National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

WGAR News: Nearly 200 organisations outline concern for UN over Australia's declining human rights performance: HRLC

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 09:38:29 +0000

Newsletter date: 9 April 2015

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Australia

WGAR News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?: Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:58:19 +0000

Newsletter date: 10 October 2013

Contents:

* Michael Kenny, SBS Radio News: Should Australia have quotas for Indigenous MPs?

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: SWALSC & Noongar Tent Embassy face-off on land deal - October 15
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement and the Aboriginal tent embassies

* Ian McPhedran, The Courier-Mail: Historians say the Australian War Memorial should recognise frontier conflicts

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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

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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: Government cuts a major blow to the territory's vulnerable children and families: SNAICC

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:26:56 +0000

Newsletter date: 19 December 2012

Contents:

* SNAICC News: Government cuts a major blow to the territory’s vulnerable children and families

* Jon Altman and Susie Russell, Evidence Base Journal:
Too much 'Dreaming': Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention

* 2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs: Speeches, Videos and Photos
* Background to National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

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Northern Territory Intervention

alcohol

High Court

National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples

Jon Altman and Susie Russell - Evidence Base Journal - Too much Dreaming - Evaluations of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Intervention 2007-2012

2012 National Congress meeting in Alice Springs - Speeches Videos and Photos

Claire Mallinson - Amnesty - Talking human rights with the Prime Minister of Australia

Elizabeth Watt - ABC The Drum Opinion - Is it racist to ban alcohol from some Aboriginal communities