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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 48 events from 2 June 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 4:50pm

Newsletter date: 2 June 2013

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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...
* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "
Reconciliation Australia

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WGAR News: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities: Australian Human Rights Commission

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 31/05/2013 - 2:48pm

Newsletter date: 1 June 2013

Contents:

* AHRC: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities
* NITV News: National strategy targeting Indigenous suicide announced
* CAAMA interviews Professor Pat Dudgeon about the strategy to tackle suicide and self harm
* Pro Bono News: National Strategy on Indigenous Suicide
* SBS Radionews: National strategy to reduce Indigenous suicide
* SBS Radionews: Applause for Indigenous suicide prevention plan
* Australian: Kimberley indigenous suicide prevention plan set to expand

Geography:

New South Wales

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 30/05/2013 - 1:04pm

Newsletter date: 31 May 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer [Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill]
* CAAMA: NT proposed Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill
* ABC The World Today: Aboriginal justice, welfare groups call for rethink on NT plan to force alcoholics into rehab
* Dan Harrison, Canberra Times: NT plan to lock up drunks 'targets aborigines'
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens express serious concerns over NT mandatory rehabilitation
* ABC: ACOSS attacks mandatory alcohol rehabilitation

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 6:04pm

Newsletter date: 30 May 2013

Contents:

* Australian Institute of Criminology: Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates
* Inga Ting, SMH: Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people
* Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle, ABC The Drum Opinion: Indigenous prison rates are a national shame
* SBS World News: 'No lessons learned' on Aboriginal deaths
* Cairns Post: Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise
* Bundaberg News Mail: Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

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Aboriginal deaths in custody

Australian Institute of Criminology

Aboriginal imprisonment

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle

ABC The Drum Opinion

Indigenous prison rates

Aboriginal incarceration rates

human rights report

Indigenous detention rates

Australian Institute of Criminology - Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011

Inga Ting - SMH - Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle - ABC The Drum Opinion - Indigenous prison rates are a national shame

Cairns Post - Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise

Bundaberg News Mail - Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

SBS Radionews - Australia under fire in human rights report

Tracker - Australia failing on human rights - Amnesty

WGAR News: Oxfam report mocks Native Title: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 9:36am

Newsletter date: 29 May 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Oxfam report mocks Native Title
* Oxfam Australia: Mining
* Oxfam Australia and CAER: The right to decide: company commitments and community consent
* SBS Radionews: Mining benefits 'not getting to Indigenous people'
* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters [Refusal to honour native title & Indigenous land use agreements]
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* SBS Radionews: Indigenous focus on land and sea management

* ABC: Waste dump opponents 'not going to back down'

Geography:

Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 1:32pm

Special Sorry Day Edition
http://www.nsdc.org.au
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

Newsletter date: Sorry Day - 26 May 2013

Contents:

* Petition: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews renowned journalist Jeff McMullen about child removals and the importance of families

Geography:

Northern Territory

South Australia events: Bindjareb Pinjarra Performance + Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/05/2013 - 5:10pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Ed. Note: 'WGAR News' publishes events from a wide range of sources.
The events included are not necessarily endorsed by WGAR.

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Event: 25 & 26 May 2013: North Adelaide, SA
Performance: Bindjareb Pinjarra
Performed by: The Pinjarra Project
Dunstan Playhouse
"Dealing with Western Australia's 1834 Pinjarra Massacre,
and its contemporary reverberations, this unique play has
found enthusiastic support from elders, educators and
young audiences."

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Western Australia events: Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week + Making Waves for the Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/05/2013 - 4:24pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia including WA
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity
to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more
than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Victoria events: Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week + A Decision to Discriminate + Passport ceremony

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/05/2013 - 1:59pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia including Victoria
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity
to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more
than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Sorry Day + Reconciliation Week + Indigenous health + Critical incidents & Trauma

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/05/2013 - 11:02am

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT
Centenary of Canberra celebrates First Australians
"As we celebrate Canberra's 100th birthday in 2013,
we recognise Aboriginal people's continuing connection
to this place, a connection that spans some 20,000 years."
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20210

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary