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WGAR News: More WA Indigenous youth could end up in prison as a result of new laws: Amnesty

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 18/09/2015 - 10:44am

Newsletter date: 19 September 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Yasmin Noone, NITV: New WA laws to sentence more young offenders: Amnesty

* News Analysis: Amnesty International Australia: Harmful law will put more Indigenous kids in - rather than out - of prison

* Action: Amnesty International Australia: Tweet against mandatory sentencing for kids

* Background:

Geography:

Western Australia

Keywords:

More WA Indigenous youth could end up in prison as a result of new laws tightening existing mandatory sentencing laws

Yasmin Noone - NITV SBS

New WA laws to sentence more young offenders: Amnesty

Harmful law will put more Indigenous kids in - rather than out - of prison

Amnesty International Australia

Tammy Solonec - Amnesty International Australia's Indigenous rights manager

Tweet against mandatory sentencing for kids

Amnesty International Australia - Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Justice Reinvestment

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Justice Reinvestment; Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR Background - Justice Reinvestment; Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: NAAJA to challenge 'paperless arrest' laws in High Court: Minelle Creed, Living Black interview with Jonathon Hunyor on SBS Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/08/2015 - 11:23am

Newsletter date: 26 August 2015

Contents:

* Take Action Online: Amnesty International Australia: Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

* Audio: Ninah Kopel, The Wire: Paperless arrest laws to be challenged in High Court [featuring Julian Cleary, Indigenous Campaigner, Amnesty International & Thalia Anthony, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UTS]

Geography:

Northern Territory

Keywords:

NT paperless arrest laws

Ninah Kopel - The Wire

Julian Cleary - Indigenous Campaigner - Amnesty International - The Wire

Thalia Anthony - Senior Lecturer Faculty of Law UTS - The Wire

Paperless arrest laws to be challenged in High Court

Jonathan Hunyor - principal legal officer - NAAJA - SBS Living Black Radio

Minelle Creed - SBS Living Black Radio

NAAJA to challenge 'paperless arrest' laws in High Court

Take Action Online - Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International Australia - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

Take Action Online - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

Cuts to Legal Aid in NT worry for Aboriginal people in remote communities

Tammy Solenec - Amnesty's Indigenous peoples rights manager

Michelle Lovegrove - SBS Living Black Radio

Kirstyn Lindsay - SBS Living Black Radio

Amnesty International - ATSI kids 24 times more likely to be imprisoned

WGAR News: NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody: CAAMA Radio interview with Jonathan Hunyor, NAAJA (North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 25/08/2015 - 8:32am

Newsletter date: 25 August 2015

Contents:

* Take Action Online: Amnesty International Australia: Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

* Audio Interview: CAAMA Radio: NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody. [featuring Jonathan Hunyor, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency]

* Homepage of North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA): http://www.naaja.org.au/

Geography:

Northern Territory

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal deaths in custody

NT paperless arrest laws

Jonathan Hunyor - principal legal officer - NAAJA - CAAMA News

NT paperless arrest laws could see more deaths in custody

Jane Bardon - ABC News

NT Coroner recommends paperless arrest law repeal to prevent more deaths

Helen Davidson - a reporter for Guardian Australia based in Darwin

Northern Territory government resists call to ditch paperless arrest laws

Take Action Online - Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International Australia - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

Take Action Online - Stop NT's paperless arrest laws from claiming more lives

Amnesty International Australia - Indigenous Peoples' Rights

WGAR Background - Justice Reinvestment Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

Justice Reinvestment Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: WA Minister Tells Parliament He's 'Proud' Of World-Beating Juvenile Jailing Rate: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 23/06/2015 - 7:58pm

Newsletter date: 24 June 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: WA Minister Tells Parliament He's 'Proud' Of World-Beating Juvenile Jailing Rate

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: NT Corrections Commissioner Stands By Statement Praising Staff After Aboriginal Death In Custody

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Calls For Aboriginal Juvenile To Be Shot For Target Practice After Public Shaming By NT Police

Geography:

Global/International

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia

Keywords:

Amy McQuire - New Matilda

Cathy Van Extel and Fran Kelly - ABC RN Breakfast

Eugene Schofield-Georgeson

Dave Clarke - Red Flag

Fact Check - ABC News

Kathy Fairfax - Green Left

WA Minister Tells Parliament He's 'Proud' Of World-Beating Juvenile Jailing Rate

NT Corrections Commissioner Stands By Statement Praising Staff After Aboriginal Death In Custody

Calls For Aboriginal Juvenile To Be Shot For Target Practice After Public Shaming By NT Police

Defunding Of Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Provider Criticised As 'Political Decision'

Custody Notification Service assisting Indigenous prisoners faces closure

Custody Notification Service

CNS - Custody Notification Service

Life-saving custody notification facing closure

Amnesty International claim on 'shocking' Indigenous child incarceration rates checks out

Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty report exposes Aboriginal child detention

Aboriginal child detention

Indigenous child incarceration

WGAR News: Keep kids in communities and out of detention: Amnesty International Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 12/06/2015 - 8:09pm

Newsletter date: 13 June 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amnesty International Australia: Australia must back Indigenous expertise to end crisis of children's incarceration
[Featuring Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty, launching a national report at the National Press Club]

Geography:

Global/International

New South Wales

Western Australia

Keywords:

Justice Reinvestment

Aboriginal children in detention

Indigenous children's incarceration

Aboriginal Youth Detention In WA

Aboriginal imprisonment

Amnesty International Australia

Australia must back Indigenous expertise to end crisis of children's incarceration

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty

National Press Club

Nation's highest rates of Aboriginal children in detention a source of shame for WA

Western Australia - keep kids in communities and out of detention

Amnesty International Research Report - A brighter tomorrow - keeping Indigenous kids in the community and out of detention in Australia

Indigenous Kids Behind Bars Are 'A New Lost Generation'

Western Australia Slammed For Locking Up Indigenous Kids

Rates Of Aboriginal Youth Detention In WA Could Breach International Obligations - Report Warns

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles

WGAR News: Abuse in remote communities is the oldest excuse for catastrophic evictions: Tammy Solonec, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/04/2015 - 2:42pm

Newsletter date: 8 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Tammy Solonec, The Guardian: Abuse in remote communities is the oldest excuse for catastrophic evictions
* Analysis / Opinion: Tammy Solonec, Indigenous Rights Manager, Amnesty International Australia: Update: forced closure of homelands communities

* Audio Interviews: Cassandra Tim & Warren Barnsley, NIRS Weekly News-in-Review [Featuring Dennis Eggington & Margaret Culbong: remote community closures]

Geography:

Global/International

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

Uniting Church in Western Australia

Abuse in remote communities is the oldest excuse for catastrophic evictions

Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International Australia - Tammy Solonec - Indigenous Rights Manager

forced closure of homelands communities

Warren Barnsley

NIRS Weekly News-in-Review

Dennis Eggington

Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

Margaret Culbong

Remote Community Closures

Ruth DeSouza - Nurse academic in Australia

The closure of remote Aboriginal communities - What is the role of nurses in Indigenous disadvantage

Indigenous Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Aboriginal Community Closures

Australian Aboriginal communities

Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia

Protests over Plans to close Aboriginal homelands

WA Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress

Revive Magazine

Rev Sealin Garlett

WGAR News: Urgent Action: Stop WA's Bill for the mandatory sentencing of children: Amnesty International Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 03/04/2015 - 6:22pm

Newsletter date: 5 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Jack Callil, VICE United States: Why Are Indigenous Australian Kids Doing Time in Adult Prisons?
* Audio: Caitlyn Gribbin, ABC News: Children speak about being held in police lock-ups
* Analysis / Opinion: Caitlyn Gribbin, ABC News: Nearly 200 children locked in WA police station cells awaiting transfer to Perth after sentencing

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

VICE United States

Why Are Indigenous Australian Kids Doing Time in Adult Prisons

Caitlyn Gribbin

Children speak about being held in police lock-ups

Nearly 200 children locked in WA police station cells awaiting transfer to Perth after sentencing

Justice Reinvestment

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Amnesty International Australia

Stop WA's Bill for the mandatory sentencing of children

Stop WA's mandatory sentencing of young people

12 organisations unite against harsh WA Bill

Three strikes bill will result in more young people in detention

Gerry Georgatos

Amelia Theodorakis

YourLifeChoices

Calla Wahlquist

Law Society of Western Australia

Unfair mandatory sentencing laws

WA Bill will lock up hundreds of people - but won't reduce home burglary

Three strikes and you're out - mandatory sentencing in WA

WGAR News: Justice or an Unjust System? Aboriginal over-representation in South Australia's juvenile justice system: SACOSS youth justice report

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 03/04/2015 - 11:50am

Newsletter date: 4 April 2015

Geography:

Northern Territory

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

SACOSS - South Australian Council of Social Service

South Australian Council of Social Service

Aboriginal over-representation in SA's juvenile justice system

SACOSS youth justice report

Dr Catherine Earl

SBS World News Radio

Legal mentoring gives Indigenous students inside insight

Amnesty International Australia

12 organisations unite against harsh WA Bill

Three strikes bill will result in more young people in detention

SNAICC - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Stop WA's mandatory sentencing of young people

Priscilla Collins

Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Deaths in Custody Watch Committee of WA

Mowanjum Aboriginal Corp

WGAR News: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks sets out a brighter vision: STICS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 25/03/2015 - 9:15pm

Newsletter date: 26 March 2015

Contents:

* Please Watch: NITV, Channel 34: Friday, 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm: NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'
* Video: NITV News: "First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty" - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at Redfern Forum
* Video: STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Videos from the Event

Geography:

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Keywords:

First Nations Women

First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty

Please Watch - NITV Channel 34 Friday 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm - NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Redfern Community Centre

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Aboriginal voices are calling for Treaty

sovereign rights as First Nations people

Independent Australia

First Nations women speak out about Treaty at Redfern

prominent First Nations women

Treaty between Indigenous Australia and their colonisers

Prominent women to speak at treaty forum

Arrernte-Alyawarra elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Amnesty International Australia

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Aboriginal sovereignty

WGAR News: Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystems: Craig Moritz, Emilie-Jane Ens & Jon Altman, The Conversation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 13/03/2015 - 7:08pm

Newsletter date: 15 March 2015

Geography:

Global/International

Northern Territory

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

The environmental benefits of Indigenous people living on country

Emilie-Jane Ens

The Conversation

Remote Indigenous communities

Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystems

Marie McInerney

Australia's remote indigenous communities fear closure

arena - the website of left political social and cultural commentary

Settler Colonial Closures

Report - Health and Homelands - Good Value for Money

The Institute for Cultural Survival

AMSANT - Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory

MIWATJ Health Aboriginal Corporation

CAEPR - Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research - ANU

The Future of homelands / Outstations

Amnesty International Australia

Homelands - Amnesty International Australia

Creative Spirits

Protesters shut down Melbourne to fight against closure of Aboriginal communities