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WA events: Making Waves for the Kimberley: Carmen Lawrence + Lurujarri Heritage Trail 2014

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 9:17pm

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Sat 8 June 2013 (World Oceans Day): Perth, WA
Making Waves for the Kimberley
Featuring Prof. Carmen Lawrence
"This World Ocean's Day (June 8th) the
Wilderness Society WA cordially invites you to
Making Waves for the Kimberley with guest speaker
Prof. Carmen Lawrence, Chair of the Australian Heritage Council. ...
With the support of the community and people like yourself,
who have helped save James Price Point from a dirty &

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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Adelaide events: Justice and Peace Candle Light Walks around Government House

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 8:47pm

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 7 June 2013: Adelaide, SA
149th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Melbourne events: ISJA + Another Stolen Generation + Ghost Citizens: Witnessing the Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 8:08pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 6 June 2013: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Next Meeting: Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
"During 2013, ISJA will meet the first Thursday of every month."
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm

Event: Fri 14 June 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation!
Stepping up for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Rights!
* Hosted by SNAICC, the national peak body for

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Queensland events: SNAICC National Conference + Mother Courage and Her Children + Manuwangku

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 7:43pm

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 4 to 6 June 2013: Cairns, Qld
SNAICC’s Fifth National Conference
For Our Children: Living and Learning Together
Organised by SNAICC:
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Keynote Speakers:
* Marta Maurás Perez (Chile)
* Cindy Blackstock (Canada)
* Assoc. Prof. Cynthia Kiro (New Zealand) - of Maori descent
* Prof. Judy Atkinson - a Jiman and Bundjalung woman
* Kathy Guthadjaka (Gotha) - a Gatjirrk Warramiri woman

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WGAR News: No plans for JPP gas hub- but matter still goes to court: Aleisha Orr, WA Today

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 05/06/2013 - 12:05pm

Newsletter date: 6 June 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA interview with Natalie Wasley: Muckaty from the other side
* CAAMA interview: Nigel Scullion talks up Muckaty
* Dave Sweeney, ACF: Muckaty says no radioactive dump, six years and counting
* Tennant & District Times: Hundreds rally against Muckaty nuke dump
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* ABC: Case against gas hub approval starts in court
* WA Today: Gas hub matter in the Supreme Court
* 9 News: Court battle looms over WA gas hub plans
* WA Today: No plans for JPP gas hub- but matter still goes to court

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Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Do forced adoptions mean forced assimilation?: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 04/06/2013 - 6:38pm

Newsletter date: 5 June 2013

Contents:

* STICS: Do forced adoptions mean forced assimilation?
* SBS Living Black: Adopting Out Children in the NT [Interview with SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten]
* SBS Living Black: Adopting Children In the NT - Listen to the Elders [Interview with Graham Mundine, ACM]
* NITV: Indigenous kids need Indigenous carers: Expert
* CAAMA: Children's Commissioner calls on Government to commit to future of Territory
* NIRS: NT Government looking at child protection changes
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage

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Cairns

Northern Territory

Queensland

United Natures press release

Submitted by United Natures on Mon, 03/06/2013 - 2:55pm

PRESS RELEASE - for immediate release

United Natures - a United Nations of all species
Directed by Peter Charles Downey
Release June 1st 2013.

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WGAR News: Speech of prominent Aboriginal Territorian Olga Havnen: Healing the Fault Lines

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 03/06/2013 - 2:42pm

Newsletter date: 4 June 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO health news: Healing the Fault Lines: uniting politicians, bureaucrats and NGOs for improved outcomes in Aboriginal Health
[Speech of prominent Aboriginal Territorian Olga Havnen]
* Debra Jopson, Global Mail: You Call That Racism?
[Northern Territory Aboriginal activist Olga Havnen]
* Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio: Audio: Kulja and Donna talk to Chips Mackinolty about the Northern Territory Intervention
* Nine News: Let us take charge, indigenous NGOs say

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

Alison Anderson

NT Minister for Regional Development

Stronger Futures Agreed

NACCHO health news

Debra Jopson

Chips Mackinolty

uniting politicians bureaucrats and NGOs for improved outcomes in Aboriginal Health

Northern Territory Aboriginal activist Olga Havnen

Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio

Debra Jopson - Global Mail - You Call That Racism

Triple R - Melbourne Independent Radio - Audio - Kulja and Donna talk to Chips Mackinolty about the Northern Territory Intervention

WGAR News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy: Jeremy Geia, NITV News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/06/2013 - 5:51pm

Newsletter date: 3 June 2013

Contents:

* Jeremy Geia, NITV News: Torres Strait region pushes for autonomy
* Jeremy Geia, SBS Radionews: Torres Strait continues autonomy push
* NIRS: New push for Torres Strait self governance

* Ian Lloyd Neubauer, TIME: Australia's Aborigines Launch a Bold Legal Push for Independence
* Audio Boo: Audio - Fred Hooper, Murrawarri Republic - 4ZZZ
* Audio Boo: Audio - Murrawarri Republic - Fred Hooper, spokesperson - 'The wire'
* Background to the Murrawarri Republic declaration

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Melbourne events: Mabo: Life of an Island Man + Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 01/06/2013 - 7:39pm

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia including Victoria
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary