Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (August 21) 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
Newsletter date: 20 August 2015
* Media Release: Aboriginal Provisional Government: National Aboriginal meeting to consider constitutional recognition and alternatives
* Press Releases & Updates: Aboriginal Provisional Government: http://www.apg.org.au/press-releases-and-updates.php
Newsletter date: 20 August 2015
* Audio Interview: Mornings with Steve Austin, ABC Queensland: The Greens are calling it an attack on democracy [featuring Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters]
* News Analysis: SBS News: Government's green law changes face broad opposition
* News Analysis: Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald: Great Barrier Reef and other icons at risk from proposed law change: green groups
Newsletter date: 19 August 2015
* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Why Deafening Silence: on Constitutional Recognition?
* Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles
* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
* News: The Gympie Times: Police praised on bail compromise in native title row [featuring Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka]
Newsletter date: 18 August 2015
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Catastrophic suicide crisis will escalate "unless"...
* Articles: Aboriginal Specific News - Australia - The Stringer: http://thestringer.com.au/category/aboriginal-specific-news-australia
* Analysis: The Stringer: The making of Australia's first homeless friendly precincts
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Newsletter date: 17 August 2015, last updated 4:10pm AEST, 16 August 2015
* News Analysis: Peter Boyle, Green Left Weekly: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy protests at Parliament
* Photos: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek: Build Aboriginal Housing on The Block, 11.08.15 (410 images)
* Photo Archive: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek - Street Photography: http://www.yarek.com.au/
SYDNEY, Aug. 15 – After Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, rejected a proposal to consult the Aboriginal People before recognizing them in the nation's constitution, spiritual leader Maitreya Rael commented that Abbott was exhibiting “very colonialist behavior".
Newsletter date: 16 August 2015, last updated 7:00am AEST
* Analysis / Opinion: Claire Moodie, ABC News: Dockers' high flyer Michael Walters hopes to tackle Indigenous suicide problem
* Analysis / Opinion: Claire Moodie, ABC News: 'Great inequalities' faced by Indigenous Australians
Newsletter date: 15 August 2015; last updated 16 August 2015, 5:00pm AEST
* Photos: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek: RATE, Third Court appearance 14.08.15 (216 images)
* Photo Archive: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek - Street Photography: http://www.yarek.com.au/
* Photos: Newzulu Australia: Sydney: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy fight trespass claims at Supreme Court
Montreal, August 9th, 2015 – The United Nations celebrates days regarding specific topics. Their aim is to contribute to the public awareness. There are many opportunities to promote national and international actions and to stimulate interest in the UN programs and activities. These United Nations celebrations and events have largely been established by the General Assembly. "Let us accompany these days with real actions and sufficient funds to repair the damage that has been done," asks Rodolf Samson, in charge of Native Affairs for the Canadian Raelian Movement.
Newsletter date: 14 August 2015, last updated 11:15am AEST
* Audio Interview: Murrumu: Bec Horridge took the interview on August 8th in the Cairns region
Transgender medical rights, medical equality to access and care, the Informed Consent Model is best practise.
Transgender, what it means
1. Being transgender is NOT a psychiatric/mental health issue
2. Being transgender is NOT a sexual condition
3. Being transgender is NOTHING to do with sexual orientation
4. Being transgender IS A PHYSICAL problem
Why transition legislation is needed in Victoria
Newsletter date: 13 August 2015
* News Analysis: Stephanie Convery, Overland literary journal: Storm in a Vegemite jar
* About Overland: https://overland.org.au/about/
* Audio: CAAMA Radio [and The Wire]: Vegemite Gate continues to gain attention [featuring Dr. Peter Aldred from Federation University in Melbourne]
As Anarchist Radio Berlin we talked with a prisoner support activist about the upcoming Week of solidarity with anarchist prisoners, who is promoting it and what it is about. For security reasons, this interview has been re-recorded using our own voices.
https://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com/
Cases of political persecution in July 2015
Repression against hunger strikers
ATO FAIL. The online form does not properly address the requirements for students from overseas. All is fine until you get to the Medicare Levy Exemption page.
Answer the questions thus:
Were you in one of the following exemption categories? Yes
Full 2% exemption - 365 days
Were you a temporary resident for Medicare purposes and have Medicare Entitlement Statement from the Department of Human Services?
- No
Were you and all of your dependants covered by an appropriate level of private patient hospital cover from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015?
Newsletter date: 11 August 2015; last updated 12 August 2015, 11:15am AEST
* News Analysis: Bundaberg News Mail: Standard Chartered pulls out of Carmichael coal project
* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands
* Bio: Jon Altman - New Matilda: https://newmatilda.com/users/altmanj
Newsletter date: 10 August 2015, 5:50pm AEST
* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/
* About Us - Walkatjurra Walkabout
* Information for Participants - Walkatjurra Walkabout
* WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
Newsletter date: 8 August 2015, 5:10pm AEST
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: One in ten Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders have been to jail - racialised imprisonment
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison [featuring Richard Trudgen, community development educator in the Arnhem]
