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WGAR News: Speeches from Canberra rally against NT waste dump; Upcoming Aboriginal Rights events

Newsletter date: 19 June 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 19 June 2011
* Speeches from Canberra rally against NT waste dump
* Plans for Australia to become world’s nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump

ABORIGINAL RIGHTS - UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA - FROM 19 JUNE 2011:

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27 May to Sun 9 October 2011: Kalgoorlie, WA
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970

WGAR News: NT nuclear waste dump protest and debate in Senate

Newsletter date: 18 June 2011

Contents:
* NT nuclear waste dump protest and debate in Senate
* Central Land Council critical of Muckaty proposal
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Native Title
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

NT NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP PROTEST AND DEBATE IN SENATE:

- Speeches

Greens: Scott Ludlam: The debate on the Radioactive Waste Management Act
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/debate-radioactive-waste-ma...

WGAR News: Australia rejects international calls for action

Newsletter date: 14 June 2011

Contents:
* Australia rejects International Calls for Action
* Endorsing 'An Alternative to the NT Intervention' document
* Funds needed to take delegates to Darwin for Prescribed Area Peoples’ Alliance gathering
* 'Our Generation' awarded ‘Best Campaign Film’
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - From 14 June 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

AUSTRALIA REJECTS INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR ACTION:

- Media Statement

WGAR News: NT traditional land owners claim they were not consulted about mining deal

Newsletter date: 11 June 2011

Contents:
* NT Traditional Land Owners claim they were not consulted about mining deal
* Prime Minister faces protests on last day of NT visit
* New campaign to cut Aboriginal prisoner numbers
* Background to Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and incarceration rates
* Official Launch of the National Congress Meeting
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

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STICS media release: Gillard can’t face gruesome Intervention facts – Sydney protest planned

Stop the Intervention Collective Media Release
10/6/2011 for immediate release

Gillard can’t face gruesome Intervention facts – Sydney protest planned

Closing off her recent trip to the Northern Territory, Prime Minister Julia Gillard cited “recent statistics” to support her claim that the Intervention is improving lives for Aboriginal people.

But statistics from the governments' latest ‘Closing the Gap in the NT Monitoring’ contradict every one of her claims and demonstrate the increasingly desperate conditions in Aboriginal communities.

WGAR News: Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Mparntwe Alice Springs

Newsletter date: 9 June 2011

Contents:
* Prime Minister visits Mparntwe Alice Springs
* One week to go! June 14 Canberra Rally against NT nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

PRIME MINISTER VISITS MPARNTWE ALICE SPRINGS:

- Media Release

Intervention Rollback Action Group, Alice Springs:
Aboriginal leaders tell Gillard: The Intervention is a failure - Self-Determination now
http://rollbacktheintervention.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/mr-7-6-11.pdf

WGAR News: Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia - June 2011

Newsletter date: 7 June 2011

Contents:
* Aboriginal Rights - Upcoming events around Australia
* Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits Alice Springs today
* Bankstown Income Management forum, 20 June 2011 - Organised by STICS
* Central Australian delegates return from UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
* Calls for Native Title reform
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

ABORIGINAL RIGHTS - UPCOMING EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA:

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WGAR News: "Rebuilding from the Ground Up: An Alternative to the NT Intervention" Document

Newsletter date: 5 June 2011

Contents:
* "Rebuilding from the Ground Up: An Alternative to the NT Intervention" Document
* June 21/25 Rallies around Australia: 4 years since announcement of NT Intervention
* Problems with Native Title
* Newcastle Rally: No Waste Dump at Muckaty, 11 June 2011
* Background to Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal articles

"REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP: AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NT INTERVENTION" DOCUMENT

- The Document

WGAR News: Global Call to Action: Petition calling on PM Julia Gillard to end the NT Intervention

Newsletter date: 2 June 2011

Contents:
* Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Richard Downs and Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
* Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill - 45th Anniversary Commemoration - 26-28 August 2011
* Global Call to Action for Aboriginal Rights: Petition calling on PM Julia Gillard to end the NT Intervention
* Statement by Navi Pillay at Human Rights Council 17th Session
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

WGAR News: Interview with UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, on the NT Intervention

Newsletter date: 29 May 2011

Contents:
* Interview with UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, on the NT Intervention
* Ethnocide - A Crime Equal to Genocide: Submission to Navi Pillay by Michael Anderson
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

INTERVIEW WITH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER, NAVI PILLAY, ON THE NT INTERVENTION:

- Audio Interview

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Exclusive Interview: United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay