Contents:
* 45th anniversary of Gurindji Wave Hill walk-off
* Amnesty International Australia:
‘Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands’
* Interviews with Emma Davidson of Equality Rights Alliance
* Productivity Commission: Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage
* ‘strong corporations, strong stores, strong communities’
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Other articles
* 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF GURINDJI WAVE HILL WALK-OFF:
45th Anniversary – Wave Hill Walk-Off – Gurindji Story
http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/45th%20festival.html
“FRIDAY 26 AUGUST: ELDERS DAY FOCUS – MAIN DAY
9:00 am Registration.
Commences in the morning with Walkoff re-enactment:
* Traditional dancers and speakers from community
* Speeches by key non-Indigenous figures who supported the
Walkoff
* BBQ by Daguragu/Wattie Creek.”
45th anniversary of Gurindji Wave Hill Walk Off commemorative cultural event, 26 – 28 August, 2011
http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/45th%20festival%20registration.html
“* In 1975 – Government give the stolen land back to
the Gurindji people.
* In 2007 – Government took everything back through
the NT Intervention.
* In 2011 – The Gurindji tell government to
Stop the NT Intervention.
- We Remember the Gurindji Strike.
- Stand up for our Rights.
- We will take back control for our future.”
- Audio Interviews with Organiser Brenda Croft
The Wire: Remembering the Wave Hill walk-off
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=8365
25 Aug 11: “It’s 45 years since indigenous stockmen and
their families, led by Vincent Lingiari, walked off wave
Hill station in protest over wages and conditions. The
defiant gesture led to Australia wide support for land
rights. This weekend Kalkyringie is the venue for a major
event to mark the anniversary. Organiser Brenda Croft says
that while it will be a fun event its also a reminder about
how little things have changed for indigenous people.”
ABC Darwin: Wave Hill recognises 45th Freedom Day
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/08/24/3300918.htm?site=darwin
24 Aug 11: “It was one of the most protracted industrial
disputes in Australian history – the walk-off at Wave Hill
Station 45 years ago by a mob of Aboriginal stockmen and
their families. They struck for better pay and conditions,
and their cause was taken up around the country. It grew
into a fight for land rights, which culminated ten years
later, in the enactment of the Northern Territory Land
Rights Act. This weekend, at the community of Kalkarindji,
hundreds will gather to mark the anniversary of the walk-off.
Brenda Croft – a Gurindji woman and one of the organisers of
the event – spoke to 105.7 Breakfast about the Freedom Day
festival and other issues.”
- News
NT News: Crowds celebrate Wave Hill walk-off
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2011/08/27/256211_ntnews.html
27 Aug 11: “The heat and emotions ran high at Kalkarindji,
on the Victoria River, 800km south of Darwin. Hundreds
turned out to mark 45 years since the Gurindji stockmen
marched out of Wave Hill Station to reclaim their dignity -
and their land. Vincent Lingiari – sometimes called “Old
Grandfather” by his people – was hailed as a symbol of
freedom. The NT Government took a verbal beating as men and
women told their stories from a stage. The federal
intervention in remote Territory communities was a source
of angst for many.”
ABC: Wave Hill walk-off anniversary targets intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-26/20110826henderson-at-wave-hill/2857620
26 Aug 11: “Earlier, Aboriginal stockmen had led about 200
people in re-enacting the original strike. Traditional
owners, politicians, unionists and camp dogs made the
20-minute walk from Kalkarindji community, 550 kilometres
south of Darwin, to the original meeting place where the
Wave Hill walk-off began. Vincent Lingiari led 200
Aboriginal stockmen and 400 family members along the same
path 45 years ago to call for better working conditions
and a return of traditional land ownership. … One elder,
Gus George, says the loss of freedom Aboriginal people
experienced at Wave Hill is being repeated under the
intervention.”
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Wave Hill Walk-Off 45th Anniversary
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6195:45th-anniversary-of-the-wave-hill-walk-off&catid=3:features&Itemid=112
“Celebrations are underway in the Northern Territory to
mark the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk-Off. …
The celebrations this weekend have also allowed the
Gurindji people of Kalkaringi and Daguragu to speak out
about Federal Government’s Northern Territory intervention.
Gurindji spokesperson John Leemans says conditions in his
community have become worse since the intervention began in
2007. Mr Leemans says a lack of consultation has led to a
range of flawed policies, including compulsory leases and
income management.”
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Gurindji leader criticises intervention
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6196:gurindji-leader-criticises-intervention&catid=2:news-broadcasts&Itemid=154
26 Aug 11: “John Leemans: This intervention has been put on
by the Government to the Northern Territory Aboriginal
people. It’s been done with a blanket approach, it’s been
done behind closed doors, the policies have been made
behind closed doors, in parliament. The Aboriginal
communities, and the tribal lawmen and lawwomen, and
elders, didn’t have any prior consent, didn’t have any
consultation before policy and leglisation were made.
Voice ends.”
ABC: Wave Hill walk-off remembered as rights landmark
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-24/20110824wave-hill-anniversary/2853992
26 Aug 11: “Two remote communities south of Darwin are
commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill
walk-off this weekend. … Event organiser Brenda Croft
says it is important to remember their struggle. “It is
very important for us to encourage young people to
remember, and acknowledge and feel proud of this history,”
she said. “It is an Australian story, not just an
Aboriginal story. It is something that really put Aboriginal
land rights on the national consciousness.”"
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Equal rights battle continues
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6193:equal-rights-battle-continues&catid=2:news-broadcasts&Itemid=154
25 Aug 11: “Gurindji elder and a grandson of Vincent
Lingiari, Maurie Ryan, says the battle for equal rights,
begun by his grandfather, continues today. Celebrations are
underway in the Northern Territory to mark the 45th
anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk-Off.”
See:
Event: Fri 26 – Sun 28 August 2011: Kalkarindji/Daguragu, NT
Gurindji Walkoff from Wave Hill
- 45th Anniversary Commemoration
Fri 26: Elders Day Focus – main day
Sat 27: Mid-generation Focus
Sun 28: Youth Day Focus
Event location and details: http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/
Program: http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/45th%20festival.html
28 July 11 media release from Gurindji spokespeople: http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/publications/PDF%20Intervention/mr-gurindji_stop_intervention.pdf
Video of Gurindji strike against NT Intervention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guge6MI6cTA
WGAR News: Gurindji workers’ strike protesting the NT Intervention: http://indymedia.org.au/2010/10/24/wgar-news-australia-a-continuing-genocide-24-oct-10
- Background
Gurindji Freedom Day – Northern Territory Australia
http://www.gurindjifreedomday.com/
“Welcome to the Gurindji Website
Background: Kalkarindji and Daguragu are on the traditional
homelands of the Gurindji people, and these communities are
linked to the Malgnin, Mudpurra, Bilinara, Ngarinman and
Warlpiri peoples through the historic Walkoff from Wave
Hill Station, which was initially established on Gurindji
traditional lands in 1883. At the time of the Walkoff, Wave
Hill Station had been owned by British Lord Vestey’s family
since 1914. The Gurindji Walkoff was initiated by
Gurindji/Malgnin leader, Vincent Lingiari, on 23 August
1966 and lasted till 1974, an event which lit the fire that
became the national land rights movement. … “
1 Deadly Nation: From Little Things Big Things Grow
http://1deadlynation.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/from-little-things-big-things-grow/
24 Aug 11: “The story told by the song is one of the
greatest this wide brown land has known and one that sadly
too few Australian’s know. It’s a story that is everything
we lionise in Australia, mateship, courage, the battler, a
fair go, the under dog getting one over the powerful and a
happy ending where the hero wins. This is the story of the
Gurindji Stike! The hero; Aboriginal man Vincent Lingiari
as he led the Gurindji, Ngarinman, Bilinara, Warlpiri and
Mudbara peoples on a long, courageous battle for justice.”
Treaty Republic:
45 yrs since the sand poured into Vincent Lingiari’s hand
http://treatyrepublic.net/content/45-yrs-sand-poured-vincent-lingiaris-hand
“”He wasn’t only fighting for the Gurindji people he was
fighting for all Aboriginal people, for the way the white
man treated us.” – The Gurindji people”
- Related Media Release
‘45 years since the Wave Hill walk-off:
Sydney rally in support of Gurindji demands
- No to intervention, – No to income management’.
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/45-years-since-the-wave-hill-walk-off-25-8-11
25 Aug 11: “Stop The Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS)
is holding a rally to coincide with anti-intervention
protests marking Gurindji Freedom Day. An anti-intervention
demonstration is being held in Kalkaringi, NT. For
information or comment contact John Leemans, spokesperson
for Gurindji protest on number below.
“45 years after Wave Hill, the NT Intervention has gutted
the rights won by the historic Gurindji strike. The 1966
walk-off lead Aboriginal Australia in the fight for
self-determination. But under this intervention those
rights have been removed. Cuts to the Community Development
Employment Projects (CDEP) and the government’s ‘Hub Town’
policy are driving the community into the ground with the
withdrawal of services, jobs and housing” said David
Suttle from Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney.
“The intervention allowed the government to seize control
of Aboriginal township land and impose a compound for the
Government Business Manager, surrounded by cyclone fencing.
This is a disgusting symbol of the government’s take-over
of Aboriginal communities,” continued Mr Suttle.”
- Related Slide Show
Picasa Web Albums:
Gurindji Memorial Day in Sydney – Peter Boyle
https://picasaweb.google.com/108827396673263860728/GurindjiMemorialDayInSydney
- Related News
Green Left:
Anti-intervention protest marks Gurindji strike anniversary
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/48644
27 Aug 11: “More than 100 people demonstrated in Sydney on
August 26 to mark the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill
walk-off, when Gurindji workers walked off the Wave Hill
cattle station and launched an eight-year protest for land
rights that helped define the modern Aboriginal land rights
movement. The protest, organised by the Stop The
Intervention Collective Sydney, took place outside the
electorate office of federal Minister for Social Inclusion
Tanya Plibersek. … One thousand people attended a
commemoration of the Gurindji strike at Kalkarindji, 800
kilometres south of Darwin.”
Indymedia Australia: Gurindji Memorial Day in Sydney
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/26/gurindji-memorial-day-in-sydney
26 Aug 11: “On 26/8/2011 a protest was held in Sydney on
the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off, when
Aboriginal people walked off a cattle station in 1966 and
became pioneers of the Aboriginal land rights movement.
Just over 100 people demonstrated outside the Sydney
electorate office of federal Minister for Social Inclusion
Tanya Plibersek in an action, organised by the Stop The
Intervention Collective Sydney, calling for an end to the
discriminatory Northern Territory intervention. 1000 were
at a re-enactment of the walkoff in Wave Hill, the
protesters were told by phone from Wave Hill, NT.”
See:
Event: Fri 26 August 2011: Broadway, Sydney, NSW
Rally on Gurindji Freedom Day
Organised by the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
Event details: [scroll down page] http://stoptheintervention.org/
Event details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189792351084016
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/48603
Flyer: http://stoptheintervention.org/uploads/files_to_download/Past%20Events/Gurindji-Freedom-Day-26-8-11-new.jpg
- Related Audio
ABC PM: NT Chief against use of term ‘intervention’
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3303409.htm
25 Aug 11: “The Northern Territory’s Chief Minister, Paul
Henderson, says he will not support the use of the word
‘intervention’ to describe any new Federal Government
programs in the Territory. Mr Henderson made the comment at
celebrations being held at Wave Hill to mark the 45th
anniversary of the strike by Aboriginal stockmen that
triggered the Aboriginal land rights movement. And veteran
unionists involved in the stockmen’s strike are calling on
Aboriginal people to stand up and protest against the
Federal Government’s intervention. Michael Coggan reports
from Wave Hill [in the Northern Territory].”
[Includes comments by Jimmy Wavehill, Maurie Japarta Ryan,
Brian Manning and Malarndirri McCarthy.]
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
CAAMA Radio News 22-08-2011
http://caama.com.au/caama-radio-news-22-08-2011
22 Aug 11: “Descendants of Aboriginal rights campaigner
Vincent Lingiari boycotted the annual lecture named in his
honor late last week claiming Aboriginal academic Professor
Marcia Langton who deliverd the lecture was a supporter of
the federal Intervention in the Northern Territory.”
- Related Media Release
Northern Territory Government:
45th Anniversary Of The Wave Hill Walk Off Celebrated
http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewRelease&id=8524&d=5
23 Aug 11: “Heritage Minister Karl Hampton will tomorrow
drive to Kalkaringi to commemorate the 45th anniversary of
the Wave Hill Walk Off as part of this year’s Gurindji
Freedom Day celebrations.
“The Wave Hill Walk Off is one of Australia’s most famous
and important days – it many ways it marked the start of
the Aboriginal land rights movement in this country,” Mr
Hampton said.
“That’s why the Territory Government heritage listed the
Gurindji Wave Hill Walk Off Route in 2006 – to provide the
route with the recognition and protection that comes with a
heritage listing.”"
* AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA:
‘TELL THE GOVERNMENT: DON’T ABANDON HOMELANDS’:
- Online Campaign
Amnesty International Australia:
Tell the government: don’t abandon homelands
http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/26569/?utm_source=homelands3&utm_medium=email-sf&utm_content=link1
“Traditional homelands are home to nearly one-third of
Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. Research shows
that with proper services people can be healthier, live
longer and contribute valuable work on homelands, all with
their identity and connection to the land intact. Yet the
government’s policy of stripping funding from essential
services will effectively force people into hub towns and
cities.
The government needs to hear from you and the thousands of
Australians that don’t want to see another mistake on
Aboriginal policy.
Tell the government we don’t want more mistakes.
The most effective way to do this is by taking 2 minutes to
write your own email to Jenny Macklin and Warren Snowden.
You don’t have to be a policy expert to write your email -
with just a few sentences you can let the government that
know you care about homelands. … “
[Click on the above link for ideas of what to write, and
to send your email online from the Amnesty web-page.]
See:
WGAR News: Amnesty International Australia: Aboriginal Peoples’ right to homelands in the NT (12 Aug 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/12/wgar-news-amnesty-international-australia-aboriginal-peoples-right-to-homelands-in-the-nt
Online Petition: Amnesty International Australia: Don’t abandon Aboriginal homelands
http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/26475/
* INTERVIEWS WITH EMMA DAVIDSON OF EQUALITY RIGHTS ALLIANCE:
- Audio Interviews
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let’s Talk – Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
24 Aug 11: “Emma Davidson: Karen Dorante spoke with Project
Coordinator for the Canberra-based Equity Rights Alliance,
Emma Davidson.”
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/audio/98fm-podcast-2011-08-24-71924.mp3
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Basics Cards aren’t helping most Aboriginal women look
after their families – according to a new report
http://caama.com.au/basics-cards-arent-helping-most-aboriginal-women-look-after-their-families-according-to-a-new-report
23 Aug 11: “A new report released by the Equality Rights
Alliance has revealed that the Government-issued Basics
Card is failing to change what most women buy, and the
ability to look after their families… The report was
based on the findings of survey of 168 Aboriginal women in
Darwin and Alice Springs, called ‘Women’s experience of
income management in the Northern Territory’. Emma Davidson,
the report’s author speaks to Nerida Currey on Strong
Voices. … Ms Davidson also reponds to criticism voiced by
Indigneous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin of the report.”
See:
Crikey: Does new evidence from NT women undermine supposed benefits of income management? By Eva Cox (19 Aug 11)
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/does-new-evidence-from-nt-women-undermine-supposed-benefits-of-income-management/
ABC AM: Claims children are learning welfare dependency (20 Aug 11)
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3298133.htm
[Includes audio interview with Equality Rights Alliance's Emma Davidson.]
WGAR News: Equality Rights Alliance Report: Women’s experience of Income Management in the NT (21 Aug 11)
http://indymedia.org.au/2011/08/21/wgar-news-equality-rights-alliance-report-womens-experience-of-income-management-in-the-n
* PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT INTO OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE:
- The Report
http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/indigenous/key-indicators-2011
- Audio
ABC PM: Turning the child abuse ship around
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3302338.htm
25 Aug 11: “The Northern Territory Children’s Commissioner,
Dr Howard Bath says it will take years to make a
significant improvement to child abuse and neglect in
Aboriginal communities. The Productivity Commission report
into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage released today
shows that there’s been a steady increase in substantiated
Aboriginal child abuse and neglect cases across the country.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean things are getting worse,
more that there’s significantly more reporting of abuse
cases.”
[Includes comments by Dr Howard Bath and Priscilla Collins.]
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Productivity Commission delivers 2011 Government Report
Card on Indigenous disadvantage.
http://caama.com.au/productivity-commission-delivers-2011-government-report-card-on-indigenous-disadvantage
25 Aug 11: “The Council of Australian Governments
commissioned a regular report against key indicators of
Indigenous disadvantage in April 2002. … Commissioner
Robert Fitzgerald is the convenor of the Indigenous
Disadvantage Working Group of the Steering Committee for
the Review of Government Service Provision which produces
the Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators
report.”
[Includes comments by Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald.]
- Analysis / Opinion
Crikey: Ignoring evidence may explain why the income
management gap doesn’t close
http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/26/ignoring-evidence-may-explain-why-the-income-management-gap-doesn%E2%80%99t-close/
26 Aug 11: “Today the Productivity Commission releases its
latest report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, which
shows only 13 of 45 measures showed any improvement and
seven went backwards. The dismal results, following the
recently released finance report on non-progress may add to
more blaming of Aboriginal communities but experiences
detailed below on the income management program suggest the
cause may be government … ” Eva Cox
- News
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Reduce overcrowding: Productivity Commissioner
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6204:reduce-overcrowding-productivity-commissioner&catid=2:news-broadcasts&Itemid=154
26 Aug 11: “The Productivity Commissioner, Robert
Fitzgerald, says one of most important things the
government could do to reduce Indigenous disadvantage would
be to ease overcrowding in indigenous homes. … Mr
Fitzgerald said that what is absolutely unquestionable is
that easing overcrowding helps educational outcomes, health
outcomes, the home environment and makes communities safe.”
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Lawyers blame governments for high imprisonment
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6200:lawyers-blame-governments-for-high-imprisonment&catid=2:news-broadcasts&Itemid=154
26 Aug 11: “The Australian Lawyers Alliance says
governments are to blame for high rates of Indigenous
imprisonment. A Productivity Commission report released
today shows Indigenous people are incarcerated at 14 times
the rate of other Australians. The report also found the
imprisonment rate for Indigenous women has increased by 60
per cent in the last decade.”
National Indigenous Radio Service:
Opposition slams Gov’t on health report
http://www.nirs.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6198:opposition-slams-govt-on-health-report&catid=2:news-broadcasts&Itemid=154
26 Aug 11: “The Federal Opposition says a Productivity
Commission report shows health indicators aren’t getting
better for Indigenous Australians. The report shows the
mortality rate for Indigenous people is decreasing but
there’s been little improvement in most other health
indicators including chronic disease.”
Australian:
Gillard holds hope for change on indigenous disadvantage
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/gillard-holds-hope-for-change-on-indigenous-disadvantage/story-fn9hm1pm-1226122418346
26 Aug 11: “JULIA Gillard has welcomed a mixed report on
the success of the government’s efforts to overcome
indigenous disadvantage, declaring she has “hope for
change”. A report released yesterday by a steering
committee reviewing the government services to indigenous
communities has found little or no progress has been made
to close the gap in key areas including health and school
education rates, while noting achievements in home
ownership and workforce participation.”
Koori Mail: Greens call for Indigenous policy change
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Aug 11: “THE Australian Greens have said the ‘mixed bag
of outcomes’ in the latest Overcoming Indigenous
Disadvantage report strengthens the case for a new policy
approach. Greens spokeswoman Rachel Siewert said the report
should not be used to justify continued poor policy, such
as the re-badged Northern Territory intervention.”
Koori Mail: Mixed outcomes in ‘disadvantage’ report
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Aug 11: “THE latest Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage
report shows home ownership, education and employment
prospects were improving but other social indicators such
as health and criminal justice had either stayed the same,
or had deteriorated. The report is the latest in a series
of reports commissioned by the Council of Australian
Governments in 2002 to track the success or otherwise, of
government policies and programs.”
Australian: Spike in child abuse mars indigenous gains
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/spike-in-child-abuse-mars-indigenous-gains/story-fn9hm1pm-1226121552834
25 Aug 11: “In its fifth report to parliament since 2002, a
steering committee reviewing services to indigenous
communities has found little or no progress has been made
to close the gap in areas including health and school
education rates. In a blow to the Gillard government, the
committee chaired by Productivity Commission head Gary
Banks found “there has been little change in literacy and
numeracy, most health indicators and housing overcrowding
for indigenous people”.”
SMH: Indigenous population still falling through gap
http://www.smh.com.au/national/indigenous-population-still-falling-through-gap-20110824-1jadq.html
25 Aug 11: “INCIDENCES of indigenous imprisonment, child
abuse and chronic disease continue to rise two years after
then prime minister Kevin Rudd announced an ambitious
program to ”close the gap” and four years after John
Howard announced his Aboriginal intervention. The latest
trend data assembled in a report titled Overcoming
Indigenous Disadvantage shows improvement in only 13 of
the 45 indicators monitored by the government. In another
10 the report finds ”no real improvement”. In seven it
finds outcomes going backwards.”
- Video
ABC Lateline: Indigenous disadvantage worsening: report
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3302559.htm
25 Aug 11: “In Australia the Productivity Commission has
reported that many of the key indicators of Indigenous
disadvantage across the country are getting worse. It says
there is been a drop in Indigenous mortality rates and less
reliance on welfare, but as Jane Bardon reports the gap
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is widening
in health, imprisonment and education.”
* ‘STRONG CORPORATIONS, STRONG STORES, STRONG COMMUNITIES’ REPORT:
- News
ABC: Macklin makes a meal of community stores report
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-24/20110824community-stores-report/2853596
24 Aug 11: “The Federal Opposition has accused Indigenous
Affairs Minister Minister Jenny Macklin of misleading the
public on the issue of healthy food in remote communities.
Yesterday, Ms Macklin released a report about stores in
remote Indigenous communities. The headline on the media
release said, “report reveals more money spent on healthy
food in Indigenous stores”. But the report does not reveal
that. Instead, it shows an increase in the profitability
of many stores. … “I think it is pretty desperate stakes
when you just have to start making things up,” he
[Opposition Indigenous Affairs spokesman Nigel Scullion]
said.”
Koori Mail: More healthy food being sold
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
23 Aug 11: “A NEW report has found that Australian
Government reforms to community owned stores in Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Island communities have resulted in
increased sales of healthy food. The report, strong
corporations, strong stores, strong communities also showed
significant overall growth in average income and gross
profit and an increase in the percentage of community
stores trading profitably”
- Media Release
Hon Jenny Macklin MP: Report reveals more money spent on
healthy food in Indigenous community-owned stores
http://www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/mediareleases/2011/pages/rpt_reveals_more_money_spent_health_food_23082011.aspx
23 Aug 11: “A new report has found that Australian
Government reforms to community owned stores in Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Island communities have resulted in
increased sales of healthy food. The report, strong
corporations, strong stores, strong communities
investigates the financial performance of community stores
owned by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations
registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act).”
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Creative Spirits:
Northern Territory Emergence Response (NTER)
- “The Intervention”:
http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/northern-territory-intervention.html
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention
CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association)
- NT Intervention:
http://caama.com.au/?s=NT+Intervention
STICS (Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney):
http://stoptheintervention.org/
Treaty Republic – NT Intervention:
http://treatyrepublic.net/search/node/NT%20Intervention
‘concerned Australians’:
Without Justice there can be no Reconciliation:
http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/
The Conversation – After the Intervention:
http://theconversation.edu.au/pages/after-the-intervention
Tracker – NT Intervention:
http://tracker.org.au/tag/nt-intervention/
IRAG (Intervention Rollback Action Group):
Mparntwe – Alice Springs:
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/
The Greens: Rachel Siewert: Northern Territory Intervention:
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/category/issues/indigenous-rights/northern-territory-intervention
ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation)
- NT intervention:
http://www.antar.org.au/issues_and_campaigns/nt_intervention
Crikey – NT Intervention:
http://www.crikey.com.au/topic/nt-intervention/
Jobs with Justice:
http://jobswithjustice.wordpress.com/
MAIC (Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective):
http://maicollective.blogspot.com/
New Matilda – northern territory intervention:
http://newmatilda.com/tag/northern-territory-intervention
Amnesty International Australia:
Looking back at the Northern Territory Intervention:
http://www.amnesty.org.au/indigenous-rights/comments/24460/
Students For Indigenous Rights – UQ:
The Northern Territory Intervention:
http://uqsir.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/stir-uq-intervention-intro-factsheet-new1.pdf
Defending Indigenous Rights:
http://defendingindigenousrights.wordpress.com/
Intervention walk-off’s Blog:
http://interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com/
Australian Human Rights Commission:
Northern Territory ‘Emergency Response’ intervention:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/intervention/index.html
FAIRA; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; NACLC:
Australia’s compliance with CERD – Fact Sheet 2:
Northern Territory Intervention:
http://www.hrlrc.org.au/files/Fact-Sheet-2-NT-Intervention.pdf
Green Left: Northern Territory intervention: myths and facts:
http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/39732
WGAR (Working Group for Aboriginal Rights):
http://wgar.wordpress.com/
* OTHER ARTICLES:
- Analysis / Opinion
Treaty Republic:
Native Title is not Land Rights – under any circumstances
http://treatyrepublic.net/content/native-title-not-land-rights-under-any-circumstances
23 Jul 11: “… from Ray Jackson [President, Indigenous
Social Justice Association]
The article above describes a positive call to stop the
theft of aboriginal land and its resources. For far too
long we have been stripped of our rights by, as Bob
Weatherall correctly describes the Governments and mining
companies, as being over the top greedy in their lusts for
the stolen billions. … “
Truthout: Indigenous Groups Challenge Doctrine of
Christian Discovery and Domination
http://www.truth-out.org/indigenous-groups-challenge-doctrine-christian-discovery-and-domination/1310736050
22 Jul 11: “Romero was speaking at a side event about the
root of the problems affecting her people – the
dehumanization caused by the “Doctrine of Christian
Discovery.” The “doctrine,” which will be the theme of next
year’s highly anticipated UNPFII, would have sounded like
conspiracy not too long ago. Today, thanks to exhaustive
research by indigenous scholars and law researchers, the
doctrine has been brought front and center.” Jason Coppola
- Audio
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
Professor Paul Komesaroff speaks on Strong Voices
http://caama.com.au/professor-paul-komesaroff-speaks-on-strong-voices
24 Aug 11: “There is growing recognition of the ongoing
role that community controlled organisations continue to
play in the health and wellbeing of Aborignal communities
… The call has been echoed by leading Australian health
professional Professor Paul Komesaroff… a practising
Physician and Director of the Faculty of Medicine at Monash
University. He says the community controlled model is not
straight forward…and that people will have to learn by
trial and error.”
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association:
New Report sheds light on Aboriginal Water Rights and Native Title
http://caama.com.au/new-report-sheds-light-on-aboriginal-water-rights-and-native-title
24 Aug 11: “A new report which analyses the laws associated
with Aboriginal water rights and native title…has found
that Government and Aboriginal people have different
understandings when it comes to the rights of water within
land which is held under native title. The North Australian
Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance has released
its latest publication called ‘Indigenous Rights in Water
in Northern Australia’… NAILSMA CEO Joe Morrison says the
report has found that Aboriginal people see land and water
connected within native title rights…while the government
treats them as separate… … He speaks to Nerida Currey
on Strong Voices.”
- News
West Australian: Gas protesters block Woodside trucks
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/10117294/gas-protesters-block-woodside-trucks/
26 Aug 11: “A 57-year-old woman has been arrested and
several others remain chained to machinery in Broome this
morning as protesters try to prevent Woodside trucks
entering James Price Point. Woodside was forced to stop
work and remove its machinery after a fire near the
proposed gas hub site over the past two weeks. Protester
Nik Wevers said they were prepared for when Woodside would
try to return the machinery.”
9 News: Kimberley heritage listing not a lock-out
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8289648/delay-call-on-kimberley-heritage-decision
24 Aug 11: “Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke says a
heritage listing for the West Kimberley does not mean
mining development will be locked out. Instead mining
companies pursuing development in the northern West
Australian region would have to respect its heritage values.
The comments come as mining lobby group the Chamber of
Minerals and Energy of WA (CME) urged Mr Burke to delay his
decision on the heritage listing.”
