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Green Left – AUSTRALIA: Peace walk for Aboriginal rights

Peace walk for Aboriginal rights Green Left Peter Robson17 January 2009 Aboriginal activists launched a “peace walk” on January 9 from Sydney to the steps of Parliament House in Canberra in protest against the continuation of the NT intervention and the mining of nuclear materials on Aboriginal land — policies that they label “Rudd’s betrayal of Aboriginal people”.“Sovereign Aboriginal people have a right to self determination, to be empowered to make decisions affecting their country and communities. Rudd is continuing Howard’s paternalism,” said Uncle Dootch Kennedy, from the Sandon Point Aboriginal Tent Embassy according to Sydney Indymedia on January 9.“We demand the UN Declaration on Rights for Indigenous Peoples be adopted and implemented as a binding blueprint for Indigenous policy development”, he said. The Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor stands on Kennedy’s ancestral lands……………………………..They are also condemning Australia’s role in the nuclear-fuel cycle and the failure of the Rudd Labor government to endorse the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights — a promise that the ALP had made in the lead-up to the last federal election………………….. For more information about the Aboriginal Peace Walk call Darren 0412 826 043 or Inge 0418 345 686.

Green Left – AUSTRALIA: Peace walk for Aboriginal rights

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January 19, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ENERGY