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WGAR News: "Progress report on Closing the Gap proves best results are through community groups"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 18/06/2013 - 11:27am

Newsletter date: 19 June 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO chair: Progress report on Closing the Gap proves best results are through community groups
* The Stringer: Austerity cuts hit Closing the Gap

* NACCHO News: NACCHO CEO appointed to new Aboriginal Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Advisory Group
* The Stringer: Suicide prevention phone app designed for Aboriginal people in the remote

* NACCHO health education news: NACCHO signs Landmark Aboriginal medical education agreement
* NACCHO media news: NACCHO CEO Lisa Briggs to host IndigenousX Excellence this week

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National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Aboriginal Mental Health

Aboriginal Suicide Prevention

Aboriginal medical education

CROAKEY

sex education

sexual health education

Michelle O'Rielly

Aboriginal dental health

Aboriginal health and wellbeing

Dialysis funding

WGAR News: Funding found for Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) police custody crisis phone line

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/06/2013 - 6:33pm

Newsletter date: 18 June 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): At the 11th hour, the CNS is funded
* The Stringer: Federal Government finally fronts up with funding for Custodial Notification Service
* Tracker: Essential lifeline secures funding for next two years
* NIRS: Funding finally found for legal advice phone line
* Background to Funding of the Custody Notification Service operated by the Aboriginal Legal Service

* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): Legal fraternity to meet Aboriginal elders [New Canberra office]

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Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal imprisonment

Custody Notification Service

CNS

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

CAAMA Video

Custodial Notification Service

Essential lifeline

NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment legislation

Corruption Commission

bashing of prisoners

Jan Mayman

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - At the 11th hour - the CNS is funded

The Stringer - Federal Government finally fronts up with funding for Custodial Notification Service

Tracker - Essential lifeline secures funding for next two years

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - Legal fraternity to meet Aboriginal elders - New Canberra office

CAAMA Video - Amendments to Territory's Alcohol Mandatory Treatment legislation

NITV News - NT vows to amend Mandatory Alcohol Treatment Bill

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Corruption Commission hears of bashing of prisoners

WGAR News: Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist, interviewed by Community Radio 3CR

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 2:26pm

Newsletter date: 15 June 2013

Contents:

* Community Radio 3CR interview with Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist from the goldfields region of inland WA
* Background to the Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining

* Nicole Watson, Tracker: Standing on the shoulders of giants [The Land Rights movement]
* Chris Munro, Tracker: Aboriginal Ink: A spoonful of land rights
* Roy Ah See, Tracker: Lest we forget who paved the way

* CAAMA Video: Native Title Conference
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Native Title reforms to make it easier for developers

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WGAR News: Pioneering myth of early white settlers branded a lie by historian Dr Timothy Bottoms

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/06/2013 - 3:05pm

Newsletter date: 14 June 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA: Frontier history revisited "A Queensland based historian has branded the pioneering myth of the early white settlers as a lie."
* Eleanor Gilbert, YouTube: Remembering the Frontier Wars - Anzac Day 2013, Canberra - Sovereign Embassy
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Myall Creek massacre remembered
* Ron Sutton, SBS Radionews: Myall Creek: A massacre and a reconciliation
* The Inverell Times: Myall Creek remembered
* Sovereign Union: The Rufus River Massacre - Lake Victoria South West NSW

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WGAR News: We have to stop the creation of another Stolen Generation: Paddy Gibson, The Guardian UK

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 12/06/2013 - 5:17pm

Newsletter date: 13 June 2013

Contents:

* Nicola Butler, The Stringer: National call to reduce high number of Aboriginal children removed
* Paddy Gibson, The Guardian UK: We have to stop the creation of another Stolen Generation
* The Wire: Are we on the brink of another Stolen Generation? [Interviews with Frank Hytten and Paddy Gibson]
* Melbourne event hosted by SNAICC: Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation! (14 June 13)
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

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Western Australia events: Limited places left on Lurujarri Heritage Trails 2013, Kimberley Region

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 5:39pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 6-14 & 17-25 July 6-14 & 17-25 August 2013:
North of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, WA
The Lurujarri Dreaming Trail
Walk the Trail with us in 2013
As of 11 June 13: "Limited places left on Lurujarri Heritage Trails 2013
6-14 July: fully booked
17-25 July: fully booked
6-14 August: still taking bookings
17-25 August: still taking bookings"
"Feel free to contact us if you would like to
get some more information or if you would like

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Western Australia

Keywords:

indigenous

aboriginal

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 57 events from 12 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 4:43pm

Newsletter date: 12 June 2013

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

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Event: Wed 12 June 2013: Melbourne CBD, Vic
Public meeting: Closing the Indigenous health gap in Victoria
Speakers:
* Mary Guthrie (Policy and Communications, The Lowitja Institute),
* Jane Freemantle (Centre for Health & Society ... )
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54247

Event: Wed 12 June 2013: Cambelltown, Sydney, NSW
Living Life My Way:

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Melbourne events: Closing the Indigenous health gap + Another Stolen Generation + Ghost Citizens

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 2:54pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 14 June 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation!
Stepping up for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Rights!

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Another stolen generation? + Windsongs & Waterlines + Wave Hill/Canberra Exchange

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 2:26pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 17 June 2013: Cook, Canberra, ACT
Another stolen generation?
Guest speaker Mary Ivec
"Join us for a discussion about current government policy
that removes Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory
into non-Aboriginal families, contrary to international law."
"Mary will speak about the Australian National University's
research regarding child protection and the successful
programs which keep children safely at home."
Hosted by the Amnesty Belconnen Group

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Queensland events: The Conspiracy of Silence + Ration Shed Tours + new ANTaR working groups

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/06/2013 - 12:40pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 11 June 2013: West End, Qld
The Conspiracy of Silence - Dr Timothy Bottoms
"Join ABC Radio National's Kate Evans for a
Big Ideas in-conversation with Dr Timothy Bottoms
discussing his new book The Conspiracy of Silence.
The Conspiracy of Silence is the first systematic
account of frontier violence in Queensland."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/228

Event: Ongoing: Cherbourg Aboriginal community, S-E Qld

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary