Petition launch and rally, Speakers: Barb Shaw, Intervention Rollback Action Group (Alice Springs); Senator Rachel Siewert (Australian Greens); CFMEU representative; Dootch Kennedy (Illawarra Land Council). As a renewed offensive against Aboriginal communities in the NT begins, town camp leader Barbara Shaw will join a protest in Sydney to tell the real story of the Intervention - racism, mass job losses and the break up of communities.
The rally will launch a petition sponsored Unions NT and the CFMEU demanding backpay at award rates for Aboriginal people working for Centrelink payments, half quarantined on a 'BasicsCard', as part of the reformed Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) introduced alongside the NT Intervention.
You can sign the petition online here http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43996.html
Rally at the offices of Indigenous employment Minister Mark Arbib, 70 Phillip St, Sydney