native title

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout: 3CR: Featuring Scott Ludlam, Kado Muir, Mia Pepper & Dave Sweeney

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 4:12pm

Newsletter date: 12 July 2013

Contents:

* Community Radio 3CR: Walkatjurra Walkabout. A new mine, an old fight. [Featuring Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, Kado Muir, Mia Pepper and Dave Sweeney]
* Background to the Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining

* David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Australian atomic massacre still ignored
* Background to Justice for Aboriginal victims of Maralinga nuclear tests

* Brian Johnstone, Tracker: How Land Rights were won… and almost lost

* Tracker: Native title tax bill passes Senate
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
mining
uranium mining
aboriginal
native title
Land rights
Aboriginal victims of Maralinga
Maralinga nuclear tests
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
Tracker
Green Left
Walkatjurra Walkabout
Brian Johnstone
Kado Muir
Community Radio 3CR
Mia Pepper
Dave Sweeney
Walkatjurra Walkabout - A new mine - an old fight
David T Rowlands
David T Rowlands - Green Left - Australian atomic massacre still ignored
Native title tax bill passes Senate
Arena Magazine Editorial
Alison Caddick
Mining Earth
Gavin M Mudd
Arena Essay
Australia's Mining Legacies
mining waste
Kristen Lyons
Carol Richards
Arena Magazine
Mining Universities
mining-funded tertiary sector
About Arena - the website of left political social and cultural commentary

WGAR News: March and Music for Muckaty, Tennant Creek, May 25: BNI Beyond Nuclear Initiative Audio

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 25/06/2013 - 6:29pm

Newsletter date: 26 June 2013

Contents:

* BNI: Audio uploaded - March and Music for Muckaty, Tennant Creek, May 25
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* ABC Video: Aboriginal group to challenge shale gas agreement
* Tracker: Native title challenge to Canning gas bill
* Hands off Country: Why does this government pretend that it does not need to speak to anybody?
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* Jeff McMullen, Tracker: The Way Ahead: The new land grab
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: Traditional owners battle for a healthy river

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Tennant Creek
native title
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
shale gas
Jeff McMullen - Tracker - The Way Ahead - The new land grab
Hands Off Country
Jeff McMullen
Emma Murphy
Traditional Owners
Tracker
Green Left
Beyond Nuclear Initiative
BNI
Aboriginal group
Canning gas bill
new land grab
ABC Video - Aboriginal group to challenge shale gas agreement
Tracker - Native title challenge to Canning gas bill
Hands off Country - Why does this government pretend that it does not need to speak to anybody
Emma Murphy - Green Left - Traditional owners battle for a healthy river

WGAR News: Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist, interviewed by Community Radio 3CR

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 2:26pm

Newsletter date: 15 June 2013

Contents:

* Community Radio 3CR interview with Kado Muir, Aboriginal leader and activist from the goldfields region of inland WA
* Background to the Walkatjurra Walkabout: Stepping out against uranium mining

* Nicole Watson, Tracker: Standing on the shoulders of giants [The Land Rights movement]
* Chris Munro, Tracker: Aboriginal Ink: A spoonful of land rights
* Roy Ah See, Tracker: Lest we forget who paved the way

* CAAMA Video: Native Title Conference
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Native Title reforms to make it easier for developers

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
native title
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Chris Graham
Rock art
Nicole Watson
The Stringer
Debra Jopson
Kado Muir
Community Radio 3CR
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Stepping out against uranium mining
The Land Rights movement
Chris Munro
Roy Ah See
CAAMA Video
Native Title Conference
The Global Mail
Nicole Watson - Tracker - Standing on the shoulders of giants - The Land Rights movement
CAAMA Video - Native Title Conference
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Native Title reforms to make it easier for developers

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: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
London
indigenous
aboriginal
indigenous rights
Mabo
native title
Land rights
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
JPP
EPA
north of Broome
Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud
CAAMA
NITV News
Chief Justice
gas hub case
David Weber
Aboriginal elder
Audio Boo
Murra Wurra Paakintji woman
Indigenous claim
Lake Victoria
Northern Territory nuclear waste dump
Photographs by Jagath Dheerasekara
Senator Scullion
Pam Reilly
Gail Mabo
Yothu Yindi frontman
ABC - Chief Justice reserves decision in gas hub case
ABC - Greens call for EPA to explain board behaviour
ABC Mildura - Swan Hill - Fighting for land nothing new for Aboriginal elder
Audio Boo - Fighting for land nothing new for Murra Wurra Paakintji woman

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

Geography: 
Darwin
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
native title
Torres Strait
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
First Nations
Sovereign Union
Murrawarri Republic
Jeremy Geia
NITV News
Aboriginal independence
autonomy
self governance
Ian Lloyd Neubauer
TIME
Fred Hooper
Anderson challenges Prof. George Williams
Larrakia woman
Kaitlyn Lawrence
Ian Lloyd Neubauer - TIME - Australia's Aborigines Launch a Bold Legal Push for Independence
Sovereignty protest at WIN Conference
James Anaya wants Indigenous rights awareness
World Indigenous Network Conference WIN

WGAR News: Oxfam report mocks Native Title: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/05/2013 - 9:36am

Newsletter date: 29 May 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Oxfam report mocks Native Title
* Oxfam Australia: Mining
* Oxfam Australia and CAER: The right to decide: company commitments and community consent
* SBS Radionews: Mining benefits 'not getting to Indigenous people'
* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters [Refusal to honour native title & Indigenous land use agreements]
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* SBS Radionews: Indigenous focus on land and sea management

* ABC: Waste dump opponents 'not going to back down'

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
mining
aboriginal
native title
offshore processing
Gerry Georgatos
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
gas hub
Woodside
WA
YAC
JPP
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation
north of Broome
Indigenous people
gas plants
The Stringer
Save The Kimberley Campaign
compulsory land acquisition
Floating LNG
Walkatjurra Walkabout
Oxfam report
Oxfam Australia
CAER
3CR Community Radio
Anti-uranium campaigners
Canning Basin
Oxfam Australia and CAER - The right to decide - company commitments and community consent
3CR Community Radio - Earth Matters - Refusal to honour native title and Indigenous land use agreements
NT News - Tennant mob rally against nuke dump
Hands off Country - Repeating the mistakes of JPP and lacking consultation and common sense

WGAR News: Declarations of Independence advanced at Brisbane Treaty Talks: Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 23/05/2013 - 5:52pm

Newsletter date: 24 May 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Declarations of Independence advanced at Brisbane Treaty Talks
* Sovereign Union Media Release: Declarations of Independence advanced at Brisbane Treaty Talks
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, about the Brisbane Treaty Talks
* CAAMA Radio's Paul Wyles interviews Michael Anderson about the struggle to decolonize and achieve independence

* Sovereign Union: Italian Media: Birth of the Republic of Aboriginal Murrawarri

Geography: 
Brisbane
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Michael Anderson
native title
NSW
Tracker Magazine
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Sovereign Union
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Chris Graham
CAAMA Radio
Goomeroi Sovereign Tent Embassy
Moree
Kelly Fuller
Gomeroi people
Murrawarri Republic declaration
Italian Media
Republic of Aboriginal Murrawarri
Paul Wyles
decolonize
Aboriginal independence
Brisbane Treaty Talks
National Treaty Talks
Convenor of the Sovereign Union
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Michael Anderson Convenor of the Sovereign Union about the Brisbane Treaty Talks
CAAMA Radio's Paul Wyles interviews Michael Anderson about the struggle to decolonize and achieve independence
Sovereign Union - Italian Media - Birth of the Republic of Aboriginal Murrawarri
ABC's Kelly Fuller interviews Michael Anderson - one of the 19 native title applicants from the Gomeroi people
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Journalist Chris Graham about the latest stories in Tracker Magazine

WGAR News: Murrawarri people take sovereignty campaign to UN: Jeremy Geia, NITV News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 15/05/2013 - 1:00pm

Newsletter date: 16 May 2013

Contents:

* Murrawarri Republic: Queen Recognises Murrawarri Republic
* Jeremy Geia, NITV News: Murrawarri people take sovereignty campaign to UN
* NITV's Jeremy Geia, SBS Radionews: Indigenous 'republic' to go to UN
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Murrawarri Republic
* Background to the The Murrawarri Republic
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Sovereign Union: Goomeroi People call for a mining freeze on sacred lands [Transcript from NITV News - Jeremy Geia report]

Geography: 
Adelaide
New South Wales
Australia
Queensland
South Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
wikipedia
native title
NSW
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Sovereign Union
Murrawarri Republic
Jeremy Geia
NITV News
The Wire
SBS Radionews
Murrawarri people
sovereignty campaign to UN
Indigenous republic
Goomeroi
Goomeroi People
mining freeze on sacred lands
ban mining
Goomeroi Sovereign Tent Embassy
Moree
revival of lost language
Jeremy Geia - NITV News - Murrawarri people take sovereignty campaign to UN
NITV's Jeremy Geia - SBS Radionews - Indigenous republic to go to UN
Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia - Murrawarri Republic
Sovereign Union - Goomeroi People call for a mining freeze on sacred lands
The Wire - SFF doco explores revival of lost language
Jeremy Geia - NITV News - Native Title claimants seek to ban mining

WGAR News: Tracker: Dept hampered native title inquiry: report

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 23/03/2013 - 1:34pm

Newsletter date: 23 March 2013

Contents:

* Tracker: Dept hampered native title inquiry: report
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Jon Altman re Native Title Act Proposed Amendments
* NITV News: Native Title changes reverse burden of proof to government
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Onus of proof reversal is essential to native title reform
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* CAAMA: Cross Cultural Program Acknowledges Aboriginal Law

* The Wilderness Society: WildCountry and Aboriginal Australia

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
onus of proof
native title
Native Title Act
Aboriginal Law
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Professor Jon Altman re Native Title Act Proposed Amendments
NITV News - Native Title changes reverse burden of proof to government
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Onus of proof reversal is essential to native title reform
CAAMA - Cross Cultural Program Acknowledges Aboriginal Law
The Wilderness Society - WildCountry and Aboriginal Australia
The Wire Audio - Remote communities land in NT could be open to privatization
PS News - NT community living under microscope

WGAR News: We must renew calls for national land rights: Amy McQuire, Tracker Editorial

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/03/2013 - 4:53pm

Newsletter date: 3 March 2013

Contents:

* Amy McQuire, Tracker Editorial: We must renew calls for national land rights
* Chris Munro, Tracker: Aboriginal Ink: Voices of the voiceless
* Brian Johnstone, Tracker: Land Rights: Breaking new ground
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT Shale gas boom set to meet resistance
* Tracker: NSWALC councillors confront protestors at head office
* Gary Foley, Tracker: The Contrarian: How Bob Hawke killed land rights
* Brian Johnstone, Tracker: Cabinet documents reveal Hawke backtrack on land rights
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
native title
Land rights
gas
Bob Hawke
Chris Munro - Tracker - Aboriginal Ink - Voices of the voiceless
Brian Johnstone - Tracker - Land Rights - Breaking new ground
Emma Murphy - Green Left - NT Shale gas boom set to meet resistance
Tracker - NSWALC councillors confront protestors at head office
Gary Foley - Tracker - The Contrarian - How Bob Hawke killed land rights
Brian Johnstone - Tracker - Cabinet documents reveal Hawke backtrack on land rights