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Deep workplace discrimination in Australia : Nearly a million Australians feel their boss has discriminated against them over recent years.

Australians don't know how lucky they are : Yesterday's move to oust Australia's Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, represents the third attempt by Kevin Rudd (and/or his supporters) to return him to the leadership – a man Gillard beat for the prime ministership in 2010. In the past 10 years ... The Guardian

Australians elect 1st Aboriginal provincial leader in historic step : CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, in a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the nation's impoverished indigenous population. Adam Giles was sworn in Thursday as ... CTV News

A quarter of all Australian children under 12 are using childcare services ... MORE Australian families than ever are using childcare services, with nearly one million children in approved centres nationwide, a federal government report has found. The latest Child Care Update, released today, showed more than 700,000 families ...

Services for Queensland's homeless population have be warned a government ... "The Federal Government is offering to increase the level of funding to the Queensland Government for homelessness services, but instead of accepting that new funding, they've chosen to use homeless Australians as a political football," Mr Butler said.

Homeless services wait on funding : More than 80,000 people are at risk while the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness remains uncertain, according to new research by Mission Australia . Current funding for the $1.1 billion national partnership expires in June and a new ...

Australia's oldest firefighter still fighting fit At 73, the Elanora Heights resident is Australia's oldest full-time firefighter. The commander of Mosman fire station, Mr King is a Seniors Week ambassador and a role model for older people who want to remain active, healthy and contribute to society.

Seniors to campaign against NDIS cut-off Seniors chief executive Michael O'Neill said an arbitrary figure plucked "out of thin air" will be used to exclude older Australians with severe disabilities from the NDIS, says the consumer lobby for the over-50s. The Labor government will today ...

Older fathers more likely to have autistic grandkids: study : Men who have kids at older ages are more likely to have grandchildren with autism, new research has warned. The study led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Queensland Brain Institute in ... Moneycontrol.com

Suicide risk for dementia carers : A new study shows carers of people with dementia think about committing suicide eight times more than the rest of the population. About 300-thousand Australians have dementia, although most of them don't live in nursing homes but are cared for by ... Sky News Australia

Hunger strikes & suicide attempts at Nauru detention centre : Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard says potential refugees aren't doing themselves any favours by attempting self-harm while they're in the Nauru Detention Centre. At least nine people are on hunger strike, and several others have attempted ... Press TV

Suicide the biggest killer among under 25s : Suicide is the most common cause of death for Australians under 25, killing more than car accidents or skin cancer, and a leading researcher says the deaths are preventable. Suicide is the 15th biggest killer of all Australians and the top cause of ...

BLOG: The understated reality of suicide : Suicide is a major health concern, ranking 15th overall as the cause of death in Australia . Suicide is the leading cause of death for 15–24 year olds. Six people take their lives every day in Australia which is higher than the national road toll and ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Education Bill puts 'NZ's poorest children at risk' : Child Poverty Action Group argues that the Education Amendment Bill (no. 4) puts some of New Zealand's poorest children at risk. CPAG welcomes ongoing, thoughtful education reform that supports better educational outcomes for New Zealand children, ...

Out of touch govt condemns low paid workers to poverty - SFWU While the Prime Minister pocketed an extra $150 a week in December's pay rise, New Zealand's lowest paid workers will get a miserable $10 increase if they are lucky enough to get a full week's work. Service and Food Workers Union National Secretary ...

New Zealand government under fire over minimum wage rise Wellington, Feb 26 — The New Zealand government raised the country's minimum wage Tuesday by just 25 NZ cents per hour, a sum critics said was condemning low wage earners to poverty . The minimum wage would rise from 13.50 NZ dollars ($11.26) to ...

Squaring the vicious circle of violence in Papua : Violence returned to Papua as 12 people were shot dead on Feb. 21, eight of them soldiers. The government claims to suspect the Free Papua Movement (OPM) was behind the attacks. The shooting shocked us because so many lives were taken, but also ...