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Below I have listed Finnish Government Usurp and Dark Actions, which I personally have come across as a Civil Citizen[*] after 1994 happenings in USA and Finland (http://universitypost.dk/article/finnish-professor-scouted-student-spies"; see the article comment on happenings leading to difficulties in stead of relevant case handling), and which I have found out from other public sources (articles, literature, press and other media) [+], or which I have come across while making complaints b

Newsletter date: 8 July 2013

Contents:

* 'concerned Australians': NAIDOC Week: Still Supporting Yolngu in Their Fight for Rights
* ABC Darwin Video: The seed for land rights: Yirrkala Bark Petitions [Featuring Wali Wunungmurra, a signatory of the petitions]
* SBS Radionews Audio: Celebrating 50 years since the Yirrkala Bark Petitions [Featuring NAIDOC Committee chairperson Anne Martin]
* Bob Gosford, Crikey: The Yirrkala Bark Petitions. How an old typewriter helped change the course of Australian history

Adelaide and South Australia Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including South Australia
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Yolngu people whose Bark Petitions set into motion a
long process of legislative and constitutional reforms
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth

Melbourne and Victoria Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including Victoria
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Yolngu people whose Bark Petitions set into motion a
long process of legislative and constitutional reforms
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth

Brisbane and Queensland Aboriginal rights events for your diary

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Event: 7 to 14 July 2013: various locations including Queensland
2013 National NAIDOC Week
The theme for NAIDOC Week 2013 is:
We value the vision: Yirrkala Bark Petitions 1963
"We value the foresight, strength and determination of the
Yolngu people whose Bark Petitions set into motion a
long process of legislative and constitutional reforms
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people."
The focus city for National NAIDOC celebrations is Perth

the media statement below from occupy sydney, and fully endorsed by isja, again clearly shows the common brutality of the police regardless of the circumstances of the victim.

we fully expect apologies from both the lord mayor, clover moore and the nsw police involved in the incident.

charges of assault against colleen will also be initiated against the sydney city council and the police for damages to colleen during the assault upon her.

Police brutality targets Aboriginals at Occupy Sydney Council eviction.

by ray jackson

time to catch up with some important issues on matters dealing with the tj hickey case, the kings cross shooting of the kids in the car, the death of roberto laudisio curti and finally the secret workings of the nsw dpp.

the third attachment is a letter of reply from the nsw attorney-general, greg smith, explaining the possible ways forward that we could consider dealing with the re-opening of the tj hickey original corrupt police investigation and the very stunted coronial inquest.

I woke this morning to a message and photo from Samawa, Iraq, hometown of my good friend Riyadh Al-Hakimi. Riyadh came to Australia in 1993 as a child refugee with his family fleeing the prospect of persecution. We met at university, I was the general manager of a Student Guild and coordinator of Students Without Borders and Riyadh was an international relations student, now graduated.