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uqsir students for indigenous rights university of queensland uqsir students for indigenous rights university of queensland home about uqsir events projects contacts links achievements material videos reconciliation a space for healing 20 05 2011 uqsir_yarningcircle this is an event that is going to be a powerful evening so please forward this on to any of your friends and networks and if it is appropriate specifically invite key inspirational people whose paths you have crossed and ask them to come along check out the link to the poster pdf above reconciliation week at uq wednesday june 1st parnell building 7 room 326 6 00pm start drinks nibbles and live acoustic music participatory yarning circle gathering together for reconciliation week to engage with ideas share experiences and stories with indigenous and non indigenous australians come and be part of a much needed discussion your voice is important in creating a harmonious australia through honest communication please rsvp or contact us for more information at uqsfir gmail com mailto uqsfir gmail com 0434 269 025 http www reconciliation org au home for more info comments leave a comment categories uncategorized silent protest 2 next week 10 05 2011 next week on tuesday17th may we will be gathering at the grassy knoll at 1pm bring your lunch your hats your silence tell your friends your class and join us to make a stand against the nt intervention comments leave a comment categories uncategorized silent protest at uq captures students 28 04 2011 silent circle for change a beautifully unfurled spontaneous and creative event to create awareness about the continuing yet failed racist interventin act people loved it next one is coming up at 1pm tuesday the 3rd come and join us all you need is your silence making a point at a racist book launch on wed 27th of april uq students for indigenous rights listened to gary johns speak and took part in the question and answer session picking holes in gary s strategies and suggesting our solutions have a listen to the aboriginal self determination question and answer session at the following link http www abc net au rn counterpoint default htm comments leave a comment categories uncategorized nteu reports back on john leemans talk in march 8 04 2011 john leemans speak s john leemans from the nt spoke on wednesday march 23 at the university of queensland at a meeting co hosted by uq students for indigenous rights and the uq branch of the national tertiary education union after an acknowledgement of the traditional owners by andrew bonnell the uq branch president of the nteu john addressed the meeting addressing key concerns around the intervention arguing that it was an attack on the human rights of aboriginal people living in the northern territory john attacked the threats and inducements to sign up to lease arrangements for land and the lack of consultation over projects into which the federal government is pouring money he identified alcohol as a serious issue and argued that the current response was inadequate with a need for improved funding for on the ground education and rehabilitation john said that very few houses had been built since the intervention and that the discontinuing of funding for projects previously funded through cdep was affecting the capacity of aboriginal people to be self sufficient in wave hill these included a bakery brick making horticultural projects and road repairing he spoke about the issues associated with the basicscard saying that while supported by elders and women to stop people humbugging for money it was a confusing system which denied people control over their own income and was no substitute for proper jobs and proper wages the attempts by the federal government to mainstream programs through the intervention was destroying cultural identity language programs and links to land through forcing aboriginal people to leave their land in search of jobs elsewhere so fundamental was this issue john argued that if links to land and culture were severed people would die as a result in response to a question from the floor john discussed the conflict between the prospects of employment offered by mining and the destruction of cultural identity and sacred sites through development he believed that the pressures associated with mining were too great and it was in the best interest of aboriginal people to resist mining developments he concluded by seeking support of those in attendance to participate in the campaign against the intervention and inform others about the situation faced by aboriginal people in the northern territory comments leave a comment categories uncategorized welcome to students for indigenous rights group university of queensland 10 11 2010 we helped raise money to publish this statement in the australian on october 29th 2010 stop the nt intervention jobs with justice for aboriginal workers worse than workchoices the nt intervention promised to deliver real jobs for aboriginal communities instead thousands of waged jobs have been lost and aboriginal organisations have been crippled as community development employment projects cdep close down i under the new cdep scheme designed by the federal labor government aboriginal people no longer receive wages they are being forced to work providing vital services such as rubbish collection school bus runs sewerage maintenance construction and aged care in exchange for quarantined centrelink payments ii people are compelled to work 16 hours a week for 115 cash plus 115 credit on a basicscard which can only be used on priority items in government approved stores aboriginal workers have described this as a return to the ration days when they were paid in food instead of cash centrelink is threatening to cut off payments entirely if people do not participate unclear guidelines and the vulnerable position of many workers have seen cases of people working 30hrs or more for no extra money iii this is far worse than anything the liberals inflicted on workers under workchoices the labor government committed to halving the gap in employment outcomes between indigenous and non indigenous australians in a decade but due to a continuation of howard era policies such as the intervention indigenous unemployment has drastically worsened from 13 8 in 2007 to 18 1 in 2009 iv 500 real jobs created to replace some of the lost cdep positions in remote nt shire councils face the axe next year the commonwealth is refusing to guarantee ongoing funding of 8 5 million per year needed by the nt government to keep the jobs v many aboriginal communities serviced by these shires already suffer atrocious living conditions 500 more job losses will be devastating the nt intervention shames australia despite recent amendments the united nations committee for the elimination of racial discrimination uncerd ruled in august that intervention legislation provides clear evidence of embedded racism against aboriginal people vi the uncerd report said living conditions had deteriorated for aboriginal people under the intervention through loss of land property employment legal rights and opportunities for cultural development vii rather than abandon failed policy the government is planning to spend 350 million over 4 years to expand income management across the nt viii this money is desperately needed to create real jobs in aboriginal communities and ensure the provision of basic services the government must act immediately to guarantee the 500 threatened shire jobs end compulsory income management end current cdep arrangements forcing people to work for the basicscard turn all cdep positions into fully waged jobs provide massive investment in job creation and service provision in all aboriginal communities click to join uq sir comments comments off on welcome to students for indigenous rights group university of queensland categories uncategorized archives may 2011 april 2011 november 2010 login 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