Last updated: 5 October 2015
Archive - Prior to 1 June 2014: WGAR background info web-pages: https://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-background-info...
Newsletter date: 12 December 2014
Newsletter date: 27 November 2014
WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
Newsletter date: 14 May 2014
Contents:
* Paul Wiles, CAAMA Radio: Is Australia creating ANOTHER Stolen Generation? [Featuring Paddy Gibson, a researcher with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning]
* Background to 'Keeping Them Home': Campaign against Forced Aboriginal Adoption in the NT
* ALSWA: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - ALSWA assistance available NOW
* Background: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander responses to Royal Commission into child sexual abuse
Newsletter date: 27 April 2014
Contents:
* CAAMA Radio: New test for depression in older Aboriginal people [Featuring Osvaldo Almeida]
* The Stringer: Depression tool culturally sensitive
* SNAICC News: New edition of book on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Community led organizations to prevent Aboriginal youth suicide [Featuring Randall Ross, Peter Mckonkey & Scott Herring]
* Michelle Lovegrove, SBS Living Black Radio: The Elders Report [Featuring Lorna Hudson]
Newsletter date: 10 April 2014
Contents:
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Report reveals barries of access to law for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people [Featuring Dr. Warren Mundy]
* SBS: Barriers to justice system faced by Indigenous Aussies revealed in report
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Rosie Anne Fulton still languishing in prison - Government without moral compass
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Youth Justice Board will not succeed
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Mandatory Sentencing
Newsletter date: 27 March 2014
Contents:
* Mikaela Simpson, The Wire: A new way of tackling Aboriginal incarceration [Featuring Les Malezer & Dr Peter Lewis]
* SNAICC News: Congress adds its voice to growing calls for justice targets
* ABC The World Today: NT plans to punish heavy drinkers during pregnancy
* ABC Lateline: N.T. alcohol experts oppose criminalisation of pregnant drinkers
* Christina Franks, Mumsnet Talk: Guest post: If drinking in pregnancy becomes a crime, women's bodies will no longer be their own
Newsletter date: 26 March 2014
Contents:
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Call for Prime Ministerial Amnesty for 5,000 inmates
* Mikaela Simpson, CAAMA Radio: Intellectually Impaired Aboriginal Peoples vs. the Justice System: A Story of Unfair Treatment [Featuring Ian McKinley]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Marlon Noble, Rosie Anne Fulton - but what about the others?
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Rosie Anne Fulton
* Articles and Petition about Aboriginal disabled people jailed without conviction
Newsletter date: 6 March 2014
Contents:
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: The Lost Generations
* NATSILS: Good intentions aren't enough to close the gap
* National Congress: Justice Targets: Crucial drivers of change
* ANTaR: Justice Targets are needed for action on Aboriginal Jobs and Education
* NAAJA: Australia’s prison spend is a cost we cannot sustain
* The Stringer: Gerry Georgatos speaks outside Redfern Police Station - T.J. Hickey rally 2014
* Peter Boyle, Green Left: Photos: Justice for T J Hickey 10th anniversary protest
Newsletter date: 26 February 2014
Contents:
* Annie Hastwell, The Wire: Good housing keeps people out of gaol [Featuring Shane Duffy, CEO, NATSILS]
* Dylan Clarke, SBS Living Black Radio: Youth Initiatives for Justice Reinvestment [Featuring Kaleesha Morris]
* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: Australian prisoner numbers reach 30,000 for the first time - over 27% of them are Aboriginal
* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): ALS calls for Justice Targets to be incorporated into Closing the Gap
