Gerry Georgatos

WGAR News: Culture Is Life campaign - Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 13/08/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 14 August 2013

Contents:

* Culture Is Life: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide [Launch of new campaign]
* YouTube: Culture Is Life Campaign video
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia's Aboriginal children - The world's highest suicide rate
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* The Wire: Indigenous children dominate out-of-home care [Featuring Frank Hytten, CEO of SNAICC and Rachel Siewert, Greens Senator]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
criminal justice system
suicide
Aboriginal children
indigenous youth
youth suicide
The Stringer
The Wire
Andrew Jackomos
Aboriginal youth suicide
Culture Is Life
Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
Launch of new campaign - Culture Is Life
YouTube - Culture Is Life Campaign video
Shane Green
Australia's Aboriginal children - The world's highest suicide rate
Frank Hytten - CEO of SNAICC
Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Indigenous children dominate out of home care
Rachel Siewert - Greens Senator
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
Closing the Gap Clearing House - AIHW
Indigenous Australian children
Aboriginal Self-harm
Trauma-informed services and trauma-specific care for Indigenous Australian children
mental health disorders
cognitive impairment
child suicide

WGAR News: Australia's First Nations Political Party proudly announces pre-selection of candidates

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/08/2013 - 1:06pm

Newsletter date: 12 August 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
Northern Territory
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Julian Assange
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal peoples
Jeff McMullen
The Stringer
CAAMA Radio
Tracker
CAAMA Video
Warren H Williams
Australia's First Nations Political Party
Paul Wiles
Ken Lechleitner
Election material related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aunty Rosalie Kunoth Monks
Arrende-Alyawarra Elder speaks out against intervention
Rosalie Kunoth Monks from Australia's First Nations Political Party runs for a seat in the Senate
The Return of Jedda
Australia's First Nations candidate Ken Lechleitner is running for the Seat of Lingiari
what the WikiLeaks Party will mean to Aboriginal peoples
Make your vote count
Central Desert Arrernte man Warren H. Williams is standing for the Australian Greens for a Senate spot from the Northern Territory in the federal election
Australian Greens Policy - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

WGAR News: ALSWA supports Greens stance on Justice Reinvestment: Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 10/08/2013 - 1:53pm

Newsletter date: 11 August 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Legal Service of WA: ALSWA supports Greens stance on Justice Reinvestment
* Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens initiative to make WA communities safer and get smart on crime
* Senator Penny Wright: Smarter, safer, stronger - Greens launch criminal justice policy [Featuring Warren H. Williams]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Lock'em up culture has to end [Featuring Warren H. Williams]
* Christine Heard, SBS Radio News: Justice reinvestment: an ounce of prevention?

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
WA
Justice Reinvestment
Let's Talk
The Stringer
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Debbie Kilroy
Green Left
Greens Senator Penny Wright
Jim McIlroy
Karen Dorante
ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
Warren H Williams
Greens initiative to make WA communities safer and get smart on crime
Smarter safer stronger - Greens launch criminal justice policy
Lock'em up culture has to end
Imprisonment - A default response to women's poverty and disadvantage
High Court examines the role of background in sentencing
Case over Aboriginality in sentencing to begin
Group to reignite deaths in custody fight
Shane Phillips - CEO of Tribal Warrior Association

WGAR News: SNAICC welcomes appointment of first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Youth

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 23/07/2013 - 7:07pm

Newsletter date: 24 July 2013

Contents:

* SNAICC News: SNAICC welcomes appointment of Mr Andrew Jackomos [as first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Youth]
* Australian Human Rights Commission: Victorian appointment for Aboriginal children and young people
* Tracker: Vic gets commissioner for Koori youth
* SNAICC News: National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - 4 August 2013

* Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) Submission - Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill 2013 (NT)
* Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Victoria
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Close the Gap
Gerry Georgatos
Australian Human Rights Commission
Congress
Let's Talk
New Matilda
Aboriginal children
NACCHO
The Stringer
SNAICC News
NITV News
Tracker
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
CROAKEY
NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill
Human Rights Law Centre - HRLC
Karen Dorante
Craig Quartermaine
Damian Griffis
Anthony Stewart
ANTaR Health Campaign - Take Action
NHLF
NATSIHP
Melissa Sweet
Andrew Jackomos
first Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Youth
Aboriginal children and young people
commissioner for Koori youth
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day - 4 August 2013
Bill Ivinson
Lyla Dreise
Aboriginal Type 2 Diabetes
Michelle True
CEO of Diabetes Qld
Aboriginal type-2 diabetics
Indigenous men gather for health summit
A Step Forward For Indigenous Disability
ABC Indigenous - DisabilityCare
National Aboriginal heath plan
Grattan Institute
Aboriginal health gap
AMA

WGAR News: James Price Point: Victory or Loss?: Arena Magazine Feature [Kimberley Region, WA]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 22/07/2013 - 4:20pm

Newsletter date: 23 July 2013

Contents:

* Arena Magazine Feature: James Price Point: Victory or Loss?
* Greens Senators Rachel Siewert, Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters: What future for the Kimberley?
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The fight goes to Canberra [Aboriginal rock art]

* Len Collard and Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Simplistic offer to Noongars cannot extinguish Native Title nor solve years of neglect
* Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: Barnett makes weak native title offer

Geography: 
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Northern Land Council
native title
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
JPP
Whitehaven
north of Broome
SBS Living Black
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
The Stringer
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Green Left
Aboriginal rock art
Marc Tong
Arena Magazine Feature
Greens Senator Larissa Waters
Len Collard
Alex Bainbridge
Barnett
The Wilderness Society WA
Don't destroy the Fitzroy
dams
coal mining
gas fracking
Mark Hewitt
Anindilyakwa Land Council
Protecting Sea Country from Seabed Mining
NLC
NLC Chairman Wali Wunungmurra
nuclear waste dump hits eight years
Tennant and District Times
Gomeroi traditional owners of north-west NSW
north-west NSW
Gomeroi
Aboriginal workers protest coalmine
Catherine Clifford
Temporary truce between Gomeroi and Whitehaven

WGAR News: National day of action gives birth to a national body: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 21/07/2013 - 3:45pm

Newsletter date: 22 July 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National day of action gives birth to a national body
* Let's Talk's Karen Dorante interviews Gerry Georgatos, a Human Rights Advocate completing a PHD in Deaths in Custody
* Penny Wright, The Guardian UK: Australia's culture of incarceration has gone too far
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT going backwards on black deaths in custody
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Rising rates of Aboriginal women into prison can no longer be overlooked

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Gerry Georgatos
black deaths in custody
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
WA
Justice Reinvestment
Emma Murphy
The Stringer
Amnesty International Australia
Green Left
national stop deaths in custody coalition
The Guardian UK
Aboriginal justice
ANTaR - Justice Campaign - Take Action
WA adult jail
Western Australia's jail rate
Aboriginal women into prison
Penny Wright
Australia's culture of incarceration
Let's Talk's Karen Dorante interviews Gerry Georgatos
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Treaty, sovereignty, empowerment the key factors for meaningful Recognition: NIT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 20/07/2013 - 8:19pm

Newsletter date: 21 July 2013

Contents:

* NIT: Your Say: Treaty, sovereignty, empowerment the key factors for meaningful Recognition
* Let's Talk - NAIDOC Day Constitutional Symposium featuring Panel Members Prof. Megan Davis, Dr Robert Anderson OAM and Aunty Mary Graham
* Jim McIlroy, Green Left: Forum debates Aboriginal rights constitution change [Journalist Jeff McMullen chaired the event.]
* NIRS: NLC Chair suggests Land Rights Act be protected in the Consitution
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
treaty
Gerry Georgatos
sovereignty
National Indigenous Times
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Let's Talk
constitutional recognition
The Stringer
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Green Left
empowerment
Prof Megan Davis
Dr Robert Anderson OAM
Aunty Mary Graham
Let's Talk - NAIDOC Day Constitutional Symposium
Jim McIlroy
Aboriginal rights constitution change
Journalist Jeff McMullen
NLC Chair
Land Rights Act
National Congress elects Kirstie Parker and Les Malezer
APO NT - Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory
APO NT Governance Summit - Strong Aboriginal Governance
Dr Dale Kerwin
research into Aboriginal Trackers who fought in the Boer War and did not return home
Notice of Condolence - Human Rights Advocate will be sadly missed says ALSWA

WGAR News: MJA's first issue for July has a focus on Indigenous health: Medical Journal of Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 18/07/2013 - 7:30pm

Newsletter date: 17 July 2013

Contents:

* Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): Volume 199, Issue 1 - 8 July, 2013
* Ruth Armstrong, MJA: A time and a place
* Tammy M Kimpton, MJA: Partnership and leadership: key to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
* Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley, MJA: Improving the health of First Nations children in Australia
* Melissa A Sweet, MJA: Social media: new links for Indigenous health
* Sarah L Blunden and Danny Camfferman, MJA: Can sleep contribute to "closing the gap" for Indigenous children?

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
social media
Gerry Georgatos
Indigenous health
Closing the Gap
Indigenous kids
Indigenous children
The Stringer
Tracker
Aboriginal health and wellbeing
Medical Journal of Australia - MJA - Volume 199 Issue 1 - 8 July 2013
Ruth Armstrong - MJA
Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley - MJA
Melissa A Sweet - MJA
Sarah L Blunden and Danny Camfferman - MJA
Tammy M Kimpton - MJA
Kerry Arabena - MJA
The Wire interview featuring Lynn Brodie Lowitja institute
NACCHO eye health news
Alexia Atwood - The Conversation
Sunanda Creagh and Zoe Ferguson - The Conversation
health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
health of First Nations children in Australia
Indigenous Health Research
High stress
Indigenous child health
fruit and veg

WGAR News: Rudd hails 'Aboriginal Magna Carta': Kathy Marks, The New Zealand Herald

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 14/07/2013 - 12:41pm

Newsletter date: 15 July 2013

Contents:

* Kathy Marks, The New Zealand Herald: Rudd hails 'Aboriginal Magna Carta'
* Stefan Armbruster, SBS Radionews: Where NAIDOC came from ... 75 years ago
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 1,200 attend NAIDOC Ball - but there is justice yet to be done

See:

WGAR News: NAIDOC Week: Still Supporting Yolngu in Their Fight for Rights: 'concerned Australians' (8 Jul 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/08/wgar-news-naidoc-week-still-supportin...

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
SBS Radionews
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - 1200 attend NAIDOC Ball - but there is justice yet to be done
Kathy Marks
The New Zealand Herald
Rudd hails Aboriginal Magna Carta
Stefan Armbruster
Where NAIDOC came from 75 years ago
NAIDOC
Stefan Armbruster - SBS Radionews - Where NAIDOC came from - 75 years ago

WGAR News: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 09/07/2013 - 2:05pm

Newsletter date: 10 July 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples
* ABC News: Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
* Tracker: Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
* SBS World News Video: WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group
* Tim Bray, CCI: State Government Native Title offer to provide positive benefits
* University of Otago, NZ: Setting up the Tent Embassy [Nyoongar Tent Embassy]
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (sacred site of Matagarup), Perth, WA

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
The Stringer
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining - Protestors line up to stop Whitehaven's Maules Creek mine
WA Tent Embassy
sacred site of Matagarup - Heirisson Island
WA Native Title offer
ABC News - Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
Tracker - Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
$1.3 billion Native Title deal
SBS World News Video - WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group