NT

WGAR News: Australia's First Nations Political Party proudly announces pre-selection of candidates

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 11/08/2013 - 1:06pm

Newsletter date: 12 August 2013

Editorial Note:

'WGAR News' monitors the media, including alternative media.
'WGAR News' gives priority to grassroots Aboriginal voices and grassroots voices in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples' rights.
'WGAR News' publishes information and opinions from a wide range of sources.
These opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of WGAR.
As such, 'WGAR News' does not endorse any particular political party, but simply includes information on political parties for the interest of readers.

Contents:

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Julian Assange
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal peoples
Jeff McMullen
The Stringer
CAAMA Radio
Tracker
CAAMA Video
Warren H Williams
Australia's First Nations Political Party
Paul Wiles
Ken Lechleitner
Election material related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aunty Rosalie Kunoth Monks
Arrende-Alyawarra Elder speaks out against intervention
Rosalie Kunoth Monks from Australia's First Nations Political Party runs for a seat in the Senate
The Return of Jedda
Australia's First Nations candidate Ken Lechleitner is running for the Seat of Lingiari
what the WikiLeaks Party will mean to Aboriginal peoples
Make your vote count
Central Desert Arrernte man Warren H. Williams is standing for the Australian Greens for a Senate spot from the Northern Territory in the federal election
Australian Greens Policy - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

WGAR News: ALSWA supports Greens stance on Justice Reinvestment: Aboriginal Legal Service of WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 10/08/2013 - 1:53pm

Newsletter date: 11 August 2013

Contents:

* Aboriginal Legal Service of WA: ALSWA supports Greens stance on Justice Reinvestment
* Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens initiative to make WA communities safer and get smart on crime
* Senator Penny Wright: Smarter, safer, stronger - Greens launch criminal justice policy [Featuring Warren H. Williams]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Lock'em up culture has to end [Featuring Warren H. Williams]
* Christine Heard, SBS Radio News: Justice reinvestment: an ounce of prevention?

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
WA
Justice Reinvestment
Let's Talk
The Stringer
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Debbie Kilroy
Green Left
Greens Senator Penny Wright
Jim McIlroy
Karen Dorante
ALSWA - Aboriginal Legal Service of WA
Warren H Williams
Greens initiative to make WA communities safer and get smart on crime
Smarter safer stronger - Greens launch criminal justice policy
Lock'em up culture has to end
Imprisonment - A default response to women's poverty and disadvantage
High Court examines the role of background in sentencing
Case over Aboriginality in sentencing to begin
Group to reignite deaths in custody fight
Shane Phillips - CEO of Tribal Warrior Association

WGAR News: Federal minister visits Muckaty Station: CAAMA interviews Penny Phillips & Lauren Mellor

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 04/08/2013 - 4:24pm

Newsletter date: 5 August 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio interviews Penny Phillips and Lauren Mellor: Federal minister visits Muckaty Station
* Tennant & District Times: Federal Minister visits Muckaty
* Caddie Brain, ABC Rural: Federal Minister visits Muckaty Station
* Tracker: Abandon nuke dump proposal, NT elders urge
* 3CR interview with Dianne Stokes, Lizzie O'Shea and Nat Wasley: Same dump, different Minister. Keeping Muckaty nuclear free
* Dave Sweeney, The Guardian: Plan to use Aboriginal land as a nuclear waste dump is flawed and misguided

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Nyoongar Tent Embassy in Perth
Nicole Watson
CAAMA Radio
Nat Wasley
The Guardian
Tracker
Bridie Jabour
Dave Sweeney
Tennant and District Times
Central Land Council - CLC
Penny Phillips
Lauren Mellor
Federal Minister visits Muckaty Station
Caddie Brain
Tracker - Abandon nuke dump proposal NT elders urge
3CR interview with Dianne Stokes - Lizzie O'Shea and Nat Wasley
Dianne Stokes
Lizzie O'Shea
Same dump - different Minister - Keeping Muckaty nuclear free
Plan to use Aboriginal land as a nuclear waste dump is flawed and misguided
Nova happy to spoil the party
Northern Land Council - NLC
NLC welcomes decision on Bootu Creek
desecrating Aboriginal sacred site
Desecration of an Aboriginal sacred site
oil and gas exploration
Watarrka National Park
Mining the truth
Artikel von Jeff McMullen - The Way Ahead - The new land grab
Marianne Mackay
Let's Talk's Karen Dorante

WGAR News: Protect Arnhem Land Campaign: Respect and Listen [Northern Territory - NT, Australia]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 24/07/2013 - 3:41pm

Newsletter date: 25 July 2013

Contents:

* Respect and Listen: Protect Arnhem Land Campaign
* Respect and Listen: Protect Arnhem Land - Sydney 18 & 19 July 2013 Event Compilation
* Protect Arnhem Land community group: Traditional owners accost oil company offices [19 July 2013]
* Respect and Listen, Vimeo: Celebrate the Kimberley - Protect Arnhem Land [18 July 2013]
* Green Left TV, YouTube: Protect Arnhem land! [Sydney 19 July 2013]
* Respect and Listen, Vimeo: Protect Arnhem Land - Protest Action at Paltar HQ, Sydney [Uncut version, 19 July 2013]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Respect and Listen
Protect Arnhem Land Campaign
Protect Arnhem Land - Sydney 18 & 19 July 2013 Event Compilation
Protect Arnhem Land community group
Traditional owners accost oil company offices
Respect and Listen Vimeo
Green Left TV YouTube
Ryan Liddle NITV News
ABC 7pm TV News NT
ABC Radio National - Breakfast
Jim McIlroy - Green Left
Facebook - Protect Arnhem Land
Celebrate the Kimberley - Protect Arnhem Land
Protect Arnhem Land - Protest Action at Paltar HQ - Sydney
Traditional owners protest off-shore drilling plans
Traditional owners decry Arnhem Land fracking plan
New landmark fight over offshore mining in Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land people don't want fracking

WGAR News: James Price Point: Victory or Loss?: Arena Magazine Feature [Kimberley Region, WA]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 22/07/2013 - 4:20pm

Newsletter date: 23 July 2013

Contents:

* Arena Magazine Feature: James Price Point: Victory or Loss?
* Greens Senators Rachel Siewert, Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters: What future for the Kimberley?
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The fight goes to Canberra [Aboriginal rock art]

* Len Collard and Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Simplistic offer to Noongars cannot extinguish Native Title nor solve years of neglect
* Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: Barnett makes weak native title offer

Geography: 
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Northern Land Council
native title
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
JPP
Whitehaven
north of Broome
SBS Living Black
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam
The Stringer
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
Green Left
Aboriginal rock art
Marc Tong
Arena Magazine Feature
Greens Senator Larissa Waters
Len Collard
Alex Bainbridge
Barnett
The Wilderness Society WA
Don't destroy the Fitzroy
dams
coal mining
gas fracking
Mark Hewitt
Anindilyakwa Land Council
Protecting Sea Country from Seabed Mining
NLC
NLC Chairman Wali Wunungmurra
nuclear waste dump hits eight years
Tennant and District Times
Gomeroi traditional owners of north-west NSW
north-west NSW
Gomeroi
Aboriginal workers protest coalmine
Catherine Clifford
Temporary truce between Gomeroi and Whitehaven

WGAR News: National day of action gives birth to a national body: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 21/07/2013 - 3:45pm

Newsletter date: 22 July 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National day of action gives birth to a national body
* Let's Talk's Karen Dorante interviews Gerry Georgatos, a Human Rights Advocate completing a PHD in Deaths in Custody
* Penny Wright, The Guardian UK: Australia's culture of incarceration has gone too far
* Emma Murphy, Green Left: NT going backwards on black deaths in custody
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Rising rates of Aboriginal women into prison can no longer be overlooked

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Gerry Georgatos
black deaths in custody
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
WA
Justice Reinvestment
Emma Murphy
The Stringer
Amnesty International Australia
Green Left
national stop deaths in custody coalition
The Guardian UK
Aboriginal justice
ANTaR - Justice Campaign - Take Action
WA adult jail
Western Australia's jail rate
Aboriginal women into prison
Penny Wright
Australia's culture of incarceration
Let's Talk's Karen Dorante interviews Gerry Georgatos
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Muckaty traditional owner meets with minister: NITV News [Featuring Penny Phillips, TO]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 10/07/2013 - 11:13am

Newsletter date: 11 July 2013

Contents:

* NITV News: Muckaty traditional owner meets with minister [Featuring Penny Phillips, TO]
* From Muckaty to Melbourne: Dianne Stokes, TO for Muckaty is speaking at FoE on Mon 15 July 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT, Australia

* Respect and Listen: Arnhem Land Traditional Owners in Sydney: 17-19th July 2013

* Philippa Velhinho, Green Left: Greed still threatens Kimberley paradise
* Celebrate the Kimberley in Sydney - 18 July 2013 [Featuring Traditional Owners from Arnhem Land]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
WA
north of Broome
Browse
NITV News
Floating LNG
Respect and Listen
Muckaty traditional owner - Penny Phillips
Muckaty traditional owner - Dianne Stokes
From Muckaty to Melbourne
Vicky Validakis
Arnhem Land Traditional Owners in Sydney
Philippa Velhinho
Philippa Velhinho - Green Left - Greed still threatens Kimberley paradise
The Kimberley Community Whale Research Project
Celebrate the Kimberley in Sydney - 18 July 2013

WGAR News: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 26/05/2013 - 1:32pm

Special Sorry Day Edition
http://www.nsdc.org.au
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

Newsletter date: Sorry Day - 26 May 2013

Contents:

* Petition: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews renowned journalist Jeff McMullen about child removals and the importance of families

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
suicide
child protection
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
SNAICC
out-of-home care
Jeff McMullen
CAAMA
Traditional Owners
Priscilla Collins
NAAJA
APO NT
Respect and Listen
Keeping Them Home
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews renowned journalist Jeff McMullen about child removals and the importance of families
Special Sorry Day Edition
forced removal of Aboriginal children
child removals
importance of families
The Future of the Family
Elder Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra
new stolen generation
NT government
Peter Robson
NT's child protection
Forced Aboriginal Adoption
NT Aboriginal Adoption
Beyond Nuclear Initiative
Muckaty radioactive waste dump
NT trade unions
Indigenous deaths in custody
Alcohol and Other Drugs
Alcohol Protection Order

WGAR News: A poor man's treaty: the 'con' in constitutional reform: Chris Graham At Large

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 28/04/2013 - 10:26am

Newsletter date: 29 April 2013

Contents:

* Chris Graham At Large: A poor man's treaty: the 'con' in constitutional reform

* Nicola Butler, The Stringer: APY lands wasted funds
* Background to Income Management for APY Lands in South Australia

* Paddy Gibson, Solidarity Online: Income Management expansion in effort to break boycott
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Housing report shows more action is needed on NT overcrowding
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Geography: 
Northern Territory
South Australia
Keywords: 
NT intervention
indigenous
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
NT
income management
rehab
treaty
Stronger Futures
APY Lands
Chris Graham
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
constitutional reform
Paddy Gibson
alcohol policy
Nicola Butler - The Stringer - APY lands wasted funds
Paddy Gibson - Solidarity Online - Income Management expansion in effort to break boycott
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Housing report shows more action is needed on NT overcrowding
Chris Graham At Large - Adam's eve - The rise and rise of the first black head of government

WGAR News: Muckaty nuclear waste dump update April 2013: Nat Wasley, Ohms Not Bombs

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 23/04/2013 - 4:34pm

Newsletter date: 24 April 2013

Contents:

* Nat Wasley, Ohms Not Bombs: Muckaty nuclear waste dump update April 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mitch Torres about James Price Point proposed gas hub development
* Zebedee Parkes, Green Left: Kimberley win strengthens anti-gas campaign
* DesignBuild: Federal Government Pushes for Floating LNG
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* Other articles

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
NT
Muckaty
Nuclear waste dump
gas
Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Kimberley
James Price Point
gas hub
Save the Kimberley
WA
north of Broome
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Mitch Torres about James Price Point proposed gas hub development
Zebedee Parkes - Green Left - Kimberley win strengthens anti-gas campaign
DesignBuild - Federal Government Pushes for Floating LNG
Nat Wasley
Mitch Torres
Zebedee Parkes
Federal Government
Floating LNG