Tony Abbott

Rael denounces "colonialist behavior" of Australia’s Prime Minister

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 09:21:31 +0000

SYDNEY, Aug. 15 – After Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, rejected a proposal to consult the Aboriginal People before recognizing them in the nation's constitution, spiritual leader Maitreya Rael commented that Abbott was exhibiting “very colonialist behavior".

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Indonesia - The time for being polite is over !

ACADP — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:47:43 +0000

Amid corruption allegations and political posturing, Indonesia has executed eight people. Two Australians, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and six other foreigners were gunned down by an Indonesian firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

In our reaction, we do not need to hold back for fear of being seen as arrogant westerners.

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WGAR News: Maori Party issues scathing letter to Tony Abbott regarding treatment of Aboriginal people: Claire Trevett, New Zealand Herald

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:53:47 +0000

Newsletter date: 22 April 2015

* Analysis / Opinion: Belinda Grant Geary, Daily Mail Australia: 'The first thing that strikes me about Australia is how racist this place is': Writer claims our treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than apartheid South Africa
* Analysis / Opinion: Sisonke Msimang, Africa is a Country: Is There a Place Where White People Are More Committed to Faux Race Blindness than South Africa?

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Writer claims our treatment of Aborigines is WORSE than apartheid South Africa

Sisonke Msimang

Africa is a Country

Maori Party letter to the Australian Prime Minister

Hon Te Ururoa Flavell

Maori Leader Brands Tony Abbott A 'Racist B*stard' Over Remote Closure Plans

New Zealand Maori Party

New Zealand Maori Party condemns potential closure of Aboriginal communities in open letter to Tony Abbott

Eru Rerekura

Radio New Zealand News

Harawira has message for Australian PM

Mana Movement leader Hone Harawira

Numia Ponika-Rangi

Opposition groups enraged ahead of Abbotts arrival to NZ

Rewa Harriman

End Of The Dreamtime

Australia - Maori Television

New Zealand

Maori Television

Green Left

New NT group says fund and support self-determination for Aboriginal communities

Community Solidarity Action

The President of Nauru Labeled a Dictator

nader — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:52:38 +0000

Is the president of Nauru, Baron Waqa a leader or a dictator?

Five MP’s have been suspended from the nation’s parliament simply because they spoke to the international media.

The President supports the decision saying the MP’s acted in an “unruly manner”.

Now the Chief Justice has upheld their suspensions, saying the Supreme Court did not have the power to reverse parliament's decision.

One of the suspended MP’s Roland Kun is now openly referring to the current government as a dictatorship.

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Abbott Cuts Hit The Poorest Of The Poor

nader — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 12:37:32 +0000

Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott have slashed aid spending to the poorest people in the world again.

This time they’ve cut $4 billion over the next four years.

This means Australia will now drop from being the 13th most generous nation to the 20th.

The total cut to aid this year is almost $11 billion. That’s almost one third of all budget cuts.

Abbott has now cut overseas aid to its lowest level since 1958.

What a disgrace.

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concerned Australians - Anti-Poverty Week

WGAR News: Australia is committing genocide on a scale unequalled anywhere in the modern world: Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:13:41 +0000

Newsletter date: 30 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

WGAR News: First Peoples' freedom summit: Late Night Live, ABC RN [Interviews with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Michael Mansell & Tauto Sansbury]

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 07:51:44 +0000

Newsletter date: 28 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

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Northern Territory

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aboriginal

Aboriginal elders and leaders

Aboriginal elders and leaders from across Australia

National Summit for Freedom - Alice Springs Thu & Fri 27-28 November 2014

Alice Springs

Mbantua Alice Springs

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM

Mparntwe Alice Springs

Alison Anderson

Roxley Foley - son of Dr Gary Foley

Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association

Tony Abbott

PM for Indigenous Affairs

aboriginal land rights

WGAR News: G20 protesters burn Australian flag: Natalie Bochenski, The Age

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:05:14 +0000

Newsletter date: 20 November 2014

Last updated: 26 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

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Brisbane

Rathdowne Place Aged Care. Be aware.

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:48:42 +0000

Rathdowne Place Aged Care. Be aware.

Rathdown Place Aged Care is owned by Australian Unity, (as is the ‘Better at Home’ agency, whose staff they employ). Australian Unity: chairman Glenn Barnes, FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (commonly known as ‘The Royal Society of Arts’).

Pay particular attention to ‘The Royal Society of Arts’.

The Royal Society of Arts:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts
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WGAR News: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment: NACCHO

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 29 May 2014 01:53:40 +0000

Newsletter date: 30 May 2014

Contents:

* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* Eduardo Jordan, The Wire: Are we really closing the gap? [Featuring Greg Craven and Justin Mohamed]
* NACCHO: Fears Tony Abbott will widen Indigenous health gap
* The Stringer: Who do we believe? Different findings, Reform Council & Close the Gap
* Marie McInerney, Croakey: Latest 'close the gap' update on Indigenous health underlines alarm over #Budget2014 cuts
* Michael McKenna, The Australian: Health overhaul closes the gap

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Australia

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Queensland

WGAR News: Now is not the time to open the door to bigotry: Tom Calma & Melinda Cilento, Reconciliation Australia

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:00:53 +0000

Newsletter date: 29 March 2014

Contents:

* Dr Tom Calma AO & Melinda Cilento, Co-Chairs of Reconciliation Australia: Now is not the time to open the door to bigotry
* ABC Lateline: Proposed changes to Racial Discrimination Act need to be redrafted [Featuring Gillian Triggs, President of the Human Rights Commission]
* Robert Crawford, South Coast Register: Local leader condemns race hate law change [Featuring Aboriginal leader Gerry Moore]
* Heath Aston, The Wimmera Mail-Times: Adam Goodes speaks out against Racial Discrimination Act changes

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Background: Opposition to proposed Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) changes

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:02:19 +0000

Last updated: 4 May 2014

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WGAR News: ... (4 May 14)
http://indymedia.org.au/2014/05/03/wgar-news-commission-of-audit-aborigi...
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* Tim Soutphommasane, Australian Human Rights Commission: No case for changing race laws, says Race Discrimination Commissioner
* Australian Human Rights Commission: Racial Discrimination: Commission responds to Exposure Draft
* Chris Slee, Green Left: Meeting discusses Racial Discrimination Act changes
* Delia Lawrie, Territory Labor: Territory Law Plan to Tackle Racism

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Australia

WGAR News: "Background Evidence to Support a Declaration of Aboriginal Sovereignty"

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:11:41 +0000

Newsletter date: 23 February 2014

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* Michael Anderson, The Carrington Rand Journal of Social Sciences: Background Evidence to Support a Declaration of Aboriginal Sovereignty
* Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement

* Jarvis Ryan: Bilingual education needs to be extended, not scrapped
* Alice Springs News: Indigenous education review: no more ‘biliteracy’; boarding for secondary students
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools (bilingual education)

* SBS News: Big picture needed on Aboriginal education [Featuring Tom Calma]

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Australia

Northern Territory

Western Australia

WGAR News: IQ2 Debate: True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty: ABC TV Big Ideas

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 05:38:23 +0000

Newsletter date: 5 February 2014

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* ABC TV Big Ideas: IQ2 Debate: True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty
[Featuring Peter Sutton, George Williams, Mark Yettica-Paulson, Mick Dodson, Tony Birch, Gregory Phillips, Michael Williams]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Treaty
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yalmay Yunupingu discusses call for Treaty
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Yalmay Yunupingu learns of the calls for TREATY
* NIT: Utopia shows Scullion's truancy army is no substitute for a Treaty

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ACT

Canberra

Northern Territory

Abolish the Indigenous Advisory Council say activists

2060 — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 06:20:00 +0000

Tony Abbotts hand-picked indigenous advisory council slammed as an "insult".

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