Newsletter date: 10 September 2011
13 September 2011 - Fourth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/drip.html
Contents:
* Central Land Council statement, Kalkaringi, 26 August 2011
* Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT: 'Response to Stronger Futures'
* Perth launch of book: "Walk With Us" - Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
* Interview with Barbara Shaw about the NT Intervention
* Poems by Isobel Phillips, Muckaty Traditional Owner
* Paddy Dujack and Gus George at Wave Hill homestead
* ANTaR: 'Support NT communities to shape their own development'
* Eva Cox: 'Government ignores evidence of policy failure on Aboriginal issues'
* ANTaR: 'Practical action needed now to address ‘national shame’ of Aboriginal imprisonment'
* Video: An Aboriginal community from pre-colonial times to the 1990s
* Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 34 events from 10 September 2011
* Other Northern Territory (NT) Intervention articles
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* CENTRAL LAND COUNCIL STATEMENT, KALKARINGI, 26 AUGUST 2011
CLC Statement, Kalkaringi, 26 August 2011
'concerned Australians': http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/Kalkarindji_statement_2011.pdf
Green Left: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48778
GL: "The Central Land Council released the statement below on August 26. It was delivered by Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, CLC executive member, and Rob Roy, CLC member, at the 45th anniversary celebrations of the Wavehill walk-off at Kalkaringi, the Northern Territory.
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Kalkaringi, NT - We are the Central Land Council and we have been elected to speak for our Land, our Law and our Culture.
We demand that the government permits us to take the future in our hands.
Let us be clear - we are not just asking for consultation - we want to set the agenda for our future.
Listen to us - negotiate with us. ... "
[Click on one of the above links to read more of the points made.]
See:
Central Land Council: http://www.clc.org.au/
WGAR News: 45th anniversary of Gurindji Wave Hill walk-off - Kalkarindji NT - 26-28 August 2011
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/28/wgar-news-45th-anniversary-of-gurindj...
See more about Ngarla Kunoth-Monks:
WGAR News: Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Richard Downs and Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (2 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/02/wgar-news-global-call-to-action-petit...
WGAR News: Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Barbara Shaw & Richard Downs speak about UN trip (22 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/22/wgar-news-4th-anniversary-of-nt-inter...
WGAR News: Women delegates speak on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (28 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/28/wgar-news-kimberley-gas-plant-protest...
WGAR News: Video of Richard Downs and Ngarla Kunoth-Monks at UN Indigenous Forum (6 Aug 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/06/wgar-news-gurindji-walkoff-from-wave-...
* ABORIGINAL PEAK ORGANISATIONS NT: 'RESPONSE TO STRONGER FUTURES':
Ed. note: On 22 June 2011, the Australian Federal Government released the Discussion Paper 'Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory' as part of their announced Northern Territory consultations.
- Submission to the Government
Response to Stronger Futures
Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory
An alliance of the CLC, NLC, CAALAS, NAAJA and AMSANT
NLC: http://www.nlc.org.au/html/files/20111608%20-%20APONT%20submission%20to%...
AMSANT: http://www.amsant.org.au/documents/article/154/111608%20-%20APONT%20subm...
August 2011: "1 Executive Summary
This submission identifies ways in which the Government can make good its commitment to a new way of working in partnership with Aboriginal people, leaders and communities to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage.
A vital first step in building stronger futures is recognising that 'intervention' as an approach to policy-making is fundamentally flawed. This is clear from the Closing the Gap Clearing House report, What works to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.
The report found that what doesn’t work includes 'one size fits all' approaches and a lack of collaboration with communities. What it found does work is community involvement and engagement; adequate resourcing and planned and comprehensive responses; respect for language and culture; working together; development of social capital; recognising underlying social determinants; commitment to doing projects with, not for, Aboriginal people; creative collaboration; and understanding that issues are complex and contextual. ... "
[Click on the above link to read the many more points made in the submission.]
- About APO NT
Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT
http://www.amsant.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15...
"Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory - APO NT - is an alliance comprising the Central Land Council (CLC), Northern Land Council (NLC), North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA), Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (CAALAS) and the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT). The alliance was created to provide a more effective response to key issues of joint interest and concern affecting Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, including through advocating practical policy solutions to government. ... "
See:
indigenous.gov.au: Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (28 Jun 11)
http://www.indigenous.gov.au/index.php/stronger-futures-in-the-northern-...
[Outline of Government Discussion Paper]
Government discussion paper will keep NT Intervention architecture in place (22 Jun 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/22/government-discussion-paper-will-keep...
WGAR News: Reactions to government discussion paper: 'Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory' (24 Jun 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/24/wgar-news-reactions-to-government-dis...
The Future of the Northern Territory 'Intervention' -Issues Paper-
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services & Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT (Nov 10)
http://www.amsant.org.au/documents/article/154/101002-APO%20NT-NTER%20Is...
Funding the Jobs Gap: A proposal for a new Community Employment and Enterprise Development Scheme (CEEDS) for regional and remote Indigenous Australia
Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory (APO(NT)) (Dec 10)
http://www.amsant.org.au/documents/article/154/101001-APO%20NT-CEEDS%20P...
* PERTH LAUNCH OF BOOK: "WALK WITH US" - ABORIGINAL VIEWS ON THE NT INTERVENTION:
Click on the links for details of the event ...
Event: Wed 14 September 2011: Crawley, Perth, WA
Book launch: "Walk With Us"
- Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
Speaker: Violet Bacon, Aboriginal Social Work lecturer, UWA
Brought to you by 'concerned Australians': http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
Event summaries: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/WWU_booklaunches.html
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/Walk_with_Us_launch_Perth.pdf
Book info and order form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/WWU_Order_Form.pdf
Book info: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/concerned-Austr...
Videos from the Sydney book launch: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/films-and-literature/book-walk-with...
- Also in Perth
Event: Mon 19 September 2011: Perth, WA
Justice Reinvestment - A conversation with Mick Gooda
Aboriginal and TSI Social Justice Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
"A new approach to reducing Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html
Registrations close 16 September, 2011
To register and purchase tickets visit: http://www.trybooking.com/UPE
See also:
Perth & WA Aboriginal Rights events for your diary
http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=155355
* INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA SHAW ABOUT THE NT INTERVENTION:
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
7 Sep 11: "Barbara Shaw: Karen Dorante spoke with Barbara Shaw spokesperson for the Intervention Rollback Action Group in Alice Springs and resident of Mt Nancy Town camp. They spoke about The Northern Territory Intervention - consultation processes, homes renovated, problems with rent, not enough food security in homes."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/audio/98fm-podcast-2011-09-07-75753.mp3
See more about Barbara Shaw:
Intervention Rollback Action Group (IRAG) Media Releases:
[scroll down page] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/media/
[Barbara Shaw is often quoted in the media releases.]
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback: Tiga Bayles spoke with Barbara Shaw, NT Intervention Rollback Action Group (24 Aug 09)
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/get.php?web=98fm-podcast-2009-08-24-7...
YouTube: Part 2 Speeches: Opening Protest House Ampilatwatja Walk-off, NT (5 Mar 10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSURYItC4xU&feature=related
[Speeches by Barbara Shaw and Paul Mcaleer]
Beyond Nuclear Initiative: No Muckaty nuclear dump: Community rally and march in Tennant Creek (3 Apr 10)
[scroll down page] http://beyondnuclearinitiative.wordpress.com/audio/
[Barbara Shaw (Intervention Rollback Action Group)]
Rollback the Intervention: Town camp leader outraged by Bess Price claims on Q and A (15 Apr 11)
[scroll down page] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/media/
WGAR News: Darwin gathering for Aboriginal people living in prescribed areas under the NT Intervention (29 Apr 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/04/29/darwin-gathering-for-aboriginal-peopl...
WGAR News: Interview with Barbara Shaw, of the Intervention Rollback Action Group, on the NT Intervention (7 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/07/wgar-news-interviews-with-barb-shaw-a...
WGAR News: Speech by Aboriginal activist Barbara Shaw on the NT Intervention (10 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/10/wgar-news-nt-nuclear-waste-dump-plans...
WGAR News: Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (28 May 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/05/28/wgar-news-canberra-rally-june-14-2011...
WGAR News: Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Richard Downs and Barbara Shaw at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York (2 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/02/wgar-news-global-call-to-action-petit...
WGAR News: Ngarla Kunoth-Monks, Barbara Shaw & Richard Downs speak about UN trip (22 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/22/wgar-news-4th-anniversary-of-nt-inter...
WGAR News: Women delegates speak on UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (28 Jun 11)
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/28/wgar-news-kimberley-gas-plant-protest...
* POEMS BY ISOBEL PHILLIPS, MUCKATY TRADITIONAL OWNER:
- Audio Poetry
Beyond Nuclear Intitiative: Poems by Isobel Phillips, Muckaty Traditional Owner
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/2011/08/31/isobel-phillips-poems/
31 Aug 11: "Caring for Country; On The Land"
- Related News
ABC: Elder's death won't affect nuclear waste dump case
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-07/20110907death-mackaty-nuclear-dump...
7 Sep 11: "The Northern Land Council (NLC) says a Federal Court case over a planned nuclear waste dump near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory has not been affected by the death of the senior elder who nominated the site. ... Meanwhile, an anti-nuclear campaigner says he is concerned the federal Government is not doing enough to dispel the belief that the proposed nuclear waste dump will hold only low-level waste. ... Dr Green says some of the waste will have a half-life of thousands of years."
See:
WGAR News: Muckaty Voices and Our Generation screening at 'Down Under Berlin - Australian Film Festival'
[scroll down page] http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/23/wgar-news-book-launch-walk-with-us-ab...
Nuclear Territory News: Waste Dump News
http://ntne.ws/articles/article.php?section=waste
Beyond Nuclear Initiative:
http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/
* PADDY DUJACK AND GUS GEORGE AT WAVE HILL HOMESTEAD:
- Feature
ABC Rural: Wave Hill homestead through the eyes of the blokes who walked off
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2011/s3311237.htm
6 Sep 11: "The Indigenous communities of Kalkarindji and Daguragu in the Northern Territory held a festival recently to celebrate the 45th anniversary of day the Gurindji people walked off Wave Hill Station. It's a fascinating piece of Australian history. It’s a classic David and Goliath tale. The Gurindji people, bereft of any political or social support before the walk off, were tenacious and patient in their nine year struggle for land rights. Walking around the sight of the old Wave Hill homestead with two old Gurindji fellas was an amazing way to recreate the story." Steven Schubert
- Related News
Gabi Hollows celebrates the birth of land rights
https://www.hollows.org.au/Page.aspx?ID=2664
September 2011: "Gabi was joined by Australians from all over the country who came to mark the milestone at a three-day celebration, the Freedom Festival. "The Wave Hill strikers laid the groundwork for the modern Indigenous land rights movement," says Gabi. Many connections and old friendships were rekindled by Gabi during her visit to Kalkarindji. She reminisced about the time in 1981 that Fred operated on the eyes of Vincent Lingiari, a Gurindji elder and the leader of the walk-off, at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital."
See:
WGAR News: 45th anniversary of Gurindji Wave Hill walk-off - Kalkarindji NT - 26-28 August 2011
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/28/wgar-news-45th-anniversary-of-gurindj...
* ANTaR: 'SUPPORT NT COMMUNITIES TO SHAPE THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT':
- Media Release
ANTaR: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:
Support NT communities to shape their own development
http://www.antar.org.au/support_nt_communities_to_shape_their_own_develo...
8 Sep 11: "Releasing its submission on the future of Northern Territory Aboriginal communities today, ANTaR calls on both major parties to learn from the international development experience and work with Aboriginal people to plan the transition from intervention to sustainable futures.
"With Government consultations on the future of the Northern Territory Intervention drawing to a close and key Intervention measures due to expire in June next year, we are now at a critical policy and funding juncture", said Jacqueline Phillips, ANTaR National Director.
"From this point on, the language and style of intervention must be abandoned. Instead, the Government should seek sustainable solutions that empower local people and support economic development, informed by the international development experience.
Specifically, governments should adopt a community development approach based on partnership, capacity-building and enterprise development.
Recent policy changes have reduced Aboriginal community control and centralised decision-making. Governments must now walk with Aboriginal people in planning the next stage. ... ""
- News
Pro Bono News: Aboriginal Advocacy Group calls for Bipartisan Support on Post-Intervention Policy
http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2011/09/aboriginal-advocacy-grou...
8 Sep 11: "National advocacy organisation, ANTaR has called on both major political parties to learn from the international development experience and work with Aboriginal people to plan the transition from intervention to sustainable futures. The call comes in its submission on the future of Northern Territory Aboriginal communities released today."
Koori Mail: Self-determination key in NT, says ANTaR
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
7 Sep 11: "ANTaR says governments should abandon the 'language and style of intervention' in order to transition Aboriginal people to sustainable futures. In its submission to Government consultations on the future of the NT Intervention, the lobby group also says governments should reform NT Intervention measures such as income management and five-year leases, empower local people and support economic development. "
* EVA COX: 'GOVERNMENT IGNORES EVIDENCE OF POLICY FAILURE ON ABORIGINAL ISSUES':
- Opinion / Analysis
The Conversation: Government ignores evidence of policy failure on Aboriginal issues
http://theconversation.edu.au/government-ignores-evidence-of-policy-fail...
6 Sep 11: "The government is ignoring evidence that income management in Aboriginal communities isn’t working. Despite a raft of studies showing it isn’t changing behaviour or significantly improving people’s life chances, the Commonwealth is determined to press on with expanding the policy. Another disappointing Productivity Commission biennial report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage shows limited improvement and, like the recent Finance Department report, suggests much of the government’s Indigenous policy is neither effective nor appropriately assessed." Eva Cox
* ANTaR: 'PRACTICAL ACTION NEEDED NOW TO ADDRESS 'NATIONAL SHAME' OF ABORIGINAL IMPRISONMENT':
- Media Release
ANTaR: Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation:
Practical action needed now to address ‘national shame’ of Aboriginal imprisonment
http://www.antar.org.au/practical_action_needed_now_to_address_national_...
8 Sep 11: "Delivering the 25th Lionel Murphy lecture last night, the Attorney-General Robert McClelland acknowledged that over-imprisonment causes more crime than it prevents and affirmed the need for all governments to work together to address the social causes of crime.
"The statistics are stark and the evidence about what works to break the cycle is compelling. There is no excuse for governments to delay action to address the social causes of over-imprisonment in Aboriginal communities," said Jacqueline Phillips, ANTaR National Director.
"ANTaR welcomes the Attorney-General’s recognition that ‘tough on crime’ approaches may do more harm than good. It’s now time for practical action to right the ‘enduring wrong’ of Aboriginal over-imprisonment.
We are encouraged by Mr McClelland’s interest in shifting policy towards a justice reinvestment approach. We now call on all governments to work together in developing a framework to divert resources from prisons to disadvantaged communities. Overseas experience demonstrates that this is the most effective way to break the cycle.""
See:
JOINT NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION
To reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system (15 Apr 11)
http://www.antar.org.au/sites/default/files/Call%20to%20action%20to%20re...
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement: Incarceration of Aboriginal People (9 May 11)
http://www.alrm.org.au/mediareleases/2011/MR%20Excessive%20Incarceration...
ANTaR: Reducing Imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (29 Jul 11)
http://www.antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/reducing_indigenous_incarce...
* VIDEO: AN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY FROM PRE-COLONIAL TIMES TO THE 1990S:
- Video
EngageMedia: Exile and the Kingdom
http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/media-40juluwarlu/videos/exile-and-th...
5 Sep 11: "The first complete account in Australian film history of the experiences of a community of Aboriginal people from pre-colonial times to the 1990s. This film makes the connection between Aboriginals in chains in the 19th century and Aboriginal people in prisons today, so providing a deeper understanding of how the violence and denials of the past inform the present. Ultimately, it gives conviction that with their extraordinary resilience, the Indigenous peoples of Australia will survive and flourish.
... Produced by Frank Rijavec; Directed by Frank Rijavec"
* UPCOMING ABORIGINAL RIGHTS EVENTS AROUND AUSTRALIA
- 34 EVENTS FROM 10 SEPTEMBER 2011:
Click on the links for details of the events ...
Event: Ongoing protest: James Price Point, Kimberley, WA
Kimberley gas plant protest
Save the Kimberley info: http://www.savethekimberley.com/
Kimberley gas plant threatens Aboriginal culture: http://ccr.uws.edu.au/2011/06/22/kimberley-gas-plant-threatens-aborigina...
Aboriginal elder Elsta Foy at the protest camp: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3296152.htm
Protest updates: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/blog/
Environs Kimberley: http://www.environskimberley.org.au/
Kimberley info: http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com/
Kimberley Country and Culture: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/whats-the-fuss/country-culture/
WGAR News: Kimberley gas plant protest and blockade (28 Jun 11): http://indymedia.org.au/2011/06/28/wgar-news-kimberley-gas-plant-protest...
WGAR News: 25 protesters arrested at JPP blockade (9 Jul 11): http://indymedia.org.au/2011/07/09/wgar-news-25-protesters-arrested-at-j...
Event: 3 July to Sun 25 September 2011: Sydney, NSW
Exhibition: FREEDOM RIDERS
- Art and activism 1960s to now
Sydney University Art Gallery
"A unique and daring exhibition has pulled together some of
the most important political artworks produced by NSW's
leading Aboriginal artists and put them in one room for the
public to see." ABC News
Event details: http://sydney.edu.au/museums/events_exhibitions/art_gallery_exhibitions....
Featured in Video: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2011/07/01/3259282.htm
Event: 27 May to Sun 9 October 2011: Kalgoorlie, WA
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
Event: Thu 18 August - Sun 30 October 2011: Wiluna to Perth, WA
Walk Away from Uranium Mining
"By coming to Wiluna you will be supporting Traditional
Owners in their opposition to uranium mining."
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/walk-away-from-uranium-mining
Event details: http://www.nuclearfreefuture.com/
Walk Schedule: http://footprints.footprintsforpeace.net/nffcampaign/upload/files/Wiluna...
About the walk: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48231
Upcoming Event: Central Adelaide, SA
Adelaide Kimberley Support Rally postponed
"a bigger better event is already being planned,
date and details soon!"
Event details: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2011/07/13/upcoming-events/
Upcoming Event: Darwin, NT
Darwin book launch: "Walk With Us"
- Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
Darwin – Time and venue yet to be announced
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/WWU_booklaunches.html
Event details: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/films-and-literature/book-walk-with-us
Brought to you by 'concerned Australians': http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
Book info and order form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/WWU_Order_Form.pdf
Book info: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/concerned-Austr...
Videos from the Sydney book launch: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/films-and-literature/book-walk-with...
Event: Sat 10 September 2011: Adelaide, SA
Adelaide Save the Kimberley Benefit Gig
Supported by SASEN (SA Student Enviro Network) &
The Wilderness Society
"A night of music, speakers and banner painting awaits you!!"
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/adelaide-save-the-kimberley-benefit-gig
Event: Tue 13 September 2011: Acton, Canberra, ACT
Our Generation Film Screening
Q&A with special guests:
Dr. Helen Watchirs and Dianne Collins
Hosted by ACT Human Rights Commission and Community Partners
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/home/event/26585/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Tue 13 September 2011: CBD, Sydney, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
With special guests Jeff McMullen and the filmmakers
Hosted by Amnesty International Pitt Street Action Group
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/26461/
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Wed 14 September 2011: Crawley, Perth, WA
Book launch: "Walk With Us"
- Aboriginal views on the NT Intervention
Speaker: Violet Bacon, Aboriginal Social Work lecturer, UWA
Brought to you by 'concerned Australians': http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
Event summaries: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/WWU_booklaunches.html
Event summaries: http://indymedia.org.au/perth-launch-of-book-walk-with-us-aboriginal-vie...
Event details: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/Walk_with_Us_launch_Perth.pdf
Book info and order form: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/media/WWU_Order_Form.pdf
Book info: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/concerned-Austr...
Videos from the Sydney book launch: http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/films-and-literature/book-walk-with...
Event: Thu 15 September 2011: Bundoora, Melbourne, Vic
Our Generation Film Screening
With special guest speaker:
Walpiri leader Valerie Martin Napaljari from Yunedumu
Hosted by ESP (Equality, Sustainability and Peace) group at
La Trobe University
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/our-generation-documentary-screening-at-la-trobe...
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Fri 16 September 2011: Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld
Our Generation Film Screening
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Fri 16 September 2011: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
Ballerrt Mooroop Strong Spirit Festival - Fundraiser
Featuring: Uncle Kutcha Edwards
Johnny Mac and Meriki Hood
Jessie Llyod - Julia Mahatuwe
Mattrix - Squid Squad
Ballerrt Mooroop Dancing Troupe
"Join us for a very special night to celebrate
Indigenous culture and raise awareness of the
struggle to save Ballerrt Mooroop College,
Melbourne's last Indigenous school."
Event details: http://ballerrtmooroop.org/?q=content/ballerrt-mooroop-strong-spirit-fes...
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/ballert-mooroop-strong-spirit-festival
Campaign updates: http://ballerrtmooroop.org/
Event: Sat 17 September 2011: Brunswick, Melbourne, Vic
Media Skills Workshop for Activists
Organised by Radical Women &
Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne
"Do you want to use the mainstream and community media more
effectively to promote social change? ... "
Register to attend
Event details: http://www.isja-msg.com/coming_events.htm
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/media-skills-workshop-for-activists
Event: Sat 17 September 2011: Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Qld
Keep the Kimberley Benefit Gig
"Join us for an amazing night of music,
short films, wood fired pizza and tasty
beverages as some great acts from
around the country arrive at Turnstyle
to help Save the Kimberley!"
Event details: http://www.turnstyle.org.au/node/4456
Event: Mon 19 September 2011: Cronulla, Sydney, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
Hosted by Amnesty International Sutherland Shire Action Group
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/26574/
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Mon 19 September 2011: Perth, WA
Justice Reinvestment - A conversation with Mick Gooda
Aboriginal and TSI Social Justice Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
"A new approach to reducing Indigenous over-
representation in the criminal justice system."
Event details: [scroll down page] http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/events/index.html
Registrations close 16 September, 2011
To register and purchase tickets visit: http://www.trybooking.com/UPE
Event: Tue 20 September 2011: Melbourne, Vic
Our Generation Film Screening
More details to come
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Tue 20 September 2011: Kensington, Sydney, NSW
Close the Gap Debate
- Is positive discrimination the only way to close the gap?
Hosted by Amnesty UNSW in collaboration with UNSW DebSoc
"A debate in recognition of Amnesty International
Australia's focus on Indigenous rights and the Utopia
Homelands."
Please RSVP
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/26642/
Event: Sun 25 September 2011: Lyneham, Canberra, ACT
WGAR Variety Fund Raiser:
Yarns and Poetry by locals, BBQ, Music, Films and more
Organised by WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Canberra)
Event details: http://indymedia.org.au/wgar-variety-fund-raiser-yarns-and-poetry-by-loc...
WGAR Website: http://wgar.wordpress.com/
Event: Wed 28 September 2011: Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Qld
Homelands Campaign training session
Amnesty International Qld/ Northern NSW
"The training is designed for activists who
want to play an active role in the campaign,
within their local group or as a part of the
Homelands Action Group."
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/26674/
Event: Thu 29 September 2011: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
Q&A with Jeff McMullen
Hosted by Women’s Reconciliation Network
and Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
Poster: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Facts-Info-Our-...
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: 3 October 2011: Adelaide, SA
131st Justice and Peace Candlelight Walk
"Join us on the Candle Light Walk to call for a
Treaty and Bill of Rights, and to support the
Ngarrindjeri and all other Aboriginal people
and the Stolen Generations, their families and
communities left behind, in their call for
Peace and Justice. ... "
Event details: http://antarsa.auspics.org.au/category/news/2011/09/hello-world/
Event: Wed 5 October 2011: Brisbane, Qld
One-day Conference:
Human rights and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Hosted by Amnesty International Qld/Northern NSW
"Hear how human rights instruments, including the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
can be applied to governance, law enforcement and justice
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in
Queensland."
RSVPS are essential
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/24476/
Event: Fri 7 October 2011: Northcote, Melbourne, Vic
Fundraiser: Slam Generation: Poetry slam & variety night.
"This night is a fundraiser for the Glenroy
Indigenous School (Ballerrt Mooroop
College) that is at this very moment
threatened by bulldozers!"
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/48770
Campaign updates: http://ballerrtmooroop.org/
Event: Fri 7 & Sat 8, Tue 11 to Sat 15 Oct 2011: Melbourne, Vic
Presented by Melbourne Festival
in association with Sydney Festival
Ilbijerri Theatre Company (Australia): FOLEY
"Political agitator Gary Foley presents a swag of stories
from a life lived in the spirit of resistance. ... "
Event details: http://www.melbournefestival.com.au/program/production?id=3860&idx=1&max=12
Event: Wed 12 October 2011: St Lucia, Brisbane, Qld
Our Generation Film Screening
"The University of Queensland group will be
hosting this screening as a part of Amnesty
International's Homelands campaign"
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/26673/
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Wed 12 October 2011: Sippy Downs, Qld
Our Generation Film Screening
"The University of the Sunshine Coast will
be hosting this screening as a part of
Amnesty International's Homelands
campaign"
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/qld/event/26672/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Sun 23 October 2011: Bendigo, Vic
A Benefit for the Kimberley
Event details: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2011/07/13/upcoming-events/
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171353649603731
Flyer: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/276751_171...
Event: Fri 4 November 2011 to February 2012: Townsville, Qld
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
Event: Tue 8 November 2011: Hurstville, Sydney, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
Hosted by Amnesty International Sutherland Shire Action Group
"Our group is hoping to engage more with AI members and
residents of the St George area and we hope that this will
be a launch event for the creation of a St George Action
Group ... "
Event details: http://www.amnesty.org.au/nsw/event/26576/
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: Sat 19 November 2011: Annandale, Sydney, NSW
Save the Kimberley: Cans for Country, Songs for change!
"A super sick show with super sick bands, to help raise
funds and awareness to aid in the fight against the WA
Government and Woodsides attempted destruction of the
Kimberley Coast"
Event details: http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2011/07/13/upcoming-events/
Event: Sun 20 November 2011: Mullumbimby, NSW
Our Generation Film Screening
With live music and Q&A with the filmmakers
More details to come
Event details: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/events/
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about-2/
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews
Event: February 2012 to May 2012: Queensland Museum
Exhibition: From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970
Event description: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/
Event location: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/from_little_things_big_things_grow/tra...
- 'Our Generation' Film Reviews
Elimatta:
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater:
Our Generation - Showing in London - page 8
http://www.asgmwp.net/ElimattaWinter2011.pdf
Winter 2011: "The Intervention is yet another example of the appalling treatment the Aboriginal People of Australia have been subjected to in such a short period of time compared to thousands of years of survival. Sinem Saban and Rev. Dr Gondarra supported by the Yolngu people and cinematographer, Damien Curtis, have created a sensitive and realistic view of the plight of those who wish to live a more traditional life in their homelands and of those who appear to be dispossessed." Christine Waterer
Elimatta:
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater:
ASG Information Night: Our Generation - page 6
http://www.asgmwp.net/ElimattaSummer2010.pdf
Summer 2010: "Local resident and journalist, Jeff McMullen introduced "Our Generation", the film by Sinem Saban and Damien Curtis which we were there to see. The film explored in depth the Federal Government Intervention into Aboriginal Communities in the Northern Territory. Jeff had told us that the film’s producers were not having any success in having the film shown on government or commercial media outlets and they were having to screen it in local community halls to show the community at large just what was involved in the Intervention. It is basically a war on Aboriginal culture. The dispossession of the Aboriginal people is simply continuing in a new guise." Carol Gerrard
See:
Our Generation: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/
Aboriginal Support Group - Manly Warringah Pittwater: http://www.asgmwp.net/index.htm
* OTHER NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION ARTICLES:
- Opinion / Analysis
Tracker: BLACK CHAT: Don’t mess with the Warlpiri
http://tracker.org.au/2011/09/black-chat-don%E2%80%99t-mess-with-the-war...
7 Sep 11: "NATIONAL: The Warlpiri mob in Central Australia have long been known as a resistant mob... as in they resist attempts to assimilate them at every opportunity. And there’s no greater policy of assimilation than the Northern Territory intervention. Thus, the good folks of Yuendumu have been kept busy defacing and destroying the various NT intervention signs that governments have constructed throughout the region to shame Aboriginal communities. Last edition, we brought you a picture of a sign on the outskirts of Yuendumu which read, ‘Welcome to Yuendumu. If you want porn, go to Canberra’. ... "
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: Anti-intervention group slams housing program
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6269...
8 Sep 11: "An Indigenous group says the Federal and Territory government's Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) is failing to improve the quality of housing in remote communities. $670 million have been spent on SIHIP, however residents of the town camps say that the money has been wasted as the construction of the houses is not up to standard. Spokesperson for the Intervention Rollback Action Group Barbara Shaw says that the standard of living in the houses in the town camps is different to the standards found in the suburbs."
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Creative Spirits: Northern Territory Emergence Response (NTER) - "The Intervention": http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/northern-terr...
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Northern Territory National Emergency Response: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention
'concerned Australians': Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation: http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation) - NT intervention: http://www.antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/nt_intervention
The Conversation - After the Intervention: http://theconversation.edu.au/pages/after-the-intervention
Tracker - NT Intervention: http://tracker.org.au/tag/nt-intervention/
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney): http://stoptheintervention.org/
CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) - NT Intervention: http://caama.com.au/?s=NT+Intervention
The Greens: Rachel Siewert: Northern Territory Intervention: http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/category/issues/indigenous-rights...
IRAG (Intervention Rollback Action Group): Mparntwe - Alice Springs: http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/
Treaty Republic - NT Intervention: http://treatyrepublic.net/search/node/NT%20Intervention
MAIC (Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective): http://maicollective.blogspot.com/
Crikey - NT Intervention: http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/nt-intervention/
Jobs with Justice: http://jobswithjustice.wordpress.com/
New Matilda - northern territory intervention: http://newmatilda.com/tag/northern-territory-intervention
Amnesty International Australia: Looking back at the Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/24460/
Students For Indigenous Rights - UQ: The Northern Territory Intervention: http://uqsir.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/stir-uq-intervention-intro-fact...
Defending Indigenous Rights: http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/
Intervention walk-off's Blog: http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/
Australian Human Rights Commission: Northern Territory ‘Emergency Response' intervention: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/intervention/index.html
FAIRA; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; NACLC: Australia's compliance with CERD - Fact Sheet 2: Northern Territory Intervention: http://www.hrlrc.org.au/files/Fact-Sheet-2-NT-Intervention.pdf
Green Left: Northern Territory intervention: myths and facts: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/39732
WGAR (Working Group for Aboriginal Rights): http://wgar.wordpress.com/
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- Audio
The Wire: Indigenous Literacy Day highlights the need to close the gap
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=8416
7 Sep 11: "Today’s Indigenous Literacy day highlights the need to close the gap between literacy levels in Indigenous students living in remote areas and non-Indigenous students. In the Northern Territory, only one in five children living in very remote Indigenous communities can read at the minimum standard. By the time these children reach year 7, only 15 per cent achieve this benchmark, 47 per cent behind urban indigenous students and 74 per cent behind non-Indigenous children. ...
Featured in story:
* Australian Education Union Northern Territory Branch President Matthew Cranitch
* Chair of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation Board Juliet Rogers
* Hawthorndene Primary Teacher and librarian Ruth Hutchinson
* Hawthorndene Primary Year 5 students Rebecca Crawley and Ella Milne"
- Interview
Tracker: LEGENDS OF LAND RIGHTS: Caring for country
http://tracker.org.au/2011/09/legends-of-land-rights-caring-for-country/
7 Sep 11: "NATIONAL: As part of an ongoing project, the NSW Aboriginal Land Council is producing a DVD series called ‘Legends of Land Rights’, honouring the hundreds of land rights heroes who have dedicated their lives to the fight. Each month, Tracker gives you a transcript of one of our interviews. This edition CHRIS MUNRO yarns to Lionel Mongta, an Aboriginal activist and land rights legend."
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service: Health suffers from lack of resources
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6266...
8 Sep 11: "An Aboriginal health organization in the Northern Territory says the Aboriginal health profession is collapsing due to a lack of resources for training. Board Member of Aboriginal Medical Services NT (AMSANT) Paula Arnoll made the comments at the launch of the Year of the Aboriginal Health Worker in Katherine in the NT."
news.com.au: Ernie Dingo blames whites for Aboriginal drinking
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/ernie-dingo-blames-whites-fo...
12 Dec 09: "INDIGENOUS icon Ernie Dingo has hit out at hypocritical "white people" who lecture Aborigines about alcohol consumption. "What you should be worrying about is who is giving them access ... who sells alcohol? Not black people," Dingo said. "We (indigenous people) don't have a problem. Our problem is to say 'no' to you blokes, to white people ... 'no' is not really part of our cultural background. "There are more white alcoholics than there are black people in this country, so don't come at us with restrictions and Aboriginal laws about alcohol.""
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