Nyoongar Tent Embassy

WGAR News: Full list of May 1 2015 Actions in a place near you: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia, facebook

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 29/04/2015 - 7:40pm

Newsletter date: 30 April 2015

Contents:

* Upcoming Event Info: Full list of May 1 2015 Actions in a place near you: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia, facebook
* Upcoming Event Posters: 2nd Official Call To Action 1st May 2015, facebook: By Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
2nd Official Call To Action 1st May 2015
SOSBlakAustralia
The May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global
May 1st 2015 Global Solidarity
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
GreenLeftTV
youtube
Police ride roughshod over Aboriginal protest against closure of communities
Miranda Wood
Red Flag
'This is a declaration of war' - campaign against closures continues
Sandy Toussaint
The Conversation
Closing 'communities' undermines the humanity of Aboriginal lives
Green Left
International day of protest on May 1 2015 against forced closure of Aboriginal communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA
Protests against closures of Aboriginal homelands
Protests against closures of Aboriginal communities
May 1st 2015 rallies have gone global - Aotearea (NZ) Canada Germany Hawaii Hong Kong UK and USA

WGAR News: "What about our sacred sites?": Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 28/05/2014 - 5:12pm

Newsletter date: 29 May 2014

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: "What about our sacred sites?"
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Dissenting voices rise against single largest native title offer
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Toogarr Morrison says it's Bibbullmun and not Noongar
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Marianne Mackay backs Toogarr Morrison - "we're Bibbullmun, not Noongar"
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to Mabo and Native Title

* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: "WHAT ABOUT OUR SACRED SITES?"

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
native title
Gerry Georgatos
sacred sites
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Nyoongar
Noongar
Heirisson Island
Matagarup
The Stringer
Marianne Mackay
native title offer
Dissenting voices rise against single largest native title offer
Toogarr Morrison says it's Bibbullmun and not Noongar
Toogarr Morrison

WGAR News: Vote on Noongar Native Title deal must be all Noongars & in accordance with lore: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 07/03/2014 - 4:40pm

Newsletter date: 8 March 2014

Contents:

* Karen Ashford, SBS World News Radio: APY elders share sacred songline with the world

* Darren Mara, SBS World News Radio: The Native Title Act, 20 years on
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Vote on Noongar Native Title deal must be all Noongars & in accordance with lore
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: [Noongar Elder] John Pell slams SWALSC [South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council]

Geography: 
New South Wales
Australia
Northern Territory
Tasmania
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Land Council
native title
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
Michael Mansell
Chris Graham
New Matilda
The Stringer
Premier Barnett
Central Land Council
Tracker
SWALSC
Karen Ashford
SBS World News Radio
APY elders share sacred songline with the world
Darren Mara
The Native Title Act - 20 years on
Noongar Native Title deal
John Pell
Noongar Elder John Pell
SWALSC - South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
draft Recognition Bill to recognise Noongar People as Traditional Owners of southwest WA
Noongar People
Don’t forget Aboriginal landowners
Aboriginal landowners
Adam Brereton
Tracker Mag Shut Following Abbott Spray

WGAR News: "Council breaches its own policy and dismantles the Portland [Aboriginal] Tent Embassy"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/10/2013 - 1:14pm

Newsletter date: 28 October 2013

Contents:

* Seamus Doherty, Green Left: Nyoongar tent embassy opposes native title deal
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Both sides debate Noongar land deal
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA

* Portland Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Council breaches its own policy and dismantles the Portland Tent Embassy
* Jono Pech, Warrnambool Standard: Indigenous tent embassy at Portland dismantled
* Background to the Portland Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Market Square, Portland, Vic

Geography: 
Perth
Victoria
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
CAAMA
Portland Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Market Square
Portland
The Stringer
CAAMA Radio
Green Left
Heirisson Island - Matagarup
Warrnambool Standard
Council breaches its own policy and dismantles the Portland Tent Embassy
Jono Pech
Indigenous tent embassy at Portland dismantled
Vic
Seamus Doherty
Nyoongar tent embassy opposes native title deal
Both sides debate Noongar land deal
The mob finally enter the ranks of Australian history
Professor Alison Bashford
The Cambridge History of Australia
25 billion dollars spent on Aboriginal disadvantage is a lie

WGAR News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?: Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 09/10/2013 - 4:58pm

Newsletter date: 10 October 2013

Contents:

* Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: SWALSC & Noongar Tent Embassy face-off on land deal - October 15
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Ian McPhedran, The Courier-Mail: Historians say the Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts

Geography: 
Canberra
Perth
Melbourne
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Perth
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Noongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
Matagarup
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Congress
National Congress
The Stringer
Frontier Wars
Heirisson Island - Matagarup
Eleanor Gilbert
Remembering the Frontier Wars
Henry Reynolds
SBS Radio News
Michael Kenny
Aboriginal MPs
Indigenous MPs
SWALSC
War Memorial
Ian McPhedran
The Courier-Mail
frontier conflicts
Forgotten War
Melbourne Event - Thu 17 October 2013 - Public meeting - Henry Reynolds on the Forgotten War
Henry Reynolds on the Forgotten War
Anzac Day 2013 Canberra
Indigenous Advisory Board
Les Malezer

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: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 09/07/2013 - 2:05pm

Newsletter date: 10 July 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: $1.3 billion Native Title deal divides Noongar peoples
* ABC News: Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
* Tracker: Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
* SBS World News Video: WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group
* Tim Bray, CCI: State Government Native Title offer to provide positive benefits
* University of Otago, NZ: Setting up the Tent Embassy [Nyoongar Tent Embassy]
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (sacred site of Matagarup), Perth, WA

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Aboriginal Tent Embassies
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
The Stringer
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining
Vicky Validakis - Australian Mining - Protestors line up to stop Whitehaven's Maules Creek mine
WA Tent Embassy
sacred site of Matagarup - Heirisson Island
WA Native Title offer
ABC News - Tent embassy group rejects native title offer
Tracker - Native title deal angers WA Tent Embassy
$1.3 billion Native Title deal
SBS World News Video - WA govt offers native title deal to Noongar group

WGAR News: The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 12:04pm

Newsletter date: 20 May 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Homeless protest at Matagarup - "we will not be swept away"
* Tracker: Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans
* NIRS: Matagarup development protested in Perth
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: New laws to criminalise drinking
* NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders
* Other Northern Territory News

* The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
WA
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Emma Murphy
NAAJA
The Stringer
Northern Territory News
Tracker
Green Left
Alcohol Protection Orders
Heirisson Island - Matagarup
The Stringer - Homeless protest at Matagarup - we will not be swept away
Tracker - Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans
NIRS - Matagarup development protested in Perth
Emma Murphy - Green Left - New laws to criminalise drinking
NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders

WGAR News: Sovereignty not constitutional recognition the key to closing the gap: The Wire

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 1:33pm

Newsletter date: 9 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Sovereignty not Constitutional recognition the key to Closing the Gap
* Sovereign Union: Governments 'Act of Recognition' has some very serious implications
* NIRS: Raising life expectancy not a case of throwing around money: Mansell
* Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee: Shadow Report 2013
* Congress Close the Gap Statement
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Government commitment to flawed policies clouds efforts to close the gap

* Brisbane Times: Protesters storm Rudd's Brisbane office

Geography: 
Perth
Brisbane
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Close the Gap
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
sovereignty
Heirisson Island
Act of Recognition
Close The Gap Campaign
Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy
Musgrave Park
constitutional recognition
Closing the Gap
sit-in
Rudd office
Noongar Embassy
Opal
Sovereign Union - Governments Act of Recognition has some very serious implications
NIRS - Raising life expectancy not a case of throwing around money - Mansell
Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee - Shadow Report 2013
Congress Close the Gap Statement
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Government commitment to flawed policies clouds efforts to close the gap
Brisbane Times - Protesters storm Rudd's Brisbane office
ABC - Four charged after sit-in protest at Rudd office
NIRS - Noongar Embassy reviews media coverage
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert - Opal Fuel Bill passes Federal Parliament

WGAR News: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island: The West Australian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/01/2013 - 11:45am

Newsletter date: 27 January 2013

Contents:

* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic

* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal sovereignty
James Price Point
Save the Kimberley
Nyoongar Tent Embassy
Heirisson Island
Kumentjaye Briscoe
Aboriginal Heritage Sites
north of Broome
Tracker - Mature Australia needs new flag - academic
SBS Living Black - Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
ABC - Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
SBS Living Black - No Criminal Charges Against Police