Fed-up Indigenous Australians won't back country that won't recognise them.

When the United Nations votes next week on who should occupy two temporary seats on the Security Council, one group of Australians will be cheering for rivals Finland and Luxembourg.

The Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples believes Australia has no right to a seat, and has written to every accredited ambassador urging rejection of Canberra's bid.

The union, which advocates recognition of indigenous sovereign rights and the negotiation of a formal treaty, is at the sharp end of Aboriginal anger and impatience with successive governments. - New Zealand Herald Article

 Australia's UN Security Council bid holds out promise of a big let-down The Age

 Australia doesn't deserve a seat on United Nations - National Indigenous Times

 Outline of Australia's case for UN Security Council bid

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Michael Anderson, National Coordinator for 'Sovereign Union' writes in a media release: "It is not surprising that PM Julia Gillard holds up the charity card, because they have no other credible standing political, or otherwise, to win votes through respect for their legitimate contributions to world affairs."

"Australia's two trump cards which are laboriously held up and promoted are its continued participation in war zones and its so-called charity through foreign aid to third world countries," he writes.

At the request of the NAC sub-committee on the Treaty-Makarrata, Ghillar Michael Anderson convened a committee of experts in the field of Political Science, Law and Economy who worked with the NAC Treaty-Makarrata Sub-committee on the development of an 'Ambit Claim' that was to form the basis from which negotiations would commence. Ghillar resigned from this position when the National Chairman advised the Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs that the NAC would no longer be pursuing the Treaty-Makarrata.

What if it could be proved that First Nations people never lost sovereignty over Australia?

If our governments had to negotiate to salvage their legitimacy, could they come to terms with this shift in the balance of power and forge a new understanding between black and white Australia?

These questions will be explored by a First Nations sovereignty campaigner, Michael Anderson (Nyoongar Ghurradjong Murri Ghillar) in an address to the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney on 29 September 2012 at the Sydney Opera House.

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Michael Anderson

Deferment of constitutional change means politicians of all stripes and their "negative Aboriginal collaborators" must now face the truth and back calls for negotiating a treaty, writes sovereignty campaigner and 'Sovereign Union' spokesperson, Michael Ghillar Anderson.

He sees an opportunity "to focus on the real issues and not band-aid programs and objectives that serve to soothe rather than deal with the hard matters that Australia has to face up to".

Mr Anderson criticises Professor Patrick Dodson and other Aboriginal advisers to the government as "gutless". "This is why they are sought after by both sides of politics."

"It is sad that Professor Dodson and his conservative colleagues choose to give advice on what 'all' Aboriginals want as a future. They know full well that they do not have the authority to make such outrageous claims." It is well-known that Professor Dodson has always campaigned against any suggestions of continuing Aboriginal sovereignty, Mr. Anderson observes.

"What is disturbing in all discussion about altering the constitution is not just meaningless recognition, but the fact that the politicians seek to keep within it a clause that permits any political party in government to maintain the constitutional and legal right to make laws permitting discrimination based on race. Moreover, section 25 of the existing constitution also allows for any race to be banned from voting in a general election for government," he says.

Left to right: Michael Ghillar Anderson, George Gaymarani Pascoe, Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra

Having completed discussions with Dr Djiniyini Gondarra and George Gaymarani Pascoe in the Northern Territory, Michael Anderson said they all agreed that a Sovereign Union of nations is inevitable, but it needs to grow from the grassroots and its success can only be achieved if the First Nations people want it.

"The Sovereign Union is about building a protective shelter while our people go through the hard long process of organising from the community level up," Michael said.

George Gaymarani Pascoe, from Milingimbi, NT, emphasises the role of education in the sovereignty movement.

Dr Djiniyini Gondarra, Spokesperson for Yolgnu Nations Assembly, describes the role of the assembly in the sovereignty movement.

 Yolngu Nations 2nd Assembly - Statement, Maningrida NT October 2012 pdf

The Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy celebrates the dropping of all charges against those arrested in Musgrave Park on May 16 attempting to stop Brisbane City Council desecrating the sacred fire.

'This isn't over and we are looking at all avenues to get justice for this unwarranted attack on our culture and on a sacred place'. Under the Cultural Heritage Act it is crime to interfere with or damage a registered cultural heritage site ... '

Police moved in to break up a blockade camp of Traditional Owners and supporters, handing out 10 move on notices and arresting Traditional owner Janet Cox (pictured), who lay down in the middle of the road to stop Woodside's drilling equipment from passing into the work area.

A convoy of Woodside vehicles with drilling equipment was escorted by police into the compound on Saturday morning to begin extraction of 35 million litres of water from the Broome Aquifer for testing. Goolarabooloo traditional owners and supporters have been camping inside Woodside's compound, blocking the equipment from leaving the lay down area.

The survival of our Mother Earth and our very right to exist is what we have to defend.

The Sovereign Union is an organisation that does not accept the right of the existing pseudo-government of Australia to rule over the rights of our Peoples.

There are a number of International Court of Justice decisions that clearly state that Sovereignty remains with the People.

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Delegates representing more than 30 nations attended the Sovereign Union gathering in Moree during the weekend (28-29th July 2012). Apart from focussing on important Sovereigty matters they all agreed that Aboriginal affairs is at its all-time low.

Issues such as incarceration rates, growing domestic violence matters, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, crime, child removals and school curriculums, poor housing and low incomes.

These serious issues are further compounded by the forced government programming of 'closing the gap', which is in effect measuring their assimilation objectives, that is, how far they are removing us from our culture and how successfully we have been absorbed into the white one through their reconciliation program.

The Sovereign Union now calls upon our people around this country to stop doing deals and signing away your sovereign rights.