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WGAR News: Muckaty radioactive waste dump; welfare quarantining (4 Apr 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 7:39am

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Contents:
Muckaty Radioactive Waste Dump
Expansion of Welfare Quarantining

MUCKATY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP:

- Background

Beyond Nuclear Initiative’s weblog:
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.wordpress.com/
“This site is a snapshot of current nuclear free campaigns in Australia, particularly focusing on the proposal for a federal radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory.”

WGAR News: Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory (2 Mar 10)

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Northern Territory Intervention

income management (IM)

welfare quarantining

RDA - Racial Disrimination Act - new legislation

Nuclear waste dump

Muckaty station

Intervention: “Mothers are finding it hard to provide for their children and families”

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 03/04/2010 - 11:56am

MEDIA RELEASE – 31 March 2010 - Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin needs to stop perpetuating misinformation about income management and its supposed benefits, particularly to children, says a spokesperson for the Intervention Rollback Action Group, which is based in Alice Springs.

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WGAR News: Nuclear Waste Dump; Close the Gap day (28 Mar 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 12:39pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Nuclear Waste Dump in NT, Australia
Close the Gap day
NT Intervention Articles
Other Aboriginal Articles

NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN NT, AUSTRALIA:

- Background

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Northern Territory Intervention

Nuclear waste dump

Muckaty station

Close the Gap

WGAR News: Muckaty station Nuclear waste dump (20 Mar 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 1:14pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
- Background
- Audio from Public meeting
- Senate Submissions
- Media Releases
- Senate Debates
- Analysis and/or Opinion
- News

- Background

Beyond Nuclear Initiative's weblog:
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.wordpress.com/
"This site is a snapshot of current nuclear free campaigns in Australia, particularly focusing on the proposal for a federal radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory."

WGAR News: Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory (2 Mar 10)

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WGAR News: New NT Intervention laws that extend income management (19 Mar 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 19/03/2010 - 1:14pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New NT Intervention laws that extend income management
Speeches from Opening of Protest House
Damaging Health impacts of NT Intervention
Other NT Intervention Articles

NEW NT INTERVENTION LAWS THAT EXTEND INCOME MANAGEMENT:

- Background

Parliament of Australia: Senate Community Affairs Committee
Inquiry into Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment ...

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Northern Territory Intervention

Ampilatwatja

income management (IM)

welfare quarantining

Protest House

RDA - Racial Disrimination Act - new legislation

Alyawarr people

AIDA

Educational apartheid in the Northern Territory and the Building The Education Revolution program

Submitted by phanly on Thu, 04/03/2010 - 1:53pm

The Northern Territory government has set up an apartheid education system in the Northern Territory and the Federal Government seems to accept it.

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building the education revolution

WGAR News: Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory (2 Mar 10)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 3:14pm

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

- Background

- Media Releases

Aboriginal News Group: Stop Dumping on Aboriginal Rights
http://aboriginalnewsgroup.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-dumping-on-aborigin...

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aboriginal land rights

The Indigenous decolonial concept of "Buen Vivir" in Latin America

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 9:46am

Buen Vivir (1)

February 6, 2009
By Cecilia Bizerra

Portuguese to Spanish Translation by Blanca Diego.
Spanish to English Translation by Christopher Reid (Decolonial Translation Group).

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Global/International

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aboriginal

International Justice for TJ Day - Melbourne, 14 February, 2010.

Submitted by peter on Fri, 19/02/2010 - 5:25pm

As the 6th anniversary of her son’s death approached, Gail Hickey called on supporters to make 14 February an International Justice for TJ Day (see below). Answering this call, the Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne (ISJA-Melb) organised a rally at Fitzroy Town Hall attended by over 40 supporters, followed by a march to the local police station.

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Day of protest at NT intervention - Melbourne, 13 February 2010

Submitted by peter on Fri, 19/02/2010 - 5:10pm

The 2nd anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generation saw protests in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Alice Springs against the continuing discrimination against Aboriginal People epitomised by the invasion of the Northern Territory under the name of intervention. Around 300 turned out in Melbourne for a rally starting at the MAYSAR Sport and Recreation Centre in Gertrude Street before marching through the streets to end on the steps of Parliament House.

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