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WGAR News: Michael Mansell continues call for community-driven rehabilitation programs: CAAMA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 12/02/2013 - 6:23pm

Newsletter date: 13 February 2013

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* CAAMA: Michael Mansell continues call for community-driven rehabilitation programs
* Carrie Fowlie, The Canberra Times: Jail costly way to tackle scourge
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The Wire interviews Liz Johnstone & Michael Mansell on the Tarkine

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Greens call on NSW govt to get serious about culture and heritage

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Alf Lacey & Michael Woodley
* YAC: WMYAC documents confirm Michael Gallagher is FMG’s inside-man

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Aboriginal imprisonment

rehabilitation programs

WMYAC

indigenous employment

indigenous lifespans

apology

Carrie Fowlie - The Canberra Times - Jail costly way to tackle scourge

The Wire interviews Liz Johnstone and Michael Mansell on the Tarkine

Amy McQuire - Tracker - Greens call on NSW govt to get serious about culture and heritage

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Alf Lacey and Michael Woodley

YAC - WMYAC documents confirm Michael Gallagher is FMG’s inside-man

NIRS - Evidence for Indigenous child protection control undeniable

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Ted Wilkes

Professor Jon Altman - Crikey - Seeking truth from facts in indigenous employment data

Callum Denness - Crikey - Not closing the gap - indigenous lifespans remain too short

SBS Radionews Audio - The Stolen Generations apology - five years on

WGAR News: Let Aboriginal people manage their own affairs: Canberra & Brisbane Tent Embassies

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/02/2013 - 12:02pm

Newsletter date: 12 February 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Tent Embassies in Canberra and Brisbane: Let Aboriginal people manage their own affairs
* Jon Lamb, Socialist Alternative: "They cannot put out the fire of sovereignty"
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* ISJA: TJ Hickey: Nine Long Years...Time for Justice?
* Event: Rally 9th Anniversary of TJ Hickey's death - 14 Feb 13
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT government cuts services, reverses Aboriginal gains
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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Northern Territory Intervention

TJ Hickey

Aboriginal imprisonment

Stronger Futures

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Jon Lamb - Socialist Alternative - They cannot put out the fire of sovereignty

ISJA - TJ Hickey - Nine Long Years - Time for Justice

Event - Rally 9th Anniversary of TJ Hickey's death - 14 Feb 13

Emma Murphy - Green Left - NT government cuts services - reverses Aboriginal gains

ANTaR - Reporting progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Tasmanian Aboriginal rights events for your diary: National Close the Gap Day

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/02/2013 - 7:45am

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Event: Thu 21 or Fri 22 March 2013: Tasmania
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.
We need a long-term commitment with adequate
funding, and investment in real partnerships." Oxfam

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South Australia exhibitions: Manuwangku: Under the Nuclear Cloud (Muckaty) + Good Strong Powerful

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:24pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 13 February 2013: various locations in Australia
National Apology Day
"Commemmoration of the day ex-Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd moved a Motion of Apology to the
Indigenous Peoples in the House of Representatives,
apologising for past laws, policies and practices that
devastated the Indigenous Peoples
(particularly those of the Stolen Generation)."
"The NSDC holds annual celebratory events on the
Anniversary of the Apology (13 February each year)

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra: Constitutional Recognition Forum + Intern'l Day for Elimination of Racial Discrim'n Panel

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:21pm

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."
Includes Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective: http://www.canberra100.com.au/calendar/view/751/i-do-have-a-belief---kev...

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Queensland events: In Conversation with Mary Graham + Clancestry Festival + Deepen the Conversation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:16pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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NT events: Kanyini Film screening + National Close the Gap Day + National Native Title Conference

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:12pm

Northern Territory Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Sydney events: 9th Anniv of TJ Hickey's death + Kimberley Festival + Shane Phillips: Tribal Warrior

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:08pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 February - 10 March 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Production by emerging Koori playwright
Nakkiah Lui, called "This Heaven"
Director Lee Lewis
"'This Heaven' is the story about the
death in custody of a father and his
family's reaction on the night they're
told the police have been acquitted
of his murder."
Event details: http://belvoir.com.au/productions/this-heaven/

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Victoria events: 5th anniv of the apology + Jacky Green: Flow of Voices + 'Lurujarri Dreaming' doco

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/02/2013 - 8:03pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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WGAR News: Call for royal commission into native title: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 09/02/2013 - 3:26pm

Newsletter date: 10 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Call for Royal Commission into Native Title
* Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation: FMG's Native Title "Racism" Unravels
* Background to Mabo and Native Title
* Background to the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC)

* SBS Radionews Audio: Listing of Tarkine Indigenous sites welcomed

* Chris Graham At Large: Grog is a killer, but it’s far less dangerous than politics

* ABC: Gas hub future unclear after native title dispute

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