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WGAR News: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 18/04/2015 - 6:56am

Newsletter date: 19 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Mia Pepper, Eco-Shout: Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA

* News Analysis: Shar Adams, Epoch Times: Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step [Featuring Jon Altman]

Geography:

Global/International

New South Wales

Northern Territory

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions

Australian Council of Trade Unions

Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA

Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities

Australia - Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step

Professor Jon Altman

Indigenous affairs in this country at the moment are in chaos

Warren Barnsley

NIRS Weekly News-in-Review

Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance

WAR - Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance

South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust

SA Aboriginal Lands Trust

Solidarity Online

Aboriginal community closures - 'This is an attempt to destroy our culture'

Michele Jedlicka

The Inverell Times

NT Minister expects migration if WA communities close

WGAR News: KALACC Directors: Threatened Closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities: Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 12/04/2015 - 7:52pm

Newsletter date: 14 April 2015

Contents:

* Statement: Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre: KALACC Directors Statement on the Threatened Closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities - April 2015
* Background: KALACC is the Kimberley Region's Peak Indigenous Law and Culture Centre

Geography:

Global/International

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

Australian Aboriginal communities

KALACC - Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre

Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre

KALACC Directors Statement on the Threatened Closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities - April 2015

Michele Madigan

Funding cut signals the destruction of Aboriginal life in Australia

2SER - Real Radio

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

'We'll Be Back' - Thousands Protest Forced Closure Of Remote Communities

Melbourne rocked by protests

Australians slam govt over plans against aboriginals

A group of protesters tried to interrupt PM while he lunched in Noosa

Maori solidarity with our Aboriginal brothers and sisters in Australia

Kimberley Land Council to ask UN forum to condemn Indigenous community closures

Kimberley Land Council

Michele Madigan - a Sister of St Joseph

WGAR News: Nearly 200 organisations outline concern for UN over Australia's declining human rights performance: HRLC

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 08/04/2015 - 7:38pm

Newsletter date: 9 April 2015

Geography:

Global/International

WGAR News: Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture: Wangan & Jagalingou People, YouTube video

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 01/04/2015 - 7:21pm

Newsletter date: 2 April 2015

Contents:

* Homepage: Wangan & Jagalingou People - Celebrating Our Shared Connections: http://wanganjagalingou.com.au/

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Traditional Owners

Wangan & Jagalingou People

Stop Adani Destroying Our Land and Culture

Community Run petition

Traditional owners reject Adani's huge Carmichael coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin

Queensland's Galilee Basin

mining company Adani

Carmichael coal mine

Adani - don't destroy our land and our culture

our ancestral lands

Community Group Drags Mining Giant Into Court

Adrian Burragubba

Gerry Georgatos

Margaret Culbong

How many Noongars actually voted for the extinguishing of their rights

Faithless deal to extinguish Native Title exposes the betrayal of Native Title compensation

Native Title was watered down by Prime Minister Keating - butchered by Prime Minister John Howard

WGAR News: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks sets out a brighter vision: STICS

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 25/03/2015 - 9:15pm

Newsletter date: 26 March 2015

Contents:

* Please Watch: NITV, Channel 34: Friday, 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm: NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'
* Video: NITV News: "First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty" - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks at Redfern Forum
* Video: STICS: First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty: Videos from the Event

Geography:

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Keywords:

First Nations Women

First Nations Women Speak out for a Treaty

Please Watch - NITV Channel 34 Friday 27 March 2015 at 7.30pm - NITV will broadcast a one hour program titled 'Opinion Piece - Women Speak Out For Treaty'

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney

Redfern Community Centre

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Aboriginal voices are calling for Treaty

sovereign rights as First Nations people

Independent Australia

First Nations women speak out about Treaty at Redfern

prominent First Nations women

Treaty between Indigenous Australia and their colonisers

Prominent women to speak at treaty forum

Arrernte-Alyawarra elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Amnesty International Australia

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Aboriginal sovereignty

WGAR News: Matargarup Aboriginal Refugee Camp: About 50 WA police officers have used mounted police and K-9 dogs to seize the tents and valuables

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 15/03/2015 - 9:34pm

Newsletter date: 16 March 2015

Contents:

* Petition: Change.org Petition: Stop displacing Indigenous Australians by the closure of Indigenous communities.

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Petition - Stop displacing Indigenous Australians by the closure of Indigenous communities

Jennifer Kaeshagen

The Stringer facebook

Urgent Action - If anyone can donate to the Matargarup First Nations refugee camp then that be good - Jennifer Kaeshagen - The Stringer facebook

Police move in but fail to snuff out sacred fire at Matagarup

Matagarup (Heirisson Island)

Heirisson Island - Perth

Heirisson Island

Alex Bainbridge

Marianne Mackay

We have a right to be on Matagarup

Sovereign Union

WA uses mounted police and dogs to seize tents and valuables at Refugee Camp

Calla Wahlquist

Independent Australia

Abbott trashes Australia's reputation abroad - again

concerned Australians

Homelands under the hammer again from the aspiring PM for indigenous policy

Gerry Georgatos

WGAR News: Urgent Action - Remote Homelands and Outstations in WA - Will You Help to Prevent a Crisis?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 11/03/2015 - 2:35pm

Newsletter date: 12 March 2015

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Remote Community Closures

WA Government's planned closure of up to 150 Aboriginal communities

'concerned Australians'

Respect and Listen

Urgent Action - Remote homelands and Outstations in WA - Will You Help to Prevent a Crisis

Tony Abbott's Australia

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Remote indigenous communities are not a 'lifestyle choice' and should not be treated as such

Labor slams PM over 'highly offensive' remote communities comments

Sovereign Union

Djurin Nyoongar Swan River Treaty

closing Aboriginal homelands in WA

closing Aboriginal remote communities in WA

Amnesty International's Indigenous rights campaigner Tammy Solenec

Noongar activist Marianne McKay

Calla Wahlquist in the Kimberley

Jennifer Kaeshagen

Michael Anderson

WGAR News: Djurin Refugee Camp - Nyoongar People Speak Out about Homelessness: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 10/03/2015 - 6:09am

Newsletter date: 11 March 2015

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Refugees In Their Own Country - Noongars Protest Against Remote Community Closures

Remote Community Closures

UN approved refugee camp on Heirisson Island

Matargarup (Heirisson Island)

WA Government's planned closure of up to 150 Aboriginal communities

Eleanor Gilbert

Eleanor Gilbert's vimeo

1 March 2015 Djurin Refugee Camp - Nyoongar People Speak Out about Homelessness

Djurin Refugee Camp

Nyoongar People

Open Letter from Ghillar Michael Anderson to H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General re Refugee Camp in Perth and developing Humanitarian Crisis

Redfern-Waterloo Community Action

community shutdowns - wa

Activists set up camp in WA

Barnett Plays 'Abuse Card' To Defend Closure Of Remote WA Communities

Gerry Georgatos

Premier Barnett how dare you - appalling mistreatment of children

Kimberley Land Council's Alliance Meeting

WGAR News: We won't overcome Indigenous disadvantage by cutting legal services: Larissa Behrendt, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 08/03/2015 - 2:21pm

Newsletter date: 9 March 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Larissa Behrendt, The Guardian: We won't overcome Indigenous disadvantage by cutting legal services

Geography:

New South Wales

Keywords:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Larissa Behrendt

cutting Aboriginal legal services

Indigenous Disadvantage

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services - Natsils

NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

Aboriginal Legal Service

Aboriginal Legal Service Faces Uncertain Future Despite Govt Promise Of No Cuts

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

The Aboriginal Legal Service defending their right to defend

Warren Barnsley

NSW ACT legal service flags reduced operation with funding cuts

Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Penny Wright

Australian Greens

Indigenous legal cuts a national embarrassment

Indigenous legal service to shut down

Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

Justice Reinvestment

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Upcoming STICS Forum: First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty - Guest Speakers: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Amy McQuire, Amala Groom & Natalie Cromb

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 26/02/2015 - 9:06am

Newsletter date: 3 March 2015

Contents:

* Upcoming Event: Fri 20 March 2015 STICS Forum: First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty [Guest Speakers: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Amy McQuire, Amala Groom & Natalie Cromb]

* Manifesto: National Aboriginal Freedom Movement: Aboriginal Sovereign Manifesto of Demands

Geography:

New South Wales

Keywords:

Fri 20 March 2015 STICS Forum

Fri 20 March 2015 STICS Forum - First Nations Women Speak out for Treaty

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

National Freedom Movement

Aboriginal Sovereign Manifesto of Demands

concerned Australians

Time to talk Treaties

Treaty Messages

Respect and Listen

Respect and Listen compilation - Treaties

Adam Evans with 98.9fm

Celeste Liddle urges Treaties before constitutional recognition

Unsettling Truths In Pilger's Utopia Reach US Shores

98.9FM Brisbane

Watch the Let’s Talk Treaty discussion

The Wheeler Centre

True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty

George Williams

Mark Yettica-Paulson

Gregory Phillips

Michael Williams

Gerry Georgatos

Yalmay Yunupingu

Callum Clayton-Dixon