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#15422

From: "Tarran Backhus" <tarran.backhus@...>
Date: Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:28 am
Subject: Womens Social Basketball

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FYI

A social Womens Basketball team needs players for the rest of the season, We play on Monday Nights.

Next Game is the 14th December, then we break till the 18th January. ALL games are played on Mondays at Belconnen Basketball Stadium

If you are interested please call me on 0422 078 652

Mandy

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From: Natalie Brown <sibenah@...>
Date: Wed Dec 9, 2009 9:58 pm
Subject: tom calma at UC this friday

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A public lecture on campus this Friday might be of interest: Enriching tertiary education with Indigenous voices.

It will be given by Tom Calma, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and a member of the University�s governing Council.

More info is here:

www.canberra.edu.au/aitkin2009

And the invite is attached.

Feel free to pass this onto anyone you feel might be interested.

Thanks

Edward O'Daly

Media & Communications Manager
University of Canberra ACT 2601
Australia

T: +61 (0)2 6201 2441
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From: "Darren Williams" <darren@...>
Date: Wed Dec 9, 2009 9:15 pm
Subject: FW: ARCHIE ROACH

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Darren Williams

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Indigenous Community Support Service

Burrunju Aboriginal Corporation

Ph: 02 6297 3520

Fax: 02 6298 1647

Mob: 0488 382 001

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Subject: FW: ARCHIE ROACH
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From: joseph wallace [mailto:jpwallace72@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 3:26 PM
To: terry.kapeen@...; Pascoe, Ricky
Subject: ARCHIE ROACH
Importance: High

Archie Roach @ Judith Wright Centre

	Archie Roach (Mooroopna, VIC), Dave Arden, Ruby Hunter
	Judith Wright Centre 416 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, QLD
	Show street map
	7.30pm Friday 18 December 2009
	$35
	Ticket agent: Box Office, Judith Wright Centre: (07) 38729000

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#15419

From: "Chesters, Angela" <Angela.Chesters@...>
Date: Wed Dec 9, 2009 3:05 am
Subject: FYI: Help Desk and Production Support Trainee roles [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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From: Williamson, Leonie [mailto:Leonie.Williamson@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 2:03 PM
Subject: FW: Help Desk and Production Support Trainee roles [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Importance: High

Hi All – please note that they are particularly interested in targeting Aboriginal and Torres islander applicants, if you could assist by circulating to any relevant networks or potential applicants.

From: LEGG,Natalie [mailto:natalie.legg@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 12:36 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: FW: Help Desk and Production Support Trainee roles
Importance: High

Hi all

As discussed, here is the info regarding the IT jobs. Please note applications are due before Christmas.

____________________________________________

Natalie Legg

Team Leader

Indigenous Project Team

Employment System Group - DEEWR

p:0261213918 | m:0422230827 | f:0262767924

From: LEONARD,Darna
Sent: Wednesday, 9 December 2009 12:29
To: BRANDY,Jacqueline; DEWEERD,Mark; LEGG,Natalie
Cc: WRIGHT,Robert; MCKELLAR,Jacqui
Subject: Help Desk and Production Support Trainee roles
Importance: High

Good morning

As you are aware, ESG is looking to target Indigenous Australians for Help Desk and Production Support Trainee roles.

My Director, Robert Wright, attended a meeting with Auriel Bloomfield on 17 November, where it was agreed that approaching Indigenous networks (such as schools, universities etc) would be appropriate.

I have developed an information pack to assist in promoting the roles (see attached).

Your assistance in distributing the information to your appropriate networks would be appreciated.

Please note the application deadline of 23 December 2009.

Thank you

Regards

Darna Leonard
Assistant Director | Training and Development Team
Job Seeker Development Branch
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Phone (02) 6121 3971 | Fax (02) 6123 7495

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#15418

From: WGAR News <wgar.news@...>
Date: Tue Dec 8, 2009 10:42 pm
Subject: [WGAR-news] NT govt diverts $2 billion earmarked for Aboriginal and other disadvantage (6 Dec 09)

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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

6 DEC 2009: NT GOVT DIVERTS $2 BILLION EARMARKED FOR
ABORIGINAL AND OTHER DISADVANTAGE

WGAR website: http://wgar.info/

Contents:
NT government diverts $2 billion earmarked for Aboriginal
�� and other disadvantage
Alice Springs town camp residents decide against appeal
Tangentyere Council, Alice Springs
Extension of Welfare Quarantining to Non-Aboriginal People
Council for Territory Co-operation
Will they be heard? report on "consultations"
NT Intervention Articles
Other Aboriginal Articles

NT GOVERNMENT DIVERTS $2 BILLION EARMARKED FOR ABORIGINAL
�� AND OTHER DISADVANTAGE:

- News

Australian: $2bn diverted from aid for Aborigines and welfare
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/bn-diverted-from-aid-for-aborigines-and-welfare/story-e6frg6nf-1225804773394
28 Nov 09: "THE Northern Territory Labor government has for
the past five years diverted $2 billion earmarked for
indigenous disadvantage and other key services to
mainstream spending in marginal Darwin seats. ... In
services to indigenous communities alone, the Territory
government has on average underspent by 54 per cent."

- Radio

CAAMA News Radio
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association):
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-radio-30th-of-november-2009/
30 Nov 09: "N.T. Government allegedly misspending
Commonwealth Indigenous disadvantage money."

ALICE SPRINGS TOWN CAMP RESIDENTS DECIDE AGAINST APPEAL:

- Media Release

Residents decide against appeal on Alice Springs town camps
Statement on behalf of the Applicants
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/media-release-3-december-2009/
3 Dec 09: "Alice Springs town camp residents have this
morning decided not to proceed with an appeal against the
Federal Court�s decision last week to uphold the validity
of the Federal Government�s 40-year leases over the town
camps. The Court�s ruling will take effect at 10.30am EST
this morning. The leases enable the Federal Government to
take control of Aboriginal land for 40 years, during which
time residents will be substantially alienated from
participating in decision making about what happens in the
town camps. The residents have been extremely concerned
that the terms of the 40-year leases impact on their
fundamental rights of self-determination and control over
communal lands."

- News

Koori Mail: No appeal from town camp residents
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
3 Dec 09: "ALICE Springs town camp residents have this
morning decided not to proceed with an appeal against the
Federal Court�s decision last week to uphold the validity
of the Federal Government�s 40-year leases over the town
camps. The Court�s ruling will now take effect from today."

Brisbane Times: Residents won't appeal town camp ruling
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/residents-wont-appeal-town-camp-ruling-20091203-k8i2.html
3 Dec 09: "Alice Springs town camp residents will not
appeal to a higher court over a Federal Court decision to
allow the commonwealth to take over town camps. Mt Nancy
town camp resident Barbara Shaw in August won an injunction
to halt the execution of the leases of 16 Northern
Territory indigenous housing associations. ... But last
week, the Federal Court dismissed the appeal that followed
the injunction, ... "

- Radio

CAAMA Radio News
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association):
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-radio-news-friday-4th-december-2009/
4 Dec 09: "Residents decide against appeal on Tangentyere
Alice Springs town camps."

TANGENTYERE COUNCIL, ALICE SPRINGS:

- News

Tangentyere Council homepage:
http://www.tangentyere.org.au/

Tangentyere Council, Alice Springs:
Tangentyere Welcomes Agreement
http://www.tangentyere.org.au/news/
27 Nov 09: "Tangentyere Council today announced that the
Alice Springs Town Camp Housing Associations had agreed to
the terms and conditions for the sub-lease of their Special
Purposes Leases offered by the Australian Government. The
way is now clear to begin addressing the enormous
accumulation of need built through years of neglect by
government authorities. The main sticking point had always
been the fate of people who might face eviction by
Territory housing, when the government took over tenancy
management in the Town camps."

Australian: Aboriginal council confirms town camps in
Alice Springs will sign 40-year lease
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/aboriginal-council-confirms-town-camps-in-alice-springs-will-sign-40-year-lease/story-e6frg6nf-1225805143894
30 Nov 09: "THE Aboriginal council in charge of Alice
Springs' town camps has confirmed the camps' governing
bodies will honour an agreement with the federal government
to sign long-term leases. Tangentyere Council president
Walter Shaw said the town camps' housing associations had
agreed to the terms of the sub-leases being offered by the
government."

Koori Mail: Work to begin in town camps
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
4 Dec 09: "With legal obstacles now removed, leases for the
town camps in Alice Springs have been signed and
transformation work is about to begin, according to the
Federal and Northern Territory governments. Federal
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said a major
clean up would begin next week, and housing and
infrastructure work would begin in the new year."

EXTENSION OF WELFARE QUARANTINING TO NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:

- Background

WGAR News: Income Management to be extended to include
Non-Aboriginal People (30 Nov 09)
http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=148893

- Opinion

On Line Opinion: Proving yourself to Centrelink
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9776&page=1
3 Dec 09: "How many of us could justify how we spend our
money to a middle level officer from Centrelink? How do we
prove we are engaged with our community and responsible in
our spending? What about the utilities bill that we paid
late or the bargain case of booze with Christmas coming up?"
Eva Cox

Solidarity: RDA still suspended, Macklin entrenches Intervention
http://www.solidarity.net.au/highlights/rda-still-suspended-macklin-entrenches-intervention/
Dec 09: " ... Macklin has used two strategies to get around
the contradiction between racist Intervention laws and the
RDA. Firstly, the system of compulsory welfare
quarantining, currently applied only to �prescribed�
Aboriginal communities, will be extended to a range of
Centrelink recipients right across the NT. Secondly, all
other Intervention powers that have been used to enforce
the assimilationist agenda: compulsory 5-year leases;
draconian police powers; Government Business Managers and
bans on alcohol and pornography, will be declared �special
measures� under the RDA." Paddy Gibson

Green Left: �First they came for the Aboriginal people��
- new plan to extend �welfare quarantining� to all
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/820/42144
2 Dec 09: "On November 25, the federal Labor government
tabled legislation in parliament to allow the extension of
the policy of �welfare quarantining� to unemployed people
and single parents throughout the country regardless of
ethnic background." Tony Iltis

NT News Editorial: Paternalistic? You bet it is
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/12/01/105461_ntnews.html
1 Dec 09: "PREDICTABLY, the Federal Government income
management initiative has angered many liberals. Yes, it is
paternalistic. And, yes, it is a bit Big Brother. But the
scheme will be applauded by most Australians as a bold and
imaginative step towards ending welfare dependency."

Australian: And income control for all
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/and-income-control-for-all/story-e6frg6zo-1225804731625
28 Nov 09: "WHEN Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin
unveiled her sweeping revisions to the Northern Territory
emergency response this week, not only did she neatly
defuse the intervention's discriminatory aspects, she
foreshadowed a transformation of welfare policies on a
national scale." Nicolas Rothwell

National Indigenous Times:
RINGY'S RAMBLINGS: Challenging the incoming figures
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19064
26 Nov 09: "Whenever she visits a remote community in the
NT, Minister Macklin is apparently besieged by excited fans
of welfare quarantining. But GRAHAM RING* notes the
continued absence of hard evidence."

- News

The Guardian - The Worker's Weekly
Dole changes: the stigmatising agenda
http://www.cpa.org.au/guardian/2009/1438/01-dole-changes.html
2 Dec 09: "A social security policy bombshell was dropped
in Canberra last week but hardly anybody noticed.
Overshadowed by the Liberals leadership turmoil was
Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin�s announcement
that welfare quarantining � imposed on remote Northern
Territory Aboriginal communities during Howard�s NT
intervention in 2007 � would be applied to the rest of the
Territory from next year and the whole country from 2011."

Koori Mail: Amnesty: Intervention changes fall short
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
1 Dec 09: "A LEADING human rights organisation has welcomed
Federal Government moves to reinstate the Racial
Discrimination Act in Aboriginal communities affected by
the NT Intervention but says it's unacceptable that
race-based welfare quarantining will continue until 2011.
Amnesty International says the controversial measure will
still affect Indigenous people disproportionately, even if
extended to non-Indigenous welfare recipients."

Koori Mail:
Senate to inquire into Intervention, welfare proposals
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
1 Dec 09: "THERE'S to be a Senate Inquiry into Federal
Government proposals to extend welfare quarantining beyond
Northern Territory Aboriginal communities and reinstate the
Racial Discrimination Act, which had been suspended under
the NT Intervention. The Senate Standing Committee on
Community Affairs will take public submissions on
Government parliamentary bills on the changes until 1
February."

COUNCIL FOR TERRITORY CO-OPERATION:

- IRAG Submission

Rollback the Intervention:
Submission to Council for Territory Co-operation
[scroll down page] http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/
23 Nov 09: "The Intervention Rollback Action Group (IRAG)
has been working with Aboriginal people in communities and
town camps in Central Australia, as well as homeless people
since 2007, to record their experiences and support people
to deal with the effects of the Northern Territory
Emergency Response (Intervention). ... The Intervention
Rollback Action Group submits that, considering the rapidly
increasing growth in the Aboriginal population in the
Northern Territory and the obvious disquiet, concern and
stress felt at the increasing social upheaval and rapid
change in Aboriginal people�s lives, the Northern Territory
Government take time to reconsider the proposed SIHIP model
of housing provision and to further consider community or
social housing models which would involve Aboriginal people
themselves in planning and decision-making for their
future."

- Opinion

National Indigenous Times:
TERRITORY TALKIN': Council members not so co-operative
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19059
26 Nov 09: "It seems that the Territory Council for
Co-operation may not operate in quite the warm and fuzzy
manner envisaged by independent MLA Gerry Wood, who is for
all intents and purposes the driver of this controversial
conveyance. The new body sat for the first time in Darwin
recently, cross-examining a number of bureaucrats about the
sorry Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure
Program (SIHIP) saga." Graham Ring, a fortnightly NIT
columnist and writer

WILL THEY BE HEARD? REPORT ON "CONSULTATIONS":

- Background

WGAR News: Will they be heard? - independent report on
NT Intervention "consultations" (29 Nov 09)
http://perth.indymedia.org/?action=newswire&parentview=148889

- Opinion

The Stump - A Crikey Group Blog: Will they be heard?
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/24/will-they-be-heard-not-when-a-consultation-is-a-continuation-of-the-problem-rather-than-the-possible-solution-like-the-federal-government%E2%80%99s-attempt-to-justify-its-nt-intervention/
24 Nov 09: "Will they be heard? Not when a consultation is a
continuation of the problem rather than the possible
solution like the federal government�s attempt to justify
its NT Intervention. Three community consultations in
detail versus 500 plus, well spun? Who to believe?
Yesterday a group of well qualified commentators released a
report called �Will they be heard?� ... " Eva Cox

Solidarity:
RDA still suspended, Macklin entrenches Intervention
http://www.solidarity.net.au/highlights/rda-still-suspended-macklin-entrenches-intervention/
Dec 09: "From mid-July, the government launched an
extensive �consultation� process, involving over 500
meetings in prescribed communities. They have used these to
claim there is majority support for the Intervention,
making the laws �special measures� under the RDA. But a
report by the Jumbunna House of Learning and Alistair
Nicholson, a former Chief Justice of the Family Court,
closely analysed the consultation process and found it to
be a sham." Paddy Gibson

- News

National Indigenous Times:
Flaws undermine NT consultations: report
http://www.nit.com.au/news/story.aspx?id=19087
26 Nov 09: "An independent report has slammed the Rudd
government's controversial community consultations, stating
that it has failed in properly harnessing Aboriginal views
on the NT intervention and does not provide evidence of
consent for the special measures under the Racial
Discrimination Act (RDA). The Will They Be Heard? report,
released on Monday, is based on independent footage of
three consultations in Bagot, Utopia and Ampilatwatja. Its
launch coincided with the Rudd government's own report into
the consultations, but they are in stark contrast to one
another." Amy McQuire

NT INTERVENTION ARTICLES:

- Background on the Northern Territory Intervention

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com
stoptheintervention.org
rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com
wgar.info

- Radio

Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane
Let's Talk - Indigenous presented talkback:
http://989fm.com.au/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
1 Dec 09: "Amy McQuire - Tiga Bayles spoke with Amy
McQuire, acting Editor of The Nation Indigenous Times. They
spoke about the election of Tony Abbott as the leader of
the Liberal Party, Norther Territory Intervention,
Aboriginal people living in makeshift humpies in a remote
Central Australian Aboriginal community who have to pay $50
a week and Indigenous housing and infrastructure."
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasting/get.php?web=98fm-podcast-2009-12-01-66423.mp3

- Opinion

Solidarity: Govt figures prove �things are getting worse�
http://www.solidarity.net.au/20/govt-figures-prove-%E2%80%98things-are-getting-worse%E2%80%99/
Dec 09: "The federal government�s �Closing the Gap in the
Northern Territory� monitoring report, released quietly in
October, provides damning evidence of the failure of the NT
Intervention. It compares statistics pre and post
Intervention. As Jon Altman, Director of the Centre for
Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the ANU summarised,
�things have actually gotten worse.� " Lauren Mellor

Green Left: Human rights shame: Aboriginal people fighting back
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/821/42179
9 Dec 09: "Rudd promised to �close the gap� between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous education and health
outcomes. The gap is indeed glaring: Aboriginal life
expectancy is 17 years less than that of other Australians.
However, Rudd�s policies have actually increased the gap.
This is clear in the Northern Territory, where the Rudd
government has continued the Coalition�s racist NT
intervention, recently renamed �Closing the Gap NT�. The
intervention�s policies aimed to attack Aboriginal
self-determination." Tony Iltis

National Indigenous Times:
EDITORIAL: Rudd government hard of hearing
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19068
26 Nov 09: "This month yet another human rights expert came
and went, criticising Australia for its NT intervention and
failure to lift Indigenous disadvantage. This time it was
Irene Khan - the Amnesty International Secretary General.
She labelled the third world conditions in remote
Aboriginal communities as "morally outrageous". While on
her trip, she commented on the stark difference between
Australia's urban centres and the communities she visited."
Amy McQuire, acting editor

National Indigenous Times:
AT LARGE: A sorry report on a sad state of affairs
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19067
26 Nov 09: "Self praise is no recommendation. But
sometimes, things are so bad that even self-praise proves
impossible. I am, of course, referring to the federal
government's own report into the train wreck known as the
Northern Territory intervention. You can tell how good (or
bad) a government report is going to be before it's even
launched by how many official leaks precede it, and how
much fanfare greets it. This particular work of fiction was
released with trumpets, and to deathly silence. Not
surprising when you consider the authors of the report are
the architects of the policy - FaHCSIA." Chris Graham,
founding editor of the National Indigenous Times

National Indigenous Times:
THE BIG READ: Two Worlds: The price of civilisation
http://www.nit.com.au/story.aspx?id=19095
26 Nov 09: "The redevelopment of Darwin's Waterfront, cost
the Territory taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, Aboriginal people in the Territory in grinding
poverty and suffer amongst the worst life expectancy
averages on earth. ... About a month ago, Nicolas Rothwell,
a regular columnist for The Australian and Weekend
Australian newspapers, unleashed on the Northern Territory
government. The headline of the article was The Failed
State. The term 'scathing' doesn't go far enough in
describing the attack. ... " Chris Graham, former editor of
the National Indigenous Times

- Video

ABC Unleashed: The Intervention
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2758518.htm
Dec 09: "Delivering the final Sydney PEN Lectures for 2009,
Aboriginal lawyer, academic and activist Larissa Behrendt
delivered a damning assessment of the last two years, and
the ideological agenda that she believes underlies the
intervention."

- Media Release

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare:
NT child health checks�many children benefit,
some still need follow-up services
http://www.aihw.gov.au/mediacentre/2009/mr20091204.cfm
4 Dec 09: "Many children have benefited from health
services following health checks in the Northern Territory,
but not all children have received follow-up services for
their health problems, according to a report released today
by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare."

- News

SMH: High staff turnover hampers intervention
http://www.smh.com.au/national/high-staff-turnover-hampers-intervention-20091201-k3y5.html
2 Dec 09: "THE practice of flying city doctors and other
health professionals into and out of remote indigenous
communities under the Federal Government's intervention in
the Northern Territory has been criticised by a
parliamentary committee."

Green Left: Stop the NT intervention
http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/820/42154
2 Dec 09: "Fifty people gathered outside federal government
offices on November 26 to protest the Northern Territory
intervention against Aboriginal communities."

Croakey - the Crikey health blog:
Stop the attack on homelands and outstations: new report
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/12/01/stop-the-attack-on-homelands-and-outstations-new-report/
1 Dec 09: "The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the
NT (AMSANT) has this week released a report, Health and
Homelands: Good Value for Money?, calling for an immediate
moratorium of funding cutbacks to homelands and outstations.
The report�s author, health economist Professor Gavin
Mooney, writes below that governments should start taking
note of their own rhetoric about evidence-based policy: ... "

Centralian Advocate: Camps win-win situation
http://www.centralianadvocate.com.au/article/2009/12/01/5451_news.html
1 Dec 09: "AN injection of $100 million for infrastructure
in Alice Springs town camps will be a huge boost for the
town's economy, especially if businesses work together on
the contracts."

SMH: English policy will create more sniffers: charity
http://www.smh.com.au/national/english-policy-will-create-more-sniffers-charity-20091129-jyvu.html?skin=text-only
30 Nov 09: "THE Northern Territory Government's decision to
force schools to teach in English for the first four hours
of each day will create the next generation of petrol
sniffers, says the head of an Aboriginal organisation in
Arnhem Land. Richard Trudgen, who has worked in the
Territory for 30 years and is head of the non-profit group
Aboriginal Resources and Development Services, said ... "

ABC: Aboriginal living conditions 'fifth world'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/30/2757337.htm
30 Nov 09: "A former government business manager says
Aboriginal people in parts of Central Australia are still
living in car bodies and humpies. ... Alan Hudson has told
783 ABC Alice Springs he walked away from the job because
he could no longer represent a Government that was so
unresponsive to the concerns of people living in
communities."

ABC: 'Incompetence' hindering NT progress
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/28/2756263.htm?site=indigenous&topic=latest
28 Nov 09: "Reconciliation Australia has described the
Federal Government's amendments to the Northern Territory
Emergency Response legislation as "a step in the right
direction". ... Reconciliation Australia says it does not
support welfare quarantining as social policy but says it
recognises anecdotal evidence some families - and children
- have benefited from the measure."

OTHER ABORIGINAL ARTICLES:

- News

SMH: UN says Aboriginal health conditions worse than Third World
http://www.smh.com.au/national/un-says-aboriginal-health-conditions-worse-than-third-world-20091204-kay8.html
5 Dec 09: "ANOTHER United Nations official [Anand Grover,
UN special rapporteur] has deplored the quality of life of
indigenous Australians, saying Aboriginal health compares
badly with indigenous communities in other developed
countries and was even worse than in some Third World
countries."

- Opinion

National Indigenous Times:
THE POINTED VIEW: Casting a shadow on the apology
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19063
26 Nov 09: "Last week, Kevin Rudd made another historic
apology - this time to the Forgotten Generation. But Prof.
LARISSA BEHRENDT* laments that the Stolen Generations are
still crying out for justice." Larissa Behrendt, a
Professor of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney

National Indigenous Times:
NIT FORUMS: CDEP: Closing the gap or creating a crisis?
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19066
26 Nov 09: "INGE KRAL with DAMIAN McLEAN and HARVEY MURRAY*
delve into the dismantling of CDEP in the Ngaanyatjarra
lands of Western Australia and what it means for the
region. A few weeks ago two adults were killed in a car
accident on a dusty back road in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in
the central desert region of Western Australia. ... However
these deaths can also be indirectly connected to the recent
changes to CDEP in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands."

National Indigenous Times:
THIS LITTLE BLACK DUCK: Breaking down the bars
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=19060
26 Nov 09: "In a month where we saw an Aboriginal boy
charged for allegedly receiving a chocolate, NICOLE WATSON*
urges Australia to get serious about reducing Indigenous
incarceration."

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From: "Chesters, Angela" <Angela.Chesters@...>
Date: Tue Dec 8, 2009 10:09 pm
Subject: FYI:Indigenous School Based Traineeships/Fulltime Traineeships Commonwealth Bank and QANTAS [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

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FYI

Subject: URGENT Indigenous School Based Traineeships/Fulltime Traineeships Commonwealth Bank and QANTAS
Importance: High

Hello

We have been trying to fill some positions for young Indigenous people but have been unable to do so.

There are two positions with QANTAS (Darwin and Alice Springs ). Despite sending through our networks we have not had one person apply for the positions.

An expression of interest would be suitable (covering letter, CV and referees, school reports will help/prev employ history) as there is no selection criteria for this position .

The positions will be in Customer Service. They will be fulltime Customer Service Officers training to complete a CERT III in Business. Training will be provided with a reputable training organisations (e.g.: CDU/Batchelor).

The AES will be the Employer and the Host will be QANTAS, which means the AES will be responsible for the wages/mentoring and support, appraisals etc.

QANTAS/RTO will work together to assist the candidate to complete the on and off the job training.

All expressions of interest should be forwarded to myself or Candice Hayes at the AES office here in Alice Springs .

QANTAS is committed to Indigenous employment, so naturally if the candidate performed very well there would be opportunities to further their career with QANTAS.

� Obviously good customer service skills/experience would be an advantage

� Ability to apply themselves throughout the training

� Good Literacy/Numeracy skills is a must

� Excellent presentation

� Ability to work in a team and display respectful behaviours

Commonwealth Bank have two positions; one in Alice Springs and one in Katherine. They are school based positions.

We would love to hear from students in Alice Springs or Katherine who would like a career in the Banking/Finance Sector.

These positions will be withdrawn if we cannot place Indigenous people and we would appreciate you sending this to your networks.

I or Candice Hayes can be contacted on 89 50 2300 to answer any questions.

Warm Regards

Chana Orloff | Manager |

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From: "Martin, Leo" <leo.martin@...>
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 11:17 pm
Subject: If you are unfortunate enough to be with Telstra ...

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Morning all.

I’ve received this email from a reliable source re; Telstra.

Regards,

Leo Martin

OK … if you’re anything like me and have the highly unfortunate circumstance of having some form of telecommunication service with Telstra, here’s a tiny bit of info to make you feel better about your situation especially when you need to muster the energy to contact them. I loathe paying them 30 cents each time I have to contact them (it does add up when it NEVER takes just one call – it’s gotta be deliberate that they make it so hard).

I found this 1800 phone number on a forum web site (for all things technical, particularly telecommunications) and tried it. Telstra were not in the slightest bit impressed that I’d gotten hold of the number and wanted to know where it was found – I just smirked and told them what a joy it was to use it and to not have to pay for the call J … anything, anything at all to get back at them.

Use this number for ALL bill enquiries, complaints etc etc – it is a free-call number and works exactly as the 13 22 00 number provided on your phone bill, so just use it. It has the same annoying voice prompts to get you to the right operator – and if not, I’m sure someone will transfer you to the right number – all for free. You get ripped off by them enough already!

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From: christine.sindely@...
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 10:59 pm
Subject: VACANCY: Aboriginal Liaison Officer - DUBBO [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Posted: 03-12-2009
Employment Sector:
Indigenous

Work Type: Full-time
Organisation: Australian Red Cross
State:NSW
Closing Date: 30/12/2009

* Based at Dubbo, NSW
* Permanent full-time position
* Salary packaging

Relief in times of crisis, be it big or small, care when it's needed most and commitment when others turn away.

Position information
As an Aboriginal Liaison Officer you will be responsible for researching and analysing the issues impacting the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primarily in the western region of NSW. Working in alignment with the Red Cross Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strategy,you will develop proposals as well as implement, monitor and evaluate programs which will address disadvantage in the community. You will be responsible for increasing the participation of indigenous clients in Red Cross programs.

To be successful in this role you will possess highly developed organisational, administrative and networking skills. The ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders including other agencies working in this field and maintain strong relationships with indigenous communities is essential.

Previous experience in the community sector would be highly desirable.

For further information and a position description please visit our careers page at
www.redcross.org.au

Applications
Applications including a CV and cover letter stating relevant experience should be forwarded to:

People & Learning Department
Email: nswjobs@...

For further enquiries please contact Pam Clay on 02 9229 4214

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply

Please note that all attachments must be in WORD format.

Applications close at 9am on 30 December 2009.

Red Cross is a child safe organisation, requiring all candidates to be screened for suitability to work with children, youth and vulnerable people.Christine Sindely | Assistant Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Section | MDP 142 | Nursing, Allied and Indigenous Workforce Branch | Health Workforce Division | Contact Number: (02) 6289 6924 |Mobile: 0421 060 058
Level 4, Albemarle Building, Furzer Street, WODEN ACT 2606

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#15414

From: christine.sindely@...
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 11:04 pm
Subject: VACANCY: Indigenous Men’s Family Violence Counsellor & Group Facilitator - Melbourne [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Posted: 25-11-2009
Employment Sector:
Domestic/Family Violence
Indigenous
Support Work

Work Type: Part-time
Organisation: Anglicare Victoria
State:Vic
Closing Date: 17/12/2009

Eastern Region
12 hour per week

This part time position is to provide counselling and support to Indigenous men referred to the Family Violence program or the Boorndawan William Healing Service, to assist them to stop using violence and/or abuse to their families. Qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Welfare Studies or equivalent area are essential.
An exemption has been obtained to employ a male: VCAT Exemption A111/2007

The facilitator will provide support, counselling and information to indigenous men and advocacy where required with Services in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.

A sound knowledge of the Victorian Indigenous community and culture, issues for indigenous men and ability to communicate sensitively with indigenous people is essential. Applicants are required to hold a current drivers licence, clear police records check and working with children check are essential. The position will be located at Anglicare Yarra Ranges in Lilydale and Boorndawan William Healing Service in Ringwood east with outreach locations in the Eastern metropolitan region.

Indigenous men with the essential qualifications are encouraged to apply and all applicants must have a sound knowledge of Victorian Aboriginal Community and Culture and issues for indigenous men. Please note the position will commence in February 2010.

For a detailed position description please go to www.anglicarevic.org.au. Enquiries to Jim Allen, Team Leader Family Violence on 9735 4188, jim.allen@... . Please forward applications nominating three referees to Jim Allen, Team Leader Family Violence, Anglicare Victoria, 47 Castella Street, Lilydale, 3140, or by email, jim.allen@... . Applications close 17 December 2009.

Contact Name: Jim Allen
Contact Phone: 9735 4188
Contact Email: jim.allen@...

Website: http://anglicarevic.org.au

Christine Sindely | Assistant Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Section | MDP 142 | Nursing, Allied and Indigenous Workforce Branch | Health Workforce Division | Contact Number: (02) 6289 6924 |Mobile: 0421 060 058
Level 4, Albemarle Building, Furzer Street, WODEN ACT 2606

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From: Tjanara Goreng Goreng <tgorenggoreng@...>
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 11:01 pm
Subject: FW: A neologistic-fe(a)st for the linguistically licentious

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Some lighter entertainment for our network – I thought you might all enjoy a good laugh today!

Some of these words are hilarious – but serious competition business for the Washington Post

Tjanara

Tjanara Goreng Goreng

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From: Lily Cubrilo
Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 12:27 AM
Subject: A neologistic-fe(a)st for the linguistically licentious

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions
to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply
alternative meanings for common words.
The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), a condition in which you absentmindedly answer
the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavoured mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (n), Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster (n.), person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent (n.), opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:

1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign
of breaking down in the near future.

2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.

3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.

6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.

8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. ( that one got extra credit)

9. Karmageddon (n): Its like, when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
like, a serious bummer.

10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.

11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.

12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they come at you rapidly.

13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

15. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a grub in
the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

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#15412

From: christine.sindely@...
Date: Mon Dec 7, 2009 11:01 pm
Subject: VACANCY: Aboriginal Community Advisor - Northern Beaches NSW [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Posted: 20-11-2009
Employment Sector:
Community Development
Indigenous

Work Type: Part-time
Organisation: Community Care (Northern Beaches)
State:NSW
Closing Date: 14/12/2009

* Northern Beaches Aboriginal Advisory Service
* Full-time
* 35 hours pw, 9-day fortnight
* Generous remuneration, including salary packaging

In this advertisement Aboriginal refers to all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples

Following consultation with the local Aboriginal community on the Northern Beaches, CCNB is developing a new service to assist Aboriginal people who are ageing, who have a disability, or who care for a person within these groups to access support. We are seeking a dynamic, creative and multi-skilled Aboriginal person to fill the full time Community Advisor (CAS) role. This new position requires an individual who has an understanding and knowledge of the issues and needs facing Aboriginal people within this target group; who has experience in developing dynamic relationships with a range of stakeholders; is interested in developing and promoting access to services; and who can support other services in providing care and support to Aboriginal people in a culturally respectful way.

The position will also be responsible for providing some direct case management support to enable Aboriginal clients to have the choice to work with an Aboriginal case manager.

If you have experience in the provision of services to this target group and/or in a community information/development role, and are interested in a challenging position where you can use your creativity, you may be the person for this position. We will provide training and facilitate access to cultural mentoring should this assist the right person. A working knowledge of the HACC service system is desirable.

Please see the website for information regarding the organisation, the essential and desirable criteria, and a detailed job description:

website: www.communitycare.org.au

For more information:

contact: Fiona
phone: 9979 7677

Applications must address the selection criteria and include the names of three referees.

Applications close: 4.30pm Monday 14 December 2009

Applicatiosn addressed to:

The Chief Executive Officer
Community Care (Northern Beaches) Inc
Unit 7/8, Level 1, Pittwater Place, 10 Park Street
Mona Vale NSW 2103
email: ccnb@...

Please note: Community Care (Northern Beaches) Inc is an EEO employer under the Anti Discrimination Act.

Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification for the position under section 14 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1977.

All employment is subject to a Criminal Record Check and the requirements of the Child Protection Act 1998.Christine Sindely | Assistant Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Section | MDP 142 | Nursing, Allied and Indigenous Workforce Branch | Health Workforce Division | Contact Number: (02) 6289 6924 |Mobile: 0421 060 058
Level 4, Albemarle Building, Furzer Street, WODEN ACT 2606

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#15411

From: "Chris Ryan" <Chris.Ryan@...>
Date: Fri Dec 4, 2009 1:13 am
Subject: Ilgarijiri art exhibition open tomorrow at AIATSIS

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Ilgarijiri – Things belonging to the Sky

*OPEN THIS SATURDAY 10am – 5pm AT AIATSIS*

An exhibition by Yamaji artists of the night sky at

AIATSIS through December 2009 and January 2010.

Many works for sale!

Seven Jijas over Yamaji#119.jpg

Seven Sisters by Christine Collard

Open:

Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (December – 29 January 2010)

Saturdays in December 10am-5pm (closed 25 December-4 January)

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula (next to the National Museum of Australia)

Ilgarijiri – things belonging to the sky is a joint project between the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research and Yamaji Art, Geraldton. As part of International Year of Astronomy festivities, Ilgarijiri showcases and celebrates the unique culture of Aboriginal artists of the Midwest including the traditional custodians of the land on which Australian scientists hope the next generation radio telescope — the Square Kilometre Array — will be built.

For more information visit http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/events/ilgarijiri.html or http://ilgarijiri.wordpress.com/

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#15410

From: Rose Morrisey <rosemorrisey@...>
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 9:00 pm
Subject: (No subject)

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Hi all

Thank you I got the kitten thanks

See what's on at the movies in your area. Find out now.

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#15409

From: Jo Kamira <jokamira@...>
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 8:34 am
Subject: Fwd: Ziploc Omelettes...?? Very clever

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This is very inventive. I wish that I was THAT clever!!!! I haven't tried it yet but for those of us on a diet.....mmmm perfect brekky..!

From: Leesa Dunshea <leesa.dunshea@...>
Date: 3 December 2009 2:38:03 PM
Subject: FW: Ziploc Omelettes...?? Very clever

Very clever ... I will have to try it I think

Leesa Dunshea | Branch Admin Support Officer - Scientific Services Section
Executive Assistant to Klaus Koop, Director Environment & Conservation Science
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW
leesa.dunshea@... | Ph: (02) 9995 5534 | Fax: (02) 9995 5925
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How do people come up with these ideas?

ZIPLOC OMELET

(This works great !!! Good for when all your family is together. The best part is that no one has to wait for their special omelet !!!)

Have guests write their name on a quart-size Ziploc freezer bag with permanent marker.

Crack 2 eggs (large or extra-large) into the bag (not more than 2) shake to combine them.

Put out a variety of ingredients such as: cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, etc.

Each guest adds prepared ingredients of choice to their bag and shake. Make sure to get the air out of the bag and zip it up.

Place the bags into rolling, boiling water for exactly 13 minutes [we did 15 minutes]. You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot. For more, make another pot of boiling water.

Open the bags and the omelet will roll out easily. Be prepared for everyone to be amazed.

Nice to serve with fresh fruit and coffee cake; everyone gets involved in the process and a great conversation piece...

Imagine having these ready the night before, and putting the bag in boiling water while you get ready. And in 15 minutes, you've got a nice omelette for a quick breakfast!!!

I wonder how it would go in a microwave??

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#15408

From: Jo Kamira <jokamira@...>
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 8:30 am
Subject: Fwd: Reconciliation book

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From: Leesa Dunshea <leesa.dunshea@...>
Date: 3 December 2009 11:50:27 AM
To: "Craig Sams (jokamira@...)" <jokamira@...>
Subject: FW: Reconciliation book

Have you seen this book?

Leesa Dunshea | Branch Admin Support Officer - Scientific Services Section
Executive Assistant to Klaus Koop, Director Environment & Conservation Science
Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW
leesa.dunshea@...  | Ph: (02) 9995 5534 | Fax: (02) 9995 5925
59-61 Goulburn Street Sydney | PO Box A290 Sydney South NSW 1232

From: Slockee Clarence
Sent: Thursday, 3 December 2009 11:40 AM
To: _ALL-Aboriginal Staff
Subject: Reconciliation book

I hope you can send this notice out on your mailing list.

The Jimmy Little Foundation reconciliation book Portraits from a Land Without People
has to date raised $48,500 for the Foundation's work helping improve Indigenous health
and it is hoped to double that figure by the end of the year. Only 500 copies of the first
edition remain and Christmas orders are now being taken online at  www.aboriginalportraits.com  .

Portraits from a Land Without People celebrates the richness, diversity and resilience
of Indigenous culture.  The foreword for the book is by Pat Dodson and the introduction by
Larissa Behrendt. Phillip Adams described it as "a magnificent book �as important a book
as anything that�s been published in Australia for years."

Portraits from a Land Without People is the most comprehensive anthology of
photographs to document Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture yet produced.
It charts the photographic history of Indigenous Australia from the first photographs
by Douglas T. Kilburn in 1847 through to the Prime Minister�s �Apology� in 2008.



The images compiled for �Portraits from a Land Without People� are but a window
into the Indigenous society. The challenge for those who read this collection is to
look beyond the window and gaze into the heart and soul of the nation.
Patrick Dodson

This collection of photographs is a catalogue of past wrongs, a celebration of
Aboriginal empowerment and a testament to Aboriginal survival.
Larissa Behrendt

The book has an authenticity that dwarfs most attempts in film, television and
print to tell the Aboriginal story of the last two centuries � It is a raw story.
It stands on its own and yet pays its respect to so many others who looked through
a lens along this long road.                                                             Jeff McMullen

I think this is a magnificent book �as important a book as anything that�s been
published in Australia for years.                                                            Phillip Adams
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2488928.htm

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#15407

From: Tjanara Goreng Goreng <tgorenggoreng@...>
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 1:18 am
Subject: Looking for Terry William's contact details

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Hi everyone I’m looking for Terry Williams contact details.

He used to work for the NSW Emergency Services Department

Thanks Tjanara

Tjanara Goreng Goreng

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#15406

From: "Chris Ryan" <Chris.Ryan@...>
Date: Thu Dec 3, 2009 1:03 am
Subject: Publisher needed in Broome

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On behalf of Magabala Books –

PUBLISHING MANAGER (full-time)

Based in Broome, Western Australia, Magabala Books is Australia’s oldest independent Indigenous publishing house. We publish award-winning books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creators across a range of genres including social history, memoir, and children’s books.

We seek an experienced book publishing professional to strategically develop and manage Magabala’s national publishing list.

The role requires someone who has worked in a senior editorial role and has proven organisational and interpersonal skills. Operating in a small team environment, the ability to work to deadlines and budgets is critical. The Publishing Manager is responsible for quality control, working closely with marketing and sales staff, and is required to undertake production tasks and manage in-house and freelance publishing staff.

A desire to work with emerging creators and understand Indigenous cultural protocols is essential.

Indigenous applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

For further information and a detailed position description, please email the Chief Executive Officer: suzie@...

APPLICATIONS CLOSE 18 DECEMBER 2009

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#15405

From: Rose Morrisey <rosemorrisey@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 11:54 pm
Subject: (No subject)

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Hi guys

Does anyone know of anyone that is giving away kittens for free

Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now.

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#15404

From: "Chesters, Angela" <Angela.Chesters@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 10:40 pm
Subject: FW: Looking for Young Aboriginal people to participate in Kokoda Trail Aboriginal Leaders Program - GISDI [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

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FYI

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From: "Lugnan, Christian" <Christian.Lugnan@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 11:06 am
Subject: FW: ASIC job advertisements [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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For your info and networks.

Regards,

Christian Lugnan

ORIC Field Officer

Coffs Harbour ICC

Ph: 02 6648 5834

Fx: 02 6204 4082

Mb: 0418 493 217

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

From: Moore, Chris [mailto:Chris.Moore@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 11:09 AM
To: mpittman@...; Aaron Maybury; Amanda Eatock; Amanda Ingram; Auntie Linda; bkbrown@...; blackchat; brad.welsh@...; Bradley Delany; bronzwhaler64@...; c; Cameron Cordory; carla.smith@...; CAthy Godden; Chris Capper; Lugnan, Christian; Cindy Treweek; Constance Chatfield; Darlene Daley; dianne.hattersley@...; Felicity_Huntington@...; Greg Slabb; Gwenda Darling; Irene Moore; JESSOP Jill; Joanne Caines; Joanne Cross; JUNE LOWE; Keith Hall; kelly.godden@...; KELLY.STRONELL@...; KELVIN.ALLEN@...; Kerry Welsh; lani.watson@...; LUKE.SMEATON@...; murri@...; narelle.heise@...; Nita Lyons; raymond_newman@...; rodney_simpson@...; Scott Campbell; Scott Moore; Sonter, Matthew; Steve Ella; Sutton, Melanie; Trudgett Larry (E-mail); vickieparry2004@...; Victoria Colebrook; warwick.thompson@...
Subject: FW: ASIC job advertisements [SEC=IN-CONFIDENCE]

From: Jill Rudeforth [mailto:Jill.Rudeforth@...]
Sent: Monday, 30 November 2009 5:23 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: ASIC job advertisements [SEC=IN-CONFIDENCE]

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) have advertised 3 positions. Positions are located in Darwin, Perth and Sydney.

As well as the ASIC website (www.asic.gov.au), mycareer and seek, ads will also appear in The Koori Mail, The National Indigenous Times, The Torres News, The NT News and The West Australian.

Applications will close on 18 December 2009, with interviews likely early January.

A copy of the ad and the position descriptions are attached below FYI.

Please distribute the advertisements throughout your networks.

Jill Rudeforth | Lawyer | Australian Securities & Investments Commission | (+61 8 9261 4009 | Ë 0428 105 764 | 6 +61 8 9261 4227 | * jill.rudeforth@... |

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#15402

From: Ritesh Patel <rvkp5@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 6:06 am
Subject: WELCOME to my world

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Wel Come Friends................

I Think You Are So... FINE

BUT.....

According to me, can you fullfill your HEARTLY WISHES ???

So to anulaxine your wishes.......

I bring very Interesting, Mindblowing & Amazing SITE for you.

You can complete your heartly wishes from here...and it also make you Unbelievable

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You can find Knowledge, Entertainment, Games, Music, Movies, Shopping, Education,

Love, READ MORE......

Thanks a lot

Your Best Wisher....

The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage.

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#15401

From: "Boomanulla Oval" <boomanullaoval@...>
Date: Wed Dec 2, 2009 3:01 am
Subject: 2009 Children's Xmas Party - Boomanulla Oval

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Hi all,

Please find attached flyer for Children’s Xmas party at Boomanulla Oval

Cheers

Cheryl Hollingsworth

ACSRA - Administration

Boomanulla Oval

Phone: (02) 6295 8557

Fax: (02) 6239 7487

Email: boomanullaoval@...

Website: www.boomanulla.com.au

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#15400

From: "Nagas, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Nagas@...>
Date: Tue Dec 1, 2009 11:47 pm
Subject: FW: [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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i have recieved Duncan's contact details, thank you.

KENNY NAGAS
LIAISON OFFICER
ACT POLICING

Tel +61(0) 2 62457488 Ext 162488 Fax +61(0) 2 62457467

www.afp.gov.au

From: actindnetwork@yahoogroups.com [mailto:actindnetwork@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nagas, Kenneth
Sent: Wednesday, 2 December 2009 10:37 AM
To: actindnetwork@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [actindnetwork] [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi All

I am after a contact number for Duncan Smith.

Thank you

KENNY NAGAS
LIAISON OFFICER
ACT POLICING

Tel +61(0) 2 62457488 Ext 162488 Fax +61(0) 2 62457467

www.afp.gov.au

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From: "Nagas, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Nagas@...>
Date: Tue Dec 1, 2009 11:36 pm
Subject: [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Hi All

I am after a contact number for Duncan Smith.

Thank you

KENNY NAGAS
LIAISON OFFICER
ACT POLICING

Tel +61(0) 2 62457488 Ext 162488 Fax +61(0) 2 62457467

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[Aboriginal News]

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health commenced his visit to Australia last week and will conclude on Friday (4 December 2009) with a press conference at the Kurrajong Hotel in Canberra.

I attach below the press announcement of his visit, and part of the submission to the Special Rapporteur by the Human Rights Law Resource Centre pertaining to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.

I understand that NACCHO, QAIHC and other Aboriginal and TSI health organisations are aware of the visit, and that the Special Rapporteur is visiting a number of States and Territories. At this stage I have no additional information regarding the schedule of the Special Rapporteur.

Written submissions to the Special Rapporteur can be emailed by the end of the week (up to COB, 4 December 2009) to <julia.dean@...>.

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23 November 2009

GENEVA -- Anand Grover, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, began a mission to Australia on 23 November 2009. The Special Rapporteur is in the country at the invitation of the Government until 4 December.

The purpose of the mission is to determine, in the spirit of co-operation and dialogue, how Australia endeavours to implement the right to health, the measures taken for its successful realization and the obstacles encountered both at the national and international levels.

The key themes of the mission will be the impact of poverty and discrimination, including inequalities, on the enjoyment of the right to health. The mission will focus on issues regarding the enjoyment of the right to health in Australia, and in particular in the context of access to healthcare of asylum seekers, refugees and persons in detention, as well as those of indigenous populations.

Mr. Grover will meet with Government officials and with civil society representatives, including non-governmental organizations and academics.

He will give a press briefing at 11:30 am on Friday, 4 December at Kurrajong Hotel in Canberra.

The Special Rapporteur will present a report on his mission to the Human Rights Council in June 2010.

The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to help States, and others, promote and protect the right to the highest attainable standard of health. For further information on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and copies of available reports, please consult the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/health/right/index.htm

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TO: Anand Grover, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Briefing Paper on Key Issues on the Right to Health in Australia
September 2009
<http://www.hrlrc.org.au/files/Briefing-Paper-Health-in-Austalia-September-2009.pdf>

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5.2 Indigenous Health

40. The state of Indigenous health in Australia results from and represents serious human rights breaches. Many Indigenous Australians do not have the benefit of equal access to primary health care and many Indigenous communities lack basic needs, such as adequate housing, safe drinking water, electricity and effective sewerage systems.

41. The crisis in Indigenous health in Australia is reflected in the following statistics:

(a) Life expectancy for Indigenous Australian males is 59 years, almost 18 years less than the 77.0 years expected for all Australian males, while life expectancy for Indigenous Australian females is 65 years, around 18 years less than the expectation of 82 years for all Australian females.[38]

(b) Life expectancy for Indigenous Australians is between 8 and 15 years less than that of Indigenous populations in Canada, the United States and New Zealand.[39]

(c) In 2001–2005, the infant mortality rate for Indigenous infants was three times that of non-Indigenous infants.[40]

(d) Indigenous Australians are eight times more likely to die from diabetes, three times more likely to die from circulatory disease, four times more likely to die from chronic kidney disease and have one of the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease in the world.[41]

(e) Indigenous people have a higher rate of ear and hearing problems, across all age groups, than do non-indigenous people.[42]

(f) In 2001–2005, the leading causes of death for Indigenous peoples in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory included chronic diseases of the circulatory system and cancer.[43]

(g) The number of Indigenous Australians diagnosed with AIDS more than doubled in the four years to 2005.[44]

(h) Intentional self-harm was the leading cause of death from external causes for Indigenous males for the 2001–2005 year period. The suicide rate was almost three times that for non-Indigenous males, with the major differences occurring in younger age groups.[45]

42. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has previously recommended that Australia intensify its efforts to eradicate the disparities faced by Indigenous peoples in relation to, among other areas, health.[46] The Committee also recommended that decisive steps be taken to ensure that a sufficient number of health professionals provide services to Indigenous people.

43. The Government has announced its program entitled ‘Closing the Gap’ as its major response to Indigenous disadvantage in Australia across a range of portfolio areas, including health. In February 2009, a Government Report entitled Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage: The Challenge for Australia stated that National Partnerships on Indigenous Health Outcomes (partnerships between state and federal governments) would commit $1.57 billion over four years ‘to reduce the biggest health risk factors such as smoking, to improve chronic disease management and follow up and to expand the capacity of the health workforce to tackle chronic disease in the Indigenous population.’[47] This constitutes the biggest single injection of new funding by an Australian government to improve Indigenous health outcomes.[48]

Indigenous Children

44. However, whilst the significant commitment of funding is to be welcomed, reports from bodies such as the Australian Medical Association (AMA) suggest these funds are inadequate. In November 2008, the AMA released its annual report card presenting a snapshot of the health of Indigenous children.[49] Dr Capolingua, President of the AMA, said the AMA report ‘presents a disturbing picture of health conditions and outcomes more commonly associated with the Third World than with a wealthy nation such as ours’.[50] Indigenous children are:

(a) more likely to be stillborn, to be born pre-term, to have low birth weight, or die in the first month of life;

(b) two to three times more likely to die in the first year of life;

(c) eleven times more likely to die from respiratory causes;

(d) at a much higher risk of suffering from infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory and circulatory problems, hearing loss, rheumatic fever, dental cavities, injuries and clinically-significant emotional and behavioural difficulties;

(e) nearly 30 times more likely to suffer from nutritional anaemia and malnutrition up to four years of age; and

(f) cared for by substantially fewer adults, who had serious health risks themselves.[51]

45. The report emphasised that rectifying the health gap in children can only be done by comprehensively addressing the broader contextual factors and intergenerational health influences that affect Indigenous children.

Indigenous Women

46. Indigenous women continue to experience much higher levels of ill-health, disease and death than non-Indigenous women.52 Communicable and chronic diseases are diagnosed at much higher rates than for non-Indigenous women, and health risk factors53 and mental health problems are also apparent on a much greater scale among Indigenous women than in the broader community.[54]

47. Indigenous women are more likely to have an unhealthy standard of living, and to suffer from intersecting social issues, including larger families and overcrowded housing, less access to water and utilities, less access to medical and other services, and to experience more stressors such as eviction, job loss, violence and death of family members.[55]

Possible Reform to Indigenous Health Services

48. The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission has recommended the establishment of a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Authority (NATSIHA). The NATSIHA would be responsible for administering the expenditure of aggregated State and Commonwealth funding to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians. In particular, the NATSIHA would work to address poor nutrition in the Indigenous community, as this is recognised as an important determinant in Indigenous health.[56]

FOOTNOTES
38 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008 (2009).
39 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, A Statistical Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia (August 2006) available at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/statistics/index.html
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
42 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008 (2009).
43 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008 (2009).
44 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Australia: AIDS Rates Rising in Indigenous Communities (26 August 2005) available at http://www.thebody.com/content/art25660.html
45 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008 (2009).
46 Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Australia, UN Doc CERD/C/AUS/CO/14 (2005) [19].
47 Australian Government, ‘Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage: The Challenge for Australia’, February 2009, 20 at http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/general/Documents/closing_gap_Indigenous_disadvantage/closing_the_gap.pdf
48 Human Rights Commission, 'Health equality for Indigenous Australians a step closer: Close the Gap Coalition welcomes COAG funding' (Press release, 30 November 2008).
49 Australian Medical Association, AMA Report Card Series 2008 – Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Health, Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability: The Health of Indigenous Children (2008), available at http://www.ama.com.au/system/files/node/4335/AMA+Indigenous+Health+Report+Card+2008.pdf
50 Australian Medical Association, ‘Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability - AMA Indigenous Health Report Card 2008’ (Press release, 27 November 2008).
51 Australian Medical Association, AMA Report Card Series 2008 – Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Health, Ending the Cycle of Vulnerability: The Health of Indigenous Children (2008), 1, available at http://www.ama.com.au/system/files/node/4335/AMA+Indigenous+Health+Report+Card+2008.pdf
52 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, A Statistical Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia (August 2006) chapter 4 available at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/statistics/ index.html
53 Health risk factors include smoking and obesity: ibid chapter 4(f).
54 For a simple analysis of the comparative health statistics, see Australian Bureau of Statistics, The Health and Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women: A Snapshot, 2004–05 (2007) available at http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4722.0.55.001
55 Ibid.
56 National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, A Healthier Future for All Australians: Final Report: June 2009, accessed from <http://www.nhhrc.org.au/internet/nhhrc/publishing.nsf/Content/1AFDEAF1FB76A1D8CA257600000B5BE2/$File/EXEC_SUMMARY.pdf> on 28 August 2009.
57 See Mental Health Council of Australia, Time for Service (2007).

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Subject: [WGAR-news] Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People (30 Nov 09)

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INCOME MANAGEMENT TO BE EXTENDED
TO INCLUDE NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE

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Contents:
Income Management to be extended to include Non-Aboriginal People
Other NT Intervention Articles

INCOME MANAGEMENT TO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE NON-ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:

- Media Releases

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
New Intervention laws still breach RDA
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/new-intervention-laws-still-breach-rda
26 Nov 09: "The Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
will protest at FaHCSIA offices at 12:30pm today, against
plans to expand compulsory welfare quarantining across the
country and continue with discriminatory Northern Territory
Intervention laws. STICS argues that Minister Jenny
Macklin's claim that Income Management (IM) is benefitting
NT communities is deceitful and that the new laws will
continue to breach the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA).
"Income quarantining has been a disaster for 'prescribed
communities'."

Greens condemn Rudd Government move to nation-wide
welfare quarantining
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/greens-condemn-rudd-government-move-nation-wide-welfare-quarantining
25 Nov 09: " "This is the biggest negative shift in social
policy from an ALP Government ever," said Greens community
services spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert today. "I am
shocked that a Labor Government would countenance such poor
social policy without a shred of evidence of positive
outcomes from this level of social control. This is a huge
shift in values away from a culture of a 'fair go for all'
and towards a paternalistic approach that restricts the
choices of the disadvantaged 'for their own good'. It is
unbelievable that the Rudd Government thinks that simply
because some people are unemployed or single parents they
cannot look after their children or manage their money,"
said Senator Siewert."

ANTaR:
Concerns remain about the Northern Territory Emergency Response
http://www.antar.org.au/media/concerns_remain_about_the_NTER
25 Nov 09: "Extending income management to all welfare
recipients in the Northern Territory will
disproportionately and adversely affect Aboriginal people
in Northern Territory. said ANTaR National President, Dr
Janet Hunt. �It appears that the mooted idea that
compulsory income management could be made a special measure
under the Racial Discrimination Act, has been discarded by
the Government as indefensible,� says ANTaR National
President, Dr Janet Hunt. ANTaR has consistently opposed
ideas that income quarantining could be seen as a special
measure."

Hon Jenny Macklin MP:
Strengthening the Northern Territory Emergency Response
http://www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/jennymacklin.nsf/content/strengthening_nter_25nov2009.htm
25 Nov 09: "Moving the NTER to a sustainable development
phase can not be achieved while the suspension of the
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (RDA) continues. The
Government will introduce legislation into the Parliament
to repeal all NTER laws that suspend the operation of the
RDA. ... Income management will be re-designed as a
non-discriminatory measure. The new scheme will commence
across the NT - in urban, regional and remote areas - as a
first step in a national roll out of income management in
disadvantaged regions."

Hon Jenny Macklin MP:
Major welfare reforms to protect children and strengthen families
http://www.jennymacklin.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/jennymacklin.nsf/content/welfare_reforms_protect_children_25nov2009.htm
25 Nov 09: "As part of major reforms to the welfare system,
the Australian Government will introduce a new income
management scheme to protect children and families and help
disengaged individuals. The Government is committed to
progressively reforming the welfare and family payment
system to foster responsibility and to provide a platform
for people to move up and out of welfare dependence. The
reforms will help fight passive welfare and mean that more
money goes to food, clothes, rent and less money goes to
buying alcohol and gambling."

- Opinion

New Matilda: Macklin Announces Massive Changes To Welfare
http://newmatilda.com/2009/11/26/macklin-announces-massive-changes-welfare
26 Nov 09: "In order to keep the NT Intervention without
appearing racist, the Government has moved to give itself
income management powers for the whole country, writes
Greens senator Rachel Siewert. Late on Tuesday in Canberra,
while the eyes of the nation were focused on a climate
split in the Coalition party room, the Minister for
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs, Jenny Macklin, quietly briefed a few selected
journalists on controversial plans to roll out welfare
quarantining nationwide. ... " Rachel Siewert

Crikey: Persecuting white and black isn�t racist
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/25/persecuting-white-and-black-isnt-racists/
25 Nov 09: "How do you discriminate against Aboriginal
families without being racist? You add in non Indigenous
families and treat them equally badly. The reported bad
experiences of income quarantined families do not suggest
that these changes will bring much, if any benefits to the
recipients. Yet Macklin is about to announce that those on
certain benefits in the NT will share the distress and
injustices on a non racist basis." Eva Cox

Croakey: What will income management mean for peoples�
health and wellbeing?
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/11/25/what-will-income-management-mean-for-peoples-health-and-wellbeing/
25 Nov 09: "Croakey has put this question to a range of
people across the health sector, and will keep you posted
as the responses come in. ... Two reports from 2008
highlighting the diversity of views on income management.
Circa Report. The CIRCA report was commissioned by the
independent NTER Review Board ...
Central Land Council � NTER: Perspectives from Six Communities"

Australian: Tough love works best
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/tough-love-works-best/story-e6frg6zo-1225803899559
25 Nov 09: "EXTENDING income management beyond Northern
Territory indigenous communities to the rest of Australia
should get bipartisan support. Why? Because it works and is
supported by many of the biggest victims of welfare
dysfunction: women and children." David Moore

- News

National Indigenous Times:
Widespread concerns over nationwide income management roll out
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=19037
26 Nov 09: "The Rudd government's plan to rollout the
income management scheme, a controversial plank of the NT
intervention, into the whole of Australia has been met with
criticism, with concerns most of the people affected will
still be Aboriginal. ... But welfare groups and Aboriginal
activists have criticised the plan. Former Family Court
Chief Justice Alastair Nicholson, who just this week
launched an independent report labelling the NT
intervention consultations as "fundamentally flawed" told
the ABC that most of the people affected would still be
Aboriginal."

SMH: Welfare measure attacked
http://www.smh.com.au/national/welfare-measure-attacked-20091125-jrwr.html
26 Nov 09: "EXPANDING income management across the country
will demonise more people on flawed evidence that it
benefits disadvantaged communities, social service, charity
and church groups say. The controversial measure,
introduced in 2007 as part of the Federal Government's
intervention into the Northern Territory, was yesterday
extended to low socio-economic groups across the country."

NT News: Outrage at income plan
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/11/26/104101_ntnews.html
26 Nov 09: "WELFARE recipients are outraged about the
Federal Government's plan to expand income management
across the whole of the Territory. The scheme will force
them to spend half of their payments on food and other
essentials. Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin said it
would reduce the amount of money spent on grog and gambling.
But Gail Barnes, 39, who has been on the dole for several
years, said the policy was disempowering."

Australian Council of Social Service - ACOSS News
Rollout of Blanket Income Management Unfair and Un-Australian
http://www.acoss.org.au/News.aspx?displayID=99&articleID=6591
25 Nov 09: "ACOSS has raised concerns about the Federal
Government�s plans to roll out income management across the
country, saying it could further disadvantage low income
Australians. �While the reinstatement of the Racial
Discrimination Act is welcome step, it comes at a cost,�
said Clare Martin, CEO, Australian Council of Social
Service. �These are major reforms to our welfare system and
we are concerned there is no evidence to warrant an
extension of income quarantining."

Australian: Compulsory income management worst Labor
social policy ever, say Greens
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/compulsory-income-management-worst-labor-social-policy-ever-say-greens/story-fn3dxiwe-1225803694798
25 Nov 09: "NATIONAL compulsory income management is the
worst social policy of any Labor government, the Australian
Greens say. The Rudd Government wants to force welfare
recipients around the country to spend half of their
payments on essentials like food and clothing."

Koori Mail: ACOSS slams welfare reform plan
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Nov 09: "THE Australian Council of Social Service
(ACOSS) is concerned that rolling income management out
across the country could further disadvantage low-income
Australians. ACOSS chief executive officer Clare Martin
says blanket income management is unfair, un-Australian and
a blunt instrument which does not consider individual
circumstances."

Koori Mail: Govt fails to listen to Aboriginal concerns: ANTaR
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Nov 09: "A FEDERAL Government proposal to eventually
extend welfare quarantining from just Aboriginal people in
the Northern Territory to communities throughout Australia
is proof the Government failed to listen during recent
consultations with Aboriginal people regarding NT Emergency
Response measures, according to Australians for Native
Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) president Janet Hunt."

ABC: Welfare changes like Big Brother: ex-chief justice
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/25/2753563.htm
25 Nov 09: "A former chief justice says compulsory income
management is like Big Brother and interferes with people's
rights and liberties. ... Alistair Nicholson says the
income management measures may allow the Government to
reinstate the Act but the policy could still be considered
discriminatory."

ABC AM: Welfare quarantining set to go national
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/25/2752768.htm?site=indigenous&topic=latest
25 Nov 09: "Welfare recipients are facing significant
restrictions on the way they can spend their payments under
major changes to the welfare system announced by the
Federal Government. The measure of quarantining welfare so
money can only be spent on essential items has been in
place in Northern Territory Indigenous communities as part
of the federal intervention. Now the Government plans to
extend the scheme to non-Indigenous people in the Northern
Territory."

ABC: Welfare plan to be tested on Territorians
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/25/2753417.htm
25 Nov 09: "The Federal Government has taken the first step
in rolling out compulsory income management in
disadvantaged communities across the country. It is part of
changes to the Northern Territory Intervention to make it
comply with the Racial Discrimination Act. Until now, the
scheme has been used only in Indigenous communities."

SMH: Welfare control goes country-wide
http://www.smh.com.au/national/welfare-control-goes-countrywide-20091125-jkae.html?skin=text-only
25 Nov 09: "COMPULSORY income management will be expanded
to welfare recipients across the country to make the
Government's control of Aboriginal welfare comply with
racial discrimination laws. From July 1, the measure that
forces people in remote indigenous communities to allocate
half their welfare payments to food, rent and clothing,
will apply to all severely disadvantaged people."

Australian: New law to quarantine all welfare payments
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/new-law-to-quarantine-all-welfare-payments/story-e6frgczf-1225803474284
25 Nov 09: "WELFARE recipients across Australia face
compulsory income-management under a Rudd government move
to ensure their payments are not being wasted on alcohol,
drugs or gambling. Under legislation to be introduced into
the House of Representatives today, the government will
have the power to require that 50 per cent of a welfare
recipient's payments be quarantined for spending on food
and the essentials of life."

Koori Mail: Income management to spread
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Nov 09: "COMPULSORY income management will be extended
to non-Aboriginal welfare recipients in the Northern
Territory by the end of next year and eventually across the
board in other disadvantaged regions of Australia. The
moves form part of Federal Government attempts to make
�non-discriminatory� the NT Emergency Response (NTER) or
Intervention, which suspended the operation of the Racial
Discrimination Act in 73 NT Aboriginal communities."

ABC: Kids' plight forces Macklin's hand on income management
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2753970.htm?site=indigenous&topic=latest
26 Nov 09: "Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny
Macklin's radical move to extend income management to all
welfare recipients in the Northern Territory is in part a
recognition that child safety in the NT is far from
satisfactory. A crucial decision in the Federal Court today
has determined that the Federal Government can proceed to
take over the Alice Springs town camps."

ABC: Income management to be extended
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/24/2752372.htm
24 Nov 09: "The Federal Government is preparing to announce
significant changes to welfare policy, with income
management to be extended to include non-Indigenous people.
People living in prescribed Indigenous communities in the
Northern Territory have restrictions placed on the way they
spend welfare payments as part of the emergency
Intervention. The Federal Government is now moving to
extend those measures throughout the Territory."

- Reports

FaHCSIA: Policy Statement: Landmark Reform to the Welfare
System, Reinstatement of the Racial Discrimination Act, and
Strengthening of the Northern Territory Emergency Response
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/nter_reports/policy_statement_nter/Pages/default.aspx
Nov 2009: "The Government is moving to introduce landmark
reforms to the welfare system which, over time, will see
the national roll out of a non-discriminatory scheme to
income manage welfare payments in disadvantaged regions
across Australia."

FaHCSIA: Report On the NTER Redesign Engagement Strategy
and Implementation
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/nter_reports/Pages/report_nter_redesign_strat_implement.aspx
Nov 2009

OTHER NT INTERVENTION ARTICLES:

- Background on the Northern Territory Intervention

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Northern Territory National Emergency Response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory_intervention

interventionwalkoff.wordpress.com
stoptheintervention.org
rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com
wgar.info

- Media Releases

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
FaHCSIA's Whitewash 'consultation' report
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/whitewash-consultation-report-can-t-hide-intervention-atrocities
25 Nov 09: "The Stop the Intervention Collective in Sydney
(STICS) has labeled a FaHCSIA report on NT Intervention
consultations a "shambolic whitewash", deliberately
designed to mask deep community opposition to Intervention
measures. STICS says that claims of community support for
the Intervention rely on secret, unaccountable meetings
with Intervention staff. The strong anti-Intervention
sentiments expressed through public consultation meetings
have been misrepresented or ignored. Contrary to Minister
Jenny Macklin's statements, the report provides evidence
that the Intervention is responsible for widespread abuses
of human rights and the intensification of many social
problems, particularly relating to alcohol."

ANTaR: Racial Discrimination Act changes crucial to
re-engage Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory
http://www.antar.org.au/media/racial_discrimination_act_changes
25 Nov 09: " "Reports released on Monday on the Federal
Government's consultation process for 'redesigning' the
NTER indicate the urgent need for fundamental change in the
government's approach to dealing with Aboriginal
communities in the Northern Territory", ANTaR President,
Dr Janet Hunt said. ... The reports reveal a deeply
disturbing picture of widespread community frustration and
confusion regarding the measures introduced under the NTER.
Communities have been struggling to cope with chaotic,
uncoordinated and disempowering changes that have been
imposed without their input. "The government's consultation
process provides no basis for continuing aspects of the
NTER, such as compulsory quarantining of income - either as
so-called 'special measures' or if applied to all welfare
recipients across the Territory to avoid racial
discrimination", Dr Hunt said ... "

Australian Human Rights Commission:
Reinstating the RDA in the Northern Territory welcomed
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2009/119_09.html
25 Nov 09: "The Australian Human Rights Commission has
welcomed today�s announcement by the Australian Government
that it will reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA)
in the Northern Territory in 2010. Race Discrimination
Commissioner, Graeme Innes, said the proposal to
progressively lift the suspension of the RDA and
anti-discrimination laws in the Northern Territory and
Queensland was essential for Australia to be able to comply
with its human rights obligations and ensure that people
were protected from discrimination on the basis of their
race."

- Audio

Rollback the Intervention: Audio
November 26, 2009: Rally outside FaHCSIA, Sydney
[Under the theme: "Unconditionally restore the Racial
Discrimination Act: Racism is not a special measure"]
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/audio-recordings/
"Uncle Dootch Kennedy- Sandon Point Tent Embassy ...
Larissa Behrendt-Director- Research Unit,
�Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS ...
Eva Cox- Women for Wik ...
Paddy Gibson- Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney ...
Barb Shaw- Mount Nancy Town Camp and Intervention Rollback
�Action Group Alice Springs (via phone link) ...
Michael Brull_Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney"

ABC AM:
Dodson: Racial Discrimination Act to force intervention changes
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2009/s2749525.htm
21 Nov 09: "Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson says the Federal
Government will have to abandon compulsory management of
welfare income in the Northern Territory if the Racial
Discrimination Act is reinstated. The act was suspended
back in 2007 with the Howard government's intervention. But
next week, the Rudd Government will introduce legislation
to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act of 1975. ... "
[includes interview with Mick Dodson]

- News

Koori Mail: Other Intervention measures here to stay
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
25 Nov 09: "THE Federal Government says it will modify but
keep alcohol and pornography restrictions, five-year
leases, expanded law enforcement powers and other key
measures under the Northern Territory Emergency Response
(NTER). Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin and
Indigenous Health Minister Warren Snowdon say the measures
qualify as 'special measures' under the Racial
Discrimination Act, which the Government says it will now
seek to reinstate in affected communities."

Koori Mail: All eyes on Govt for reinstatement of RDA
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
24 Nov 09: "THE Australian Government is expected to reveal
today how it intends to ensure that measures under the
Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) will comply
with the Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Speculation is
rife over whether such controversial intervention measures
as compulsory income quarantining can continue in NT
Aboriginal communities if the Act is reinstated there."

ABC Alice Springs:
Racial Discrimination Act will change intervention: Dodson
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/22/2749757.htm?site=alicesprings
22 Nov 09: "Indigenous leader Mick Dodson says a plan to
re-instate the racial discrimination act in the Northern
Territory is at odds with the intervention in Indigenous
communities. ... Professor Dodson says the intervention
itself is discriminatory and will have to be changed
dramatically if the laws are reintroduced."

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29 NOV 2009:
WILL THEY BE HEARD?
INDEPENDENT REPORT ON NT INTERVENTION "CONSULTATIONS"

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Contents:
Will they be heard? - independent report on NTER "consultations"
Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps Court ruling

WILL THEY BE HEARD? - INDEPENDENT REPORT ON NTER "CONSULTATIONS":

- Report

Will they be heard? - a response to the NTER Consultations
- June to August 2009
Introduction by the Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Prepared by Alastair Nicholson, Larissa Behrendt,
Alison Vivian, Nicole Watson and Michele Harris
Research Unit, Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
http://www.socialpolicyconnections.com.au/Portals/3/docs/wil%20they%20be%20heard%20report%20nov%2009.pdf
Nov 2009: "II. Summary Points
37. The consultation process undertaken by the Department
of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs (�FaHCSIA�) in relation to the Northern Territory
Emergency Response (�NTER�) is insufficient to qualify as
indicating consent by Aboriginal people in the Northern
Territory to special measures for the purposes of the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).
38. The deficiencies in the process include:
a. Lack of independence from government on the part of the
�people undertaking the consultancy;
b. Lack of Aboriginal input into design and implementation;
c. Lack of notice;
d. An absence of interpreters;
e. The consultations took place on plans and decisions
�already made by the government;
f. Inadequate explanations of the NTER measures;
g. Failure to explain complex legal concepts; and
h. Concerns about the government�s motives in implementing
�consultation. ... "

- Media Releases

Melbourne Law School: The University of Melbourne:
The Hon. Malcolm Fraser launches �Will they be heard?� report
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=4B1D1CB1-B0D0-AB80-E28E8C05438EC230&DiaryID=4500
23 Nov 09: "Former Prime Minister, the Hon. Malcolm Fraser,
has joined legal experts and community group �concerned
Australians� in calling for the Rudd Government to
reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act, in line with human
rights principles, as he launched the �Will they be heard?�
report at Melbourne Law School, today. In launching �Will
they be heard?�, the Hon. Malcolm Fraser, said the report
provided detailed evidence that the Government�s
consultation with Aboriginal communities was significantly
flawed and had a predetermined end, that resulted in the
views of Aboriginal communities not being heard, even
though the imposition of �special measures� such as income
management, would have a profound and direct affect on
communities."

Greens: Independent report suggests Macklin's attempts to
restore the RDA will fail
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/independent-report-suggests-macklins-attempts-restore-rda-will-fail-greens
23 Nov 09: "An independent report released today on recent
Northern Territory reform consultation undermines any
attempt by Minister Jenny Macklin to restore the Racial
Discrimination Act by appealing to 'special measures.' The
independent report is at odds with the FaHCSIA consultation
report and media statements today by Minister Jenny Macklin
- who claims the consultations were 'comprehensive' and
highlighted comments supporting the NTER. "The independent
report concludes that serious deficiencies in FaHCSIA's
consultation process mean that it cannot be legally
considered as indicating consent to the use of
discriminatory measures for the purposes of the Racial
Discrimination Act," said Greens Aboriginal Issues
spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert."

STICS - Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
RDA reinstatement masks continuation of racist laws
http://stoptheintervention.org/facts/press-releases/rda-reinstatement-masks-continuation-of-racist-laws
24 Nov 09: "The Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney
(STICS) has condemned Minister Jenny Macklin's plans to
introduce legislation this week, which characterise NT
Intervention controls as "special measures" under the
Racial Discrimination Act (1975). ... "The government
claims to have held over 500 consultations - as though
Intervention policies have the support of effected
communities. However, the results of these consultations
were exposed as a farce the same day they were released.
The consultations were subject to devastating criticisms by
scholars like Alastair Nicholson and Larissa Behrendt.
They've shown that the decision to continue the
Intervention was made before the process started, and the
government structured meetings to stifle opposition." "

Greens: NTER reform consultation meeting transcripts
denied public scrutiny
http://rachel-siewert.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/nter-reform-consultation-meeting-transcripts-denied-public-scrutiny
26 Nov 09: "The Senate today refused an Australian Greens'
motion to make available transcripts of the Government's
Northern Territory reform consultation meetings. ... "An
independent report has shown that deep flaws exist in the
Government's consultation process. Yet the Government is
claiming there is support for continuing the use of
discriminatory measures, which is not consistent with the
findings of the Independent Review." ... "The independent
report identified significant problems in the manner in
which the consultation meetings they attended were
conducted, and released full transcripts that support
these claims," said Senator Siewert."

- Opinion

ABC Unleashed: Will they be heard?
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2753286.htm
26 Nov 09: "The Government plans to introduce amendments to
Parliament that have the effect of reviving the Racial
Discrimination Act in those NT Aboriginal communities
affected by the Howard Government's 2007 Intervention.
While this is to be applauded, it appears that the
Government also wants to preserve aspects of the
Intervention and has held 'consultations' with the
communities which it hopes will enable it to characterise a
number of measures, including compulsory income protection
as 'special measures' under the Act." Alastair Nicholson

Crikey: Jenny Macklin turns a deaf ear to intervention gripes
http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/24/jenny-macklin-turns-a-deaf-ear-to-intervention-gripes/
24 Nov 09: "Yesterday a group of well-qualified
commentators released a report called Will they be heard?,
which involved a detailed analysis of more than nine hours
of consultations between FaHCSIA and Aboriginal communities
at Bagot, Utopia and Ampilatwatja, plus government
summaries of all consultations held." Eva Cox

New Matilda: The Government Wants A Word With You
http://newmatilda.com/2009/11/23/government-wants-word-you
23 Nov 09: "The Rudd Government seems to have a very
interesting idea of what 'community consultation' actually
means, writes Sarah Burnside ... Tomorrow, at Melbourne Law
School, speakers including former prime minister Malcolm
Fraser and retired Melbourne bishop Hilton Deakin will
launch a report entitled Will they be heard? A response to
the NTER consultations June � August 2009. The report is
based on independent records of recent consultations held at
the Northern Territory communities of Utopia, Bagot and
Ampilatwatja." Sarah Burnside

- Video

Vimeo: NT Intervention "consultations" at three communities
by Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/7827413
26 Nov 09: "Recordings of the "consultations" at
Bagot Community, Ampilatwatja and Arlparra/Utopia
- 5 minutes from each community"

Vimeo: "Will They Be Heard": Malcolm Fraser launches
independent report on NT Intervention "consultations"
by Eleanor Gilbert
http://vimeo.com/7827544
26 Nov 09: "Malcolm Fraser, former PM's speech at the
launch of the independent report "Will They Be Heard?" "

Vimeo: Alastair Nicholson's critique of NT Intervention
"consultations"
by Eleanor Gilbert
http://www.vimeo.com/7833021
27 Nov 09: "Alastair Nicholson, Former Chief Justice of the
Family Court delivers his critique of the FHCSIA
"consultations" and introduces Shane Charles, Prof Larissa
Behrendt, Theo Mackaay"

- Radio

ABC Life Matters:
Northern Territory consultation process 'flawed'
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2009/2751119.htm
24 Nov 09: "The Australian government has recently
consulted with Aboriginal communities about the Northern
Territory Emergency Response, known as 'the Intervention',
launched by the previous government. An independent report,
Will They Be Heard?, has called the consultation process
'wasteful' and 'flawed'. It's identified a lack of
independence and transparency with the process, and a
failure to properly explain the 'special measures' and
legal concepts. ...
Guests: Alaistair Nicholson, Co-author, Will They Be Heard?
Former Chief Justice of the Family Court"

ABC PM:
NT intervention deliberately ignored Indigenous views: report
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2009/s2751206.htm
23 Nov 09: "A new report accuses the Federal Government of
deliberately ignoring the views of Aboriginal people on the
Northern Territory Intervention. The former Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser is launching the report this evening. The
former Chief Justice of the Family Court Alastair Nicholson
is one of the report's authors. It concludes that the
government's "consultation" sessions were a sham, which
offered the communities no choice on the Intervention's
future."
[includes interview with Alastair Nicholson]

ABC PM: Minister defends intervention consultations
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2009/s2751208.htm
23 Nov 09: "The Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny
Macklin says the report is wrong. Releasing the results of
the government's consultations on the intervention today,
she said that generally people had reported benefits from
compulsory income management. She says the consultations
were comprehensive and were also monitored by an
independent agency."

- News

ABC: 'Inept' consultations ignored Indigenous views
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/23/2751313.htm?site=news
24 Nov 09: "A new report accuses the Federal Government of
deliberately ignoring the views of Aboriginal people on the
Northern Territory Intervention. It concludes that the
Government's "consultation" sessions were a sham, which
offered the communities no choice on the intervention's
future. ... The "Will They Be Heard" report has been put
together by a community group called Concerned Australians."
[includes 72 comments]

National Indigenous Times: Report revealing "fundamentally
flawed" consultations backed by Australian Greens
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=19031
24 Nov 09: "The Australian Greens have seized on the
findings of an independent report as proof the Rudd
government's consultations with Aboriginal communities over
the Northern Territory intervention were flawed. Greens
Indigenous spokeswoman Senator Rachel Siewert says
discriminatory elements of the scheme must now be scrapped.
"For all intents and purposes there has been a failure to
consult," she said in a statement. "Claims of alleged
support for the proposed measures are not credible, and the
minister cannot use this process to claim genuine informed
consent." "

Koori Mail: NTER reports diverge
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
24 Nov 09: "TWO divergent reports have been released on
community consultations over the ongoing NT Emergency
Response (NTER). Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
yesterday launched a report that argues the inadequacy of
consultations held at Bagot, Ampilatwatja and Utopia, while
Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin released
a report on 500 meetings and workshops she said were
'extensive' and welcomed by many people as genuine."

ALICE SPRINGS ABORIGINAL TOWN CAMPS COURT RULING:

- Media Release

Rollback the Intervention: Media Releases
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com/media/
26 Nov 09: "On behalf of my fellow applicants I am making a
brief statement in relation to the court findings. We were
pleased to hear we won the two court injunctions back on
6 August, today we are sadden by the court�s rulings. With
the case, we were trying to give Aboriginal people affected
by the government�s policies a chance to take part in the
decision-making processes. We exercise our right under the
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which this
government finally supports." Barbara Shaw, Mt Nancy Town
Camp, Mpartnwe-Alice Springs

- News

National Indigenous Times:
Aboriginal pleas fall on deaf ears over town camp takeover: Shaw
http://www.nit.com.au/story.aspx?id=19041
27 Nov 09: "A Federal Court decision to allow the federal
government to take over town camps in Alice Springs is
further proof Aboriginal people are not being listened to,
a town camp resident says. Mt Nancy town camp resident
Barbara Shaw in August won an injunction to halt the
activation of the leases of 16 Northern Territory Indigenous
housing associations. The federal government said it wanted
secure land tenure before spending money on new housing,
refurbishments and other works. Ms Shaw argued the 40-year
leases weren't in the interests of the Aboriginal people
living in the camps and said there was no guarantee $100
million in promised funding would actually be spent."

National Indigenous Times: Town camp takeover will allow
work to start by Christmas: Henderson
http://www.nit.com.au/breakingNews/story.aspx?id=19043
27 Nov 09: "Work will begin before Christmas to improve the
living standards of Aboriginal people in Alice Springs,
following a federal court decision allowing the federal
takeover of town camps. Northern Territory Chief Minister
Paul Henderson made the promise in Parliament in Alice
Springs on Thursday. He said he welcomed the Federal Court
decision, handed down in Adelaide on Thursday, to dismiss
an appeal against the planned takeover."

Australian: Court win paves way for camp upgrades
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/court-win-paves-way-for-camp-upgrades/story-e6frg6n6-1225804363980
27 Nov 09: "THE federal government will urgently move to
clean up Alice Springs Aboriginal town camps ahead of a
$100 million package of housing upgrades, after a court
rejected a last-ditch bid by residents to halt long-term
lease deals."

Age: Town camp residents lose court challenge
http://www.theage.com.au/national/town-camp-residents-lose-court-challenge-20091126-juoo.html?skin=text-only
27 Nov 09: "THE Federal Government will proceed with its
$100 million plan to improve conditions in Alice Springs'
decrepit town camps after a court yesterday rejected a
legal challenge by indigenous residents. Led by Barbara
Shaw, the camp residents argued that housing associations
that control the camps had signed new 40-year subleases
with the Government illegally, ... "

National Indigenous Times: Rudd govt can proceed with
Alice Springs town camp takeover: court ruling
http://www.nit.com.au/story.aspx?id=19040
26 Nov 09: "The federal government can take over town camps
in Alice Springs after the Federal Court dismissed an
appeal to the deal. Justice John Mansfield today dismissed
an appeal against the planned takeover, launched by town
camp resident Barbara Shaw."

Koori Mail: Alice Springs camps challenge fails
[scroll down page] http://www.koorimail.com/index.php
26 Nov 09: "ALICE Springs town camp residents have lost
their legal bid to stop the Federal Government from taking
over the leases on their land. The case, brought by town
camp resident Barbara Shaw, was rejected by the Federal
Court, but the judge has granted a temporary stay to allow
for an appeal."

ABC: Alice town campers lose bid against takeover
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754169.htm
26 Nov 09: "Alice Springs town camp residents have lost
their case against a Federal Government plan to impose new
lease agreements on their land. About 3000 people live in
town camps on the outskirts of Alice Springs. The
Government said it would compulsorily acquire the town camp
land if residents did not sign new 40-year leases in
exchange for the promise of housing upgrades."

ABC: Residents fail in town camp challenge
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754928.htm?site=indigenous&topic=latest
26 Nov 09: "The Federal Government says it will soon be
able to start work cleaning up impoverished Indigenous town
camps in Alice Springs after winning a vital legal
challenge."

- Radio

CAAMA Radio News
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association):
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-radio-news-27th-of-november-2009-2/
27 Nov 09: "Alice Springs Town Camp residents have a week
to appeal the decision by the Federal Court�s injuction of
the Rudd Government land take over."

CAAMA Radio News
(Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association):
http://caama.com.au/radio/caama-radio-news-27th-of-november-2009/
26 Nov 09: "Federal court has dismissed an appeal for the
Federal Government�s land takeover for Tangentyere town
camps."

ABC PM: Alice town camps sign lease deal with Commonwealth
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2009/s2754770.htm
26 Nov 09: "The Federal Government says it will soon be
able to start work cleaning up the impoverished Indigenous
town camps in Alice Springs. Sixteen of the camps have
agreed to sign 40 year leases with the Commonwealth in
return for hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent on
new houses and infrastructure. That plan was put on hold
when one resident launched a legal challenge to the leases.
But that was dismissed in the Federal Court today."

ABC The World Today: Commonwealth wins court challenge
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2754232.htm
26 Nov 09: "BEN SCHOKMAN: I wouldn't say it's a
disappointing outcome. I think the important message here
is the fact that affected Indigenous communities feel as
though they haven't had an adequate opportunity to
participate in decision making about matters which affect
them. Now the right of self determination is a fundamental
human right and the approach that we're seeing of the
current Federal Government is to entirely disregard that
right. ELEANOR HALL: That's lawyer Ben Schokman."

- Background Info

Rollback the Intervention:
Background to the threatened Commonwealth acquisition of
Alice Springs town camps
http://rollbacktheintervention.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/tangentyere-background-briefing2.pdf

Tangentyere Council, Alice Springs:
Resolution on Lease Negotiations Close (22 May 09)
http://www.tangentyere.org.au/publications/documents/TangentyereLeaseNegn.pdf

WGAR News:
Takeover of Aboriginal Land in Alice Springs (26 May 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-takeover-aboriginal-land-alice-springs-26-may-09

WGAR News:
Compulsory Acquisition of Alice Springs Town Camps (30 May 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-compulsory-acquisition-alice-springs-town-camps-30-may-09

WGAR News:
National support for Tangentyere Council (3 June 09):
http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-national-support-tangentyere-council-3-june-09

WGAR News:
Alice Springs town camps takeover (6 Jun 09):
[scroll down page] http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-marion-scrymgour-resigns-labor-party-alice-springs-town-camps-takeover-6-jun-09

WGAR News:
Alice Springs town camps takeover (12 Jun 09):
[scroll down page] http://sydney.indymedia.org.au/story/wgar-news-darwin-town-camps-takeover-12-jun-09

WGAR News:
Alice Springs Town Camps (19 Jun 09):
[scroll down page] http://wgar.info/190609-northern-territory-intervention-two-years-on/

National Indigenous Times:
The Boxed Seat: A pox on all their houses (25 Jun 09)
http://www.nit.com.au/opinion/story.aspx?id=18076

WGAR News:
Alice Springs Town Camps (6 Jul 09)
[scroll down page] http://wgar.info/060709-indigenous-gap-widens/

National Indigenous Times: Special NIT Investigation:
Leaked advice reveals Rudd government�s deceit on NT
intervention consultations and Alice Springs town camps
land grab (6 Jul 09)
http://www.nit.com.au/news/story.aspx?id=18137

Age: NT council slams town camps plan (11 Jul 09)
http://www.theage.com.au/national/nt-council-slams-town-camps-plan-20090710-dg4e.html?skin=text-only

WGAR News:
Attempt to Takeover Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps (20 Jul 09)
http://wgar.info/2009/07/20/200709-attempt-to-takeover-alice-springs-aboriginal-town-camps/

WGAR News:
Attempt to Takeover Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps (24 Jul 09)
[scroll down page] http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=144879

WGAR News:
Challenge to Takeover of Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps (29 Jul 09)
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=144926

WGAR News:
Deal or No Deal over Aboriginal Town Camps (1 Aug 09)
http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=145231

WGAR News:
Alice Springs Aboriginal Town Camps (6 Aug 09)
[scroll down page] http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=145472

WGAR News:
Aboriginal Town Camps Takeover Delayed (8 Aug 09)
http://wgar.info/2009/08/08/8-aug-2009-aboriginal-town-camps-takeover-delayed/

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