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Architect Paul Pholeros helped alleviate indigenous poverty

Architect Paul Pholeros helped alleviate indigenous poverty  - Prize and the President's Award for the publication Housing for Health: Towards an Improved Living Environment for Aboriginal Australians . He was ...

Breast cancer ladies travelling Australia in "Boobie bus"

Breast cancer ladies travelling Australia in "Boobie bus"  - Muriel said breast cancer was no longer a disease affecting older women. "In our travels the youngest woman we have met diagnosed with breast ...

For LGBT People, Australia Isn't the Last Bastion of Colonialism's Toxic Legacy

For LGBT People, Australia Isn't the Last Bastion of Colonialism's Toxic Legacy  - As Australia begins to make moves towards an attempt legalize same-sex marriage, it appears to stand alone as one of the last English-speaking ...

If you don't ever see poverty, you can convince yourself it doesn't exist

If you don't ever see poverty , you can convince yourself it doesn't exist  - This class of super-rich Australians can be found in Sydney's CBD ... and the eastern suburbs Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Watsons Bay, Double Bay and ...

Why Gen Y savers are falling behind

Why Gen Y savers are falling behind  -  OLDER Australians are becoming more financially comfortable while younger generations stagnate, and proposed changes to superannuation rules ...

Everybody loves Molly

Everybody loves Molly  -  Australia loves Molly Meldrum. The seven miniseries, Molly, based on the life of the popular Countdown host, delivered astronomical ratings for the ...

South Australia Yet to Cancel Gay Couple's 'Never Married' Death Certificate

South Australia Yet to Cancel Gay Couple's 'Never Married' Death Certificate  - The “never married” status of one of the gay couple partners has not been cancelled yet despite promises made by the South Australian government ...

Gay couple use legal loophole to get married in Australia

Gay couple use legal loophole to get married in Australia  - A gay couple has proved same-sex marriage is possible in Australia – as long as it is by using a legal loophole. Dan Waknin, 35, and James Hanley, ...

Progress can kill: shocking photos highlight tribes' health crisis

Progress can kill: shocking photos highlight tribes' health crisis  - Remarkable photographs by Australian Aboriginal film-maker Warwick Thornton demonstrate the devastating impact “progress” and “development” ...

The game owes it to indigenous Australians'

The game owes it to indigenous Australians '  - They'll get a big crowd and if you go to other places in Australia that have big indigenous populations, you're not going to have a problem with crowds.

Indigenous cattle company sets sights on becoming major live export player

Indigenous cattle company sets sights on becoming major live export player  - An Indigenous cattle company in the far north of Western Australia is making inroads towards becoming a major player in the live export industry.

Aboriginal service on permanent display​

Aboriginal service on permanent display​  - development officer Margaret Simoes, the exhibition detailed the proud and often little known history of Aboriginal people's contribution to Australia's  ...

Unveiled: latest program announcements

Unveiled: latest program announcements  - Melbourne's leading contemporary art space, the Australian Centre for ... examining the historical representation of Aboriginal people in Australian  ...

Northern Territory intervention 'fails on human rights' and closing the gap

Northern Territory intervention 'fails on human rights' and closing the gap  -  Aboriginal children playing at one of the town camps in Alice Springs when ... According to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Indigenous ...

New Zealanders mull flag options ahead of referendum

New Zealanders mull flag options ahead of referendum  - Almost two years to the day since New Zealand Prime Minister John Key first ... Most of the people that see them say, 'Yeah, it's time for a change.

Researchers hope for varroa bee mite breakthrough

Researchers hope for varroa bee mite breakthrough  - Alison Mercer, a professor of Zoology at Otago University, said there was an epidemic of deformed wing virus in hives across New Zealand now.

Govt considers amnesty request from Papuan separatists

Govt considers amnesty request from Papuan separatists  - At the time, Jokowi called on security personnel to promote dialogue with Papuan people to build mutual trust, in order to change the repressive ...

West Papua: Indonesia's Alleged 'Secret Strategy' to Suppress the Independence Movement.

West Papua : Indonesia's Alleged 'Secret Strategy' to Suppress the Independence Movement.  - West Papua : Indonesia's Alleged 'Secret Strategy' to Suppress the ... His strengths are his ability to motivate Central Highland people who are not ...

New Zealanders mull flag options ahead of referendum

New Zealanders mull flag options ahead of referendum  -  New Zealanders mull flag options ahead of referendum ... Almost two years to the day since New Zealand Prime Minister John Key first ... from homes to farms to restaurants to town halls to 'marae', traditional Maori meeting places.

New Zealand Day' is a white supremacist dream

New Zealand Day' is a white supremacist dream  -  Māori , after all, know something about the erosion of sovereignty by ... A ' New Zealand Day' is needed, they argue, to unite the nation and cure the ...

Sharing the future

Sharing the future  - Tuwhare has been described as " New Zealand's most distinguished Maori poet writing in English'', a man merging two worlds in one body, one mind ...

PNG govt to review West Papuans' refugee claims

PNG govt to review West Papuans ' refugee claims  -  Papua New Guinea's government is reviewing asylum claims by over 1,000 West ... Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato has indicated the ... parts of the country have long lived in a kind of limbo as stateless people .

Statement from Commisioner regarding Ministers' announcement

Statement from Commisioner regarding Ministers' announcement  - May I state here that Papua New Guinea Correctional Service is a Government Institution owned by the people of Papua New Guinea and not the ...

Meatworkers flout new public holiday rule

Meatworkers flout new public holiday rule  - Dozens of meat workers, most of whom are Maori , have refused to work on the Waitangi observed public holiday despite a letter ordering them to do ...