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WGAR News: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Report: 'concerned Australians'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 12/10/2013 - 3:37pm

Newsletter date: 13 October 2013

Contents:

*'concerned Australians': Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Report [Stronger Futures]
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

*'concerned Australians': Community Living Areas
* Background to Aboriginal Community Living Area Land Reform in the Northern Territory (NT)

* ABC TV: The next Q&A panel [Including Jeff McMullen and Warren Mundine.]

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Lilla Watson & Aunty Mary Graham
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Michael Mansell

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

Tiga Bayles

Let's Talk

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles

Dr Djiniyini Gondarra

Yolngu people

Northeast Arnhem Land

WGAR News: Premiere of John Pilger's documentary film 'Utopia' held at London National Film Theatre

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 11/10/2013 - 6:17pm

Newsletter date: 11 October 2013

Contents:

* 'concerned Australians': John Pilger's film "UTOPIA"
* Café Whispers: Notes from London [Featuring John Pilger's documentary 'Utopia']
* Economic Voice: 'Utopia' by John Pilger released in UK on 15th November
* A new John Pilger film, Utopia, to be released in UK cinemas in November

* 'CONCERNED AUSTRALIANS': JOHN PILGER'S FILM "UTOPIA"

- Announcement

'concerned Australians': John Pilger's film "UTOPIA"
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

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concerned Australians

John Pilger's film UTOPIA

concerned Australians - John Pilger's film UTOPIA

Café Whispers - Notes from London - Featuring John Pilger's documentary Utopia

WGAR News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?: Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 09/10/2013 - 4:58pm

Newsletter date: 10 October 2013

Contents:

* Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: SWALSC & Noongar Tent Embassy face-off on land deal - October 15
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Ian McPhedran, The Courier-Mail: Historians say the Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts

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WGAR News: CAAMA interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children in care of the state in WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 08/10/2013 - 4:06pm

Newsletter date: 9 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia's Aboriginal suicide epidemic - Whose child will be the next to die?
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* CAAMA's Lorena Walker interviews Marianne Mackay about Aboriginal children who are in care of the state in WA
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT

* The Wire: A culturally safe health system for everyone [Featuring Dr Tammy Kimpton, President of AIDA]

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New South Wales

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Michael Anderson returns from UN Symposium and announced the next Sovereign Union meeting

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 3:20pm

Newsletter date: 8 October 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Michael Anderson returns from UN Symposium and announced the next Sovereign Union meeting
* Canberra Event: 23-24 November 2013: Next Sovereign Union meeting
* Musgrave Park, South Brisbane Event: 11-13 October 2013: 31st Anniversary Commonwealth Games Protests
* Canberra Event: 17-18 October 2013: First Nations Gathering - Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* James Rose, Crikey: Book Review: Forgotten War [By Henry Reynolds]

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 42 events from 7 October 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 9:53am

Newsletter date: 7 October 2013

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 ...

Event: 1 June to 7 October 2013: South Bank, Qld
My Country, I Still Call Australia Home:
Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
"This exhibition will be the Gallery's largest ever exhibition
of contemporary Indigenous Australian art. It will feature
works by Indigenous Australian artists from across the country."

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Canberra events: CAEPR Seminars + First Nations Gathering: Tent Embassy + Biami Performance

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 9:43am

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 9 October 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Recognition and emotional distancing at Indigenous Heritage Sites:
Findings of visitor interviews
Presented by: Laurajane Smith
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"The presentation will outline the various ways in which
other visitors disengage from Indigenous history and culture
to emotionally distance themselves and close down the

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Wes Morris slams government suicide prevention programs: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 04/10/2013 - 1:19pm

Newsletter date: 5 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Wes Morris slams government suicide prevention programs
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 77 Aboriginal suicides in South Australia alone
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Kimberley's Aboriginal peoples old at 45 years
* Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory - APO NT: Youth Suicide

* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: WES MORRIS SLAMS GOVERNMENT SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

- Analysis / Opinion

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WGAR News: Paddy Gibson speaks about the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 03/10/2013 - 7:41pm

Newsletter date: 4 October 2013

Contents:

* Paddy Gibson speaks at Building Bridges on the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"
* Eva Cox, The Conversation: Income management: more evidence-free policymaking?
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Coalition to punish vulnerable people through income management expansion
* Nick Evershed, The Guardian: Welfare quarantining: does it work?
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

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Northern Territory

WGAR News: Glen Klatovsky speaks at Aboriginal Support Group: What is happening in the Kimberley?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 02/10/2013 - 5:57pm

Newsletter date: 3 October 2013

Contents:

* Glen Klatovsky speaks at the Aboriginal Support Group answering the question: What is happening in the Kimberley?
* Glen Klatovsky speaks at Building Bridges about the Kimberley Gas Hub: For and Against
* Kimberley and James Price Point (JPP) News
* German Language: Rettet die Kimberley Kampagne - Artikel fuer Amnesty International Rundbrief 2013
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

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Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia