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MEN’S BREAKFAST

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SATURDAY 14^TH. JUNE

JAGARA HALL

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BLACK AND WHITE UNITE FOR RIGHTS - CONFERENCE

BLACK AND WHITE UNITE FOR RIGHTS - CONFERENCE, MAY 23-25

**SORTING FACT FROM FICTION IN THE NT INTERVENTION**
http://aboriginalrightscoalition.wordpress.com/

‘DAY OF MOURNING’ ANNIVERSARY FORUM 70th Year Anniversary
FRIDAY 23 MAY
6-8:30 pm, Australia Hall, 150 Elizabeth St Sydney
* Welcome to Country - Chika Madden
* MC Intro & Cultural Performance - Greg Eatock
* How far have we come? - Professor Larissa Behrendt
* Parliamentary Response - Senator Rachel Siewert (Greens, WA)
* Update on impact of NT Intervention - Barbara Shaw
Break & Acoustic Performance
* Human Rights Implications - Darren Dick HREOC
* Community Developed Approaches - Muriel Bamblett SNAICC (tbc)

SATURDAY 24 MAY
Redfern Community Centre, 29 Hugo St, Redfern
OVERVIEW OF ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF STRUGGLE
Welcome to Country - Chicka Madden
Conference Welcome - Millie Ingram

9:00-9.10am
Fifty Years of Struggle: Contextualising the Campaign - Greg Eatock

The Intervention Unpacked
9.10 – 10.45 am
The Intervention: grass roots impacts - Juni Mills, Chris Poulson, Lyle Cooper
Plus Speakers from the Floor, Individual’s experiences & Communities Input

MORNING TEA 10:45-11:00

PANEL - PATERNALISM REVISITED - The Intervention Unpacked (cont’d)
11:00am-12:00pm
Welfare Management, Land Legislation, CDEP, Mission Managers, grog & pornography controls, health & education, & the impact on Child Protection - Monitoring the Intervention (Aboriginal organisations & Communities Input)

The Expanding Intervention
12-12:30 pm
Qld’s Experience - Victor Hart
WA’s Experience - Natasha Moore
NSW Experience -
SA Update - Brian Butler

12:30-1:00pm Questions

LUNCH 1:00-2:00pm

Afternoon Sessions
WHY THE CHANGE IN APPROACH & WHERE’S IT HEADING?
Ideology Underlying Intervention, 2:00-2:15pm
What’s the thinking behind the NT Intervention? - Cathy Eatock

Which Way Forward 2:15-2:30pm
International Precedents & Evidence Based Aboriginal Developments - Muriel Bamblett (tbc)

Review of NT Intervention 2:45- 3:00pm
What’s planned next? - Larissa Behrendt

3:00-3:30pm Questions

AFTERNOON TEA 3:30-4:00 pm

STATE REPORT BACKS
4:00-5:00pm
State Report Backs
5:00-5:30pm
Alice, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melb, Tas & Sydney - ARC & Affiliated Organisations

Questions

6-9PM COMMUNITY BBQ & PERFORMANCE


SUNDAY 25 MAY
ABORIGINAL CAUCUS & CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
9:30-12:30
Aboriginal Caucus
National Coordination, ARC Structure, Community Issues, Future Directions

Campaign Workshops?
Engaging Unions, Broadening Support, Managing the Media and Working with Students, and the International Campaign

LUNCH 12:30-1:30pm

BLACK & WHITE UNITE SESSION
Koori Caucus Outcomes
1:30-2:00pm
Future Directions Report Back: Where are we going & how do we get there?

Workshops’ Report Back
2:00-2:40pm
Workshop Recommendations: How the other 97.5% of the population can help!

Resolutions
2:40-4:30pm

Conference Close 4:30 pm

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Queensland Police accused of brutality against Aboriginal leader Bob Weatherall & his daughter

PRESS STATEMENT

Aboriginal Leader Pepper Sprayed by Qld Police in Brisbane Sunday morning (24.2.08)

Queensland Aboriginal leader, Bob Weatherall and his daughter were last night assaulted by police in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.

Mr Weatherall said today, "We were having a fun night out at the Troubadour watching one of our favourite bands, Texas Tea. A group of us then went on to the Not Quite 299 Club where a series of sick events unfurled instigated by their power hungry bouncers. Nelson, my daughter Yarraga's partner, was hurrying up his mate to return inside the venue before lockdown at 3 am. The bouncer said they had 30 seconds. When they came to get in he said they were 1 second late.

Yarraga, who was at the entrance, then wanted to speak to her partner when a venue employee grabbed her drink and poured it all over her. Police arrived almost immediately and arrested Nelson, handcuffing him and taking him off to the police beat. I then came to the door to find out what was going on and when I asked the bouncers police pulled me away and pepper sprayed me. Another friend was also sprayed while trying to protect me".

Fans of the cream of Brisbane's original singer songwriters, Texas Tea, crowded round in horror while events unfurled. They were outraged at the treatment of respected Aboriginal leader and musician. Mr Weatherall was pepper-sprayed and then dragged 20 metres with his pants around his knees through the Brunswick Street mall. His daughter was also pepper-sprayed while trying to protect her father. Another friend was also sprayed while trying to assist and his
brother was bashed by police and had to be hospitalised.

Both were taken to an amenities block adjacent to the Police Beat to wash the pepper spray out of their eyes. "I had my head split open by the police while trying to assist my daughter". They were then charged and sent to the central watchhouse. They were left sopping wet and shivering for over 4 hours.

"Never in my thirty years of police relations have I been so brutalised by police. It seems like PIG CITY is alive and well in Brisbane. At no time was there any cause to use force". The Aboriginal family were totally demeaned and heavy handed by a group of police

There were numerous witnesses to the event who will testify to the police brutality.Nelson was charged with commit public nuisanc Yarraga was charged with assault or obstruct a police officer The black leader Bob Weatherall was charged with assault or obstruct a police officer and resisting authorised person after being refused entry to premises. He was in fact arrested when leaving premises, not trying to enter premises.

Bob Weatherall Ph: 0429 091 452

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