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Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Tue 5 February 2013: West Perth, WA
Kimberley update for new and existing volunteers
- meet our new staff!
The Wilderness Society WA Inc
"The new year has brought with it many changes,
including some great additions to our WA Perth
campaign team. Join us in our offices in West
Perth on Tuesday Feb 5th from 5:30pm to
meet the new team, hear a campaign update and
get involved in exciting actions and events coming up!"

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 1 March 2013: Adelaide, SA
146th Justice and Peace Candle Light Walk
around Government House
Gather at dusk on the first Friday of the month
(except January and February)
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to
call for a Treaty and Bill of Rights, and
to support the Ngarrindjeri and all other
Aboriginal people and the Stolen Generations,
their families and communities left behind,
in their call for Peace and Justice."

Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 13 February 2013: Barton, Canberra, ACT
Constitutional Recognition Forum
Tanya Hosch and Jason Glanville
National Press Club of Australia Forum
"A big moment in history beckons.
To vote at a referendum so the first Australians,
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,
are recognised in our Constitution."
Event details: http://www.npc.org.au/speakers/tanya-hosch-and-jason-glanville.html

Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT

The extreme heat we have experienced all over Australia due to climate change has basically halved the life of the insulation in electrical transformers all over the country, therefore we can expect alot of electrical blackouts in the future.

What is causing the extreme heat ?

[1] Australias increased CO2 emmisions which are the result of failing to construct renewable energy infrastructure & renewable energy systems.

[2] Global Warming. 1998 was the year (666 x 3) otherwise known as the end of the fifth sun & the beginning of the sixth sun.

Akbayan Party-list lauded the conclusion of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) on the Compensation Bill for victims of human rights violations during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, calling it a “victory of the Filipino people and of Philippine democracy” after a decades-long struggle of advocates and victims of Martial Law abuses for justice.

Newsletter date: 27 January 2013

Contents:

* The West Australian: 'Tent Embassy' returns to Heirisson Island
* Background to Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island, Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Tracker: Mature Australia needs new flag: academic

* SBS Living Black: Approval Granted to Destroy Aboriginal Heritage Sites
* ABC: Number of land acquisition mistakes unknown
* Background to the Save The Kimberley Campaign - James Price Point, north of Broome, WA

* SBS Living Black: No Criminal Charges Against Police

Articles about these items, and source links, can be found at www.antinuclear.net and at www.nuclear-news.net

AUSTRALIA
Aboriginal issues to the fore this week. Yesterday an deal was announced between the Mirrar Aboriginal and Energy Resources of Australia, (ERA) after 14 years of negotiations, over the Ranger uranium mine. Highly respected senior traditional owner Ms Yvonne Margarula, has welcomed the agreements, and that’s good enough for me.

Dear Friends of the Public Eye

The die is cast, the expert jury and the public have chosen: Goldman Sachs and Shell receive the Public Eye naming and shaming awards. Both corporations are prime examples of companies with a greed for profit, leading to social and ecological misdeeds. By presenting the Public Eye Awards today in Davos, we have set a counterpoint to the elitist rendezvous between politics and business at the WEF.