NAAJA

* NATSILS: Good intentions aren't enough to close the gap
* National Congress: Justice Targets: Crucial drivers of change
* ANTaR: Justice Targets are needed for action on Aboriginal Jobs and Education

* NAAJA: Australia’s prison spend is a cost we cannot sustain

* The Stringer: Gerry Georgatos speaks outside Redfern Police Station - T.J. Hickey rally 2014
* Peter Boyle, Green Left: Photos: Justice for T J Hickey 10th anniversary protest

Geography:

WGAR News: NT legal services express concern about operation of Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Scheme

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:14:49 +0000

Newsletter date: 5 March 2014

Contents:

* NT legal services express their serious concern about the operation of the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Scheme
in a joint submission to the NTG's Six Month Review of the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Act.
* Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill

* NACCHO Congress Alice Springs News: Effective partnerships in Aboriginal community controlled health sector could be copied in housing and employment
* Nicholas Biddle, CAEPR ANU: Residential Segregation: Income and Housing Dimensions

Geography:

Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: Indigenous legal aid cuts must not go ahead: Greens Senators Rachel Siewert & Penny Wright

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 03:48:26 +0000

Newsletter date: 25 November 2013

Contents:

* Greens Senators Rachel Siewert & Penny Wright: Indigenous legal aid cuts must not go ahead
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Come clean on Indigenous legal aid cuts: Greens
* Brooke Boney, NITV News: Nova Peris questions Indigenous legal aid cuts
* WGAR News: Coalition's proposed cuts 'a heartless decision' says ALSWA: Aboriginal Legal Service WA (9 Sep 13)
* Background to Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

* Amy McQuire, Tracker: White justice crippling a community

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WGAR News: Compensation calls for the family of John Pat, and other deaths in custody: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 06:02:07 +0000

Newsletter date: 10 November 2013

Contents:

* NAAJA - North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency: Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year - David Woodroffe
* Lawyers Weekly: Inspirational indigenous lawyers honoured

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Compensation calls for the family of John Pat, and other deaths in custody
* NAAJA - North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency: Alcohol Protection Orders: a bad law that won't work
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The last day of Peter Clarke

Geography:

Northern Territory

Background to the NT Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Bill, Northern Territory Government, Australia

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 02:06:05 +0000

Last updated: 14 May 2014

Contents:

* Submissions
* WGAR Compilations
* Other NT Government Alcohol-related articles

* SUBMISSIONS

WGAR News: NT legal services express concern about operation of Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Scheme (5 Mar 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/03/04/wgar-news-nt-legal-services-express-c...
"Contents:
* NT legal services express their serious concern about the operation of the Alcohol Mandatory Treatment Scheme

Geography:

Northern Territory

WGAR News: NT move to mandatory alcohol rehabilitation sparks controversy: The Guardian UK

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:55:58 +0000

Newsletter date: 3 July 2013

Contents:

* Northern Territory Government: Robyn Lambley - Minister of Health: Day One of Alcohol Mandatory Treatment
* NIRS: NT compulsory treatment policy gets through Parliament
* Malcolm Sutton, The Guardian UK: NT move to mandatory alcohol rehabilitation sparks controversy
* Julie Edwards, The Guardian UK: Northern Territory alcohol mandatory treatment is an affront to liberty
* Concerned Territorians: Time to Stop and Re-think our Approach to Alcohol Policy in the Territory
* Current Campaigns: NAAJA opposes the Mandatory Alcohol Treatment Bill

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

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: The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:04:19 +0000

Newsletter date: 20 May 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Homeless protest at Matagarup - "we will not be swept away"
* Tracker: Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans
* NIRS: Matagarup development protested in Perth
* Background to the Nyoongar Tent Embassy, Heirisson Island (Matagarup), Perth, WA

* Emma Murphy, Green Left: New laws to criminalise drinking
* NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders
* Other Northern Territory News

* The Federal Budget and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Geography:

Keywords:

Nyoongar Tent Embassy

Emma Murphy

NAAJA

The Stringer

Northern Territory News

Tracker

Green Left

Alcohol Protection Orders

Heirisson Island - Matagarup

The Stringer - Homeless protest at Matagarup - we will not be swept away

Tracker - Anger in Perth over Heirisson Island plans

NIRS - Matagarup development protested in Perth

Emma Murphy - Green Left - New laws to criminalise drinking

NAAJA has criticised the NT government's announcement of alcohol protection orders

WGAR News: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress: The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:43:39 +0000

Newsletter date: 23 April 2013

Contents:

* The Stringer: Justice Reinvestment push by the National Congress
* NIRS: Congress submits to justice reinvestment inquiry

* Amnesty Action: Get kids out of Hakea adult prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Amnesty alarmed over boys in adult Perth prison
* ABC 7.30 Video: Teens suffer in men’s prison

* SBS Radionews Audio: Prison 'not a deterrent' for NT offenders

* CAAMA Radio: NAAJA shares concerns about the new Mandatory Rehabilitation Program
* SBS Radionews Audio: NT mandatory rehab plan slammed

Geography:

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:39:10 +0000

Newsletter date: 10 April 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National inquiry into Justice Reinvestment
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos about The Australian Prison system
* CAAMA Radio: Priscilla Collins, NAAJA CEO on funding for NT youth
* SBS Living Black Audio: WA's Courts Raise Concerns Over Children In Hakea Prison
* SBS Radionews Audio: Indigenous detention centres 'at crisis point'
* The Stringer: "Paraded like zoo animals"
* Background to Aboriginal imprisonment and Deaths in Custody

Geography:

Keywords:

Aboriginal imprisonment