Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

In resurrecting Captain Cook's ship, we can re-examine our colonial past  - In Australia many Indigenous activists, public intellectuals and academics tell us that they aren't interested in sympathy or other paternalistic emotions ...

Older Australians are the solution, not the problem  - The proliferation of older Australians is frequently described as a 'problem' or a 'burden' on the economy based on the outdated assumption that ...

Geraldton Indigenous elders reject 'unfair' proposed blanket trial  -  Aboriginal elders and community advocates in regional Western Australia have rejected a proposed trial of the Commonwealth's cashless welfare ...

Adelaide couple cook up new bush food range  - Warndu means to “feel good” in the traditional Adnyamathanha language of Coulthard's indigenous Australian ancestors, who come from the Flinders ...

Calls for curriculum to say Australia was invaded not settled  - It follows the Minister recently declaring that in the eyes of Aboriginal people, Australia was invaded rather than settled. Aboriginal leaders and ...

Why Beale will never shirk his Wallaby 'duty'  - Not only does Beale have immense pride in playing Tests for Australia but as the only indigenous athlete regularly picked for the Wallabies in the past ...

Burney farewells parliament, calls for recognition of Aboriginal history  - It's time [Anzac Day] also speaks of the wars fought on Australian soil," she said of the at least 20,000 aboriginal people who died over 150 years of ...

Stop Australia from Committing 'Cultural Genocide' and Environmental Injustice  - And the aboriginal community is speaking out — calling the proposed site “cultural genocide.” Australia is on the path to repeating the United States' ...

Silent on the important indigenous issues'  - Disappointed and underwhelmed would best describe indigenous Australia's response to the budget, with calls for an end to “the combative approach ...

Kado Muir ready to follow Pat Dodson's Senate lead for Nats  - Kado Muir thinks he stands a chance of being elected as the third Aboriginal politician from Western Australia and its second indigenous senator after ...

Premier still cautious about NDIS  - Some of Western Australia's small Aboriginal communities may be ... He said providing the current level of support to more than 270 indigenous  ...

Hot Brown Honey Coming to Sydney Opera House  - A graduate of National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISA) she has performed throughout Australia with Blak Cabaret's ...

Gayby Baby' chronicles the lives of kids with gay parents  - Here in the U.S. and in other countries— like Australia — the debate over whether kids raised by same-sex couples fare better or worse than children ...

Caritas Australia works to counteract aid cuts; supports role of women  -  Australia's partners in the region and beyond comment with regret that Australia has given up its shared leadership role in combatting poverty .”.

21-year-old refugee sets herself on fire at Australian detention camp  - She was on 24-hour mental health watch because of a number of attempts at suicide inside the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation,” ...

More unemployed people is a Government failure  - Rising unemployment shows how National's economic mismanagement has failed to deliver enough jobs for New Zealanders , the Green Party says.

Running man' New Zealand police video goes viral  - A New Zealand police video of cops performing the latest "running man" Internet ... The running man challenge is a social media craze in which people video ... it had 4.8 millions hits, more than the entire population of New Zealand .

Mental illness costs NZ economy billions  - The cost of mental illness to New Zealand's economy is 5 percent of gross domestic product, and skyrockets if drug abuse is included, a new report reveals. ... reduced life expectancy when compared with non- Maori New Zealanders , ...

Māori TV's Paora Maxwell faces select committee  -  Māori Television's chief executive Paora Maxwell faced rigorous questioning from a Māori Affairs Select Committee about its operations when asking ...

Surgeons recognised for contribution to Aboriginal health  - Two surgeons were recognised today for their contributions to better Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori health outcomes today at the Royal ...

More diversity, more joy for Aranmore College  - The event was certainly a feast for taste buds, with offerings including Sudanese cuisine, various Asian foods, traditional Maori Hangi, Middle Eastern ...

Australian report excoriates Indonesia, church over Papua  - The report said the genesis of the present violence and marginalization endured by the Papuan people was in the shabby dealings by international ...

Independence Protesters Detained in West Papua  -  West Papuan leaders and supporters maintained that the protest was peaceful and demanded self-determination.  After originally suffering under Dutch colonial rule which came to an end in 1963, West Papuans have been struggling for their independence from

The Intolerable Cruelty of Australia's Refugee Deterrence Strategy  - Because the 850 male asylum seekers held there did not arrive in Papua New Guinea of their own volition, they had not broken immigration law, the court ruled; keeping them in indefinite detention, where they face frequent acts of violence and suffer from poor health care, therefore, violated their constitutional