Newswire

Newsletter date: 27 May 2014

Contents:

* johnpilger.com : Utopia, John Pilger's latest film, to be broadcast on SBS Australia on 31 May
* Chris Graham, New Matilda: Utopia: The Inside Story
* The Stringer: A long way to go for 'Utopia'
* Background to 'Utopia', John Pilger's documentary film about Aboriginal people in Australia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* johnpilger.com : UTOPIA, JOHN PILGER'S LATEST FILM, TO BE BROADCAST ON SBS AUSTRALIA ON 31 MAY

- News

Countless people want a easy ride with information technology, press a few buttons, sit behind a computer, or operate your smartphone, sound's goods, all your needs provided on a silver tray, but the reality is that people have to work hard in this world & life was not suppose to be easy, have you ever thought of getting your hands dirty & getting a real job or do you think we will have robots to do all of those dirty jobs, even if we do have robots take note that they will take peoples jobs away & this is where we need ethics, human rights & the right to life for people wh

Newsletter date: 25 May 2014

Contents:

* Sovereign Union: Anderson: You cannot benefit from murder ... Time does not erase murder
* Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy: Mega-charities killing Aboriginal people
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The Loner - Black protest music to bring on the hope

* Nadine Schoen, The Stringer: Aboriginal issues, in the context of a capitalist system
* Nadine Schoen, Green Left: Way forward for Aboriginal struggle

My name is Lia Hibner. I am a student researcher at the university of
Southern Queensland currently doing my Master’s thesis in Clinical
Psychology.
My thesis is looking at the potential buffering effect of sense of belonging
on the detrimental outcomes of negative life events on the psychological
well-being of Aboriginal Australians (and yes, it is a mouthful!...).
I invite Aboriginal Australians to take part in this
study. It is the first study to explore the importance of the community and
Country for Aboriginal Australians as a potential protective factor against

AUSTRALIA

Tough times for Australia's comic writers, as the news is out-doing them these days with a nudge and a wink, and Federal Liberal politicians in a post-budget turmoil.

I can even get a bit of black humour out of Prime Minister Tony Abbott pressing on with his campaign against climate change action and renewable energy, while at the same time, Eastern Australia is getting its warmest, driest May on record, with the forecast of more to come.

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Newsletter date: 22 May 2014

Contents:

* Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians

* Joint Press Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders call for scrapping of co-payments
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Aboriginal leaders upset over co-payments [Featuring Jill Gallagher and Justin Mohamed]
* NIRS: Call to give Aboriginal Medical Centres a Co-payment break
* NIRS: GP co-payment 'removes safety net to health'

In this program we bypass the mainstream media machine to hear from the NASA scientists who say the melt of one Antarctic glacier set is now "unstoppable". We don't often get such certainty from science, or large government agencies.

REDRAW THE MAPS

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/six-homeless-children-fighting-for-a-better-to... - The remote is an idea romanced by Governments when it comes to tourism but when remote communities ask for quality schools, utilities and services, Governments cold shoulder them.