out-of-home care

WGAR News: "call for action to reduce high number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care"

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:33:17 +0000

Newsletter date: 9 June 2013

Contents:

* SNAICC News: Delegates call for action to reduce high number of Aboriginal Children in out-of-home care
* SBS Radionews: Remove harm, not children: Indigenous advocates
* Northern Territory (NT) Forced Aboriginal Adoption Media Coverage
* Vimeo: Adam Giles, Child Protection from CAAMA

* SNAICC News: Our governments have failed Indigenous children Canadian First Nations advocate tells SNAICC
* Pro Bono News: Governments Have Failed Indigenous Children
* SBS Radionews: Australia failing Indigenous child rights obligations

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WGAR News: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 26 May 2013 03:32:10 +0000

Special Sorry Day Edition
http://www.nsdc.org.au
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families."

Newsletter date: Sorry Day - 26 May 2013

Contents:

* Petition: Keeping Them Home - Stop the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews renowned journalist Jeff McMullen about child removals and the importance of families

Geography:

Northern Territory

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

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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

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Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment

Royal Commission

Aboriginal women

mandatory sentencing