Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Sounds of Australia  - Wonders that the Anangu – the indigenous people living in Australia's western central desert – have witnessed for tens of thousands of years, but perhaps not to  ...

Prospects still bleak for indigenous youth  - The gap between well-off school leavers and their disadvantaged peers has grown, with four in 10 from a low-socio-economic background not fully involved in  ...

Aboriginal organisations to lead the way  -  ABORIGINAL organisations in the Northern Territory want non- indigenous NGOs to step back and let them lead delivery of services to Aboriginal communities.

Aboriginal job agency to target senior roles for indigenous workers  - "In Australia , the focus over the years within Aboriginal employment and training has been on unemployed Aboriginal people, with a strong focus towards  ...

Sliding attendance contributing to low numeracy, literacy rates: COAG  - The report says the NT, South Australia and Western Australia continue to have Indigenous attendance rates more than 10 per cent below non- Indigenous rates  ...

Farrer slams above average funding cut to WA schools with more ...  - Budget cuts are all the normative with governments but in Western Australia's tough cuts on education, it is Aboriginal students and the State's most  ...

Reflections of australia's indigenous culture  - The Australian Embassy Bangkok and Chulalongkorn's Art Center presents ''Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia '', which showcases a  ...

Anti- Gay Rant Earns Aussie Newscastle Knights Footballer Ryan ...  - It was in response to the approval last week by the legislature of the Australian Capital Territory of the same-sex marriage law. Stig wrote, "Satan has worked so  ...

Let the people decide on gay 'marriage'  - Nine ACT politicians voted last week to legalise homosexual marriage on behalf of all Australians . The nine were a predictable Labor-Green alliance and were  ...

Let the people decide on gay 'marriage'  - Nine ACT politicians voted last week to legalise homosexual marriage on behalf of all Australians . The nine were a predictable Labor-Green alliance and were  ...

Australia parliament passes marriage; Intersex Awareness Day  - An Australian health organization is backing Intersex Awareness Day, according to Gay Star News. The National LGBTI Health Alliance—a coalition of  ...

SARS-Like Virus Found  - It has killed more than 750 people and has a mortality rate of 9%. Lately, it has been unveiled that a novel virus from the SARS family has been discovered.

Cannabis use may have led to balloon pilot's deadly errors in NZ crash  - THE pilot of a hot air balloon which crashed killing 11 people in New Zealand had likely smoked cannabis before the flight and had made deadly errors of  ...

Employment agencies optimistic about job outlook in Papua New ...  - PORT MORESBY, PNG --- Recruitment agencies servicing Papua New ... 'We've just screened about 1,500 people for 437 jobs on Manus Island,' he says.

Mental Health Act structurally sound but concerns about rising use of ...   - “The number of patients under compulsory treatment seems to have increased significantly in the past five years, and Māori over-representation is an ongoing  ...

Govt announces 10-year youth crime plan  - Mr Borrows says young Maori are still over-represented in the justice system and efforts to address this must be redoubled. The plan identifies three overarching  ...

Spectrum auction fails to fix market imbalance  - The third mobile phone network operator, which uses spectrum leased from minority shareholder Te Huarahi Tika Maori spectrum trust for its existing data  ...

Police applaud campaign to reduce Maori victims  - Police in Bay of Plenty are putting its full support behind a Crimestoppers campaign aimed at reducing the number of Maori victims of crime in the District.

Rihanna gets new henna-inspired tattoo   The 25-year-old star got the Indian-inspired inking incorporated into the Maori tattoo which is etched on her right hand during an 11-hour session on Sunday  ...

Ben Kingsley on “Ender's Game” tattoos: “I was conscious of their ...  - Rackham is a genius military strategist in the battle against alien forces, and half- Maori ; Kingsley dons extensive facial tattoos for the part. He explained the  ...