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WGAR News: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment: NACCHO

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 29/05/2014 - 11:53am

Newsletter date: 30 May 2014

Contents:

* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* Eduardo Jordan, The Wire: Are we really closing the gap? [Featuring Greg Craven and Justin Mohamed]
* NACCHO: Fears Tony Abbott will widen Indigenous health gap
* The Stringer: Who do we believe? Different findings, Reform Council & Close the Gap
* Marie McInerney, Croakey: Latest 'close the gap' update on Indigenous health underlines alarm over #Budget2014 cuts
* Michael McKenna, The Australian: Health overhaul closes the gap

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Australia

Northern Territory

Queensland

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

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Northern Territory

WGAR News: SBS TV: Watch John Pilger's 'Utopia', on Saturday 31st May 2014, 8:35pm SBSONE

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 27/05/2014 - 2:44pm

Newsletter date: 27 May 2014

Contents:

* johnpilger.com : Utopia, John Pilger's latest film, to be broadcast on SBS Australia on 31 May
* Chris Graham, New Matilda: Utopia: The Inside Story
* The Stringer: A long way to go for 'Utopia'
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* johnpilger.com : UTOPIA, JOHN PILGER'S LATEST FILM, TO BE BROADCAST ON SBS AUSTRALIA ON 31 MAY

- News

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Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

…if you are here because our liberation is bound up with mine, let us work together.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 23/05/2014 - 2:16pm

...if you are here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.

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Canberra events: National Day of Action Marking National Sorry Day: Stop Ongoing Stolen Generations!

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 22/05/2014 - 8:27pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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New Event: 1 May - 3 August 2014: Parkes, Canberra, ACT
Michael Cook: Through My Eyes
Venue: Museum of Australian Democracy
"In this unique exhibition, Michael Cook transposes
the faces of Aboriginal people over the faces of
twenty seven former prime ministers, carefully
matching facial features - eyes, nose, chin

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians: Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 22/05/2014 - 9:56am

Newsletter date: 22 May 2014

Contents:

* Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians

* Joint Press Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders call for scrapping of co-payments
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Aboriginal leaders upset over co-payments [Featuring Jill Gallagher and Justin Mohamed]
* NIRS: Call to give Aboriginal Medical Centres a Co-payment break
* NIRS: GP co-payment 'removes safety net to health'

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Canberra

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the 2014 Federal Budget

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 19/05/2014 - 5:37pm

Newsletter date: 20 May 2014

Contents:

* Amy McQuire, The Guardian: Cash for jails: Tony Abbott's budget for Indigenous Australia

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: "Warren Mundine, show your face," Tauto Sansbury [Featuring Tauto Sansbury]

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Chris Graham speaking about and breaking down the recently announced Australian Budget
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mary Graham & Monica Morgan about the upcoming Budget announcement

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Australia

Adelaide events: 2014 KutteWangkaWaiarnda (Responsibility) Wodlianni Stolen Generations National Sorry Day event

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/05/2014 - 7:47pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 26 May 2014: various locations in Australia including SA
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day is an annual day of
commemoration and remembrance of all those
who have been impacted by the government
policies of forcible removal that have
resulted in the Stolen Generations." NSDC
"National Sorry Day is a reminder of the

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 87 events from 17 May 2014

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 17/05/2014 - 2:23pm

Newsletter date: 17 May 2014

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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New Event: Fri 16 May - Sun 25 May 2014: Enmore, NSW
Freedom Ride
"This powerful interactive play is set in the revolutionary '60s.
It investigates a pivotal event in Australia’s history:
the Australian Freedom Ride. This student action stirred up
key questions about racism and indigenous rights, and is
regarded as a turning point in race relations in Australia."

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Aboriginal rights events for your calendar or diary

Perth events: National Day of Action Marking National Sorry Day: Stop Ongoing Stolen Generations!

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 16/05/2014 - 5:22pm

Perth and WA Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR events postings for each State and Territory: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-events-postings

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Event: 26 May 2014: various locations in Australia
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day is an annual day of
commemoration and remembrance of all those
who have been impacted by the government
policies of forcible removal that have
resulted in the Stolen Generations." NSDC
"National Sorry Day is a reminder of the

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Perth and WA Aboriginal rights events for your diary