http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/5356/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/05/29/open-letter-wgar-advocates-long-term-funding-for-aboriginal-community-controlled-organisa <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Dear P.M, </p> <p>We wish to formally register our opposition to the drastic cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs in the 2014 Federal budget. </p> <p>The Coalition’s Intervention in this country is still traumatising communities. Therefore the budget cuts further compound the oppression and defeat any chance of Self-determination. </p> <p>If this is the Coalition’s intention we sincerely advise that the Coalition desists and takes a more Humanitarian approach to this country’s First Nations Peoples, consistent with International U.N Human Rights standards. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/protest">protest</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/indigenous">indigenous</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/genocide">genocide</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/solidarity">solidarity</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal">aboriginal</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/coalition">Coalition</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/funding">funding</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/oppression">oppression</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/self-determination">self-determination</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-peoples">Aboriginal peoples</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/mainstream">mainstream</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/crime-of-genocide">crime of genocide</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/budget-cuts">budget cuts</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/first-nations-peoples">First Nations Peoples</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-children">Aboriginal children</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/2014-federal-budget">2014 Federal Budget</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/drastic-cuts-to-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-programs">drastic cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-programs">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-community-controlled-organisations">Aboriginal community controlled organisations</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wgar-working-group-for-aboriginal-rights-australia">WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wgar">WGAR</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wgar-working-group-for-aboriginal-rights">WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/long-term-funding">long-term funding</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/international-un-human-rights-standards">International UN Human Rights standards</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/humanitarian-approach">Humanitarian approach</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-land">Aboriginal Land</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/oldest-cultures-and-languages-in-the-world">oldest cultures and languages in the world</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wealth-of-this-country">wealth of this country</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/assimilate">assimilate</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/illegally-occupied-colonial-society">illegally occupied colonial society</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-children-are-being-removed-from-their-families">Aboriginal children are being removed from their families</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/genocide-policy">genocide policy</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/2014-budget-is-another-facet-of-genocide-policy">2014 budget is another facet of genocide policy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/ffionnan-brooke-watson">Ffionnan Brooke-Watson</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/keri-james">Keri James</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wgar-open-letter-of-28th-of-may-2014">WGAR Open Letter of 28th of May 2014</a></div></div></div> Thu, 29 May 2014 03:18:11 +0000 WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia 13707 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2012/12/10/working-group-for-aboriginal-rights-human-rights-day-open-letter-to-pm-julia-gillard <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Media Release - 10 December 2012 </p> <p>Working Group for Aboriginal Rights Human Rights Day open letter to PM Julia Gillard: </p> <p>Prime Minister Julia Gillard<br /> Parliament House<br /> Parkes ACT 2600 </p> <p>Prime Minister, </p> <p>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. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/northern-territory">Northern Territory</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/nt-intervention">NT intervention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/northern-territory-intervention">Northern Territory Intervention</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/sovereignty">sovereignty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/stronger-futures">Stronger Futures</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/compensation">compensation</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/theo-van-boven-principles-of-reparation-for-peoples">Theo van Boven principles of Reparation for Peoples</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/gross-violations-of-human-rights">gross violations of Human Rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islanders">Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/restitution">restitution</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/rehabilitation">rehabilitation</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/satisfaction">satisfaction</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/non-repetition">non-repetition</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/prevention">prevention</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/colonial-history">colonial history</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/act-of-recognition">Act of Recognition</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/pm-rudd%E2%80%99s-apology">PM Rudd’s apology</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/crime-of-genocide">crime of genocide</a></div></div></div> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:15:41 +0000 WGAR - 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