Garma message stick to Australia's Parliament (and people)

NT intervention part of Bush's 'grand nuclear plan': Greens Tuesday, 14 August 2007 CANBERRA, August 14, 2007: Federal governmentintervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities is part of US President George W Bush's "grand nuclear plan" for the planet, the Australian Greens say Draft laws underpinning the Commonwealth's strategy to address child sex abuse in NT Aboriginal communities could be pushed through the parliament as soon as today This morning, Greens senator Christine Milne labelled the plan a "land grab" and sought to link it to the federal government's plan to start selling uranium to India. Cabinet will soon consider a proposal which would see Australia able to sell uranium to India even though it has not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). Senator Milne said selling uranium to India would be a "complete contravention of global law". "India has a very bad reputation, contrary to what the prime minister is saying, in terms of sending nuclear technology and information to other parts of the world," Senator Milne told reporters. Senator Milne said people should see the plan within the context of the NT intervention. "We've already seen (Mr Howard) take away Aboriginal rights in relation to nuclear waste dumps," she said. Continued .,,

Sen Brown, Australian Senate (Hansard Monday 13 August 2007) View speech "I bring to this Senate a message stick from the Gulkula meeting at Garma in the Northern Territory on 3 and 4 August this year It is to the Australian parliament. It says: "Stop the legislation. Sit down and talk. No more dispossession." ds130807_senate_proceedings_federal_intervention.pdf - (PDF - Senate)