The Federal Intervention is manifestly oppressive
to Aboriginal people
Berrimah
prison is full - (I was in there earlier
this year ('07) for an anti-racism protest
in '02) - The NT State's preferred
option is more black prisons
These
prisons are used as POW
camps in the ongoing war of invasion
against Aboriginal people
Two
PARIAH members were also imprisoned in
Berrimah in 2001 for their part in a protest
to support the people of East Timor in
1999
Mick
Lambe- August 07
Nationalism
+ Militarism + Racism = Fascism*
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Image depicts Australian Federal Parliament flagpole
atop Uluru *(Source:
history)
Back row: (L to R) Russell Hill LCMA, William Hill Forbes, Larry Towney LCMA, Terry Gannon Cowra, Keith Freeman Young, Cherie Keed Peak Hill LALC, Linton Howarth DECC, Greg Chatfield Onerwal LALC. Middle row: (L to R) Mary Goodacre LCMA Board, Shannon Mallison West Wyalong LALC, Leeanne Turner WW LALC, Lois Goolagong Condobolin, Violet Sheridan Onerwal LALC. Front row: (L to R) Kim Bell Onerwal LALC, Tara Dixon Hay LALC, Ian Woods Hay LALC, Leonie O'Neill Murrin Bridge LALC, Beryl Smith Cowra.
Canowindra recently hosted a meeting of the Lachlan Regional Aboriginal Reference Group. The Reference group brings together Aboriginal people from 14 different communities throughout the Lachlan catchment to work on natural resource management issues affecting Aboriginal cultural heritage.
The Lachlan Catchment Management Authority Board members and Staff recognised the importance of involving Aboriginal people in the sustainable management of the Lachlan Catchment's natural resources. As a result of this the Lachlan Regional Aboriginal Reference group was formed.
The Canowindra meeting was no exception with discussion on a number of environmental issues. Water storage levels across the catchment rated high on the agenda, along with presentations by Aboriginal community leaders on the many environmental and community projects they manage in the Lachlan catchment.
Reference Group Chairman, Mr Ian Woods said "Aboriginal people have a strong connection to water. This connection is verified by the high number of known cultural sites identified on the Department of Environment and Climate Change Aboriginal Heritage Management Information System database.
"Around 85 per cent of these Aboriginal sites are within 150 metres of water ways," he said.
Reference group members also considered new opportunities for managing natural resource management programs through the Lachlan CMA aimed at broadening the range of funding sources available to the group and the Lachlan catchment.
The Reference Group was established in 2004 and has since become a specialist advisory panel on cultural heritage issues to the Lachlan CMA.
PEACE & GOD BLESS
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The Northern Territory Government is ramming through legislation to override a court decision preventing a controversial mine expansion from going ahead
Our refusal to accept the land's status as belonging
to the "Crown" and use of the courts
in exposing local racism was never appreciated
by the invasive interests protected and supported
by the former Country Liberal Party. The
family that won the right to the Kenbi claim
adopted
me as family, due to the State's attempts
to remove me from my (then) home of seven years
Many of the Belyuen people are related to the
people at One
Mile Dam Aboriginal Community where I spent
10 months living with the people and publicising
their concerns in 2005 (Mick Lambe)
