Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Why inclusive programming is key  - how cross-cultural exchange between Indigenous and non- Indigenous artists has generated some of the most significant works of art in Australia .

Seventy-five per cent of Syrian population live in poverty  - Caritas Australia's head of emergencies Melville Fernandez said after five ... from their homes, and more than 75 per cent of Syrians lived in poverty .

Marriage equality should be debated in recalled parliament, Labor says  - Shorten told Guardian Australia that Turnbull had “run out of excuses to make ... may choose to debate other legislation, including same-sex marriage.

Gay , high and promiscuous: 'Chemsex' explores the dark side  - The ever-provocative media mainstay Vice has produced a new documentary currently touring across Australia called Chemsex. The movie explores ...

Of course Australia was invaded – massacres happened here less than 90 years ago  - It is also worth remembering in this context that large scale massacres of Aboriginal people were still being carried out through the 1920s and early ...

Multicultural, Indigenous groups welcome domestic violence report  -  Australia's first royal commission into domestic violence has called for ... The chief executive of the Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal ...

Ipswich to host forum on wellbeing for Indigenous people  - The dispossession and massacre of Aboriginal Australians is part of our ... three times more likely to commit suicide than non- indigenous people.

Aboriginal ochre fingerprinting helping researchers trace ancient Indigenous trade routes  - Ageing artefacts in the South Australian museum are helping to unlock secrets of Aboriginal trade routes and exchanges from hundreds of years ago.

Invaded' or 'Discovered'? Australian University Attempts to Whitewash the Brutal Legacy of ...  - As the teaching of Black history and the whitewashing of a violent, racist legacy has taken center stage in the U.S., the debate rages on in Australia as well.  The University of New South Wales has established new guidelines on the teaching of Indigenous people in Australian history,

Thousands of Aboriginal Artifacts Uncovered in Australia  - A light rail construction project near Sydney has unearthed some 20,000 indigenous artifacts at what archaeologists say may ...

Alzheimer's Australia says male carers of dementia sufferers less likely to seek support  - Alzheimer's Australia says male carers of dementia sufferers less likely to seek ... YOD progresses much quicker than dementia in older people.

Promote downsizing through altered pension means test, lobby group urges  - The Property Council of Australia (PCA) believes many older Australians are effectively trapped in unsuitable homes, as they wish to move to ...

Psychic Predicts a Great Year for LGBT Community  - PSYCHIC Evanna White is making one prediction that will be welcome to Australia's LGBT community: marriage equality is coming “anytime now”.

Criticism over Corrections' non-existent counsellors  - He said prisons were tough places for people to work and there was a lot of staff churn, but at present the treatment unit at Rimutaka Prison was the ...

Millions of Kiwis left underpaid - expert  - Up to 2 million New Zealanders may be getting underpaid by their ... Mr Gardner said the majority of employees in New Zealand would have been ...

Romantic hand-holding stops texting and driving, says New Zealand  - It's not news that texting and driving is an incredibly dangerous and stupid activity, but still people choose to do it. The New Zealand Transport Agency ...

Barriers to contraception for Māori teenage mothers  - A new study from the University of Otago, Wellington, has found that there are health system barriers for young Māori mothers when trying to access ...

Ministry of Education refuses to include New Zealand Land Wars in curriculum  - Ministry of Education refuses to include New Zealand Land Wars in ... The Ministry of Education has refused to include the New Zealand Wars in the ... The response to the Maori Affairs select committee came after a student-led ...

Transgender icon Carmen Rupe remembered in National Portrait Gallery  - The Final Portrait painted by New Zealand Contemporary Artist Te Mete, has been unveiled and gifted to the people of Wellington by ...

No compulsory lessons of NZ Wars in schools  - It follows the Ministry of Education's refusal to include the New Zealand Wars in ... Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna principal Mark Bradley is ...

Historians: NZ Land Wars need to be taught  - It was the darkest time in New Zealand's history, around 3000 people -- mostly Maori -- were killed in the land wars of the 1860s and 70s. Historians ...

Papua bans alcohol consumption  - According to Papua Police data, 86 people have died, 264 have been heavily injured and 839 suffered light injuries since 2013 in alcohol-related ...

An Indian Surgeon's Tale of Reviving Hope In Papua New Guinea  - MSF offers assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, ... recently returned from Papua New Guinea, where MSF provides medical ...

Pacific churches warn about Indonesian conditional aid  - Paula Makabori of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua looks at Fiji's ... who has forged closer ties with Indonesia on behalf of his people .