Newsletter date: 27 August 2015; last updated 8:50pm AEST, 27 August 2015
Contents:
* News Analysis: Tom Joyner & Justin Pen, Honi Soit: Black heart, still beating: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy claims important housing victory
* News Analysis: Lucy McNally and staff, ABC News: Redfern Tent Embassy claims victory with Aboriginal housing deal
* News Analysis: Rick Feneley, Sydney Morning Herald: Tent embassy prepares to leave the Block as Indigenous housing 'guaranteed'
* News Analysis & Video: NITV: Tent embassy victory for The Block
27 August 2015: "NITV NEWS WILL BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE BLOCK TONIGHT. 5.30, 7, 11PM. CH 34 / 144."
* Video: Jodan Perry, NITV News: Greens wants govt to ensure Aboriginal housing on Redfern's The Block
* Audio Interview: 4ZZZ FM: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy 'trespassing' on Aboriginal land [Reporter Kara de Groot spoke to David Shoebridge, Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice]
* News Analysis: Australian Greens: Terra Nullius lives on as the Supreme Court finds against Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy [featuring Jenny Leong MP, Local Member for Newtown & David Shoebridge, Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice]
* News Analysis: Christopher Harris, Altmedia: Redfern Tent Embassy calls whitewash on Supreme Court finding
* News Analysis: Court reporter Karl Hoerr & John Donegan, ABC News: Protesters at the Redfern Tent Embassy lose case against developers
* Background:
Photo essay: John Donegan, ABC News: A day in the life of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Redfern
Photos: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek: Build Aboriginal Housing on The Block, 11.08.15 (410 images)
Photo Archive: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek - Street Photography: http://www.yarek.com.au/
Past facebook event: Friday August the 14th 2015: Support Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy's right to occupy The Block: rally outside court to defend 'trespass' charges
WGAR News: Redfern [Aboriginal] Tent Embassy Calls for Solidarity on 'Judgment Day' - Monday, 24 August 2015 - Supreme Court of NSW - facebook event
WGAR News: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy protests at Parliament: Peter Boyle, Green Left Weekly
WGAR News: Federal Government Steps In To Mediate Over Fight For Redfern's The Block: Allan Clarke, BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia
WGAR News: Attorney-General alerted as Redfern [Aboriginal] tent embassy feud intensifies: Daisy Dumas, Sydney Morning Herald
Analysis / Opinion: Rachel Evans & Jemma Nott, Sydney, Green Left: Redfern tent embassy is 'not laying down'
Explainer: Andrea Booth, NITV News: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy and Aboriginal Housing Company dispute
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
WGAR News postings on Indymedia Australia: https://indymedia.org.au/newswire
WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
- News Analysis
Honi Soit: Black heart, still beating: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy claims important housing victory
http://honisoit.com/2015/08/black-heart-still-beating-redfern-aboriginal...
27 Aug 15: "The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy has claimed a pivotal, eleventh-hour victory in its lengthy battle against the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC), announcing late last night it had brokered a deal that will see $5 million in federal funds flow to the development of affordable Aboriginal housing at The Block. "We’ve had some serious open-heart surgery there at The Block, but I think we can say after this that the black heart of the city is still beating", Wiradjuri elder and Embassy founder Jenny Munro told Honi. The agreement, reached amid a heated court battle, would require the AHC to build 62 rent-controlled dwellings for Aboriginal families. ... " Tom Joyner and Justin Pen report.
- News Analysis
ABC News: Redfern Tent Embassy claims victory with Aboriginal housing deal
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-27/redfern-tent-embassy-claim-victory...
27 Aug 15: "The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is preparing to walk away from The Block at Redfern in inner Sydney after the Federal Government arranged a $70 million deal that will see 62 homes built for Indigenous families. ... On Monday the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the owners of the AHC, meaning the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy, led by Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro, would be evicted as construction began on the redevelopment. But the Tent Embassy is now claiming a victory, after Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion arranged a deal for 62 new affordable homes for Aboriginal people. ... " By Lucy McNally and staff
- Bio
Lucy McNally - ABC News
http://www.abc.net.au/news/lucy-mcnally/166988
"Lucy McNally has been reporting for the ABC since 2005. During that time she has worked in Tamworth, regional NSW and Darwin and also for three years in Sydney as the Police Reporter for ABC Radio. Lucy is currently in Sydney reporting for radio, TV and online."
- News Analysis
Sydney Morning Herald: Tent embassy prepares to leave the Block as Indigenous housing 'guaranteed'
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/tent-embassy-prepares-to-leave-the-block-as-in...
27 Aug 15: "The Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy is preparing to walk away from the Block, claiming it has seized a moral victory from the jaws of legal defeat under a $70 million deal that will see 62 homes built for Indigenous families. Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has been brokering the deal with the Aboriginal Housing Company, which will learn in the Supreme Court on Thursday morning when it can evict its Indigenous rivals, ... the protesters are preparing to go peacefully, saying the AHC will have to meet their most important demand as a condition of the government's help: to build the social housing before, or at the same time as, the commercial development, ... " Rick Feneley, News and features writer
- News Analysis & Video
NITV: Tent embassy victory for The Block: Source: AAP
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/08/27/tent-embassy-victory-block
27 Aug 15: "Protesters at The Block in inner Sydney say their battle cry has been heard with the federal government committing $5 million to building homes for Aboriginal families at the site. ... Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy (RATE), led by Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro, gathered outside the Supreme Court in Sydney on Thursday to celebrate the news. "That was always our battle cry from day one that affordable housing be built first for our people. I think we can rightfully today claim that victory," Ms Munro said. ... "One thing I think we can say after this is that the black heart of the city is still beating," she said." Source: AAP
27 Aug 15: "NITV NEWS WILL BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE BLOCK TONIGHT. 5.30, 7, 11PM. CH 34 / 144."
- Video
NITV News: Greens wants govt to ensure Aboriginal housing on Redfern's The Block
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2015/08/25/greens-wants-gov...
25 Aug 15: "The NSW Greens is calling all levels of government to step up and ensure Aboriginal housing is funded on The Block in Redfern, Sydney. ... Greens MP David Shoebridge has called for government to ensure Aboriginal housing at The Block in Redfern, an inner suburb of Sydney, as protesters opposing the Pemulwuy Project development lost their court case against a possession order for the land on Monday. "The fact that Aboriginal people have the custodianship, had the possession oft his content for 40,000-60000 years was just dismissed in a single sentence by this judgement," Mr Shoebridge told the media on Tuesday. ... " By Jodan Perry; Source: NITV News
- Audio Interview
4ZZZ FM: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy 'trespassing' on Aboriginal land
[Reporter Kara de Groot spoke to David Shoebridge, Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice]
http://www.4zzzfm.org.au/news/audio/2015/08/25/redfern-aboriginal-tent-e...
25 Aug 15: "The Block in Redfern, Sydney was one of the first parts of urban Australia to be formally returned to Aboriginal people. The NSW Supreme Court has now ruled that the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy is trespassing on Aboriginal land, after it was established on The Block last year, after the Aboriginal Housing Company put forward a planning proposal for a $70 million dollar commercial development on the site. Reporter Kara de Groot spoke to Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice, David Shoebridge, who is calling on all levels of government to step up and ensure Aboriginal housing is funded on The Block."
- News Analysis
Australian Greens: Terra Nullius lives on as the Supreme Court finds against Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy
[featuring Jenny Leong MP, Local Member for Newtown & David Shoebridge, Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice]
http://greens.org.au/node/12117
24 Aug 15: "Local Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP, and Greens NSW spokesperson for Aboriginal Justice, David Shoebridge, are calling on all levels of government to step up and ensure Aboriginal housing is funded on The Block. This follows the decision of the NSW Supreme Court which ruled against the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy, finding the Embassy was "trespassing" on Aboriginal land at The Block. ... The Block in Redfern was one of the first parts of urban Australia to be formally returned to Aboriginal people."
- News Analysis
Altmedia: Redfern Tent Embassy calls whitewash on Supreme Court finding
http://www.altmedia.net.au/aboriginal-tent-embassy/109489
27 Aug 15: "The NSW Supreme Court has ordered the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy not to interfere with the redevelopment of the former site of the Block. The decision was handed down on Monday, with Justice Hulme stating the Embassy must "be restrained with from attempting to interfere with the plaintiff’s possession of the land". The Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy (RATE) was angered by the decision, calling the move a complete "disregard of Indigenous culture". RATE founder and Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro said it was obvious that the needs of Indigenous people were being ignored. ... " By Christopher Harris
- News Analysis
ABC News: Protesters at the Redfern Tent Embassy lose case against developers
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-24/tent-embassy-protesters-redfern-lo...
24 Aug 15: "Aboriginal protesters opposing a development at The Block in Redfern have lost their court case against a possession order for the land. The Supreme Court today ruled in favour of the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC). Members of the Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy have been present on the site for more than a year. The case will return to court on Thursday to consider when an eviction order should be enforced. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established in Redfern more than a year ago by Wiradjuri elder Jenny Munro, who has been camping at the site since May 26, 2014. ... " By court reporter Karl Hoerr and John Donegan
- Background:
Photo essay: John Donegan, ABC News: A day in the life of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Redfern
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-04/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-aborigina...
Photos: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek: Build Aboriginal Housing on The Block, 11.08.15 (410 images)
http://jaroslaw-gasiorek.photoshelter.com/gallery/Build-Aboriginal-Housi...
Photo Archive: Jaroslaw L Gasiorek - Street Photography: http://www.yarek.com.au/
Past facebook event: Friday August the 14th 2015: Support Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy's right to occupy The Block: rally outside court to defend 'trespass' charges
https://www.facebook.com/events/1685601811671669/
WGAR News: Redfern [Aboriginal] Tent Embassy Calls for Solidarity on 'Judgment Day' - Monday, 24 August 2015 - Supreme Court of NSW - facebook event
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/08/23/wgar-news-redfern-aboriginal-tent-em...
WGAR News: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy protests at Parliament: Peter Boyle, Green Left Weekly
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/08/16/wgar-news-redfern-aboriginal-tent-em...
WGAR News: Federal Government Steps In To Mediate Over Fight For Redfern's The Block: Allan Clarke, BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/08/15/wgar-news-federal-government-steps-i...
WGAR News: Attorney-General alerted as Redfern [Aboriginal] tent embassy feud intensifies: Daisy Dumas, Sydney Morning Herald
https://indymedia.org.au/2015/07/14/wgar-news-attorney-general-alerted-a...
Analysis / Opinion: Rachel Evans & Jemma Nott, Green Left: Redfern tent embassy is 'not laying down'
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58404
Explainer: Andrea Booth, NITV News: Redfern Aboriginal Tent Embassy and Aboriginal Housing Company dispute
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2015/02/24/explainer-redfer...
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-the-aboriginal-so...
(last updated: 18 August 2015)
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies
https://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-aboriginal-soverei...
(last updated: 29 May 2014)
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