Australia

WGAR News: First Peoples Voice will not be Silenced: Statement from Congress National Board

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/12/2013 - 1:49pm

Newsletter date: 23 December 2013

Contents:

* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples: First Peoples Voice will not be Silenced - Statement from Congress National Board
* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples: Congress Condemns Cuts
* NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services: Government cuts support for National Congress
* Dan Harrison, SMH: Indigenous organisation to defy Tony Abbott funding cut
* Kaye Lee, The Australian Independent Media Network: Putting our First People last

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Tony Abbott
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Dan Harrison
Patricia Karvelas
The Australian
Mid North Coast Greens
NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
First Peoples Voice will not be Silenced
Statement from Congress National Board
Congress Condemns Cuts
NATSILS - Government cuts support for National Congress
Indigenous organisation to defy Tony Abbott funding cut
Kaye Lee
The Australian Independent Media Network
Putting our First People last
cuts to the funding for the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Aboriginal congress told funding will go
First Peoples body vows to continue despite funding cut

WGAR News: NATSILS Factsheet: funding cuts to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 21/12/2013 - 7:40pm

Newsletter date: 22 December 2013

Contents:

* NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services: Government to defund Aboriginal Legal Services Peak Body and all Law Reform and Policy Positions
* NATSILS Factsheet: funding cuts to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
* CAALAS - Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service: Cuts to Aboriginal legal aid will silence Aboriginal communities
* NACCHO political health news: Abbott Government cuts to impact on Aboriginal health

Geography: 
ACT
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
ANTaR
SNAICC
NACCHO
SNAICC News
Amnesty International Australia
Greens Senator Penny Wright
Aboriginal legal services
CAALAS - Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
Aboriginal Legal Services Peak Body
ATSILS - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
NATSILS Factsheet - funding cuts to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
Cuts to Aboriginal Legal Services
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice
ANTaR - Take Action
Oxfam Australia Media
WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
NATSILS chairman Shane Duffy
Shane Duffy
Indigenous legal services
Human Rights Law Centre
Equality Rights Alliance
NATSIWA
Videos on the cuts to Aboriginal legal aid

WGAR News: Aboriginal languages a source of strength: Shyamla Eswaran, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 20/12/2013 - 4:37pm

Newsletter date: 21 December 2013

Contents:

* Shyamla Eswaran, Green Left: Aboriginal languages a source of strength
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Curtis Taylor - world's largest digital storytelling archive for 16 language groups
* Claire Bowern, The Conversation: Language nests: a way to revive Indigenous languages at risk
* Chris Raja, ABC Indigenous: Australia is the place of vanishing languages
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
bilingual education
Aboriginal languages
Gerry Georgatos
The Conversation
Amy McQuire
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Indigenous languages
Jon Altman
Jeff McMullen
Mary Graham
The Stringer
The Guardian
The Wire
Green Left
Rodney Dillon
Solidarity Online
ABC Indigenous
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles
Curtis Taylor
Shyamla Eswaran
Curtis Taylor - world's largest digital storytelling archive for 16 language groups
Claire Bowern
Language nests - a way to revive Indigenous languages at risk
Chris Raja
Indigenous identity
Australia is the place of vanishing languages
Restricted - a new exhibition explores Indigenous identity
Raymond Zada
Five questions to Amy McQuire - on Australia's two worlds - one for black and one for white

WGAR News: Coalition stirs the ghost of Jimmie Blacksmith: Tim Kroenert, Eureka Street [99-year leases]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 18/12/2013 - 12:01pm

Newsletter date: 19 December 2013

Contents:

* SMH: Indigenous burning among ancient practices being studied to save eco-systems

* Anna Salleh, ABC Science: Bead currency used in Australia's first export industry

* Benedict Scambary, CAEPR: My Country, Mine Country: Indigenous People, Mining and Development Contestation in Remote Australia

* Tim Kroenert, Eureka Street: Coalition stirs the ghost of Jimmie Blacksmith [99-year leases]
* WGAR News: "Statement by Rev. Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM regarding MOUs on township 99 year leases" (11 Nov 13)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
native title
Gerry Georgatos
Indigenous people
The Stringer
Save The Kimberley Campaign
Djiniyini Gondarra
Eureka Street
99-year leases
Indigenous burning
Indigenous burning among ancient practices being studied to save eco-systems
Anna Salleh
ABC Science
Bead currency used in Australia's first export industry
Australia's first export industry
Benedict Scambary
CAEPR
My Country - Mine Country
Mining and Development Contestation in Remote Australia
Tim Kroenert
NT guilty of destroying sacred trees
Social Justice and Native Title state of the nation report
People of the whales unhappy with native title determination
Seán Kerins
Andrew Probyn

WGAR News: Radioactive Show: Maralinga - Muckaty - Medicine: 3CR Community Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 17/12/2013 - 8:00pm

Newsletter date: 18 December 2013

Contents:

* 3CR Community Radio: Radioactive Show: Maralinga - Muckaty - Medicine
[Featuring Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Barb Shaw, Penny Phillips, Isobel Phillips & Michael Fonda]
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* RTRFM: Understorey: Regulating the Nuclear Village
[Featuring Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Uncle Glen Cooke, Kado Muir & Della Rae Morrison]

* Tracker: Federal govt suspends Ranger operations

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
environment
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Muckaty
Gerry Georgatos
Maralinga
Barb Shaw
Traditional Owners
The Stringer
NITV News
Tracker
Robin Chapple
3CR Community Radio
Kado Muir
Penny Phillips
Uncle Kevin Buzzacott
Ryan Liddle
proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Radioactive Show
Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine
Isobel Phillips
Michael Fonda
Regulating the Nuclear Village
Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests
RTRFM
Understorey
Uncle Glen Cooke
Della Rae Morrison
Ranger operations
radioactive spill at Kakadu
Major uranium leak endangers Kakadu
Greens WA Robin Chapple MLC
Uranium Fails Catastrophically

WGAR News: Pleas for strong and effective racial vilification laws: Santilla Chingaipe, SBS Radionews

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 15/12/2013 - 4:34pm

Newsletter date: 16 December 2013

Contents:

* Santilla Chingaipe, SBS Radionews: Pleas for strong and effective racial vilification laws [Featuring The Law Centre's Hugh de Kreteser]
* Malarndirri McCarthy, NITV News: Over 150 groups rally against changes to racial discrimination laws

* Michael Coggan, ABC News: Indigenous Affairs Minister reviewing future of National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Nova Peris questions Abbott's dedication to Indigenous affairs

* Karen Ashford, SBS Radionews: Commission reveals spike in racism reports

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
self-determination
Nova Peris
Indigenous Affairs
NITV News
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
The Guardian
The Wire
SBS Radionews
Brooke Boney
ABC News
Indigenous affairs minister
Mick Gooda
Racial Discrimination laws
Santilla Chingaipe
racial vilification laws
Hugh de Kreteser
Malarndirri McCarthy
Over 150 groups rally against changes to racial discrimination laws
Michael Coggan
Abbott
Karen Ashford
Commission reveals spike in racism reports
Social Justice and Native Title Report
Five questions to Mick Gooda - on self-determination and human rights

WGAR News: Aboriginal Law must sit on top of whiteman's law, because 'our Law is the Law of this land': SU

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 15/12/2013 - 2:29pm

Newsletter date: 15 December 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Aboriginal Law must sit on top of whiteman's law, because 'our Law is the Law of this land'
* Ron Sutton, SBS News: Indigenous Australians remember Mandela
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Aunty Lila Watson & Mary Graham
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Upcoming Event 17 December 2013: Public monument proposal - 'The Freedom Fighters' Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner
* Community Radio 3CR Anarchist World's Joseph Toscano on the Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheener campaign

Geography: 
Melbourne
Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Tunnerminnerwait
Maulboyheenner
Sovereign Union
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Mary Graham
Aboriginal Law
Indigenous Australians
Ron Sutton
Community Radio 3CR
Aunty Mary Graham
Henry Reynolds
SBS News
Sovereign Union - Aboriginal Law must sit on top of whiteman's law - because our Law is the Law of this land
Aunty Lila Watson
Lila Watson
Indigenous Australians remember Mandela
Public monument proposal - The Freedom Fighters
Maulboyheener
Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener campaign
Anarchist World
Joseph Toscano
The Forgotten War
Coranderrk
Coranderrk - We Will Show the Country
Standard Digital News
The bonfire of paper at the end of colonial empire

WGAR News: Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases: 'cA' & 'Respect and Listen' compilations

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 09/12/2013 - 1:21pm

Newsletter date: 9 December 2013

Contents:

* 'concerned Australians' compilation: Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases
* Respect and Listen compilation: Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases
* ACM Sydney: The dismantling of the Land Rights Act (NT) 1976 forum [a forum held by 'concerned Australians']
* Michele Harris 'concerned Australians': "I would like to thank all those who attended the conversation on the "Dismantling of the Aboriginal land Rights Act (NT) 1976" yesterday."

Geography: 
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
protest
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
National Indigenous Times
concerned Australians
Jon Altman
Nigel Scullion
The Stringer
Michele Harris
Respect and Listen
ACM Sydney
Djiniyini Gondarra
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Indigenous affairs minister
Michael Brull
Overland Literary Journal
Ryan Liddle
Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases
99 year leases
Dismantling the Land Rights Act
The dismantling of the Land Rights Act NT 1976 forum
Dismantling of the Aboriginal land Rights Act NT 1976
Aboriginal land Rights Act NT 1976
Alastair Nicholson
Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra
Luke Waters
Malcolm Fraser
Rita Camilleri
Ian R Yule
Geoff Bagnall
Catholic Religious Australia
David Wood
The media and the Intervention

WGAR News: 'Protecting Manuwangku' [Muckaty] film launch - Tennant Creek & Darwin: BNI Audio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 09/12/2013 - 12:19pm

Newsletter date: 8 December 2013

Contents:

* Beyond Nuclear Initiative Audio: 'Protecting Manuwangku' film launch - Tennant Creek & Darwin
* Sally Whyte, Crikey Clarifier: should nuclear waste be stored at Muckaty Station?
* Tennant & District Times: Nuke dump highlighted in Peris’ maiden speech
* Tennant & District Times: Muckaty traditional owners hold Macfarlane to promise
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT

* Melissa Fyfe, SMH: Kimberley Aborigines' fight for James Price point is now against WA's Premier

Geography: 
Darwin
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
darwin
NT
Tennant Creek
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
WA
Walmadan Tent Embassy
Kimberley Region
Nova Peris
north of Broome
Beyond Nuclear Initiative
BNI
Tennant and District Times
Colin Barnett
Beyond Nuclear Initiative Audio
BNI Audio
Protecting Manuwangku film launch
Sally Whyte
Crikey Clarifier - should nuclear waste be stored at Muckaty Station
Nuke dump highlighted in Peris' maiden speech
Muckaty traditional owners hold Macfarlane to promise
Macfarlane
Muckaty traditional owners
proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT
Melissa Fyfe
SMH
Kimberley Aborigines
WA Premier