Newsletter date: 16 May 2014
Contents:
* Beyond Nuclear Initiative: Petition for a commission: dump the Muckaty dump plan
* CommunityRun Petition: Dump the Muckaty Dump: Its time for responsible radioactive waste management
* NuclearFreeNT, YouTube: MUCKATY Television Advertisment
* Beyond Nuclear Initiative: May 25 Rally: No nuclear waste dump at Muckaty
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump in NT
* The Wire - West Arnhem Regional Council: Our environmental achiever [Featuring Alice Eather]
* Background to the Protect Arnhem Land Campaign, Northern Territory (NT)
* David Novak, 3CR Community Radio: Radioactive Show: "We speak with Kado Muir about the fourth annual Walkatjurra Walkabout"
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)
* Respect and Listen - Mining: Flow of Voices [Featuring Jacky Green and Dr Seán Kerins]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Native Title offer missing sea rights
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Culbong families take SWALSC to Federal Court on Noongar Title proposal
* Background to Mabo and Native Title
* BEYOND NUCLEAR INITIATIVE: PETITION FOR A COMMISSION: DUMP THE MUCKATY DUMP PLAN
- Petition
Beyond Nuclear Initiative: Petition for a commission: dump the Muckaty dump plan
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2014/05/09/petition_commission/
9 May 14: "Beyond Nuclear Initiative and Environment Centre of the NT have launched a television and social media campaign to raise awareness of the risks that the Muckaty waste dump plan poses to the health of Northern Territory communities, workers, waterways and the environment.
http://www.communityrun.org/p/NoMuckatyNuclearDump
These groups, and many more, are calling on the Federal Government to dump the Muckaty dump plan and instead initiate an expert and independent national commission to determine radioactive waste management options. We are aiming to reach 5000 signatures on the petition so please share the link above, and our video message, widely."
* COMMUNITYRUN PETITION: DUMP THE MUCKATY DUMP: ITS TIME FOR RESPONSIBLE RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Petition
CommunityRun: Dump the Muckaty Dump: Its time for responsible radioactive waste management
To: Minister Ian MacFarlane; Senator Nigel Scullion; cc NT Chief Minister Adam Giles
http://www.communityrun.org/petitions/dump-the-muckaty-dump-its-time-for...
"I call on the Federal Government to end plans for a national radioactive waste facility at Muckaty in the Northern Territory. I urge the government to commence an independent and public commission to examine all aspects of radioactive waste production, transport, storage and disposal as part of advancing a responsible and effective approach to radioactive waste management in Australia."'
* NUCLEARFREENT, YOUTUBE: MUCKATY TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT
- Video
NuclearFreeNT, YouTube: MUCKATY Television Advertisment - Web Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDcliZ_EHLY
6 May 14: "A television advertisement created by the Environment Centre NT featuring Territory groups opposed to a Federal Government plan to build a national radioactive waste dump at Muckaty, in the Northern Territory. The plan is opposed by many Muckaty Traditional Owners, Unions NT, the NT Branches of the Maritime Union of Australia and United Voice trade unions, the Public Health Association of Australia and many more health, environment and civil society groups."
* BEYOND NUCLEAR INITIATIVE: MAY 25 RALLY: NO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP AT MUCKATY
- Upcoming Event
Beyond Nuclear Initiative: May 25 Rally : No nuclear waste dump at Muckaty
Community rally and concert Tennant Creek
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2014/05/10/may-25-rally-no-nuclear-wa...
"All welcome to join the community rally in Tennant Creek on May 25, or send a banner of support to be included in the march. This day marks 7 years since the Northern Land Council nominated a site on Muckaty to be assessed for a national nuclear waste dump. A federal court trial challenging the nomination of Muckaty will be heard throught June, with hearings in Tennant Creek from June 9-17."
* BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSED MUCKATY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP IN NT:
Last updated: 11 April 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-proposed-muckaty-nu...
* THE WIRE - WEST ARNHEM REGIONAL COUNCIL: OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVER [FEATURING ALICE EATHER]
- News Analysis
The Wire - West Arnhem Regional Council: Our environmental achiever
http://westarnhem.nt.gov.au/the-wire-news/2014/5/6/our-environmental-ach...
6 May 14: "A COMMITTED environmental campaigner from West Arnhem has won the 2014 ConocoPhillips Environment Award at this year’s Young Achiever Awards in Darwin. Alice Eather received her award at a Gala Presentation Dinner at Skycity on Saturday 5 April. Ms Eather, a young indigenous Traditional Owner from Maningrida, is a teacher, campaign leader, and environmental advocate. As a leader within the Protect Arnhem Land campaign, she is fighting to protect Arnhem Land against oil and gas exploration, talking with elders and young people and raising social awareness about the effects of proposed seabed mining. ... "
"West Arnhem Regional Council publishes The Wire, the only regular source of local news and information in Jabiru, Warruwi, Minjilang, Maningrida and Gunbalanya."
* BACKGROUND TO THE PROTECT ARNHEM LAND CAMPAIGN, NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT)
Last updated: 11 April 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/10/02/background-to-the-protect-arnhem-land...
* DAVID NOVAK, 3CR COMMUNITY RADIO: RADIOACTIVE SHOW: "WE SPEAK WITH KADO MUIR ABOUT THE FOURTH ANNUAL WALKATJURRA WALKABOUT"
- Audio
3CR Community Radio: Radioactive Show 10.05.2014
http://www.3cr.org.au/radioactive/podcast/radioactive-show-10052014
10 May 14: "We speak with Kado Muir about the fourth annual Walkatjurra Walkabout, opposing the establishment of uranium mines in Wangkatja country, in Western Australia. Then we hear the sounds of Japan’s anti-nuclear movement, produced by David Novak."
* BACKGROUND TO THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR FREE ALLIANCE (WANFA)
Last updated: 26 April 2014
http://www.indymedia.org.au/2013/01/02/western-australian-nuclear-free-a...
* RESPECT AND LISTEN - MINING: FLOW OF VOICES [FEATURING JACKY GREEN AND DR SEAN KERINS]
- Video
Respect and Listen - Mining: Flow of Voices
http://www.respectandlisten.org/mining/flow-of-voices.html
http://vimeo.com/91823219
"Flow of voices is an exhibition at The Cross Art Projects in Kings Cross (Sydney).
The exhibition has two parts:
Part 1: Jacky Green (until 12 May)
Part 2: Nancy McDinney and Stewart Hoosan (22 May to 21 June 2014)
Video from the opening of part 1
with Guest Speakers Jacky Green and Dr Seán Kerins, ANU, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research"
"There’s a lot of mining going on in our country. The mining companies are coming into our country and they aren’t talking with us properly. They seem to just want us to agree to things their way."
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: NATIVE TITLE OFFER MISSING SEA RIGHTS
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Native Title offer missing sea rights
http://thestringer.com.au/native-title-offer-missing-sea-rights/
7 May 14: "The Western Australian Government’s $1.3 billion Native Title proposal to the Noongar peoples is expected to head to the vote via authorisation meetings in the second half of this year but Nyungah Lore and Land Culture worker Iva Hayward-Jackson said the proposal is incomplete. Mr Jackson questions the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council’s failure to negotiate sea rights into the proposal. ... He said that the Council is not just a Land Council but also a Sea Council, and that it is in their name and in their constitution, and that river, estuary, coastline and sea rights should have been steadfastly included into the proposal." By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: CULBONG FAMILIES TAKE SWALSC TO FEDERAL COURT ON NOONGAR TITLE PROPOSAL
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Culbong families take SWALSC to Federal Court on Noongar Title proposal
http://thestringer.com.au/culbong-families-take-swalsc-to-federal-court-...
7 May 14: "The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has been taken to the Federal Court by Noongar families over the State Government’s $1.3 billion Native Title deal, where if it is upheld will extinguish further Native Title rights once and for all. The prominent Noongar family, the Culbongs, are leading the charge. Last week the Federal Court gallery was packed as families took on the SWALSC and their role in the negotiation process with Government." By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* BACKGROUND TO MABO AND NATIVE TITLE:
Last updated: 11 April 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title
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