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WGAR News: NT leader: Nova Peris is wrong, Stronger Futures must go: STICS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 04/02/2013 - 1:44pm

Newsletter date: 4 February 2013

Contents:

* STICS: NT leader: Nova Peris is wrong, Stronger Futures must go
* 4 Feb 13 Event: STICS meeting - Guest speaker from the NT - Marie Ellis
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* ABC Radio National - Awaye!: The Letters Patent [1836 South Australia]
* change.org Petition: Jay Weatherill Premier of South Australia: Uphold the 1836 SA Letters Patent

* ACF: New Kimberley parks welcomed but jettison JPP gas hub plans

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Northern Territory

South Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 39 events from 4 February 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/02/2013 - 2:28pm

Newsletter date: 3 February 2013

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Event: Mon 4 February 2013: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
Stop the Intervention Collective special meeting:
Guest speaker from the NT:
Marie Ellis, President Amoonguna community
"Marie Ellis has been a leading Aboriginal voice
opposing the Intervention and the devastation it
has caused at Amoonguna, her community near
Alice Springs. At this special STICS meeting,
Marie will give us the latest news from the NT
and discuss the struggle to re-establish community

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WGAR News: UN intervention called for at James Price Point: Hands off country

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 01/02/2013 - 2:08pm

Newsletter date: 2 February 2013

Contents:

* Hands Off Country: UN Intervention called for at James Price Point
* The West: Push for UN to visit gas hub
* Respect and Listen: Save the Kimberley: Report on Walmadany - James Price Point
* Hands Off Country: Video: Barnett Blooms in Broome
* The West: Premier coy on ways to stop FLNG
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* NIRS: Income management admin costs over a million a year: Report
[sic - actually the amount is over one hundred million a year]

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List of children killed by US drone strikes

Submitted by nader on Fri, 01/02/2013 - 2:44am

How many children will Obama kill in his remote controlled drone war?

How many kids can become “collateral damage” before we demand a halt?

Why should we believe the CIA who runs the drone program?

Is it legal or moral for the CIA to act as judge, jury and executioner, with no legal process what so ever?

List of Children Killed by US (Drone Strikes) in Yemen and Pakistan

The following list was issued by DRONES WATCH on 20 January 2013. The names were compiled from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports.

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MILF to CPP: Judge not by your way

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:36pm

Mindanao, Philippines: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been mum on the criticisms hurled against it by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). We know it is not beneficial to both organizations if they are dragged into the verbal tussle. However, it is not good either if the MILF allows the one-way verbal assault continues. There must be a brake to it by way of this explanation.

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International news and opinion

On the misuse of the Philippine Senate MOOE fund

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 9:11pm

The Party of the Laboring Masses (Partido Lakas ng Masa - PLM) is spearheading a campaign to eradicate corruption, patronage politics and shamelessness among government officials. The picket today at the Senate is only the first of the PLM campaign to pursue transparency in government.

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Global/International

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human rights

solidarity

International news and opinion

WGAR News: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub: Save The Kimberley

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 1:13pm

Newsletter date: 30 January 2013

Contents:

* Save The Kimberley: Broome 'army ready' for war on Kimberley gas hub
* Broome Community No Gas Campaign: Decision "insulting joke" to Aboriginal heritage
* Perth Now: Broome and the gas hub - a town divided
* The West: Premier heckled by protesters
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* 'concerned Australians': Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June, 2012
* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity: NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

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Northern Territory Intervention

Broome Community No Gas

Australian First Nation's Political Party

Peris

Aboriginal ALP members

Day of Mourning

Indigenous party

Broome Community No Gas Campaign - Decision insulting joke to Aboriginal heritage

Perth Now - Broome and the gas hub - a town divided

The West - Premier heckled by protesters

concerned Australians - Stronger Futures Legislation passed into Law on 29 June 2012

Paddy Gibson - Solidarity - NT Liberals betray Aboriginal communities with cuts and more cops

SMH - Indigenous party rallies in Canberra

Tracker - Aboriginal ALP members put hands up against Peris nomination

ABC - Indigenous ALP members nominate against Peris

Socialist Alternative - What's to celebrate on Invasion Day

Socialist Alternative - Poems of resistance on Invasion Day

Sovereign Union - Invasion Day

PHILIPPINES - Akbayan Celebrates Compensation Act to victims of Martial Law

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 27/01/2013 - 12:03pm

Akbayan Party-list lauded the conclusion of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) on the Compensation Bill for victims of human rights violations during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, calling it a “victory of the Filipino people and of Philippine democracy” after a decades-long struggle of advocates and victims of Martial Law abuses for justice.

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Global/International

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human rights

solidarity

International news and opinion

WGAR News: "Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 25/01/2013 - 2:47pm

Newsletter date: 26 January 2013

Contents:

* NIRS: Day of Mourning protest: The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history
* NIRS: Australia Day a "race-based" celebration
* Joseph Toscano, Anarchist World - 3CR Audio: Inappropriate 'Australia Day', Invasion Day
* Peter Gebhardt, The Age: A national day of shame
* NIRS: Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest
* WGAR News: Aboriginal Sovereignty Day, Invasion Day and Survival Day Events: Sat 26 January 2013

* Tracker: Win for tent embassy activists

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Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy

Musgrave Park

Saturday 26 January 2013

Aboriginal Sovereignty Day

South Brisbane

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

child sexual abuse

Lowitja Institute

child protection system

NIRS - Day of Mourning protest - The most significant moment in Aboriginal political history

NIRS - Australia Day a race-based celebration

Joseph Toscano - Anarchist World - 3CR Audio - Inappropriate Australia Day - Invasion Day

Peter Gebhardt - The Age - A national day of shame

NIRS - Treaty demands to be outlined at Melbourne protest

Tracker - Win for tent embassy activists

NIRS - Court lifts bail conditions for Brisbane Embassy three

NIRS - Embassy member disappointed not to be allowed to light sacred fire

SNAICC News - The Lowitja Institute needs your support

The Lowitja Institute - The MCG Congress Lowitja Statement

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 53 events from 25 January 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/01/2013 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 23 January 2013

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Event: Fri 25 January 2013: East Perth, WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy: Last day of Freedom
- A ceremony to honour our Nyoongar Yorga Boodja
"Activities at Matagarup (Heirrison Island) hosted
by the Nyoongar Tent Embassy. Includes BBQ
(for donation) and music. ...
(Named for being the last day before invasion day.)"
"Preliminary Launch of Curtin University’s
Research on Media Reporting on the NTE"

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