Petition - make your mark for Aboriginal self-determination
Abolish new N.T legislation
We,the aboriginal people of the Northern Territory, the majority of whomlive in isolated communities, and those who support us in our call torequest justice and the same rights that should apply to all Australiancitizens, do hereby sign this petition to voice our objection to thenew legislation and request that it be abolished.A new agreement needs to be made that encompasses the real needs of theNorthern Territory including remote area communities. This agreementneeds to be made between government officials and community leaders toreach a successful outcome.
http://start-a-petition.com/showPetition.asp?p=abolishlegislation
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Also see update to
Federal political oppression of Aboriginal people
http://www.pariahnt.org/news/content/view/117/1/
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Feel free to post comments at http://pariahnt.org/news
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Doing a rebuild of our main site and nearly recovered from the cowardly assault at our home
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pariahnt/message/356
- still doing physio' for my neck - a month later - but feel lucky to be alive and not crippled or brain-damaged
Thanks to the donors and well-wishers - who helped get me through a very rough patch
I'm doing fine now
:-)
mick
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New site/stuff from Bill Day - http://www.pariahnt.org/Bill_Day/
Caught up with Bill at One Mile Dam Aboriginal community recently