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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 1:07pm

Newsletter date: 23 April 2012

Contents:
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 23 April 2012
* Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW
* "How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?"
* Other articles

* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENT AROUND AUSTRALIA - 23 EVENTS FROM 23 APRIL 2012

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Event: Tue 24 April 2012: UTS, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW
Public Lecture: UTSpeaks: More Intervention
"Will the Government’s Stronger Futures law
reforms aid indigenous communities or

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Justice Reinvestment Campaign for Aboriginal Youth NSW

How many more suicides before we open our eyes and ears?

BHP seeks costs from Arabunna elder after challenge to Uranium mine expansion fails

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 11:09pm

MINING GIANT SEEKS COSTS FROM ARABUNNA ELDER AFTER RULING ON CHALLENGE TO FEDERAL APPROVAL OF THE OLYMPIC DAM EXPANSION
MEDIA RELEASE FRIDAY 20th APRIL 2012

In a packed courtroom today Justice Besanko dismissed Uncle Kevin Buzzacott’s challenge of the Federal approval of the Olympic Dam expansion. The judge did not discuss his reasons in the court.

Both BHP and the Federal government are seeking costs from Kevin Buzzacott.

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Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT, Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 1:51pm

Last updated: 28 May 2014

Contents:
* Muckaty Radioactive Waste Dump web-resources
* Recent Muckaty Waste Dump News (31 March 2012 - 28 May 2014)
* Background Muckaty Waste Dump News (From 2 March 2010)

* MUCKATY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP WEB-RESOURCES

CommunityRun Petition: Dump the Muckaty Dump:
Its time for responsible radioactive waste management
To: Minister Ian MacFarlane; Senator Nigel Scullion;
cc NT Chief Minister Adam Giles
https://www.communityrun.org/petitions/dump-the-muckaty-dump-its-time-fo...

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Northern Territory - Australia

proposed Muckaty radioactive waste dump in the NT Australia

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 11:23am

Last updated: 27 May 2014

WGAR News: SBS TV: Watch John Pilger's 'Utopia', on Saturday 31st May 2014, 8:35pm SBSONE (27 May 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/27/wgar-news-sbs-tv-watch-john-pilgers-u...
"Contents:
* johnpilger.com : Utopia, John Pilger's latest film, to be broadcast on SBS Australia on 31 May
* Chris Graham, New Matilda: Utopia: The Inside Story
* The Stringer: A long way to go for 'Utopia'
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 11:18am

Last updated: 30 May 2014

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens call for end to Stronger Futures (30 May 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/29/wgar-news-aboriginal-controlled-healt...

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Northern Territory Intervention

Australian IWW newspaper

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 15/04/2012 - 12:01pm

Here is the new australian ROC- IWW newspaper

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Sydney, NSW & ACT Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 9 events from 18 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 14/04/2012 - 5:06pm

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Event: Wed 18 April 2012: Parramatta, Sydney, NSW
Free Public Screening of Our Generation
Introduction and Q&A by Jeff McMullen AM
Hosted by Reconciliation for Western Sydney
"Jeff will be talking about the Stronger
Futures legislation, its clash with our
human rights obligations and the
calls by NT Elders for opposition to
the Government's approach."
Event details: http://stoptheintervention.org/#OurGen

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Warren Mundine's nuclear allegiances

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/04/2012 - 3:42pm

Warren Mundine, a member and former National President of the ALP, and co-convener of the Australian Uranium Association's Indigenous Dialogue Group, has been promoting the nuclear industry recently. Unfortunately he turns a blind eye to the industry's crude racism, a problem that ought to be core business for the Indigenous Dialogue Group.

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 2 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 02/04/2012 - 9:39am

Newsletter date: 2 April 2012

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Event: 11 February 2012 to 26 May 2012: South Bank, Brisbane, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...

Event: Intermittent 1 March - 3 May 2012: Various Locations
House of Representatives Committees
Inquiry into language learning in Indigenous communities

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Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 12 events from 1 April 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 01/04/2012 - 7:27pm

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Event: 1 April 2012: Glebe, NSW
The Tall Man documentary film screening
NSW Reconciliation Council
"In 2004, Cameron Doomadgee, an Aboriginal man,
was arrested for drunkenly swearing at police
Sgt. Chris Hurley and died less than an hour
after being arrested. ... The Tall Man is an
important documentary, shedding a new light on
Doomadgee's tragic death and the events
that followed."
Event details: http://nswreconciliation.org.au/thetallman

Event: Mon 2 April 2012: Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
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