IMPORTANT

Now is the time to put in your submission to the Senate Inquiry into Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory legislation.  Your submission can be short or long, public or confidential; you can make it anonymous or send it with your name.

Recent documents to help inform your submission:

Stronger Futures Submission Guide

THE NEW INTERVENTION LAWS brief

petition stronger futures final

Summary SF new laws by P Gibson Nov 2011

Request from Barbara Shaw on behalf of her people:  Request to AHRC 16.1.12

We call on all to put words to paper and call for this legislation to be withdrawn.

Submissions can be sent to:

Committee Secretary

Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

PO Box 6100

Parliament House   CANBERRA   ACT 2600

by email to:  community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au

or by the Senate website:  http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/strong_future_nt_11/info.htm

Useful reference documents to help with submissions:

SEAM NT 2009 Evaluation Report

ACOSS Media Statement re NTER 23.11.11

Joint Statement 25.11.2011

Rebuilding from the ground up Working doc 14.5.11.

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IRAG extends its sympathy to the family of Mr Briscoe who passed away whilst in police custody in Alice Springs.

There will be a candlelight vigil on the Courthouse Lawns on Sunday, gathering around 7 pm.

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What’s Happening?

Many Iraggers are interstate having a break.  Some are heading to Canberra for the 40th Anniversary of the Tent Embassy.

Children of the Intervention June 2011

Listening to the Children 2011

UPR Reccommendations on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 10.4.11

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SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INCOME MANAGEMENT – coming soon to a Centrelink near you!

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/call-for-a-moratorium-on-government-income-management.html

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PHOTOS FROM RALLY IN DARWIN TO MARK “4 YEARS TOO LONG” AND LAUNCH OF “REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP: AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTERVENTION”

Parliament House Darwin 21st June 2011 

Valerie Napaltjarri Martin, telling it how it is

Deputy Chief Minister Marion Scrymgour opening the 11-Point Plan, with Joy White (Bagot)

On the steps of Parliament House Darwin, 21st June 2011

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MEDIA RELEASE 7.6.2011

The Intervention is a failure

Two documents, handed to Prime Minister Gillard at the Alice Springs Desert Park on 7.6.2011

Message for Minister Macklin 7.6.11

Rebuilding from the ground up Working doc 14.5.11.

IRAG FACTS SHEET

GENERATION ONE – NO SOLUTION TO ABORIGINAL UNEMPLOYMENT

GenOne Facts

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ICERD Complaint copy

Report on the situation in Australia

http://workersbushtelegraph.com.au/2010/08/27/committee-on-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination-cerd-report-on-australia/

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“Walk with Us: Aboriginal Elders Call Out to Australian People to Walk with them ion their Quest for Justice”is a follow up to “This Is What We Said” and documents what elders from the Northern Territory are saying about the intervention.  It includes a Statement by Elders made on 7th February 2011 and extracts from a press conference given by Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Canberra on 25th May 2011.

For information on how to obtain this book in your home state please email: rollbacktheintervention@gmail.com