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WGAR News: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities: Australian Human Rights Commission

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 31/05/2013 - 2:48pm

Newsletter date: 1 June 2013

Contents:

* AHRC: Suicide prevention strategy targets ATSI communities
* NITV News: National strategy targeting Indigenous suicide announced
* CAAMA interviews Professor Pat Dudgeon about the strategy to tackle suicide and self harm
* Pro Bono News: National Strategy on Indigenous Suicide
* SBS Radionews: National strategy to reduce Indigenous suicide
* SBS Radionews: Applause for Indigenous suicide prevention plan
* Australian: Kimberley indigenous suicide prevention plan set to expand

Geography:

New South Wales

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 30/05/2013 - 1:04pm

Newsletter date: 31 May 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer [Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill]
* CAAMA: NT proposed Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill
* ABC The World Today: Aboriginal justice, welfare groups call for rethink on NT plan to force alcoholics into rehab
* Dan Harrison, Canberra Times: NT plan to lock up drunks 'targets aborigines'
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens express serious concerns over NT mandatory rehabilitation
* ABC: ACOSS attacks mandatory alcohol rehabilitation

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 6:04pm

Newsletter date: 30 May 2013

Contents:

* Australian Institute of Criminology: Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Report on Deaths in Custody - people dying at high rates
* Inga Ting, SMH: Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people
* Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle, ABC The Drum Opinion: Indigenous prison rates are a national shame
* SBS World News: 'No lessons learned' on Aboriginal deaths
* Cairns Post: Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise
* Bundaberg News Mail: Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Australian Institute of Criminology

Aboriginal imprisonment

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle

ABC The Drum Opinion

Indigenous prison rates

Aboriginal incarceration rates

human rights report

Indigenous detention rates

Australian Institute of Criminology - Deaths in custody in Australia to 30 June 2011

Inga Ting - SMH - Policy failure as prisons fill with indigenous people

Paul Simpson and Michael Doyle - ABC The Drum Opinion - Indigenous prison rates are a national shame

Cairns Post - Concern as Aboriginal deaths in custody rise

Bundaberg News Mail - Aboriginal incarceration rates hitting crisis levels

SBS Radionews - Australia under fire in human rights report

Tracker - Australia failing on human rights - Amnesty

WGAR News: Oxfam report mocks Native Title: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 9:36am

Newsletter date: 29 May 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Oxfam report mocks Native Title
* Oxfam Australia: Mining
* Oxfam Australia and CAER: The right to decide: company commitments and community consent
* SBS Radionews: Mining benefits 'not getting to Indigenous people'
* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters [Refusal to honour native title & Indigenous land use agreements]
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* SBS Radionews: Indigenous focus on land and sea management

* ABC: Waste dump opponents 'not going to back down'

Geography:

Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: "Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/05/2013 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 15 May 2013

Contents:

* Change.org Petition: Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service (CNS)
* Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT: ALS News: Save the CNS
* The Wire Audio: Argument between governments puts lives at risk
* The Stringer: Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated
* NIRS: Urgent funding call for anti-deaths in custody measure
* NIRS: ALS warns lives could be at risk unless phone line is funded

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Custody Notification Service

CNS

Aboriginal deaths in police custody

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

ALS

Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition

Alcohol Protection Orders

Aboriginality in sentencing

Change org Petition - Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service - CNS

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - ALS News - Save the CNS

The Wire Audio - Argument between governments puts lives at risk

The Stringer - Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Aboriginality in sentencing before the High Court

The Stringer - DCS issued warning one year prior - that riot would eventuate

WGAR News: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome: The Directors of Save The Kimberley

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

Newsletter date: 10 May 2013

Contents:

* The Directors of Save The Kimberley: Woodside Decision a Great Outcome
* YouTube: Thank you - for uniting to stop the gas hub! - TheWildernessSociety
* WA Today: James Price Point land acquisition likely
* Greens Senators Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert; WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: The emperor needs to let go of James Price Point
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Gas Wars
* Tracker: Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

Geography:

Western Australia

WGAR News: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition: Ray Jackson, Green Left

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 6:06pm

Newsletter date: 9 May 2013

Contents:

* Indymedia Australia: Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!

* The Wire Audio: Justice reinvestment 'key to tackling Indigenous incarceration'
* WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Justice reinvestment comeback
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment or by any other name
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

Socialist Alternative

children in adult jail

WA Greens

Green Left

national stop deaths in custody coalition

Indymedia Australia - Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed

WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple - Justice reinvestment comeback

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Justice Reinvestment or by any other name

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Amnesty - Supreme Court of WA - case dismissed - but concerns remain about children in adult jail

The Stringer - Supreme Court decision floors parents of jailed children

SBS Radionews Audio - WA judge dismisses juvenile offender challenge

WGAR News: Tiga Bayles interview with John Pilger: First Nations Peoples and the new Film 'Utopia'

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 04/05/2013 - 4:00pm

Newsletter date: 5 May 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews John Pilger about his life long support for First Nations Peoples and his new Film 'Utopia'
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: A special message from John Pilger
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Guest Speaker Sue Gillett
* Respect and Listen: Docos: The Secret Country: Some Statistics - Then and Now [from Paddy Gibson]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: John Pilger on racism in Australia
* Therese Mortensen, Amnesty International Australia: No more secrets

Geography:

Keywords:

First Nations Peoples

Amnesty International Australia

Aboriginal squalor

dirtiest secrets

dirtiest little secret

Indigenous Australians

New John Pilger film

ITV

Aboriginal Australians

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews John Pilger about his life long support for First Nations Peoples and his new Film Utopia

Respect and Listen - Docos - The Secret Country - A special message from John Pilger

Respect and Listen - Docos - The Secret Country - Some Statistics - Then and Now - from Paddy Gibson

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - John Pilger on racism in Australia

Therese Mortensen - Amnesty International Australia - No more secrets

Candace Sutton - The Australian - Aboriginal squalor among Australia's dirtiest secrets says expat

WGAR News: Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people: John Pilger, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 30/04/2013 - 4:51pm

Newsletter date: 1 May 2013

Contents:

* John Pilger, The Guardian: Australia's boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people

* Daniel Emerson, The West Australian: Nation's political bloodshed 'ignored'
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Killing Times
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: WA Governor states that he was misinterpreted

* The Wire: Coalition says remote communities should fund own water, sewerage [interview with Paddy Gibson]

* Rachel Siewert, New Matilda: When Did Labor Stop Caring?

* Other articles

Geography:

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: New CLC chairman warns mining companies he will renegotiate royalties!: CAAMA Radio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 27/04/2013 - 10:44am

Newsletter date: 28 April 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio: New CLC chairman warns mining companies he will renegotiate royalties!

* Robin Chapple MLC, WA Greens: Birriliburu IPA declaration ceremony [IPA: Indigenous Protected Area]

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Woodside & Government will not pay $1.5 billion
* Robin Chapple MLC, WA Greens: Broome ratepayers left in lurch by JPP halt
* NIRS: Broome should get benefits without gas hub: Mitch Torres
* ABC Video: Celebrating the end of James Price Point but floating a future for Browse

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia