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Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 10/12/2012 - 6:15pm

Media Release - 10 December 2012

Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard:

Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Parliament House
Parkes ACT 2600

Prime Minister,

The Working Group for Aboriginal Rights is calling on you and your government to change direction in your policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

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sovereignty

Stronger Futures

compensation

Theo van Boven principles of Reparation for Peoples

gross violations of Human Rights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

WGAR News: Alice Springs Human Rights Day Rally demands justice for Kumentjaye Briscoe: MR

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 09/12/2012 - 9:37am

Newsletter date: 9 December 2012

Contents:

* Media Release: Alice Springs Human Rights Day Rally demands justice for Kumentjaye Briscoe
* Patricia Morton-Thomas: 'My Family Is Calling For Justice'
* Petition: Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - lay charges against police

* STICS: NT Aboriginal Elder calls for repeal of 'Stronger Futures' at Sydney Human Rights Day forum
* PressTV Video: Australia Rights Forum centers on indigenous people
* Tracker: Lessons of Redfern speech lost: Elder
* Media Release: Union leaders join Bankstown Coalition to ramp up income management campaign

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Northern Territory Intervention

SIHIP

Aboriginal deaths

Stronger Futures

Petition - Justice for Kwementyaye Briscoe - lay charges against police

Indigenous mental health

Indigenous women prisoners

Patricia Morton-Thomas - My Family Is Calling For Justice

STICS - NT Aboriginal Elder calls for repeal of Stronger Futures at Sydney Human Rights Day forum

PressTV Video - Australia Rights Forum centers on indigenous people

Tracker - Lessons of Redfern speech lost - Elder

Redfern speech

Media Release - Union leaders join Bankstown Coalition to ramp up income management campaign

CAAMA - Call for compulsory Income management to be dropped

Eva Cox - Macklin Ignores Intervention Evaluation

Tennant & District Times - SIHIP bungles leave homes in shambles

CAAMA - Leading human rights advocate says disenfranchisement of Australia’s First Nations Peoples continues

Public forum “Stronger Futures” means “stolen futures” for NT communities

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 29/11/2012 - 9:11pm

Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney Media Release 26 November 2012

Public Forum
“Stronger Futures” means “Stolen Futures” for NT communities.
NT Aboriginal leaders to speak out against the Intervention at human rights day forum

On 6 December, the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) will hold a major forum on the NT Intervention to mark Human Rights Day.

The meeting will also mark twenty years since Paul Keating gave his famous "Redfern Speech" which recognised the destructive impact of colonisation on Aboriginal people.

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What the NT Aboriginal people really said about Stronger Futures

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 2:33pm

A new book which tells what Aboriginal people told the Senate inquiry into the Stronger Futures legislation has been launched in Sydney. Launches in Melbourne, Canberra, Murray Bridge and Adelaide are to follow. It's called "A Decision to Discriminate: Aboriginal Disempowerment in the Northern Territory", published by the group ‘concerned Australians’, which has put out several books on the NT intervention. This is the latest.

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'Our Generation' film reviews

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 24/09/2012 - 1:56pm

Elimatta:
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater:
Our Generation - Showing in London - page 8
http://www.asgmwp.net/ElimattaWinter2011.pdf

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Australia

Northern Territory

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NT intervention

Northern Territory Intervention

Background: Calls for 'Stronger Futures' laws to be subject to Human Rights scrutiny

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 3:14pm

Last updated: 9 January 2013

CONTENTS:

* Take Action regarding Human Rights compliance for 'Stronger Futures' laws
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/09/take-action-regarding-human-rights-co...
(Last updated: 18 July 2012)

* Media Releases, Letters, Statements calling for 'Stronger Futures' Human Rights compliance
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/09/media-releases-letters-statements-cal...
(Last updated: 25 July 2012)

* Analysis and Opinion regarding 'Stronger Futures' Human Rights compliance

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Australia’s human rights obligations - the Parliamentary Scrutiny Human Rights Act 2011

Australia’s human rights obligations - Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

Northern Territory NT Interventionindigenous

Background to support for the Yolngu statement and opposition to the 'Stronger Futures' laws

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 10/06/2012 - 12:00pm

Last updated: 8 July 2013

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* Yolngu Nations Assembly Statements and Media Releases

* Compilations calling for:
support for the Yolngu statement of 24 April 2012 and
the abandonment of the Stronger Futures laws

* Supportive Statements, Media Releases and News (14 March 2012 - 8 July 2013)

* YOLNGU NATIONS ASSEMBLY STATEMENTS AND MEDIA RELEASES:

WGAR News: Yolngu Nations Assembly Statement concerning 'Stronger Futures' laws and NT policies (4 May 12)

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Yolngu Nations Assembly

Compilations calling for support for the Yolngu statement and for the abandonment of the Stronger Futures laws

Statements Media Releases and News supportive of the Yolngu Nations Assembly Statement

Yolngu Nations Assembly Statements and Media Releasesindigenous

Congress says Stop & Listen on the Intervention

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:38am

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples backs calls by Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory for the Government to withdraw its legislations to continue the Intervention. All Australians that support justice and equality should put their names to letter below, telling the Parliamentarians that the bills must be properly scruitnised to ensure that they comply with Australian human rights standards.

http://congressmob.good.do/stoplisten/bnmb/

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Northern Territory Intervention

Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 11:23am

Last updated: 27 May 2014

WGAR News: SBS TV: Watch John Pilger's 'Utopia', on Saturday 31st May 2014, 8:35pm SBSONE (27 May 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/27/wgar-news-sbs-tv-watch-john-pilgers-u...
"Contents:
* johnpilger.com : Utopia, John Pilger's latest film, to be broadcast on SBS Australia on 31 May
* Chris Graham, New Matilda: Utopia: The Inside Story
* The Stringer: A long way to go for 'Utopia'
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia

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Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/04/2012 - 11:18am

Last updated: 30 May 2014

WGAR News: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens call for end to Stronger Futures (30 May 14)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/29/wgar-news-aboriginal-controlled-healt...

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