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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 40 events from 24 February 2013

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Newsletter date: 24 February 2013

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Event: Sun 24 February 2013: Fremantle, Perth, WA
Concert for the Kimberley:
A concert and march in the heart of Fremantle
The Wilderness Society WA
"Join us in Fremantle on Sunday 24 February 2013
for a free, open-air concert featuring the
John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, Ball Park Music,
special guest Dr Bob Brown, and others."
"This concert and rally is a call to arms for
all West Australians to stand up and protect
one of our finest national treasures,

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Sydney events: Festival for the Kimberley + Play: This Heaven + Shane Phillips: Tribal Warrior

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 8 March 2013: Sydney CBD, NSW
The Wilderness Society Sydney:
Festival for the Kimberley
"STOP PRESS:
Due to a severe weather warning,
Festival for the Kimberley has been
postponed until Friday 8 March, 2013."
"Calling all Sydneysiders: This is your chance
join us for a fun-filled day to bring the stunning
beauty of the Kimberley region to Sydney,
and to stand in solidarity with the people of
Broome against industrialisation as a result of the

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Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Canberra events: Inter'l Day for Elimination of Racial Discrim'n Panel + National Close the Gap Day

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 20 March 2013: Parliament House, Canberra
International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination Panel
"21 March is the International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination. To commemorate this day the
Australian Human Rights Commission, in partnership
with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
and the UN Information Centre for Australia,
New Zealand and the South Pacific, will hold a
high-level event at Parliament House in support

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Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

South Australia events: National Close the Gap Day + Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud (Muckaty)

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Thu 21 or Fri 22 March 2013: South Australia
National Close the Gap Day
"A day for Australians to join together and remind
political leaders to close the life expectancy gap
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
within a generation." ATSI Support
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
still die 10-17 years younger than other Australians.
Closing this health gap cannot be done overnight.

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Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Brisbane & Queensland events: Clancestry Festival + Deepen the Conversation Talk + Ration Shed Tour

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 26 February to 3 March 2013:
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane, Qld
Clancestry
"Clancestry is a festival celebrating the arts and
cultural practices of the world's First Nation's
Peoples. The festival draws on rich spiritual
culture and provides a space to connect with
other clan groups across the country and the
globe. In presenting performances, workshops,
free events and conversations the festival
moves beyond transactional contact into

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Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

Melbourne & Vic events: Jacky Green: Flow of Voices Exhibition + ISJA Meeting + Reflect Exhibition

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Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 14 - 24 February 2013: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
Jacky Green: Flow of Voices - Exhibition
Paintings from the Gulf of Carpentaria
With photographs and videos by Jessie Boylan
Opening: Thu 14th February 2013
Opened by Jacky Green, Prof. Jon Altman and Dr Sean Kerins
Centre For Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
"I want the government and mining companies to
know that we are still here. We aren’t going anywhere.

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WGAR News: The Wire: Newstart bad news for the income-managed [interview with Barbara Shaw]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/02/2013 - 5:12pm

Newsletter date: 23 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Newstart bad news for the income-managed [Annie Hastwell interviews Barbara Shaw]
* 'concerned Australians': Murray Bridge launch of 'A Decision to Discriminate'
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Dr Norman Sheehan, a consultant with Link-Up

* Other articles

* THE WIRE: NEWSTART BAD NEWS FOR THE INCOME-MANAGED [ANNIE HASTWELL INTERVIEWS BARBARA SHAW]:

- Audio Interview

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Northern Territory Intervention

Stronger Futures

income-management

A Decision to Discriminate

concerned Australians

Murray Bridge

The Wire - Newstart bad news for the income-managed - Annie Hastwell interviews Barbara Shaw

concerned Australians - Murray Bridge launch of A Decision to Discriminate

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Dr Norman Sheehan - a consultant with Link-Up

Radioactive Exposure Tour 2013

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Friends of the Earth's Radioactive Exposure Tour will take place from Friday March 29 to Sunday April 7. These tours have exposed thousands of people first-hand to the realities of 'nuclear racism' and to the environmental impacts of the nuclear industry.

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uranium. nuclear. maralinga.

WGAR News: SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition

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Newsletter date: 22 February 2013

Contents:

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* NIRS: Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

* Other articles

* SBS LIVING BLACK'S MICHELLE LOVEGROVE INTERVIEWS MICHAEL ANDERSON ON ACT OF RECOGNITION:

- Audio Interview

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Aboriginal imprisonment

NIRS - Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail

SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

WGAR News: Man allegedly bashed by NSW police testifies: NITV News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 20/02/2013 - 2:25pm

Newsletter date: 21 February 2013

Contents:

* Alexandra Payne-Baggs, Green Left: March demands justice for TJ Hickey
* NIRS: Prison only a temporary solution: WA group
* SBS Audio Radionews: Fighting to reduce young Indigenous imprisonment
* NITV News: Man allegedly bashed by NSW police testifies
* SBS World News Video: NSW police accused of bashing cover-up
* Tracker: Cops taunted Aboriginal man: PIC
* ABC Indigenous: Police taunted bashed man's mother, inquiry told
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

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