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WGAR News: Indigenous suicide a 'humanitarian crisis': Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: SBS News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 15/07/2015 - 9:23am

Newsletter date: 15 July 2015, 9:25am AEST; last updated 10:00am AEST

Contents:

* News: SBS News: Indigenous suicide a 'humanitarian crisis': Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

* Audio: Gerry Georgatos, NIRS: AMSANT calls on Government to increase mental health funding [featuring Bunaba woman Tanja Hirvonen]

* WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

Geography:

Northern Territory

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Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

NAIDOC 2015 Person of the Year Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP)

Community consultant Gerry Georgatos

Gerry Georgatos

Indigenous suicide a 'humanitarian crisis' - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Indigenous suicide a 'humanitarian crisis'

Gerry Georgatos - NIRS - National Indigenous Radio Service

AMSANT calls on Government to increase mental health funding

Bunaba woman Tanja Hirvonen

Bunaba woman Tanja Hirvonen - NIRS - National Indigenous Radio Service

AMSANT - Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory

funding for Aboriginal health programs and services

WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Aboriginal Suicide

Aboriginal Mental Health

WGAR News: "If Tony Abbott badly wants it, it won't be in the interests of First Nations people and will be in the interests of international mining giants".

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 06/07/2015 - 5:29pm

Newsletter date: 6 July 2015, 5:30pm AEST; last updated 7 July 2015, 12:59pm AEST

Contents:

* News & Photos: SBS News: Indigenous protesters call for a Treaty

* Timeline Photos: Sovereign Union, facebook: Constitutional Recognition - The arguments that mainstream media is hiding from you

* Audio: Ninah Kopel, The Wire: A step closer to Recognition [featuring Alice Haines, organiser of protest for Sovereignty & Treaty]

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Keywords:

Alice Haines - organiser of protest for Sovereignty & Treaty

Ninah Kopel - The Wire

Alice Haines protest organiser

Indigenous protesters call for a Treaty

Constitutional Recognition - The arguments that mainstream media is hiding from you

constitutional recognition

Constitutional Recognition Survey - Data Analysis by Celeste Liddle and Survey Conducted by IndigenousX

Celeste Liddle for IndigenousX

Celeste Liddle for IndigenousX - The Guardian

87% of Indigenous people do not agree on recognition - You'd know if you listened

Constitutional History and Independent Constitutional Reform links

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

sovereignty movement

Aboriginal sovereignty

Sovereign Union

an independent Aboriginal grassroots Sovereignty movement

Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia

Aboriginal Sovereign Nations

WGAR News: Action needed to reduce high rate of Indigenous youth suicide, Queensland coroner says: Maria Hatzakis, ABC News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 11/06/2015 - 12:34pm

Newsletter date: 12 June 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Maria Hatzakis, ABC News: Action needed to reduce high rate of Indigenous youth suicide, Queensland coroner says

* News Analysis: SBS News: Action needed on indigenous youth deaths

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Keywords:

Action needed on indigenous youth deaths

Action needed to reduce high rate of Indigenous youth suicide

Indigenous youth suicide

Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

Aboriginal Suicide

Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm

Aboriginal youth suicide

Aboriginal youth suicide and self-harm

WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

WGAR News: Indigenous Affairs Environment Remains a Trauma Zone: Post-2015 Budget Media Release: Congress

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 13/05/2015 - 11:41pm

Newsletter date: 14 May 2015

Contents:

* Video: NITV News - 13 May: Budget 2015

* Media Release: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress): Indigenous Affairs Environment Remains a Trauma Zone: Post-2015 Budget Media Release

* Media Release: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC): SNAICC concerned new childcare package is unfair and punishes our most vulnerable children

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Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

NITV News - 13 May - Budget 2015

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress)

Congress Comments on the Budget

SNAICC - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care

SNAICC concerned new childcare package is unfair and punishes our most vulnerable children

Australian Human Rights Commission

Close The Gap Campaign

Close the Gap - Indigenous Health Campaign

Funding quarantined but uncertainty remains

ANTaR - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights advocacy organisation

Unfair Budget has left Indigenous Affairs adrift

Oxfam Australia Media

Brakes put on closing the gap in Indigenous health in Federal Budget

Reconciliation Australia

Budget 2015 - Indigenous groups call for more funding certainty

WGAR News: Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities - Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: Natalie Whiting, The World Today

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 09/05/2015 - 6:39pm

Newsletter date: 10 May 2015

Contents:

* Audio: Natalie Whiting, The World Today: Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities [Featuring Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]

* Speeches: Green Left: Aboriginal voices resist closures [Featuring Gwenda Stanley, Uncle Ken Canning & Ginny Jane]

Geography:

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

Aboriginal elders

Aboriginal elders Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Aboriginal elders voice concern over plans to close remote communities

Natalie Whiting

The World Today

The World Today - ABC

Green Left Weekly

GLW - Green Left Weekly

Aboriginal voices resist closures

Uncle Ken Canning

Melbourne councils oppose forced closure of Aboriginal communities

Anger over plans for future of remote Aboriginal communities in WA

Kimberley Land Council

Stephanie Anderson

Robert Burton-Bradley

Stephanie Anderson & Robert Burton-Bradley

Calls to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in Indigenous funding

Closing the Gap campaign committee

Gerry Georgatos

Beware the 'framing' of the conversation - 'consultation' is a dirty word - Don’t close any Homelands - end of story

Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA

WGAR News: Vinka believes it's crucial to empower the next generation to create a healthy community that celebrates culture, cares for country and builds opportunities.

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 05/05/2015 - 2:03pm

Newsletter date: 6 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The Hunt For The Good Life: A Black Perspective

* Video - Vinka's story: Ella Archibald-Binge, SBS News: Home-grown Derby girl to be town's first Aboriginal doctor [Vinka's story is featured on Living Black: Kimberley Healing this week.]

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

Keywords:

Ella Archibald-Binge

Living Black Conversations

Living Black - Kimberley Healing

Home-grown Derby girl to be town's first Aboriginal doctor

The Hunt For The Good Life - A Black Perspective

Respect and Listen

Ernie Dingo Speaks Against Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities

John Pilger at the second National Day of Action

Joshua Robertson

Brisbane protest over Indigenous community closures occupies City Hall

300 indigenous protesters stage Brisbane City Hall sit-in

Maori activist - Teanau Tuiono

The Maori Are Coming - Solidarity From Across The Ditch Against Forced Remote Community Closures

Lachlan McLeod & Louis Dai - Walking Fish Productions

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Shifting small remote communities into larger ones is still closing them - Colin

WGAR News: WA police dismantle tents at Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest: ABC NewsRadio's Tracey Holmes speaks to activist Gerry Georgatos

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 03/05/2015 - 12:33pm

Newsletter date: 4 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Perth City Council fob off Matargarup homeless & say they cannot help homeless

* News Analysis & Video: Rewa Harriman, Maori Television: Nyungah people remain steadfast despite police raids

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Aboriginal protest

Heirisson Island

Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest

Gerry Georgatos

Jennifer Kaeshagen

Perth City Council fob off Matargarup homeless & say they cannot help homeless

Maori Television

Nyungah people remain steadfast despite police raids

Australia apartheid

Secret war on Aborigines prompts global May Day protests

Arrests as police remove tents at Perth's Heirisson Island Aboriginal protest

Arrests as Indigenous protests continue on Heirisson Island

Online News Team

Perth Police attempt to close down tent embassy on Heirisson Island

Protesters arrested as police close down Heirisson Island protest camp

Radio New Zealand News

Global Aboriginal rights protests

The Stringer facebook

Jennifer Kaeshagen facebook

Elder Herbert Bropho

WGAR News: NITV journalist accuses police of intimidation after Indigenous march - video: The Guardian, Source: NITV

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 30/04/2015 - 2:18pm

Newsletter date: 1 May 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: 'This Day Is Not For You': Police Stop Black Digger From Marching For Frontier Wars
* Video: NITV News - 29 April 2015: 'This day is not for you': Police Shut Down Frontier Wars Anzac Day March
* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: "This day is not for you." AFP prevent Fred Hooper from marching on Anzac Day, Canberra 25 April 2015.

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2015 Frontier Wars March

NITV journalist accuses police of intimidation after Indigenous march - video

'This day is not for you'

NITV News - 29 April 2015

Frontier Wars Anzac Day March

Police Shut Down Frontier Wars Anzac Day March

AFP accused of threatening Indigenous activist with taser

NITV News - 27 April 2015

Federal Police Attempt to Seize NITV News Footage of Frontier Wars Canberra March

Sovereign Union

Murrawarri Republic

Aboriginal ex-serviceman Murrawarri man Fred Hooper

Fred Hooper - Chair of the Murrawarri Republic

Danny Teece-Johnson on Anzac Day and Frontier Wars

Danny Teece-Johnson

Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars

2015 Frontier Wars March- 50 meters that defines a country

Isn't it time we had an Indigenous Memorial Day

Independent Australia

WGAR News: "This day is not for you." AFP prevent Fred Hooper from marching on Anzac Day, Canberra 25 April 2015: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 27/04/2015 - 6:50pm

Newsletter date: 28 April 2015

Contents:

* Video: NITV News - 27 April 2015: [Frontier Wars march in Canberra; Frontier Wars commemoration in Brisbane]

* Media Release: Sovereign Union: Police cause ugly confrontation with Aboriginal people at Canberra ANZAC Commemoration
* Media Release: Murrawarri Republic: Murrawarri Head of State refused entry to ANZAC Day March

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NITV News - 27 April 2015

Sovereign Union

Murrawarri Republic

Fred Hooper - Head of State of the Murrawarri Republic

Fred Hooper - Chair of the Murrawarri Nation

Fred Hooper - Chair of the Provisional Council of State of the Murrawarri Republic

Murrawarri Head of State refused entry to ANZAC Day March

Police cause ugly confrontation with Aboriginal people at Canberra ANZAC Commemoration

Eleanor Gilbert

Eleanor Gilbert - Vimeo

AFP threaten with Taser during undeclared Frontier Wars march - Canberra-Anzac Day 2015

GalliPoliceShame

Police shut down Aboriginal ANZAC Day march

Indigenous Australians mark Anzac Day

Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra

Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars

Sovereign Union Frontier Wars Homepage

2011 2012 2013 & 2014 Undeclared Frontier Wars Anzac Day Commemoration Videos

WGAR News: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 24/04/2015 - 3:47pm

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars
* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Amy McQuire - New Matilda

Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did

Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra

Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra

Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars

Sovereign Union

Sovereign Union Frontier Wars Homepage

Dr Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Lest we Forget - Aboriginal people want their battles acknowledged

Nicholas Clements

NITV News - 24 April 2015

Tasmania's Black War

Lest we remember

a tragic case of lest we remember

NIRS Weekly News-in-Review

Warren Barnsley

ANZAC centenary special - Honouring Indigenous service men and women

Why we ought to be remembering the frontier wars on Anzac Day

Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war