welfare quarantining

WGAR News: Paddy Gibson speaks about the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"

Newsletter date: 4 October 2013

Contents:

* Paddy Gibson speaks at Building Bridges on the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"
* Eva Cox, The Conversation: Income management: more evidence-free policymaking?
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Coalition to punish vulnerable people through income management expansion
* Nick Evershed, The Guardian: Welfare quarantining: does it work?
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Geography: 

Income Management under spotlight in Bankstown, South West Sydney

Media release 20/6/11 for immediate release.

Income Management under spotlight in Bankstown

The national expansion of the controversial Income Management system will be the subject of a public forum today in Bankstown in South-West Sydney.

Bankstown is one of five new trial sites where Income Management is scheduled for introduction in 2012.

WGAR News: Laws extending income management to come before the Senate (18 Jun 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

18 JUNE 2010: LAWS EXTENDING INCOME MANAGEMENT TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE:

- Background

Submissions to the Senate Inquiry
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/soc_sec_welfare_reform_...

Stop the Intervention:
Forum: Welfare Quarantining and the RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/forum-welfare-quarantining-and-the-rda

Stop the Intervention:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation

WGAR News: New laws that extend income management Australia-wide (23 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New Laws that extend Income Management (IM) Australia-wide
"Muckaty Voices": radioactive waste concerns go global
Background to Muckaty Station nuclear waste dump
Articles on the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

NEW LAWS THAT EXTEND INCOME MANAGEMENT (IM) AUSTRALIA-WIDE:

- Greens Special Feature

Rachel Siewert: Income Management
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/income-management

WGAR News: New research questions the effectiveness of NT income management (19 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
Research on the impact of income management on store sales
Health impacts of the Northern Territory intervention
New National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
Other Aboriginal Articles

BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

WGAR News: Racial Discrimination Act - new legislation (17 May 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Racial Discrimination Act - New Legislation
Extension of Income Management Australia-wide
Documentary by Sinem Saban about the NT Intervention
Aboriginal housing in the Northern Territory
Aboriginal unemployment and the NT Intervention
NT Government policy marginalises Aboriginal languages
Second New Way Aboriginal summit
Other Aboriginal Articles

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT - NEW LEGISLATION:

- Special STICS compilation

WGAR News (11 Apr 10): Welfare quarantining & the RDA; unrestricted RDA petition

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
STICS Forum (29 Mar): Welfare Quarantining and the Racial Discrimination Act
Petition for reinstatement of an Unrestricted Racial Discrimination Act
Intervention Rollback Action Group April bush tour funding appeal
Other Aboriginal Articles

STICS FORUM (29 MAR): WELFARE QUARANTINING AND THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT:

[STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney: http://stoptheintervention.org/ ]

- Special STICS Compilation

STICS Public Forum:

Geography: 

WGAR News: Muckaty radioactive waste dump; welfare quarantining (4 Apr 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Muckaty Radioactive Waste Dump
Expansion of Welfare Quarantining

MUCKATY RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP:

- Background

Beyond Nuclear Initiative’s weblog:
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.wordpress.com/
“This site is a snapshot of current nuclear free campaigns in Australia, particularly focusing on the proposal for a federal radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory.”

WGAR News: Nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory (2 Mar 10)

WGAR News: New NT Intervention laws that extend income management (19 Mar 10)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
New NT Intervention laws that extend income management
Speeches from Opening of Protest House
Damaging Health impacts of NT Intervention
Other NT Intervention Articles

NEW NT INTERVENTION LAWS THAT EXTEND INCOME MANAGEMENT:

- Background

Parliament of Australia: Senate Community Affairs Committee
Inquiry into Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment ...

WGAR News: Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People (30 Nov 09)

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People
Other NT Intervention Articles

INCOME MANAGEMENT TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:

- Media Releases

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
New Intervention laws still breach RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/new-intervention-law...