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WGAR News: "Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 18/03/2013 - 4:53pm

Newsletter date: 19 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd

* Rachel Evans & Leticia Funston, Green Left: Bowraville murders spark renewed protest
* Tracker: Hundreds protest lack of action over Bowraville murders
* Tracker: Murder victim's families to march on Parliament

* David T. Rowlands, Green Left: Blue Mountains crossing cemented colonisation

* Dr Alessandro Pelizzon, Sovereign Union: General Principles of Sovereignty for non-lawyers

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Keywords:

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway - but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd

Rachel Evans and Leticia Funston - Green Left - Bowraville murders spark renewed protest

Tracker - Hundreds protest lack of action over Bowraville murders

Tracker - Murder victim's families to march on Parliament

David T Rowlands - Green Left - Blue Mountains crossing cemented colonisation

colonisation

Dr Alessandro Pelizzon - Sovereign Union - General Principles of Sovereignty for non-lawyers

ALSWA's Report Card reveals the Barnett Government has FAILED

The Stringer - Adam Giles becomes the first Aboriginal leader of an Australian State Territory

WGAR News: Stronger Futures 'fundamentally racist': Ada Lee, South Sydney Herald

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 11/03/2013 - 12:55pm

Newsletter date: 11 March 2013

Contents:

* Ada Lee, South Sydney Herald: Stronger Futures 'fundamentally racist'
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* YouTube: Letters Patent Protest, South Australia - MAV Media

* PShift: Traditional owner - james bonner - supports tent embassy in Musgrave Park
* YouTube: Sovereignty is an Australian question - SovereignEmbassy
* Brisbane City Council Heritage Citation: Musgrave Park

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Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

treaty

Muckaty nuclear waste dump

sovereignty

Stronger Futures

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Musgrave Park

Wave Rock

Letters Patent Protest

Indigenous doctors

cave art

YouTube - Letters Patent Protest - South Australia - MAV Media

PShift - Traditional owner - james bonner - supports tent embassy in Musgrave Park

YouTube - Sovereignty is an Australian question - SovereignEmbassy

Brisbane City Council Heritage Citation - Musgrave Park

NITV Footage - Michael Anderson - Nicole Watson and Dianna Murray - A discussion of Sovereignty and Treaty

NIRS - Efforts for more Indigenous doctors praised

Debra Jopson - The Guardian UK - Australian uranium discovery threatens ancient indigenous cave art

Malarndirri McCarthy - NITV News - Mercedes-Benz apologises over Wave Rock video

Songlines - Government answers to Greens questions regarding Muckaty radioactive sites matters

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

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Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 10/12/2012 - 6:15pm

Media Release - 10 December 2012

Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard:

Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Parliament House
Parkes ACT 2600

Prime Minister,

The Working Group for Aboriginal Rights is calling on you and your government to change direction in your policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

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Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

sovereignty

Stronger Futures

compensation

Theo van Boven principles of Reparation for Peoples

gross violations of Human Rights

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

"Deep into the eyes of racism" - Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Thursday March 22

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Sat, 24/03/2012 - 4:35pm

Gerry Georgatos
Two of Nyoongar Tent Embassy's stalwarts had not been to the Embassy for more than a week. Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation's Robert Eggington and John Pell were in Perth city on planning duties for the March 28 Stolen Wages march and rally when Mr Eggington was urged on by a spiritual sense and looked at Mr Pell, "Johnny, lets go to the Embassy."

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Promotion:

Aboriginal Political Party is born to fight injustice

Submitted by Gerry Georgatos on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 3:25pm

Gerry Georgatos

The Aboriginal Political Party (APP)
has been born in South Australia and it
has based its first principle on fighting
injustice.

Leading the way are APP executive
officers, Kaurna Elder, Lynette Crocker and
Dr Dylan Coleman, the 2011 recipient of
the Queensland Premier’s David Unaipon
Indigenous Literary Award.

On February 19, the 176th South Australian
Letters Patent commemoration was held by
the APP.

“As we move towards a referendum on
constitutional recognition we must consider
the 1836 Letters Patent which defined the

Geography:

Adelaide

Australia

South Australia

Keywords:

Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Aboriginal Political Party

South Australia

Letters Patent

Kaurna