deaths in custody

WGAR News: CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 30 May 2013 03:04:59 +0000

Newsletter date: 31 May 2013

Contents:

* CAAMA interview with AMSANT CEO John Paterson: Jail not the answer [Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill]
* CAAMA: NT proposed Alcohol Mandatory treatment Bill
* ABC The World Today: Aboriginal justice, welfare groups call for rethink on NT plan to force alcoholics into rehab
* Dan Harrison, Canberra Times: NT plan to lock up drunks 'targets aborigines'
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Greens express serious concerns over NT mandatory rehabilitation
* ABC: ACOSS attacks mandatory alcohol rehabilitation

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: "Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service"

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:51:52 +0000

Newsletter date: 15 May 2013

Contents:

* Change.org Petition: Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service (CNS)
* Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT: ALS News: Save the CNS
* The Wire Audio: Argument between governments puts lives at risk
* The Stringer: Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated
* NIRS: Urgent funding call for anti-deaths in custody measure
* NIRS: ALS warns lives could be at risk unless phone line is funded

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Custody Notification Service

CNS

Aboriginal deaths in police custody

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT

ALS

Peoples Alcohol Action Coalition

Alcohol Protection Orders

Aboriginality in sentencing

Change org Petition - Stop Aboriginal deaths in police custody by saving the Custody Notification Service - CNS

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW ACT - ALS News - Save the CNS

The Wire Audio - Argument between governments puts lives at risk

The Stringer - Funding cuts means more Aboriginal peoples incarcerated

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos on Aboriginal imprisonment

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Aboriginality in sentencing before the High Court

The Stringer - DCS issued warning one year prior - that riot would eventuate

WGAR News: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition: Ray Jackson, Green Left

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:06:37 +0000

Newsletter date: 9 May 2013

Contents:

* Indymedia Australia: Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop deaths in custody groups form coalition
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody!

* The Wire Audio: Justice reinvestment 'key to tackling Indigenous incarceration'
* WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Justice reinvestment comeback
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment or by any other name
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal incarceration

Aboriginal imprisonment

Socialist Alternative

children in adult jail

WA Greens

Green Left

national stop deaths in custody coalition

Indymedia Australia - Historic national stop deaths in custody coalition formed

WA Greens MLC Robin Chapple - Justice reinvestment comeback

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Justice Reinvestment or by any other name

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Australia’s Aboriginal children detained at the world’s highest rates

Amnesty - Supreme Court of WA - case dismissed - but concerns remain about children in adult jail

The Stringer - Supreme Court decision floors parents of jailed children

SBS Radionews Audio - WA judge dismisses juvenile offender challenge

WGAR News: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on [Aboriginal] women in prison: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:19:31 +0000

Newsletter date: 30 April 2013

Contents:

* Debbie Kilroy, The Stringer: Sisters Inside - Debbie Kilroy on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Call for crime prevention focus to cut Indigenous jail rates
* The Stringer: KALACC lends its weight to Justice Reinvestment
* Priscilla Collins, Aboriginal Peak Organisations NT: Mandatory rehabilitation bill must be released for public consultation
* Ray Jackson, Green Left: Stop police self investigation
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Geography:

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:43:39 +0000

Newsletter date: 23 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress
* NIRS: Congress submits to justice reinvestment inquiry

* Amnesty Action: Get kids out of Hakea adult prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Amnesty alarmed over boys in adult Perth prison
* ABC 7.30 Video: Teens suffer in men’s prison

* SBS Radionews Audio: Prison 'not a deterrent' for NT offenders

* CAAMA Radio: NAAJA shares concerns about the new Mandatory Rehabilitation Program
* SBS Radionews Audio: NT mandatory rehab plan slammed

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: How Are The Children In Hakea Being Treated?: Michelle Lovegrove, SBS Living Black

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:35:49 +0000

Newsletter date: 16 April 2013

Contents:

* Michelle Lovegrove, SBS Living Black Audio: How Are The Children In Hakea Being Treated?
* The Stringer: Egg on face for State Government over children in adult jail
* Australian Human Rights Commission: Commission seeks to intervene in juvenile detention case
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Human Rights Commission to intervene in Hakea children court case
* Tracker: WA judge orders juvenile jail evidence
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australian Bureau of Statistics on prison rates

Geography:

Keywords:

Australian Human Rights Commission

Aboriginal imprisonment

HAKEA

National Indigenous Times

Indigenous mental health

Michelle Lovegrove

The Stringer

children in adult jail

juvenile detention

juvenile jail

Australian Bureau of Statistics

independent police inspectorate

Indigenous rehab services

Indigenous Australia and the media

prison rates

AHRC

The Stringer - Egg on face for State Government over children in adult jail

Australian Human Rights Commission - Commission seeks to intervene in juvenile detention case

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Human Rights Commission to intervene in Hakea children court case

Tracker - WA judge orders juvenile jail evidence

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Australian Bureau of Statistics on prison rates

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Time for independent police inspectorate

SBS Radionews Audio - SA Indigenous rehab services in doubt

WGAR News: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:39:10 +0000

Newsletter date: 10 April 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system
* CAAMA Radio: Priscilla Collins, NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth
* SBS Living Black Audio: WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous detention centres 'at crisis point'
* The Stringer: "Paraded like zoo animals"
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system

CAAMA Radio - Priscilla Collins - NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth

SBS Living Black Audio - WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous detention centres at crisis point

SBS Living Black Audio - Looking at the health system and cancer

Suresh Rajan - The Stringer - Is Australia a Racist country

Tracker - Racist taunts an ongoing problem - inquiry

SNAICC News - The Australian Community Sector Survey due 19 April 2013

The Wire Audio - Experts cautiously welcome support for Aboriginal languages in NSW

WGAR News: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:49:10 +0000

Newsletter date: 5 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Federal Government green light uranium mining for WA
* The Wire Audio: Safety concerns over uranium mine
* Background to the Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (WANFA)

* Deborah Ruiz Wall, New Matilda: Welfare Or Gas Money In The Kimberley?
* The Stringer: Legal action commences on EPA's approval for James Price Point Gas hub
* Hands off Country: Shake Your Head in Disbelief
* Ingetje Tadros: Pelican corroboree - welcome to Seashepherd in Walmadan
* News re Floating offshore gas processing

Geography:

Perth

Western Australia

WGAR News: "Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison"

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:36:03 +0000

Newsletter date: 4 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Legal action launched today to quash decision to imprison children in adult prison
* Tracker: Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley
* NITV: Northern NSW clans create 'Murrawarri Republic'
* Sovereign Union: A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* 3CR Community Radio: Earth Matters

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Gary Foley

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Indigenous health

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Housing consultations

Tracker - Legal bid to get WA kids out of adult jail

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gary Foley

NITV - Northern NSW clans create Murrawarri Republic

Sovereign Union - A fight against paying rates on ancient homelands

3CR Community Radio - Earth Matters

3CR Community Radio - Radioactive Show

NITV News - Re-direct Indigenous health funding to community services

SBS Radionews Audio - Indigenous carers better for Indigenous children

SNAICC News - New resource on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Promising Practice Profiles

WGAR News: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud: burn magazine

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:23:19 +0000

Newsletter date: 31 March 2013

Contents:

* burn magazine: Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud
* Canberra opening of 'Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud': Sun 7 April 2013
* Background to the proposed Muckaty nuclear waste dump

* Helen Musa, Canberra CityNews: Exhibition honours true believer
* Canberra opening of 'I Do Have a Belief' - Kevin Gilbert (1933-1993) Art Retrospective: Sat 6 April 2013
* Sovereign Union: The Murrawarri Republic declaration
* NITV News: Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Muckaty nuclear waste dump

children in adult prisons

Ray Jackson

Aboriginal Tent Embassies

Aboriginal sovereignty movement

Tiga Bayles

Let's Talk

Closing the Gap

Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud

Indigenous Social Justice Association

Traditional Languages

Canberra opening of Manuwangku - Under the Nuclear Cloud - Sun 7 April 2013

Helen Musa - Canberra CityNews - Exhibition honours true believer

Canberra opening of I Do Have a Belief - Kevin Gilbert - 1933-1993 - Art Retrospective - Sat 6 April 2013

Sovereign Union - The Murrawarri Republic declaration

NITV News - Aboriginal activists meet Black Power founders

Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Ray Jackson - President - Indigenous Social Justice Association

WGAR News: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health vital to closing the gap: NACCHO

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:55:57 +0000

Newsletter date: 25 March 2013

Contents:

* NACCHO: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health vital to closing the gap

* Mary Micallef, For the ISJA Melbourne Team: What’s the cost of imprisonment?
* Alison Thorne, ISJA Melbourne: Launch of John Pat 30
* National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody! Remember John Pat
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* CAAMA: Walpiri lawman talks about saving his culture!

* NITV News: Indigenous women gather at UN to stop domestic violence

Geography:

Keywords:

National Day of Action

Aboriginal deaths in custody

Aboriginal imprisonment

Monsoonal Vine Thicket

Mary Micallef - For the ISJA Melbourne Team - What’s the cost of imprisonment

Alison Thorne - ISJA Melbourne - Launch of John Pat 30

National Day of Action to Stop Aboriginal deaths in custody - Remember John Pat

CAAMA - Walpiri lawman talks about saving his culture

NITV News - Indigenous women gather at UN to stop domestic violence

NITV News - Quitline not a political football says Calma

Hands off Country - Woodside planning drilling in Endangered Ecological Community Monsoonal Vine Thicket

Greens' Show Points to Gas Hub Rejection - Media Release

WGAR News: Protest against NT Intervention and income management: STICS Media Release

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:26:45 +0000

Newsletter date: 24 March 2013

Contents:

* STICS: Protest against NT Intervention and income management on UN Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
* NITV's coverage of STICS Sydney protest
* NIRS: Sydney rally calls to end racism
* Pip Hinman, Green Left: 'No harmony in income management', say protesters
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison says Richard Trudgen

Geography:

Keywords:

Northern Territory Intervention

Close the Gap

Aboriginal imprisonment

Stronger Futures

Indigenous health

Indigenous mental health

Closing the Gap

forced adoptions apology

Government funding

National Close the Gap Day

COAG

Stolen Wages compensation

STICS - Protest against NT Intervention and income management on UN Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

NIRS - Sydney rally calls to end racism

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Yolnu youth should not be finishing up in prison says Richard Trudgen

Diane Fieldes - Socialist Alternative - Aboriginal people fight for justice

NITV News - Indigenous Australians welcome forced adoptions apology

SBS Radionews Audio - Call for action on Indigenous mental health

SBS Radionews Audio - Queensland health workers say cuts fail Gap commitment

ABC AM Audio - Preventable death rates too high in remote communities

WGAR News: "ALSWA, Governor McCusker, McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing"

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:25:06 +0000

Newsletter date: 7 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: ALSWA, Governor McCusker, McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing
* NIRS: Legal service slams WA mandatory sentencing push
* CAAMA: Calls for release of juvenile prisoners being held in a men's prison
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* The Stringer: Taoundai Conference brings on the Aboriginal Liberation Movement

* NIRS: Funding still not reaching communities: Smallwood

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal Liberation Movement

Aboriginal Health Workers

Racist attack via Facebook

Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - ALSWA Governor McCusker McGlade and Gooda slam extensions to mandatory sentencing

NIRS - Legal service slams WA mandatory sentencing push

CAAMA - Calls for release of juvenile prisoners being held in a men's prison

The Stringer - Taoundai Conference brings on the Aboriginal Liberation Movement

NIRS - Funding still not reaching communities - Smallwood

NACCHO Support - In a time of need the Lowitja Institute is asking for your support to Close the Gap

The Wire - Indigenous Australian research institute Lowitja faces possible closure

RHEF - A Unique Profession - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Workers

Let's Talk - Clancestry Conversation - Kinship and Identity - Just who is Black enough

WGAR News: Evidently: Finding the truth in the employment gap: Jon Altman, Tracker

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:28:35 +0000

Newsletter date: 4 March 2013

Contents:

* Jon Altman, Tracker: Evidently: Finding the truth in the employment gap

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: We have your back [strong Aboriginal women on the frontline]

* NACCHO: Positive health gains for Aboriginal community controlled health organisations

* Jeff McMullen, Tracker: The Way Ahead: The Aboriginal Voice

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Behind Enemy Lines: Taking sentencing out of the court of public opinion
* Peter Robson, Green Left: NT introduces new mandatory sentencing laws

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Aboriginal community controlled health organisations

Amy McQuire - Tracker - We have your back - strong Aboriginal women on the frontline

NACCHO - Positive health gains for Aboriginal community controlled health organisations

Jeff McMullen - Tracker - The Way Ahead - The Aboriginal Voice

Amy McQuire - Tracker - Behind Enemy Lines - Taking sentencing out of the court of public opinion

Peter Robson - Green Left - NT introduces new mandatory sentencing laws

Northern Star- Call for Royal Commission into Bowraville murders

Indigenous Social Justice Association - ISJA - Action against police brutality

NIRS - Anti-police brutality rallies to be held four years after Bellotti incident

WGAR News: Australia's Aboriginal children - The world's highest suicide rate: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:37:23 +0000

Newsletter date: 2 March 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Australia’s Aboriginal children - The world’s highest suicide rate
* The Stringer: Youth suicides - toll higher than Afghan war deaths

* NIRS: Higher rates of severe disability for Indigenous Australians: Research

* SBS Living Black: Heal Our Youth - Or Jail Them?
* NIRS: Gooda: "Stop locking Aboriginal people up who don't need to be locked up"
* ABC Radio Australia: Call for NSW intervention program to include indigenous youth
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

suicide

disability