Occupy Melbourne calls for Treaty with Indigenous Australia

Original Nations embassy threatened by cops

Submitted by Jack on Mon, 14/11/2011 - 3:25pm

The Original Nations Tent Embassy at the Treasury Gardens was visited by members of the Victoria Police Force today. According to a message from Occupy Melbourne on Facebook at around 2.20pm, they were told to remove the tent or the police would be back.

Please refer to facebook http://www.facebook.com/occupymelb?sk=wall and twitter #occupymelbourne for updates.

Press release from Occupy Melbourne follows:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“Council Continues Campaign of Harassment and Intimidation Against Occupy Melbourne”

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
protest
human rights
Occupy Melbourne Press Release
Occupy Melbourne calls for Treaty with Indigenous Australia
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WGAR News: "Congress joins opposition to big stick policies in the NT" - NCAFP media release

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 06/11/2011 - 10:22am

Newsletter date: 29 October 2011

Contents:
* What’s Working: Animation of stories
* "Congress Joins Opposition to Big Stick Policies in the NT" NCAFP Media Release
* Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (NCAFP)
* Occupy Melbourne calls for Treaty with Indigenous Australia
* Interview with Brian Devlin on cuts to bilingual education in the NT
* Prof Jon Altman: Governments can not afford to neglect homelands
* UTS Lecture by Dr Miriam Jorgensen & Prof Stephen Cornell:
Indigenous Government - A Solution in Settler States

Geography: 
Melbourne
Northern Territory
Sydney
Keywords: 
NT intervention
Northern Territory Intervention
Background to National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (NCAFP)
What’s Working - Animation of stories
Occupy Melbourne calls for Treaty with Indigenous Australia
Interview with Brian Devlin on cuts to bilingual education in the NT
Prof Jon Altman -Governments can not afford to neglect homelands
UTS Lecture by Dr Miriam Jorgensen & Prof Stephen Cornell - Indigenous Government - A Solution in Settler States