Newsletter date: 11 August 2015; last updated 12 August 2015, 11:15am AEST
Contents:
* News Analysis: Bundaberg News Mail: Standard Chartered pulls out of Carmichael coal project
* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands
* Bio: Jon Altman - New Matilda: https://newmatilda.com/users/altmanj
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* Background:
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
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- News Analysis
Bundaberg News Mail: Standard Chartered pulls out of Carmichael coal project
http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/standard-chartered-pulls-out-carmichael...
11 Aug 15: "Murrawah Johnson and Adrian Burragubba outside Standard Chartered bank in London during their international trip urging the world's biggest banks not to fund Adani's Carmichael Mine project in the Galilee Basin ... ANOTHER International bank has withdrawn its support for Adani's Carmichael coal mine project in the Galilee Basin. London bank Standard Chartered revealed the decision late on Monday ... The UK bank joins more than 12 other institutions including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi and the Commonwealth Bank, which announced its plans to end its advisory role in the $16.5 billion dollar project last week. ... "
- Analysis / Opinion
New Matilda: The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands
https://newmatilda.com/2015/08/10/right-development-indigenous-lands
10 Aug 15: "Stronger native title rights could help close the gap, writes Jon Altman. In the recently released White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, it is noted that many Indigenous Australians say that native title rights do not provide a basis for active participation in the economy. Indigenous Australians sometimes talk about being ‘land rich, dirt poor’. In many cases, the White Paper suggests, native title does not currently provide a secure asset that promotes investment, unlike other Australians who can borrow against freehold title in their own home or business. The issue of ‘land rich, dirt poor’ has bedevilled both land rights and native title in remote Australia for well over 40 years. ... " By Jon Altman, an emeritus professor in anthropology at the Australian National University and was Foundation Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research from 1990 – 2010 and a research professor there till September 2014. He is currently with the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the ANU and a University Professorial Fellow at Charles Darwin University.
A version of this article was published in Land Rights News Northern Edition July 2015/Edition 3, page 14: http://www.nlc.org.au/files/pdfs/LRN_July2015_1-24-A.pdf
- Bio
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- Keywords
Jon Altman - New Matilda
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- Background:
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 6 August 2015)
WGAR Background: Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/01/wgar-background-wangan-jagalingou-tr...
(last updated: 6 August 2015)
WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/06/08/wgar-background-intervention-into-no...
"This background info web-page includes compilations related to the NT Intervention along with other NT issues."
(last updated: 25 July 2015)
WGAR Background: Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/08/background-plans-to-close-aboriginal...
(last updated: 27 July 2015)
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