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Social impact investment market to get a boost in 2016

Social impact investment market to get a boost in 2016  - South Australia's health minister, Jack Snelling, has announced that state will also launch its first social benefit bond in 2016. SVA are acting as the ...

Perth crime continues to rise, as domestic violence, thefts spike

Perth crime continues to rise, as domestic violence , thefts spike  - What was dubbed Perth's winter crime surge continues unabated, with the latest crime statistics showing big hikes in offences against people and ...

Meteorite older than earth found in outback Australia

Meteorite older than earth found in outback Australia  - An ancient meteorite estimated to be 4.5 billion years old – older than earth – has been discovered in outback Australia after scientists tracked it to a ...

Smartphone app to help refugees navigate Australian life

Smartphone app to help refugees navigate Australian life  - Tadgh McMahon, the research and policy manager at SSI, said the main aim of New Roots was to rebuild the mental health and wellbeing of refugees ...

Father who drove off wharf with his children battled mental illness, family reveals

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Father who drove off wharf with his children battled mental illness, family reveals  - Father who drove off wharf with his children battled mental illness, family ... Damien Little drove off a wharf in Australia killing himself and his sons.

Dream of owning home now reality

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Dream of owning home now reality  - Edward Clarke and Sophie Henry, with their kids Edward and Nalani, moved into their first home thanks to a loan from Indigenous Business Australia .

The fun and affordable way to see Australia and the world

The fun and affordable way to see Australia and the world  - AAT Kings has been the doyen of coach holidays in Australia and New ... The driver guide will help you see the land through ancient Indigenous eyes ...

High lead levels danger to indigenous shooters

High lead levels danger to indigenous shooters  - The use of lead shotgun pellets is illegal for all waterfowl hunters in Australia except in the Territory, where it can be used only by indigenous hunters ...

Neville Bonner made himself an equal among Australia's white politicians

Neville Bonner made himself an equal among Australia's white politicians  - It would be untrue to say the moderate Aboriginal activist Neville Bonner ... took the opportunities the Australian federal political system afforded him.

Indigenous suicide: Prevention efforts need to be more upriver; strengthening capacity and ...

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Indigenous suicide: Prevention efforts need to be more upriver; strengthening capacity and ...  - I am gay , and I am an Indigenous Australian . I am a gay Indigenous male in his 40's living with depression and anxiety. However, just for the record I ...

Miley Cyrus No Shows At Los Angeles Gay Rights Concert — Because She's Still In Australia With ...

Miley Cyrus No Shows At Los Angeles Gay Rights Concert — Because She's Still In Australia With ...  - Miley Cyrus is one of the loudest A-List supporters of LGBT rights, but even she had to pass on a recent gay -friendly concert in order to rekindle her old ...

Chris Gayle and the moral sanctimony you could eat with a fork

Chris Gayle and the moral sanctimony you could eat with a fork  - In 2011 Australia and other western countries like the US, the Netherlands and Slovenia pressured Jamaica to reform its LGBT laws, known obliquely ...

New Zealand shouldn't prefer human rights abusers

New Zealand shouldn't prefer human rights abusers  - The New Zealand Government must halt its free trade discussions with ... to 'raise', human rights should be fundamental to who we are as people .

Maori stories open to all

Maori stories open to all  - The Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust Rukupo Exhibition Series is on this week, with demonstrations and installations already opened at two of the iwi's ...

World events stir dark memories for refugees

World events stir dark memories for refugees  - Ghadair Alshemari, a Kuwaiti woman who fled to New Zealand as a child. ... and part of a support network for women and youth, said more and more people were coming to her to ask for help, since she shared her own experiences.

Deepening social crisis in New Zealand

Deepening social crisis in New Zealand  - That is going to spell financial trouble for them as New Zealand Super [superannuation] was designed to be just enough for people who own their ...

New Zealand Celebrates Increase in Maori Grads

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New Zealand Celebrates Increase in Maori Grads  -  Maori , New Zealand's indigenous population, are experiencing unprecedented success in higher education, according to findings from Otago's ...

Maori women are sharing their placenta burying traditions on Facebook

Maori women are sharing their placenta burying traditions on Facebook  - One photo in particular was shared of baby Harper with the umbilical cord still attached to the placenta, the cord intertwined to spell out the words "Love".

Hipi milk producer aims for Chinese market

Hipi milk producer aims for Chinese market  - The Overseas Investment Commission has approved the lease of land at Kuratau west of Lake Taupo to a Maori -Chinese joint venture which intends ...

Te reo assault complaint leads to charge

Te reo assault complaint leads to charge  - A woman who claimed she was punched for speaking Maori outside an Auckland karaoke bar now herself faces charges after police went over CCTV ...

Pacific and Maori artists share culture

Pacific and Maori artists share culture  - Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education lecturer Donn Ratana says Putahi brings together work produced by local Maori and international Pacifica ...

University of South Pacific student to receive Queen's Young Leaders Award

University of South Pacific student to receive Queen's Young Leaders Award  - against extractive industries like seabed mining, climate change and social justice issues including the freedom of the people of West Papua .