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Sydney events: Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony + Freedom Rides and Anti-Racist activism

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 13/04/2013 - 2:34pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sun 14 April 2013: Appin, Sydney, NSW
Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony
"All are welcome to this annual memorial for the
Dharawal people who perished in the massacre of 1816."
Hosted by:
* the Winga Myamly Reconciliation Group and
Supported by:
* Campbelltown City Council,
* Wollondilly Shire Council,
* Camden Council,
* Sydney Catchment Authority,
* W.I.L.M.A,
* the NSW Reconciliation Council and
* the Aboriginal Communities of the Macarthur Region.

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 43 events from 14 April 2013

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Newsletter date: 14 April 2013

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Event: Thu 28 March to Sun 14 April 2013: Belconnen, Canberra, ACT
I Do Have a Belief:
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre
Producer: Gilbert Family
"I Do Have a Belief is an exhibition and events
celebrating the life of Kevin Gilbert and his contribution
to the local community, advancing human and political
rights and Aboriginal sovereignty at a national and
international level."
"The showcasing of his creative work includes

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WGAR News: Woodside pulls out of Kimberley gas hub: The Wilderness Society

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 13/04/2013 - 9:32am

Newsletter date: 13 April 2013

Contents:

* Woodside - ASX Announcement: Woodside to Review Alternative Browse Development Concepts
* The Wilderness Society: Woodside pulls out of Kimberley gas hub
* The Stringer: Woodside dumps gas hub
* The Wire Audio: Woodside dumps James Price Point gas hub
* Greens Senators Rachel Siewert and Scott Ludlam: Thank you! James Price Point
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens welcome decision to abandon James Price Point
* Robin Chapple, WA Greens MLC: Kimberley still at risk as Woodside halts JPP
* Hands off Country: Do I dare believe?

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Western Australia

Background to Aboriginal Community Living Area Land Reform in the Northern Territory (NT)

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Last updated: 13 October 2013

Contents:
* Regulatory changes have been made to Community Living Areas in the NT
* Outcomes Paper
* Submissions on the Discussion Paper
* WGAR Compilations

* REGULATORY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO COMMUNITY LIVING AREAS IN THE NT

- News

'concerned Australians': Community Living Areas
[scroll down page] http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

concerned Australians

Land Reform

community living area land reform

Greg Marks

NT Shelter

Community Living Areas

CLAs

Michele Harris

CLA

WGAR News: Community Living Area Land Reform in the NT: 'concerned Australians'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 11/04/2013 - 6:20pm

Newsletter date: 12 April 2013

Contents:

* 'concerned Australians': Community Living Areas (CLAs) - April 2013
* 'concerned Australians': Community Living Area Land Reform in the NT - April 2013 [Submission]
* Greg Marks: Community Living Area Land Reform in the Northern Territory - 7 April 2013 [Submission]
* 'concerned Australians': Submission to the Senate Committee on the Land Reform Section of the Stronger Futures Legislation - January 2012

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Australia

Northern Territory

WGAR News: Mornington (Victoria) Book Launch: 'A Decision to Discriminate'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/04/2013 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 11 April 2013

Contents:

* Mornington (Victoria) Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - 12 April 2013
* Megan Graham, Crosslight: Stronger Futures or just stronger measures?
* Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre: Compulsory Income Management Unfairly Targets Young People
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Pre-Election Interview: Nigel Scullion, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs

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Northern Territory Intervention

Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre

Mornington Victoria Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - 12 April 2013

Megan Graham - Crosslight - Stronger Futures or just stronger measures

Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre - Compulsory Income Management Unfairly Targets Young People

Amy McQuire - Tracker - Pre-Election Interview - Nigel Scullion - Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire - Editor of Tracker Magazine

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - The Stringer's interview with Tony Abbott - his must-do list for Aboriginal Australia

NIRS - WA Government in denial over Stolen Generations - Commentator

WGAR News: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/04/2013 - 9:39am

Newsletter date: 10 April 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system
* CAAMA Radio: Priscilla Collins, NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth
* SBS Living Black Audio: WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous detention centres 'at crisis point'
* The Stringer: "Paraded like zoo animals"
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system

CAAMA Radio - Priscilla Collins - NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth

SBS Living Black Audio - WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous detention centres at crisis point

SBS Living Black Audio - Looking at the health system and cancer

Suresh Rajan - The Stringer - Is Australia a Racist country

Tracker - Racist taunts an ongoing problem - inquiry

SNAICC News - The Australian Community Sector Survey due 19 April 2013

The Wire Audio - Experts cautiously welcome support for Aboriginal languages in NSW

WGAR News: Legal action threatened by Indigenous groups against the CSG industry: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 1:29pm

Newsletter date: 9 April 2013

Contents:

* The Wire Interview: Legal action threatened by Indigenous groups against the CSG industry
* Tracker: Gas firms accused of sacred site damage
* Tracker: Sacred sites 'destroyed by Qld gas plants'

* Herald Sun: NT land owners tour Spanish nuclear dump
* Tennant & District Times: Muckaty mob on tour
* Media Release: Nuclear waste in the spotlight, Muckaty in the frame: Red dirt exhibition raises red flag in Canberra
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

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Freedom Flotilla: Lake Eyre to West Papua Press Release 09.04.2013

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 12:02pm

Uncle Kevin (Kev) Buzzacott, a Peacemaker from Arabunna Nation at Lake Eyre in South Australia and Jacob Rumbiak (exiled Foreign Affairs Minister from the Federated Republic of Occupied West Papua) have announced a new action of creative resistance against the apartheid of colonisation and destruction caused by multinational mining companies on Indigenous land in Australia and West Papua.

The Lake Eyre to West Papua Freedom Flotilla is a journey that hopes to reunite the history and peoples of a land that was once geographically and culturally connected.

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International news and opinion

WGAR News: Money for Aboriginal disadvantage being chewed up by white bureaucrats!: CAAMA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 08/04/2013 - 9:49am

Newsletter date: 8 April 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA: Money for Aboriginal disadvantage being chewed up by white bureaucrats!
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT minister blames welfare dependence for violence

* NITV News: Indigenous children to learn native language
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous languages to be taught in NSW schools
* SBS Radionews Audio: Support for NSW school Indigenous language plan
* Darug Tribal Aboriginal Corporation - Language
* Greg Dickson, Fully (sic), Crikey: Creative Australia lends extra support to Indigenous languages, but is it enough?

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Northern Territory Intervention

Aboriginal languages

income management