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WGAR News: Updates on NT intervention, deaths in custody, Lake Tyers and native title

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 07/04/2011 - 7:41am

Newsletter date: 7 April 2011

Contents:
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Human Rights Alliance calls again for a Senate inquiry into deaths in custody
* Interview with Lake Tyers Women's spokesperson, Leanne Edwards
* Background to blockade by Aboriginal women of Lake Tyers
* Greens table important amendments to Native Title Act
* Other articles

NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

- Media Release

Australian Human Rights Commission:
Efforts in Alice Springs should continue for communities to thrive

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Northern Territory Intervention

native title

Lake Tyers blockade

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

IWD rally in Melbourne, 8 March, and picket of Trades Hall cocktail party

Submitted by peter on Wed, 09/03/2011 - 12:36pm

Pay Justice Action, 'a grassroots initiative of the Freedom Socialist Party', http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/9, organised a rally and march to mark the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. At about the same time, Jenny Macklin, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, was due to address an IWD cocktail party at the Victorian Trades Hall ...

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