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WGAR News: "Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 9:36am

Newsletter date: 4 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison
* Tracker: Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley
* NITV: Northern NSW clans create 'Murrawarri Republic'
* Sovereign Union: A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Gary Foley

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Indigenous health

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Housing consultations

Tracker - Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley

NITV - Northern NSW clans create Murrawarri Republic

Sovereign Union - A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands

3CR Community Radio - Earth Matters

3CR Community Radio - Radioactive Show

NITV News - Re-direct Indigenous health funding to community services

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous carers better for Indigenous children

SNAICC News - New resource on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Promising Practice Profiles

WGAR News: The Wire interview with Professor Jon Altman on Remote communities' land in NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 02/04/2013 - 12:54pm

Newsletter date: 2 April 2013

Contents:

* The Wire Audio: Remote communities' land in NT could be open to privatization

* PS News: NT community living under microscope
* 'concerned Australians' Chart including comments on Land Reform
* FaHCSIA: Community Living Area Land Reform in the Northern Territory
* The Hon Jenny Macklin MP & Warren Snowdon MP: Discussion paper on community living area land reform
* Amanda Midlam, On Line Opinion: The current state of the Northern Territory intervention (31 Jan 12)

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

Marie Ellis

concerned Australians

PS News - NT community living under microscope

Remote communities' land

privatization

NT community

Land Reform

Community Living Area

community living area land reform

Greg Marks

Aboriginal Community Living Areas

NT Shelter

Community Living Areas

Social Justice Report 2012

Local government reform

disempowerment in the Northern Territory

Local Government Consultations

Regional Governance in the Northern Territory

concerned Australians Chart including comments on Land Reform

Greg Marks - Toeholds on Country - Aboriginal Community Living Areas in the Northern Territory - Mar Apr 12

Amanda Midlam - On Line Opinion - The current state of the Northern Territory intervention - 31 Jan 12

Greg Marks submission about Community living areas Land Reform - 2012

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Jon Altman about the re-shuffle of the new NT Parliament

WGAR News: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud: burn magazine

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 30/03/2013 - 1:23pm

Newsletter date: 31 March 2013

Contents:

* burn magazine: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
* Canberra opening of 'Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud': Sun 7 April 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* Helen Musa, Canberra CityNews: Exhibition honours true believer
* Canberra opening of 'I Do Have a Belief' - Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective: Sat 6 April 2013
* Sovereign Union: The Murrawarri Republic declaration
* NITV News: Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

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Aboriginal imprisonment

Muckaty nuclear waste dump

children in adult prisons

Ray Jackson

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Tiga Bayles

Let's Talk

Closing the Gap

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

Indigenous Social Justice Association

Traditional Languages

Canberra opening of Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud - Sun 7 April 2013

Helen Musa - Canberra CityNews - Exhibition honours true believer

Canberra opening of I Do Have a Belief - Kevin Gilbert - 1933-1993 - Art Retrospective - Sat 6 April 2013

Sovereign Union - The Murrawarri Republic declaration

NITV News - Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson - President - Indigenous Social Justice Association

Sydney Aboriginal rights events: Our Generation screening + Meaningful Movies: The Secret Country

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 3:53pm

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 2 April 2013: UTS, Sydney
Our Generation screening
organised by the UTS Amnesty group
Event details: [scroll down page to Upcoming Our Generation screenings] http://www.respectandlisten.org/
About the film: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
Film Reviews: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/09/24/our-generation-film-reviews

Event: Mon 8 April 2013: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Meaningful Movies:
The Secret Country - The First Australians Fight Back

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WA events: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Yeelirrie-Leonora + Lurujarri Dreaming Trail: Dampier Peninsula

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 3:44pm

Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 4 until 29 May 2013: Yeelirrie to Leonora, WA
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Yeelirrie to Leonora
"The walk will continue to be a celebration of
Wangkatja country, a testament to the strength
of the community who have fought to stop
uranium mining at Yeelirrie for over forty years,
and a chance to come together and continue
to share our commitment to a sustainable
future without nuclear. It is a chance to
reconnect with the land, and to revive the

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Western Australia

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indigenous

aboriginal

Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 47 events from 29 March 2013

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 29/03/2013 - 11:38am

Newsletter date: 29 March 2013

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Event: Thu 28 March to Sun 14 April 2013: Belconnen, Canberra, ACT
I Do Have a Belief:
Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective
Location: Belconnen Arts Centre
Producer: Gilbert Family
"I Do Have a Belief is an exhibition and events
celebrating the life of Kevin Gilbert and his contribution
to the local community, advancing human and political
rights and Aboriginal sovereignty at a national and
international level."
"The showcasing of his creative work includes

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Canberra events: Kevin Gilbert Retrospective + Manuwangku: Under the Nuclear Cloud + CAEPR Seminars

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 28/03/2013 - 7:10pm

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Long live the Maracana Village

Submitted by autonomousactions on Thu, 28/03/2013 - 10:15am

On Friday the 22 of March, Brazilian riot police evicted dozens of indigenous squatters from an abandoned museum in the centre of Rio. For over a decade indigenous people from across the territory had occupied the large building and the surrounding area, renaming it the ‘Macanara Village’ as it sits besides the large Maracana football stadium.

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WGAR News: Mary Graham calls for Sovereignty national discussion: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 27/03/2013 - 4:53pm

Newsletter date: 28 March 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Mary Graham calls for Sovereignty national discussion
* NIRS: No consultation on SA recognition: Lawman
* NIRS: Call for restructure of National Congress
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* The Stringer: Mission Australia joins in the call to do something about the Kimberley's homeless
* NIRS: NT Shelter want more money for homeless

* CAAMA: Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari
* NIRS: Cultural involvement to improve mental health

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Aboriginal sovereignty

call for Sovereignty national discussion

Kimberley's homeless

Traditional Healers

Cultural involvement

community-controlled health

social determinants of health

Indigenous independence

Royal Commission into child sexual abuse

Aboriginal childcare agencies

NIRS - No consultation on SA recognition - Lawman

NIRS - Call for restructure of National Congress

The Stringer - Mission Australia joins in the call to do something about the Kimberley's homeless

CAAMA - Traditional Healers of Central Australia - Ngangkari

Theresa Petray - The Conversation - Funding cuts threaten Indigenous independence in Queensland

SNAICC News - Guide now available to help give statements to The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

SBS Radionews Audio - Living Black looks at forced adoptions

WGAR News: "Brisbane Blacks Monthly - Bringing the fight to you" Online Magazine

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 25/03/2013 - 3:04pm

Newsletter date: 26 March 2013

Contents:

* "Brisbane Blacks Monthly - Bringing the fight to you" Online Magazine
* Wayne "Coco" Wharton, Brisbane Blacks Monthly: Understanding The Recognition Bill
* Callum Clayton-Dixon, Brisbane Blacks Monthly: Government ignores 'Elephant in the Room'
* Workers Bush Telegraph: Corroboree marks first anniversary of the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
* NIRS: Brisbane Embassy celebrates one year
* Background to the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, Qld
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy

Musgrave Park