Alice Springs

Alice Springs Day of Action against forced community closures

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 30/06/2015 - 3:53pm

On Sunday June 28 over 100 people gathered in Alice Springs for a Day of Action in response to forced community closures happening in WA and NT. The messages for the day were 'Stand up for people, country and culture. End the NT Intervention. Stop forced community closures.'

Footage from the Day of Action can be seen at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKfygzt2oE&feature=youtu.be

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
Day of Action
Alice Springs
Northern Territory
forced community closures
NT intervention
Australia
Stand up for people
country and culture

WGAR News: CAAMA Radio - Alice Springs Rally Against Forced Closures of Aboriginal Communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 07/05/2015 - 4:22pm

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)

Newsletter date: 8 May 2015

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio: Speeches at the Alice Springs May 1st Rally Against Forced Closures of Aboriginal Communities

- Rosalie Kunoth Monks
- Trisha Morton Thomas
- Maurie Ryan
- Christa Bartjen-Westermann
- Harold Furber
- Chancey Peach
- Walter Shaw
- Marlene Hodder

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Alice Springs
Alice Springs - Northern Territory
Rosalie Kunoth Monks
Trisha Morton Thomas
Maurie Ryan
Christa Bartjen-Westermann
Harold Furber
Chancey Peach
Walter Shaw
Marlene Hodder
Speakers at Alice Springs protest rally over plans to close Aboriginal homelands
Alice Springs protest rally over plans to close Aboriginal homelands
CAAMA News
CAAMA Radio News
CAAMA
CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Alice Springs fights community closures in WA
Central Australia says no to forced closures
Mikaela Simpson
Mikaela Simpson on Strong Voices - CAAMA Radio
Paddy Gibson
Sexual Abuse... It's Not Just In Aboriginal Communities
Could the Center be Next
Cathryn Hutton
Central Desert Regional Council
Lorena Walker
John Pilger
John Pilger calls WA Premier 'the Big Lie' at Sydney Rally
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Cuts To Community Services Behind Rise In Alice Springs Crime
Aboriginal youth

WGAR News: Updated 26 January 2015 Events: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day & Day of Mourning

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/01/2015 - 12:35pm

Newsletter date: 21 January 2015

Last updated: 29 January 2015

Updated Events: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day and Day of Mourning:

Monday 26 January 2015

Contents:

* 25th, 26th & 27th January 2015: National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events
* Canberra event
* Alice Springs event
* Adelaide events
* Brisbane events
* Melbourne events
* Sydney & NSW events

Geography: 
Australia
ACT
Canberra
New South Wales
Sydney
Queensland
Brisbane
South Australia
Adelaide
Victoria
Melbourne
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Alice Springs
First Nations
Original Peoples
Aboriginal Sovereignty Day
Sovereignty Day
Invasion Day
Survival Day
Day of Mourning
'National Freedom Movement' sit-in at Canberra
National Freedom Movement
26 January 2015 Canberra Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne and Sydney events
25th 26th & 27th January 2015 - National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events

WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day & Day of Mourning Events

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 10/01/2015 - 7:22am

Newsletter date: 11 January 2015

Last updated: 29 January 2015

Geography: 
Australia
ACT
Canberra
New South Wales
Sydney
Northern Territory
Queensland
Brisbane
South Australia
Adelaide
Victoria
Melbourne
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Alice Springs
First Nations
Original Peoples
Aboriginal Sovereignty Day
Sovereignty Day
Invasion Day
Survival Day
Day of Mourning
'National Freedom Movement' sit-in at Canberra
National Freedom Movement
26 January 2015 Canberra Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne and Sydney events
Adelaide Community Forum Thu 15 January 2015
Redfern Community Forum Sun 18 January 2015
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy Community Forum Tue 20 January 2015
25th 26th & 27th January 2015 - National Freedom Summit - National Convergence on Canberra events

WGAR News: Delegation will lead sit-in on Canberra - The Freedom Summit: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 04/12/2014 - 10:16am

Newsletter date: 6 December 2014

Geography: 
Australia
ACT
Canberra
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
aboriginal
grassroots Aboriginal community leaders
Aboriginal community leaders
Aboriginal community
Freedom Summit
Summit for Freedom
Mparntwe Alice Springs
Alice Springs
NT
Tauto Sansbury
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Perth Indymedia
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
sit-in
Sit-in planned at Parliament House in January 2015
Freedom Summit to converge on Canberra on Invasion Day
NIT
National Indigenous Times
Invasion Day
Sovereignty Day
Survival Day
Day of Mourning
NSWALC
NIRS
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Donna Campbell
CAAMA
Yorta Yorta
Monica Morgan
Lorena Walker
Jenny Munro
Elaine Peckham
Maurie Japarta Ryan
Michael Mansell
Roxley Foley
CAAMA News
Aboriginal sovereignty
Aboriginal Sovereign Nations

WGAR News: First Peoples' freedom summit: Late Night Live, ABC RN [Interviews with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Michael Mansell & Tauto Sansbury]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 27/11/2014 - 6:51pm

Newsletter date: 28 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)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Aboriginal elders and leaders
Aboriginal elders and leaders from across Australia
First Peoples
Indigenous people
Phillip Adams
Kris Short
Late Night Live
ABC RN
Radio National
Summit for Freedom
Freedom Summit
Alice Springs summit
National Summit for Freedom - Alice Springs Thu & Fri 27-28 November 2014
Alice Springs
Mbantua Alice Springs
NT
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM
Michael Mansell
Tauto Sansbury
Shannon Kilgariff
The Wire
Justin Fenwick
Ray Martin
Jenny Munro
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Mparntwe Alice Springs
Alison Anderson
Roxley Foley - son of Dr Gary Foley
Gary Foley
Jeff McMullen
Anthony Stewart
Steven Schubert
Helen Davidson
The Guardian
Mathaba
CAAMA
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Tony Abbott
PM for Indigenous Affairs
Gail Liston
ABC News
indigenous rights
Jane Ryan
aboriginal land rights

WGAR News: National 'Summit for Freedom' Alice Springs [Thu & Fri 27-28 November 2014]: Facebook

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 21/11/2014 - 5:52am

Newsletter date: 22 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)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Freedom Summit
Summit for Freedom
National Freedom Summit
National Summit for Freedom Thursday and Friday 27 to 28 November 2014
Alice Springs
Tauto Sansbury
Ray Jackson
Dr Woolombi Waters
Gerry Georgatos
Lisa Burns
Radio Adelaide
First Nations Peoples

WGAR News: Government Buck-Passing Could Force Aboriginal People Off WA Homelands: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 15/11/2014 - 12:45pm

Newsletter date: 16 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)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
WA
Fears over WA Aboriginal community closures
closing remote WA communities
apartheid
Alex Bainbridge
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal communities resist government attacks
Jigalong
Alice Springs

WGAR News: Gomeroi Grandmothers warn of a new stolen generation: Emma Lancaster, The Wire; featuring Aunty Hazel

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/05/2014 - 11:38am

Newsletter date: 28 May 2014

Contents:

* Mon 26 May 2014 - National Day of Action Marking National Sorry Day: Stop Ongoing Stolen Generations!
* Wed 28 May 2014 - Alice Springs Forum marking National Sorry Day: The NT Intervention & The New Stolen Generation

* Debra Swan, The Guardian: Why I chose to quit my job in Aboriginal child protection

* Michael Safi, The Guardian: Sorry Day rallies call for changes to state child-protection regimes

* Emma Lancaster, The Wire: Gomeroi Grandmothers warn of a new stolen generation

Geography: 
ACT
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Alice Springs
Gerry Georgatos
Paddy Gibson
The Guardian
The Wire
Aboriginal child protection
new stolen generation
Alex Bainbridge
Emma Lancaster
Mon 26 May 2014 - National Day of Action Marking National Sorry Day - Stop Ongoing Stolen Generations
Debra Swan
Michael Safi
Wed 28 May 2014 - Alice Springs Forum marking National Sorry Day - The NT Intervention and The New Stolen Generation
child-protection regimes
Aunty Hazel - Grandmothers Against Removal Gunnedah
Aunty Hazel
Grandmothers Against Removal Gunnedah
Aboriginal children in care - a new Stolen Generation
Green Left TV
Police harass Sorry Day protest by mothers and grandmothers against the new stolen generation
Call for country-wide class action against removal of children
Sorry Day Protests
Elke Nagy

WGAR News: Rally held ahead of Muckaty court challenge: ABC Alice Springs

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 27/05/2014 - 6:29pm

Newsletter date: 28 May 2014

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Kado Muir about cultural genocide, mining, employment and economic disposition

* Monika O'Hanlon, NT News: Elders lead dump demo
* ABC Alice Springs: Rally held ahead of Muckaty court challenge
* CAAMA Radio's Damien Williams interviews Beyond Nuclear Initiative Nat Wasley on Muckaty and the waste dump
* NT News: Take a tip and ditch the dump
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
mining
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Alice Springs
NT
Tennant Creek
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
employment
NT News
Kado Muir
proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT
ABC Alice Springs
cultural genocide
economic disposition
Monika O'Hanlon
Elders lead dump demo
Muckaty court challenge
Take a tip and ditch the dump
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Kado Muir
Community rally and concert - No nuclear waste dump at Muckaty