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WGAR News: Forced Displacement of Aborigines in West Australia: Franciscans International & Edmund Rice International

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 6:49am

Newsletter date: 13 January 2015

Contents:

* Joint Urgent Appeal: Franciscans International & Edmund Rice International: Forced Displacement of Aborigines in West Australia
* Background: Franciscans International - a voice at the United Nations: Indigenous Peoples
* WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Indigenous peoples

Aboriginal homelands

Aboriginal remote communities

Franciscans International

Franciscans International - a voice at the United Nations

Edmund Rice International

Forced Displacement of Aborigines

closure of WA and SA Aboriginal homelands

closure of WA remote communities

closure of SA remote communities

threat to close homelands/remote communities

Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

The impact of budget cuts and government policies in the State of Queensland (Australia) on the exercise of the rights of Indigenous minorities

indigenous rights

Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

WGAR News: Australia is committing genocide on a scale unequalled anywhere in the modern world: Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 28/11/2014 - 6:13pm

Newsletter date: 30 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Contents:

* Upcoming Event: STICS: Forum: Can our First Nations Peoples celebrate UN Human Rights Day? 9 December 2014

Geography:

Global/International

New South Wales

Keywords:

First Nations Peoples

Michael Anderson

Ghillar Michael Anderson

Sovereign Union

Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia

Euahlayi Peoples Republic

trade sanctions and boycotts

The Guardian - The Worker's Weekly

Terra nullius never went away

First Peoples Worldwide

indigenous rights

Indigenous Peoples' rights

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia

Aboriginal Sovereign Nations

Sovereign Nations

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Stop the Intervention

UN Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day

Indigenous Social Justice Association

ISJA - Indigenous Social Justice Association

Grandmothers Against Removals

GMAR - Grandmothers Against Removals

Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA

Union Aid Abroad

WGAR News: First Peoples' freedom summit: Late Night Live, ABC RN [Interviews with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Michael Mansell & Tauto Sansbury]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 27/11/2014 - 6:51pm

Newsletter date: 28 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Geography:

Northern Territory

Keywords:

Aboriginal elders and leaders

Aboriginal elders and leaders from across Australia

Indigenous people

Late Night Live

Summit for Freedom

Alice Springs summit

National Summit for Freedom - Alice Springs Thu & Fri 27-28 November 2014

Mbantua Alice Springs

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM

Michael Mansell

Shannon Kilgariff

Mparntwe Alice Springs

Alison Anderson

Roxley Foley - son of Dr Gary Foley

Anthony Stewart

Steven Schubert

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

PM for Indigenous Affairs

indigenous rights

aboriginal land rights

WGAR News: Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 9 am 23 - 24 November 2013: Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 24/10/2013 - 12:54pm

Newsletter date: 25 October 2013

Contents:

* Calling all Aboriginal Nations to Canberra 9 am 23 - 24 November 2013: Sovereign Union National Meeting on asserting our sovereignty
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley, Historian and veteran Aboriginal rights campaigner

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Monica Morgan, Manager of the Indigenous Rights Program at Amnesty International Australia

* CAAMA Audio: Do we really know our history? [Featuring Professor Ian Clark]

Geography:

WGAR News: Wide ramifications for EPA decisions from trial: David Weber, ABC [JPP gas hub case]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 10/06/2013 - 2:48pm

Newsletter date: 11 June 2013

Contents:

* ABC: Chief Justice reserves decision in gas hub case
* David Weber, ABC: Wide ramifications for EPA decisions from trial [JPP gas hub case]
* ABC: Greens call for EPA to explain board behaviour
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* ABC Mildura - Swan Hill: Fighting for land nothing new for Aboriginal elder
* ABC Mildura - Swan Hill: Were Aborigines Australia's first 'squatters'?
* Audio Boo: Fighting for land nothing new for Murra Wurra Paakintji woman

Geography:

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: "NACCHO praises release of FPDN 10 point plan for Aboriginal people with a disability"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 10:42am

Newsletter date: 22 May 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO praises release of FPDN 10 point plan for Aboriginal people with a disability
* NACCHO chair welcomes Professor Kerry Arabena as the newly appointed Chair of Indigenous Health
* SBS Radionews: Indigenous suicide summit in Perth
* Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health

* CAAMA Radio: Interview with Rod Little, a Director of the National Congress of Australia's First People
* CAAMA Radio: "Huge attitude change needed" to recognise Indigenous rights
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Geography:

Keywords:

indigenous rights

First People's Disability Network - FPDN

Aboriginal people with a disability

NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Professor Kerry Arabena

Chair of Indigenous Health

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health

Indigenous suicide summit

National Congress of Australia's First People

NACCHO chair welcomes Professor Kerry Arabena as the newly appointed Chair of Indigenous Health

SBS Radionews - Indigenous suicide summit in Perth

CAAMA Radio - Interview with Rod Little - a Director of the National Congress of Australia's First People

CAAMA Radio - Huge attitude change needed to recognise Indigenous rights

Rally and march highlight new Stolen Generation in Queensland and gain father his grieving rights

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 8:37am

by Brisbane Sovereign Embassy, Musgrave Park on Wednesday, May 2 Aboriginal people and their supporters held a rally and march in Brisbane today (Wednesday 2 May) to highlight the continued genocidal practice of removing large numbers of Aboriginal children from their families and their culture.

Geography:

Keywords:

indigenous rights

Stolen Generation

DOCS Queensland

How Ethiopia's plantations are killing a waterway vital to 100,000 tribal people

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 29/03/2012 - 1:22pm

Efforts to re-direct the Omo River for irrigation are
drying up a key water source for tribes. © Survival

Geography:

Global/International

Keywords:

indigenous rights

Survival International

Stolen wages offer a ‘slap in the face’ says WA Aboriginal Legal Service

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/03/2012 - 7:51am

ALSWA Media Statement
6 March 2012

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) has slammed the WA State Government’s offer of up to $2000.00 to Aboriginal workers whose past wages were stolen by the state.

“This is a slap in the face and a cruel and heartless offer which offends the very notion of recompense,” said ALSWA CEO Adjunct Professor Dennis Eggington.

Geography:

Western Australia

Keywords:

indigenous rights

Justice for Rex Bellotti Jnr

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 03/08/2011 - 6:38pm

by Gerry Georgatos An Aboriginal youth, Rex Bellotti Jnr, aged 15 was run over by a police four-wheel-drive Holden Rodeo and more than two years have passed without any compensation, without any closure. When it comes to Aboriginal victims this is nothing new.

Geography:

Western Australia

Promotion:

Keywords:

police violence

indigenous rights