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WGAR News: Online petition about Aboriginal workers exploited under SIHIP housing program

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 02/04/2011 - 2:03pm

Newsletter date: 2 April 2011

Contents:
* Online Petition: Aboriginal Workers Exploited Under SIHIP Program
* Poster for New Way Sovereignty Summit at Easter
* Crisis in Japan and Muckaty Nuclear Waste Dump
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Articles

ONLINE PETITION: ABORIGINAL WORKERS EXPLOITED UNDER SIHIP PROGRAM:

- Urgent Petition

Jobs With Justice: A union and community campaign for Aboriginal jobs
SIHIP petition date extended and now online

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Northern Territory Intervention

anti-nuclear

Muckaty station

New Way Aboriginal Summit

SIHIP

aboriginal employment and unemployment

WGAR News: Urgent UN petition to restore human rights to NT Aboriginal people

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 29/03/2011 - 8:56am

Newsletter date: 29 Mar 2011

Contents:
* Urgent UN Petition to restore Human Rights to NT Aboriginal People
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Aboriginal Articles

URGENT UN PETITION TO RESTORE HUMAN RIGHTS TO NT ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:

- Petition

'concerned Australians':
Restore Human Rights to NT Aboriginal People
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
"Letter to the Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, who will visit Australia in May. Your signature is needed by 7 May.

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Northern Territory Intervention

Racial Discrimination Act

United Nations

income management (IM)

peace protest

Jobs with Justice

WGAR News: Police used to break blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/03/2011 - 6:02am

Newsletter date: 26 Mar 2011

Contents:
* Police used to break blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Other Lake Tyers blockade articles
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Aboriginal groups protest against nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Churches hope that Australia will continue to urge the Australian Government to end Intervention
* More on Tony Abbott's call for new NT Intervention
* Background to Tony Abbott's call for new NT Intervention
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles

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Northern Territory Intervention

World Council of Churches

WGAR News: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / Harmony Day - 21 Mar 11

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 23/03/2011 - 10:11am

Newsletter date: 23 Mar 2011

Contents:
* International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / Harmony Day - 21 March 2011
* Nuclear waste legislation must wait until objections heard in Federal Court
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, calls for new Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* More on the blockade by Lake Tyers Aboriginal women
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers

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Northern Territory Intervention

Muckaty station

native title

Federal Court legal challenge

Lake Tyers blockade

WGAR News: Protest blockade by Lake Tyers Aboriginal women continues

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 21/03/2011 - 11:57am

Newsletter date: 21 Mar 2011

Contents:
* Protest blockade by Lake Tyers Aboriginal women continues
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Aboriginal workers and the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention & other related articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Interview with Kylie Sambo, Mark Lane and Dr. Jim Green about Muckaty nuclear waste dump
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* SBS Highlight: Closing The Gap - Are We There Yet?

PROTEST BLOCKADE BY LAKE TYERS ABORIGINAL WOMEN CONTINUES:

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Northern Territory Intervention

Muckaty station

Aboriginal sovereignty

Lake Tyers blockade

WGAR News: Federal Court challenge over nuclear dump resumes in August

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 8:37am

Newsletter date: 16 March 2011

Contents:
* Federal Court legal challenge over Muckaty nuclear waste dump resumes in August
* More on the blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* More on 'racist' Alice Springs TV advertisement
* Other Muckaty nuclear waste dump articles
* Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

FEDERAL COURT LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP RESUMES IN AUGUST:

- News

ABC: Legal battle over nuclear dump to resume in August

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Northern Territory Intervention

Muckaty

Federal Court legal challenge

Lake Tyers blockade

WGAR News: Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers are staging a blockade

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 10:57am

Newsletter date: 12 March 2011

Contents:
* Petition to Support the Northern Territory Elders' Statement
* Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers are staging a blockade
* More on 'racist' Alice Springs TV advertisement
* More on the UWS Anti-Racism Research Project
* More on the Reconciliation Barometer
* More on the ACTU’s Indigenous Conference
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

PETITION TO SUPPORT THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELDERS' STATEMENT:

Friends of Australia’s First Peoples petition:

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Northern Territory Intervention

WGAR News: Complaint against ‘racist’ Alice Springs TV advertisements

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 9:58am

Newsletter date: 10 March 2011

Contents:
* Complaint against ‘racist’ Alice Springs TV advertisements
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Jude Kelly invites Kevin Rudd to Aboriginal Tent Embassy
* Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra speaks about Aboriginal Customary Law
* “The biggest failure in our health system”

COMPLAINT AGAINST 'RACIST' ALICE SPRINGS TV ADVERTISEMENTS:

- Statement / Report

Rollback the Intervention - Statements/Reports:
Intervention Rollback Action Group Response to ‘Action for Alice’

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Northern Territory Intervention

WGAR News: Indigenous survival: Where to from here? - Symposium on the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 10:50am

Newsletter date: 3 March 2011

Contents:
* Indigenous survival: Where to from here? - Symposium on the 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
* The Desecration of The Sacred Alum Mountain
* ACTU Indigenous Conference in Darwin
* Two Surveys on racial relations in Australia
(1) Challenging Racism: The Anti-Racism Research Project
(2) Australian Reconciliation Barometer

INDIGENOUS SURVIVAL: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
- SYMPOSIUM ON THE 2007 DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research:

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Northern Territory Intervention

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People

WGAR News: The NT Intervention and the UN Universal Periodic Review of Australia 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/02/2011 - 12:01pm

Newsletter date: 27 Feb 2011

Contents:
* UN Universal Periodic Review of Australia 2011
* WCC Statement on the Situation of Indigenous Peoples of Australia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

UNITED NATIONS:
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF AUSTRALIA 2011

- Special Compilations

Background info:
Human Rights Law Resource Centre:
http://www.hrlrc.org.au/content/universal-periodic-review-of-australia/

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Northern Territory Intervention

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