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Support for older people and families to resolve conflict

Support for older people and families to resolve conflict  - Relationships Australia has launched a new counselling and mediation service ... She said the service aims to help older people and families resolve ...

Preserving cultural heritage

Preserving cultural heritage  -  Noongar Language Centre manager Sue Hanson said it was an emotional evening because in the 11 years it took to build the centre eight of the ...

Children who fear return to Nauru have attempted suicide, say paediatricians

Children who fear return to Nauru have attempted suicide , say paediatricians  - A seven-year-old girl attempted suicide by cutting her face and chest with razor ... The high court Wednesday upheld the legality of Australia's offshore ...

This Is What It's Like To Be Intersex In Australia In 2016

This Is What It's Like To Be Intersex In Australia In 2016  - A groundbreaking survey into intersex Australians has shown high rates of suicide and poverty, along with a lack of information around invasive ...

Architect Paul Pholeros helped alleviate indigenous poverty

Architect Paul Pholeros helped alleviate indigenous poverty  - He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007 for “improving the living conditions and health of indigenous communities”. In 2011, he ...

Why does international condemnation on human rights mean so little to Australia?

Why does international condemnation on human rights mean so little to Australia ?  - Australia may already have pariah status in terms of its asylum policies. So why does its government – and perhaps also the majority of its people – seem to care so little for Australia’s tarnished international reputation?

Greens MP calls for archeological survey of Aboriginal site in Perth freeway's path

Greens MP calls for archeological survey of Aboriginal site in Perth freeway's path  - A West Australian MP has used the launch of a display of 33,000-year-old Aboriginal artefacts uncovered in the construction of a major Perth hospital ...

Why didn't The Canberra Times report on the Invasion Day protest in Canberra?

Why didn't The Canberra Times report on the Invasion Day protest in Canberra?  - Shame, Canberra Times, shame for blacking out this important protest and highlighting yet again the discrimination Indigenous Australia suffers.

Inquiry into education

Inquiry into education  - The inquiry flourished after Regional Higher Education Forums held across Australia last year highlighted a key issue regarding Indigenous and ...

Indigenous Australian Art Exhibit Opens in Harvard Art Museums

Indigenous Australian Art Exhibit Opens in Harvard Art Museums  - The Harvard Art Museums' special exhibition on Indigenous Art from Australia opens on Friday, with an opening celebration on Thursday night.

Racism affects both sports stars and their communities

 Racism affects both sports stars and their communities  - Yet it appears in the Australian news with alarming frequency. How is it that a non- Indigenous Australian woman and her friend, widely reported as ...

Japaljarri left a clear and strong track as advocate, artist, policeman and activist

Japaljarri left a clear and strong track as advocate, artist, policeman and activist  - He astutely addressed conceptual problems in the reconciliation and recognition of indigenous and Australian cultures, a multi-cultural statesman.

The best from Down Under

The best from Down Under  - David Gulpilil, Australia's foremost indigenous actor, has had an important role in so many of the best Australian films — among them Walkabout, The ...

Artist Tom Roberts still has us talking

Artist Tom Roberts still has us talking  - When the Indigenous photo-media artist Dianne Jones studies Tom ... Roberts' works, on show at the National Gallery of Australia's blockbuster Tom ...

National Council of Women of New Zealand keen on more younger members

National Council of Women of New Zealand keen on more younger members  - The National Council of Women of New Zealand is after more young people to join, national president Rae Duff says. Duff was in Invercargill on ...

25000 Kiwis may be unaware they have Hep C

25000 Kiwis may be unaware they have Hep C  - Better services are needed for an estimated 25,000 people who have ... People returning to New Zealand after living in a high-risk country such as ...

Nationwide Registration for all West Papuans in PNG

Nationwide Registration for all West Papuans in PNG  - The Papua New Guinea government will begin a registration for all West ... The deal between Australia and Papua New Guinea to have off-shore ... of Melanesia through a campaign to win over the hearts and minds of people .

Calls for PNG govt to determine West Papuan refugee claims

Calls for PNG govt to determine West Papuan refugee claims  - A West Papuan who has lived in Papua New Guinea for almost three ... citizenship but only for some people . but like me and other West Papua , not yet ...

Action plan to help grow Northland

Action plan to help grow Northland  - One example is in Te Hiku where the Ministry for Primary Industries is working with Maori trusts and incorporations to explore forming a Te Hiku ...

Gvt plan for Northland targets transport, web, Maori assets

Gvt plan for Northland targets transport, web, Maori assets  - The plan has involved central government working with local businesses, iwi/ Māori and councils. The plan, which is short on financial details, has four ...

The greatest New Zealand works of non-fiction ever – the Team Brown remix

The greatest New Zealand works of non-fiction ever – the Team Brown remix  - Our recent list of the greatest New Zealand works of non-fiction featured a glaring lack of books by and about Māori . We invited a panel of indigenous ...

Aotearoa Fisheries appoints new directors to Sealord

Aotearoa Fisheries appoints new directors to Sealord  - As part of the recent Maori Fisheries Act review Iwi expressed a strong desire for the Aotearoa Fisheries Limited appointed Sealord directors to come ...

Raids fail to nab alleged gunman

Raids fail to nab alleged gunman  - He had outstanding warrants for unlawful carriage and possession of a firearm. He is described as Maori , medium build, 177cm tall, with a tribal tattoo ...

Iti exhibition to show how Maori deal with cultural erosion.

Iti exhibition to show how Maori deal with cultural erosion.  - He says New Zealand is being re-colonised by American and corporate interests through the TPPA, and the exhibition is about how Maori have dealt ...