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WGAR News: Amnesty International head slams decades of neglect in remote Aboriginal communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/10/2011 - 9:56am

Newsletter date: 13 October 2011

Contents:
* Amnesty International cheif Salil Shetty visits communities in Utopia, NT
* Calls for implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
* Jon Altman: Homeland communities destroyed to save a bit of cash
* Amnesty International Australia Action: Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands
* Amnesty International Australia: Utopia Homelands featured on the 7pm Project
* What’s Working: Health-Utopia
* Rally against Income Management in Bankstown - 8 October 2011

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Amnesty International cheif Salil Shetty visits communities in Utopia NT

Calls for implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Jon Altman - Homeland communities destroyed to save a bit of cash

Amnesty International Australia Action - Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands

Amnesty International Australia - Utopia Homelands featured on the 7pm Project

What’s Working - Health-Utopia

Rally against Income Management in Bankstown - 8 October 2011

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 23 events from 13 October 2011

WGAR News: Tracker's Brian Johnston: Reality in APY Lands different from media agenda campaigns

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 09/10/2011 - 12:01pm

Newsletter date: 9 October 2011

Contents:
* Tracker's Brian Johnston: Reality in APY Lands is different from the media agenda driven campaigns
* APY Council general manager calls for full community consultation about their needs
* Head of Amnesty says govt's "top-down externally driven" efforts widen the gap
* Media re Barbara Shaw's Sydney speaking tour - 3-9 Oct 2011
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 9 October 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 25 events from 9 October 2011

APY Council general manager calls for full community consultation

Amnesty says govt's top-down externally driven efforts widen the gap

Media re Barbara Shaw's Sydney speaking tour Oct 2011

Upcoming Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 7 events from 10 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 08/10/2011 - 4:31pm

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Event: Mon 10 & Tue 11 October 2011: Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld
Brisbane Regional Forum 2011
"The Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia (IHRNA)
invites members and those interested in becoming members to
attend Regional Forums across Australia in 2011. Membership
is free and open to individuals who are actively working in
and/or are interested in Indigenous human rights."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://ihrnaustralia.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

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Queensland Our Generation Film Screenings

Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 9 events from 6 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/10/2011 - 7:47am

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Event: Thu 6 October 2011: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw
Public Forum
Not In Bankstown, Not Anywhere!
Why we need a moratorium on Government's Income Management
Speakers include:
* Barbara Shaw, BasicsCard recipient and anti-intervention
campaigner
* Randa Kattan, CEO of the Arab Council of Australia
* John Falzon, CEO, St Vincent de Paul Society's Nat'l Council
Organised by the Campaign coalition of the
Say No to Governments Income Management:

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Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw 3rd to 9th October 2011

NSW Our Generation Film Screenings

Amnesty International Homelands Campaign - NSW

[WGAR-news] Public forum launching a national campaign calling for a moratorium on income management

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 06/10/2011 - 6:16am

Newsletter date: 6 October 2011

Contents:
* Sydney public forum launching a national campaign calling for a Moratorium on Income Management - 6 October 2011
* Alice Springs public forum: No Income Management - Women demand a Moratorium on Income Management - 13 October 2011
* Media Release by Aboriginal activist and trained lawyer Michael Anderson
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 26 events from 6 October 2011

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Sydney public forum launching a national campaign calling for a Moratorium on Income Management - 6 October 2011

Alice Springs public forum: No Income Management - Women demand a Moratorium on Income Management - 13 October 2011

Media Release by Aboriginal activist and trained lawyer Michael Anderson - 2 October 2011

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 26 events from 6 October 2011

Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 10 events from 4 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/10/2011 - 8:08pm

This page last updated 4 October 2011

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Event: Tue 4 October 2011: Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw
Evening Meeting with Amnesty Demand Dignity Campaign
"This meeting is not to be missed as Barbara Shaw,
a delegate to the UN's permanent forum of Indigenous
Issues will be joining us. Barbara is a Mt Nancy town
camp resident from Alice Springs, and appeared
shortly in 'Our Generation' (2010).
Our main focus topic will centre on Amnesty

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Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barb Shaw 3-9 October 2011

Our Generation NSW Film Screenings

WGAR News: NT govt's English in schools policy; Trucking nuclear waste through SA on way to NT

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 02/10/2011 - 11:47am

Newsletter date: 2 October 2011

Contents:
* Reminder of change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' launch with Barb Shaw
* A Tribute to Aboriginal Youth Suicide and Stolen Generations: 10 October 2011
* NT government's draft update to its English in schools policy
* Plan to truck nuclear waste through SA on way to NT
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 2 October 2011
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

* REMINDER OF CHANGE OF VENUE OF 'REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP' LAUNCH WITH BARB SHAW:

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Reminder of change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' launch with Barb Shaw 5 Oct 2011

A Tribute to Aboriginal Youth Suicide and Stolen Generations - 10 October 2011

NT government's draft update to its English in schools policy

Plan to truck nuclear waste through SA on way to NT

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 29 events from 2 October 2011

WGAR News: Online petition: Call for a moratorium on government Income management

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 24/09/2011 - 1:25pm

Newsletter date: 24 September 2011

Contents:
* Change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' launch with Barb Shaw
* Call for a Moratorium on Government Income Management
* Melbourne’s only Aboriginal school wins fight against closure
* National Sorry Day Committee: National Curriculum Online Petition
* Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians
* Jeff McMullen: Don’t buy the NT Intervention lie
* Review of the book "Walk With Us" - Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Other articles

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Change of venue of 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up' Sydney launch with Barb Shaw

Melbourne’s only Aboriginal school wins fight against closure

National Sorry Day Committee - National Curriculum Online Petition

Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians

Jeff McMullen - Don’t buy the NT Intervention lie

Review of the book 'Walk With Us' - Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 34 events from 24 September 2011

Upcoming Sydney & NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary - 13 events from 18 September 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/09/2011 - 2:05pm

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Event: 3 July to Sun 25 September 2011: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: FREEDOM RIDERS
- Art and activism 1960s to now
Sydney University Art Gallery
"A unique and daring exhibition has pulled together some of
the most important political artworks produced by NSW's
leading Aboriginal artists and put them in one room for the
public to see." ABC News
Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/museums/events_exhibitions/art_gallery_exhibitions....
Featured in Video: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/07/01/3259282.htm

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'Our Generation' film screenings

Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barbara Shaw

WGAR News: Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barbara Shaw - 3-9 October 2011

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 18/09/2011 - 12:07pm

Newsletter date: 18 September 2011
Newsletter updated: 2 October 2011

Contents:
* Natalie Wasley and Paddy Gibson: Report back from the Northern Territory - 19 Sep 2011
* Sydney speaking tour of anti-intervention campaigner Barbara Shaw - 3-9 Oct 2011
* 'Aboriginal anti-nuclear film to kick off Berlin festival'
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 34 events from 18 September 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles

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