Alarm bells at Maori consent rules
Alarm bells at Maori consent rules - Alarm is growing about proposed rules in the Auckland Unitary Plan for cultural impact assessments. Labour Maori Affairs spokesperson Shane Jones ...
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Patients to plan 'death with dignity'
Patients to plan 'death with dignity' - A controversial national health programme criticised as "euthanasia in disguise" is being embraced by New Zealand health boards. And for people ...
Have we closed the gap?
Have we closed the gap? - The report noted the six Closing the Gap targets which relate to: life expectancy, child mortality, education and employment of Australia's Aboriginal ...
First, let's teach our children how to read and count
First, let's teach our children how to read and count - It would be a missed opportunity for Australia's kids if the important-sounding fights over political bias and culture obscured the urgent need for careful ...
Australian government upgrades warning for travellers to Bangkok
Australian government upgrades warning for travellers to Bangkok - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged Thai authorities, anti-government protesters and parents to keep children out of the protest ...
Mardi Gras: Penny Wong joins the parade
Mardi Gras: Penny Wong joins the parade - Penny Wong has plenty of firsts to her name as Australia's first openly gay cabinet minister and the first to be of Asian descent. But she has never ...
Australia warns that Uganda is failing international obligations over treatment of LGBTIs
Australia warns that Uganda is failing international obligations over treatment of LGBTIs - Australia has voiced its concern over the treatment of LGBTI people in ... Senator Milne also asked Brandis if gay Ugandans who sought asylum in ...
Revelation on the Cornish Moors
Revelation on the Cornish Moors - ALTHOUGH Australia has been inhabited for about 40,000 years, traditional Aboriginal communities barely altered the landscape nor did they erect ...
The lure of the centre
The lure of the centre - Millennia ago, central Australia was home to a vast inland sea. ... Judith Ryan, who heads the National Gallery of Victoria's indigenous art department, ...
Indigenous mentor system pours $38m into economy
Indigenous mentor system pours $38m into economy - The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience program is now so big and ... As a “proud indigenous Australian”, Mr Belsito said he had felt ...