Act of Recognition

Background to constitutional recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:39:21 +0000

Last updated: 30 April 2014

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WGAR News: 'concerned Australians': Survey of Aboriginal Adults residing outside the Northern Territory on The Intervention and Stronger Futures Legislation, Constitutional Change and Treaties (30 Apr 14)
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Aboriginal sovereignty

First Nations Peoples

constitutional recognition

Sovereign Treaty

constitutional reform

Constitution Reform

WGAR News: SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:55:07 +0000

Newsletter date: 22 February 2013

Contents:

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews Michael Anderson on Act of Recognition
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* NIRS: Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

* SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

* Other articles

* SBS LIVING BLACK'S MICHELLE LOVEGROVE INTERVIEWS MICHAEL ANDERSON ON ACT OF RECOGNITION:

- Audio Interview

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Aboriginal imprisonment

NIRS - Noongars to protest detention of juveniles in Perth adult jail

SBS Living Black's Michelle Lovegrove interviews SNAICC CEO Frank Hytten

WGAR News: Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:29:37 +0000

Newsletter date: 15 February 2013

Contents:

* Sovereign Union serves the Crown with formal objection to the Act of Recognition
* Sovereign Union: Open Letter to the Governor-General: Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition
* NIRS: Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Congress: Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

* News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Sovereign Union - Open Letter to the Governor-General - Sovereign Treaty not the Act of Recognition

NIRS - Sovereignty campaigner disappointed by Act of Recognition passing

Congress - Congress calls for hard yards on substantive Constitutional reform

News on Act of Recognition passing Lower House

WGAR News: Sovereignty not constitutional recognition the key to closing the gap: The Wire

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:33:46 +0000

Newsletter date: 9 February 2013

Contents:

* The Wire: Sovereignty not Constitutional recognition the key to Closing the Gap
* Sovereign Union: Governments 'Act of Recognition' has some very serious implications
* NIRS: Raising life expectancy not a case of throwing around money: Mansell
* Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee: Shadow Report 2013
* Congress Close the Gap Statement
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Government commitment to flawed policies clouds efforts to close the gap

* Brisbane Times: Protesters storm Rudd's Brisbane office

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WGAR News: "Urgent protest on the government's constitutional recognition bill" [Thu 7 February 13]

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:43:18 +0000

Newsletter date: 6 February 2013

Contents:

* "Urgent Protest on the Governments constitutional recognition bill" [Thu 7 February 2013]
* "Recognition Bill forced on First Nations people against their will" Press Release
* NIRS: No jurisdiction for Act of Recognition: Sovereignty campaigner
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Other articles

* "URGENT PROTEST ON THE GOVERNMENTS CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION BILL" [THU 7 FEBRUARY 2013]

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Urgent Protest on the Governments constitutional recognition bill

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Aboriginal sovereignty

Act of Recognition

Recognition Bill

Recognition Bill forced on First Nations people against their will - Press Release

NIRS - No jurisdiction for Act of Recognition - Sovereignty campaigner

constitutional recognition

Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:15:41 +0000

Media Release - 10 December 2012

Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard:

Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Parliament House
Parkes ACT 2600

Prime Minister,

The Working Group for Aboriginal Rights is calling on you and your government to change direction in your policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

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Northern Territory Intervention

sovereignty

Stronger Futures

compensation

Theo van Boven principles of Reparation for Peoples

gross violations of Human Rights