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Indymedia Australia has closed.

cam — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:15:29 +0000

Indymedia Australia has closed. Thank you and good bye.

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When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia’s deplorable pace of change is glacial

Gerry Georgatos — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:02:18 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Last year I founded a campaign to urge of the implementation of the Custody Notification Service (CNS) across the nation but without delay in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In meeting Federal Ministers and State Governments I implored the wisdom of this move – in reference to the saving of lives. In NSW, the CNS has led to zero lives lost of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders detained in police watch houses – since 1998.

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Do not play with people’s lives – Climate of death

Gerry Georgatos — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:57:04 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Despite the standout work of various individuals, our Governments have failed to respond to the catastrophic humanitarian crisis sweeping this nation, that is taking the lives of children, young adults, of human beings denied the sense of hope that the majority of Australians enjoy. The statistical narrative is startling and indicts the nation but there continues an effective silence.

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It is not like me to cry - our children should not see suicide as the solution

Gerry Georgatos — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:50:54 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - 18 years young, Phillinka died on October 18 last year. At the time, at her anguished mother’s request I wrote of the loss of Phillinka and of so many others in the Kimberley. I am once again in the Kimberley – surrounded by the most pristine nature and by the loss of so many young lives.

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1 in 6 jail rate and 1 in 3 suicide rate are tools of the oppressor – institutionalised racism

Gerry Georgatos — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:44:01 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - Globally, the impacts of colonialism have seen a widening divide between the First Peoples of lands they once inhabited effectively uninterrupted for tens of thousands of years and the new dominant populations who at most are only hundreds of years old. The dominance of these new populations, whether they are the majority or the minority, has been delivered on the back of ruthless oppressor/oppressed dichotomies.

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The makeup of Australia’s parliaments is racist

Gerry Georgatos — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 23:38:01 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - http://thestringer.com.au/ - The presumption that Australia’s modernist racist past is being whittled away has long been a fallacy and every once and a while shows its hand. The modern Australian nation arrived on the back of invasion, apartheid, genocidal policies – justified by the worst forms of racisms. The invaders continued on as oppressors and wrapped racist narratives around the dispossessed and oppressed.

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The fine art of anonymous media

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:17:06 +0000

The following was written by the now deceased <predator> back in 2001. Most of the URLs are now broken and the technology referred to may seem old and out of date but the issues he describes and solutions proposed are still worth considering today, now more than ever.

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Veteran campaigner half way to homeless friendly precincts

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 01:48:36 +0000

By Louise Tan - 15.7.2015 - The homeless are increasing according to every homeless advocacy organisation. All these organisations whether the Salvation Army, Mission Australia and the Council of Social Services are stating It is getting harder to provide for them. They do not have enough to go around. Australia is in the grip of increasing hardships. The poor are getting poorer. The homeless have no chance. But I have been heartened by a campaign by that veteran social justice fighter, Gerry Georgatos – a campaign for homeless friendly precincts.

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Pro-Palestinian activists shut down Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, on anniversary of Israel’s ‘Protective Edge’ assault on GAZA

Karun — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:55:01 +0000

At 8am members of the Melbourne Palestine Action Coalition (MPAC) shut down the headquarters of Israeli arms manufacturer, ELBIT SYSTEMS, at 235 Ingles St Port Melbourne to mark the first anniversary of the 2014 Israeli ‘Protective Edge’ assault on Gaza. The group have blockaded access to the building and currently have two people locked on to the entrance gate, who state that they are prepared to remain there as long as possible.

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WARNING: Re government's establishment of First Nations Assembly at Native Title Conference

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:44:33 +0000

MEDIA RELEASE 17 June 2015

Ghillar, Michael Anderson, Convenor of the Sovereign Union, co-founder of the Aboriginal Embassy and Head of State of the Euahlayi Peoples Republic said today from Geneva, where he is attending the 1979 and 1981 UN First Delegates Symposium, with topics including 'Decolonisation' and 'Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources':

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Queen Elizabeth to be quizzed by Berlin demonstrators about Aborigines

Diet Simon — Tue, 19 May 2015 09:56:40 +0000

The (German) Society for Threatened Peoples is planning an event in Berlin to support Australian Aborigines. We want to take Queen Elizabeth’s visit to our capital from 23 to 26 June as an opportunity to address her, the head of the Commonwealth, with an appeal to support the rights of Australian Aborigines. At the moment we are collecting statements of the Queen about this topic and are hoping for your support.

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80,000 Australian mothers have been double crossed

Diet Simon — Tue, 19 May 2015 06:29:00 +0000

Delivering the “Mother of All Insults” on Mother’s Day Treasurer Joe Hockey and Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced they would take up to $11,500 from nearly 80,000 Australian families.

Nearly 80,000 new mothers will be prevented from taking the $11,500 available under the current Paid Parental Leave Scheme because they work for employers with existing schemes.This is nearly half of all currently eligible women (47%).

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Pro-Aboriginal activists seek contacts for Aboriginal prison art exhibition

Anonymous — Wed, 06 May 2015 12:22:46 +0000

An activist Dutch-Aboriginal couple are looking for help in Europe and Australia to put on an exhibition of art made by Aboriginal prisoners in Australian jails. “If you could help to organise venues, maybe museums, that would be great,” writes Dutchman Jack van den Berg, husband of Perth Aboriginal Elder and activist, Professor Rosemary van den Berg.

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24 year old Saeed’s hunger strike should have stirred the nation, but barely a whisper

Gerry Georgatos — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 03:20:22 +0000

By Gerry Georgatos - courtesy of The Stringer - April 2nd, 2015 - Barely a whisper about 24 year old Saeed Hassanloo’s 40 days of hunger striking – willing death rather than spending more time in Australia’s dirty detention system. Mr Hassanloo has been held in detention since he was 19 years old – the bloom of his young adult life bled in Australia’s catastrophic human rights abuse – immigration detention. The young man is near death at Royal Perth Hospital.

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Opinion Piece is BACK with a stellar all-female panel discussing ‪#‎Treaty‬.

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:42:46 +0000

Friends

Important viewing if you can spare one hour tomorrow night, Friday March 27th-NITV [Ch 34] .
You will note the First Nation's Aboriginal women on the panel and includes an important video message by the late Malcolm Fraser (of 2011) .
Hope you have time to view it. Please circulate widely
Georgina.

NITV Friday 27th March 7.30pm

Opinion Piece | Friday (March 27) | Ch 34

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