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ANTaR update # 14 (Friday 14th November, 1997)
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******************** Sea of Hands meeting ******************** Yesterday's meeting was again well attended. Thanks to all who came. Please see below for tasks which urgently require helpers. Volunteers are still required in the run up to and on the day of the S of H. The next meeting is planned for next Wed 19th at 6.30 pm at a venue to be announced.
********************** The first posters and fliers are ready to be picked up from either the CAA office, 1st floor Griffin Centre, or from CPSU National Office, 1st Fl, 28 Lonsdale St Braddon (ask for Cate). Please come and collect some to distribute at your work, in your local area, shops, cafes, community centres etc. Tuggeranong contacts are are desperately needed.
***************************************** Poster runs are happening tonight and Monday night starting at 8pm. Meet at the Green Left office at Pietrie Plaza above Cash Converters. Help is required.
************************************** There will be a working bee to make ribbons on Sunday at 7.30pm. If you can help please ring Pam at CAA on 6257 4472. The ribbons will be sold to raise funds for ANTaR ACT and 50% of the proceeds will be going towards the Corroboree for Sovereignty at the Tent Embassy.
********************************* Does anybody know where we can get a free or cheap truck to transport a portable stage for the Sea of Hands on the 25th? If so, please get in contact asap. Thanks.
********************** You can catch Camilla Cowley on the airwaves or in person today. She is interviewed by Phillip Adams on Late Night Live (Radio National - freq. 846 AM) at 5pm and also in person this evening for the YWCA at the Ngunnawal Community Centre, Yarrawong St, Gungahlin, 5.30-7pm.
******************************************** Ronald Wilson's 28th Oct speech at old Parliament House is being broadcast on FM 103.1 this sunday at 6.30pm.
******************************************** Planning meetings for the Corroboree are held each Sunday at 11am at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. If you're interested in participating contact Honey Nelson at: honey@pcug.org.au or phone (02)-6248-5016, Fax (02)-6257-6638, or turn up at 11.
**************************************************************** As this is an ongoing campaign it is essential that we maintain momentum of the Citizens Statement by continuing to add signatories. If you haven't had a chance to sign it or can forward it to others please use the e-mail version below. You can also obtain a photocopied version from the CAA office. ======================================================================= SIGNATORIES NEEDED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS' STATEMENT ON NATIVE TITLE AUSTRALIANS FOR NATIVE TITLE AND RECONCILIATION (ANTaR) is a national coalition of non-indigenous organisations and individuals who are working in support of the National Indigenous Working Group. ANTaR has produced the Australian's Citizen's Statement on Native Title, which calls on the government to publicly and unequivocally endorse the High Court's Mabo and Wik decisions and to enter into negotiations with Aboriginal people to work towards coexistence solutions. All over Australia people are signing the Citizens Statement - attached below. All the signatures will also be represented symbolically in the SEA OF HANDS - a huge art installation which will be touring to major centres as part of the national campaign against the government's Native Title Amendment Bill. Please show your opposition to the extinguishment of Native Title by printing off and signing the statement and by distributing it to others. It WILL make a difference! ============cut here to print out statement=============== AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS' STATEMENT ON NATIVE TITLE "We appeal to all Australian politicians - National, State and Territory - to endorse publicly and unequivocally the High Court's native title decisions as just and correct decisions. The recent Wik decision recognised a policy and practice in Australia for over 150 years of both pastoralists and Aboriginal people co-existing on pastoral leases. Since the 1840's Aborigines and pastoralists in many parts of the country have lived on and used the same leasehold land but for different purposes. Leasehold land is not freehold, and should not be the subject of a "land-grab" by any sectional interest. The Wik decision was a further strengthening of the reconciliation process between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians which, if sabotaged at this stage, will leave Australia, in the words of our Governor-General Sir William Deane, "a diminished nation". The Wik decision respected the rights of both pastoralists and Aboriginal people. Certainty is required for both groups. This can not be provided by wiping out the legitimate rights of Aboriginal people. Negotiation is the only process which will make co-existence workable for all parties, as evidenced by the recent success of the Cape York agreement. Aborigines, no less than pastoralists and miners, have to be at the negotiating table and their rights have to be respected. We ask you to be courageous and not give in to the destructive forces of selfishness, prejudice or ignorance. We ask you to stand firm in resisting any tampering with the Native Title Act or the Racial Discrimination Act that could lead to extinguishment of native title - in name or in fact. We believe that this path could lead to the most serious damage to the social fabric of Australian society and to our standing in the international community. Do not diminish our nation." Signature: ________________________________________ Date: _______________ Name: (please print)__________________________________ Address:______________________________________________ __________________________________Post Code:__________ Phone: _______________________________________________ Fax: _________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________ Please return signed statement to:
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