Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Suicide rates need a community approach  - In Australia , suicide is the leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to ... As suicide rates increase by remoteness, headspace centres must be ...

South Australia risks exodus of youth workforce, economic report says  - The number of South Australians aged 65 or older who were not working had increased dramatically and reached 26 per cent in the 2013-14 financial ...

Young people missing out on jobs to older workers and migrants: study  - Young people missing out on jobs to older workers and migrants: study ... Prior to the crisis, youth unemployment in Australia was 8.8%, close to the ...

Alarm after Block's developer taken to court for alleged shoddy work  - Deicorp has had a long-term relationship with the Aboriginal Housing .... vacant land in Redfern, the long-associated heart of Indigenous Australia .

The dirty secret of Utopia  - They said that elderly Indigenous people in the homelands had received no food from an aged care program funded by the Australian government ...

Eurovision like you've never seen it before!  - If the idea of waiting until May for the glitzy, smoke and mirrors of the Eurovision Song Contest, and Australia's second shot at the big time in former X ...

Queer comedians wed to highlight marriage inequality  - A gay man and a lesbian walk into a bar – and marry one another, since they ... Australia's Marriage Act 1961 was amended in 2004 by the Howard ...

Culture Club announce Adelaide gig  - The gig will mark the first time the band has officially played in South Australia and is the result of a persistent campaign from Adelaide's Culture Club ...

There's no longer tolerance for Aboriginal amnesia  - Many exhibitions have ushered understanding for the integral connection Indigenous Australian culture has with the land. These are exhibitions both ...

Government criticised for offering Indigenous organisation half the pay rise offered to others  - The organisation, whose staff is 67 per cent Indigenous , provides accommodation to Indigenous people from rural areas of Australia . The Community ...

Incredible video shows how Australians hunted crocodiles in 1949  - To time with the 30th anniversary of the release of the iconic Australian film, the National Film and Sound Archive (NSA) released this incredible vision ...

Push to end passive indigenous welfare delivers results  - Push to end passive indigenous welfare delivers results ... contribution to practical reconciliation between corporate and indigenous Australia ”.

Duncan Ord urges Aboriginal art centres to diversify  - Western Australia has 30 per cent of the nation's art centres and 30 per cent of known Aboriginal artists, “so we are a big part of the national scene”, ...

Cervical Abnormalities Are More Common among Indigenous than Other Australian Women  -  Indigenous Australian women have much higher incidence of cervical cancer compared to non- Indigenous women. Despite an organised cervical ...

We can end global poverty , and only politicians can stop us  - In Australia , anti- poverty campaigners learned the hard way that short-term thinking and parochialism are alive and well. Consecutive governments ...

Indigenous Australia should look to China, the global beacon of poverty reduction  - As Australia sends its biggest ever trade delegation to China, it is worth recalling another group who made the trek to Beijing – then Peking – in 1972.

Electricity bills due for shake-up  - The Electricity Authority has long believed that people who benefit most from a service should pay the most for it, and that cross subsidies can hinder ...

Smart devices study may help elderly to avoid needing rest home care  - The number of New Zealanders aged 65-plus was estimated to grow by 84 per cent in the next decade, so helping them to remain in their communities ...

Why drug law reform matters for families  -  New Zealand's 40-year-old system of drug law is failing the very people it is supposed to help, so we welcome the recent Dominion Post ...

A migrant's tale: Making the leap from Somalia to New Zealannd  - When I arrived in New Zealand , there were nine of us living in a three ... Not only could I not speak the language but I was scared of Kiwi people .

Kaitiakitanga - leaving something for future generations - She is a former Minister of Conservation, and Associate Minister of Māori Affairs. She worked with the Pew Charitable Trusts to campaign for a marine ...

Promised Land: LGBT -themed fairy tale for kids is all set to be published now!  - This LGBT -themed fairy tale for kids has two boys falling in love after ... New Zealand -based creators of this illustrated fairy tale Adam Reynolds and ...

Kermadec sanctuary raises concerns  - The lessons of foreshore and seabed must not be forgotten and the Crown should not by legislation run rough-shod over Maori interests, says ...

Research for the Māori Economy  - The modern Māori economy is a dynamic, deep-rooted, complex and ever evolving space. Kaitiakitanga of natural resources, issues around ...