW
Responding to Country - Yaegl - Bundjalung - Gumbaingirr
"New works by Regional Aboriginal artists from the Yaegl,
Bundjalung, and Gumbaingirr nations exploring the
delicate associations between country, memory and place."

Canberra events: I’ve Been Working On The Railway + Book launch: In the Absence of Treaty

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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

New Event: 23 November 2013 to 18 May 2014: Parkes, Canberra, ACT
I’ve Been Working On The Railway
National Archives of Australia
Curated and toured by: The Workshops Rail Museum
"Through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, there were large scale
developments of rail infrastructure across Australia.
In the hot and dusty environments of the inland north,

Geography: