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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210928T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210928T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200820T065031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200820T065037Z
UID:2739-1632787200-1632873599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1983: Death of John Pat in Roebourne Prison WA\, prompting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
DESCRIPTION:Noel Olive explains in the Australian Dictionary of Biography: \n\n\n\n“On 28 September 1983 several members of the Roebourne police force attended a meeting of the Western Australian Police Union of Workers at Karratha. They adjourned to the local golf club for drinks\, and then proceeded to the Top Bar of the Victoria Hotel at Roebourne. A brawl broke out between the off-duty police officers and a group of Aborigines\, including Pat\, a 16 year old Aboriginal boy who died of head injuries alleged to have been caused in a disturbance between Aboriginal people and Police…  The circumstances of Pat’s death were investigated by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody\, established in 1987… Pat’s death became for Aboriginal people a symbol of injustice and oppression. The Aboriginal poet\, Jack Davis\, wrote John Pat (1988). The John Pat Memorial Day for Deaths in Custody is observed each year with a ceremony at the old Fremantle Prison.” Noel Olive\, “Pat\, John Peter (1966-1983)”\, in Australian Dictionary of Biography
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1983-death-of-john-pat-in-roebourne-prison-wa-prompting-the-royal-commission-into-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-2021-09-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210930T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210930T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200820T070258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200820T070305Z
UID:2760-1632960000-1633046399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1975: Ratification by Australia of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
DESCRIPTION:“The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966 was one of the first human rights treaties to be adopted by the United Nations (UN). The Convention is widely supported\, with more than 156 countries (four-fifths of the membership of the UN) having ratified it. Australia ratified the Convention on 30 September 1975.” Australian Human Rights Commission – Guide to the Law
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1975-ratification-by-australia-of-the-international-convention-on-the-elimination-of-all-forms-of-racial-discrimination-2021-09-30/
CATEGORIES:Australian,UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211010T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211017T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200922T095934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T095939Z
UID:2855-1633824000-1634515199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Anti-Poverty Week
DESCRIPTION:Anti-Poverty Week was established in 2002 by the Social Justice Project at the UNSW\, led by Professor Julian Disney. It was inspired by the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17) but expanded to include a full week in Australia to allow more participation. \n\n\n\nThe aim was to strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia; and encourage research\, discussion and action to address these problems\, including action by individuals\, communities\, organisations and governments. \n\n\n\nAccess resources for Anti-Poverty Week here. Register your own events here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/anti-poverty-week-2021-10-10/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211012T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211012T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200922T100847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T100852Z
UID:2837-1633996800-1634083199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: First Sea of Hands\, Canberra
DESCRIPTION:The first Sea of Hands was held on the 12 October 1997\, in front of Parliament House\, Canberra. Hands in the colors of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were signed by people to show their support for reconciliation and native title. At the time it was the largest public art installation in Australia.  \n\n\n\nThe Sea of Hands movement has continued for over twenty years. You can book a Sea of Hands installation through ANTaR’s Hands Up! program.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-first-sea-of-hands-canberra-2021-10-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211019T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211019T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200922T105516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200922T105522Z
UID:2871-1634601600-1634687999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2001: Sinking of refugee boat SIEV X
DESCRIPTION:On 19 October 2001\, 353 people\, mostly women and children\, drowned on the high seas trying to reach Australia in a small\, dilapidated\, grossly overloaded fishing boat that would later come to be known as Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel (SIEV) X. There were 45 who survived the sinking\, of whom seven eventually settled in Australia. SIEVX was the first major drowning incident involving asylum seekers travelling to Australia by boat. \n\n\n\nEureka Street
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2001-sinking-of-refugee-boat-siev-x-2021-10-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211026T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211026T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200923T220126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T220131Z
UID:2910-1635206400-1635292799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1985: Return of Uluru to the traditional owners\, the Anangu people
DESCRIPTION:On 26 October 1985 the Governor General of Australia\, Sir Ninian Stephen\, handed over title for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to the Traditional Owners of the area – the Anangu. \n\n\n\nThe hand over and lease back ceremony was held in the Mutitjulu community near the base of Uluru. It was a night of singing and dancing for the Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal people. The celebrations marked a long struggle for Anangu to be recognised as the rightful custodians of Uluru\, Kata Tjuta and the surrounding land. \n\n\n\nAIATSIS Handback
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1985-return-of-uluru-to-the-traditional-owners-the-anangu-people-2021-10-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211026T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211026T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200923T220504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T220512Z
UID:2915-1635206400-1635292799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2019: Ban on climbing Uluru comes into force
DESCRIPTION:On this day the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management decision to close the climb to the top of Uluru came into force. The Board is made up of a majority of traditional owners of the park. This date was chosen as it was the date in 1985 when the park was handed back to the Anangu people.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2019-ban-on-climbing-uluru-comes-into-force-2021-10-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211028T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211028T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100104
CREATED:20200923T222016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200923T222021Z
UID:2921-1635379200-1635465599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1834: Battle of Pinjara\, WA
DESCRIPTION:One hundred years after the Battle of Pinjarra\, someone writing under the nome de plume ‘Cygney’ recounted the story in The West Australian newspaper. What do you make of this 1934 account of the battle?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1834-battle-of-pinjara-wa-2021-10-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211029T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211029T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20210112T071548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T071552Z
UID:4323-1635494400-1635526800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Teachers Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-teachers-day-2/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211108T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211108T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T040912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T040917Z
UID:2987-1636329600-1636415999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1907: Harvester minimum wage judgement by Justice Higgins
DESCRIPTION:“In 1907 Justice Henry Bourne Higgins\, President of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court\, set the first federally arbitrated wages standard in Australia. Higgins’s ruling became the basis for setting Australia’s minimum wage standard for the next 70 years. Using the Sunshine Harvester Factory as a test case\, Justice Higgins took the pioneering approach of hearing evidence from not only male workers but also their wives to determine what was a fair and reasonable wage for a working man to support a family of five. The decision was a landmark case because\, for the first time\, employers were challenged to formulate wages on the basic needs of their employees rather than being solely concerned with the company’s profits.” National Museum Australia\n\n\n\nDid you know?\n\n\n\nJustice Higgins’ determination of a just wage was influenced by Pope Leo XIII’s definition of a just wage in Rerum Novarum in 1891.  Leo XII says that “remuneration must be enough to support the wage earner in reasonable and frugal comfort” (n 34) and goes on to specify that wages must be sufficient to enable a worker to “maintain himself\, his wife\, and his children in reasonable comfort” and “by economy” be able to save and purchase property (n 35). \n\n\n\nFor reflection\n\n\n\nNeither Justice Higgins nor Pope Leo XIII considered the role of women in the workforce or question of wage justice for women workers.  How might the ideal of wages sufficient to support a family be enacted today in a way that recognises the right of women to participate in the paid workforce and the responsibility of men to share in unpaid family and community responsibilities?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1907-harvester-minimum-wage-judgement-by-justice-higgins-2021-11-08/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211111T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211111T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T043129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T043136Z
UID:3008-1636588800-1636675199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1975: Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
DESCRIPTION:“On 11 November 1975\, after a series of dramatic events including a 1974 double dissolution and a budgetary supply crisis\, the Gough Whitlam-led federal Labor government became the first (and only) government in Australian history to be dismissed by the Governor-General. While this constitutional crisis has overshadowed the Whitlam years\, the administration left a lasting legacy of social and political reform.” National Museum Australia\n\n\n\nFor reflection\n\n\n\nWhich social and political reforms of the Whitlam era are you most grateful for? \n\n\n\nWhat social and Political reforms do you think are needed today? \n\n\n\nHow might we answer Pope Francis’ call in Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship) for a ‘better kind of politics’?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1975-dismissal-of-the-whitlam-government-2021-11-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211124T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211124T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T060927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T060932Z
UID:3237-1637712000-1637798399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1964: Passage of National Service Act by Australian Parliament
DESCRIPTION:An Act to amend the National Service Act 1951-1957. The National Service Act 1964\, was an Australian federal law\, passed on 24 November 1964\, which required 20-year-old males to serve in the Army for a period of twenty-four months of continuous service (reduced to eighteen months in 1971) followed by three years in the Reserve. Date of Assent: 24 November 1964. Date of Repeal: 30 June 1992. Repealed by: Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1992. \n\n\n\nAustralian Parliament Legislation \n\n\n\nFor reflection\n\n\n\nWhat do you know about the history of national service\, conscription and conscientious objection in Australia? \n\n\n\nHow does national service relate to Church teaching about war and nonviolence?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1964-passage-of-national-service-act-by-australian-parliament-2021-11-24/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211127T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211127T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T063624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T063629Z
UID:3247-1637971200-1638057599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1998: Award of the first Sydney Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus
DESCRIPTION:The Inaugural Sydney Peace Prize was presented to Professor Muhammad Yunus for his innovative work enabling the world’s poor to become independent through access to microfinance\, and for his inspiring advocacy of view that poverty is the denial of all human rights and that peace is freedom from poverty. In 2006\, Professor Yunus went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1998-award-of-the-first-sydney-peace-prize-to-muhammad-yunus-2021-11-27/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211129T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211129T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T214237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T062445Z
UID:3271-1638144000-1638230399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1986: Meeting of Saint John Paul II with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Alice Springs
DESCRIPTION:“Dear Aboriginal people: the hour has come for you to take on new courage and new hope. You are called to remember the past\, to be faithful to your worthy traditions\, and to adapt your living culture whenever this is required by your own needs and those of your fellowman. Above all you are called to open your hearts ever more to the consoling\, purifying and uplifting message of Jesus Christ\, the Son of God\, who died so that we might all have life\, and have it to the full.“  Pope John Paul II\, Address to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Blatherskite Park\, Alice Springs\, 29 November 1986.\n\n\n\nAction\n\n\n\nVisit the website of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council to learn more about St John Paul II’s visit to Alice Springs. \n\n\n\nRead St John Paul II’s address and consider its call to you today.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1986-meeting-of-saint-john-paul-ii-with-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-in-alice-springs-2-2021-11-29/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211201T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211201T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T223552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T223558Z
UID:3288-1638316800-1638403199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1976: Appointment of Sir Douglas Nicholls as Governor of South Australia\, first Aboriginal person to hold vice-regal office
DESCRIPTION:“A trailblazer who won hearts around the nation\, the achievements of Sir Douglas Nicholls KCVO OBE JP are many and varied\, taking in the fields of sport\, politics and social justice. He broke new ground — as the first Indigenous Australian to receive a knighthood in 1972\, and the first to be appointed to vice-regal office\, when he became Governor of South Australia in 1976.” Aboriginal Victoria\, Sir Douglas Nicholls KCVO OBE JP: A Trailblazer Who Won Hearts Around the Nation
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1976-appointment-of-sir-douglas-nicholls-as-governor-of-south-australia-first-aboriginal-person-to-hold-vice-regal-office-2021-12-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211202T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211202T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T225042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225049Z
UID:3294-1638403200-1638489599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:International Day for Abolition of Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Slavery is not something from the past. According to the  International Labour Organisation (ILO) more than 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery. ‘Modern slavery’ is an umbrella term referring to practices such as forced labour\, debt bondage\, forced marriage\, and human trafficking. These practices place people in situations of exploitation that they cannot refuse or leave because of threats\, violence\, coercion\, deception\, and/or abuse of power. \n\n\n\nThe Australian Government has enacted laws aimed at stamping out modern slavery\, including by eliminating it from the supply chains of Australian businesses and organisations. \n\n\n\nAction\n\n\n\nIs your organisation required to submit a Modern Slavery Statement? Check out the guidance for entities that are required to submit such statements here. \n\n\n\nDid you know that the Archdiocese of Sydney has an Anti-Slavery Taskforce? It provides education\, guidance and advice to help Church entities to ensure that they are not unwittingly involved in modern slavery and to meet their legal reporting obligations. \n\n\n\nFind out more about the United Nations’ celebration of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-day-for-abolition-of-slavery-2021-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Australian,UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211202T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211202T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T225532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T225537Z
UID:3297-1638403200-1638489599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2000: 350\,000 people walk for reconciliation in Melbourne and Perth
DESCRIPTION:The Melbourne walk\, starting at Flinders Street Station and finishing at King’s Domain gardens\, drew as many as 300\,000 people. \n\n\n\nThe bridge walk and similar events across Australia were enormously important in showing that public sentiment was moving towards support for more concrete steps in the reconciliation process. Though the event was organised by Aboriginal people those taking part were from all sections of the Australian community. \n\n\n\nImportantly\, the walks were not a protest but a peaceful demonstration that reflected a shift in the public mood and a growing awareness of the importance of reconciliation and a need for a national apology. \n\n\n\nWalk for reconciliation\, National Museum Australia \n\n\n\nFor reflection\n\n\n\nDid you\, or someone you know\, participate in a walk for reconciliation? How did you / they feel that day? And how do you / they feel about action for reconciliation now? \n\n\n\nTewnty years later\, how might we take up and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2000-350000-people-walk-for-reconciliation-in-melbourne-and-perth-2021-12-02/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201027T233356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T233404Z
UID:3409-1638576000-1638662399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2000: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Final Report presented
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the year 2000\, the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation handed its final report to the national Parliament at a ceremonial event at Parliament House in Canberra. This letter contained in the full report provides an overview of the decade-long work of the Council and a way forward for the nation to achieve reconciliation. \n\n\n\nRead the full report at the Australian Legal Information Institute. 
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2000-council-for-aboriginal-reconciliation-final-report-presented-2021-12-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211210T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211210T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201209T005646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T005654Z
UID:3481-1639094400-1639180799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1992: Redfern Speech by Prime Minister Paul Keating
DESCRIPTION:“It begins\, I think with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our prejudice.” – Former Prime Minister Paul Keating\, Redfern Speech\, 1992 \n\n\n\nOn 10 December 1992\, Prime Minister Paul Keating delivered a speech to the large crowd gathered in Redfern Park for the launch of the International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It was a historic moment for Australia. In his speech\, Keating explicitly acknowledged the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It was the first time a prime minister spoke about the dispossession\, violence and prejudice perpetrated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. \n\n\n\nRead Paul Keating’s Speech Transcript via ANTAR’s website.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1992-redfern-speech-by-prime-minister-paul-keating-2021-12-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211218T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211218T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201209T011524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T011536Z
UID:3530-1639785600-1639871999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1894: South Australian Parliament\, the first in Australia to give women the right to vote
DESCRIPTION:On 18 December 1894 the South Australian Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act. \n\n\n\nThe legislation was the result of a decade-long struggle to include women in the electoral process. It not only granted women in the colony the right to vote but allowed them to stand for parliament. \n\n\n\nThis meant that South Australia was the first electorate in the world to give equal political rights to both men and women. \n\n\n\nRead more about Women’s Suffrage here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1894-south-australian-parliament-the-first-in-australia-to-give-women-the-right-to-vote-2021-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211221T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211221T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201209T011949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T011957Z
UID:3544-1640044800-1640131199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1993: Passage of Native Title Bill by the Australian Senate
DESCRIPTION:The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) is a law passed by the Australian Parliament that recognises the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in land and waters according to their traditional laws and customs. It established a process for claiming and recognising native title lands and waters in Australia. The NTA aims to balance Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ rights to land\, and sets out how native title rights and interests fit within Australian law.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1993-passage-of-native-title-bill-by-the-australian-senate-2021-12-21/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201209T012312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012319Z
UID:3547-1640217600-1640303999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1901: Enactment of Immigration Restriction Act (White Australian Policy)
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the 19th century\, Australian colonies had concerns about who was migrating to Australia. With a rise in the number of migrants from China and the Pacific\, many colonies passed tough immigration legislation. The Immigration Restriction Act was one of the first Commonwealth laws passed after Federation. It was based on the existing laws of the colonies. The aim of the law was to limit non-white (particularly Asian) immigration to Australia\, to help keep Australia ‘British’. The ‘White Australia Policy’ was not fully removed until 1972.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-enactment-of-immigration-restriction-act-white-australian-policy-2021-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20201209T012517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012529Z
UID:3552-1640217600-1640303999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1996: Wik High Court decision
DESCRIPTION:In The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors [1996] HCA 40 (‘Wik’)\, the High Court held that native title rights could coexist on land held by pastoral leaseholders. The High Court decided that: \n\n\n\n– a pastoral lease does not necessarily confer rights of exclusive possession on the pastoralist– the rights and obligations of the pastoralist depend on the terms of the lease and the law under which it was granted; – the mere grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish any remaining native title rights– if there is any inconsistency between the rights of the native title holders and the rights of the pastoralist\, the rights of the native title holders must yield.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1996-wik-high-court-decision-2021-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191125T230818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053137Z
UID:806-1640995200-1641081599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1901 Foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-foundation-of-the-commonwealth-of-australia-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191122T073017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T060218Z
UID:807-1641340800-1641427199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1994 Native Title Act
DESCRIPTION:1994: Commencement of the Native Title Act
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1994-native-title-act-2021-01-06-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191127T000910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T054103Z
UID:1285-1643155200-1643241599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Australia Day / Survival Day
DESCRIPTION:2021 Australia Day Reflection from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\n\n\n\n“We find ourselves pondering whether Australia will ever be the same after COVID-19? It might be more useful to ask whether it should be the same after the pandemic. Australia can continue to learn from the challenges of the virus and embrace the gifts of First Nation’s Culture to make it a better place for all. \n\n\n\nWhilst we should be talking about these things all year\, Australia Day is often the trigger for discussions around moving the date\, what our Country stands for or changing the National Anthem. For the record: \n\n\n\n– Yes\, we should change the date to May 27 (the day that Australia voted to grant citizenship to us Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and to remove us from under the Fauna and Flora Act in 1967)\, \n\n\n\n– Australia should stand for equality\, respect\, and compassion for all and\, \n\n\n\n– Yes\, the National Anthem should be representative of all.” \n\n\n\nRead more of NATSICC’s 2021 Australia Day Reflection here. Drawing on wisdom from the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in dialogue with Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching\, it offers four recommendations: \n\n\n\n1. After suffering together through the pandemic\, Australians should forge forwards with humble hearts and a unity of mind and armed with a renewed sense of equality and care for one another. \n\n\n\n2. Continue to empower and acknowledge the dignity and worth of individuals\, created equally in the image of God\, through the extension of assistance schemes and the provision of a living wage. \n\n\n\n3. All Australians should acknowledge\, in our actions and in legislation\, that Elders/Old People are valuable and contributing members of society and that we are responsible to care for and love them – just as they did for us. \n\n\n\n4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gifts\, skills\, and knowledge to be utilised for the betterment of First Nations Peoples and Australia as a whole. \n\n\n\n“As we enter 2021 with a sense of hope and ‘rebirth’ we ask that\, for the first time in post-colonial history\, Australians stand together to lift one another up. Stand alongside the Traditional Custodian. Stand alongside the migrant striving for a better life. Stand alongside the grandmother that has lived through so much. We are much stronger\, and much better when we are together.” 2021 Australia Day Reflection\, NATSICC.\n\n\n\nIn 2019 the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) first publicly joined calls for the date of Australia Day to be changed. They explained: \n\n\n\nThe 26th of January 1788 was not a day of celebration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nor was it for the passengers upon the first fleet – a mix of prisoners and military personnel. Perhaps it is time that we rethink the date upon which our nation comes together as one to recognise and acknowledge the gifts that God has provided in our great southern land. For the past year\, those that sit upon the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council have asked their community\, peers\, friends and fellow Catholics if they celebrate Australia Day. The resounding response was no. That answer was not followed by hatred or vitriol\, it was simply that they felt it was not meant for them nor was it mindful of the hurt experienced by Australia’s First People. For many\, the opportunity to spend the day with family and friends is appreciated and our people understand and respect the pride that some Australians have for the day\, however the foundation of unity and inclusiveness is just not there.Celebrating our nation on a day that harbors grief\, invokes painful memories and ignores the true history of our society just doesn’t make sense. Given that the day has been celebrated on various dates and under different names in the past 100 years\, what will be lost by moving the date? National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, 2019. \n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nKey points from NATSICC’s statement: \n\n\n\nA majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics feel that Australia Day is not for them.NATSICC endorses the call to change the date of Australia Day and suggests 27 May as a starting point for conversation. A ‘True History’ educational program should accompany Australia Day to educate and promote understanding of the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Every Catholic School in Australia should teach this history. The next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are carrying lots of pain and anger because of things like Australia Day. Something must change!
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/australia-day-survival-day-2021-01-24-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Invasion-Day-march-Melbourne-photo-by-Takver.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191201T225632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T021537Z
UID:1286-1643155200-1643241599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy Established in Canberra
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1972-aboriginal-tent-embassy-established-in-canberra-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191202T012048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T031500Z
UID:4144-1643932800-1644019199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1939 Cumeragunja Mission Walk-off
DESCRIPTION:In 1939 the Aboriginal people walked off Cumeragunja Mission in New South Wales in protest at living conditions and restrictions.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1939-cumeragunja-mission-walk-off-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20191202T012633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055749Z
UID:4146-1644019200-1644105599@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-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T100105
CREATED:20210112T062155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T102815Z
UID:4266-1644134400-1644166800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Word of God Sunday
DESCRIPTION:The Word of God Sunday is devoted to the celebration\, study and dissemination of the Word of God.  We will celebrate it in Australia for the first time on 6 February. So our podcast\, The Revolution of Tenderness\, will consider the Word of God in Catholic Social Teaching. With help from Scripture scholars\, we will explore passages of Scripture that are quoted in Catholic Social Teaching documents. \n\n\n\nEpisode 1 features Professor Mary Coloe.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/word-of-god-sunday-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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