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Australia -| Call to teach Aussie seniors more about cyber security

Call to teach Aussie seniors more about cyber security : Representatives from Seniors Australia will tell a parliamentary committee investigating cyber security for the elderly what needs to be done to encourage older Australians to get online. Seniors Australia represents more than a quarter of a million ...

Australia -| Medicines key to seniors staying well | Australian Healthcare ...

Medicines key to seniors staying well | Australian Healthcare ... A new report released by National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre has found that prescription medicines are currently used by 81% of Australians over the ...

Australia -| One in eight live in poverty, while Labor gives billions to Africa ...

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One in eight live in poverty, while Labor gives billions to Africa ... : "One in eight Australians are living below the poverty line, but instead of doing something about it the federal Labor government is giving billions in aid to blacks ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Australia -| Gritty new drama tackles hard issues

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Gritty new drama tackles hard issues : Jealousy, mental illness , benefit fraud, family dysfunction, juvenile crime; these are just some of the gritty urban issues explored in Redfern Now, the first drama series written, directed and produced by indigenous Australians . The issues and the ... The West Australian

Australia -| NDIS help available for mental illness sufferers | The Australian

NDIS help available for mental illness sufferers | The Australian PEOPLE with a mental illness or episodic disability who are unable to properly manage their relationships, home and work lives will get access to support ...

Australia -| Search for Indigenous place name meanings

Search for Indigenous place name meanings : He's embarking on a three-year project to develop a multi-media resource incorporating the meanings of Aboriginal place names in south-western Australia , hundreds of which come from the local Nyungar language. Professor Collard says records held by the ...

Australia -| 'Tackle migrants' on genital mutilation

'Tackle migrants' on genital mutilation Western Australia's first indigenous female magistrate was angry at the latest coverage of court cases concerning female genital mutilation because the practice had been going on in Australia when she was a children's court magistrate. Digital Pass $1 ...

Australia -| Closing the gap on Indigenous employment? Not quite

Closing the gap on Indigenous employment? Not quite : It almost goes without saying, but stable, well-paid employment remains one of the key ways to protect people from poverty and exclusion. And that's never truer than for our Indigenous population. Aside from having the higher income and resources that ...

Australia -| Gay marriage advocates hail NSW election | The Australian

Gay marriage advocates hail NSW election | The Australian EQUALITY activists have welcomed the election to the NSW parliament of Alex Greenwich, who is believed to be Australia's first MP in a same-sex marriage.

Australia -| French women kiss at anti-gay rally; Sicily's gay governor

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French women kiss at anti-gay rally; Sicily's gay governor : In Australia , New South Wales authorities have reopened the investigation into a gay man's death to see if it's linked to the suspicious deaths of three other men that occured around the same time, according to Gay Star News. U.S.-born mathematician ... Windy City Times

Australia -| I'm a nerd and I behave differently: Thorpe on why people think he's gay

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I'm a nerd and I behave differently: Thorpe on why people think he's gay : The five-times Olympic champion said speculation that he was gay had perhaps arisen because he did not fit into the stereotypical idea of how a successful Australian athlete should behave. “I behave differently, I guess, I like different things,” he ... Firstpost

Australia -| Right-wing newspaper greets gay candidate's election victory with slurs

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Right-wing newspaper greets gay candidate's election victory with slurs Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper greeted the landslide victory of marriage equality campaigner Alex Greenwich with a story that 'leaked' his 'party past'. The article attempted to disparage Greenwich, who has worked with utmost professionalism as ...

Australia -| HIV Prevention: Where to Now?

HIV Prevention: Where to Now? : “Get with the program”. That's the message being delivered to state and federal governments by a man regarded by many as one of this country's and the world's foremost HIV experts. In late September, Bill Whittaker was bestowed with the inaugural ...

Oceania -| Perpetrators behind attacks in Papua, Sulawesi hunted down

Perpetrators behind attacks in Papua, Sulawesi hunted down : The Papua Police and Jayapura City Police confiscated 150 live bullets and arrested two people believed to be the owners of ammunition in Jayapura on Tuesday. The ammunition was seized at boarding house in Abepura at around 6:30 a.m. Police brought ...

Oceania -| Protocol and Papua Set to Cloud SBY's London Visit

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Protocol and Papua Set to Cloud SBY's London Visit : Protocol and Papua Set to Cloud SBY's London Visit Arientha Primanita &Markus Junianto Sihaloho | October 31, 2012. The flags of Indonesia and the United Kingdom fly in London ahead of a state visit by the Indonesian president. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal) ... Jakarta Globe

Oceania -| PNG says royal visit 'on track' despite protest threats

PNG says royal visit 'on track' despite protest threats SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill vowed on Wednesday to do "all that is necessary" to stop disgruntled landowners disrupting a visit by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla. The royal couple are due to arrive in the impoverished ...

New Zealand -| Rising Urban Poverty & Inequality Hindering Climate Response ...

Rising Urban Poverty & Inequality Hindering Climate Response ... :  Rising Urban Poverty and Inequality Hindering Asian Cities Ability to Tackle Climate Change 29 October 2012, Bangkok -- Asia's cities are ...

New Zealand -| Best-ever finish for PBEC

Best-ever finish for PBEC : ... Open this month. He was five under the card in one of his wins and his victims included Srixon New Zealand development squad member Tyler Hodge. ... Gisborne golfers will remember him for his 2011 Poverty Bay Open-winning exploits. Skudder's single ...

South China Sea -| 2012 Asia Pacific Golf Summit scheduled for Sultanate of Brunei

2012 Asia Pacific Golf Summit scheduled for Sultanate of Brunei : What better venue for a major international golf conference than one of the wealthiest nations on the planet. The Royal Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam is an excellent launch pad to help set a new course for the golf industry in what is generally ...