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[eniar] update | September 2004 : Election 2004

Welcome to the European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) Newsletter with the latest updates, events coming up and what's new on eniar.org

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News
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News issues page for General Election 2004 with information and news on Indigenous candidates, the issues and 'How To Vote' for overseas Australians. http://www.eniar.org/news/news-issues/election2004.html

The Australian Democrats have appealed to NSW electors to keep the onlyIndigenous Senator. http://www.eniar.org/news/ridgeway3.html ANTaR: Indigenous Crisis Forces Unprecedented Call For Vote Against The Howard Government. http://www.eniar.org/news/antar9.html Playwright, film director and musician Richard Frankland has formed a new party - Your Voice on the back of his successful TV 'game show' pitch. http://www.eniar.org/news/your-voice2.html

News issues page for Redfern Riot.
http://www.eniar.org/news/news-issues/redfernriot.html Family and friends angry after hearing NSW coroner's findings on the death of the 17-year-old son of Gail Hickey, which sparked February's riot in Redfern, Sydney.
http://www.eniar.org/news/redfernriots46.html

'The Young Man From Kamilaroi': Ray Jackson's analysis of the Inquest. http://www.eniar.org/news/redfernriots37.html

Following up on our lead for the last newsletter: The BBC documentary 'The Boy From The Block', which followed Hickey's life, has stirred the hearts of Black Britons. http://www.eniar.org/news/bbc13.html

John Pilger reviews the documentary. http://www.eniar.org/news/pilger4.html L'oscuro segreto dell'Australia (Australia's Dark Secret): John Pilger commenta uno straordinario documentario della BBC, che indaga le radici dell'eccezionale rivolta di febbraio dei nativi australiani, gli Aborigeni. http://www.eniar.org/news/pilger5.html

The U.K. Guardian's Australian correspondent, travels to Kalgoorlie, West Australia - home of the world's biggest gold mine. He finds an Aboriginal shantytown in its shadow and provokes a response from the Australian health minister. http://www.eniar.org/news/fickling6.html

In 'The No Worries Society' he argues that "in Britain, years of campaigning have resulted in a climate where the political mainstream sees open bigotry as a grave problem that should be tackled; in Australia, such behaviour is still tolerated." http://www.eniar.org/news/fickling5.html

Victoria is fostering another 'Stolen Generation' of Aboriginal children according to a major investigation by the 'Age' newspaper. http://www.eniar.org/news/stolen45.html

The Aboriginal art market is a paradox of profit and poverty. So what is the Industry doing to get the money - and the recognition - to the right people? http://www.eniar.org/news/art25.html

New Sydney Lord Mayor supports the 'Aboriginal Sovereignty' agenda. http://www.eniar.org/news/ate7.html

Journe internationale des autochtones : L'ONU dfend les droits des populations marginalises. http://www.eniar.org/news/un25.html Les genocides dans l'histoire : compluments documentaires (Le Monde Diplomatique) http://www.eniar.org/news/lemondedip.html

'Stolen Wages' expert Dr Rosalind Kidd's lecture at the Garma Festival on the background to Queensland and NSW Government offers of compensation (see also ACTION). http://www.eniar.org/news/kidd1.html The Queensland Labor government knew it owed Aboriginal workers more than $70 million in under-award wage reparations back in 1999 - but kept the figure secret. http://www.eniar.org/news/stolen43.html

Germaine Greer's 'Whitefella Jump Up' has been published in the U.K. Her lecture to the Royal Society of Arts. http://www.eniar.org/news/pdfs/whitefella_jump_up.pdf (PDF, 98kb) Book reviews. http://www.eniar.org/news/greer7.html

Amnesty International is launching a campaign to promote and protect the rights of Indigenous peoples. http://www.eniar.org/news/amnesty8.html

The operator of the Ranger uranium mine in Kakadu National Park has be told to immediately fix a "culture of complacency" among its managers or be shut down. http://www.eniar.org/news/mirrar29.html

South Australian Aboriginal people have won a major victory with the cancellation of plans for a nuclear waste dump on their land. http://www.eniar.org/news/nukewaste.html

The Qld. R.S.P.C.A. (Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has been accused of intimidation by Queensland Aboriginal people. http://www.eniar.org/news/rspca.html

Museum Victoria has been under increasing pressure over three Aboriginal artefacts on loan from British institutions: Victorian Aborigines are demanding that they be allowed to stay in Australia, describing them as 'stolen goods'. http://www.eniar.org/news/repat24.html

The U.K. Government has suggested that an advisory panel could be set up to adjudicate in cases where museums refuse to repatriate human remains to their country of origin (see also ACTION). http://www.eniar.org/news/repat23.html
The U.K. Government's report (PDF, 466kb) http//www.eniar.org/news/pdfs/Historic-Human.pdf

Lonely Planet travel publishing company's cofounder, Tony Wheeler, says that tourists think that Australia is racist. http://www.eniar.org/news/gloss.html

The World Council of Churches has condemned Australia as a nation it says has "racist tendencies". http://www.eniar.org/news/wcc.html

Australia's medical schools have agreed the first national curriculum for Indigenous health in all courses. http://www.eniar.org/news/unimelb.html

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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For later events, updates, contact details and web links http://www.eniar.org/index.html#events

PARIS
Until 6 September: Mairie du 17me arrondissement. Exposition du projet du musee du quai branly. 17th district Town Hall, Exhibition about the Museum Quai Branly UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS

Until 12 September: Aboriginal Museum. Brenda L. Croft - Images MARSEILLES

Until 3 October: Centre de la Vieille Charit. Paysages Reves, Artistes aborignes contemporains de Balgo Hills GENEVA

Until 26 November: International Labor Organisation. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Fellowship Programme YORKSHIRE DALES

3 - 5 September: Northern Didge Camp FRANKFURT

3 September- 16 October: L.A. Galerie Lothar. Tracey Moffat, 'Adventure Series' HAMELN, GERMANY

3 September- 14 November: Museum Hameln. Albert 'Digby' Moran, 'Energien der Erde' NORFOLK, U.K.

4 September: Culture (Holt). Yolngu Workshops + exhibition. ADELAIDE

8 September: Hawke Lecture. Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International LONDON

8 - 23 September: The October Gallery: Rosella Namok, 'nother side' NEW YORK

9 September: World Culture Open; Lincoln Centre, Descendance Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre perform LONDON

9 September- 9 October: The Rebecca Hossack Gallery. Maningrida burial poles NEW YORK

11 September: 9/11 Third Anniversary; Memorial, Battery Park. Descendance Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre perform SYDNEY

11 September: University of New South Wales. National Forum, Indigenous Health & the Treaty Debate: Rights Governance & Responsibility GENEVA

13 - 24 September: Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples ICELAND

15-18 September: Yolngu performance and yidaki course BAYREUTH, GERMANY

19 September - 14 November: Kunstmuseum Bayreuth. 'Bilderwelten in Utopia', Holzschnitte und Gemalde von Aborigines

19 September- 12 October: The October Gallery. Season of films featuring the work of Aboriginal filmmakers and artists. UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS

21 September 2004 - 17 April 2005: Aboriginal Museum. Uitgelegd: Aboriginal kunst nader bekeken

25 September - 1 October: UpOverDownUnder Film Festival CAPE TOWN

26 - 28 September: Entertainment-Education Conference for Social Change USA

2 October - 7 November: Bangarra Dance Theatre touring DAKAR, SENEGAL

4 - 6 October: 4th International Conference & Exhibition on Traditional Medicine BRISBANE

14+15 October: Griffith University: Stolen Wages: Breach of Trust? Public Panel and Workshop TIJNJE, NETHERLANDS

22 October - 14 November: 't Ulenst Sculpture Park and Gallery. Aboriginal-kunstenaars, onder andere nieuw ontdekt werk

26 - 27 October: Business action on human rights, conference BRISTOL, U.K.

28 October: Royal West of England Academy. Brenda Croft, Senior Curator of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia. 'Indigenous Australia: contemporary art, culture and politics'. U.K.

29 October: Deadline for U.K. Government 'Care of Historic Human Remains' Consultation GRENOBLE

November - December 2004 tbc: Musee de Grenoble. Festival des 38e Rugissants HAMBURG

November 2004 tbc: Hamburg's Audimax world music festival. Klangwelten featuring Walli Wallabi. OSLO

12 - 14 November: Alternative Fair GENEVA

1 - 5 November - to be confirmed: Seventh session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore GENEVA

3 November; Monash University London. 'A New Social Settlement: Reshaping Australian Social Policy in the Changing Areas of Work, Family and Welfare', Seminar by Professor Brian Howe Former Deputy Australian Prime Minister LONDON

6 November: Development Studies Association annual conference AUSTRALIA

9 - 12 November: 7th World Congress of Bioethics, University of New South Wales

26 November 2004 - 30 January 2005: Destiny Deacon touring exhibition

For latest events, updates, contact details and web links
http://www.eniar.org

Have you organised an event in Europe which isn't listed her? Let us know about it! Email us: info@eniar.org

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ACTION
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STOLEN WAGES
From 1904 to 1987, the Queensland Government withheld or underpaid wages earned by Aboriginal workers. Aboriginal stockmen and domestic workers were the underpaid backbone of the pastoral industry for much of the 20th Century.

Although progress has been made, campaigners are not happy with the Government and the campaign continues.

Yes YOU can help.

For more information about the campaign, the issues involved and examples of what to write see http://www.eniar.org/action/stolen.html

Email: thepremier@premiers.qld.gov.au

This campaign is becoming a national one. For decades the New South Wales Government literally stole the money of Aboriginal people who it said were under its care and protection. The sums run to millions of dollars. Now the State Government is demand documentary proof from claimants - despite the State destroying it! http://www.eniar.org/news/antar8.html

Email: bob.carr@www.nsw.gov.au

HEALTH
What can I do? Find out in our health information section. http://www.eniar.org/news/health.html

COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
'Collective human rights' do not exist according to the U.K. government! This stance - undermining a long-established concept in International Law - is actively harming tribal peoples.

BRITISH people can help by writing to the U.K. Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and your local MP
http://www.eniar.org/news/survival2.html

HUMAN REMAINS
The consultation on this issue by the U.K. Government ends 29 October 2004 See http://www.culture.gov.u.k./cultural_property/wg_human_remains for more information or email: Human.Remains@Culture.gsi.gov.u.k.

PRO BON LAWYER
Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal people in South Australia are appealing for help from a United Kingdom legal practitioner or solicitor's firm. The Ngarrindjeri intend to undertake civil proceedings against the Crown in the High Court in London. http://www.eniar.org/news/byrt.html

ABORIGINES IN EUROPE
We have a new Gallery of photos celebrating their presence. Email us with your additions.

2006: 400 years of bilateral contact between Australia and The Netherlands Currently being organised.

The United Nations is running a Indigenous child and youth art competition for the design of a logo for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The deadline is December 1, 2004.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfi

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