Sovereign Union

An aboriginal elder from far western New South Wales is threatening to take High Court action to prove her ownership of Lake Victoria. Dorothy Lawson's family have been in the area for thousands of years and she hopes to argue that under a legal technicality they have rights as squatters on the land. Deb Banks - ABC News 24 See more: http://sovereignunion.mobi/node/583

The United Nations has once again called on the Federal Government to improve efforts to deal with discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. In particular, it's raised the issue of the 13,000 Indigenous children currently in care, away from their culture and language. Fran Kelly report - Radio National Breakfast - 5 June 2013 Interview with Marta Maurás Perez, vice-pre...

The Murrawarri people have proclaimed their traditional land a sovereign republic independent of the Commonwealth. But is the proclamation of the Murrawarri Republic a step forward for Indigenous land rights or is it merely symbolic? Following Fred Hooper discussing the Murrawarri assertion of sovereignty, Professor George Williams of the University of New South Wales comments. Source: Aboriginal...

The Murrawarri people have proclaimed their traditional land a sovereign republic independent of the Commonwealth. Fred Hooper, convener of the People's Council of the Murrawarri Republic. Source: TheWire Community Radio Radio Adelaide, 2SER in Sydney and 4EB in Brisbane

An interview with Fred Hooper on Brisban'es 4ZZZ's 'Anarchy Show' http://autonomousactionradio.com/tag/murrawarri-republic/ Sound quality is low but is recommended listening to those who are following this First Nations initiative.

The Australian prison population has more than doubled in the last twenty years from 15,000 to 31,000. Between 2000 to 2008 prison custodial deaths attributed to natural causes rose to 24.6 per cent per year nationwide. From 1990 to 1999 natural deaths had been 16.3 per cent and in the 1980s they had been at 10.6 per cent. See reports on http://.sovereignunion.mobi

Discussions following the Treaty Talks gathering in Brisbane 18th & 19th May 2913. Michael Anderson, Conveyor of the Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia, spoke about the Australian First Nations Sovereignty Campaign and the Treaty Talks with Tiga Bayles, 98.9 Radio, Brisbane Indigenous Media Association.

Aboriginal sovereignty campaigners say that their struggle to decolonize and achieve independence of their own tribal areas within Australia has gone to another level. Aboriginal leader Michael Anderson speaks to Paul Wyles from CAAMA Radio about the situation as it stands on 21st May 2013 and the current approaches to the United Nations.

Aboriginal sovereignty campaigners say that their struggle to decolonize and achieve independence of their own tribal areas within Australia has gone to another level. Aboriginal leader Michael Anderson speaks to Paul Wyles from CAAMA Radio about the situation as it stands on 21st May 2013 and the current approaches to the United Nations.

A Victorian woman who stabbed her partner to death after years of domestic violence has been sentenced to six years in prison. Veronica Hudson pleaded guilty to manslaughter after stabbing her partner, Woody Heron, during a drunken fight outside the tent they were living in at a Bendigo caravan park two years ago. Heron was described as jealous and having no conscience. He had served five years in...

Native Title challenge to mining and coal seam gas ABC Tamworth (New England North West) with Kelly Fuller Four hundred Gomeroi people gathered in Tamworth over the weekend to consider the next step in their Native Title Application over the North West. The applicants believe it has the potential to change the game when it comes to mining in the region and set a precedent right around the state, p...

One of the largest black states in the country calls for a freeze on all mining and development on their ancestral lands. More that 400 Native Title claimants met in Tamworth to discuss Goomeroi business on the weekend. Representatives said that they are looking at options to stop ministerial decisions which approve mining in the region.

On the 3rd of April 2013 the Murrawarri Peoples Council wrote to Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth the Second advising her of the declaration of the Murrawarri Nations continued Independence and Statehood and requested Her Royal Highness produce documents that show how Sovereignty, Dominion and Ultimate (Radical) Title was obtained over the Murrawarri Nation Ancient Lands, Waters, Subsurface, Nat...

Aboriginal Activist Kado Muir is a Tjarurru man, a member of the Ngalia tribe who are desert people from the Western Australia Goldfields region. He is passionate about his Aboriginal heritage, history, language and culture. He teaches its values to all Australians through his writings, cultural awareness courses and artworks. Kado's website: http://www.kadomuir.com

Two men have been arrested following a confrontation with police at the site of the Musgrave Park Aboriginal sovereign embassy. The men were charged with wilful damage and obstructing police after lighting a sacred fire . Terri Begley asked Embassy spokesman Wayne Warton why things have come to a head Source: ABC 'Drive' with Tim Cox Image: Embassy site at time of interview - arrests made, fire ex...

The Hamilton Art Gallery is currently hosting a Shrine of Remembrance exhibition celebrating the contribution of Indigenous Australian soldiers to wars, from the Boer War to the present. Two of the most celebrated families in the exhibition are from south west Victoria: the Saunders family and the Lovett family. While Reg Saunders was, significantly, the first ever Indigenous Australian officer in...

In 1902 the Boer War in South Africa drew to an end. - The sovereign, anti-colonial, independent Republic leaders agreed to lay down their weapons, abandon their claims to independence and recognise Britain's Edward VII as their king. And so began the process of repatriating the 22,000 Australians who'd survived the distant war. A thousand of their fellow countrymen didn't. But not everyone made i...

Traditional caretakers of the sacred land and supporting conservationists are celebrating the abandonment of the gas hub project by Woodside and their partners.

The Murrawarri say they never ceded their sovereignty or ultimate title over their ancient homeland and never gave permission for the colonisers to enter their land. It's an area known as the Culgoa River region, which includes towns like Bourke and Brewarrina in northwest New South Wales and Cunnamulla in southeast Queensland. Fred Hooper is from the Murrawarri Peoples Council of the Murrawarri R...

Ms Williams-Weston spoke with Zara Zaher about the significance of the site for her community. Aboriginal protesters are campaigning against what they say are Victorian government plans to sell a sacred site in Melbourne to developers. Aboriginal protesters are campaigning against what they say are Victorian government plans to sell a sacred site in Melbourne to developers. They say the Ballerrt M...

The Euahlayi elder and Convenor of the Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia says the wording of the Act of Recognition is of serious concern. Mr Anderson says, while people support the intent of change, no-one has dealt with the particular wording used, and there are serious implications. He's speaking with Michelle Lovegrove. Living Black SBS - Voices on Constitutional Reform

Traditional land owners in Western Australia's Pilbara region have won a a major battle against mining giant FMG with the Federal court ruling the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation is now the only group legally permitted to represent local stakeholders. A breakaway Yindjibarndi group has moved to accept Fortescue Metals Group;s $4 million benefits package… which would allow the mining giant to d...

The 2013 'Australia Day' (now known to First Australians as Survival and/or Invasion Day) marks the 75th anniversary in the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition. In 1938, a large group of Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney, at a protest called 'The Day of Mourning'. Will Ockenden reports for ABC Radio 'AM'

Former Victorian Judge and Poet Peter Gebhardt speaks to Paul Wildes on CAAMA's 'Strong Voices'.

Ms Gillard exercised what she called a captain's pick to override the preselection processes for Northern Territory Labor and to recruit Ms Peris. The Prime Minister says she felt it was important for federal Labor to embrace an Indigenous woman of what she called incredible merit. But another Indigenous woman, the Territory's former deputy chief minister Marion Scrymgour, was already running for...