AGENDA: Gathering of Nations, Canberra - Sovereignty Movement

Agenda (2) Released 28 October 2014

Saturday 1 November 2014

8.30am Registration

9.30am Welcome and smoking ceremony

10am - in Old Parliament House, Canberra

Introduction: Status of the Sovereign Union and defining the Northern Territory Intervention - Ghillar Michael Anderson and Pangarte Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

10.30am Updates on sovereignty movement - Facilitator Fred Hooper
Ghillar Michael Anderson

Ghillar Michael Anderson - Update on sovereignty movement and Euahlayi Peoples Republic Declaration of Independence
Updates of more Declarations of Independence and related matters including:
Fred Hooper - Murrawarri
Eddie Turpin - Mbarbrum
Dot Stewart - Central West Wiradjuri
Isobel Anderson - Njardon-ji
Gudju Gudju, Murrumu – Walubara Yidinji

Q & A

12.30pm Lunch

1.15pm Developing alliances and unification - Gay and Lloyd Hollingsworth

2pm – 2.30pm Ancient Law of the Dreaming, continental common law and ecclesiastical law in relation to the sovereignty movement
Conversation led by Gay Hollingsworth, Ghillar Michael Anderson and others tbc

2.30 -3pm Q & A and Resolutions

3-3.30 Afternoon tea break

3.30pm Sovereign Union structure, function and constitution –
including setting up Nation courts and the Sovereign Union Court of Justice
Presentation led by Ghillar Michael Anderson

4.30 – 5.00pm Q&A

6.30pm BBQ @ Aboriginal Embassy informal discussions around the Fire.

Sunday 2 November 2014
at Aboriginal Embassy, opp. Old Parliament House

Brains Trust on Sovereignty Pathways to Independence and self-governance

9am Residual matters from Day 1

9.30am Youth Issues – facilitator chosen by youth present

10.30am Morning tea break

10.45am Open Forum - Sustainable development and economic development
Domestic and international trade relationships

11.45am Women’s Circle and Men’s Circle open forums

12.30pm Lunch

1.15pm Establishing domestic and international relationships
Facilitator: Kerry Blackman

2.10pm Understanding differences between Treaties, compacts and
Memorandums of Understanding

3pm Afternoon tea break

3.30pm Open discussion, including Say 'No' to constitutional change campaign
Facilitator: Serene Fernando

4.10 Resolutions

5 pm Closing