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WGAR News: "20,000 turn out to save the Kimberley" "A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 26/02/2013 - 4:46pm

Newsletter date: 27 February 2013

Contents:

* Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: 20,000 turn out to save the Kimberley
* The Wilderness Society: Concert for the Kimberley - A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
* The West Australian: Stars fire up gas hub protest
* ABC: Greens demand gas hub management plan details
* Hands off Country: Tony Burke is called upon to call a Public Inquiry
* The Stringer: Fifteen thousand call on Burke to stop the destruction of Aboriginal burial grounds at James Price Point
* ABC Radio National: Red Dirt Dreaming Part One - The Kimberley

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Alex Bainbridge - Green Left - 20000 turn out to save the Kimberley

Hands off Country Video - Stars fire up gas hub protest - The West Australian

ABC - Greens demand gas hub management plan details

Hands off Country - Tony Burke is called upon to call a Public Inquiry

The Stringer - Fifteen thousand call on Burke to stop the destruction of Aboriginal burial grounds at James Price Point

ABC Radio National - Red Dirt Dreaming Part One - The Kimberley

WGAR News: Australia's horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 25/02/2013 - 5:01pm

Newsletter date: 26 February 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: International Prisoners Justice Day highlights Australia's horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Dr Alice Clark, The Stringer: Housing and homelessness issues for Aboriginal and Islander Peoples living in South Australia

* The Stringer: One of Australia's worst massacres - 150 Yaburara men, women and children slaughtered

* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: "Captain's pick" Nova Peris will make NT Labor's problems worse

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WGAR News: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton's Boyer Lectures: arena

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 24/02/2013 - 6:39pm

Newsletter date: 25 February 2013

Contents:

* arena: Opportunity Lost by Boris Frankel - Marcia Langton’s Boyer Lectures
* Andrew Crook, Crikey: Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers
* ABC Radio National: 2012 Boyer Lectures

* NIT: Native Title win
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

* The Wire: Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education
* The Wire: Taking books out bush

* ARENA: OPPORTUNITY LOST BY BORIS FRANKEL: MARCIA LANGTON'S BOYER LECTURES

- Analysis / Opinion

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Andrew Crook - Crikey - Marcia Langton defends non-disclosure on mining cash before Boyers

ABC Radio National - 2012 Boyer Lectures

NIT - Native Title win

The Wire - Little steps towards closing the gap in tertiary education

The Wire - Taking books out bush

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 40 events from 24 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 5:25pm

Newsletter date: 24 February 2013

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Event: Sun 24 February 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Concert for the Kimberley:
A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
The Wilderness Society WA
"Join us in Fremantle on Sunday 24 February 2013
for a free, open-air concert featuring the
John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Ball Park Music,
special guest Dr Bob Brown, and others."
"This concert and rally is a call to arms for
all West Australians to stand up and protect
one of our finest national treasures,

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Sydney events: Festival for the Kimberley + Play: This Heaven + Shane Phillips: Tribal Warrior

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 4:34pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 8 March 2013: Sydney CBD, NSW
The Wilderness Society Sydney:
Festival for the Kimberley
"STOP PRESS:
Due to a severe weather warning,
Festival for the Kimberley has been
postponed until Friday 8 March, 2013."
"Calling all Sydneysiders: This is your chance
join us for a fun-filled day to bring the stunning
beauty of the Kimberley region to Sydney,
and to stand in solidarity with the people of
Broome against industrialisation as a result of the

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Inter'l Day for Elimination of Racial Discrim'n Panel + National Close the Gap Day

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 4:06pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 20 March 2013: Parliament House, Canberra
International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination Panel
"21 March is the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination. To commemorate this day the
Australian Human Rights Commission, in partnership
with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
and the UN Information Centre for Australia,
New Zealand and the South Pacific, will hold a
high-level event at Parliament House in support

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

South Australia events: National Close the Gap Day + Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud (Muckaty)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 3:46pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 21 or Fri 22 March 2013: South Australia
National Close the Gap Day
"A day for Australians to join together and remind
political leaders to close the life expectancy gap
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
within a generation." ATSI Support
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
still die 10-17 years younger than other Australians.
Closing this health gap cannot be done overnight.

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Brisbane & Queensland events: Clancestry Festival + Deepen the Conversation Talk + Ration Shed Tour

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 3:16pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 26 February to 3 March 2013:
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane, Qld
Clancestry
"Clancestry is a festival celebrating the arts and
cultural practices of the world's First Nation's
Peoples. The festival draws on rich spiritual
culture and provides a space to connect with
other clan groups across the country and the
globe. In presenting performances, workshops,
free events and conversations the festival
moves beyond transactional contact into

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Melbourne & Vic events: Jacky Green: Flow of Voices Exhibition + ISJA Meeting + Reflect Exhibition

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/02/2013 - 2:55pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 14 - 24 February 2013: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
Jacky Green: Flow of Voices - Exhibition
Paintings from the Gulf of Carpentaria
With photographs and videos by Jessie Boylan
Opening: Thu 14th February 2013
Opened by Jacky Green, Prof. Jon Altman and Dr Sean Kerins
Centre For Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
"I want the government and mining companies to
know that we are still here. We aren’t going anywhere.

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: The Wire: Newstart bad news for the income-managed [interview with Barbara Shaw]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/02/2013 - 5:12pm

Newsletter date: 23 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Newstart bad news for the income-managed [Annie Hastwell interviews Barbara Shaw]
* 'concerned Australians': Murray Bridge launch of 'A Decision to Discriminate'
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Dr Norman Sheehan, a consultant with Link-Up

* Other articles

* THE WIRE: NEWSTART BAD NEWS FOR THE INCOME-MANAGED [ANNIE HASTWELL INTERVIEWS BARBARA SHAW]:

- Audio Interview

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