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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

Australia -| Prison health report released

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 25, 2012

Prison health report released: An independent review of South Australia's prison health service has recommended significant changes to the way care is provided. The report contains 26 recommendations and was handed down to the Health Department last July, but has only just been ...

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Top stories of the last 30 days

Mineral explorers say 'costly, protracted' Aboriginal cultural heritage processes 'holding ...

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

WA is becoming less competitive for mining exploration due to Aboriginal cultural heritage compliance processes being allowed to balloon ... View article...

WA cultural heritage laws 'costly and outdated', says miners

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The cost of complying with Western Australia 's outdated Aboriginal cultural heritage laws has increased by almost 50 per cent in three years, ... View article...

Aotearoa Music Awards 2026: Marlon Williams, Lorde and Te Pāti Māori MP among winners

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 29, 2026

Marlon Williams has taken out the top honours at this year's Aotearoa Music Awards . The Lyttelton crooner is going out on a high, adding three ... View article...

Budget invests in Māori language and cultural capability

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 29, 2026

The Government is investing in te reo Māori by strengthening Māori broadcasting and supporting Māori cultural and creative capability, ... View article...

Diabetes Australia is 'All In' for Reconciliation and better health outcomes

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

Overall, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are also almost four times more likely than non Indigenous Australians to live with diabetes or ... View article...

NZD $1 Million to grow Māori and Pasifika engineers

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

More than NZD $1 million in new funding is available to support more Māori and Pasifika young people into engineering and technology careers. View article...

Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner steps down

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

During her time in the role, Andrea Kelly authored the landmark report Transforming Aged Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. View article...

Kate Ten Buuren on curating First People's Melbourne Art Trams

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. “We'd put on pop-up exhibitions , throw parties, host art-making workshops and impromptu poetry ... View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

High Court can hear cases on Aboriginal sovereignty, new findings show

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The long-held legal assumption that Australia's High Court does not have the power to hear claims of Aboriginal sovereignty is wrong, according to new ... View article...

Care Experienced Advocates Say Rangatahi Māori Can't Wait For The System To Catch Up ...

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The report found many tamariki and rangatahi Māori experience multiple reports of concern before receiving the support they need, with one quarter ... View article...

Bill threatens decades of progress on Aboriginal Land Rights

Australian Eastern Time — Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The NSW union movement is supporting a coordinated campaign by the NSW Aboriginal Land Council ( NSWALC ) against the state government's proposed ... View article...

Government investing $5 million into Māori-owned businesses

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 11, 2026

Administered by Te Puni Kōkiri , the investment has been set aside from the Māori Development Fund to support economic growth, jobs and bolster ... View article...

Prison watchdog calls for change after Aboriginal woman pepper sprayed during mental ...

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, June 12, 2026

A prison watchdog has found systemic racism likely led to an Aboriginal woman's self-harm incident at the Alexander Maconochie Centre being ... View article...

Western Australians reminded to get tested early for blood viruses

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 11, 2026

Blood-borne viruses remain an ongoing public health issue in Western Australia , with Aboriginal people experiencing disproportionately high rates of ... View article...

Former NT Minister claims child neglect is being 'hushed up' in Northern Territory ...

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 11, 2026

She said conversations around child safety, abuse and neglect in NT Aboriginal communities were often "shut down or hushed up" because it's seen by ... View article...

Removing ethnicity criterion for diabetes medicines not evidence based, expert says

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 11, 2026

... Māori and Pasifika is not evidence-based or clinically driven. ... A study has shown lives and costs have been saved with the introduction of a Special ... View article...

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