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Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s new Indigenous Advisory Council will be announced by the end of the month.

The incoming chairman Warren Mundine, has flagged the announcement of the panel’s terms of reference and composition.

Mr Mundine said he was happy and relaxed about how it was coming together.

The council will have a gender balance and representatives from all state and territories.

“It’s a massive challenge that we have to do,” he told Sky News.

Mr Mundine said the council’s biggest priority would be looking at spending.

By David Liddle, NITV News

The Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereignty Embassy is advocating for a national gathering at the Tent Embassy in Canberra next month.

Spokesman Wayne Wharton says their planned protest aims to target the new Government's Indigenous Committee headed by Warren Mundine.

He says the gathering would argue for more community control over government policies and programs.

by Gerry Georgatos of The Stringer, The National Indigenous Times, the National Indigenous Radio Service - September 20th, 2013 - Two years ago, as part of my academic research into the prevalence of suicides in Australia, particularly among Aboriginal youth, to my horror I discovered that Aboriginal youth suicides are tragically at record high levels – that spates of Aboriginal youth suicides are proportionately the world’s highest rates. Aboriginal youth is suiciding at the world’s highest rates.

AUSTRALIA

Nuclear news has gone very quiet at the moment – seeing that for Australia nuclear’s big argument was that it’s “the cure” for climate change. (But now it is not politically correct to worry about climate change?)
Uranium. Energy Resources of Australia is touting its latest method to to treat radioactive water. ERA will go out of business if it doesn’t get a new mining operation going at Ranger. Not a great prospect – with its history of spills and revenue losses.

An opinion poll sees a party critical of the European Union with a good chance of making it into the German parliament and becoming the power broker in the election on Sunday.
If the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD, Alternative for Germany) scores five percent they’re in, and the opinion research institute Insa sees them achieving that with a last-minute gain of one percent.
In the German electoral system a party has to score five percent of the votes to move into parliament with the commensurate number of seats, i.e. at least 31 of the 620.

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 28 September 2013: Melbourne, Vic
Melbourne - Thirty Years But Still No Justice!
National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!
Remember John Pat and the hundreds
who have died in custody since!
"Support these demands made by John Pat’s mother, Mavis Pat:
* An apology from the WA government for my son’s death in custody
* An ex-gratia payment as compensation
* That the police officers involved need to be brought to account and

Perth and Western Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Wed 25 September 2013: Parliament House, Perth, WA
Stop Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - National Day of Action
"John Pat died 30 years ago - but still no justice!
Remembrance ceremony - Rally and March.
Apology motion. Parilament House."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/wa/event/32538/
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/54542
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar/2013-09/

Sydney and NSW Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: Fri 20 September, 2013: Sydney, NSW
ISJA Rally DPP
"we will be rallying to strongly urge mr. babb and
his legal team of officers to fully charge those
errant police officers that have been recommended
by the police integrity commission, among other
legal entities, to answer charges for the killings of
adam salter and roberto laudisio curti and the
corruption and cover-up involved in their deaths
and the subsequent police on police investigations

Today, the new Environment Minister Greg Hunt was sworn in. The decisions he makes in the first 100 days on the job will leave a lasting legacy on our reef.

Thanks to you, our petition to Save our Reef has exploded. Last night, it hit 200,000 signatures. At this rate, it could be GetUp's biggest petition ever.