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WGAR News: Mary Graham calls for Sovereignty national discussion: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 27/03/2013 - 4:53pm

Newsletter date: 28 March 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Mary Graham calls for Sovereignty national discussion
* NIRS: No consultation on SA recognition: Lawman
* NIRS: Call for restructure of National Congress
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* The Stringer: Mission Australia joins in the call to do something about the Kimberley's homeless
* NIRS: NT Shelter want more money for homeless

* CAAMA: Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari
* NIRS: Cultural involvement to improve mental health

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Aboriginal sovereignty

call for Sovereignty national discussion

Kimberley's homeless

Traditional Healers

Cultural involvement

community-controlled health

social determinants of health

Indigenous independence

Royal Commission into child sexual abuse

Aboriginal childcare agencies

NIRS - No consultation on SA recognition - Lawman

NIRS - Call for restructure of National Congress

The Stringer - Mission Australia joins in the call to do something about the Kimberley's homeless

CAAMA - Traditional Healers of Central Australia - Ngangkari

Theresa Petray - The Conversation - Funding cuts threaten Indigenous independence in Queensland

SNAICC News - Guide now available to help give statements to The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

SBS Radionews Audio - Living Black looks at forced adoptions

WGAR News: SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 21/02/2013 - 11:55am

Newsletter date: 22 February 2013

Contents:

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* NIRS: Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

* Other articles

* SBS LIVING BLACK'S MICHELLE LOVEGROVE INTERVIEWS MICHAEL ANDERSON ON ACT OF RECOGNITION:

- Audio Interview

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Aboriginal imprisonment

NIRS - Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail

SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

WGAR News: Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 15/02/2013 - 10:29am

Newsletter date: 15 February 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition
* Sovereign Union: Open Letter to the Governor-General: Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition
* NIRS: Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Congress: Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

* News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Sovereign Union - Open Letter to the Governor-General - Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition

NIRS - Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing

Congress - Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform

News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

WGAR News: "Urgent protest on the government's constitutional recognition bill" [Thu 7 February 13]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 06/02/2013 - 10:43am

Newsletter date: 6 February 2013

Contents:

* "Urgent Protest on the Governments constitutional recognition bill" [Thu 7 February 2013]
* "Recognition Bill forced on First Nations people against their will" Press Release
* NIRS: No jurisdiction for Act of Recognition: Sovereignty campaigner
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Other articles

* "URGENT PROTEST ON THE GOVERNMENTS CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION BILL" [THU 7 FEBRUARY 2013]

- Event

Urgent Protest on the Governments constitutional recognition bill

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Keywords:

Aboriginal sovereignty

Act of Recognition

Recognition Bill

Recognition Bill forced on First Nations people against their will - Press Release

NIRS - No jurisdiction for Act of Recognition - Sovereignty campaigner

constitutional recognition

WGAR News: UN intervention called for at James Price Point: Hands off country

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/02/2013 - 2:08pm

Newsletter date: 2 February 2013

Contents:

* Hands Off Country: UN Intervention called for at James Price Point
* The West: Push for UN to visit gas hub
* Respect and Listen: Save the Kimberley: Report on Walmadany - James Price Point
* Hands Off Country: Video: Barnett Blooms in Broome
* The West: Premier coy on ways to stop FLNG
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* NIRS: Income management admin costs over a million a year: Report
[sic - actually the amount is over one hundred million a year]

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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]

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy

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

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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: 200 Aboriginal Maralinga victims denied compensation: Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 20/01/2013 - 6:06pm

Newsletter date: 21 January 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: 200 Aboriginal Maralinga victims denied compensation
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Goolarabooloo Law Bosses lift the ante in battle with Woodside over gas hub
* Background to Walmadan Tent Embassy, James Price Point, north of Broome, Kimberley Region, WA

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: Lobby restaurant incident - January 26, 2012 - Will Prime Minister Gillard finally admit the truth and apologise?

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Gerry Georgatos

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Walmadan Tent Embassy

Maralinga

Indymedia Australia

Aboriginal victims of Maralinga

Aboriginal victims

Prime Minister Gillard

Lobby restaurant

January 26 2012

Aboriginal Tent Embassy 40th Anniversary

mandatory sentencing

Murujuga National Park

Burrup Peninsula

Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Goolarabooloo Law Bosses lift the ante in battle with Woodside over gas hub

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Lobby restaurant incident - January 26 2012 - Will Prime Minister Gillard finally admit the truth and apologise

Amnesty - Plans to toughen mandatory sentencing in WA a step in the wrong direction

Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - Murujuga National Park at long last - however the struggle is not over

WGAR News: Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 18/01/2013 - 8:11am

Newsletter date: 18 January 2013

Background info page:
Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-sovereig...

CONTENTS:

* Aboriginal Sovereignty websites
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/aboriginal-sovereignty-websites
(Last updated: 2 January 2013)

* Foundation Meeting of the Sovereign Union - National Unity Government (MR: 25 May 2012)

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

WGAR News: Government must do the right thing by Maralinga victims: Greens Senator Scott Ludlam

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 13/01/2013 - 11:46am

Newsletter date: 13 January 2013

Contents:

* Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: Government must do the right thing by Maralinga victims
* ABC: No way forward for Maralinga victims

* Brisbane Times: Aborigines' claim on Musgrave Park set to be tested in court
* Adelaide Now: [Brisbane] Tent embassy land 'for Aboriginal use'
* Background to Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld

* NIRS: Ramindjeri lawman slams SA Government for destruction of burial site
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

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Aboriginal sovereignty

ABC - No way forward for Maralinga victims

Brisbane Times - Aborigines claim on Musgrave Park set to be tested in court

Adelaide Now - Tent embassy land for Aboriginal use

NIRS - Ramindjeri lawman slams SA Government for destruction of burial site