Newsletter date: 1 September 2015
Contents:
* Media Release: Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): Bad Interventions - How Governments Stuff it up: The Intervention – An Anthology
* Upcoming Event: Indymedia Australia: The Intervention - an Anthology: Booklaunch Panel Discussion - Redfern, Sydney - Wednesday, 2 September 2015
* WGAR Background: Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
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- Media Release
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS):
Bad Interventions - How Governments Stuff it up
The Intervention – An Anthology
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/bad-interventions---...
1 September 2015:
"A new book sheds light on Indigenous peoples' disillusion with Government policies. Under the Intervention the military was sent into Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, the Racial Discrimination Act was suspended and compulsory income management was introduced for Aboriginal people. In the words of Arrernte-Alyawarra Elder and Northern Territory Australian of the Year, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, "the Intervention to us was like Australia declaring war on us and in the process they demonized and dehumanized Aboriginal men, women and children".
Hear Paddy Gibson, Larissa Behrendt, Eva Cox and Thalia Anthony on Wednesday, 2 September 2015, when the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney will host a discussion in Redfern about the important new book: The Intervention – An Anthology.
Edited by award-winning writers Dr Anita Heiss and Rosie Scott, the Intervention – An Anthology brings together the work of twenty of Australia’s finest Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers. Through essays, fiction, memoir and poetry, the book provides a moving and informative account of the impact of the Intervention at a time when First Nations People are under renewed attack.
Larissa Behrendt writes in her piece for the anthology that in "many ways, the Intervention in the Northern Territory is a textbook example of why government policies continue to fail Aboriginal people". In her conclusion "bad programs – appallingly delivered" Eva Cox states that "the problems are continuing under the current regime’s proposals under the Indigenous Advancement Strategy". ...
Wed, 2 September 2015, 6.30 for 7pm start, Redfern Community Centre – Downstairs, 29–53 Hugo St, Redfern. ... "
- Upcoming Event
Indymedia Australia:
The Intervention - an Anthology
Booklaunch Panel Discussion
- Redfern, Sydney - Wednesday, 2 September 2015
https://indymedia.org.au/events/the-intervention-an-anthology-booklaunch...
"Contact Phone:
Alex – 0449184801
Date and Time:
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Contact Email:
stoptheintervention@gmail.com
Contact Name:
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS)
Location:
Redfern Community Centre – Downstairs, 29–53 Hugo St, Redfern NSW 2016
Website:
http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Intervention-An... "
Sources:
Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS): http://www.stoptheintervention.org/
STICS Media Release 1 Sep 15: Bad Interventions - How Governments Stuff it up: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/bad-interventions---...
'concerned Australians' - Without Justice There Can Be No Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/Intervention_Anthology_launches.h...
"Sydney (NSW) - Wednesday, September 2, 6.30pm for 7pm
Speakers:
[Paddy Gibson]
Larissa Behrendt, Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at UTS
Eva Cox, Research Fellow at Jumbunna, UTS
Thalia Anthony, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UTS
Redfern Community Centre – Downstairs, 29–53 Hugo St, Redfern NSW 2016
Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS)"
"For the leaflet: please click here http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Intervention-An...
For the event on facebook: please click here https://www.facebook.com/events/874547679297490/ "
"We are all volunteers and rely solely on donations from supporters to continue this work. All donations appreciated big or small!
Donate to - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney:
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BSB number: 06 2212, Account number: 10452725, ABN 56 162 064 644. "
See Respect and Listen: The Intervention an Anthology
http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/intervention-anthology.html
- Background
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...
(last updated: 22 August 2015)
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