Speak Out and Concert – Saturday 16th August

Aboriginal Control of Aboriginal Affairs
Aboriginal Rights Coalition presents a Speak Out and Concert
Stop the federal intervention into Aboriginal communities
End the racist land grab
No welfare quarantining – in NT or elsewhere!
Defend the Redfern Block
Restore the Racial Discrimination Act
Fund infrastructure and community-controlled services
From 1pm, Sat 16 Aug
1pm BBQ and live music
Wire MC, Charlie Trindall, The Stiff Gins, [...]

[Media Release] Data shows intervention is a disaster: national rallies planned

Media release – 5/6/08 for immediate release
Extensive surveys conducted by activist groups in Darwin and Alice Springs demonstrate that the federal government’s intervention in the Northern Territory is compounding hardship in Aboriginal communities.
In a submission made to the Federal Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities last week, Darwin Aboriginal Rights Coalition [...]

Petition against NT intervention for the Federal Senate

Dear all,
With the support of activists from “prescribed areas” in the NT, the Aboriginal Rights Coalition in Sydney have initiated a national petition against the NT intervention.
Labor Senator for the NT Trish Crossin has agreed to present the petition to parliament in late June, to mark one year since the intervention and to coincide with [...]

[WA] Midland Centrelink Protest Demands an End to Quarantining

Annolies Truman, Perth
21 adults and 10 children gathered outside Midland Centrelink on April 14 to demand the end of welfare quarantining in the Northern Territory and to keep the quarantine laws out of Western Australia.
Organised by the WA Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC), the protest demanded the repeal of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act [...]

Media Release: NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AT CENTRELINK TARGETS WELFARE QUARANTINING

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION – END DISCRIMINATORY WELFARE QUARANTINING: Monday 14th April
A coalition of Aboriginal Rights groups around the country will protest on Monday at Centrelink offices to highlight the ongoing discrimination of welfare quarantining under the NT ‘Emergency Intervention’, and expose the detrimental impacts of the quarantine roll out.
In February, the Canberra Convergence [...]

HREOC Social Justice Report gives clear direction to the Labor Govt

Media release 31/3/08
The Aboriginal Rights Coalition welcomed today’s release of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s Social Justice Report into the Northern Territory Intervention into Aboriginal communities. Commissioner Tom Calma’s Report provides an independent analysis, critically assessing the race-based welfare quarantining and the contravening of the Racial Discrimination Act which he claims has [...]

Media release: Intervention Earthquake Shakes Top End

Media release 7/4/08 – For immediate release
Spokespersons from the Bagot Town Camp in Darwin say they are now feeling the effects of the Northern Territory Intervention:

The population of Bagot has risen from an average of around 500 to 1200.
Of the 57 houses at Bagot 3 are earmarked for demolition. In the meantime all houses are [...]

Video of Sydney National Day of Action at Redfern Centrelink

Thanks to Frank Jones for the video.

Media Release: SBS ‘Insight’ programme silences Aboriginal dissent

Media release 19/3/08 – for immediate release
Last night, March 18, the SBS Insight programme entitled ‘Are They Safer’, about the Northern Territory intervention, went to air. Several Aboriginal representatives from affected communities in the NT have expressed dissatisfaction with selection process for the show and the way that dialogue was framed by the programme.
Initially, Insight [...]

Media release: National protests against NT intervention target Centrelink

Tomorrow, March 13, Aboriginal people and their supporters will mobilise in ten cities and towns around the country, demanding an end to the Federal Government’s intervention in the Northern Territory. Speakers will include Greens MPs, trade union officials and representatives from the National Aboriginal Alliance.
The protests will be held at Centrelink offices, to draw attention [...]