FUNDRAISING/AUCTION NITE
Australian Indigenous Touch Football Team
Friday 14th March
FOOTSTEPS GALLERY
166 Ann Street, Brisbane
6:30pm start
see you then and don’t forget your moolah!!
tell your friends, your family, your work colleagues, your boss
come on – don’t be gammin’ be game
From WGARNews:
Due to the success of our WGARnews, which now circulates widely, we would like to invite you to subscribe to a separate WGARcontact@gmail.com list so we can notify you of forthcoming events and provide a contact point.
To join the new WGARcontact@gmail.com list please send an email to WGARcontact@gmail.com with “SUBSCRIBE WGARcontact” in the Subject line.
Below are two events to support:
1. Thursday 13 March 2008: Call out to Centrelink offices nationwide
to highlight the severe impact of the Northern Territory Intervention/Invasion on the lives of Aboriginal people living in prescribed areas – 72 NT town camps and communities .
The Canberra callout is for 12.30 Thursday 13 March at Centrelink, 13 Lonsdale St., Braddon, ACT 2602
2. Saturday 19 April 2008: The Andi and George Band’ and ‘Winiata’ at
Tilleys, 96 Wattle St., Lyneham, ACT 2602. Doors open at 6pm, music from 8pm. This is a WGAR fundraiser towards ‘Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’.
The Australia 2020 Summit will examine 10 topics.
(see http://www.australia2020.gov.au/about/index.cfm for all 10)
Topic 7 Options for the future of indigenous Australia
* How we forge a new partnership with between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia to overcome disadvantage and provide practical pathways to the future
* The role of targeted programs and interventions such as the Northern Territory Intervention and the Cape York Welfare Reform Trials in achieving change in remote communities
* How we might promote economic development in remote Australia to provide Indigenous community members with the opportunity to be economically independent
* Improving access to mainstream programs by Indigenous Australians
* Promoting and preserving Indigenous culture, languages and traditions.
( source – http://www.australia2020.gov.au/topics/indigenous.cfm)
Submissions
All Australians will be invited to make submissions on each of the 10 future challenges. These will be submitted to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet which will act as the secretariat for the Summit.
Contributing a submission to the Australia 2020 Summit is a way for all Australians to be involved in bringing the best ideas forward to address Australia’s long term challenges.
All submissions will be made publicly available on this website and will be presented to the Australia 2020 Summit participants to stimulate discussion and ideas about addressing our future challenges.
Individuals, schools, groups, and organisations are invited to make submissions.
You can contribute a submission online, by downloading a form and mailing it, or by contacting the toll free number to have a form mailed out to you. Toll free number: 1800 703 599 (during business hours Eastern Standard Time)
Submissions must be received no later than 5:00pm Wednesday 9 April 2008.
see http://www.australia2020.gov.au/submissions/index.cfm for more.
