The important Aboriginal Rights Coalition national conference is to be held in Sydney from May 23 to May 25. The draft agenda (minus speakers list as some are still to be confirmed) is reproduced below.To help fund travel to the conference. Donations can be paid into the Sydney ARC bank account:
Account name: Aboriginal Rights Coalition
BSB: 062 231
Account number: 10264494
23-25 May 2008
DAY OF MOURNING ANNIVERSARY FORUM
AUSTRALIA HALL
FRIDAY 23 MAY
| 6:30pm 6:40pm | Welcome to Country, MC Intro & Cultural Performance |
| 6:50pm | How far have we come? |
| 7:10pm | What’s happening in NT |
| 7:25pm | BREAK & ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE |
| 7:45pm | Human Rights Implications |
| 8:00pm | Impact on Australia’s International Standing |
| 8:15pm | Community Developed Approaches |
| 8;30pm | Close |
SATURDAY 24 MAY
OVERVIEW OF ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF STRUGGLE
| PANEL 9:00-10:30am
| Conference Welcome to Country 1972 Embassy Land Rights -Wave Hill to Wik Deaths in Custody Campaign Jabiluka Lex Wotton (Current Case Study) History of Unions in Aboriginal Struggle The Struggle for Self Determination |
10:30-11:00 MORNING TEA
PANEL - PATERNALISM REVISITED
| The Intervention Unpacked 11:00am-12:00pm (approx 10 mins each) | Welfare Management, Land Legislation, CDEP, Mission Managers, Grog & Pornography controls, health & education, & the impact on Child Protection
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| The Expanding Intervention 12-12:30 pm
| Qld’s Experience WA’s Experience NSW Experience |
| 12:30-1:00pm | Questions |
1:00-2:00pm LUNCH
WHY THE CHANGE IN APPROACH & WHERE’S IT HEADING?
| 2:00-2;15pm Ideology Underlying Intervention | What’s the thinking Behind the NT Intervention Approach? |
| Which Way Forward 2:15-2:30pm
2:30-2:45pm |
International Precedents & Evidence Base Aboriginal Developments
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| 2:45- 3:00pm Review of NT Intervention |
Where to now for Labor? |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Questions |
3:30-4:00 pm AFTERNOON TEA
| 4:00-5:00pm State Report Backs
5:00-5:30pm | Alice, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melb, Tas & Sydney
Questions |
SUNDAY 25 MAY
| 9:30-12:30 | Aboriginal Caucus | Campaign Workshops? |
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| National Coordination ARC Structure Future Directions | Engaging Unions, Broadening Support, Media Managing, enviro and International Campaign |
12:30-1:30pm LUNCH
UNITE TO FIGHT SESSION
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Koori Caucus Outcomes 1:30-2:00pm |
Future Directions Report Back |
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Workshops’ Report Back2:00-2:40pm
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Workshop Recommendations |
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| Plenary Discussion & Resolutions 2:40-4:30pm
Close 4:30 pm |
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