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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 46 events from 7 April 2013

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Newsletter date: 7 April 2013

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Event: 7 April until 4 May 2013: Forrest, Canberra, ACT
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
Canberra Opening Sun 7 April 2013
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Curated By Judith Crispin
To be opened by special guest speaker:
Ms Penny Phillips, Manuwangku (Muckaty) Traditional Owner
Venue: Manning Clark House Gallery: http://manningclark.org.au/
Gallery Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
"Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is a
series of photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara

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Sydney events: John Pilger's documentary The Secret Country + Appin Massacre Memorial Ceremony

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back
"Amnesty NSW and the Demand Dignity Network
invite you to a free screening of John Pilger’s
seminal documentary, The Secret Country-
The First Australians Fight Back. Examining the
history of the persecution of Indigenous Australians,
this 1985 film explores issues that are still
pertinent to current dialogue surrounding

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Victoria events: Film Real Program presents Black Screen + Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 06/04/2013 - 4:00pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sat 6 April 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Help Solidarity Salon Stand Up for the Burrup!
"The Burrup Peninsula needs your support.
Located in the Pilbara region, it contains the
world’s largest and most important collection
of ancient petroglyphs, or rock carvings.
This collection, contains over a million images,
and is so detailed that individual species can be
identified. The oldest engravings were created
35,000 years ago and only a fraction has

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: CAEPR seminars: CDEP's sociology of work + Indigenous disability: Recent evidence

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 06/04/2013 - 2:43pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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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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I Do Have a Belief - Kevin Gilbert Art Retrospective

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

WGAR News: Homeless NT people 'having rent deducted': SBS Radionews Audio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 05/04/2013 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 6 April 2013

Contents:

* Amnesty Action: Stop universal rent deductions on Aboriginal homelands
* SBS Radionews Audio: Homeless NT people 'having rent deducted'

* Amnesty NSW free screening of John Pilger’s seminal documentary, 'The Secret Country' - Mon 8 April 2013
* johnpilger.com : The films and journalism of John Pilger: The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: From Secret Country to Forgotten Peoples

* Jon Altman, Tracker: From "Territory of Exception" to "Exceptional Territory"?

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universal rent deductions

The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back

seminal documentary

From Secret Country to Forgotten Peoples

Indigenous affairs portfolio

Indigenous people

Confirmation of Aboriginality

Amnesty Action - Stop universal rent deductions on Aboriginal homelands

Amnesty NSW free screening of John Pilger’s seminal documentary - The Secret Country - Mon 8 April 2013

Jon Altman - Tracker - From Territory of Exception to Exceptional Territory

The Wire - NT dumps Indigenous affairs portfolio

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous people abandoned by Labor

Nicola Butler - The Stringer - Butler calls for an end to the tyranny of our youth seeking Confirmation of Aboriginality

The films and journalism of John Pilger - The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back

WGAR News: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 2:49pm

Newsletter date: 5 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA
* The Wire Audio: Safety concerns over uranium mine
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)

* Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda: Welfare Or Gas Money In The Kimberley?
* The Stringer: Legal action commences on EPA's approval for James Price Point Gas hub
* Hands off Country: Shake Your Head in Disbelief
* Ingetje Tadros: Pelican corroboree - welcome to Seashepherd in Walmadan
* News re Floating offshore gas processing

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Perth

Western Australia

WGAR News: "Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 9:36am

Newsletter date: 4 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison
* Tracker: Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley
* NITV: Northern NSW clans create 'Murrawarri Republic'
* Sovereign Union: A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Gary Foley

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Indigenous health

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Housing consultations

Tracker - Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley

NITV - Northern NSW clans create Murrawarri Republic

Sovereign Union - A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands

3CR Community Radio - Earth Matters

3CR Community Radio - Radioactive Show

NITV News - Re-direct Indigenous health funding to community services

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous carers better for Indigenous children

SNAICC News - New resource on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Promising Practice Profiles

WGAR News: The Wire interview with Professor Jon Altman on Remote communities' land in NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 12:54pm

Newsletter date: 2 April 2013

Contents:

* The Wire Audio: Remote communities' land in NT could be open to privatization

* PS News: NT community living under microscope
* 'concerned Australians' Chart including comments on Land Reform
* FaHCSIA: Community Living Area Land Reform in the Northern Territory
* The Hon Jenny Macklin MP & Warren Snowdon MP: Discussion paper on community living area land reform
* Amanda Midlam, On Line Opinion: The current state of the Northern Territory intervention (31 Jan 12)

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

Marie Ellis

concerned Australians

PS News - NT community living under microscope

Remote communities' land

privatization

NT community

Land Reform

Community Living Area

community living area land reform

Greg Marks

Aboriginal Community Living Areas

NT Shelter

Community Living Areas

Social Justice Report 2012

Local government reform

disempowerment in the Northern Territory

Local Government Consultations

Regional Governance in the Northern Territory

concerned Australians Chart including comments on Land Reform

Greg Marks - Toeholds on Country - Aboriginal Community Living Areas in the Northern Territory - Mar Apr 12

Amanda Midlam - On Line Opinion - The current state of the Northern Territory intervention - 31 Jan 12

Greg Marks submission about Community living areas Land Reform - 2012

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Jon Altman about the re-shuffle of the new NT Parliament

WGAR News: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud: burn magazine

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/03/2013 - 1:23pm

Newsletter date: 31 March 2013

Contents:

* burn magazine: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
* Canberra opening of 'Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud': Sun 7 April 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* Helen Musa, Canberra CityNews: Exhibition honours true believer
* Canberra opening of 'I Do Have a Belief' - Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective: Sat 6 April 2013
* Sovereign Union: The Murrawarri Republic declaration
* NITV News: Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Muckaty nuclear waste dump

children in adult prisons

Ray Jackson

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Tiga Bayles

Let's Talk

Closing the Gap

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

Indigenous Social Justice Association

Traditional Languages

Canberra opening of Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud - Sun 7 April 2013

Helen Musa - Canberra CityNews - Exhibition honours true believer

Canberra opening of I Do Have a Belief - Kevin Gilbert - 1933-1993 - Art Retrospective - Sat 6 April 2013

Sovereign Union - The Murrawarri Republic declaration

NITV News - Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson - President - Indigenous Social Justice Association

Sydney Aboriginal rights events: Our Generation screening + Meaningful Movies: The Secret Country

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 2 April 2013: UTS, Sydney
Our Generation screening
organised by the UTS Amnesty group
Event details: [scroll down page to Upcoming Our Generation screenings] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
About the film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews

Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary