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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200228T051507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T051511Z
UID:1489-1620432000-1620518399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: Wik 'Ten Point Plan' to extinguish native title announced
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-wik-ten-point-plan-to-extinguish-native-title-announced-2021-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200228T051346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T051350Z
UID:1485-1620432000-1620518399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1970: First anti-Vietnam War Moratorium march in Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1970-first-anti-vietnam-war-moratorium-march-in-australia-2021-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200207T033033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T045657Z
UID:1376-1620172800-1620259199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2016: Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen appointed Bishop of Parramatta
DESCRIPTION:Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv is the first Vietnamese born bishop to lead a diocese outside of Vietnam and the first Vietnamese born bishop in Australia.  He was born in 1961 in Dong Nai in Vietnam. Since the fall of Saigon in 1975\, his family has been dispersed. \n\n\n\nIn 1984\, Vincent Long became a professed Conventual Franciscan friar (OFM Conv) and studied for the priesthood in Melbourne. After his priestly ordination on 30 December in 1989\, he was sent to Rome for further studies and was awarded a licentiate in Christology and Spirituality from the Pontifical Faculty of St Bonaventure. \n\n\n\nHe served as an assistant and then parish priest for seven years in Kellyville within the Diocese of Parramatta and for seven years in Springvale in Victoria before being elected Superior of the Order of Friars Minor Conventuals in Australia in 2005. He served as Assistant General in Rome from 2008 until 2011\, responsible for the Asia-Oceania section of his Order. \n\n\n\nIn 2011\, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in which role he served for nearly five years.  On 16 June 2016\, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv was installed as the fourth Bishop of Parramatta at St Patrick’s Cathedral\, Parramatta.  \n\n\n\nFind out more about Bishop Vincent here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2016-bishop-vincent-long-van-nguyen-appointed-bishop-of-parramatta-2021-05-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210503T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210503T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200129T002604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T002607Z
UID:1327-1620000000-1620086399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1990: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission established
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1990-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-commission-established-2021-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200121T234620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234624Z
UID:1278-1619568000-1619654399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1998: Death of Shirley 'Mum Shirl' Smith\, Aboriginal community leader
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1998-death-of-shirley-mum-shirl-smith-aboriginal-community-leader-2021-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210426T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210426T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200121T234204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234207Z
UID:1265-1619395200-1619481599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1986: Nuclear accident in Chernobyl\, Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1986-nuclear-accident-in-chernobyl-ukraine-2021-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210425T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210425T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200121T234003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234006Z
UID:1259-1619308800-1619395199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1945: First united Nations Conference opens
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1945-first-united-nations-conference-opens-2021-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210415T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210415T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200121T053634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T021723Z
UID:1229-1618444800-1618531199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1991: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report signed
DESCRIPTION:13th Station: Jesus’ Body is Taken Down from the Cross by Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AO\n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\n“… and you will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free.” John 8: 32\n\n\n\nThe 1991 Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report was a painful and key step in the process of radical truth telling in regard to the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia\, especially when in police custody. There were over 300 recommendation from this report\, and many are still to be implemented. 434 Indigenous people have died in custody since 1991. There is still much listening and work to do to achieve real justice for all Australians. \n\n\n\nFrom the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart: \n\n\n\n“Proportionally\, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at unprecedented rates. This cannot be because we have no love for them. And our youth languish in detention in obscene numbers. They should be our hope for the future. These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our problem. This is the torment of our powerlessness.  We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.”  From the Uluru Statement from the Heart\, 2017\n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nReconciliation Prayer \n\n\n\nHoly Father\, God of Love\,\nYou are the Creator of all things.\nWe acknowledge the pain and shame of our history\nand the sufferings of Our peoples\,\nand we ask your forgiveness.\nWe thank you for the survival of Indigenous cultures.\n\nOur hope is in you because you gave your Son Jesus\nto reconcile the world to you.\nWe pray for your strength and grace to forgive\, accept and love one another\,\nas you love us and forgive and accept us in the sacrifice of your Son.\n\nGive us the courage to accept the realities of our history\nso that we may build a better future for our Nation.\n\nTeach us to respect all cultures.\nTeach us to care for our land and waters.\nHelp us to share justly the resources of this land.\nHelp us to bring about spiritual and social change to improve the quality of life for all groups in our communities\, especially the disadvantaged.\nHelp young people to find true dignity and self-esteem by your Spirit.\n\nMay your power and love be the foundations on which we build our families\,\nour communities and our Nation\, through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\n\n\nFrom the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, Wontulp Bi-Buya Indigenous Theology Working Group 13 March 1997 Brisbane\, Qld. \n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nFirst Nation (2020) by Midnight Oil from The Makarrata Project                      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                    
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1991-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-royal-commission-final-report-signed-2021-04-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210411T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210411T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200121T053317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T020832Z
UID:1221-1618099200-1618185599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1963: Pacem in Terris published by Pope John XXIII
DESCRIPTION:The encyclical Pacem in Terris is known in English as Peace on Earth.  It was published in 1963 in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis. You can read an introduction to the encyclical and find a link to the full text here. \n\n\n\nPacem in Terris focuses on issues of peace in a nuclear age. It revisits the application of the just war theory criteria in the light of the development of these new weapons of mass destruction. It examines the relationships among human beings\, relationships between citizens and public authorities\, relationships between states\, and finally\, relationships among the people and states in the international community. It sets out rights and duties in all of these areas. While Pope Pius XII was so disappointed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that he passed it over in silence\, John XXIII welcomed and affirmed a broad range of human rights in this encyclical. It was seen as a Catholic charter of human rights. Sandie Cornish\, Introduction to Pacem in Terris.\n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nJesus\, Prince of Peace\,\nbanish from our souls\nwhatever might endanger peace.\n\nTransform us into witnesses\nof truth\, justice and love.\n\nEnlighten the minds of rulers\nthat they may care for their peoples\nand guarantee them the gift of peace.\n\nInflame our desires\nto break through the barriers that divide us\,\nto strengthen the bonds of mutual love\,\nto learn to understand one another\,\nto pardon those who have done us wrong.\n\nJesus\, Prince of Peace\,\nthrough your power and inspiration\,\nmay all peoples welcome each other to their hearts\nas sisters and brothers.\nAnd may the peace they long for\never flower and ever reign among them.\n\nAMEN\n\nAn Advent Prayer for Peace\, by Sandie Cornish\, adapted from Pacem in Terris n 171
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1963-pacem-in-terris-published-by-pope-john-xxiii-2021-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210405T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210405T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200117T030432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T030436Z
UID:1185-1617580800-1617667199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: Bringing Them Home Report published
DESCRIPTION:The report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families was published on this day in 1997. Read the Bringing Them Home Report here and access information and teaching resources on the Stolen Generations here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-bringing-them-home-report-published-2021-04-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210401T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210401T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200115T053556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T053639Z
UID:1152-1617235200-1617321599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1897: Death of Jandamarra
DESCRIPTION:Jandamarra was an Aboriginal resistance leader of the Bunuba people in Western Australia. Find our more about his story here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1897-death-of-jandamarra-2021-04-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210329T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210329T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T054343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T054346Z
UID:982-1616976000-1617062399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1941: Death of William Cooper
DESCRIPTION:William Cooper was an inspirational Aboriginal leader in New South Wales and Victoria in the early part of the 20th century and a founding secretary of the Australian Aborigines’ League. The league was created to lobby state and federal governments on behalf of Aboriginal people.  The powerful symbolic gesture of a Day of Mourning on 26 January\, along with a petition to the British monarch calling for Aboriginal representation in federal parliament\, inspired generations of activists working for justice for Indigenous Australians.  National Museum of Australia
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1941-death-of-william-cooper-2021-03-29/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210325T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210325T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T052836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052840Z
UID:964-1616630400-1616716799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1877: Death of Caroline Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1877-death-of-caroline-chisholm-2021-03-25/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210323T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210323T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T052020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052023Z
UID:946-1616457600-1616543999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-abolition-of-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-commission-atsic-2021-03-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T050131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050134Z
UID:900-1616112000-1616198399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2003: Invasion of Iraq by USA and Allies
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2003-invasion-of-iraq-by-usa-and-allies-2021-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T050012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050015Z
UID:896-1616112000-1616198399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1866: Beginning of Sisters of St Joseph at Penola\, SA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1866-beginning-of-sisters-of-st-joseph-at-penola-sa-2021-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210318T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210318T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T045734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T044417Z
UID:4217-1616025600-1616111999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2019: Death of Deacon Boniface Perdjert
DESCRIPTION:Deacn Boniface\, a respected Elder and the first Aboriginal permanent deacon\, passed away in 2019. As the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council’s tribute page for Deacon Boniface says: \n\n\n\nHis words and actions spoke loudly to the members of the Wadeye Community – of which he was a deeply loved and respected Elder – but also to the Catholic Hierarchy with whom he shared his wisdom on many official occasions.  http://www.natsicc.org.au/a-tribute-to-deacon-boniface.html \n\n\n\nOn the first anniversary of Deacon Boniface’s death we share for your reflection these words that he wrote in the later 1970s: \n\n\n\nGod did not begin to take an interest in people with the incarnation of his Son\, nor with Abraham. My people existed here in Australia thousands of years before Abraham. In all that time God was with my people. He worked through their culture. He was saving us despite human weakness. He was preparing us for the day when he would see the features of Aboriginals in the image of his Son. So i must recognize\, I must use the things of God that are in my culture. I mus use them in his service. If I do not do this\, my faith and my service are shallow. They are pretending. They belong to someone else\, not me. God has asked us t love him with wjhole mind\, heart and soul. So i must give myself to God as an Aboriginal. This is what God wants or he would not have made me what I am.  http://www.natsicc.org.au/a-tribute-to-deacon-boniface.html
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2019-death-of-deacon-boniface-perdjert-2021-03-18/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210313T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210313T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20210112T063639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T063644Z
UID:4270-1615622400-1615654800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2013: Election of Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2013-election-of-pope-francis/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T041611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041614Z
UID:873-1615507200-1615593599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1913: Founding of Canberra as Australia's captial
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1913-founding-of-canberra-as-australias-captial-2021-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210311T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T050920Z
UID:869-1615420800-1615507199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2011: Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami
DESCRIPTION:On this day an earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan killed 18\,500 people. Damage to a nuclear power plant in this event caused widespread contamination and the displacement of thousands of people. Reflecting on these events\, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan called for the abolition on nuclear power: \n\n\n\nWe\, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan\, appeal to all people who share our common home called Earth that we join hands\, rise together and act in solidarity to end nuclear power generation. For that purpose\, we turn first to the Catholic Church throughout the world\, seeking cooperation and solidarity. Then\, building on that\, we hope to develop a global solidarity that transcends religions\, races and nations. Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2011-fukushima-earthquake-and-tsunami-2021-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210305T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210305T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T035944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T040047Z
UID:857-1614902400-1614988799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1970: International Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-treaty-on-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons-2021-03-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210301T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T034407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T035355Z
UID:842-1614556800-1614643199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1999: International Treaty to Ban Landmines enters into force.
DESCRIPTION:Find our more about the Treaty here. \n\n\n\nThe International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) provides advocacy tools for campaigners\, including multimedia resources\, ICBL statements\, partner resources\, and the Landmine Monitor\, to keep you up to date on the landmine issue.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1999-international-treaty-to-ban-landmines-enters-into-force-2021-03-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210217T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210217T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20200106T011411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T011845Z
UID:810-1613520000-1613606399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2014: Murder of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati in offshore immigration detention on Manus Island
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember twenty three year old asylum seeker Reza Barati who was killed in riots at the Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Manus Island. A Senate Committee inquiry later found that the Australian Government had failed in its duty to protect him\, and other asylum seekers\, from harm. Here is an extract from the conclusions of the Committee. \n\n\n\n8.5        In summary\, the committee has found that the events of 16 to 18 February 2014 at the Manus Island RPC were eminently foreseeable\, and may have been prevented if transferees had been given a clear pathway for the assessment of their asylum claims. Many of the problems at the centre had their origins in the events of July to October 2013\, when the centre was transformed from a mixed facility into a single adult males facility and experienced a massive influx of new transferees\, reaching more than double the initial intended capacity of the centre in the space of approximately 12 weeks. The inability of the centre’s infrastructure to cope with this influx\, combined with the complete absence of any clear refugee status determination and resettlement framework to deal with these asylum seekers\, created an environment where unrest and transferee protests were the inevitable result.  8.6        It is clear from evidence presented to the committee that the Australian Government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers including Mr Barati from harm.  Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report\n\n\n\nThe Manus Island RPC was found to be unconstitutional by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court in 2016 and was shut in 2017. A number of detainees were transferred to the Bomana Immigration Detention Centre.  \n\n\n\nIn November 2019 a delegation of representatives from the Australian Catholic community traveled to Papua New Guinea to gain a deeper understanding of conditions for asylum seekers there. Read their statement here. \n\n\n\nIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has made a complaint about the conditions of detention in Bomana to the International Criminal Court (ICC). \n\n\n\nAs SBS News report\, Director of the jurisdiction\, complementary and cooperation division of the ICC office of the prosecutor\, Phakiso Mochochoko has found that the conditions of detention “appear to have constituted cruel\, inhuman or degrading treatment.”  Read more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2014-murder-of-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-barati-in-offshore-immigration-detention-on-manus-island-2021-02-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191219T034516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T034520Z
UID:753-1613174400-1613260799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2015: Death of Faith Bandler AC
DESCRIPTION:Faith Bandler AC\, activist for Indigenous and South Sea Islander rights\, passed away on this day in 2005. An obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald highlighted her achievements: \n\n\n\nFaith Bandler changed people’s hearts and minds in support of human rights and social justice. Her smile\, no doubt\, helped. The National Trust listed her as a national living treasure in 1997 and the Herald\, in 2001\, included her among the 100 most influential Australians of the 20th century. The Good Weekend\, in 2011\, included her in a list of 50 women considered the most influential in the world. \n\n\n\nHer greatest achievement was her 10-year campaign for Aboriginal rights leading to the 1967 referendum which changed the Constitution and included Aborigines in the census. She worked for Aboriginal education and housing\, was a founding member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the Australian Republican Movement\, campaigned for the rights of South Sea Islanders and wrote six books\, including Wacvie (1977)\, a biographical novel about her father. \n\n\n\nRead the full text here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2015-death-of-faith-bandler-ac-2021-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191219T033720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T044521Z
UID:749-1613174400-1613260799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2008: Apology to the Stolen Generation by the Australian Government
DESCRIPTION:On this day Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized to Indigenous Australians\, and especially the Stolen Generation\, for past government policies of removing First Nations children from their families. The National Museum of Australia explains here how the journey to a national apology began with the Bringing Them Home Report. \n\n\n\nWatch the apology in the video below.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2008-apology-to-the-stolen-generation-by-the-australian-government-2021-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191219T033245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T043836Z
UID:4213-1613174400-1613260799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1958: Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders established
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1958-federal-council-for-the-advancement-of-aborigines-and-torres-strait-islanders-established-2021-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191219T033045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T033354Z
UID:744-1613088000-1613174399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Murder of Sr Dorothy Stang in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-murder-of-sr-dorothy-stang-in-brazil-2021-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191217T012533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191217T012536Z
UID:732-1613088000-1613174399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1965: Freedom Ride in Australia Begins
DESCRIPTION:A group of Sydney University students organised a bus tour through western and coastal New South Wales towns in 1965. As the National Museum of Australia website explains: \n\n\n\nTheir purpose was threefold. The students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health\, education and housing. They hoped to point out and help to lessen the socially discriminatory barriers which existed between Aboriginal and white residents. And they also wished to encourage and support Aboriginal people themselves to resist discrimination. The students had formed into a body called Student Action for Aborigines (SAFA) in 1964 to plan this trip and ensure media coverage. \n\n\n\nCharles Perkins\, an Arrente man born in Alice Springs\, who was a third year arts student at the university\, was elected president of SAFA. The group included Ann Curthoys who would later write a history of these events\, Jim Spigelman who would later become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Darce Cassidy\, an arts student who was also a part-time reporter for the ABC. \n\n\n\n Source: https://indigenousrights.net.au/civil_rights/freedom_ride\,_1965
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1965-freedom-ride-in-australia-begins-2021-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210208T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210208T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191213T042755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T043644Z
UID:4209-1612742400-1612828799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1973: Woodward Royal Commission into Land Rights
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1973 the Woodward Royal Commission into Land Rights in the Northern Territory was established. The Central Land Council situate this event in its historical context here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1973-woodward-royal-commission-into-land-rights-2021-02-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T022151
CREATED:20191202T012633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T031732Z
UID:661-1612396800-1612483199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement Signed
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/cape-york-peninsula-heads-of-agreement-signed/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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