Aboriginal solidarity
Barbara Shaw speaks out at the United Nations re Northern Territory intervention
Posted July 2nd, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...7th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
United Nations, NY: April 2008
INTERVENTION by Barbara Shaw, FAIRA
Madam Chair, distinguished members, Indigenous brothers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen,
My name is Barbara Shaw. I am a Kaytetye-Arrernte woman from Central Australia. I am here to speak on behalf of the Indigenous grass-roots people of Central Australia, on the Australian Government’s policy of Intervention.
Media monitoring of NT Intervention by Working Group for Aboriginal Rights
Posted June 15th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
15 JUNE 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
Contents:
Grassroots Research re NT Intervention
Media Releases
Opinion
News
GRASSROOTS RESEARCH Re NT INTERVENTION:
Submission of Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition to Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition submission to Senate re Northern Territory Intervention
Posted June 14th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Submission of Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition to Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
30 May 2008
Complete text of submission:
http://www.aph.gov.au/SENATE/committee/indig_ctte/submissions/sub05.pdf
Extract from the submission (pages 1, 3 & 4):
Media Release: Community Review One Year After Intervention Announced - on June 21
Posted June 13th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...11 June 2008
One year after the previous federal government announced the Northern Territory Emergency Response, there will be a national day of action on June 21 in cities across the country. Rallies have been organized for Alice Springs, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Townsville, Wollongong, Adelaide, Perth, and Darwin.
WGAR News: 9 June 08: NT Intervention
Posted June 9th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
9 JUNE 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
Contents:
Media Releases
Opinion
News
MEDIA RELEASES:
MR: Anger at pro-intervention "review" process
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/media-release-anger-pro-intervention-review-process
Media release: Anger at pro-intervention "review" process
Posted June 9th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Source: Paddy Gibson - Aboriginal Rights Coalition, Sydney
Email: paddy.gibson@gmail.com
Media release 9/6/08 – For immediate release
Anger at pro-intervention "review" process
Activists working against the federal government's intervention in the Northern Territory have strongly criticised the "review" process being started by Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jenny Macklin.
June 21: National Day of Action against Northern Territory intervention
Posted June 7th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...June 21: National Day of Action against NT intervention
Source: Aboriginal Rights Coalition - Sydney
Web: http://aboriginalrightscoalition.wordpress.com/
Email: aboriginalrightscoalition@gmail.com
See below for details of rallies in each city
Call for a National Day of Action on Saturday June 21
WGAR News: 4 May 08: Northern Territory Intervention into Aboriginal Communities
Posted May 4th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
4 MAY 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
Contents:
Media Releases
Opinion
Radio Interview
News
MEDIA RELEASES:
Greens: New report reveals shocking truth about Indigenous housing conditions
http://www.rachelsiewert.org.au/600_media_sub.php?deptItemID=486
Friends of the Earth joint submission to UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Posted April 29th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...7th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, United Nations, NY
Agenda Item 4.2: Pacific/Sustainable Development
Joint submission by Friends of the Earth International
on behalf of
WGAR News: 27 Apr 08: Northern Territory Intervention
Posted April 27th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
27 APRIL 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
Contents:
Media Releases & Statements
Seminar Recording
Opinion
YouTube
News
MEDIA RELEASES & STATEMENTS:
FAIRA: UN Meeting Mistakenly Applauds Racism in Australia
National Aboriginal Alliance: 8am Friday - Aboriginal delegation to UN press conference
Posted April 17th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...National Aboriginal Alliance
Press Release Press Release Press Release Press Release
17 April 2008
Aboriginal Delegation takes NT Intervention to the United Nations
The Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Alliance, Mr Sol Bellear, today announced that an Aboriginal Delegation to United Nations will raise many of the repressive aspects of the NT Intervention at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Media Release: Anti-intervention campaigner joins UN delegation
Posted April 17th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Media release 17/4/08 - for immediate release
Anti-intervention campaigner joins UN delegation
Barbara Shaw, a prominent spokeswoman against the NT intervention, will join a delegation of more than forty Indigenous people from Australia attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.
Ms Shaw is a resident of Mt Nancy Town Camp, an area "proscribed" under the intervention. She will use the trip to strengthen support for the campaign demanding repeal of all NT intervention legislation.
WGAR News: 16 Apr 08: NT Intervention into aboriginal communities
Posted April 16th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
16 APRIL 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION
Contents:
Media Releases
Opinion
News
MEDIA RELEASES:
National Day of Protest at Centrelink Targets Welfare Quarantining
WGAR News: 8 Apr 08: NT Intervention + Stolen Wages
Posted April 8th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
8 APRIL 2008: NORTHERN TERRITORY INTERVENTION + STOLEN WAGES
Contents:
NT Intervention: * Radio Interviews; * Media Releases; * Opinion; * CDEP Discussion Paper; * News
Stolen Wages: * Media Release; * Update
NT INTERVENTION:
* RADIO INTERVIEWS:
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM
Let's Talk - Australia's only Indigenous presented talkback:
ANTaR Queensland: 7 Apr 08: Stolen Wages update
Posted April 7th, 2008 by WGAR - Working ...Source: ANTaR Queensland
Email: office@antarqld.org.au
The protests against the Government’s 2nd Round offer to ‘finalise the Stolen Wages issue’ continues to grow.
Last week meetings were held in Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton and further meetings are planned.
Please keep in touch with community members in your region for details of further meetings.
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