Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, OAM
NAIDOC Person of 2015
Meet the NAIDOC Person of the Year - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - 11 July 2015
Rosalie Kunoth Monks has had a major impact on the nation’s cultural, political and social life for more than half a century. ...[Rosalie] ... continued to advocate for sovereignty and people having access to their land, language and culture.She travels around the country and the world raising awareness of these issues. Rosalie has protested the Northern Territory Intervention for many years. In 2010, at the age of 73, Rosalie travelled with Reverend Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM to Geneva to attend the UN meeting of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, where her concerns about the Northern Territory Intervention were acknowledged internationally. ... "
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2015/07/08/meet-naidoc-person-year-rosalie-kunoth-monks
Video: Stirring acceptance speech from NAIDOC Person of the Year - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - 9 July 2015
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/video/481857603574/Stirring-acceptance-speech-from-NAIDOC-Person-of-t
2015 Northern Territory Australian of the Year
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM has been named 2015 Northern Territory Australian of the Year for her work as a humanitarian. ...
Passionate about law, justice, education, children and youth affairs, Rosalie cares for other children besides her own and has an enduring commitment to her country and her community. In defending her traditional way of life and her culture, Rosalie not only stands up for Indigenous people, but for all people and is respected nationwide. ...
http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/news-and-media/media-releases/article/?id=2015-nt-australian-of-the-year-award-recipients-announced
Northern Territory: Indigenous activist Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
What I hope for my grandchildren is that they take their place as equals within the safety of the existing culture of their people, which are the First Nations people, and from there access any knowledge from around the world. But that doesn't only apply to First Nations people, it also applies across the sphere with our young people ... that's where I would like to concentrate: on the children, as well as the elderly and also to try and assist in the elimination of poverty which should not exist in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-24/australian-of-the-year-nominees-australia-day-2015/6042836
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks inspires with her Q&A speech: ‘I am not the problem’ - 10 June 2014
ACTOR and Aboriginal elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks has launched a deeply moving defence of her traditional way of life stating “I am not the problem”. ...
http://www.news.com.au/national/rosalie-kunothmonks-inspires-with-her-qa-speech-i-am-not-the-problem/story-fncynjr2-1226949124486
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL ELECTION 2013
CANDIDATE FOR THE NT SENATE
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, OAM
A.F.N.P.P.
Interview by Jeff McMullen with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks on 22.08.2013
A.F.N.P.P. - Australia's First Nations Political Party
Uniting in Our New Tribal Voice together ~ Candidate Profile : Rosalie Kunoth – Monks OAM
please click here
Media Release - July 2013: please click here or http://nationalunitygovernment.org/node/641
Flyer: please click here
Posters: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: please click here and with Ken Lechleitner please click here
Policy positions
1. Roll back the effects of the intervention
2. Treaties
3. Caring for Country
4. Cultural diversity
5. Economic development
For more details: please click here or here
or here: http://misseaglesnetwork.blogspot.com.au/
Audio
Interview with Paul Wiles of CAAMA Online Radio News
The Wire - Jeff McMullen backs First Nations candidate for the Senate - 28 August 2013
Treaties and the future of the Stronger Futures legislation are issues that many Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory are hoping the major parties will consider during this election period. Aboriginal Elder from Utopia, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who has campaigned fiercely against Stronger Futures and the Intervention, has decided to take matters into her own hands and is bidding for a seat in the Senate....
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10750
Direct link to the audio: please click here
Tiga Bayles Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane - Let's Talk - Rosie Kunoth-Monks - 12 August 2013:
First Rosalie Kunoth-Monks speaks about Jedda
27 mins into the programme: She talks about the NT Intervention
34 mins into the programme: She talks about her standing for the NT Senate
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/rosie-kunoth-monks/
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/ (scroll down)
CAAMA - Arrende-Alyawarra Elder speaks out against intervention
Auntie Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
http://caama.com.au/tag/intervention
Part 1: http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Aunty-Rosalie-Kunoth-Monks-Part-1.mp3
Part 2: http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Aunty-Rosalie-Kunoth-Monks-Part-2.mp3
Video
NITV - Awaken - 2013 Election Special S2013 Ep32 - 23 August 2013
http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/41708611703/Awaken-2013-Election-Special
Youtube - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks makes NT Senate bid - 13 August 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_2eWnGVL8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUok6vzbCw_HcH63X1b3ACvg
CAAMA - Rosalie Kunoth Monks from Australia’s First Nations Political Party runs for a seat in the Senate – 7 August 2013
[In language and English]
http://caama.com.au/rosalie-kunoth-monks-from-australias-first-nations-political-party-runs-for-a-seat-in-the-senate
"A Decision to Discriminate" book launch - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - Adelaide - 9 December 2012
http://vimeo.com/55690589
The Struggle Against the NT Intervention - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - Sydney - 6 December 2012
Tennant & District Times - Election could yield surprise for the Barkly - 6 September 2013
http://www.tennantcreektimes.com.au/story/1758200/election-could-yield-surprise-for-the-barkly/?cs=1261
Jeff McMullen - The Return of Jedda – 7 August 2013
Please click here or
http://tracker.org.au/2013/08/the-return-of-jedda/
NIT - Kunoth-Monks to stand for First Nations Party in Federal election – 31 July 2013
The highly respected Northern Territory Elder, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks has announced she will make a run for parliament in the upcoming Federal election to give First Nations peoples a voice with a key policy pushing for Traditional law to have equal standing and partnership with Australian law.
Utopia Elder, Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, a former President of Barkly Shire, has been preselected by...
http://www.nit.com.au/news/3107-kunoth-monks-to-stand-for-first-nations-party-in-federal-election.html
The Stringer - Australia’s First Nations Political Party - 29 July 2013
The Northern Territory founded political party that swept the Territory’s Country Liberal party into power, now has its sights set on the upcoming Federal Election. The Australia First Nations Party (AFNP) recently endorsed NT Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, who rose to fame as the lead character in the 1950s film ‘Jedda’.
An Alywarr and Amnatyerr Elder from Utopia homelands, Ms Kunoth-Monks has been a keen defender of the rights of Aboriginal Territorians, following the introduction of the Intervention, now Stronger Futures legislation. ...
http://thestringer.com.au/australias-first-nations-political-party/#.UgzwgX8n31s
Upcoming Events
Friday, 30 August 2013 - 5:30pm - 7pm - Groove Café, 4/35 Progress Drive Nightcliff
A.F.N.P.P.
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NATIONS POLITICAL PARTY
Meet the candidates
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and Jeanie Gadambua A.F.N.P.P. candidates for the Senate
Eileen Cummings A.F.N.P.P. candidate for Solomon
Further info: please click here
Past Events
Friday, 30 August 2013 - 5:30pm - 7pm - Groove Café, 4/35 Progress Drive Nightcliff
A.F.N.P.P.
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NATIONS POLITICAL PARTY
Meet the candidates
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks and
Further info:
Tuesday, 20 August 2013: South Bank, Qld - State Library of Queensland
Jedda: A celebration of Charles Chauvel
"Come along to a free screening of Charles Chauvel’s most infuential film, Jedda, to honour the Australian icon’s recent induction into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Jedda (1955), filmed in central Australia, tells the story of Aboriginal teenage girl Jedda who is raised by a white squatter family and desperately wants to learn about her Aboriginal culture."
Details: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/calevents/general/films/jedda-a-celebration- of-charles-chauvel
and http://www.theblackbook.com.au/whatson_detail.asp?id=1117&si=0&mi=8&yi=2013
Friday, 23 August 2013: Alice Springs, NT, Olive Pink Botanical Gardens - 6pm
A.F.N.P.P. - Australia’s First Nations Political Party invites you to a screening of the Australian classic ‘Jedda’ and the opportunity to meet the actor behind this iconic character. ...
Speeches by Maurie Ryan and Jeff McMullen
For the poster: please click here
Saturday, 24 August 2013: Goodwood, Adelaide, SA, Capri Theatre, 141 Goodwood Road, Goodwood starting 5.30pm
Fundraiser for Australia's First Nations Political Party candidate
"Australia's First Nations Political Party (AFNPP) NT Senate candidate Rosalie Kunoth Monks"
"Now she says she has had enough, which is why she is making this bid for the NT Senate on a platform of Treaties and the rolling back of the Intervention. These issues are relevant to all Australians."
Jeff McMullen (reporter, author, speaker; formerly of 60 Minutes) will talk about why he supports Rosalie’s campaign and introduce Rosalie’s Journey …
Following the screening, we will have the great pleasure of skyping Rosalie herself into the theatre for a Q and A session.
For the poster: please click here
Further details: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/14/fundraiser-in-adelaide-for-australias-first-nations-political-party-candidate
Thursday, 29 August 2013 - 12:30pm - Northern Territory Library, Parliament House, Darwin
In Conversation
with Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Alyawarr elder from Utopia community, Central Australia
Actor to Activist
with special guest Jeff McMullen, CEO, Ian Thorpe Foundation for Youth
People-Policy-Place Seminar Series 2013 presented by The Northern Institute, CDU in partnership with the Northern Territory Library...
This event will be live-streamed by the Northern Territory Library via their website www.ntl.nt.gov.au
Further info: please click here or here
Background Information
Australian Biography – Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - Actor and Aboriginal Activist, Born 1937, Utopia NT
http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/kunothmonks/
First Nations Political Party
https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Nations-Political-Party/139571509396551
Tiga Bayles Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane - Let's Talk - Jeff McMullen - 19 August 2013:
Jeff McMullen, Honorary CEO of the Ian Thorpe’s Foundation For Youth and renowned Journalist.
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/jeff-mcmullen-12/
WGAR News: Australia's First Nations Political Party proudly announces pre-selection of candidates – 12 August 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/11/wgar-news-australias-first-nations-political-party-proudly-announces-pre-selection-of-can
The Wire: Election 2013: Australia's First Nations Political Party - 9 August 2013
This election is shaping up to be a significant event with more Aboriginal and Torres Strait candidates then ever before. Even more significant is the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait political party is listed on the Ballot. While both the major parties are doing their best to show their commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples issues in their election promises. Perhaps it's Australia's First Nation's People who can best speak for themselves. ...
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10677
CAAMA - Australia’s first Aborignal political party First Nations Political Party launches policies…
http://caama.com.au/australias-first-aborignal-political-party-first-nations-political-party-launches-policies
CAAMA - First Nations Political Party announces candidates…
Maurie Japarta Ryan shares First Nations Political Party’s policies…
Australia’s first Aborignal political party First Nations Political Party launches policies… - 2012
http://caama.com.au/tag/first-nations-political-party
Arena - NT Intervention Forum – Rosalie Kunoth-Monks - June 2012
http://arena.org.au/nt-intervention-forum-rosalie-kunoth-monks/
CAAMA - Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Speaks out against the INTERVENTION!
Highly respected Aboriginal Elder Rosalie Kunoth Monks Speaks to News Director Paul Wiles on CAAMA Strong Voices..
http://caama.com.au/radio/programs/page/13
http://caama.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/304-rosalie-on-zissler.mp3
WGAR Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-nt-intervention
WGAR Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws:
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-stronger-futures-new-nt-intervention-laws