find attached and below information on a most important forum from four strong aboriginal women (Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Amy McQuire, Amala Groom & Natalie Cromb) speaking strongly not so much for a faux ‘recognition’ within the britished-based australian constitution (1901) but for our absolute right to a full and honourable treaty or treaties, nation to nations.… Go to Article
The creatures outside looked from pig to man,
and from man to pig,and from pig to man again;
but already it was impossible to say which was which.
-- George Orwell Animal Farm
Publisher’s Note: This article, which appeared in the WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN (28 Feb 2015), sheds some light on avarice and self interest by former Health Services Union official, Kathy Jackson and her partner, Lawler, who was an Abbott-appointee to the Fair Work Commission.… Go to Article
having just returned from the embassy i can inform that the meeting that was to take place today between aunt jenny, the grandmothers and their legal team and the ceo and board of the ahc has been cancelled and the next meeting is scheduled for monday 9 march due to the clash of time frames.
As public focus on asylum seeker rights remains fixed on the horrifying findings in the children in detention report, and anger grows at the lack of justice for the murder of asylum seeker Reza Barati one year after his death, a signature feature of Australiaâs refugee policy established merely six months ago has been quietly unraveling.In
> to my understanding the article below has some errors of fact concerning the pemulwuy project history at the block at redfern and i shall endeavour to correct those errors.… Go to Article
Jennifer Kaeshagen sets up The First Nations Homelessness Project
The Stringer is not just your average news site. Founded by Jennifer Kaeshagen, The Stringer coordinates advocacy in addition to its news reporting, features and opining.… Go to Article
[Publishers Note: Posted below is a brief chronology of events that have occurred at Community Radio 4zzz in the month of March from its eviction from the University of Qld till today.… Go to Article
The victory over the Newman LNP Government last month showed the power of a community working together. It’s time to celebrate and consolidate on March 4 with gatherings across the state (and the nation).
If you hear media reports about how solar systems are failing left right and centre and that billions of tax payers money has been wasted on subsidizing solar, please read the reality below.… Go to Article
The advances in renewable energy just keep on coming. The latest we’ve seen is a ‘portable energy mill‘ – a trailer that can provide wind and solar energy to disaster- affected areas.
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‘Svankmajer’s Faust is an ordinary, inquisitive Everyman who, upon exiting a Prague subway station, is handed a map that draws him to his doom.
“…it seems most folk rolled over or simply stayed away from the G20 this time and the Brisbane Times reported that Ciaron was the only person who got to use the court holding facilities that had been specially adapted in anticipation of sizeable protests.… Go to Article
Each day, a suicide is brought to my attention. I have written widely on the suicide crises. I have written about the disproportionate rate of death by suicide for the descendants of the First Peoples and for first and second generation Australians and for LGBQTI Australians.… Go to Article
February 23, 2015 – The Aboriginal Provisional Government (APG) deems the multimillion dollar campaign for Constitutional recognition to be nothing more than a flashy distraction and yet another attempt to politically assimilate Aboriginal people.
Attached is a slightly expanded version of the Brisbane G20 Peoples Summit Statement that was read out at the final session of the Peoples Summit on Friday 14th November 2014.… Go to Article
The Forgotten Children – National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. The occupational therapists at Brisbane Detention Centre reported that children are not meeting the same developmental milestones as children in the Australian community:
[There are] notable delays in almost all children in the centre, as compared to children of a relative age in an Australian demographic …We could say that these children are not meeting developmental milestones according to Australian research … Children in detention struggle with awareness of routine, accessing age appropriate spaces and activities, emotional regulation (especially self-calming when upset or over-excited), coping with loss, skills for engaging in groups or with peers, and experiencing success and positive attention.
before i get into this post it is most important that you know that mick mundine has had papers served on aunt jenny at the redfern aboriginal tent embassy at the block and that she and those others in attendance there are to vacate ‘his’ land on monday 23/2.… Go to Article
“You lose the love of your family and home which some people think are important. I do … You develop a set of values that you are not entirely happy with when you finally achieve some sort of success.
[Publisher’s Note: Thirty three years ago, in September 1982, Senator George Georges sent a letter to the Secretaries of all ALP branches in the metropolitan area and surrounds.… Go to Article
For weeks now the rumours have swirled that National Indigenous Television would come under the crossfire of reduced funding by Government to SBS.
The Stringer is not just your average news site. Founded by Jennifer Kaeshagen, The Stringer coordinates advocacy in addition to its news reporting, features and opining.… Go to Article 
Each day, a suicide is brought to my attention. I have written widely on the suicide crises. I have written about the disproportionate rate of death by suicide for the descendants of the First Peoples and for first and second generation Australians and for LGBQTI Australians.… Go to Article 
in Immigration Detention. The occupational therapists at Brisbane Detention Centre reported that children are not meeting the same developmental milestones as children in the Australian community:
[Publisher’s Note: Thirty three years ago, in September 1982, Senator George Georges sent a letter to the Secretaries of all ALP branches in the metropolitan area and surrounds.… Go to Article 
