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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 33 events from 29 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 29 January 2013

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Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal

Sydney events: Invasion Day Screening + Rally 9th Anniv of TJ Hickey's death + Kimberley Festival

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 1:13pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: 29 January 2013: Petersham, Sydney, NSW
Invasion Day Special Screening and Fundraiser
The Inner West Film Forum
"In the wake of Invasion Day 2013
we present two important screenings …
* The Invasion Continues… Video from the NT Intervention.
Presented by Paddy Gibson
* One People Sing Freedom (1988)"
"Assisting STICS to continue its fight against the
Northern Territory Intervention"
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney)

Geography: 
New South Wales
Sydney
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Centenary of Canberra celebrates First Aust'ns + Kevin Gilbert Art Retrospective

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 28/01/2013 - 12:46pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 13 February 2013: Barton, Canberra, ACT
Constitutional Recognition Forum
Tanya Hosch and Jason Glanville
National Press Club of Australia Forum
"A big moment in history beckons.
To vote at a referendum so the first Australians,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
are recognised in our Constitution."
Event details: http://www.npc.org.au/speakers/tanya-hosch-and-jason-glanville.html

Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Protest over land council mining plans: Mel Barnes, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/01/2013 - 2:16pm

Newsletter date: 28 January 2013

Contents:

* Mel Barnes, Green Left: Protest over land council mining plans

* Brisbane Times: Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
* SMH: Sodden but not sunk: How Queenslanders marked Australia Day
* Sovereign Union: Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* Background to Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld

* SBS Radionews Audio: Reviewing the MDGs: Pt 2 [Millennium Development Goals]

Geography: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Invasion Day
Aboriginal sovereignty
Australia Day
Kimberley
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
Woodside
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
South Brisbane
north of Broome
NSW ALC Protest
Indigenous rally
Operation Kimberley Miinimbi
Broome Community No Gas
Aboriginal freedom fighters
Brisbane Times - Indigenous rally on Australia Day in Qld
SMH - Sodden but not sunk - How Queenslanders marked Australia Day
Sovereign Union - Invasion Day March Brisbane 2013
SBS Radionews Audio - Reviewing the MDGs - Pt 2 - Millennium Development Goals
Operation Kimberley Miinimbi Update - No place sacred as Woodside prepares to destroy burial sites and ancient culture for gas in the Kimberley
Broome Community
Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Why is the Broome Community opposed to the development
Green Left - Aboriginal freedom fighters commemorated

WGAR News: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island: The West Australian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/01/2013 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 27 January 2013

Contents:

* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic

* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal sovereignty
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
Kumentjaye Briscoe
Aboriginal Heritage Sites
north of Broome
Tracker - Mature Australia needs new flag - academic
SBS Living Black - Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
ABC - Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
SBS Living Black - No Criminal Charges Against Police

WGAR News: "Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 25/01/2013 - 2:47pm

Newsletter date: 26 January 2013

Contents:

* NIRS: Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history
* NIRS: Australia Day a "race-based" celebration
* Joseph Toscano, Anarchist World - 3CR Audio: Inappropriate 'Australia Day', Invasion Day
* Peter Gebhardt, The Age: A national day of shame
* NIRS: Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest
* WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day Events: Sat 26 January 2013

* Tracker: Win for tent embassy activists

Geography: 
Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
aboriginal
Invasion Day
Survival Day
Australia Day
Royal Commission
tent embassy
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
Saturday 26 January 2013
Aboriginal Sovereignty Day
South Brisbane
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
child sexual abuse
Lowitja Institute
child protection system
NIRS - Day of Mourning protest - The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history
NIRS - Australia Day a race-based celebration
Joseph Toscano - Anarchist World - 3CR Audio - Inappropriate Australia Day - Invasion Day
Peter Gebhardt - The Age - A national day of shame
NIRS - Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest
Tracker - Win for tent embassy activists
NIRS - Court lifts bail conditions for Brisbane Embassy three
NIRS - Embassy member disappointed not to be allowed to light sacred fire
SNAICC News - The Lowitja Institute needs your support
The Lowitja Institute - The MCG Congress Lowitja Statement

WGAR News: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out: YouTube

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 23/01/2013 - 5:20pm

Newsletter date: 24 January 2013

Contents:

* YouTube: Daughter of 'Maralinga test victim' speaks out
* SBS Radionews Audio: Maralinga compo collapse prompts calls for Act of Grace
* ABC Radio National Breakfast: Maralinga compensation - Guest: WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
* Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog: In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist. Part 2
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone "steamrolling"

Geography: 
Brisbane
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
NT intervention
indigenous
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Aboriginal languages
Maralinga
Aboriginal victims
nuclear tests
Nova Peris
ABC Radio National Breakfast - Maralinga compensation - Guest - WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlum
Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog - In Contradiction to the British Position that Proof of Radiological Harm Does Not Exist
Sovereign Union condemns Peris-Kneebone steamrolling
NIT - You have betrayed us and Keating’s famous speech
SBS Radionews Audio - Remembering 1938 Day of Mourning declaration
NIRS - Lawyer Michael Mansell wants more Aboriginal rights marches
Tracker - Debate needed on Aust Day date - Calma
Aidan Wilson - Crikey Fully sic - Census data misleading - languages still at risk

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 25 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 23 January 2013

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Event: Fri 25 January 2013: East Perth, WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy: Last day of Freedom
- A ceremony to honour our Nyoongar Yorga Boodja
"Activities at Matagarup (Heirrison Island) hosted
by the Nyoongar Tent Embassy. Includes BBQ
(for donation) and music. ...
(Named for being the last day before invasion day.)"
"Preliminary Launch of Curtin University’s
Research on Media Reporting on the NTE"

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
New South Wales
Melbourne
Cairns
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal

WGAR News: Background to support for the Yolngu statement and opposition to 'Stronger Futures' laws

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/01/2013 - 5:25pm

Newsletter date: 22 January 2013

Background info page:
Background to support for the Yolngu statement and opposition to the 'Stronger Futures' laws
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/06/10/background-to-support-for-the-yolngu-...

Contents:

* Yolngu Nations Assembly Statements and Media Releases

* Compilations calling for:
support for the Yolngu statement of 24 April 2012 and
the abandonment of the Stronger Futures laws

* Supportive Statements, Media Releases and News (14 March 2012 - 3 July 2012)

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Stronger Futures
Yolngu statement

Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/01/2013 - 8:52am

Last updated: 18 December 2013

WGAR News: Radioactive Show: Maralinga - Muckaty - Medicine: 3CR Community Radio
[Featuring Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Barb Shaw, Penny Phillips, Isobel Phillips & Michael Fonda] (18 Dec 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/12/17/wgar-news-radioactive-show-maralinga-...

WGAR News: David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Australian atomic massacre still ignored [Maralinga nuclear tests] (12 Jul 13)

Geography: 
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
nuclear
aboriginal
compensation
Maralinga victims
Maralinga
Aboriginal Maralinga victims
Maralinga nuclear tests