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Uranium miner Toro Energy promotes quack scientist Doug Boreham 's speaking tours to preach the false gospel that low level radiation is harmless. Medical doctors call on Toro to stop this.

South Australia grants lease for Four Mile uranium mine - which is mainly owned by nuclear weapons making company. BHP Billiton and the Federal Government out to punish Aborignal elder Kevin Buzzacott, with legal costs for his one man battle against the planned Olympic Dam uranium mega-mine.

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Event: Wed 2 May 2012: Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
Stop the expansion of Income Management in Bankstown
Organising meeting for unionists
"STICS is supporting the Say No To Government Income
Management Campaign Coalition in Bankstown call-out to
unionists. Please discuss sending representatives to the
following meetings to build the campaign to stop the
expansion of Income Management in Bankstown"
Event details: http://www.stoptheintervention.org/#May2012

ZERO TOLERANCE TO LATERAL VIOLENCE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER PEOPLES IN AUSTRALIA 2012

On the 19th March 2012 after extensive discussions with Aboriginal and Islander Elders across this vast land, we launched the decade of Lateral Love and Spirit of Care for all Humankind 2012 – 2022 Campaign.

Nice work, everyone. On 1 May our campaign calling on Prime Minister Gillard to keep her promise on foreign aid made national news. 

After our press conference I wanted to give you a quick update.

As you can see in the photos, every major TV network sent cameras to our press conference, and the major radio and news outlets all had Sydney journalists along. Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, CEOs of Australia's major aid organisations, and GetUp's Simon Sheikh stood together to launch our full-page newspaper advertisements and local marginal seat campaign.

A steady and swelling inflow of racist and otherwise abusive comment to this site has prompted us to take protective action. We had to choose between keeping the site open and quickly responsive, at the risk of being overwhelmed by the abusers, or putting up some barriers that might slightly inconvenience the visitors who do the right thing.

We, the editorial collective, the small group of people who run this site, have opted to put in some restrictions.Just as we do with articles, we now look at comments before we allow them to appear or bin them.

Newsletter date: 1 May 2012

Contents:
* Interview with Steve Hodder on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
* Keynote Address by NACCHO Chairperson Justin Mohamed
* NIT exclusive: "I feared I was going to die"
* Interim National Unity Government Assembly - 23 & 24 May 2012 - Wollongong, NSW
* Henry Reynolds: After Mabo, What About Aboriginal Sovereignty?
* Glenelg Shire Council recognises rights of Portland Embassy, Vic
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
* ABC: Elder seeks judicial review of mining approval

SYDNEY, April 30 – “While millions around the world celebrate an international ‘Labour Day’ on
May 1, our members will celebrate and promote the impending end of labour instead,” said Australian resident Jarel Aymonier, leader of The Movement for Paradism and editor of www.paradism.org in a statement released today.

After a ten year stint in the top job, NSW Prisons Commissioner Ron Woodham is on the way out, with the Attorney General Greg Smith announcing this week that his contract will not be renewed.

There is a lot of debate about whether the Woodham was removed or if he happily stood down.

Some commentators view this decision as Greg Smith’s first successful move in his bid to reform the harsh, old school prison system.

By Ray Jackson

Since the shooting of 6 unarmed Aboriginal occupants of a stolen car by police officers at Kings Cross we have witnessed a major push by the police, the O’Farrell Government and the (mostly right-wing) media to turn our attention away from the dangerous and possible lethal attack by the police to bring to bear upon the families of the 6 Aboriginal youth involved in the event.