Senator Rachel Siewert | Indymedia Australia

WGAR News: Black Power Of The Press In The Face Of Andrew Bolt's White Media Noise: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 16/07/2015 - 8:05pm

Newsletter date: 17 July 2015, last updated 4:15am AEST 17 July 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Black Power Of The Press In The Face Of Andrew Bolt's White Media Noise

* Audio Interviews: Grace Pashley & Cassandra Tim, NIRS Weekly News-in-Review: former Labor MP Gary Johns' accusations [featuring Indigenous Journalist Amy McQuire & Greens Indigenous Affairs Spokesperson Rachel Siewert]

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Keywords:

Grace Pashley & Cassandra Tim - NIRS Weekly News-in-Review

former Labor MP Gary Johns' accusations

Indigenous Journalist Amy McQuire & Greens Indigenous Affairs Spokesperson Rachel Siewert - NIRS Weekly News-in-Review

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Amy McQuire - New Matilda

Black Power Of The Press In The Face Of Andrew Bolt's White Media Noise

Chris Graham - New Matilda

From Little Things - NM Subscribers Give Away $29250 in Free Advertising to Charities and Aboriginal Businesses

Subscribe to New Matilda and Donate Advertising To Your Favourite Aboriginal Business Or Mainstream Not-For-Profit

Paul Brescia - The Wire

Dr Melissa Stoneham - Senior Research Fellow - Curtin University

Dr Melissa Stoneham - The Wire

Media portrayal of Indigenous people overwhelmingly negative

Editorial Policy - The Wire

WGAR News: Indigenous leaders suspect remote NT communities will be closed: Helen Davidson, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 06/06/2015 - 7:53pm

Newsletter date: 7 June 2015; last updated 15 June

Contents:

* Upcoming anniversary march & rally: 3pm, 21 June 2015: NT Intervention - Stolen Futures - 8 Years of Racist shame!

* News Analysis: Helen Davidson, The Guardian: Indigenous leaders suspect remote NT communities will be closed

Geography:

Northern Territory

South Australia

Western Australia

Keywords:

Upcoming anniversary march & rally - 21 June 2015 - NT Intervention - Stolen Futures - 8 Years of Racist shame

Indigenous leaders suspect remote NT communities will be closed

Professor Jon Altman

Living the good life in precarious times

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Government presses on with work for the dole in remote communities

work for the dole in remote communities

work for the dole

Remote jobs and community program to be rebranded due to unpopularity

Controversial Indigenous advancement strategy gets $100m funding boost

Indigenous Advancement Strategy

IAS - Indigenous Advancement Strategy

Respect and Listen

Respect and Listen compilation

Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)

Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

NT intervention

The Intervention - an Anthology

WGAR News: If You Thought Sorry Was The Hardest Word, Try Mentioning Compensation: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 26/05/2015 - 8:26pm

Newsletter date: 27 May 2015

Geography:

Western Australia

Keywords:

National Sorry Day

Sorry Day protesters voice anger at 'continuing stolen generations'

Grandmothers Against Removals

GMAR - Grandmothers Against Removals

GMAR is leading a conference at Matagarup - the Perth Tent Embassy from May 24 - May 30 - to strategise for the future and to march on May 26 2015

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

National Day of Action

WAR - Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance

Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress)

National Sorry Day 2015

National Sorry Day 2015 - More Action Needed

National Sorry Day 2015 - Congress Statement

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

This Sorry Day Tony Abbott must recommit to truly being the 'Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs'

WGAR News: State Government community closure reforms all PR and no substance: Kimberley Land Council, Western Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/05/2015 - 5:42pm

Newsletter date: 12 May 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Kimberley Land Council: State Government community closure reforms all PR and no substance
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Don't believe them; They will close Homelands - the only 'consultations' should be about equality
* Media Release: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: State Government is far too late to try and 'consult' with remote Aboriginal communities about their closures

Geography:

Western Australia

Keywords:

Kimberley Land Council

KLC - Kimberley Land Council

State Government community closure reforms all PR and no substance

Gerry Georgatos

Don't believe them; They will close Homelands - the only 'consultations' should be about equality

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

State Government is far too late to try and 'consult' with remote Aboriginal communities about their closures

Robin Chapple MLC

Robin Chapple MLC - Greens (WA)

Threats to Close Remote Aboriginal Communities

Robin Chapple MLC - Examples of Successful remote indigenous initiatives - The Yiriman Project; Bush light Program; Self-Build Projects

Water quality well below standards in remote communities

Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

Medical student reacts to closures of remote communities

Ghillar Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson

Reparation needed before First Nations peoples can 'move on'

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

sovereignty movement

WGAR News: Interview with Haydyn Bromley on funding for the 60 SA Aboriginal Communities: Uncle Stephen Goldsmith, Nunga Wangga - Radio Adelaide

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 14/04/2015 - 4:44pm

Newsletter date: 15 April 2015

Contents:

* Audio Interview: Uncle Stephen Goldsmith, Nunga Wangga - Radio Adelaide: Haydyn Bromley on funding for the 60 SA Aboriginal Communities
[Featuring Haydyn Bromley, Stephen Goldsmith, Minungka McInerney]

* Audio Interview: CAAMA Radio's Strong Voices: South Australia's Remote Communities Safe for Now!
[Featuring Haydyn Bromley, Aboriginal Lands Trust South Australia]

Geography:

South Australia

Keywords:

SA Australian Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal Lands Trust

SA Aboriginal Lands Trust

Aboriginal Lands Trust South Australia

Uncle Stephen Goldsmith

Stephen Goldsmith

Minungka McInerney

Michael Collard

Nunga Wangga - Radio Adelaide

Haydyn Bromley on funding for the 60 SA Aboriginal Communities

CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

CAAMA Radio's Strong Voices

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Federal funding for SA remote aboriginal communities secured - WA must receive funding rethink

Michele Madigan - a Sister of St Joseph

Michele Madigan

Funding cut signals the destruction of Aboriginal life in Australia

Natalie Whiting

The World Today

Stephanie Anderson

WGAR News: Eleanor Gilbert's Videos of Canberra Speakers at 19 March 2015 Rally against Homeland Closures; from Aboriginal Tent Embassy to Parliament House

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 24/03/2015 - 5:42pm

Thu 19 March 2015 Canberra Rally against Homeland Closures

Newsletter date: 25 March 2015

Contents:

* Event: Thu 19 March 2015: Rally from Aboriginal Tent Embassy to Parliament House, Canberra: Aboriginal communities in Australia announce a global call to action.

Geography:

South Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Urgent Action - Remote Homelands and Outstations in WA - Will You Help to Prevent a Crisis?

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 11/03/2015 - 2:35pm

Newsletter date: 12 March 2015

Geography:

Global/International

Western Australia

Keywords:

Remote Community Closures

WA Government's planned closure of up to 150 Aboriginal communities

'concerned Australians'

Respect and Listen

Urgent Action - Remote homelands and Outstations in WA - Will You Help to Prevent a Crisis

Tony Abbott's Australia

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Remote indigenous communities are not a 'lifestyle choice' and should not be treated as such

Labor slams PM over 'highly offensive' remote communities comments

Sovereign Union

Djurin Nyoongar Swan River Treaty

closing Aboriginal homelands in WA

closing Aboriginal remote communities in WA

Amnesty International's Indigenous rights campaigner Tammy Solenec

Noongar activist Marianne McKay

Calla Wahlquist in the Kimberley

Jennifer Kaeshagen

Michael Anderson

WGAR News: We won't overcome Indigenous disadvantage by cutting legal services: Larissa Behrendt, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 08/03/2015 - 2:21pm

Newsletter date: 9 March 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Larissa Behrendt, The Guardian: We won't overcome Indigenous disadvantage by cutting legal services

Geography:

New South Wales

Keywords:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Larissa Behrendt

cutting Aboriginal legal services

Indigenous Disadvantage

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services - Natsils

NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services

Aboriginal Legal Service

Aboriginal Legal Service Faces Uncertain Future Despite Govt Promise Of No Cuts

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

The Aboriginal Legal Service defending their right to defend

Warren Barnsley

NSW ACT legal service flags reduced operation with funding cuts

Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Penny Wright

Australian Greens

Indigenous legal cuts a national embarrassment

Indigenous legal service to shut down

Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

Justice Reinvestment

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Senate motion condemns Oombulgurri demolition: Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 04/03/2015 - 7:30pm

Background to the Oombulgurri demolitions commencing 30 September 2014 - 1 October 2014

Newsletter date: 5 March 2015

Contents:

* Open Letter:
To H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of UN General Assembly
From Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union
Re: Refugee Camp in Perth and developing Humanitarian Crisis

Geography:

Western Australia

Keywords:

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon - Secretary-General of UN General Assembly

Michael Anderson

Ghillar Michael Anderson

Sovereign Union of Aboriginal Nations and Peoples in Australia - Michael Anderson

Oombulgurri demolition

demolition of the remote community of Oombulgurri in Western Australia

Oombulgurri community

Senate motion condemns Oombulgurri demolition

Western Australia's Government to bury Oombulgurri

Oombulgurri demolition decision

Questions over mining influence on Oombulgurri demolition decision

Cissy Gore-Birch

WA Government must stop Oombulgurri demolitions after forcibly evicting community members

Oombulgurri demolitions - your questions answered

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert

Senator Rachel Siewert - Australian Greens spokesperson on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues

Gerry Georgatos

Amnesty International Australia

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