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Get your free white arm band to show you want to make poverty history, by going to the Caritas Australia website:
www.caritas.org.au/education/mph_events.htm
Fax or mail the order form back to the attention of Margaret Rice or Veena Rajan.
We hope to have an electronic order form available soon.
Caritas Australia
19 MacKenzie Street, North Sydney NSW 2060
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"Our future begins with solidarity"
"Working together to ensure our children and grand children have a future"
By Sue Gordon
The key question we need to think about is where do we want to be in 20-30 years time? As a National Indigenous Council (NIC) member I am pleased that the government has recognised that developing a vision is important for our future. This is evident in the Ministerial Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs' long term vision for Indigenous Australians, which says:
'Indigenous Australians, wherever they live, have the same opportunities as other Australians to make informed choices about their lives, to realise their full potential in whatever they choose to do and to take responsibility for managing their own affairs'.
But we need to work out what are our aspirations: where do we want our communities, children, grandchildren and older people to be in 20-30 years time? What do we want our communities to look like?
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Increase in Indigenous parliamentarians in NT
Indigenous Labor politicians will make up one-fifth of the Northern Territory Parliament following the recent election in the Territory. The landslide victory to the ALP has lead to expectations of establishing an Aboriginal political party.
Indigenous Labor politicians will make up a fifth of Parliament in the Northern Territory following the ALP's landslide victory. Sydney Morning Herald
Indigenous students struggle with income support
The National Tertiary Education Union has accused the Federal Government of creating third-class citizens following a Senate inquiry finding that up to 50 per cent of income support payments to Indigenous students are below the poverty line. ABC
Calls for a sniffing-free zone
A youth service in Central Australia has called for the expansion of federal government subsidies for specially developed fuel in a bid to eradicate petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal communities. National Indigenous Times
UN investigates Zimbabwe slum demolitions
A UN special envoy has begun investigating the destruction of houses in Zimbabwean shanty towns that are part of a government program ordered by President Robert Mugabe. Some 300,000 people have been left homeless and jobless by the clearances which have provoked allegations of human rights abuses. Guardian
US response to poverty misunderstood
While Live 8 concert organisers work to support African debt relief, experts say the biggest challenge in the United States is changing Americans' perception that it is the world's most generous country. Reuters |
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New Rio Tinto agreement c ause for celebration
The Argyle diamond mine in the east Kimberley is the world's biggest producer of natural diamonds. Reconciliation between the mine owners Rio Tinto and the local Aboriginal people has resulted in a land and management agreement that should bring benefits to all. ABC
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Affluenza
"In Australia we do not lack the ability to solve poverty; we lack the will. And the richer we become as a society the more unwilling we are to sympathise with those at the bottom of the heap. We have been unable to make the necessary changes to social structures to reduce poverty bec ause of the majority's preoccupation with protecting their own incomes, a preoccupation nurtured every time a political party declares that its priority is more growth." Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss The Age
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Us Mob
You can join four central Australian teenagers and interact with them by choosing story endings playing games, viewing video and diaries of their adventures and uploading diary entries. Get your visitor's permit and go!
www.abc.net.au/usmob/
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Living Black
This is a weekly national current affairs program covering a range of Indigenous issues. "Living Black" is broadcast on Monday at 5:30pm, with repeats on Tuesdays at 3:30pm and Thursday mornings at 1:30am.
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NATSI Liturgy
'The footprints of our ancestors are imprinted on the earth, and their images are real to us.
We see our grandfathers, standing tall and strong, warriors of long ago.
We see our grandmothers, strong and hardworking women.
We hear them singing, we see them dancing, and our spirits move within us.
They told of emus fighting, and the kangaroos picking up the scent of our hunters.
The images fade away as we feel the hurt of our people.'
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Uganda Child rehabilitation appeal
A program to help ex-child soldiers in Northern Uganda is being updated to give more assistance to communities that have been torn apart by appalling atrocities.
Caritas is spending tsunami funds gradually
Caritas has spent only a small proportion of funds raised for the tsunami. Much of the money will be used for long-term reconstruction projects which cannot happen overnight.
India 's recovery from the tsunami
A field visit to Tamil Nadu, India, reveals survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami have received relief assistance. Current support now includes assisting fishermen, farmers and landless labourers to earn an income and constructing permanent shelters for families. |
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NAIDOC Week
