Newswire

There were more arrests on the 11th April at the Tara blockade of the Queensland Gas Company's construction of pipelines through private land as the campaign against the expansion of the coal stream gas industry continues.

On the 11th of April Steve Irwin's father, Bob Irwin was arrested along with two other demonstrators after refusing to stop blocking a road.

Channel Ten news coverage on Youtube of arrests

Twenty one protestors have been arrested trying to stop the start of construction of a section of a road bridge that will destroy a nationally listed heritage site that contains evidence of Aboriginal occupation of Tasmania going back 42,000 years. The Tasmanian Government claims it is "too expensive" to re-route the bridge demonstrating that in 2011 Aboriginal culture and heritage is still seen as both an impediment to "progress" and disposable.

Joint National Call to Action to reduce imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Newsletter date: 16 April 2011

Contents:
* Call to Action to reduce imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
* Deaths in custody - 20 years since the Royal Commission
* Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

CALL TO ACTION TO REDUCE IMPRISONMENT OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE:

- Media Release

ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:

Below is a letter sent by Yvonne Margarula of the Mirrar people to Ban Ki Moon the Secretary General of the UN on the 6th of April 2011. The Mirrar are the traditional owners of the land that Ranger and Jabiluka Uranium mines are located on. These mines have been developed without the consent of the Mirrar people. The letter expresses solidarity with the people of Japan and sorrow that uraniun from the land of the Mirrar was used in the Fukushima plant.>

Dear Secretary-General,

" Unfinished Business in Brisbane "

A major problem and impediment to progress is the Aboriginal Bureaucracy. That layer of people between us and the Government ( read money ) the middleman ( or woman ) Mainly Administration and Management of Aboriginal and Islander and associated organisations. i.e. Legal Services, Health Services, Hostels, Youth Services, Education etc. their Supporters in the Public Services, including the mainly,One-Dimensional, Aboriginal Academics and Professionsl Agitators.

Keynote Speech by James Anaya,
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
at the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council Conference
"Be Informed, Be Involved, Be Inspired"

Speaking Notes

5 April 2011

Introduction

First of all, I would like to acknowledge and pay my respects to the
traditional owners of this land, and to their ancestors as well as
their future generations. It's very much my honor and privilege to be
here to participate in this event. I would like to thank the New South

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (April 15) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (15.1MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

This week's show features stories from China Radio International, NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and The Voice of Russia.

SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE April 14, 2011

Oil giant Repsol-YPF could be threatening the existence of two of the world’s last uncontacted tribes, according to a damning new report by Survival International.

The Spanish-Argentine oil company has been targeted for its work in ‘Block 39’ in northern Peru, one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet.

More than 75 pieces of evidence have been collected showing the tribes’ presence in the region, including abandoned gardens, crossed spears and sworn testimonies of sightings.

There is a revolution brewing. A dictator has clung to power for decades. He and his family have stolen billions while their people languish in poverty. The people are fed up and are calling for change. And once again we see an attack on the Internet to silence the voice of reform and democracy.

But it’s not happening in the Middle East. It’s happening in Sarawak, the island state of Malaysia where the Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has ruled with impunity for 30 years. His tenure is so long and ruthless and his wealth so immense some have called him the Malaysian Mubarak.