Newswire

Newsletter date: 3 July 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Michele Madigan, Eureka Street: The Government's retrogressive Indigenous Advancement Strategy

* Petition: Sr Michele Madigan, Chairperson Kaurna/ Narungga Elder Dr Alitya Rigney & Josephite SA Reconciliation Circle:
Petition: Restore Funding Needed for South Australian Aboriginal Communities' Survival

Newsletter date: 2 July 2015

Contents:

* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Callout: 6th July Darling Harbour, Sydney, protest against assimilation into the colonial Constitution

* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: WARNING: re government's establishment of First Nations Assembly at Native Title Conference

* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure

by Hamish Chitts, Scottish (MacGregor & Fraser clans)

Many allies of the struggle for Aboriginal sovereignty still proudly identify as being Australian. While many understand some of the history of genocide and theft on this continent they fail to understand how their Australian identity perpetuates that genocide and theft. We also need to learn and understand that the notion of being Australian and the country of Australia was not founded on feelings of independence but founded on ideas of white supremacy.

White Australia

On Sunday June 28 over 100 people gathered in Alice Springs for a Day of Action in response to forced community closures happening in WA and NT. The messages for the day were 'Stand up for people, country and culture. End the NT Intervention. Stop forced community closures.'

Footage from the Day of Action can be seen at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKfygzt2oE&feature=youtu.be

An international aid group is giving cash directly to the extreme poor via cheap mobile phones...

The world is an extremely unfair place with inequality at horrendous levels.

Almost one third of humanity is deprived of the most basic needs.

2.2 billion people currently live on less than $2 a day.

And of those, 1 billion live in extreme poverty, trying to survive on just $1.25 per day.

Hundreds of millions are forced to exist without access to a reliable clean water source or proper sanitation.

Newsletter date: 27 June 2015

Contents:

Adelaide Protest:

* News Analysis: The Murray Valley Standard: Adelaide rally staged to save aboriginal services

Darwin Protest:

* News Analysis: Nadia Daly, ABC News: Unions protest in Darwin against closure of Aboriginal communities
* News: 9 News: NT parliament march for indigenous rights

Newsletter date: 26 June 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Joseph Scales, New Matilda: Aboriginal Funding In South Australia: You’re Not Going To Believe Where It’s Going

Newsletter date: 24 June 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: WA Minister Tells Parliament He's 'Proud' Of World-Beating Juvenile Jailing Rate

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: NT Corrections Commissioner Stands By Statement Praising Staff After Aboriginal Death In Custody

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Calls For Aboriginal Juvenile To Be Shot For Target Practice After Public Shaming By NT Police

On April 23, 2015, London’s Court of Appeal handed down a judgement of the Beavis v Parking Eye case. This case concerned parking charges that can legally be issued by private parking companies in the United Kingdom (England and Wales). As the private parking scene in the UK bears many similarities to the private parking industry in Australia, the decision could have an indirect impact on court decisions made in Australia. The case concerned a retail supermarket car park that had two hours of free parking.