In fact, it is the state, Territory and federal governments of Australia who should now be seeking legal advice on the true nature of the Aboriginal sovereignty claim as it will not be going away. Our assertion of sovereignty over this continent is real and legally just. It is in English Law, and the English and the Australians have no choice but to deal with it in a mature and just manner.

We expect that the Australian governments will now depend very heavily upon their police to terrorize our sovereignty movement, rather than speak to us as one would expect diplomacy would dictate. But the use of force will clearly demonstrate that each of the governments, from the Federal level down to the municipal councils, will demonstrate to the Australian public that they find themselves under siege. Consequently, they will choose to use superior force.

We are in the process of alerting Secretary-General of the United Nations to our sovereignty movement and are calling upon him to invoke UN General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV)(A 8082) 24 October 1970, called:
The Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning friendly relations and co-operation among States in accordance with the charter of the United Nations.

• In this resolution is the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples
• Brisbane Times Report May 16 2012
• Reconciliation Lost in Musgrave Park
• Musgrave Park History
• Andy Paine’s Reflection on Sovereignty
• Images of Sovereignty

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• International Workers Day 
• World Asthma Day

3 World Press Freedom Day

5 International Midwives Day

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• National Mind Week
• National Mothering Week
• Heart Week

7-12 International Composting Awareness Week

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• Mothers Day
• World Red Cross Day

9-15 Social Sector Financial Literacy Day

10 World Lupus Day

12 International Nurses Day

13-19 Food Allergy Awareness Week

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• National Volunteer Week
•  Schizophrenia Awareness Week

15 International Day of Families

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• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
• International Day Against Homophobia
• Walk for Justice

20 National Palliative Care Week

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

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• Spinal Health Week
• Making Music Being Well Week

22 International Day for Biological Diversity

25 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

26 National Sorry Day

27-3 June Reconciliation Week

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• White Wreath Day
• International Day of UN Peacekeepers

30 World MS Day

31 World No-Tobacco Day

6 Good Friday

7 World Health Day

11 World Parkinson’s Day

13-22 National Youth Week

17 World Haemophilia Day

18 World Heritage Day

22 Earth Day

23 World Book and Copyright Day

25 World Malaria Day

27 International Guide Dog Day

28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work

4 World  Cancer Day

6 Waitangi Day Aotearoa New Zealand

12 Indigenous Freedom Ride Anniversary 1965

13 Stolen Generations Apology 2008

14 Act for Kids

20 World Day of Social Justice

21  International Mother Language Day

24 National Sunnies for Sight Day

The Church struggles to get a full house on this day  although there is a bonus when it falls on a Sunday as has happened this year. In good old Catholic Tradition this day was known as the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord. Yes, it is the only Catholic feast for a medical procedure. As with all great Biblical accounts there is a picture gallery available on Google.

Circumcision gets some pretty good press in the Scriptures as a popular practice and metaphor. By the time you have worked through the Hebrew Scriptures and made your way to some of Paul’s letters you get to the most cutting of his statements:  “Beware of the cutters,”  (Ph.3:2).  So, there you have it, time to stop infant circumcision!! If Paul was around today he would probably join one of the Facebook pages against infant circumcision.

Thanks to this feast we also have a great new word for scrabble: prepuce.  The Holy Prepuce or the story of the foreskin relics is another contribution of Catholicism to the religious entertainment industry. It seems that we can also learn a bit from Michelangelo about this practice.

The United Nations Theme for 2012: The International Year of Cooperatives 

In Australia we will celebrate The National Year of Reading

And to sing in this New Year I suggest we can do nothing better than join the chorus of We Are the Many

Christmas Day

Second Day of Christmas:The Essential Nativity Extra

Third Day of Christmas A Holy Day for Queers

Fourth Day of Christmas : The Holy Innocents

Fifth Day of Christmas: Swords and Brooms

Sixth Day of Christmas Putting the Stamp on Christmas

New Title from Timor Leste

The children of Delecu in Timor Leste  have  written and illustrated a lovely book.  The story of the book is itself an amazing tale  of cross cultural experience. When Katrina Powell read  ”From Little things Big Things Grow” to her class in Delecu she had no idea it would unleash a new partnership of language and community as her students took the text and story and made it their own.

The Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly iconic song  From Little Things Big Things Grow is now an inspiration for the dreams of a new generation of kids in Timor Leste.

Edita de Jesus one of the young students and teacher Katrina Powell spoke about the inspiration of the Gurindji people, having chalk for school and going shopping in Brisbane, during their book launch tour here in Australia.

You can purchase this book online.  Funds raised from sales  will assist the Edmund Rice Primary School and distribution in East Timor.

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World AIDS Day

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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

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International Day of Disabled Persons

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International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

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International Civil Aviation Day

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International Anti-Corruption Day

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Human Rights Day

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International Mountain Day

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International Migrants Day

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United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

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International Human Solidarity Day

14 World Diabetes Day

16 International Day of Tolerance

19 International Men’s Day

20 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Universal Children’s Day, /  Africa Industrialization Day

21 World Television Day

25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women / White Ribbon Day

29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People