Amy McQuire

WGAR News: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and TSI Health Workers: Croakey

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 12/09/2013 - 12:32pm

Newsletter date: 14 September 2013

Contents:

* Larissa Nicholson, The Canberra Times: Canberra health service leaves scarcely room to protest

* Belinda Mason, The Guardian: Unfinished Business: portraying disability in Indigenous Australia [Photographic Essay]

* Melissa Sweet, Croakey - the Crikey health blog: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers [Closing the Gap]
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Indigenous health: "We can’t stop now" [Closing the Gap]

Geography: 
ACT
Canberra
Adelaide
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Keywords: 
Aboriginal Health
Amy McQuire
Closing the Gap
NACCHO
Aboriginal Health Workers
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
The Guardian
Tracker
Larissa Nicholson
Melissa Sweet
The Canberra Times
Canberra health service
Belinda Mason
portraying disability in Indigenous Australia
Melissa Sweet - Croakey - the Crikey health blog
Croakey - the Crikey health blog
cooperative
community driven
Khama Reid
Indigenous health gap
Aboriginal Community Controlled health services
Adelaide Aboriginal health summit

WGAR News: Date set for court fight over Muckaty nuclear waste dump: ABC News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 10/09/2013 - 10:30am

Newsletter date: 11 September 2013

Contents:

* ABC News: Date set for court fight over Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Tennant & District Times: Muckaty trial date set
* Lawyers Weekly: QC to fight nuclear dump plan
* Oliver Milman, The Guardian: Northern Territory nuclear waste dump 'contravenes UN declaration'
* Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: Greens condemn plan to turn Australia into the world’s nuclear waste dump
* Antinuclear: Dump under the pump: Pressure grows against Muckaty radioactive waste plan
* Dave Sweeney, New Matilda: Nuclear Waste Lasts Longer Than Politicians

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
CAAMA Radio
The Guardian
Muckaty radioactive waste dump
Northern Territory nuclear waste dump
Dave Sweeney
ABC News
Oliver Milman
Socialist Alliance
Tennant and District Times - Muckaty trial date set
Lawyers Weekly - QC to fight nuclear dump plan
Northern Territory nuclear waste dump contravenes UN declaration
UN declaration
Greens condemn plan to turn Australia into the world's nuclear waste dump
Australia - the world's nuclear waste dump
Antinuclear
Pressure grows against Muckaty radioactive waste plan
Dr Tom Keaney
Sovereignty - Treaty and Land Rights
Aboriginal land management
protect the Burrup
Banjima peoples Federal Court win

WGAR News: Coalition's proposed cuts 'a heartless decision' says ALSWA: Aboriginal Legal Service WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 08/09/2013 - 3:03pm

Newsletter date: 9 September 2013

Editorial Note:

'WGAR News' monitors the media, including alternative media.
'WGAR News' gives priority to grassroots Aboriginal voices and grassroots voices in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples' rights.
'WGAR News' publishes information and opinions from a wide range of sources.
These opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of WGAR.
As such, 'WGAR News' does not endorse any particular political party, but simply includes information on political parties for the interest of readers.

Contents:

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
The Age
ALSWA
Amy McQuire
Priscilla Collins
Indigenous Australians
Tracker
ACOSS
ABC News
Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
NATSILS
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
a heartless decision
WA Aboriginal legal aid service hits out at Coalition's heartless cuts
Jane Lee
Coalition cuts to indigenous legal aid under fire
Jail risk higher for indigenous under Coalition tenure
Patricia Karvelas
The Australian
Not a good start for PM for indigenous Australians
Coalition caned over claims of cash cuts
NAAJA - North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
Coalition's heartless cuts

WGAR News: Coalition signals 20 per cent funding cut to Aboriginal & TSI Legal Services: NATSILS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 06/09/2013 - 1:31pm

Newsletter date: 6 September 2013

Editorial Note:

'WGAR News' monitors the media, including alternative media.
'WGAR News' gives priority to grassroots Aboriginal voices and grassroots voices in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples' rights.
'WGAR News' publishes information and opinions from a wide range of sources.
These opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of WGAR.
As such, 'WGAR News' does not endorse any particular political party, but simply includes information on political parties for the interest of readers.

Contents:

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Amy McQuire
Tracker
ACOSS
NATSILS - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
ACOSS - Australian Council of Social Service
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
Aboriginal legal services
ACOSS concerned by proposed cuts to Aboriginal legal services and foreign aid
NATSILS
Aboriginal legal aid
NATSILS - Coalition signals 20 per cent funding cut to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
Amy McQuire - Tracker - Aboriginal legal aid could be cut under Coalition - Labor
Aboriginal & TSI
Aboriginal and TSI

WGAR News: Central Australian Grog Summit 2013: APO NT (Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the NT)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 23/08/2013 - 2:53pm

Newsletter date: 24 August 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT): Central Australian Grog Summit 2013
* CAAMA Video: Central Australian Grog Summit
* Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO NT) Communiqué: Alice Springs Grog Summit: Outcomes
* NACCHO NT grog summit news: Four major outcomes on alcohol policy and its impact on Aboriginal people and communities
* "On 31 July 2013 at the Alice Springs Grog Summit representatives from Aboriginal organisations and communities endorse the call for a Board of Inquiry ... "

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Aboriginal imprisonment
Indigenous imprisonment
Justice Reinvestment
Amy McQuire
NACCHO
CAAMA Radio
Tracker
CAAMA Video
NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill
APO NT - Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory
Greens WA MLC Robin Chapple
Central Australian Grog Summit 2013
NACCHO NT grog summit news
Alice Springs Grog Summit - Outcomes
Four major outcomes on alcohol policy and its impact on Aboriginal people and communities
Board of Inquiry into Alcohol consumption and harm in the NT
Elder Sammy Butcher
Associate Professor Ted Wilkes
News about the Alice Springs Grog Summit
The Guardian - Northern Territory to shift problem drinkers from hospital to prison unit
NSW AG knocks back Royal Commission into Bowraville murders
Justice Reinvestment to Tackle Shameful Indigenous Imprisonment Rates

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining: WANFA & ANAWA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 10/05/2013 - 4:52pm

Newsletter date: 11 May 2013

Contents:

* WANFA & ANAWA: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining
* NITV News: WA anti-uranium protesters begin 250km walk
* SBS Radionews Audio: TOs lead walk against uranium mining in WA
* NIRS: 20-day walk to protest uranium mine
* Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora - 4 until 29 May 2013
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Aboriginal heritage: between a rock and a hard place
* Tracker: Small fine for NSW Aboriginal rock damage

Geography: 
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
mining
aboriginal
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance - WANFA
Aboriginal heritage
Amy McQuire
Nicole Watson
WANFA
Tracker
ANAWA
Walkatjurra Walkabout
anti-uranium protesters
uranium mine protest
Yeelirrie to Leonora
Aboriginal rock damage
Bruce Reyburn
Songlines
secrecy in the Muckaty case
NITV News - WA anti-uranium protesters begin 250km walk
SBS Radionews Audio - TOs lead walk against uranium mining in WA
NIRS - 20-day walk to protest uranium mine
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora - 4 until 29 May 2013
Amy McQuire - Tracker - Aboriginal heritage - between a rock and a hard place
Tracker - Small fine for NSW Aboriginal rock damage
Nicole Watson - Tracker - Little Black Duck - Mining the truth
Bruce Reyburn - Songlines - Concerns about excessive secrecy in the Muckaty case

WGAR News: Mornington (Victoria) Book Launch: 'A Decision to Discriminate'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/04/2013 - 2:33pm

Newsletter date: 11 April 2013

Contents:

* Mornington (Victoria) Book Launch: A Decision to Discriminate - 12 April 2013
* Megan Graham, Crosslight: Stronger Futures or just stronger measures?
* Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre: Compulsory Income Management Unfairly Targets Young People
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Pre-Election Interview: Nigel Scullion, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
Tony Abbott
income management
Stolen Generations
Gerry Georgatos
Tracker Magazine
Stronger Futures
Amy McQuire
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
WA Government
Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre
Megan Graham
Nigel Scullion
The Stringer
Aboriginal Australia
Indigenous Affairs
Mornington Victoria Book Launch - A Decision to Discriminate - 12 April 2013
Megan Graham - Crosslight - Stronger Futures or just stronger measures
Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre - Compulsory Income Management Unfairly Targets Young People
Amy McQuire - Tracker - Pre-Election Interview - Nigel Scullion - Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire - Editor of Tracker Magazine
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - The Stringer's interview with Tony Abbott - his must-do list for Aboriginal Australia
NIRS - WA Government in denial over Stolen Generations - Commentator

WGAR News: The burning issue of deaths in custody: Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 30/01/2013 - 2:34pm

Newsletter date: 31 January 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, Indymedia Australia: The burning issue of deaths in custody - Aboriginal people die 5 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The West: Offshore Browse move hard to stop: EPA
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Tracker: Nova Peris wins NT Senate pre-selection
* ABC PM Audio: Nova Peris endorsed
* Tracker: Peris choice is 'extremely positive': Albo

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
deaths in custody
racism
aboriginal
Aboriginal imprisonment
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
Stolen Generation
EPA
Nova Peris
north of Broome
Amy McQuire
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Gerry Georgatos - Indymedia Australia - The burning issue of deaths in custody - Aboriginal people die 5 times the rate of Apartheid South Africa
The West - Offshore Browse move hard to stop - EPA
Tracker - Nova Peris wins NT Senate pre-selection
ABC PM Audio - Nova Peris endorsed
Tracker - Senate move could jeopardise Stolen Gen compo bid
Canberra Times - Crossin calls for NT stolen generation payout
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Amy McQuire Editor of Tracker Magazine
Emma Murphy - Green Left - The struggle against racism in Australia
Tracker - Peris choice is extremely positive - Albo