Newswire

WGAR News: Treaties of Unity: Voices at the Freedom Gathering 2015 - Mparntwe (Alice Springs, NT), 11-13 September 2015

Newsletter date: 14 September 2015; last updated 12:40pm AEST 15 September 2015 to feature Voices from the Freedom Summit

Contents:

* Event: WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015

* Video: Eleanor Gilbert, Vimeo: Treaties of Unity - Ngarla Kunoth-Monks - Freedom Gathering 2015: https://vimeo.com/139165387

WGAR News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims: Susan Browning, ABC News

Newsletter date: 13 September 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Susan Browning, ABC News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims

* Change.org Petition: Reinstate funding to the Aboriginal Legal Service in Tasmania

* Homepage: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc: http://tacinc.com.au/

Geography: 

August 2015 Honduras Coup Update

With formatting: https://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com

August 2015 Honduras Coup Update

Cases of persecution in August 2015

Attacks against the fire torch movement; one youth killed, protests violently repressed, and a doctor and politician receives death threat for supporting the marches.

WGAR News: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

Newsletter date: 12 September 2015

Contents:

* Event: World Suicide Prevention Day http://wspd.org.au/ was on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia.

* Audio Interview: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

* Bio: Prof Pat Dudgeon - National Mental Health Commission

The Shortwave Report 9/11/15 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
            The latest Shortwave Report (September 11) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

WGAR News: Act: Sign an AMCS Petition: Don't Let Them Take Away Your Rights + Don't use taxpayer funds to risk the Reef!: Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS)

Newsletter date: 11 September 2015; last updated 9:45am AEST

Contents:

* Act: Sign an AMCS Petition: http://www.marineconservation.org.au/petitions.php

Don't Let Them Take Away Your Rights: http://www.marineconservation.org.au/petitions.php/46/dont-let-them-take...

WGAR News: Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout: Coalition of Taitung Communities Against Nuclear Waste - Green Citizen's Action Alliance

Newsletter date: 10 September 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/

* Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew: Update from week three walking for a nuclear free future on the red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields

WGAR News: First Nations leaders gather once more in the heart of Australia to define Treaty: Freedom Movement SA Media Release

Newsletter date: 10 September 2015

Contents:

* Media Release: Freedom Movement SA: First Nations leaders gather once more in the heart of Australia to define Treaty

* Upcoming Event: WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015

WGAR News: A different point of view: Treaty interviews with Tauto Sansbury & Rosalie Kunoth Monks on CAAMA Radio

Newsletter date: 9 September 2015; last updated 6:50pm AEST

Contents:

* Upcoming Event: WGAR News: Demand Our Treaty: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Calls for First Nations People to Attend Summit in Alice Springs 11-13 September 2015

* Audio on Treaty: Justin Fenwick, The Wire: A Way Forward to Treaty [featuring Rosalie Kunoth Monks, Tauto Sansbury & Jim Remedio]

WGAR News: Alec Doomadgee speaks on Tribal Law and the Constitution: Many First Nations people are calling for treaties: Kirstyn Lindsay, Living Black on SBS Radio

Newsletter date: 7 September 2015; last updated 8:10pm AEST 9 September 2015

Contents:

* Audio Interview: Kirstyn Lindsay, SBS Living Black Radio: Alec Doomadgee speaks on Tribal Law and the Constitution: Many First Nations people are calling for treaties to be signed before the referendum for Constitutional Recognition.

Geography: 

WGAR News: Calls for greater action to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide: University News, University of Western Australia Media Statement

Newsletter date: 6 September 2015

Contents:

* Media Statement: University News, University of Western Australia: Calls for greater action to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide [featuring Prof Pat Dudgeon, Prof Tom Calma, Adele Cox - a Bunuba Gija woman from the Kimberley & Gerry Georgatos]

* News Analysis: Cowra Community News: Indigenous suicide needs action now - academic [featuring Prof Tom Calma]

Inquiry to review Australia’s diplomatic response against the death penalty

 

Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, has commissioned a parliamentary inquiry to review Australia’s diplomatic efforts against the death penalty, following the executions last April of drug traffickers, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in Bali.

A parliamentary human rights subcommittee, chaired by former attorney-general Philip Ruddock, will examine Australia’s current engagement on capital punishment, and will recommend further steps the government can take on the world stage.

 

WGAR News: NAB rules out funding Adani's Carmichael mine as buyer LG pulls out: Joshua Robertson, The Guardian Australia's Brisbane correspondent

Newsletter date: 5 September 2015; last updated 8:35am AEST

Contents:

* News Analysis: Joshua Robertson, The Guardian: NAB rules out funding Adani's Carmichael mine as buyer LG pulls out

* Audio: Nance Haxton & Eleanor Hall, The World Today: NAB rules out funding controversial Carmichael Coal Mine

* News Analysis: Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: Australian bank NAB rules out funding Adani's Australian coal export project