Northern Territory Intervention

WGAR News: Programs for Upcoming Events: Gathering in Alice Springs; New Way Summit in Melbourne (27 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Programs for Upcoming Events
Urgent Fundraising Campaign
Aboriginal Articles

PROGRAMS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:

Defending Indigenous Rights Land~Law~Culture
[Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering]
July 6-9 in Mparntwe-Alice Springs
[Program]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/agenda/
[Link includes agenda, camping, contact, help needed, transport, donations]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/

The New Way Aboriginal summit July 1 - 4 in Melbourne

WGAR News: Laws extending income management to come before the Senate (18 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

18 JUNE 2010: LAWS EXTENDING INCOME MANAGEMENT TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE:

- Background

Submissions to the Senate Inquiry
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/soc_sec_welfare_reform_...

Stop the Intervention:
Forum: Welfare Quarantining and the RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/forum-welfare-quarantining-and-the-rda

Stop the Intervention:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation

WGAR News: Jobs with Justice Petition (18 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Jobs with Justice Petition
Aboriginal work for rations
Aboriginal unemployment
Alyawarr walk-off protest videos
Other Aboriginal Articles

JOBS WITH JUSTICE PETITION:

- Petition

Jobs with Justice: The Petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jobswithjustice/
"To the Honourable President and members of the Senate in Parliament assembled:
The NT Intervention promised Aboriginal people real jobs.

They say "sorry" mate she'll be right - we say let's set all genocidal institutions alight!

222 years ago the conquistadors of the First Fleet issued an eviction notice to the Aboriginal people. Since then not a day has gone by where the first inhabitants of this land have been free from attempts to obliterate their identity and culture.

Geography: 

WGAR News: New laws that extend income management Australia-wide (23 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New Laws that extend Income Management (IM) Australia-wide
"Muckaty Voices": radioactive waste concerns go global
Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
Articles on the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

NEW LAWS THAT EXTEND INCOME MANAGEMENT (IM) AUSTRALIA-WIDE:

- Greens Special Feature

Rachel Siewert: Income Management
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/income-management

WGAR News: New research questions the effectiveness of NT income management (19 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Research on the impact of income management on store sales
Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention
New National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Other Aboriginal Articles

BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

WGAR News: Racial Discrimination Act - new legislation (17 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation
Extension of Income Management Australia-wide
Documentary by Sinem Saban about the NT Intervention
Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory
Aboriginal unemployment and the NT Intervention
NT Government policy marginalises Aboriginal languages
Second New Way Aboriginal summit
Other Aboriginal Articles

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT - NEW LEGISLATION:

- Special STICS compilation

WGAR News: New National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (9 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Film Screening: The Ampilatwatja Walkoff vs. The Intervention
Rally against Racism: Stop racial discrimination in the N.T.
Other NT Intervention Articles

NEW NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST PEOPLES:

- Radio

The Wire: Launch of National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
http://www.thewire.org.au/daydetail.aspx?SearchDay=2010-05-07

WGAR News: Speeches from National call out by John Pilger & Richard Downs (3 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Contents:
Public Forum (23 April): The NT Intervention is a fraud
Next Aboriginal summit in Sydney, May 8-9
Jobs With Justice for Aboriginal Workers
Other Aboriginal Articles

PUBLIC FORUM (23 APRIL): THE NT INTERVENTION IS A FRAUD:

- Special STICS compilation on the Forum

[STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney]

Stop the Intervention:
Forum: The NT Intervention is a fraud
http://stoptheintervention.org/forum-the-nt-intervention-is-a-fraud
"A National call out launched by

WGAR News: Raw sewage dumped in Ampilatwatja - Aboriginal worker dismissed (23 Apr 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Contents:
Raw Sewage dumped in Ampilatwatja - Aboriginal worker dismissed
Public Forum: A National call out launched by John Pilger & Richard Downs
Update: Muckaty Station Nuclear Waste Dump
Other NT Intervention Articles
Other Aboriginal Articles

RAW SEWERAGE DUMPED IN AMPILATWATJA - ABORIGINAL WORKER DISMISSED:

- Background

Melbourne Indymedia: WGAR News: ... Raw sewage dumped in NT ‘prescribed community’ (18 Apr 10)