[recoznet2] GAC update 11 (20 August 1999)
Hi folks, the purpose of this update is to provide information on developments since the World Heritage Committee meeting of July 12; in particular: 1) ERA's 1998/1999 financial year full-year summary 2) The text of the final World Heritage Committee decision (for those who haven't seen it from other sources) 3) The text of an ABC broadcast featuring Bob Collins. (In the original interview Collins was followed by Karen Oxnam - Director, Jabiluka uranium mine - and segments of the interview with her follow). Where all this comes together is in (a) the increasing level of admission by ERA that the Jabiluka project depends on permission from the Mirrar to use the Ranger processing mill; and (b) widening acceptance among 'significant others' in the Kakadu region that this is not going to be the case. 1) ERA'S 1998-1999 FINANCIAL YEAR FULL-YEAR SUMMARY ERA's summary, released as a media release and stock-exchange announcement, notes the following (all points reproduced, just in case we should be accused of attempting to attempting to skew the news our way) (though comments are adde on occasion): * Earnings before interest and tax decreased by 6% to $45.8m * Profit after tax decreased by 18% to $21.9m (just as a matter of context: as a proportion of North Ltd's overall income, ERA dropped from 18% in the 1996-97 annual report to 9% in that of 1997-8. That represents a more than 50% drop in income for that year. While we might have preferred a similar drop this year, it was not to be. But 6% is bringing the drop up to around the 60% mark.) * An 11.0 cent fully-franked final dividend declared, maintaining a total dividend of 14.0 cents * Sales revenue decreased by 14% * Sales of Ranger material - 4006 tonnes. (This is a decrease from 4635t in 1998) * Four new sales contracts signed * Ranger production is up, to 4380t (from 4162t in 1998) (But it is being dropped to 4000 from 1.1.99) * Mining of Ranger #3 ahead of schedule * "The first stage of the Jabiluka mine was developed under budget and ahead of schedule". The drop in sales is due to "...several existing customers exercizing their option to reduce their sales for the year". (p2). Wouldn't it be nice to know which ones and why? The four new sales contracts apparently mean that "...contracts (are) now in place for over 25 000 tonnes of production in the next ten years." What? Contracts for only 2 500 tonnes per year, when they're at looking at producing 4000 tonnes a year from Ranger AND wanting to phase Jabiluka in in 18 months? Surely North shareholders need to point out yet again that the future simply is simply not in the Jabiluka mine, especially since uranium prices have actually dropped since last year (from US$11.23 per pound last year to $10.07 this year). The above is kind of academic. The Sydney Morning Herald (20.8.99, 24) says "Stockbroking analysts say Jabiluka would be uneconomic if ERA was forced to construct a stand-alone plant, given present low uranium prices." Which, of course, it will be. Curiously, in view of the agreement ERA is supposed to have made at the World Heritage meeting, no mention is made of the 18-month break. The closest it gets is: "A six week core sampling process will be completed in August 1999 after which the development will enter a six to twelve month design phase encompassing additional mine planning and further environmental, safety and cultural studies." Apparently, ERA's share price rose by 7 cents to $1.90 because of this announcement. This rise takes it to about 20 cents less per share than it was when the price allegedly 'exploded' to about $2.10 immediately after the World Heritage decision. Seems the share-buying public isn't convinced. After all, neither price compares well with the $4.60 ERA shares worth up to the early part of last year. Finally, "(o)n 12 July 1999 the World Heritage Committee, by a majority of 20 to one, confirmed that the Jabiluka Project would not cause Kakadu's world heritage status to be placed in danger." Below is the full text of the decision. If you can find anything in there to suggest the Committee confirms any such thing, please let us know. While this is certainly the line the government and ERA have touted in the press, the reality is somewhat different. *** 2) DECISION OF THE THIRD EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE, 12 JULY 1999 Kakadu National Park (Australia) 1. The Committee, (a) Emphasizes the importance of Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. In particular the Committee emphasizes Article 6 (1) which states that: Whilst fully respecting the sovereignty of the States on whose territory the cultural and natural heritage (...) is situated, and without prejudice to property right provide
Re: [recoznet2] Re: The Australian: Aborigines urged to end partisan ways
"Meddlesome priest" is what occurred to me also after I calmed down from my disgust and anger. Who was it that said, 'Lord protect me from my friends, I can take care of my enemies' or something like that? Trudy Laurie Forde wrote: > I think this is a case of carrying the 'Give to Caesar what is Caesar's " > bit a tad too far ; after all, Caesar did not claim that the lands he > invaded were "Terra Nullius". > > This is more like "Give to Hitler what is Hitler's" in regard to the > invasion of Poland, for example. > > No---"Give to Howard what is Howard's " does not ring the right bell for me. > > "Meddlesome Priest" does. > > Laurie > > Laurie and Desley Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Trudy Bray wrote > > Original Message- > From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 10:58 AM > Subject: The Australian: Aborigines urged to end partisan ways > > Aborigines urged to end partisan > ways > By political editor DENNIS SHANAHAN > 18aug99 > > ABORIGINAL leaders should recognise the legitimacy of the > Howard Government and change the strategy of close alliance to > the Labor Party if there is to be any chance of reconciliation, > according to indigenous rights activist Frank Brennan. > > The Jesuit priest, a key influence in Aboriginal rights and the Wik > debate, has warned indigenous leaders that they are seen to be > too close to the ALP and too "party political". Although the > outspoken campaigner said the Coalition Government must be > more inclusive, and has major shortcomings, the indigenous > leadership must be "able to accept the legitimacy of the > government of the day". > > "Reconciliation will not be advanced by ongoing political allocation > of blame to the Howard Government accompanied by silence > about the actions of State Labor governments," he said in an > article in the University of NSW Law Journal. Father Brennan's > remarks will sharpen the debate within the circle of Labor, > Aboriginal leaders and the Government over native title and > constitutional reform. > > The election of the Australian Democrats' Aden Ridgeway, > Australia's second Aboriginal senator, and his success in dealing > with John Howard on the constitutional preamble, has divided > opinion on Aboriginal strategy. > > Indigenous groups welcomed yesterday the UN confirmation of > the decision of the international committee on the elimination of > racial discrimination to continue to monitor the native title laws. > > ATSIC chairman Gatjil Djerrkura said the Government should > "now enter meaningful negotiations with indigenous leaders on > the future of its native title legislation". > > Father Brennan said there could be no prospect of greater > reconciliation unless government was more inclusive in > decision-making. > > * > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, > scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal > copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of > the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Some food for thought
Australian Financial Review August 21, 1999 The king is dead; long live the king Capital Idea, By Brian Toohey The full horror of what Australians are being asked to approve at November's republican referendum can only be appreciated by reference to the text of the proposed alteration to the Constitution. According to the new section 63, the President will be able to appoint as many deputies as he or she likes. And what presidential powers will be exercised by the deputies? The answer, as is the case with so much of the proposed new constitution, is anything the President "thinks fit". Perhaps one deputy could be kitted out in a fetching new uniform as commander-in-chief of the armed forces under the proposed section 68. Alternatively, a deputy may simply be required to live full time at Admiralty House on the Sydney Harbour foreshore and serve in a more diverting capacity "during the pleasure of the President", as the ,Constitution Alteration (Establishment of Republic) 1999 bill so quaintly puts it in section 63. Those who find the prospect of a puffed-up president is bad enough, without half a dozen deputies swanning about the place, can probably relax. The existing Constitution already gives the Governor-General the power to appoint deputies and none has been appointed. And any republican deputies will only be allowed to raid the presidential cellar "until the Parliament otherwise provides". In the reassuring interpretation of the referendum bill, all that is really happening is that the existing constitutional powers granted to the Governor-General are being transferred to the President. Admittedly, some powers are being reinforced and others qualified, but the comforting message is that the detail doesn't matter - the referendum is merely about replacing the Queen with an Australian head of State. Yet those who notice the detail could be excused for concluding that the essential thrust of the referendum bill is to maintain a monarchical constitutional structure which was already outdated in the 19th century, let alone appropriate for the 21st century. Under the Constitution, the monarch/Governor-General sits over the top of the Parliament and the Cabinet. Despite its republican title, the constitutional amendment bill retains much of this monarchical structure. Section 58, for example, gives the President the right to withhold assent to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament. The President also has a right to recommend amendments. This right is in the Constitution and has never been exercised. But why leave the option there? Why not state bluntly that a bill shall become law in a 21st century democracy once it has passed Parliament? One reason for not doing so is that voters may like the idea of a presidential veto over bills which a government has pushed through against strong public opposition. Or perhaps voters want presidents to reject bills, say on euthanasia or the legalisation of marijuana, which they find morally repugnant. Although this is presumably not the intention of the framers of the amendments, the language is sufficiently ambiguous to encourage a president who wanted to exercise a veto in line with sentiments expressed on tabloid radio. According to the new section 58, the President's discretion will be subject to the Constitution. And a new section 59, in the chapter on the executive government, says the President shall act on the advice of ministers. But it is not clear if this includes advice to assent to bills because the veto power under section 58 relates to the section dealing with presidential powers in regard to Parliament. A similar problem arises at the start of the proposed constitutional amendments. The meaning seems plain enough - "the executive power of the Commonwealth is vested in the President..." In line with the existing Constitution, the President will be advised by a Federal Executive Council comprising ministers "chosen and summoned by the President" and holding office "during the pleasure of the President" . If executive power is vested in presidents who can hire and fire ministers at their pleasure, this would not seem to leave a lot of room for Cabinet government. The new Constitution tries to get around this problem by inserting a sentence, the first half of which says that the President "shall act on the advice of the Federal Executive Council, the Prime Minister or another Minister of State". However, the second half of this sentence undoes much of the first half by stating that the President "may exercise a power that was a reserve power of the Governor-General in accordance with the constitutional conventions relating to the exercise of that power". At the very least, this immediately introduces an exception to the statement that the President "shall act" on the advice of ministers. Although no-one really knows what is encompassed by the unwritten reserve powers, they now seem to include the power to sack a governm
[recoznet2] Mandatory Sentencing in the NT
MEDIA RELEASE 23rd August 1999 Greens to repeal Mandatory Sentencing Laws Greens Senator Bob Brown is due to present the HUMAN RIGHTS (SENTENCING OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS) BILL 1999 in the federal parliament on the 24th August. The Bill provides that no law of a Commonwealth State or Territory can require a court to imprison or detain a child. This Bill has been drafted in direct response to concerns submitted from the Territory Greens that the community does not support present mandatory sentencing laws which: a.. Violate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the recommendations of the 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. b.. Have not been proven effective in crime prevention and rehabilitation of offenders and further involve such offenders in a cycle of anti-social behaviour. c.. Are racially discriminate. 90% of under 17-year-olds in detention in the NT are Aboriginal. d.. Carry great social and economic costs to the community. Average daily cost for a juvenile in detention facility over 1997/98 was $331.62. "The mandatory detention of children in the Northern Territory is a clear and unarguable breach of Australia's international human rights obligations, and the Territory Greens have taken this avenue through Senator Brown to present this Bill to overturn present NT legislation. We encourage the NT Government to consider addressing the social problems that contribute to the incidence of crime, rather than jailing people. We believe that there are cost-effective and just ways of dealing with prevention of crime and anti-social behaviour that do not involve imprisonment. Issues such as poverty, homelessness, unemployment, drug and alcohol dependence, boredom and family breakdown are not being adequately addressed." Territory Greens spokesperson Andy Gough announced today. Support for the Bill has already been received from Labor Senator Trish Crossin who stated: "It is the intention of the ALP is to support the introduction of this Bill and its referral to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee for an Inquiry. This will enable all parties that either support or oppose the case for mandatory sentencing to be put before the Federal Parliament." The Bill is also widely supported by community groups such as Territorians for Effective Sentencing, which incorporates the NT Council of Churches, Darwin Community Legal Service, and the Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council. For more information contact Andy Gough (08) 89811343 or Bob Brown (02) 6277 3170 www.nt.greens.org.au --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SMH - Let judges be the judge
JUVENILE CRIME Let judges be the judge Date: 23/08/99 Mandatory sentencing is inevitably a denial of justice. By GEORGE ZDENKOWSKI The Senate is about to consider legislation invalidating all Federal, State and Territory laws which impose mandatory prison sentences on juveniles. A private member's bill, the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999, is being put up by the Greens Senator Bob Brown and its immediate target is the notorious 1997 Northern Territory mandatory minimum imprisonment legislation. This required courts, in designated property crimes, to imprison adults (those 17 and above) for their first offence and juveniles (15- or 16-year-olds) for their second offence, no matter how trivial the offences and without regard to the offender's background - the twin considerations usually at the heart of sentencing decisions. There is no adequate statistical base to measure the effectiveness of the legislation against crime, but its unfairness and its economic and social cost are plain: removing judicial discretion creates harsh, capricious and arbitrary outcomes with a particularly devastating impact on the indigenous population. The NSW Chief Justice, Jim Spigelman, talking about guideline sentences, recently observed: "Sentencing discretion is an essential component of the fairness of our criminal justice system [otherwise] there will always be the prospect of injustice ... Guideline judgments are preferable to the constraints of mandatory minimum terms of grid sentencing." Despite sustained criticism, the NT laws (and kindred "three strikes" laws in WA) have survived both political and constitutional challenge. Recent amendments to the NT laws have done little to assuage critics because few defendants could demonstrate the exceptional circumstances required to avoid a mandatory term. For indigenous offenders, it is likely to be business as usual. Moreover, the mandatory regime has been extended to new offences. In 1998, Senator Brown formulated the Abolition of Compulsory Imprisonment Bill to override the NT regime. It was based on S122 of the Commonwealth Constitution which authorises the Federal Parliament to enact laws for the NT. But this ran into complaints that it was an attack on NT autonomy and was discriminatory. The new bill has an Australia-wide application and its scope is also limited to outlawing the mandatory imprisonment of juveniles which some politicians might find more palatable than a general measure which extended to adults. The constitutional basis for the bill is the external affairs power. The bill would implement aspects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (an international treaty to which Australia is a signatory) requiring the use of imprisonment only as a last resort. One interesting issue would be whether the bill also overrode the NT law as far as 17-year-old Northern Territorian adults were concerned. The international benchmark of adulthood is 18. However, the Brown bill defines a child as a person under 18. Arguably, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides a constitutional touchstone for a general measure prohibiting Commonwealth, State and Territorial legislation requiring courts to impose mandatory prison terms on anyone. But the legal and political arguments for relying on the Convention on the Rights of the Child are certainly stronger. There is, apparently, growing support for Senator Brown's bill in the Senate. But the key will be the Government's attitude in the House of Representatives. The Greens are also canvassing support for a Senate inquiry into mandatory sentencing. Such inquiries have the power and resources to amass detailed, credible evidence. In the NT, consideration is being given by a member of an Aboriginal community in Darwin to an approach to the UN Human Rights Committee about a violation of aspects of the ICCPR by the NT legislation. There is also an Amnesty International campaign, focusing on mandatory imprisonment of juveniles, which is likely to cause the Australian Government international embarrassment. However, it remains to be seen whether these developments can influence a government which is publicly sceptical about the domestic implementation of human rights obligations in international treaties. - George Zdenkowski is an associate professor of law at the University of NSW. This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purp
[recoznet2] AAP: PM shifting ground on stolen generation [sic] apology
PM shifting ground on stolen generation apology From AAP 23aug99 12.10pm (AEST) A FORMAL apology to the stolen generation of Aboriginal children now appears likely, due to a change of heart by Prime Minister John Howard. Mr Howard had vetoed an apology because of concerns it could lead to legal action from Aborigines forcibly removed from their parents. But cabinet secretary, Senator Bill Heffernan, who has been working behind the scenes on the issue, told ABC radio he believed Mr Howard was now prepared to back some form of apology. "I think the Prime Minister has come a long way on this issue and certainly is keen to see a solution," he said. Instead of a Government apology, the motion is now likely to come from the parliament. Newly-elected Australian Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway, the only indigenous member of Parliament, is expected to call this week for a conscience vote on the apology. Senator Ridgeway already has brokered a compromise with Mr Howard on the proposed preamble and Senator Heffernan said he was confident another compromise would remove the need for a conscience vote. "I would have thought that given the right, correct form of words that a conscience vote shouldn't be necessary because I would have thought that all Australians would support the right form of words to reflect what has gone on in the past," he said. Opposition Leader Kim Beazley said he was delighted by Senator Heffernan's move, but urged the Prime Minister not to bother with an apology unless he really meant it. "That's excellent, but at the end of the day an apology that's not meant is not an apology worth making," he said. "So I have said to the Prime Minister if you don't mean it and you don't feel it yourself don't make it, but let the parliament do it." The possible compromise has also run into early strife with the National Party, with MP Ian Causley warning a formal apology would divide the community and leave the Government open to compensation claims. "You can never trust lawyers," he said. "Lawyers jump in on anything these days and that's the real problem and they'll be in to try and get some money out of it for themselves mainly." --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] The Sunday Times: Aborigines were the first Americans
The Sunday Times (UK) http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stifgnusa02003.html?999 August 22 1999 Aborigines were the first Americans By Sarah Toyne THE first people to inhabit America were Australian Aborigines - not American Indians. New archeological findings have uncovered evidence that they crossed the Pacific Ocean by boat and settled on the continent long before Siberians trekked across the Bering Straits after the Ice Age. Scientists have reconstructed the skull of a young girl found in Brazil. At 12,000 years old, "Luzia" is the oldest human skeleton yet found on the American landmass. During the past four years 50 other skulls have been discovered in Brazil and Colombia, all predating the invasion of Mongoloid peoples from the north about 9,000 years ago. Luzia's skull was discovered in the early 1970s by a French archeologist in a layer of sediment in Amazonas and was dismissed as insignificant. It was given away to the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, where it remained until a few years ago when Walter Neves, professor of biological anthropology at the University of Sao Paolo, heard about it and realised that it might provide vital clues for solving the mystery of America's anthropological heritage. The procedure has revealed conclusive evidence of Luzia's ancestry. Neves is still shocked by his findings. "When we started seeing the results, it was amazing because we realised the statistics were not showing these people to be Mongoloid; they were showing that they were anything except Mongoloid," he said. Luzia was reconstructed by Richard Neave, a forensic artist from the University of Manchester, for Ancient Voices, a BBC2 documentary to be shown next week. Neave's reconstruction backed up Neves's calculations: "That to me is a negroid face. The proportions of the face do not say anything about it being Mongoloid." Luzia's facial characteristics are similar to those of the people of the islands of southeast Asia, Australia and Melanesia. "They are similar to modern-day Aborigines and Africans and show no similarities at all with Mongoloids from east Asia and modern-day Indians," said Neves. The oldest signs of habitation in north or south America were previously believed to be stone spear points discovered at Clovis, New Mexico, in the 1930s. They were dated at 11,000 years old. Charcoal, a chipped stone stool and scraps of food found recently, however, have been dated at 40,000 years old - the remains, perhaps, of a campfire lit by ancient seafarers from Asia. The theory that Aborigines could have travelled by water to the Americas has been given further credence by the discovery of a painting of an ocean- going vessel in Western Australia, which is 20,000 years old. The 4,000-mile journey between Australia and South America can still be undertaken with relatively short island hops. Dennis Stanford, chairman of the anthropology department at the Natural Museum of History in Washington DC, believes the capability of prehistoric peoples has long been underestimated. "Way back then they weren't really 'cave' people, they were pretty sophisticated," he said. "I think Neolithic people were doing a whole lot more than we give them credit for; they were just as smart as you and I, they just did different things." Further evidence of the fate of the Aboriginal invaders has been provided by computer- imaging technology, used to interpret cave paintings in the Serra da Capivara in northeastern Brazil. The pictures show pregnant women and hunters chasing giant armadillos, as well as what were initially interpreted by archeologists as human figures dancing. After more examination, however, the figures are now thought to be warriors spinning through the air with a spear - illustrating battles between the Aborigines and the invading Mongoloids from the north. The American Aborigines were almost entirely wiped out by the encroaching Mongoloids, but anthropologists believe that some of their descendants, interbred with the Mongoloid peoples who preceded today's South American Indians, survived in Tierra del Fuego. Scientists believe that Aboriginal descendants escaped to this remote island off the southern tip of South America, where they prospered until European settlers migrating to Argentina at the beginning of the 20th century brought stomach illnesses to the area, which wiped out the majority of the remaining native Fuegans. Rows of white crosses mark the graves of the Fuegans, who wore sealskins and lit fires everywhere - even in boats - to protect themselves from the harsh climate. Their skulls have now been analysed to reveal features common to Neves's skulls. Evidence from Father de Agostini, an Italian ethnographer who filmed the Fuegan way of life in the 1930s, reveal similarities with Aboriginal culture in Australia. Only a few Fuegans remain alive today, a fading anthropological link with the first native Americans. ---
[recoznet2] Howard's tory constituency is 'locked-in' on race
I am forwarding this post from aus.politics with permission from the poster - Che Guava (his virtual identity) I think he makes some telling points (sometimes in rather colourful language) and although the original posting was timely, there was some delay in obtaining permission. Trudy Howards tory constituency is 'locked-in' on race. While not mentioning custodianship, the preamble says Australians "honour Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, the nation's first people, for their deep kinship with their lands and for their ancient and continuing cultures which enrich the life of our country". Mr Howard says those words will contribute to reconciliation. ' -[ABC online 12/8/99] Mr Howard is always ready to tell aboriginal people the terms for reconciliation. but rarely prepared to listen to their views on the matter. >From the 7:30 report (11/8/99): JOHN HOWARD: We can argue about whether you should have had this word or that, but nobody can quibble that that phrase, that paragraph about the indigenous people, isn't anything but a noble, generous paragraph. This is a new concept of democracy, fitting for a man who wants to retain the hereditary monarchy. Once John 'Jefferson' Howard has pontificated on a matter, we should all recognise his wise genius and just shut up and bend over. KERRY O'BRIEN: Well, obviously, there are some who ARE quibbling. You've heard Gatjil Djerrkura already. He was your choice as chairman of ATSIC, which is the most broadly representative group for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. Did you consult him, did you consult ATSIC? JOHN HOWARD: Well, I had no direct discussions with ATSIC. But here was a lot of input from a lot of people. There were hundreds, or at least 100, individual submissions. Just like the process of removing Native Title rights, Howards idea of consultation is to sit down with the people who agree with you and let them tell you what you want to hear. "For All of Us" is a hypocritical joke. You've got to remember that the newly elected Democrat Senator -- who was the chairman of the NSW Land Council before he became a Democrat Senator -- I thought he brought a more contemporary view to the debate. I found talking to him very constructive. Sure Massa, you decide who speaks for us, and then listen to them. You are our Great Father in Canberra, if you find a blackfella who says the things you like to hear, well then, just treat him as our spokesman! People who whine about representation, democracy, fair play, self- determination... they just don't understand how a monarchy runs! KERRY O'BRIEN: But why wouldn't it have been constructive to talk to Gatjil Djerrkura, as chairman of ATSIC? I nominate this as Question of the YEAR! Remember, Howard replaced all the previous spokesman of the aboriginal movement, with people who he handpicked. Now he sidelines them. This is the man, who on the eve of his election victory, lied that reconciliation was his priority. Listen to his answer: JOHN HOWARD: His views were communicated to me very, very firmly from the very beginning. Look, people lock themselves into custodianship. Can I make the observation. A lot of people were locked into custodianship, I was look locked into mateship. For the sake of a compromise and for the sake of getting agreement, I was prepared to bend and to be a bit flexible. You only had that opportunity because people were prepared to talk with you.. Clearly 'locked in' is a phrase of convenience. KERRY O'BRIEN: But you were able to keep talking with people like the Democrats about that issue, but Gatjil Djerrkura and other Aboriginal leaders didn't get the opportunity to talk to you? JOHN HOWARD: You must remember, in the end, the people elected to Parliament have a right to resolve these things after listening to others. Or before listening, or not even bothering to listen to others, as the case may be. I mean, everybody participates in the vote and you have the special situation now where one of the Democrat senators is, in fact, an indigenous person and he's -- KERRY O'BRIEN: But he is there representing the Democrats? JOHN HOWARD: Of course, but
[recoznet2] Brown to introduce bill today
ABC News Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:36 AEST Brown to try and outlaw mandatory sentencing of juveniles Greens Senator Bob Brown will introduce legislation in the Senate today to outlaw mandatory sentencing for juveniles in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The Bill will prevent any state or territory government from requiring the courts to imprison a child. The legislation will be introduced on the basis that mandatory sentencing of juveniles breaches the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Senator Brown says the Bill has the support of the Labor Party but will need the backing of the Liberal Government. "This is basically a move at the federal level because the West Australian and Northern Territory Governments have determined they are not going to change their laws," Senator Brown said. "We have to get the Howard Government on side because otherwise this legislation which might get through the Senate won't get through the House of Reps." The Democrats are meeting to finalise their support for the Bill. Meanwhile, the Northern Territory Council of Churches says it supports the proposed Senate Bill that will outlaw mandatory sentencing for juveniles. The council says on moral and democratic grounds it is opposed to the mandatory sentencing of 15 and 16-year-olds and has urged all Senators to support the Bill. It says such imprisonment is also a breach of Australia's international human rights obligations. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Another miscarriage of justice in NT
Below is an article on the front page of the SMH. If any recoznetter has not yet written the letter to the NTTC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> urging them to warn tourists of the laws in the NT and to urge the government to repeal the law, now is the time to do it! Trudy ^^^ SMH The boy condemned to jail for stealing $3.50 biscuits Date: 25/08/99 By BERNARD LAGAN An Aboriginal youth charged with stealing a $3.50 packet of biscuits is doomed to be jailed next week for a year - too soon to be saved by a Federal push to overturn the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing laws. Darwin legal sources confirmed last night that the 17-year-old would have to be sentenced to a minimum one year's jail when his case came before a court because the theft was his third minor property offence. In the Territory, 17-year-olds are classed as adults - and it has mandatory jail terms for all adult property offences, beginning with a two-week term for a first offence. Yesterday, Federal politicians announced a campaign to end the right of States and Territories to impose mandatory terms on juveniles. Supported by Labor, the Democrats and Independent MP Mr Peter Andren, Tasmanian Green Senator Bob Brown will introduce a bill that would overturn existing laws in the Territory and Western Australia. It would also raise the adult age to 18 - in line with most States - to protect young offenders like the youth facing jail in Darwin. Juveniles in the Territory - those aged either 15 or 16 years - receive a warning for their first property offence and a minimum one-month term in an institution for a second offence. Scores of juvenile Aborigines have received mandatory terms since the laws were passed last year, including one who stole a $2.50 cigarette lighter and four jointly charged with the theft of $1.60 worth of petrol. There have been confidential expressions of support for Senator Brown's bill from some Government MPs, according to the Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Chris Sidoti, who appeared at a Canberra press conference with the senator yesterday. "It is an initiative of the Commonwealth Parliament to exercise its ultimate responsibility to protect the rights of all Australians and, in this instance, among the most vulnerable Australians, children," Mr Sidoti said. Senator Brown said the legislation would be debated in the new year. He said Aborigines, with a high incidence of minor property offences, were six to eight times more likely to be jailed than non-Aborigines under the laws. It has forced the transportation of Aboriginal prisoners for 1,500 kilometres to jail in Alice Springs because Darwin jails are full. But the laws affect not only juveniles. A 29-year-old homeless Aborigine who stole a $15 towel - his third minor property offence - was jailed for a year. Jailed for two weeks were a 24-year-old mother who stole a $2.50 can of beer, and a 27-year-old white teacher who disputed the quality of a hotdog and poured water over a shop till. This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Another miscarriage of justice in NT
Hi Liam, Bruce got the group together. He is just leaving the NT and will be back in the Illawarra on Monday. I will pass your message on to the group and see what they think you could do while there. Trudy Liam wrote: > I'm gonna be in the NT around the 20th with school, anything I can do while > I'm there? I've written letters/emails/etc...I figure while I'm there I > might as well get some work done, eh? I'm not sure how far north I'm > going...probably only as far as Alice Springs.. > > is Bruce Reyburn running this campaign? > > peace > > >Below is an article on the front page of the SMH. If any recoznetter has > not yet > >written the letter to the NTTC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> urging them to warn > tourists of > >the laws in the NT and to urge the government to repeal the law, now is the > time > >to do it! > > > >Trudy > >^^^ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] UN Press Release
The Australian Government is obviously intending to downplay and mislead public opinion on the recent decsion by CERD (Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination). The Australian Government considers: "The CERD decision was in line with what we had hoped for. Originally it was said to be an urgent decision and now that's been put back until next year, at the normal [CERD] reporting time processes." Perhaps the Australian Government should read the attached press release issued by the UN Press Office. (The attachment is in HTML format and should be opened in a web browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer. A text version has been also attached, just in case) ___ Les Malezer General Manager FAIRA Aboriginal Corporation PO Box 8402 Woolloongabba Qld 4002 Australia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http//www.faira.org.au Phone + 61 7 33914677 Fax + 61 7 33914551 -- COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA, ADOPTS DECISION MORNING HR/CERD/99/52 16 August 1999 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted a decision this morning expressing serious concern that envisaged changes in policy by the Australian Government risked creating an "acute impairment" of the land rights of indigenous communities. The decision also reaffirmed decisions taken by the Committee in March in reference to the situation in Australia. The actions came as the Committee reviewed circumstances in the country under its early warning and urgent action procedures. Gay McDougall, the Committee Expert who served as rapporteur on the situation in Australia, said the recommendations contained in the Committee's March decisions had not been acted upon by the Government and there had been no progress with regard to indigenous land titles in Australia. Rather, she said, the situation was becoming of greater concern in that amendments to the Australian Native Title Act were being brought into effect within the jurisdictions of the various states and territories of Australia. In March, the Committee expressed concern "over the compatibility of the Native Title Act, as currently amended, with the State party's international obligations" under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It further noted with concern Australia's proposed changes to the overall structure of its national Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission which would abolish the position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and assign those functions to a generalist Deputy President. The Committee urged the Australian Government "to suspend implementation of the 1998 amendments and re-open discussions with the representatives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a view to finding solutions acceptable to the indigenous peoples and which would comply with Australia's obligations under the Convention". The decision of the Committee took note of comments received from the Government of Australia and said those comments would be included in its annual report. Australia is one of 155 States parties to the Convention and is obliged to submit periodic reports to the Committee on efforts to comply with the treaty and also required, when requested, to supply additional information under the Committee's early warning and urgent action procedures. Participating in the discussion were Committee Experts Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr, Michael P. Banton, Theodoor van Boven, Regis de Gouttes, Yuri A. Rechetov, Ion Diaconu, Agha Shahi, Mario Jorge Yutsis and Michael E. Sherifis. Also this morning, the Committee continued its discussion of proposed revisions to reporting guidelines with particular reference to article 5 of the Convention, which says that States parties must undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law. When the Committee reconvenes at 3 p.m., it will take up an initial report of Kyrgyzstan (document CERD/C/326/Add.1). Decision on Australia In its decision on the situation in Australia, the Committee reaffirmed the decisions of March 1999. In adopting those decisions, the Committee was prompted by its serious concern that after having observed and welcomed over a period of time a progressive implementation of the Convention in relation to the land rights of indigenous peoples in Australia, envisaged changes of policy as to the exercise of those rights risked creating an acute impairment of the rights thus recognized to the Australian indigenous communities. The decision said the Committee had considered in detail the information submitted and the arguments put forward by the Government of Austral
[recoznet2] Letters to the editor at SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/26/text/letters.html For letters on the 'apology' have a look at the above URL Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Aden's maiden speech
http://search.aph.gov.au/search/ParlInfo.ASP?action=view&item=129&from=browse&path=Chamber/Senate+Hansard/1999/Spring/25+August+1999&items=146 Aden Ridgeway's maiden speech can be read at the above URL For anyone without web access, contact me for a copy. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Joy Williams loses case
Court rules against stolen generation woman in test case AAP -- A 56-year-old member of the stolen generation today lost her test court case against the state of New South Wales. In a 432-page judgment, Supreme Court judge Justice Alan Abadee found there was no common law duty of care imposed on the Aborigines Welfare Board. Joy Williams, of Wollongong, had sued the state of NSW, claiming it breached its duty of care when it assumed guardianship of her and put her in various institutions. Ms Williams, who was not present for the decision, was taken from her mother at birth in 1942. Justice Abadee ordered Ms Williams to pay the state's legal costs. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] pm or PM?
My first impression is that this 'motion' has the same depth of sincerity as Howard's description of Michael Hutchins as 'a great Australian product' was an expression of condolence. There seems to be an unseemly haste about the whole thing. Could it be that Howard realises he is running out of time before the whole world condemns his racism after the Olympics? Is this another form of government lobbying to save its reputation? I will reserve my judgement. I have a very uneasy feeling that something is not right and we are being duped. Maybe it is paranoia, but then again Trudy tim dunlop wrote: Just saw Howard deliver this motion and speech to the Parliament. I'm very confused about the whole thing. He seemed reasonably sincere and given what at is at stake - and given the apparent enthusiasm with which people like Lowitja O'Donahue are embracing his 'change of heart' - I feel inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt, but still can't help feel there is an emptiness in his words. Beazley's response was sensational I thought, and he was unequivocal about the inadequacy of the motion and moved a couple of amendments. If you can say "sincere regret" surely you are expressing sorrow; and if you are sorrowful, then surely you can say "sorry"? His refusal to use the word 'sorry' smells rotten to me. Anyway, here is the motion and I guess we'll see how it plays out. TimFROM THE PMs OFFICE MOTION OF RECONCILIATION That this House: (a) reaffirms its whole-hearted commitment to the cause of reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians as an important national priority for all Australians; (b) recognising the achievements of the Australian nation, commits to work together to strengthen the bonds that unite us, to respect and appreciate our differences, and to build a fair and prosperous future in which we can all share; (c) reaffirms the central importance of practical measures leading to practical results that address the profound economic and social disadvantage which continues to be experienced by many indigenous Australians; (d) recognises the importance of understanding the shared history of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians and the need to acknowledge openly the wrongs and injustices of Australias past; (e) acknowledges that the mistreatment of many indigenous Australians over a significant period represents the most blemished chapter in our national history; (f) expresses its deep and sincere regret that indigenous Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel as a consequence of those practices; and (g) believes that we, having achieved so much as a nation, can now move forward together for the benefit of all Australians. 26 August 1999 -- + "the things that will destroy us: politics without principle, pleasure without conscience, wealth without work, knowledge without character, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice and business without morality." ---Mahatma Gandhi +
[recoznet2] AAP: Stolen generations members dismiss Howard's apology [sic]
Stolen generation [sic] members dismiss Howard's apology Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 26 2:47:49 PM Members of the stolen generation today reacted angrily to Prime Minister John Howard's expression of regret in federal parliament, saying it did not go far enough. They said Mr Howard's statement may benefit Australia's profile but would not help the Aboriginal people who were taken from their families as children, in accordance with past government policy. They doubted the sincerity of Mr Howard's statement because the Commonwealth was fighting a compensation case by those children in the Federal court here. They estimated the government had spent $6 million on the case. 'How can they be serious about regret while they pour millions of dollars into fighting our compensation claim tooth and nail?' said Central Australian Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (CASGAC) spokesman Harold Furber. 'How can they be serious about atonement if they will not consider some form of compensation to the individuals whose lives were devastated. 'We have grave concerns that the deal being done in Canberra will look good for the nation but will not benefit a single member of the stolen generation.' Central Land Council director Tracker Tilmouth accused Mr Howard of trying to weasel out of saying sorry and said expressing regret was not good enough. 'He must say sorry, not some play on words or legal squirming phrases designed to get him off the hook,' Mr Tilmouth said. 'We of the stolen generation find this a deplorable lack of compassion by the Australian government and should be noted as such. Mr Tilmouth also took a swipe at Aboriginal Democrat Senator Aiden Ridgeway for accepting Mr Howard's form of apology. Senator Ridgeway's maiden speech to parliament last night called on the government to express deep and sincere regret for the hurt and trauma suffered by indigenous Australians. 'Some Aboriginal leaders and members of parliament are too willing to sign off on the hard issues because some white fella said g'day to them," Mr Tilmouth said. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] AAP: Greens senator attacks PM over apology issue
Greens senator attacks PM over apology issue Source: AAP | Published: Thursday August 26 10:35:26 AM Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown has accused Prime Minister John Howard of failing as a leader on the issue of an apology to the stolen generation. "He cannot say ... he is not big enough to say, I am sorry, on behalf of the nation," Senator Brown told reporters. "Every other parliament in the nation, almost every other politician and people right across this country have been able to say I am sorry. "But John Howard is not big enough to do that," Brown said. Australian Democrats Senator Aden Ridgeway's maiden speech last night called on the government to express deep and sincere regret for the hurt and trauma suffered by indigenous Australians. Australia's only Aboriginal federal MP omitted the word sorry in a compromise Howard seems likely to accept. But Brown believes this had come about because Howard had not offered an alternative. "Thank goodness we have an indigenous community that is big enough to find ground for this leader who has failed in this context," Brown said. "I have said I am sorry. I feel deeply sorry about the whole history since the invasion as far as the Aboriginal people are concerned and the stolen generation in more recent history, in particular. "However, I remain also sorry that we don't have a prime minister who could give ground," he said. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SMH - Motion not enough: Beazley
Motion not enough: Beazley Source: SMH | Published: Thursday August 26 1:22:50 PM Opposition Leader Kim Beazley today said Prime Minister John Howard did not go far enough with his expression of deep and sincere regret to indigenous Australians. Mr Beazley moved a number of amendments to Mr Howard's motion to ensure it contained an unreserved apology and reference to adequate compensation. His amendment calls for the motion to: "unreservedly apologise to indigenous Australians for the injustice they have suffered and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to suffer as a consequence of that injustice." Mr Beazley said the stolen generation was not a matter of historical record, but contemporary history which extended well into the 1970s and the lives of many current politicians. He criticised Mr Howard for forcing Australia's indigenous people to assume responsibility for the wording of the prime minister's motion. "It is unfair to make them the arbitrators of our apology," he told parliament. "That is our job. That is the job of every person in this house. It is unfair to compromise them in relation to other members of the Aboriginal community for whom this will not be satisfactory." --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Non-apology
>From what Howard is saying it is obvious he hasn't learnt anything at all. He still doesn't understand and is defending the 'well-meaning' and the present generation. Daryl Melham is right - this is a political deal. Trudy ABC News: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:32 AEST Present generations not responsible for the past: Howard The Prime Minister, John Howard, says the greatest blemish on Australia's national story is the treatment of its indigenous people. Mr Howard has tabled a motion in Parliament which expresses deep regret for the injustices suffered by indigenous people under past practices. It also expresses a belief that Australians can now move forward for the benefit of all. In his speech to Parliament, Mr Howard reiterated his belief that present generations should not be held accountable for the mistakes of the past. "Nor should we ever forget that many people who were involved in some of the practices that caused hurt and trauma felt at the time that those practices were properly based and to apply retrospectively the standards of today to their behaviour does some of those people who were sincere an immense injustice," he said. But Labor has refused to support the resolution and has moved an amendment to upgrade it to an unreserved apology. The Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Daryl Melham, says unless the Prime Minister makes a full apology, the trauma of indigenous people will continue. "This is a political deal, I'm not signing up to it, and nor is the Labor Party," he said. "That's why we're moving the amendment and we say to the Prime Minister you accept our two paragraphs, then it doesn't stop there, you can't have an apology like this," Mr Melham said. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Pat Dodson:
Here is an extract of an ABC item on what Pat Dodson had to say: "The former chair of the Reconciliation Council, Patrick Dodson, has condemned the resolution, saying it does little to advance reconcilitation. "When people pass away in our society we cry with them. We siddown and we cry with them to express our sorrow, to show our sorrow. And we mourn with those people, we show that feeling," he said. "There's no feeling in this. There's nothing in this that says to the people who've suffered that yes we are genuinely sorry that this has happened to you."" --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Tonight! Not to be missed.
Tonight on SBS at 8:30pm: "Whiteys Like Us" The last part of the review in the SMH TV guide: "This is our Australian version of Jane Elliott's 'Blue Eyed' and it is not to be missed. I give this a five-star rating, and if people pass this test then they're on a better, but bumpy, road to understanding Aboriginal people and perhaps the real meaning of reconciliation. --Aden Ridgeway" Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Speeches on the Motion
I have a copy of all the speeches made on the Motion of regret: Howard Beazley Anderson Melham Ruddock Snowdon Andren (reserved the right to speak) It is very interesting reading and brings home in no uncertain terms that this so-called 'regret' has less to do with regret than it has to do with Howard's political time-table and a notch as another "Howard Achievement" Some of the speeches are inspiring and give hope that understanding does exist. Contact me for copies of all or parts. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Online poll
Have your say: Does Prime Minister Howard's 'deep and sincere regret' for the past treatment of indigenous Australians go far enough? Yes 63% No32% Don't care 4% http://www.news.com.au/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Speeches on the Motion
I will do a search of my articles later if that is OK. I am running behind right now, too many real life interruptions;-) Trudy Sioux wrote: > Hau Trudy Works Fast :-) > > Please may I request a copy of each of the speeches? > > Also I wondered if you had any reports on racism/stereotyping and or Deaths > in Custody? > > Pilamaya tanka my sister.. > > Sioux > > At 10:18 27/08/99 +1000, you wrote: > > > >I have a copy of all the speeches made on the Motion of regret: > >Howard > >Beazley > >Anderson > >Melham > >Ruddock > >Snowdon > >Andren (reserved the right to speak) > > > >It is very interesting reading and brings home in no uncertain terms that > this > >so-called 'regret' has less to do with regret than it has to do with Howard's > >political time-table and a notch as another "Howard Achievement" > >Some of the speeches are inspiring and give hope that understanding does > exist. > > > >Contact me for copies of all or parts. > > > >Trudy > > > >--- > >RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived > at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > >To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the > body > >of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > >This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the > >copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and > research under the "fair > >use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be > distributed further without > >permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > >RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > > > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ -- + "the things that will destroy us: politics without principle, pleasure without conscience, wealth without work, knowledge without character, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice and business without morality." ---Mahatma Gandhi + --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Stolen Generations must be recognised: Dodson
ABC News Fri, 27 Aug 1999 9:26 AEST Stolen Generations must be recognised: Dodson The former chairman of the Reconciliation Council, Pat Dodson, says attempting to move forward with reconciliation without acknowledging the Stolen Generations is worthless. Mr Dodson says Parliament's expression of regret for the past treatment of indigenous people is inadequate because it does not mention the policies which removed children from their culture and family. He says the words of regret were motivated by a fear of having to pay compensation. He says in Aboriginal culture, an apology is accompanied by entering into restitution, which is not necessarily financial. "To be genuine, for these words to have any genuineness about them, the Government should be withdrawing their litigation, withdrawing their action and finding a way whereby the restitution could be worked through with the people who've suffered under these policies through the agencies of government," Mr Dodson said. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Off-topic: Windows 'hole' found
Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:20 AEST New computer bug found in Windows operating systems A computer bug has been found in Microsoft's Windows operating systems which has been described as worse than the 'Melissa' virus. A group of computer scientists in the United States has found that malicious computer codes can be concealed in emails and web pages that can seriously disrupt personal computers. The backdoor hole in Windows '95 and '98 allows hackers to modify files, wipe hard drives and execute DOS commands. Dan Wallach from Rice University says it is worse than 'Melissa' because that required users to click 'ok' to activate the virus and this flaw does not. Microsoft has been made aware of the problem and now has preventive measures which can be down-loaded. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Request to list members
Would everyone who posts to the list please make sure their HTML is turned off? Not everyone's system can handle email that is posted this way and the best way for these problems to be avoided is to have email in plain text only. Thank you for your cooperation! :-) Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Dodson urges young not to 'sell out'
The Sydney Morning Herald Dodson urges young not to 'sell out' Date: 28/08/99 By TONY STEPHENS Patrick Dodson, named by Senator Aden Ridgeway this week as the father of reconciliation, called last night for a formal agreement guaranteeing the rights of indigenous Australians in the Constitution and warned against Aborigines "selling out" their principles. The warning, attacking compromises in the new preamble to the Constitution and in Federal Parliament's historic declaration of "deep and sincere regret" for past injustices to Aborigines, appeared to be directed at Senator Ridgeway and his supporters. Mr Dodson, former chair of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, was delivering the fourth annual Vincent Lingiari Lecture in Darwin. He said that Mr Lingiari, who led the Gurindji stockmen's strike in 1966 against Vesteys, the British meat company that claimed ownership of Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory, started his people on the road to reconciliation. "When Vesteys boss, Tim Fisher, tried to win Vincent and the Gurindji back to Wave Hill and his regime of serfdom with fresh beef, Vincent and his mob, even though they were hungry, told Fisher to take his beef back to the station," he said. "Vincent was not to be bought off. Neither should the young Aboriginal leaders, being feted as a new breed of pragmatist in tune with the global necessities of the modern world, be lured into vanities of illusionary power and influence." The Governor-General, Sir William Deane, sent a message to Darwin repeating his belief that Australia would be a diminished nation until true reconciliation was achieved and welcoming Mr Dodson's guidance. Mr Gough Whitlam, the former prime minister who handed control of Wave Hill to the Gurindjis, also sent a message of support. Mr Dodson said prime ministers could not understand the destruction colonisation had brought to the first Australians. "Their own hearts do not echo in anguish at the coming of the night; their children have always been their own to bring up." Successive governments had tried to advance the status of Aborigines on the basis indigenous interests would be subservient to the perceived national good. "That was until 1992, when the High Court had the temerity to acknowledge something that indigenous Australians had known all along - that we were and continued to be owners and custodians of the land ... not kinship but custodianship." Parliament had not said sorry to the stolen generations but had suggested they try their luck in the courts, "where the same sincerely regretful government will continue to oppose them". This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Letters to the editor
The Motion of Regret has unleashed a flurry of letters to the editor. Unfortunately, it seems to have flushed a lot of racists out of the woodwork. Read them at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/28/text/letters.html Trudy PS Does anyone who watched 'Whiteys like Us' last night have any comments? --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Indigenous woman wins full apology
The Courier-Mail 'Stolen' woman wins full apology By RACHEL MOORE and TONY KOCH 28aug99 THE Queensland Government has published a national apology to an Aboriginal woman taken from her family as a teenager and sent to work on rural properties. Lesley Williams, 52, of Gympie, won the historic apology as part of an out-of-court legal settlement brokered with the State Government yesterday. It follows a landmark resolution in Federal Parliament this week expressing "deep and sincere regret" for injustices to Aboriginal people. Mrs Williams, who was removed from her Cherbourg family at 16, sued the State Government for part of her wages which were paid into an account kept by the Department of Native Affairs, but were not given to her. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Judy Spence yesterday said Mrs Williams had been at the forefront of the fight to find out what happened to money earned by indigenous workers but never paid. The State Government advertisement, published today, says the Government sincerely regrets "any distress, hurt or humiliation suffered by Mrs Williams as a result of the allegedly oppressive schemes under the various Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Acts under which she lived and worked at Cherbourg and Taroom, particularly in relation to the alleged failure of the governments of the day to ensure fair working conditions, appropriate accommodation and just remuneration". Premier Peter Beattie yesterday told State Parliament major increases in funding for health, housing, police and education on indigenous communities would be announced in next month's Budget. He said he was committed to ensuring the proposals advanced by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson to abolish welfare dependency and reconstruct the lives of Cape York Aborigines were promoted. Mrs Williams yesterday told how she was sent to work on pastoral properties at Condamine and Taroom. She said she was not allowed to sleep in the homestead with the white owners, but had cramped quarters in a shed. And although she prepared the meals for the main house, she was made eat on the verandah while the owner's family dined inside. Of her wage of 310s a week, 2 were paid into a savings account by her employer but were never passed on to her. The account is estimated to be worth $8000. Mrs Williams also took her case to the Queen, writing "May it please Your Majesty I am writing to tell you the wrongs that Aboriginal people have suffered, how we were rounded up and put on reserves and forced to go out to work. Please help us in our cause to have an inquiry so the truth can be told". "I sent it to Buckingham Palace and received a reply," she said. Mrs Williams said yesterday that thousands of indigenous people had worked hard and made a contribution to the economy of the state. "I think often public perception is that Aboriginal people are seen as having lived off government handouts," she said. Ms Spence said the legal action taken by Mrs Williams was settled yesterday, but did not include monetary compensation. "Lesley will commence work with this department to assist in sorting out the sorry mess that has been left with the Aboriginal Welfare Fund." Ms Spence said those who were under-paid were being compensated. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] World to see warts-and-all doco on Aboriginal athletes
World to see warts-and-all doco on Aboriginal athletes Source: AAP | Published: Friday August 27 9:10:42 AM LONDON, Aug 27 - Millions of television viewers in 33 countries will have their pre-Olympic ideas of Australia shattered by a new warts-and-all documentary on Aboriginal athletes and their people. Award winning journalist John Pilger hopes Welcome to Australia - which premieres in Britain next week and on the ABC next month - will dramatically alter the conceptions held by many about his home country in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympics. The documentary starts by telling the stories of several world class Aboriginal athletes denied the opportunities of their white countrymen, including prominent activist, and former outstanding athlete and soccer player Charles Perkins. It then delves into the third world conditions in which many indigenous Australians still live, as well as the thorny subject of Aboriginal deaths in police custody, and Aboriginal suicides. The examples include the story of Kununurra, the West Australian town through which the Olympic torch will pass, but where many Aborigines will not see it due to the eye disease trachoma. It is a study set to make many white Australians cringe, one from which Prime Minister John Howard in particular emerges with his reputation shot down, and one which may trigger media organisations descending on Sydney next year to head west in search of the Aboriginal story. "This is Australia's glittering showcase when all the picture postcard images and delights of 'Oz' will be on show," Pilger says. "The Olympic organisers have co-opted Aboriginal art and artists, and others, to ensure the 'multicultural' face of the Games. "But behind that facade is the shocking reality of Aboriginal Australia - not only its betrayal over land rights, but its continuing third world status within a first world country." London-based Pilger describes world champion runner Cathy Freeman as a godsend for white Australia as a symbol of how Aboriginal athletes can rise to the top, but argues that, in reality, she is an 'aberration' in the wider picture of Aboriginal struggle. The program tells the story of Perkins, who 'sought refuge' in England, trialling for soccer giants Manchester United, before returning to Australia to campaign for indigenous rights. There is also Wally McArthur, a stolen generation child who set record sprinting times in winning at the national championships of 1951, only to be left out of the Australian team for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. McArthur, now living in Adelaide, also went to England and was a star rugby league player with the Rochdale club. Sydney's winning bid for the Olympics also comes under scrutiny. Pilger points to two $100,000 sporting scholarships given to African sportsmen as inducements for their countries to vote for Sydney, while '25 scholarships are given to Aborigines each year worth $5,000 each'. Howard, who Pilger said declined to be interviewed for the program, comes under attack for policies on land rights, cuts to Aboriginal funding, and the statement of regret issued yesterday for the suffering inflicted on indigenous Australians. "John Howard and Pauline Hanson have much in common, both deny the truth of the past," Pilger says, likening Hanson's One Nation policy to Howard's One Australia policy of the late 1980s. Welcome to Australia, which Pilger says will be syndicated to 33 countries, will screen on the ABC on September 28. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Genocide Case
>From Christine Howes: On wednesday 1 september, at 2.30pm Sydney time, the Federal Court will hand down its decision on whether genocide is lawful in Australia. This follows the genocide cases launched by Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma of the Gungalidda and others over the native title amendments, and by Kevin Buzzacott of the Arabunna over the Roxby Downs uranium mine. There will be a video link from the Sydney court house to all the capital cities. Keepers of Lake Eyre are trying to get a video link to Roxby Downs, Marree or the Arabunna camp at Lake Eyre. In Adelaide, there will be a vigil and other activities from 9.45 onwards (details to be worked out). Support actions in other cities would be much appreciated. More information from http://www.aboriginalgenocide.com.au/ Keepers of Lake Eyre http://come.to/lakeeyre --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SMH - How Mr Howard tricked us all
The Sydney Morning Herald RECONCILIATION How Mr Howard tricked us all Date: 30/08/99 Mere regrets are just a shabby refusal to accept our past, writes Robert Manne. Last Thursday the Federal Parliament passed a motion of reconciliation. With the exception of the Labor Party and the sharpest Aboriginal political minds, most progressively minded Australians were pleased. They mistook a tricky political manoeuvre for a genuine moral turning point in the history of the nation. But when people have time to reflect, last week's events will leave little but puzzlement and a bitter aftertaste. The most obvious shortcoming of the reconciliation motion is the inadequacy of the language. The motion speaks of the Aboriginal tragedy as Australian history's "blemished chapter". In ordinary speech a blemish means little more than a minor and superficial imperfection. Can anyone seriously argue that in a tale of dispossession and murder, of cultural destruction and contempt, of prolonged and radical denial of legal rights, the feeble word blemish does the work we expect it to do? According to last Thursday's motion, in regard to this blemished chapter, non-indigenous Australians do not need to apologise. Instead all they need to do is to express their "regret". Once again this word is carefully chosen and utterly wrong. An apology involves the present generation's implication in, and acceptance of, a responsibility for dealing with the injustices visited upon the Aboriginal people in the past. An expression of regret - which is non-committal on the question of inter-generational responsibility - does not. John Howard has always refused to apologise for earlier generations' misdeeds. By voting for a mere expression of regret last week, the entire Australian Parliament (with the exception of Senator Bob Brown) joined with the Prime Minister in his unwillingness to apologise. Yet the transaction which took place in Parliament last week is, in ways not yet grasped, even shabbier still. In 1997, in one of its key findings, the inquiry into forcible Aboriginal child removal, Bringing Them Home, recommended that every Australian parliament "officially acknowledge the responsibility of their predecessors for the laws, policies and practices of forcible removal". Alone among the parliaments of Australia, the Federal Parliament, under John Howard, refused. For many Australians, Howard's insensitivity to the pain felt by those Aborigines who had been taken from their mothers and communities, did both his personal reputation and the country's very real harm. It had long been rumoured that the arrival of the Aboriginal senator, Aden Ridgeway, might offer Howard a way out of the moral and political cul-de-sac he had created for himself. Not unexpectedly, in his maiden speech, Senator Ridgeway turned to the unfinished business of the apology. He pointed out that every State parliament had "expressed sorrow about the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families". Could not the Federal Parliament do as much? Within a day of this speech, a motion negotiated between the new senator and the Prime Minister was before the Parliament. Almost everyone simply assumed that Howard had, at last, agreed to make his apology to the stolen generations. This supposed reversal on the question of the apology seemed no small matter. Howard led a government which had instructed Commonwealth counsel representing it in a stolen generations test case in Darwin to mount an unambiguous defence of the practice of Aboriginal child removal on ancient assimilationist grounds. Moreover, Howard led a government whose Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Senator Herron, had openly associated himself with the argument put by Quadrant magazine, that the children forcibly removed from their mothers and communities were not "stolen" but "rescued". In Howard's successful negotiation with Ridgeway it seemed as if, finally, our Prime Minister had come to recognise the evil of Aboriginal child removal. When I read the text of the Howard-Ridgeway motion I could not believe my eyes. It spoke in very general terms of past injustices and present pain. Not one word referred in particular to the question of Aboriginal child removal or the stolen generations. On the evening before this motion was put, I was involved - alongside Lowitja O'Donoghue, who was taken from her mother at the age of two - in a television debate with Padraic McGuinness, the editor of Quadrant and a Herald columnist. The debate was dominated by discussion of the stolen generations. McGuinness agreed in general that Aborigines had suffered injustice. For that they were owed an apology. However - and notwithstanding the presence of O'Donoghue - he repeatedly referred to the issue of the stolen generations as a massive hoax. As I read the Howard-Ridgeway parliamentary motion, it occurred to me that there was not a word in it with which McGuinness need disagree. Most Australians are un
Re: [recoznet2] SMH - Moving from words to action
I think it is because Aden Ridgeway and Lowitja O'Donahue are better people than Howard is and they therefore tend to believe he is sincere - at least in part. He can be very convincing and his words often seem very reasonable. I believe it is something he has learnt to use to get what he wants. Sociopaths often dupe the same people over and over again because they are so good at it. They betray no doubt in what they say because they have no conscience and therefore are very convincing. Trudy tim dunlop wrote: > I think you're right, Trudy, and I agree with Robert Manne - as per the > other article you posted - that we've been tricked. Howard is the most > cunning and deceitful politician I know of and ANYTHING that has his > approval is by definition tainted and probably the opposite of what is > needed. The upsetting thing is that the likes of Aden Ridgeway and Lowitja > O'Donahue (esp the latter) are willing to go along with it. > > Tim > > Trudy wrote: > > >I have marked ### the paragraph that makes wonder about the value of the > >'regret' and question what exactly it is that Aboriginal peoples have > >received from the 'compromise' - are they just pawns in > >"blindsiding the Labor Party" and Howard's political games? > > --- Trudy > >= --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Institute of Criminology - Prison Suicide Numbers Triple..
media release DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc. 119 MATHIESON RD ASCOT WA 6104 Tel:61 (0)8 9277-1533 Fax:61 (0)8 9478-4204 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc Monday, 30 August 1999 Institute of Criminology - Prison Suicide Numbers Triple.. "Today's new figures by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) from the National Deaths in Custody database show a doubling of incarceration rates from 1980 to 1998, but prison suicides increasing by 240 per cent in that period." said Ms Kath Mallott, the Executive Officer of the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee. "Yet these figures tell only half the story, as Indigenous people continue to needlessly die in custody of illness. The majority of these deaths are treatable illnesses and are therefore preventable deaths. The Australian Institute of Criminology is yet to analyse these issues. In 1998 in Western Australia, of the five Indigenous deaths in custody, two were hangings and three were allegedly due to "illness." Ms Mallott emphasised. "However, of the twelve non-Indigenous deaths in custody, nine were hangings, with one overdose, one police pursuit and one illness, an utterly different profile from the picture presented by the mortality of Indigenous Australians." Said Ms Mallott "Western Australia's rate of incarceration is the shame of our nation. When Victoria imprisons its people at a rate of 79 per 100,000, and this State achieves the distinction of some 209 per 100,000, one does not have to wonder about the new material from the AIC, this is especially so when the figures reveal that in this State, Aboriginal women are imprisoned at a rate of 436 per 100,000 and Aboriginal men at a rate of 5,639 per 100,000. These figures are a blatant breach of the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody (RCIADIC) which state that prison should be a sanction of last resort." she said. "Given that approximately one-third of those in custody are Indigenous Australians with a health profile that has been defined by the United Nations as "Fourth World", when can we expect both deaths in custody due to illness, and all incidents of self harm in custody to be reportable events. These events then subject to epidemiological analysis as health issues, so that the whole material is in the public domain and may be examined, not just by the AIC, but also by the community at large and especially the Indigenous community and Indigenous health practitioners?" Ms Mallott concluded. Media Contact: Kath Mallott08 9277-15330419930375 To monitor and work to ensure the effective implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc) 119 Mathieson Road, REDCLIFFE, Western Australia, 6104 "The beginning of the cause of deaths in custody does not occur within the confines of police and prison cells or in the minds of the victims. Initially it starts in the minds of those who allow it to happen." Elder Dr. Jack Davis (OA, MBE) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc * --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC: Debate over Wik 10-Point Plan re-ignites
ABC Debate over Wik 10-Point Plan re-ignites The World Today - Monday, August30, 199912:48 COMPERE: Just when you might have thought the great race debate in Australia is receding, with a preamble in the wings and at least an effort by the Prime Minister to if not say sorry, express his Government's regret over past misdeeds, but in the next few days it appears the debate over the Wik 10-point plan will be back on the agenda again with a vengeance. According to our chief political correspondent Matt Peacock, when Senator Brian Harradine signed off on the Prime Minister's offer earlier this year before he retired from the Senate it was a actually a sting in the tail which has now come back to haunt the Government. Matt Peacock joins us in Canberra. Matt, tell is about the 10-point plan and it being back on the table. What is going on? MATT PEACOCK: Well, John, I should - just a quick correction. Brian Harradine didn't actually retire from the Senate, but he's ceased to be - he's now the feather duster, as he would call it. He's no longer holding the balance of power because that of course transferred to the Democrats. But the sting in the tail that he included in his deal with the Prime Minister over the 10-point plan which if you recall became around about an eight-and-a-half-point plan by the time the Prime Minister had sort of watered it down to Senator Harradine's satisfaction, there was also a little clause in it over that very vexed subject of pastoral leases and the right to negotiate as you'll recall between the traditional owners in an area where say a cattle operator or whatever who held a pastoral lease would have to deal with those traditional owners if they wanted to develop the land or do other things to it. And that sting in the tail was that Mr Howard had conceived that this would all be organised and arranged and dealt with by state legislation and state tribunals - some would say putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank. Certainly that was what the Labor Party used to say. And now of course one of those rather more notorious Draculas has turned up on the doorstep - none other than the Northern Territory Government - with its legislation all ready to go. Now, the Northern Territory itself has gone to great lengths to persuade everybody that it's not interested in its performance of the past that the Labor Party and others - indigenous leaders and others have been so critical of, that it's actually made quite a number of concessions. But the trick that Senator Harradine left in this legislation was that the state legislation has to be approved by the Senate. It's what's known as a disallowable instrument. If the Senate doesn't like it, then bad luck, it doesn't happen, and what you're left with the is the original Commonwealth legislation a la Paul Keating. The Northern Territory Government is the first cab off the rank, and we now have a different Senate - the Senate that is dominated by the Democrats. The Democrats held their first big discussion in the party room today - held their first meeting, and whilst they've yet to reach a decision, I'm pretty certain that the Democrats won't be accepting the Northern Territory's legislation unless they can get some changes, because what they're concerned about is that if they do accept what they think is not a bad piece of legislation now, they're concerned that later the NT could change the legislation; it wouldn't have to come back to the Senate. So they've asked the Federal Government either to amend its Native Title Act so that any other changes to what they might approve now if the NT Government later decided to change that legislation, it too would then have to come back and be approved by the Commonwealth Senate. And either they do that or bad luck - the NT amendments are not going to get up. There are a couple of other alternatives proposals being touted by indigenous groups - for example the idea of those sort of regional agreements that were the thing that indigenous working groups and others were pushing back during the Wik debate where they can somehow stitch up an agreement between the governments and the indigenous bodies. So there are a few other models being talked about. But my money is that the Democrats certainly aren't going to budge on this. The interesting thing is that after the NT legislation of course the next cab off the rank is Mr Beattie's Queensland Government, which is a Labor controlled government, and it'll be fascinating to see what position the Labor Party will take on this as well. COMPERE: Matt Peacock bringing us up to date on that extraordinary development in the Wik 10-point plan legislation coming back from the Northern Territory. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://
Re: [recoznet2] Fw: [FN] THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE ECO-RACISTS
Liam, Who exactly from the below wrote the smear piece? It is a very dishonest thing to do to associate the things George Bush did and stood for and because he praised Paul Watson, insinuate that Watson holds the same views and is guilty (by association) of what Bush did. To wit: A message from the Dalai Lama The natural environment sustains the life of all beings in the world. However, nearly everywhere these days it is undergoing extensive degeneration. Therefore, it is more important than ever that each of us makes whatever effort we can according to our capacity to ensure the protection, restoration and replenishment of our environment and its inhabitants. When the environment becomes damaged and polluted, there are many negative consequences. Oceans and lakes lose their cool and soothing qualities and the creatures depending on them are disturbed. The decline of vegetation and forest cover causes great harm not only around its immediate surroundings but even in far away and unrelated areas. Rain no longer falls when required, the soil dries and erodes, forest fires rage and unprecedented storms and floods arise. We all suffer the consequences. I am happy to lend my support to those who, like the volunteers of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, seek to protect our oceans and our fellow creatures like the whales who live in them. And it is my hope that through understanding the interdependence of the world and all the beings that live in it, people will adapt their behaviour in such ways that the potential of our bounteous natural realm will be nurtured and preserved. His Holiness The Dalai Lama 29 September 1998 I guess the Dalai Lama will now be painted with the racist brush because he too believes in saving whales. It seems to me that people who write stuff like you posted are desperate to excuse what they are doing by attacking others with a different viewpoint. If the Makah want to kill whales then they should feel secure enough in that they don't need to turn everyone who doesn't agree with them into racists. Disagreement is not racism. I think that Paul Watson, who braved the bullets at Wounded Knee is being smeared with racism very unjustly. It smacks of insecurity on the part of the Makah about what they are doing. Turning Paul Watson into a racist is not going to make them feel any better. Liam wrote: > From: Mike Wicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>From AREAN; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE ECO-RACISTS > > > > When I first confronted Sea Shepherd and its supporting organizations, > >over the issue of how they were handling their confrontation with the > >Makahs, I thought I was just dealing with people who were just > >opportunists who were using a tactic to win their issue. It seemed that > >they felt that they already had the support of most environmentalists and > >animal rights people and that none of these people would ever dare > >question anything they did. So they set out to increase their support > >base by joining with those who would be against anything that any > >Native people did. This was not the first time I had seen such people use > >what ever they felt they could use, including racism, to win their "issue". > >For that is an old "American" tradition. Winning a "issue" is more > >important than how you win. But the more I found out about these > >people, the more I find myself realizing there is much more to all this > >than I ever realized. > > Sea Shepherd and its supporting organizations represent a growing > >rightwing turn in parts of the environmental movement. It was in 1997 > >that Sea Shepherd recruited the extremist rightwing anti-tribal activist > >Jack Metcalf in the campaign against the Makah people. Metcalf had a > >long history of not only being anti-tribal, but also a racist organizer for > >the "Wise Use" movement who was out to work in the interests of the > >corporations and white property owners. His goal was to open up public > >and tribal land to the interests he represented. Thus, he saw working > >with Sea Shepherd against the Makah people as a good opportunity to > >expand his campaign against the treaties between the First Nations and > >the U.S. Government. Sea Shepherd gave him what he wanted by also > >threatening those treaties. > > Then Sea Shepherd, and its supporting organizations, set out to > >arouse a racist backlash, not only against the Makahs, but also against > >Native people in general. The reason they went after Native people in > >general was that they hoped to force other Native people to side against > >the Makahs by making them suffer for the actions of the Makahs. Paul > >Watson made this very clear when he stated that "if the Makahs take a > >whale then all Indian people would suffer." Watson even went so far as > >to use Americian "patriotism" to advance his campaign in the same way > >it is used to arouse the Americian people against so-called foreign > >
Re: [recoznet2] Fw: [FN] THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE ECO-RACISTS
Liam, I think "Arthur J. Miller" is a pseudonym. Arthur J. Miller, the famous American writer would never write a piece like that. Besides that, I believe he died a couple of years ago. I believe you about the letters to the editors and the editorials. If you read the letters and editorials here does it give you an acurate picture or do you fill it in with your own knowledge? I read recently that one section of the Makah wants to sue the other for promoting the whaling. If you believe the lies that have been spread about Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd then you aren't aware of the whole story. There are three whaling nations supporting the Makah whaling and if you don't think that they have something to do with the smear campaign out of revenge and self interest.. Paul Watson was at Wounded Knee helping carry the wounded out of the line of fire on the Native American side. He put his life on the line for his beliefs like he still does. He is one of the founders of Greenpeace. He is not a racist. He is against whaling not the Makah. When Paul Watson was in jail in Holland at the request of Norway awaiting extradition hearings (Norway lost) I wrote something in his support to a green list in the US. It found its way to some Norwegians who disagreed with me and I was subjected to a smear campaign (I know because I received mail from very many Norwegians with the most filthy language I have ever seen) and a mail bombing campaign that went on for months. This experience makes me think that there are plenty of Norwegians out there who would be happy to pretend they are Paul Watson and make up lies and racist putdowns of the Makah in his name. To another question: Yes, I think the Dalai Lama knows very well what Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Society are up to and that is why he wrote the letter. It should make you question the totally opposite picture that is being pushed by whaling supporters. I would suggest that from now on we discuss this off the list since it is off-topic. Cheers, Trudy Liam wrote: > Trudy, have you read any editorials from around the Washington state area? > Have you read the letters to the editor of sections of newspapers? Have you > noticed that Indian people don't have a voice in the area? Did you realize > that it will be ANOTHER treaty that the US has broken if they say the Makah > cannot hunt whales? (not that this makes much of an impression on the US > populace, every treaty has been broken) Does the poem suggest anything about > the supporters of Sea Shepherd? (it was posted on the "Seattle Insider > whaling forum" and was removed recently,) There are more buffalo being > killed by whites in Yellowstone, than what there are Whales being killed by > Makah. Do you think that the Dalai Lama knows what Sea Shepherd are up to? > Who would make a fake Makah site, twisting words to make the Makah look like > murderous pigs? (no offense to pigs intended :) Kill an Indian save a Whale > has been a popular expression. > > If you want to follow up on who wrote the message, send an e-mail to the > latter person... bayou@... I believe Arthur j miller wrote the piece...I > will track him down if you can't. > > There are ways and means of saving whales. I have read too many articles and > personnel accounts of Sea Shepherd et al to believe that they are doing good > (regardless of their intents) > > If you give your permission, I'll send your response to the mailing list I > got this from. > > What did Watson do at the Knee? > > I've seen just as many "smears" of the Makah, than what I have of > Watson...in fact, if I wasn't on so many Indigenous lists, I probably would > only see "smearing" of the Makah...newspapers, TV, radio haven't touched on > the lies Sea Shepherd has purported. > > "Later it included many death threats, a bomb threat to a Native school, the > harassment of Makah children, the harassment of Native people throughout the > state of Washington and so on." I can put you in contact with some of these > people. > > peace > > p.s. for what it's worth, I haven't made my mind up on how I feel about this > issue. I do know the it has improved and renewed pride in the Makah people, > as much as Sea Shepherd et al has tried to suppress it. > > pps I know there are generalisations here... don't attack them...they aren't > meant as anything else --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed fu
[recoznet2] SMH - Letters to the editor
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/31/text/letters.html Some thought provoking letters to the editor today. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] (Whiteys like us) Letters to the editor
irene wrote: > irene watson > the programme whiteys like us, a good historical document glad someone > thought of filming the process, i hope it goes some way in explaining to > white people about how onerous the role of educating them about their own > racism is and even furhter in finding ways of doing it well without further > traumatising us nungas into the overall process Irene, I cringed during a lot of the program. There was a lot of talking and very little listening. The people there didn't treat each other with respect and I wondered how they would get anywhere. Some revealed more about themselves than they intended to, I think, and used it more as personal therapy and vindication of their own views than an opportunity to learn. A lot of it was out and out racism - oblivious and intended. The Aboriginal man (Mike Watts?)who tried to teach them didn't put up with the racism and the disrespect and he found it difficult to continue sometimes. At the same time, this is what he does with many groups so he must have a conviction about the need for what he teaches while, no doubt, knowing from experience what he can expect from non-Indigenous groups. I wondered how he managed to steel himself each time for a new round of well-intentioned racism and paternalism. Still, I wonder how do people who haven't met any Indigenous Australians get started on their journey of learning? If they are to reach the level of understanding that you would like them to have, they have to start somewhere. Human learning takes time and many mistakes are made - especially if there is a lot of baggage to be dropped along the way. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC - Wik crunch-time
ABC Wik crunch-time The World Today - Tuesday, August31, 199912:37 COMPERE: It's crunch time on Native Title, according to Western Australia's Premier Richard Court, as today the Senate in Canberra appears poised to veto the Northern Territory Native Title legislation, which was drawn up under Mr Howard's Ten-Point Wik Plan, was passed by the Parliament last November. The Prime Minister's legislation handed Native Title powers over to the states and territories, of course, but at the insistence of independent Senator Brian Harradine, it also gave the Senate the power of a one-off review on the state legislation. And today the Australian Democrats have joined Labor and the Greens Senator Bob Brown in announcing that they'll disallow the Territory legislation. More from our chief political correspondent, Matt Peacock: MATT PEACOCK: For the Labor Party it's a case of "I told you so", the much vaunted certainty promised by the Prime Minister for the mining and pastoral industries is an illusion, with the Senate still holding the power of veto, that it's unwilling to relinquish over state and territory laws. The Northern Territory, according to Labor leader Kim Beazley, needs to learn how to negotiate properly with the Aboriginal land councils that it sought to abolish. And with all of the Native Title issue, he warns, the best solution is still direct negotiations. KIM BEAZLEY: I think what needs to be understood very, very clearly, by all those with an interest in this, is that the Aboriginal claimants don't have to use the Native Title Act. If they choose to they can stand outside it and go the route of common law claims. Wik's a common law claim that hasn't been settled yet. Mabo was originally a common law claim. They take years and years, and any development can be successfully stopped, effectively stopped, whenever there is a claim over a particular area. It's to avoid that sort of thing that we went down the Native Title route But that's why it's important that when you do something like that Northern Territory legislation, that all parties to it are happy with the outcome. MATT PEACOCK: The Northern Territory Government says, though, that it has negotiated with Aboriginal land councils; they, in turn, say simply that they don't trust the Government not to change its legislation after the Senate might approve it. And to solve that bind, according to Senator Brian Harradine, the Territory's Chief Minister, Denis Burke, had agreed last Friday to resubmit any changes that might be made. The next State expected to present legislation to the Federal Parliament for approval is likely to be Queensland, and there, according to its Premier Peter Beattie, Mr Beazley has promised that Federal Labor will pass it, probably guaranteeing its passage. But no such indulgence is likely for the State after that in the queue, Western Australia; which is why Liberal Premier Richard Court was on the phone last night with the Democrats seeking their support. There and in the Northern Territory, he says, thousands of mining applications are being kept waiting. RICHARD COURT: It's just not seen as an issue on the east coast. The fact that we have got our Title system log-jammed, that people can't get titles out the other end, and we've got this growing, growing litigation that's taking place, everything's bogged down in the courts; it really is not a high priority I can assure you on the east coast. But it is absolutely critical to the future development of this State and to places like the Northern Territory, but it would appear that the Federal Parliament is trying to basically sort of push the Northern Territory into subservience, saying that "we want to tick off everything that you do". Now for a Territory that is moving towards Statehood . . . 6BR COMPERE: Well I don't know whether it is, is it? Maybe they should have voted for Statehood. RICHARD COURT: Well first time it didn't go that way, but eventually I'm sure that will happen. And we are a State, we are a sovereign State; we have the responsibility for land and resource management, and I think it's becoming a bit ludicrous that we have the Federal Parliament telling us what and what we can't do. COMPERE: Richard Court, the Premier of Western Australia, speaking this morning on 6BR commercial radio in Perth, and also this morning our chief political correspondent Matt Peacock spoke to the Queensland Premier Peter Beattie. MATT PEACOCK: Mr Beattie what exactly has Mr Beazley promised you? PETER BEATTIE: Well I haven't spoken to Kim directly, but I've spoken to his senior staff and, obviously, I've raised my concerns about these issues. They assure us that because we've got a negotiated outcome on the issue of Native Title, where we sat down with indigenous working groups, the mining industry and the pastoralists, then they're not going to support a disallowance
[recoznet2] Shame, Australia, shame!
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:19 AEST Court finds genocide not a crime The Full Bench of the Federal Court in Sydney has found that genocide is not a crime under Australian common law. The Court was delivering its judgement on two appeals by a number of Aboriginal plaintiffs who were seeking a declaration that genocide is a crime under Australian law. However the Federal Court has found that Australia would need to enact enabling legislation to implement an international convention on genocide for the crime to be recognised. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] The Times (UK): Review: Welcome to Australia
http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/09/01/timfeatel01002.html?999 The Times (UK) September 1 1999 TELEVISION In Welcome to Australia (ITV), John Pilger - the man waging a fearless battle against David Attenborough to be the last TV presenter in the world still wearing short-sleeved safari suits - also tried to find an echo in history for Australia's newfound national confidence by contrasting the country's republican groundswell with the plight of Aborigines who were never consulted about their country's future and who are still, by Pilger's reckoning, treated as third-class citizens. Or, as Pilger put it: "Given Australia's democracy and its self-image of decency, why is it not possible for a nation's leaders to behave honourably towards less than 2 per cent of its population? Set against this question, the issue of whether Australia becomes a republic in the 21st century is simply irrelevant. For until the first Australians are given back their nationhood, the rest of us can never claim our own." Welcome to Australia probably isn't the film Australia's Olympic Committee showed to the Olympic authorities when it was pitching to host the 2000 Games. It was a charge-sheet of racial injustice and government neglect: "Aborigines die 25 years younger than whites, child mortality is many times that of whites and many Aboriginal communities have no clean running water," said Pilger. One academic alleged that Australia has been committing genocide against the Aborigines for 210 years. Pilger doesn't see shades of grey. He's a black-and-white man. You can find his manner irritating, but you can't help admiring his zeal. Unlike, say, Michael Moore, there is no tricksiness, no made-for-TV japes. You might even say Pilger wears his heart on his sleeve, if only his safari shirts actually had one. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Prison Death: Casuarina Prison's Horror Regime Claims Another Young Life
media release DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc. 119 MATHIESON RD ASCOT WA 6104 Tel:61 (0)8 9277-1533 Fax:61 (0)8 9478-4204 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc Thursday, 2 September 1999 Prison Death: Casuarina Prison's Horror Regime Claims Another Young Life A 22-year-old prisoner from Casuarina Prison died in Fremantle Hospital at 4.55am this morning. The young man had been on a life-support system at Fremantle Hospital since 28 August 1999, after being found unconscious in his cell at Casuarina Prison. "This is the second death in two weeks from Casuarina Prison and the horror regime which has been imposed on prisoners at that jail since Christmas Day, must end now." Said Kath Mallott, Executive Officer of the Watch Committee. Ms Mallott was referring to the 22-hour lockdown, which has been imposed on the majority of prisoners at Casuarina since a riot on Christmas Day. "Prisoners have suffered under these conditions for long enough and the regime must be returned to normal before any further lives are lost." "The prison system in Western Australia has been in absolute chaos for two years and prison services have failed to cope with the massive increase in the prison population. This has put more and more lives at risk within our jails and the Ministry of Justice is failing in its duty of care to ensure that prisoners are provided with a safe and healthy environment in which to serve their sentences." "Many prisoners have recently told me of numerous incidents of self-harm at Casuarina Prison. However, Prison Services fail to record and publish these statistics, even though an increase in incidents of self-harm is indicative of the fact that the horror regime at Casuarina continues to put prisoners at risk." "The over-crowding in all of the prisons in Western Australia has resulted in archaic conditions which are akin to those suffered by prisoners in Third World countries and breach International Human Rights Standards to which Australia is a signatory." "We call on the judiciary to ensure that when committing citizens of Western Australia to custodial sentences, that the prison accommodation and facilities meet UN Minimum Standards." Media Contact: Kath Mallott: work 08 9277-1533 or mobile 04199-30375 Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc) 119 Mathieson Road, REDCLIFFE, Western Australia, 6104 "The beginning of the cause of deaths in custody does not occur within the confines of police and prison cells or in the minds of the victims. Initially it starts in the minds of those who allow it to happen." Elder Dr. Jack Davis (OA, MBE) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc * --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Re: SMH - F-word has lost its power to offend, magistrate rules
Don, You forgot the 'assault' charge for wrenching away too hard or any other reason the cop can come up with. I remember seeing an amateur video on TV that showed two policemen beating up several Aboriginal people with their truncheons and yet the Indigenous people were charged with the triple whammy. Never heard if the police ever had to explain themselves. Trudy Don Clark wrote: > One thing the police have been doing for years by utilising the offensive > language laws is the 'trifecta', well known to Aboriginal people. It works > like this. > > A patrol van may hear an alert of, say, a break and enter in the district. > while cruising along they stop and pull up an Aboriginal person. They will > ask about the offence stating they have reason to believe, etc.. > > That person will usually tell the copper to 'fuck off', or something > similar. > > The officer will then try to apprehend the person and will lay hands on him > for the purpose of arresting the 'offender'. The 'offender' will try to get > away, knowing what very well may happen to him if he is arrested. Ergo he > is 'resisting arrest'. > > Now when the court case comes up for judgement there will be no mention of > the break and enter they originally stopped him for. However, the charge > will be 'offensive language and resist arrest'. The person will be fined > and/or gaoled for the offence. > > To my knowledge there has never been a magistrate willing to stand up and > ask what they were doing with the man in the first place. There has never > been a magistrate who has called this harassment. There has never been a > magistrate who has questioned the police tactics. So a man/woman, > ostensibly innocent, will be sent to gaol. > > This is just one of the ways police keep indigenous incarceration rates up. > Tricky buggers aren't they? > > Don > > Don Clark > President > Indigenous Social Justice Association > PO Box K555 > > There can be no real reconciliation without social justice > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HAYMARKET NSW 1240 > - Original Message - > From: Trudy Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: news-clip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 11:05 > Subject: SMH - F-word has lost its power to offend, magistrate rules > > > F-word has lost its power to offend, magistrate rules > > > > Date: 01/09/99 > > > > By DEBRA JOPSON > > > > A NSW magistrate has ruled that the word "f---" is not offensive language > and has suggested it is time for a policy change. > > > > "The word f--- is extremely commonplace now and has lost much of its > punch," said Mr David Heilpern, in Dubbo Local Court, as he > > dismissed an offensive language charge against an 18-year-old Aboriginal > man. > > > > It is the first time a magistrate has so openly criticised the legal > standing of the "F" word since Ms Pat O'Shane dismissed charges, nine > > years ago against a man who called police "f---ing poofters". > > > > She said using "collateral damage" to describe human war casualties was > worse. > > > > In the Dubbo case, Mr Shannon Thomas Dunn allegedly told a police officer > to "f--- off" when the policeman held on to the handlebars > > of a bike he was riding. > > > > However, community standards had changed and this word was used in school > playgrounds every day, Mr Heilpern said in his judgment. > > It was common on television and he had heard it twice recently in a > PG-rated movie. > > > > "If your children like Triple J and listen to it in the morning, one > cannot help be assailed by the word 'f---' with regularity between > > mouthfuls of toast." > > > > Microphones regularly picked up football heroes using it. They might be > sin-binned, but were not charged. > > > > "We live in an era where Federal ministers use the word over the telephone > to constituents and are not charged." > > > > Even on the conservative Internet search engine Infoseek more than 2.5 > million Web sites indexed the word. On country-town streets, it > > could be heard as a term of affection. > > > > Although it "may be difficult to comprehend from the leafy suburbs of > Sydney", many witnesses in his courts seemed unable to speak a > > sentence without "f---" in it. > > > > Mr Heilpern said that each day there were about 200 cases involving > offensive language in NSW local courts. Aborigines accounted for > > 15 times more of these offences than others, which affected their > employment prospects. > > > > His comments came as the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics revealed that in > the 12 months to June there had been more than a 37 per > > cent increase over the previous year in offensive-language offences > recorded by police. > > > > The head of the bureau, Dr Don Weatherburn, said he was concerned about > the cost of court proceedings for offensive language. Giving > > people a criminal record for a minor offence was no way to help them out > of crime. > > > > The director of Sydney University's Institute of Criminology, Mr Chris > Cuneen
[recoznet2] ABC TV tonight - Jimmy Little
At 11.05 on ABC TV Jimmy Little will be featured on Studio 22. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] The Times (UK): Review: Welcome to Australia
Rod, I must say I admire your courage - I gave up watching ACA quite some time ago and just can't bring myself to do it again. I did watch Lateline today (repeat of last night) where Pilger's doco was discussed as well as Colin Tatz's book. Colin Tatz was a guest and two others - I didn't catch their names - a woman from Washington DC and another man. It was a very good program. Unfortunately, my neighbour came in chatting and I couldn't follow the thread very well but the transcript should be online in about a week. Trudy Rod Hagen wrote: > In a moment of masochism, fatally tempted by curiosity, I switched on > Channel 9 after listing to Richard Carlton incriminating himself on PM last > night. Sure enough, there was A Current Affair running a story, based on an > interview with Carlton's cameraman, about how awful it was that even > journalists were now being targetted in Timor etc etc (no mention of > Carlton's role in this of course). Straight afterwards they actually ran > some excerpts from Pilger's documentary (which looked pretty good, from the > bits shown). > > They then introduced the right wing commentator Gerard Henderson as an > expert on indigenous matters, renowned as a critic of the government on > Aboriginal matters etc! (presumably they base this on his relationship > with the previous government - though they didn't bother to indicate this) > Henderson was asked to comment on the program. He suggested that it was > really about "Australia as it was in the 1940's rather than the 1990's" > (despite the obviously current footage shown). Munro fed him a series of > Dorothy Dixers in which Henderson presented himself as a reasonable man - > good friend of Colin Tatz etc etc - but who felt that Australians could be > reassured that the Pilger show said more about Pilger than about the state > of Abvoriginal health, equality etc etc etc and that everything was hunky > dory now that "regret" had been expressed (though even this might have been > unnecessary) etc etc. > > One of the nastier excerpts involved Henderson trying to dismiss the fact > that Aboriginal men on average die at such a young age by pointing out that > Charlie Perkins is now over 50! > > Ah, nothing works like the mind of a right wind "intellectual" . > > All in all a nasty little excerpt from a nasty little show. > > Cheers > > Rod > > Rod Hagen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia > WWWhttp://www.netspace.net.au/~rodhagen --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] GAC updates
This message is to notify groups that there will be no further GAC updates until further notice. The range of tasks that has arisen since the World Heritage decision means that the situation is delicate and in flux. Such a situation makes it impossible to issue precise and factual statements as to what the position is at any given time. For those still concerned about this issue, however, please be reassured that the Mirrar veto on ERA using the Ranger processing mill to process Jabiluka uranium still stands and will continue to stand. A more extended statement will be issued in the near future outlining the events in the lead-up to the World Heritage decision and its aftermath. Pressure of events in since that decision has precluded such a statement so far. Karl-Erik Paasonen Admin Assistant Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Darwin prison launches website for inmates
ABC Darwin prison launches website for inmates The World Today - Friday, September3, 199912:53 COMPERE: Well, what's believed to be the world's first prison website has been launched in the Northern Territory. It features the arts and music of the inmates. The site, like any other site, can be accessed by anyone around the world on the Internet, and you'll be able to respond to prisoners via email. As David Weber in Darwin reports for us, prisoners are going to use the site to tell their stories and warn against drug and alcohol abuse. DAVID WEBER: The Groote Band will be one of the prison bands providing music to the website. More than 150 mostly Aboriginal male and female prisoners are involved in the Ending Offending project which has been transferred to the website as a tool for education and communication. It's intended to raise prisoners' self-esteem and educate them about the dangers of alcohol abuse. It will also advertise art and music produced by prisoners, with profits from sales going into community-based projects. Tony from Jaberoo has been working on his art for the two years he's been in prison. He hopes it'll lead to a better future outside. Tony sees the website as a way to expose his art and tell his story to those outside, so that others won't make the mistakes he did. TONY: I don't want to be, come back in and out [inaudible] . I don't want it anymore. I like to want to get out, just want to get a job. DAVID WEBER: Simeon is in the Groote Band and has been committed to writing and performing his songs while in prison over the past four years. He writes his own material, mainly about his home, Groote Island. Simeon says the website's an opportunity for his band to get some recognition and exposure. SIMEON: I like to get people, get recognised. Not many Aboriginal men get recognised, you know, playing the comedian [phonetic] all that. DAVID WEBER: Darwin Prison Superintendent, Rod Williams, says the website's also an educational resource for prisoners, as it allows them to transmit their feelings about alcohol and drugs and the trouble abuse can lead to. ROD WILLIAMS: Aimed at addressing prisoners' behaviour, alcohol consumption in the community. It was never designed as an abstinence program. It was designed as a program to show prisoners how they could drink in a social context without committing offences and returning to jail. DAVID WEBER: Superintendent Williams says the project's been well received. It gives prisoners something to take outside when they leave and teaches them things such as how to handle royalties from art sales. But, those wanting to send emails to prisoners will have them screened by authorities. Superintendent Williams says prisoners won't be allowed to access and respond themselves because it could lead to a security breach. ROD WILLIAMS: Vetted through our internal security and head office security. The email side is directed at head office, and the interaction will be through the head office website and they'll pass on all the information to us and we'll adjust the website here, and it's a two-way process; then we send it back to head office and the Internet's updated there. DAVID WEBER: The Correctional Services Minister, Chris Lugg, says the website will be featured at the coming Institute of Criminology Conference as a leading example of rehabilitation programs for indigenous people. He says, despite the Territory's mandatory sentencing laws, the government doesn't actually like people going to prison. CHRIS LUGG: The community never benefits from having people in prison. It's a necessary but generally a step we don't prefer to take. DAVID WEBER: But, he says with the total cost of the website project at fifty thousand dollars, it's less than the cost of keeping one person in jail for a year. CHRIS LUGG: If we can even keep one or two fellas from coming back here, then it's money well spent. COMPERE: And that was Chris Lugg of the Northern Territory. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Denmark's apology
The Canberra Times Sep 4, 1999 PM sorry COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen apologised today for the way his country forced Greenland Inuits out of their homes when a US air base was expanded in 1953. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SMH - Letter to the editor
Shame on Australia
I have just spent an unhappy hour watching a report by John Pilger ("Welcome to
Australia") on the plight of your indigenous natives
(Abos to you).
It is a report that would shame a Third World country.
Of past injustices that remain unrectified; diseases that were dying out at the
end of the 19th century in Britain like rheumatic fever, but
still prevalent in the "Lucky" country; of budgets for Aborigines being cut
instead of being increased.
It is hardly credible that such an attitude exists.
When Cathy Freeman is battling for the 400 metres title in the Olympic Stadium,
members of her race will be battling to survive the
handicap of being a (black) native in their own land.
- P. Day, Doncaster (UK)
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[recoznet2] ABC LATELINE - Part transcript - need realaudio
ABC LATELINE Transcript 01/09/1999 Hollow Rings The campaigning journalist John Pilger says Aborigines are denied sporting opportunities enjoyed by non-indigenous Australians. If true, it's hardly a great advertisement for next year's Sydney Olympics. And today in Sydney Mark Spitz, the American swimmer, accused the IOC of failing to properly enforce its anti-drugs policy. How tarnished has sport become? Friendship, solidarity and fair play are supposed to be the elements of the much vaunted "Olympic spirit". And with the Sydney games only 12 months away, it's an image our sporting bodies and politicians have been keen to promote. But selling a positive image of the Olympics has never been tougher. Just today, one of the greatest sporting heroes of all time -- American swimmer Mark Spitz, revisited the drugs issue. Touring the athletes village at Homebush he questioned the will of the Olympic authorities to keep the Sydney games clean. Meantime a documentary screened on British television has challenged Australia's boast that it's a nation which believes in "fair play" and "the level playing field". It paints a grim picture of the conditions under which indigenous Australians are living and argues they don't enjoy equal opportunities to shine in the sporting arena. What's happened to the traditional sporting values? Does sport offer fair access to all? And is the sporting arena the place to campaign and redress broader social ills? http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s48833.htm Discussion: Tony Jones talks with Doris Corbett, a sports sociologist from Howard University in Washington; Professor Colin Tatz, the author of "Obstacle Race" a history of Aborigines in sport and Michael Porra, general manager of leading sports management firm IMG Sydney. [Requires RealAudio] © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC 10:30 pm Pat Dodson
On ABC TV tonight at 10:30 pm "2 Shot" Patrick Dodson talks to Fran Kelly about his career and reconciliation work. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] [Fwd: LL:AA: Aboriginal Tent Embassy Sovereign Ride]
Ray Swan and Isabel Coe are embarking on a journey to regain sovereignty on their land. The tour will leave early on Monday from the Tent Embassy in Camberra and will head north for two weeks, ending up at Musclebrook. They are urgently looking for someone to document the ride on video, and to send information to the office in Adelaide who will be coordinating press-releases and internet info. The phone numbers for the office are (08) 9233 5816 (voice) and (08) 8233 5858 (fax) If anybody is interested, please telephone Ray Swan on (02) 62 950 493 Also, check out these websites: http://www.aboriginalgenocide.com.au http://www.humanrights.com.au -- http://www.accessnews.skatv.org.au email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone (61) 3 9663 6976 fax (61) 3 9662 9106 SKA TV p.o box 1252, st kilda sth, 3182 victoria, australia -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
[recoznet2] List of Indonesian Consulates
http://www.dfat.gov.au/protocol/ConsularList/Indonesia.html State Offices New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia Northern Territory For anyone who wants the phone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses and snailmail addresses of the above. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] [Fwd: URGENT: ACTION ALERT - state s43a schemes]
reconnet: reconciliation email network URGENT ACTION ALERT s43a STATE SCHEMES AND THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE Action is needed this week on this issue. Dear friends, Once again we face a critical time for native title, this time with hard decisions coming before the Federal Parliament concerning state and territory s43a schemes which seek to wind back the 'right to negotiate'. S43a schemes were part of the Howard/Harradine amendments which the UN CERD Committee found to be racially discriminatory and in breach of Australia's international obligations. The CERD Committee's decision called on the Howard Government to open discussions with indigenous representatives in order to find solutions acceptable to indigenous peoples and complying with Australiaºs obligations under the convention. Part of the 'Harradine deal' during the 1997/98 native title amendment debate was that state and territory s43a schemes would be 'disallowable instruments', meaning that such schemes must come before the Federal Parliament and can be voted down by either House. To date no s43a scheme or, indeed, s43a itself, has the consent or support of indigenous people because they represent an unacceptable dilution of the right to negotiate. With the Northern Territory s43a scheme opposed by indigenous groups and already voted down once, the Queensland s43a scheme may be the next to go before the Federal Parliament. Premier Beattie is claiming support for the Queensland scheme, however, the QIWG has written to Kim Beazley and the Democrats pointing out that there has been no consent given from indigenous people in Queensland to the Beattie scheme. WA is now in the process of seeking support from indigenous groups for its own scheme. Pressure is needed on both the Labor Opposition and the Democrats to exercise their numbers in the Senate to vote down s43a schemes and to urge the opening of discussions with indigenous representatives concerning their consent to s43a. With s43a now shown to be fatally flawed and lacking indigenous support, Labor and the Democrats should be calling for its removal from the Native Title Act. WHAT IS REQUIRED: Ç letters to Opposition leader, Kim Beazley, (cc to Melham and Bolkus). Ç letters to individual Democrat senators, particularly Meg Lees, Woodley, Ridgeway and Bartlett. Ç take advantage of any other lobbying opportunities. Letters and lobbying need to happen this week. Your letters should emphasise: Ç the fact that s43a schemes and s43a itself do not have the support or consent of indigenous people because they are an unacceptable dilution of the right to negotiate; Ç the CERD decision requires that the Commonwealth negotiate with indigenous representatives to find solutions acceptable to them; Ç the lack of security issue regarding the possibility of detrimental amendments once the Senate has approved a state scheme. Below is a summary of some of the pertinent issues regarding the s43a schemes which you may wish to use in your letters and lobbying efforts. Thank you for your support, ANTaR Contact details: Hon. Kim Beazley (02) 6277 8495 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Lees (02) 6277 3996 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Woodley (02) 6277 3725 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Ridgeway (02) 9247 7168 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senator Bartlett (02) 6277 3791 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTES ON STATE AND TERRITORY s43a SCHEMES An ad hoc, discriminatory legislative approach We are facing the prospect of a system of ad hoc, racially discriminatory s43a schemes being adopted by the states and territories to replace the right to negotiate. Such an ad hoc system would, in addition to specific discriminatory aspects of individual schemes, be discriminatory towards indigenous people from different states and territories who, by mere accident of political circumstances, find themselves subject to different sets of rights under law. It is also against the national economic interest, requiring commercial interests to deal with seven different regimes across Australia rather than one set of procedures. Already there are a range of state and territory responses, ranging from the retaining of the current right to negotiate (VIC) or its equivalent (SA), to proposed schemes which to varying degrees erode the right to negotiate in line with the unacceptable minimum procedural rights set out in the Howard/Harradine amendments (WA, NT, QLD, NSW). Inadequate and discriminatory minimum standards for s43a schemes The minimum standards applied to s43a schemes are totally inadequate and notes that all States and Territories have indicated a willingness or capacity to exceed these standards, however marginally. The recently confirmed March 1998 decision of the CERD Committee, found the Howard/Harradine amendments to be racially discriminatory and in breach of Australiaºs international obligations. The Committee called on Australia to: address the concerns as a matter of urgency; suspend implementation
Re: [recoznet2] Timor - anew twist from the Washington Post
Rod Hagen wrote: > An article in the net version of the Washington Post today puts a new twist > on the East Timor situation. Is this a new version of the Indonesian > "Official Line" or something with some validity? > Rod, On the ABC news at noon they reported that most of the media within Indonesia (although not all) portrayed the violence as from two opposing forces - a civil war. Maybe this is an extension of that if it wasn't believed. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Timor - anew twist from the Washington Post
Rod Hagen wrote: > At 05:18 PM 7/9/99, Trudy and Rod Bray wrote: > snip > > > >On the ABC news at noon they reported that most of the media within > >Indonesia (although not all) portrayed > >the violence as from two opposing forces - a civil war. Maybe this is an > >extension of that if it wasn't > >believed. > > > >Trudy > > > > The Indonesian newspapers on the WWW have generally been running the line > that the conflict was the result of voting irregularities in the > referendum, aided and abetted by the UN and Australia. Australia is > definitely being painted as the big bogie, with burning of Australian flags > by students in Jakarta etc. > > It is interesting that the Malaysian offer of peace keeping troops for a > multi-national force hasn't received wider publicity. It was announced > yesterday, but hasn't been mentioned by Downer et al. > > Cheers > > Rod > There's no glory in that for the Howard gang - besides, they're not white so they don't count. The civil war line was reported by someone on the ground in Indonesia. I think it will probably keep changing as Indonesia looks for a way out of the shame-light. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC News: Amnesty considers request to review dropping of police charges
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 6:50 AEST LOCAL NEWS : Queensland Amnesty considers request to review dropping of police charges A world human rights organisation says it will consider an Aboriginal Legal Service request to look into the dismissal of brutality charges against three Queensland police. The Police Misconduct Tribunal ruled the officers did not use undue force while breaking up a brawl in Ipswich two-and-a-half years ago. Heinz Schurmann-Zeggel of Amnesty International says more information is needed from all parties involved before they can act. "I hope [we] will have a chance of looking at that and then getting back to people," he said. "As you may remember at the time, Amnesty International published a report about what we believe was in three cases, excessive use of force constituting ill treatment - and we stick by that." © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC News: Officers found not guilty in Ipswich case
Most of us saw this on video and it didn't look anything like described below. And what happened to the American military police who 'helped' so enthusiastically? Trudy ^^^ Tue, 7 Sep 1999 19:08 AEST LOCAL NEWS : Queensland Officers found not guilty in Ipswich case Three police officers charged with using undue force during a brawl in Ipswich two-and-a-half years ago have been found not guilty. The Queensland Police Misconduct Tribunal has dismissed all charges against the three. Handing down his findings, misconduct tribunal member Gerard Cross said the three officers acted according to their training. The tribunal also found the officers committed no official misconduct and used the amount of force necessary to prevent a volatile and dangerous situation from deteriorating further. The officers were told they should have faith in their actions and be judged fairly. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Brisbane Forum
Forwarded from Christine Howes: The next Wanya: Its Time to Talk forum will be held at ABC Music Studios, Ferry Road, West End at 12noon on Saturday the 25th of September. The topic will be Addressing Indigenous Disadvantage, with a panel including JOHN WOODLEY, Dr DAVID BRAND, Dr DAVID WATSON and more. There will be food, entertainment, and a unique opportuniy to hear from, and question, our panel of guests. The forum is part of the Living in Harmony project, and will be recorded for broadcast on the National Indigenous Radio Service. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Petition and addresses
Here are some email addresses plus a petition I was sent for those who want to follow this up. Trudy ^^ President Yusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kofi Annan United Nations Secretary-General [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Clinton President of the United States of America [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Secretary of State Madeleine Albright email form at the website below: http://www.state.gov/www/comments.html Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Jesse Helms (Rep) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joseph Biden (Dem) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Speaker of the House of Representatives Congressman J. Dennis Hastert [EMAIL PROTECTED] PETITION Widespread death and destruction are happening in East Timor. Unless world leaders exert maximum pressure on the Indonesian Government the results of last Monday's referendum will be followed by a growing massacre and destruction of thousands of citizens who braved everything to vote, expressing overwhelmingly their wish to become independent. Regrettably, the Indonesian Government is not fullfiling the New York agreements and has allowed the violence to spread. An international force is essential to prevent the total slaughter of the people by the anti- independence militias. Therefore, I call upon you to URGENTLY exert all of the available means at your disposal to make the killings stop and prevent the deportation and massacre of the people of East Timor. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC TV tonight on Four Corners: GM Food
Coming Up On Four Corners GM Food The brave new world of genetically-modified food. Ignoring the warning signs of a doubtful public, scientists and giant food industrialists rushed to embrace the application of gene technology in our food-chain. But, as an international consumer backlash stalls the revolution, reporter Andrew Fowler investigates how Australians became guinea-pigs in the genetically-modified food debacle...eating unlabelled and mostly unapproved gmo food. Producer: Lisa McGregor Four Corners, ABC TV, Monday, September 13, 8.30pm, repeated Tuesday, September 14, 1pm. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC News: Beazley wants recognition withdrawn
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:01 AEST Beazley wants recognition withdrawn The Opposition leader, Kim Beazley, is advocating an immediate withdrawal of Australia's de jure recognition of Indonesia's sovereignty over East Timor. Australia legally recognised Indonesia's control over East Timor in 1979, the only country in the world to do so. The move underpinned the Timor Gap Treaty. Labor has been resisting calls for the recognition to be withdrawn but Mr Beazley says it is now time. "The Indonesian Parliament has its timetable. All the rest of us have ours," he said. "That vote is good enough. A UN-supervised ballot scrutinised by international observers, preceeded by violence and intimidation the other way, not for the way the outcome finally went, that's a good enough ballot for anybody. "And that's a good enough ballot to finally say 'okay, de jure recognition ceases now'." © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Qld (Brisbane) Embassy Tour
Forwarded from Christine Howes: As you may know, ambassadors from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra are currently touring Queensland. Wadjularbinna Nulyarimma, Isabelle Coe and Ray Swan arrive in Brisbane this Wednesday 15 September.There are events over the three days they are in Brisbane that yourself and your organisation are invited to attend.A copy of our press release, plus the itineray is included below, and it would be great if you could also spread the word. There is no funding for the Tent Embassy Tour, therefore we would also encourage those attending to make donations if possible, to cover the costs of car hire for the Ambassadors, petrol, food etc. ABORIGINAL TENT EMBASSY SPEAKING TOUR BRISBANE ITINERARY OF EVENTS Wednesday 15 September: 11.00 amGriffith University, Nathan Campus Tent Embassy Ambassadors Speak Northern Theatres 3 1.00 pmBBQ - Griffith University Join the Tent Embassy Ambassadors for lunch and informal discussion Humanities Lawn Gold coin donation Thursday 16 September: 10.30 amAmbassadors visit Acacia Ridge Murri School 7.00 pmPublic Meeting 2nd Floor, TLC Building 16 Peel Street, South Brisbane Entry by gold coin donation Friday 17 September: 9.00 am - Meetings/Workshops 4.00 pmLocal Indigenous groups and other interested groups are invited for informal discussions with Tent Embassy Ambassadors Jagera Arts Centre/Musgrave Park Cordelia Street, South Brisbane The media, members of the public, community and ethnic groups are invited to attend the Griffith University session at 11.30 am Wednesday 15 September, and the Public Meeting at 7.00 pm on Thursday 16 September. All Indigenous representative groups/bodies, ethnic groups and other community groups are also invited to the Jagera Centre on Friday from 9.00 am.If your organisation has not received a personal invitation, please contact us ASAP, as we are keen to involve all those who are interested. Friends of the Earth - Brisbane PO Box 5702 WEST END, 4101 294 Montague Road, WEST END Ph: (07) 3846 5793 Fx: (07) 3846 4791 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Shackled in Death and 3rd World Hygiene In WA Prisons
media release DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc. 119 MATHIESON RD ASCOT WA 6104 Tel: 61(0)8 9277-1533 Mobile: 041993-0375 Fax: 61(0)8 9478-4204 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc Tuesday 14 September 1999 Shackled in Death and 3rd World Hygiene In WA Prisons "Tell us news not history" exclaimed Ms Kath Mallott of the Deaths In Custody Watch Committee, when asked to comment on claims made by the Director of Prison Health Services in Western Australia that there are poor standards of hygiene in the Infirmary at Casuarina Prison." "We have been asserting for years that WA Prison Medical Services are horrific." Said Ms Mallott. "It is tragic that a prisoner has to die in shackles in the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Perth Hospital, and the Director of Prison Health Services proclaims, in the Coroner's Court last week, that the Casuarina Prison Infirmary is 'a pig sty', before the media takes up the plight of prisoners' health needs in this State." "The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody investigated the use of 'mechanical restraints' by this State in two prison deaths in 1983, and Commissioner O'Dea noted that the United Nations Standard Minimum Rule 33 required that;" 'chains and irons shall not be used as restraints and 'may be used only against escape during transfer. Such instruments of restraint may not be applied for longer than is strictly necessary.' "Sixteen years later nothing has changed and seriously ill prisoners in this State continue to die whilst shackled to a hospital bed. It is barbaric." Said Ms Mallott. "We call upon, all thinking people, especially medical and nursing staff and their professional bodies, to examine their codes of ethics and conduct, and to demand that prisoners under medical and nursing care do not die in such circumstances, ever again." "Further, we reiterate our demand that the Australian Medical Association's (AMA) 'Position Statement on Health Care for Prisoners' be given the status it deserves and particularly point 2.1 which states:" 'Every correctional facility health care service in Australian States and territories should be part of the general health system and independent of Departments of Corrective Services or their equivalent.' "We call for this to be implemented without delay." She concluded. Media Contact: Kath Mallott08 9277-1533041993-0375 Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc) 119 Mathieson Road, REDCLIFFE, Western Australia, 6104 "The beginning of the cause of deaths in custody does not occur within the confines of police and prison cells or in the minds of the victims. Initially it starts in the minds of those who allow it to happen." Elder Dr. Jack Davis (OA, MBE) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc * --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Heart Politics Conference
Forwarded from Christine Howes: Dear Everyone, We are trying to let as many people as possible know about this year's Heart Politics Conference. Could you please pass this message on to anyone you think might be interested or who you think would benefit from attending. Thanks, Garth Luke ~ HEART POLITICS CONFERENCE The 11th Northern NSW Gathering - 'Courage to lift our dreams into the future' 24th - 28th September '99 An invitation ... We invite you to share with us this year's Heart Politics Conference. The conference is a gathering of people interested in social change - in sharing their ideas, their hopes and their fears. Heart Politics recognises the power of working simultaneously at the personal and political levels to achieve change. It encourages dialogue between people with different perspectives and cultural experiences, maintaining the dignity of opponents and respect for the humanity of all people. It recognises that people working for social change are human too and need to pay attention to their inner lives and strengths and weaknesses - to listen to their hearts. Heart Politics conferences have grown out of this recognition of our common humanity and its many strengths and weaknesses. The conference reflects this diversity and uses a range of strategies to help people explore issues not just with their heads but also with their bodies and hearts. The conference is about taking time out to reflect and to feel and it's about gaining inspiration, ideas, enjoyment and support from others. Whether you are an established change agent, or still seeking to find a way to contribute to community development, social justice or environmental healing, we welcome your participation. This conference will endeavour to help those striving for social change to find the courage, inspiration and support to work confidently with issues and challenges, and to invigorate the passion for a cause with which they feel truly aligned. Opportunities ... The four day Heart Politics conference offers participants the chance to: * meet people with similar passions * take time out to review your year * have fun and make new friends * build support back at home * learn new skills * have a rest * gain inspiration and hope from the work of others * be able to express your hopes and your sorrows for the world * sing and dance a lot * enjoy the beach, the bush, the lake * clarify your unique role and next steps as an agent of change. Conference style ... The gathering is a blend of conference, workshop and celebration. It will be a highly participatory event. There will be about 80 participants from a wide age range and about half will not have attended a Heart Politics gathering before. In addition there will probably be about 10 children. While many of the participants will be experienced activists covering a range of issues there will also be a number of people new to social change work who are looking for a way to contribute. This will be the Heart Politics community for the four days of the conference. Our speakers ... Sister Patricia Pak Poy is the national coordinator of the international campaign to ban landmines. This group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in 1997 and is one of the most effective international campaigns in recent times. She is also a member of the Adelaide congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, a former school principal and is closely associated with Mercy and Jesuit Refugee services. In her spare time Patricia enjoys meditation and enjoys watching her garden grow. Gavan McFadzean is presently a national campaigner for the Wilderness Society. He has worked for environment and social justice organisations in Australia, North America and The Philippines. Before moving to the Wilderness Society Gavan co-ordinated the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre working on the Cape York, Daintree and Great Barrier Reef campaigns. Descriptions of Gavan almost always include the word 'inspiring'. Comments from past participants: 'A great mixture of practical skills and inspiring stories of the human spirit' ' The gathering is a holiday in a sense but it also helps me focus on what I want to do in the next year. It gives me new skills and energy to achieve my goals.' 'Heart Politics makes visible that there are people who care, and are doing things in all sorts of ways - there is a wonderful sense that we are all contributing.' The venue ... We have changed the venue this year to Camp Wollumbin at Cabarita Beach. Surrounded by national park and backed by a beautiful lake, Wollumbin is just a short hop to the beach. It is situated on the coast road just north of Cabarita township 32 km south of the Queensland border and 20 minutes from Coolangatta airport. Accommodation at Wollumbin is camping only however we have reserved a few shared motel rooms nearby for participants which can be booked when you register. No caravans or campervans are al
[recoznet2] AAP: Black leaders torpedo PM's reconciliation plans
Black leaders torpedo PM's reconciliation plans Source: AAP | Published: Wednesday September 15 5:14:23 PM Prime Minister John Howard's goal of achieving an historic reconciliation agreement by the centenary of federation was effectively torpedoed today by a summit of indigenous leaders. The summit of 60 national leaders, convened by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), agreed it was impossible to reach a substantial reconciliation agreement this century. And they want a final document to include a statement of indigenous rights. The verdict comes as a draft reconciliation agreement, the result of 10 years' work by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (CAR), is touring Australia in its final consultation phase. The government plans for the final draft to be launched with fanfare in Sydney in May next year and be approved by parliament to become a centrepiece of centenary of federation celebrations in January 2001. But CAR chairwoman Evelyn Scott, a member of the summit, today conceded the document was too weak on indigenous rights. "That's what we're getting from out there in the community; that it needs to be strengthened on indigenous rights," Ms Scott told journalists. "By the time 2001 comes, I don't believe that we will have achieved what we set out to achieve." The summit, called the Focus 2000 and Beyond Forum, wants the statement of rights - centred on indigenous self-determination - the reconciliation document and other agreements yet to be negotiated between indigenous leaders and the government enshrined in law. Former ATSIC chairwoman Lowitja O'Donoghue said indigenous rights had to be law to prevent any repeat of the policies that separated her from her family as a child. "We are worried about going down the path of assimilation and that's why we would want those things at the end of this process of reconciliation enshrined in legislation," she said. She questioned whether the prime minister's timetable was designed to have the reconciliation agreement reached before the world focuses on the Sydney Olympic Games. "We don't want to be brought kicking and screaming because the non-Aboriginal community are ready for this and we're not," she said. The government is unlikely to accept the new indigenous demands, with Mr Howard and his reconciliation minister Philip Ruddock having already indicated the current draft document already goes too far. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Howard's blind spot?
"In the longer run, if you don't take a stand on an issue of principle and an issue that has morality on its side, you will pay a deeper cost later on." The statement above was made by Howard on Radio 3AW in relation to East Timor. Strange, he has never looked at the injustice suffered by Indigenous Australians in the same way but then, I guess, there are no votes in that. I have a growing suspicion that Howard is using East Timor in the way that Thatcher used the Falklands. Reelection paid for in blood. Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Nyoongar support for Ein Reich?
A post by one Jeremy Beck on aus.politics Pauline Hansons One Nation has support from the Nyoongar Circle of Aboriginal Elders. One Nation has an advertisement in The Aboriginal Newspaper. Why is the mainstream media so silent on such a presumably newsworthy story? For details see these links: http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/99qldagm/day1/ http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/onenation/99qldagm/day1/paper.gif * Are they trying to twist an advertisement in The Aboriginal Newspaper into 'support' or is there more to it? Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Nyoongar support for Ein Reich?
Hi Lynn, I gather you didn't click on the first URL. The PHONies are definitely claiming to have Nyoongar support in that newsletter. Trudy Lynn Pollack wrote: > Trudy > > The ad definitely exists - I noticed it but assumed it just > meant they had bought space - didn't read any "support" > into it. > > Cheers > Lynn > > Lynn Pollack > 9/363 Edgecliff Road, > Edgecliff. NSW. 2027. Australia > Tel/Fax 61293282060 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Nyoongar support for Ein Reich?
Hi Lynn, I can believe you were surprised! For those who don't received the newspaper the two URLs refer to: A PHONy newsletter wherein they claim to have the support of the Nyoongar Circle of Elders and secondly a copy of the newspaper add in The Aboriginal Newspaper. I was wondering if they tried to make it appear they had Nyoongar support because their add had been accepted or if there was more to it than was apparent? Trudy Lynn Pollack wrote: > Trudy > > Sorry - I just was referring to my own impression of the > print version of the paper when I received it- I was surprised > enough to read it and show a few others ! > > Cheers > Lynn > > Lynn Pollack > 9/363 Edgecliff Road, > Edgecliff. NSW. 2027. Australia > Tel/Fax 61293282060 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] Nyoongar support for Ein Reich?
According to the person who posted the URLs on aus.politics, the ad space was donated to Ein Reich.. Trudy Trudy and Rod Bray wrote: > Hi Lynn, > > I can believe you were surprised! > For those who don't received the newspaper the two URLs refer to: > A PHONy newsletter wherein they claim to have the support of the Nyoongar Circle of >Elders and secondly a > copy of the newspaper add in The Aboriginal Newspaper. > I was wondering if they tried to make it appear they had Nyoongar support because >their add had been > accepted or if there was more to it than was apparent? > > Trudy > > Lynn Pollack wrote: > > > Trudy > > > > Sorry - I just was referring to my own impression of the > > print version of the paper when I received it- I was surprised > > enough to read it and show a few others ! > > > > Cheers > > Lynn > > > > Lynn Pollack > > 9/363 Edgecliff Road, > > Edgecliff. NSW. 2027. Australia > > Tel/Fax 61293282060 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without >permission from the > > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research >under the "fair > > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed >further without > > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] [FW] An Inquest of Vital Interest
media release DEATHS IN CUSTODY WATCH COMMITTEE (WA) Inc. 119 MATHIESON RD ASCOT WA 6104 Tel: 61(0)8 9277-1533 Mobile: 041993-0375 Fax: 61(0)8 9478-4204 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc Monday, 20 September 1999 An Inquest of Vital Interest An inquest of vital interest commences today in Court 95 of the Western Australian District Court. The Inquest is to inquire into the death of Winnie Michael, aged 18 years, who died on 9 Jan 1998 of complications arising from undiagnosed appendicitis. The Michael family hopes that the Coroner will, again, closely scrutinise the shortcomings within the prison health services, which they feel contributed to the untimely death of their daughter. The Michael family call on all media, and groups or organisations with an interest in the conduct, delivery, and ethics of prison health service delivery, to attend and report on this examination of the premature death of a young mother. Media Contact: Kath Mallott08 9277-1533041993-0375 Deaths In Custody Watch Committee (WA) Inc) 119 Mathieson Road, REDCLIFFE, Western Australia, 6104 "The beginning of the cause of deaths in custody does not occur within the confines of police and prison cells or in the minds of the victims. Initially it starts in the minds of those who allow it to happen." Elder Dr. Jack Davis (OA, MBE) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.omen.net.au/~dicwc * --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Natasha Stott Despoja at National Press Club tomorrow
For those concerned about biotechnology especially where it affects our food. --- Trudy *** It will cost $42 for non-members and $30 for members of the National Press Club to attend (if in Canberra) and should be televised from 1pm to 2pm tomorrow on the ABC. *** Tech-challenges. gov. au Senator Natasha Stott Despoja on legislative challenges of new technologies Australian Democrats Deputy Leader, Senator Stott Despoja, will present a National Press Club Telstra Address on Wednesday, 22 September. In her third press club appearance, Senator Stott Despojas address is titled Legislative Challenges of New Technologies. This year she has seen her Democrat Senate colleagues pass the Howard-Lees G.S.T. package and has decline overtures within the Democrats to stand for the Leadership -participating instead in a new era in her Partys development. Senator Stott Despoja will address the National Press Club from the Democrats constructive engagement position that they embrace as they rise to the challenges of their new balance of power role in the Senate. Legislative challenges including the rapid growth of new-age technologies, such as I.T. and biotechnology (just two that face legislators globally) requiring adequate and credible legislative frameworks for their responsible management. Senator Stott Despoja will explore these issues and the role of the Democrats in the new Senate. Information technology and biological advances are two examples of the ability of new knowledge to challenge todays norms. Both are currently redefining the international political space - though how is still yet to be determined. Legislation and international legal instruments must play and active role to ensure that innovation is implemented to the communities benefit. Human cloning, genetically modified organisms and electronic commerce are some of the big issues. We can not throw our hands up at transnationalism and just say too hard stated Senator Stott Despoja. Lunch will be served at midday with Senator Stott Despoja to speak at 1pm. Contact : Frank Crews, General Manager National Press Club 02-6273 3644 --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] no poo pooing pp
Tim, The best way to debate PP may be in the letters page at the SMH. Cheers, Trudy tdunlop wrote: > Trudy wrote: Luckily, Paddy McGuinness lists his email address at the end of > his > opinion piece so he can be debated. Whether this does any good is > another question. --- Trudy > === Trudy, I've written to PP > three times at his email address and have never received a reply. As you > imply, I doubt whether he could be debated in any meaningful sense anyway. I > follow his columns out of a sort of masochistic pervisity and a professional > interest (he is vaguely relevant to my uni work) but I find at least half of > his columns incoherent - the one below being a good example. I really don't > understand what he says here in the final para about to presume that someone > being racist who isn't actually being racist makes you racist. Go figure. I > contemplated following up this point via his email, but I don't think I'd be > any more successful this time. The really annoying thing is that the topic > itself - what is and isn't racism - is an interesting and important one. > Shame he handles it in such a slap-dash way. Tim --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Lack of courses delays release
"Deaths In Custody Watch Commitee (WA) Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lack of courses delays release one would like to think that those people who are in charge ( not repsonsible) of prisons here in WA would try to reduce the costs of incarceration through simply getting people prepared for release at the due or earliest date. that is another myth. Prisoners are constantly complaining about not being able to access a specific program that they are assessed as required to complete prior to release. The same people who plan the sentences know that courses are not available, and yet the parole board just keeps on telling prisoners that they 'have failed to address offending behaviour' Funny that? no! Some members of the parole board have or still work for the MOJ. Others have connection to it. They should know by now that they can't place the responsibility on the prisoner to address offending behaviour when in fact prisoners have tried time and time again to get on a program. It is outrageous that men and women are kept in jail because someone has made a stuff up about not providing enough courses for the demand, and that in turn the parole board says these are so important that you have to do it before we can let you out. comments please, b. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/8438/index.html --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] [Fwd: LL:DDV: Speaking Strong: Australian Indigenous Struggles on Film]
Speaking Strong: Australian Indigenous Struggles on Film Over the next four weeks, Students for Land Justice and Reconciliation bring you a festival of great and rarely screened Australian films. Each night there will be two short films and speakers to introduce the themes of the evening. Films include Ningla-A-Na, Australia Daze, Lousy Little Sixpence, Freedom Ride, Coolbaroo Club, Black Man's Houses, Still you Keep Asking Asking..., Whiteys Like Us When: Thursday nights - 23 September, 30 September, 7 October, 14 October Where: Cinemedia Treasury Theatre (formally State Film Theatre) Cost:$8 /$5 Parking :Little Collins St $4 The Programme... Thursday 23 September: Opening Night: The 2000 Olympics:A World Stage... Ningla A-Na Australia Daze Two classic films documenting historic moments in Aboriginal activism that have captured world wide media attention; the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy and the 1988 protests set amid white Australia's Bicentennary celebration. Thursday 30 September: 20th Century Resistance Lousy Little Sixpence Freedom Rides Two films which provide astounding insights into Koori experience this century, ranging from mission life pre WW2 to life under unofficial apardheid in counrty NSW in the 1960's. Thursday 7 October: Identity and Community Coolbaroo Club Black Man's Houses This night's films examine the vital role of community in Aboriginal people's right to control their own affairs, and in their constant struggle to define their identity within a glut of 'white' stereotypes. Thursday 14 October: Closing Night : Black Voives, White Voices and Reconciliation? Still You Keep Asking,Asking... Whiteys Like Us Ending the festival with one of the highlight documentaries of this years Melbourne International Film Festival, this final night presents us with a challenging contrast in black and white attitudes that will pose some hard questions to white viewers. LL.VI LL.VJ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
[recoznet2] One answer to PP McGuinness
>From the letters page of the SMH http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/24/text/letters.html Racist card Don't you know, Mr McGuinness, that a straw argument is the weakest kind? Apparently neither you, nor any of the the others involved in the scenario you describe (Herald, September 23), found the incident racist. Yet you suggest that "many people" would. Who exactly? The politically correct? Feminazis? Well, by your yardstick, I am both of those but I believe that I, too, would have found nothing sinister in the incident. It is you, Mr McGuinness, who plays the racist card here. You describe the scenario in extraordinary detail and then proceed to admonish those fictional people you suggest would find the incident discriminatory. You are a fine wordsmith, Mr McGuinness, and the imagery you convey is burnt into my brain: drunk Aborigines, including a woman, clutching open cans of Jim Beam and Coke in a trendy Sydney street during business hours. You go on to say that any taxi driver who stopped for these people "would not have survived long". I am appalled by your insinuation here. There are many who scrutinise the media and the Internet looking for stereotypes such as this to feed their prejudices, and I suggest that if you cannot resist the temptation to give them what they seek, then your column space should be given over to someone else. A. Packman, Kurrajong. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] One answer to PP McGuinness
You're welcome, Tim. I thought you and everone else would enjoy the letter. I usually cannot stomach reading PP but occasionally it is good to find out what kind of racism is on offer under the guise of 'reasonable discourse'. He doesn't usually cover it up as well as he did in his last article. I guess a little incoherence does tend to creep in when you're a sow's ear pretending to be a silk purse I think your suspicions about the next Quadrant will prove to be well founded. Trudy tdunlop wrote: > Thanks for this, Trudy - I had missed it in today's paper. This response is > spot on, capturing the insidious, hidden racism of the McGuinness piece. > Much better than anything I could've written, though I have decided to > approach him directly. > > Actually, if people can stomach it, next month's Quadrant under the > editorship of Mr PP is reproducing papers from their recent conference on > matters Indigenous. I suspect it will be a hotbed of veiled racism and > slurring. For instance, it will include the piece that suggests that the > stolen generation should be called the 'rescued generation'. Kind of sets > the tone... > > Thanks again, > > Tim > > >From the letters page of the SMH > >http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/24/text/letters.html > > > >Racist card > > > >Don't you know, Mr McGuinness, that a straw argument is the weakest kind? > > > >Apparently neither you, nor any of the the others involved in the scenario > you > >describe (Herald, September 23), found the incident > >racist. Yet you suggest that "many people" would. Who exactly? The > politically > >correct? Feminazis? > > > >Well, by your yardstick, I am both of those but I believe that I, too, > would > >have found nothing sinister in the incident. It is you, Mr > >McGuinness, who plays the racist card here. You describe the scenario in > >extraordinary detail and then proceed to admonish those > >fictional people you suggest would find the incident discriminatory. > > > >You are a fine wordsmith, Mr McGuinness, and the imagery you convey is > burnt > >into my brain: drunk Aborigines, including a woman, > >clutching open cans of Jim Beam and Coke in a trendy Sydney street during > >business hours. You go on to say that any taxi driver who > >stopped for these people "would not have survived long". > > > >I am appalled by your insinuation here. There are many who scrutinise the > media > >and the Internet looking for stereotypes such as this to > >feed their prejudices, and I suggest that if you cannot resist the > temptation to > >give them what they seek, then your column space should > >be given over to someone else. > >A. Packman, > >Kurrajong. > > > >--- > >RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ > >To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the > body > >of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > >This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the > >copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and > research under the "fair > >use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed > further without > >permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > > >RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived f
[recoznet2] Chairperson corrects media reports
Forwarded from Christine Howes: CHAIRPERSON CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS Chairperson Evelyn Scott today corrected media reports regarding her position about the reconciliation process and the Council's Draft Document for Reconciliation. "Media reports about the forum of 60 Indigenous representatives this week have presented inaccurate and distorted versions of the outcomes of this meeting," Ms Scott said. "Among the inaccuracies were suggestions that the Council's Draft Document for Reconciliation is in fact the Government's statement of reconciliation and that the Government has determined the timetable for the reconciliation process. "Neither is correct," Ms Scott said, "both the Draft and the timetable are the Council's, an independent statutory body. "Among the distortions, I was reported to have said that I did not think we could achieve a document of reconciliation by the centenary of Federation. "In fact, I was asked: 'So you're saying that you don't think the Document of Reconciliation will be passed into law by the end of 2001?' and I replied ' I don't believe so'," she said. "There is a clear distinction between the document and any legislation which may flow from it. "My position is that I sincerely hope, and from my experiences of a wide cross-section of people's views so far, I have reason to believe, that we can achieve broad national agreement on a document of reconciliation by the end of 2000 as a significant step towards a more substantial reconciliation. The Council has always seen it that way. "But I don't think such a document could be enshrined in law within two years." Ms Scott said that the reconciliation process and the process of a national document of reconciliation have not been "torpedoed" by the Indigenous leaders' summit. Ms Scott said she welcomed the Indigenous leaders' contribution to the Draft Document, just as the Council welcomed all the views flowing from people across Australia during the consultation process which is in full swing around the country. CANBERRA 16 SEPTEMBER 1999 Media contact: Chris Ryan 0417 267 110 --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] AP: Call for Toyota boycott
Los Angeles civil rights group calls for Toyota boycott From AP 25sep99 11.30am (AEST) LOS ANGELES: The local chapter of the Congress for Racial Equality is calling for a worldwide boycott against Toyota products after a black employee of the car manufacturer's Long Beach subsidiary claimed he found a mock lynching scene at work. "We want people to boycott and protest," Sandra Moore, vice chairperson of CORE's California region, said Friday. "CORE has zero tolerance for corporate racism," she said. James Callier, a press operator at the parts manufacturing plant, filed a lawsuit last month against TABC Inc, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. Callier claimed he found a soft drink bottle on his desk on Sept 14, 1998, painted black with eyes drawn on it, and wool-like material glued on like hair. A rope with a hangman's noose was around the bottle's neck, according to Toni Jaramilla, his attorney. The racial discrimination suit also claims that Callier and other employees were forced to tolerate racial slurs on a daily basis and that swastikas were drawn on the equipment, Jaramilla said. Barbara McDaniel, spokeswoman at Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc, based in Erlanger, Kentucky, said today she could not specifically address the lawsuit. But she said the company has strict anti-harassment policies. "We've got a real good track record in terms of enforcing and adequately dealing with allegations," she said. "People have been dismissed because of violation," she added. "It is something we don't tolerate and we take very seriously." TABC Vice President David Dedinsky said officials reacted immediately to Callier's complaints, fingerprinted the bottle and offered a $US1,000 ($A1,550) reward for information from eyewitnesses, but were unable to identify the perpetrator. "We refute the charge," Dedinsky said. "We would never tolerate anything like this." Callier said one employee who admitted painting the bottle and another who was seen hiding the noose were suspended with pay for one to two days. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Greens set up East Timor Internet petition
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:10 AEST Greens set up East Timor Internet petition The Australians Greens Senator, Bob Brown has set up an Internet petition calling for a war tribunal to investigate any atrocities committed in East Timor. Senator Brown says hundreds of Austraians have called the Green's office asking for urgent action over any crimes against humanity. "The world has been totally horrified by what's happened in Timor," he said. "The Greens are determined to be part of a worldwide push to ensure there is a war crimes tribunal so that those people who were involved in the mass murder are brought to justice." The Internet address for the petition is www.tassie.net.au/bobbrown. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SMH Letters page
>From the SMH letters page
Invasion spoils
Another correspondent uses the term "Aboriginal industry" ("Dot paintings",
Letters, September 23). Oh dear. Perhaps we could coin a
term "invader industry" to describe those whose prosperity is founded on the
spoils taken from Aborigines over 211 years.
Ross Devine,
Mallabula.
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[recoznet2] Don't forget! ABC TV at 8:30 pm Tuesday!
ABC TV Inside Story Welcome To Australia Tuesday September 28, 8:30pm Award-winning film-maker John Pilger returns home to Australia to witness the elaborate preparations for the 2000 Olympic Games and the surge in national pride as the country promotes itself as a confident new nation facing the millennium. However, in Pilger's view, these activities are overshadowing a real hidden world where Aborigines continue to live in Third World conditions. Welcome To Australia screens on ABC TV on Tuesday September 28 at 8:30pm. Some of the greatest sportsmen and women in the world were Aboriginal - yet many of them were denied a place in Australia's Olympic teams. Pilger discovers that the Australian Government is overturning a landmark legislation of 1992 which recognised that Aborigines actually existed as people with common law rights, before the English colonised the country. In 1992, the Australian High Court finally recognised `native title' over certain - mostly unused - Crown land. The court went to considerable lengths to ensure most white Australians were not affected by the judgement. The new legislation meant that Aborigines, if they could prove they had maintained a traditional association with the land, could finally claim land rights. However, Pilger says that behind this facade is the shocking reality of Aboriginal Australia - not only its betrayal over land rights, but its continuing Third World status within a First World Country. A Carlton Production. Written and presented by John Pilger. Produced by Alan Lowery. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Brisbane Events...
Forwarded from Christine Howes: Still not sure what CERD actually is? Get up to speed and hear it from the horse's mouth. LES MALEZER of FAIRA and the National Indigenous Working Group was on the team in Geneva He will be guest speaker at ANTaR's SEA OF IDEAS 7PM - 9PM WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 1999 2nd Floor TLC Building Free Parking at rear of building ENTRY FREE Learn what it is, why it's important now, what we can do GUEST SPEAKERS FROM SYDNEY REV JOHN MC INTYRE Rector St Saviour Anglican Church Redfern TOM MAYNE Social Researcher, World Vision Indigenous Programs Sydney 7.30 PM THURSDAY 7TH OCT 1999 Weslyn Methodist church 79 Queens Rd Everton Hills 7.30 PM FRIDAY 8TH OCT 1999 Uniting church Centre 129 Dennis Rd Springwood Books on Indigenous issues will be on sale Enquiries: Morris and Robin 3844 1246 Aunty Jean 3844 7640 John 3408 3191 Supper will be served and an offering taken towards Aboriginal Ministry oo 0 oo CONFERENCE SATURDAY 9TH OCT 1999 - 9am - 3pm Holy Trinity Church Hall, 70 Hawthorne St Woolloongabba Cost $10 includes morning tea and lunch Enquiries: Alex Gater 3277 1469 Jean Phillips 3844 7640 John Arnold 3408 3191 --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] WARNING!!!! Virus sent to recoznet!
Laurie, You have the Happy 99 virus! This attaches itself to your address book and sends out a second email with the attached virus. Since it went to Recoznet2 if anyone opens the thing it will invade those email systems too. EVERYBODY DON'T OPEN THE HAPPY 99 ATTACHMENT!! DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY. Trudy Laurie Forde wrote: > I taped the programme, Peter. > > I don't know what all the scream was about-must be a case of ''The > truth hurts"It was a straightforward partial history of the racist > treatment of Aborigines by non-indigenous Australians. > > Pilger exposed Howard's racist attitudes , so that probably explains the > mock outrage of Howard's racist fellow travellers . > > Email me if you require a copy. > > Laurie. > > Laurie and Desley Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > > Peter McGrath wrote.. > > -Original Message- > From: Peter McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 8:35 AM > Subject: Re: [recoznet2] Don't forget! ABC TV at 8:30 pm Tuesday! > > >Had a bad night last night and was forced to miss the doco. Does anyone > else live in Brissie and record it. > > > >Trudy and Rod Bray wrote: > > > >> ABC TV > >> > >> Inside Story > >> Welcome To Australia > >> > >> Tuesday September 28, 8:30pm > >> > >> Award-winning film-maker John Pilger returns home to Australia to > witness the > >> elaborate preparations for the 2000 Olympic Games and the > >> surge in national pride as the country promotes itself as a confident > new > >> nation facing the millennium. However, in Pilger's view, these activities > are > >> overshadowing a real hidden world where Aborigines continue to live in > Third > >> World conditions. Welcome To Australia screens on ABC TV on Tuesday > September 28 > >> at 8:30pm. > >> > >> Some of the greatest sportsmen and women in the world were Aboriginal - > yet > >> many of them were denied a place in Australia's Olympic teams. Pilger > discovers > >> that the Australian Government is overturning a landmark legislation of > 1992 > >> which recognised that Aborigines actually existed as people with common > law > >> rights, before the English colonised the country. > >> > >> In 1992, the Australian High Court finally recognised `native title' > over > >> certain - mostly unused - Crown land. The court went to considerable > >> lengths to ensure most white Australians were not affected by the > judgement. > >> The new legislation meant that Aborigines, if they could prove they had > >> maintained a traditional association with the land, could finally claim > land > >> rights. > >> > >> However, Pilger says that behind this facade is the shocking reality of > >> Aboriginal Australia - not only its betrayal over land rights, but its > >> continuing Third World status within a First World Country. > >> > >> A Carlton Production. Written and presented by John Pilger. Produced by > Alan > >> Lowery. > >> > >> --- > >> RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived > at http://www.mail-archive.com/ > >> To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in > the body > >> of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > >> This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without > permission from the > >> copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and > research under the "fair > >> use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be > distributed further without > >> permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > >> > >> RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > > > >Peter F McGrath > >Po Box 7136 > >East Brisbane > >QLD 4169 > >E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >--- > >RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ > >To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the > body > >of th
[recoznet2] FWD Message from Bruce Reyburn
From:Bruce Reyburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Warumungu translation and back translation Date: Tuesday, 28 September 1999 18:19 SONGLINES LIST - First message NOTE new address for sending messages to songlines list is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] That last letter in c2o is the lowercase letter "Oh" and not the number zero. AND A SPECIAL TREAT TO RESTART US. It seems like a good start for this new Songlines list to be able to circulate a bi-lingual document of potentially great significance in the life of Australia's First and Settler Peoples. Here is a copy of the latest Warumungu translation of the draft Declaration for Reconciliation. I am told that it made quite a hit with the members of the Council for Reconciliation who were in Tennant Creek on 18-19 September as part of the Desert Harmony and reconciliation event. Note also the latest backtranslation into English, which is a fascinating way of working towards a basic English text. Thanks to Rosemary Plummer and linguist Gwyneth Jones for providing this matter via the Barkly Language Consultancy (see below for more contact details). Bruce Reyburn 28 September 1999 . This is the latest draft of the Warumungu translation of the Reconciliation document. It is provided by Barkly Language Consultancy. Contact Gwyneth Jones at: Ph: (08) 8962 1873Fx: (08) 8962 1031 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[recoznet2] The Deputy
http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/30/html/cartoon.html Have a look at today's cartoon in the SMH! Trudy --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] In the Clear.
Thank you, Laurie! The Happy 99 worm is sneaky in that you don't even know you're sending it. You must have opened it without realising what it was. Luckily it is not the most destructive of viruses but it does point out how susceptible a list can be. I received several "undeliverable"s yesterday where the server wouldn't send the mail through because of the virus. Makes you wonder why not all ISPs and servers have virus protection like that. Trudy Laurie Forde wrote: > Sorry about that ,folks. > > These worm viruses are apparently very insidious. > > Thank you all for your prompt advice---I hope nobody was too adversely > affected. > > I have had an expert in to clean up my computer ,and add to my anti-virus > armaments, so I have gone from feeling like a cyber outlaw to a cyber Mr. > Kleen. > > Cheers, > > Laurie. > > Laurie and Desley Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
Re: [recoznet2] In the Clear.
Attachment should not be sent to the list for various reasons. I think what happened yesterday is one of the most obvious since email viruses are almost always contained in attachments. Laurie had no idea that the worm attachment was being sent though. It is not impossible to send attachments to the list but it is a no-no. Trudy karyn fearnside wrote: > No worries Laurie, > I deleted it straight away, and afterwards I thought we arent sposed to > recieve/send attachments anyway? > cheers karyn > > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > --- > RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at >http://www.mail-archive.com/ > To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body > of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce > This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission >from the > copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under >the "fair > use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further >without > permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > > RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/ --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Risk?????
Forwarded from Christine Howes: Press Release Premier, HON. PETER BEATTIE 28/9/99 Beattie: Lease legislation safe from Senate There was no risk that the Senate could overturn Queensland legislation specifying that grazing homestead perpetual leases and grazing homestead freeholding leases extinguish native title, Premier Peter Beattie said today. "There are rumours that the status of these two kinds of lease as interests that extinguish native title are now subject to disallowance by the Senate," said Mr Beattie. "I want to assure people that these rumours are completely wrong. "Concerns have been expressed that the recent disallowance by the Senate of the Northern Territory's alternative provisions to the Commonwealth right to negotiate means that the inclusion of these leases on the list of exclusive Schedule interests which extinguish native title is also subject to Senate scrutiny. "Such concerns are not valid. "The process provided for under the Commonwealth Native Title Act for Federal Parliament approval of state schemes as alternatives to the Commonwealth's right to negotiate is completely different to the mechanism provided for under the Commonwealth Native Title Act for the determination of whether the grant of a particular lease or of a particular interest in land extinguishes native title. "The Commonwealth Native Title Act required Queensland to pass complementary legislation to adopt those State leases and grants which had been approved by the Federal Government as interests that extinguish native title. "These two kinds of lease were included on this list. "My Government wanted to provide, at the earliest possible time, certainty for all those involved in the native title process. "That was why the first piece of legislation I introduced included ensuring that those interests included by the Federal Government as interests which extinguished native title became law in Queensland. "It is completely mischievous and wrong to now suggest that the content of this State legislation - which has been law for more than a year - can now be the subject of review and be overturned in the Senate." --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Police investigate KKK threat
Police investigate KKK threat Source: AAP | Published: Friday October 1 4:07:37 PM Police will tonight attend a meeting called by the 'Taree KKK', inviting Taree residents on the NSW mid-north coast to stone an Aboriginal mission. A flier has been distributed around the town over the past week, inviting residents to a 'rock-a-thon' at Purfleet roundabout. Purfleet, which houses about 300 residents, is the only Aboriginal mission in the area. Superintendent Tim Tarlinton of Taree police said the situation arose from a series of incidents involving Aboriginal youths throwing rocks at passing cars at night. He said the community and Aboriginal Land Council were trying to work through the problem and identify the leader of the six or so youths involved. Supt Tarlinton said the police station received a faxed copy of the flier, sent from an anonymous fax machine last Friday. The flier promotes an 'us and them' rivalry. It says: 'Sick of missing out on all the fun? Be part of the first Taree rock-a-thon ... Bring your own and lets (sic) show them what it's like. Proudly sponsered (sic) by KKK Taree.' Supt Tarlinton said police were treating the flier with contempt. 'What they're portraying, whether it's a person or a group, is bloody ludicrous,' he told AAP. 'A reprisal attack on a community is ridiculous.' He said the Aboriginal community was not responsible for the attacks, only a few youths. The community had already instigated its own patrols and lighting on the mission had improved to discourage Aboriginal youths from throwing rocks, he said. 'There is no evidence and never has been any evidence that the KKK is here,' Supt Tarlinton said. 'I don't believe it is the KKK.' A spokeswoman for the Aboriginal Land Council in Taree said most of the men were away playing football at Dubbo this weekend, leaving women, children and the elderly on the mission. She said she feared for their safety, particularly teenagers who attended a weekly under-18 disco on Friday nights and wandered the streets after it finished. The flier had distressed and angered the land council, she said. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] Blood and baseball bats in the park
The Australian Blood and baseball bats in the park By KEVIN MEADE 2oct99 ON the night five teenagers raised a ruckus in Queensland's Deep North, Bradley Klein was itching for a good time. Klein, then a 17-year-old Year 12 student at Woree State High School, in the southern suburbs of Cairns, hit the town with schoolmates Wade Champion and Mark Peddle on the evening of August 28 last year. Peddle had just got his driver's licence and was eager to take his friends for a spin. The three mates headed for the holiday city's main tourist strip, The Esplanade. "We went into the Pier Marketplace and Night Markets and just had a look around for a while until about 9 o'clock, till we started getting bored," Klein told a court hearing in February. "Then we decided to go back to a party at Woree which we'd heard about at school the previous day." Mingling at the party, they met another schoolmate, Darrell Perks. "(Perks) asked Mark and I if we wanted to go out into town with him, to cause a bit of a ruckus or something, he said." A ruckus. It's not a word you hear much these days, especially from the mouths of modern Australian teenagers. It is a quaint, old-fashioned colloquialism meaning a commotion, rumpus or violent disagreement, according to The Macquarie Dictionary normally associated with the Deep South of the US. Klein was soon to learn, to his horror, what Perks meant by a ruckus. This was the night when Perks and four other teenagers, wielding baseball bats, hockey sticks and a metal pole, and yelling at the tops of their voices like Johnny Rebs charging into battle, attacked a group of defenceless, homeless Aborigines sleeping in a Cairns park. Most of the Aborigines woke up and ran for their lives, but Rodney Pascoe, 35, was kicked as he lay on the ground and was bashed several times with a baseball bat. He suffered cuts and bruises to his face and back injuries, and spent two nights in Cairns Base Hospital. In the Cairns District Court last week Perks and Wade Dempsey, who dropped out of Woree High a few weeks before the attack, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm while armed and in company an offence that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail. Judge Peter White sentenced them to nine months' jail. But they escaped prison terms because the judge ordered that the time be served as intensive correction orders in other words, community service. Their three accomplices Michael Wallwork, Wesley Wood and Sean Willmott, all 17-year-old Woree High students at the time of the attack each pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of going armed to cause fear and were sentenced to 100 hours' community service. The leniency of the sentences handed to Perks and Dempsey provoked widespread outrage and was condemned by indigenous leaders and politicians, culminating in the decision this week by Queensland Attorney-General Matt Foley to appeal against Judge White's decision. At the Woree party, Klein and Peddle took Perks up on his invitation. Leaving Champion at the party, Klein and Peddle got back into their car and followed Perks in his van to Barlow Park, a popular haunt for the homeless in the inner-city suburb of Bungalow. There they met Demspey, Willmott, Wallwork, Wood and a 16-year-old girl who cannot be identified because of her age at the time. "I saw all of them start getting baseball bats out of someone's car," Klein said. Wallwork offered bats to Klein and Peddle, but they refused. Armed and ready for action, the gang began their charge across the park. "Come on, you c!" yelled Perks. Klein, Peddle and the girl followed the gang to a footbridge. The gang charged on into the darkness, screaming and yelling. Terrified, Klein decided he had seen and heard enough. "Mark and I and (the girl) ran back to our cars." Klein and Peddle drove away as fast as they could. Klein did not see the attack on Pascoe, but at last week's sentencing, Crown Prosecutor Craig Chowdhury took up the story. "The Aboriginals who were camped in the park got up off the ground and ran away," he said. Pascoe was the last to get up, and as he started to run away, Perks tripped him over and kicked him as he lay on the ground. Dempsey laid into him with a baseball bat, striking him several times. In a parting shot, as the gang ran back to their cars, Perks picked up one of the Aborigines' mattresses and threw it into a creek. The gang drove to McDonalds on The Esplanade, where they chattered excitedly, trading boasts about what they had done. "I smashed a coon in the back," Dempsey boasted. "I ankle-tapped an old fella and wrestled him and threw him back on the ground," Perks said. Not to be outdone, Wood said, "I punched one", and Wallwork added, "I smashed one of them". Chowdhury said the claims by Wood and Wallwork were just "idle boasts", as the Crown case was that Pascoe was the onl
[recoznet2] Aboriginal 'crown jewels' to be auctioned
The Advertiser Aboriginal 'crown jewels' to be auctioned 2oct99 THE controversial history of the Strehlow Aboriginal artefacts collection is set to take a new turn with the sale of the family's private collection. Mr Carl Strehlow will auction 350 artefacts left to him by his father eminent anthropologist and linguist Professor Ted Strehlow before he died 21 years ago. Described as "the crown jewels of Aboriginal culture", the collection includes ceremonial headwear, boomerangs, photographic images of Central Australia and a catalogue of hand-drawn pencil sketches of insects. It is expected to fetch more than $400,000. Mr Strehlow, 26, of Prospect, hopes it will be the final chapter in the collection's controversial history plagued by allegations of secret sale agreements and smuggling, seizure and legal actions. "The time has come when my collection must be preserved in an appropriate manner," Mr Strehlow said yesterday. "It will give me great pleasure in knowing my family's achievements will now have the opportunity to pass to museums, galleries and private collections where they will receive the ongoing respect they deserve." The son of a Lutheran missionary in Central Australia, Professor Ted Strehlow was raised among the Aranda people. From 1933 until his death in 1978 at the age of 70 he devoted himself to learning the ways of the tribe and, in turn, was entrusted with its sacred tribal secrets. As their Ingkata ceremonial chief he was permitted to record their most intimate and secret traditions, giving rise to the collection of priceless film and audio tapes, photographs, diaries, journals and artefacts. The 1200-piece collection is now housed in the Strehlow Research Centre, established about 10 years in Alice Springs. Other objects were left to his son Carl. This angered Central Australian tribal Aborigines who strongly objected to the collection being controlled by an uninitiated person. But Mr Strehlow is sure there will not be any public outcry this time as "there's actually nothing for auction which would be culturally sensitive". Auctioneer Mr David Weber, of Megaw and Hogg Auctions, said there had been world-wide interest in the artefacts. The auction will be held at Megaw and Hogg's auction rooms at 26 Leigh St, city, from 6.30pm on Monday, October 18. --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] KKK threats a prank: police
"Taree Ku Klux Klan" threaten to stone Aboriginal mision From AAP 2oct99 9.50am (AEST) "TAREE Ku Klux Klan theats" to stone an Aboriginal mission on the New South Wales mid-north coast was a prank, police said today. Taree residents were invited to a "rock-a-thon" at the Purfleet mission last night via an anonymous flyer claiming to be from the Taree KKK. No one turned up at the 7pm (AEST) meeting, Taree duty officer acting inspector Brian Bartlett said. Acting inspector Bartlett said the non-event showed the majority of Taree residents did not support such racial intolerance. The situation was sparked by a series of incidents of Aboriginal children throwing rocks at cars. "No one turned up, no rocks were thrown," acting inspector Bartlett told AAP. Taree police were keen to find out who distributed the leaflets, he said. "It is just a prank that got out of hand. "Unfortunately it is not very helpful for us at all. We are working very hard to try to break down the barriers and this sort of thing doesn't help at all." Acting inspector Bartlett said that rock-throwing was an ongoing problem involving a small group of children and was caused by boredom and social issues. "There has been substantial property damage. We are working with the Aboriginal community to try to solve the problem." --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] ABC TV, Four Corners: "Driving Aden Ridgeway"
Four Corners, ABC TV, Monday, October 4, 8.30pm, repeated Tuesday, October 5, 1pm Next on Four Corners: Driving Aden Ridgeway Democrat Senator Aden Ridgeway is the only Aboriginal member of Federal Parliament, taking up his seat just 12 weeks ago. Already his influence has been marked. Prime Minister, John Howard, sought his help in crafting an official expression of regret to the stolen generation and in describing Aborigine's relationship with the land for proposed changes to the Constitutional preamble. On both counts Ridgeway has been criticised by black leaders. Just what language does the ambitious, urbane 37-year old Senator speak? Is he, as some complain, one of a new, more compliant breed of Aboriginal leaders too eager to compromise with the Government. Or does he better represent a constituency that has long felt sidelined by those claiming to speak on their behalf? In a compelling portrait, reporter Liz Jackson reveals the forces that have shaped Senator Ridgeway and offers insight into the direction he will steer Australia's reconciliation process. Reporter: Liz Jackson Producer: Peter McEvoy © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] IOC rejects Aboriginal flag
ABC News Sun, 3 Oct 1999 7:29 AEST IOC rejects Aboriginal flag, supports Howard to open The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that the Prime Minister will open the Sydney Olympic Games next year, and not Australia's head of state, the Queen. But IOC has rejected a proposal from Sydney organisers to place the flag of Australia's Aboriginal community alongside national flags at the Sydney Games. The IOC reportedly backed Mr Howard as the person to open the Olympics after the Australian Government informed the Olympic body that the Queen would not be available. The Olympic charter requires the head of state to inaugurate a Games although when this is not possible the host government nominates a replacement. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
[recoznet2] SOCOG seeks clarification on flying Aboriginal flag
ABC News Sun, 3 Oct 1999 11:13 AEST SOCOG seeks clarification on flying Aboriginal flag There will be further clarification today of where, and in what context, the Aboriginal flag may be flown during Sydney's Olympic Games. Yesterday the organisers of the Sydney Olympics (SOCOG) announced that the Aboriginal flag would be flown at six prominent sites at the Olympic Park at Homebush. However, it has been reported today that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Athens has ruled out a proposal to fly the flag of the Aboriginal community alongside national flags inside venues where events are being held. SOCOG spokesman Milton Cockburn says that is not what Sydney had proposed, as that would breach Olympic guidelines. But he says the IOC had previously given informal approval that the Aboriginal flag could be flown at other sites. An official statement is expected at a media conference in Athens later this afternoon. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation --- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words:unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
