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By The GetUp Team

While the media is focused on the political machinations in Canberra, there is a truly transformative moment opening up in the 30 year struggle to protect Australia's native forests.

Would you like to be a part of it? www.getup.org.au/campaign/ForestryPrinciples

In an amazing development, the Board of Gunns Ltd no longer includes Robin Gray and John Gay, two of the biggest enemies of forestry industry reform and two of the fiercest champions of the Gunns pulp mill.

"The decision not to charge two security guards over the heat stroke death of West Australian Aboriginal elder, Mr Ward, in a prison van is as outrageous as the cowardly decision taken by the Queensland DPP in the Mulrunji Doomadgee death on Palm island in 2004. To protect then Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley from facing charges the Qld. DPP overturned the recommendations of acting state coroner, Christine Clements, bravely found (some would say foolishly found) that Hurley definitely had a legal case to answer." said Ray Jackson, President of the Indigenous social justice association.

After a series of sudden and drastic moved initiated by a handful of people within some fractions of the Australia Labor Party on Wednesday evening,  Australians woke up the next morning (24 June 2010) watching their elected Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd) cried in front of the TV screen after he was told by the dozens of his colleagues he was finished as prime minister. (Herald Sun, 25 June 2010)

The international campaign for boycott, sanctions and divestment against Israel is starting to gain leverage in Australia, especially since the recent killings of nine Turkish solidarity activists.

Since the May 31 attack on the flotilla of peace activists who were attempting to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid, several more trade unions have signed up to the boycott campaign.

WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR Website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
Programs for Upcoming Events
Urgent Fundraising Campaign
Aboriginal Articles

PROGRAMS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:

Defending Indigenous Rights Land~Law~Culture
[Indigenous & Non Indigenous Gathering]
July 6-9 in Mparntwe-Alice Springs
[Program]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/agenda/
[Link includes agenda, camping, contact, help needed, transport, donations]: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/

The New Way Aboriginal summit July 1 - 4 in Melbourne

Following yesterday's announcement of the introduction of a Bill to make Australian military bases more secure (Defence Legislation Amendment [Security of Defence Premises] Bill 2010), the Australian Anti-Bases Campaign has called on Senator Faulkner to give a public assurance that the Bill, in its final form, will not in any way impede the rights of people to peacefully protest against military installations.

By Deutsche Welle

Concern that US military aid and support to the government of Somalia may have breached a number of international laws turns the spotlight on Washington's involvement in a country it was supposed to have left years ago.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5722273,00.html?maca=en-newsletter_...

http://media.libsyn.com/media/kaputtradio/kr_channon_markt_australien.mp3

German language - Deutsche Sprache

Ausflug zum Channon Markt mit Martin und Wolfgang - Lokale Musik, Deutsche Stimmen und Atmosphere von Nord New South Wales Region.

Themen: Bio Dynamische Landwirtschaft, Eco Gemuese und Fruechte Produktion, Eco Haus-Bauen, Selbstversorgung

http://permaculture.com.au/online/

By https://linksunten.indymedia.org/en/node/2200

Activists from all over the world are gathering in Toronto, Canada, to protest against the G20 summit.

The centre of the city is like a ghost town as police from around the country are deployed.

The city has spent more than a billion US dollars on security. It was spent not only on fencing the complete city centre but also to build an artificial lake.

Yet again the heads of dstate and government are walling themselves in to notice as little as possible of the protest in the streets.