Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Is It Legal To Not Report A Crime?  - For example, school teachers in Australia must report suspected child abuse to the relevant authorities. (In Victoria, reporting child sexual abuse is a ...

Why Do Animals Exhibit Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour?  - The associate professor and primate expert from the University of Western Australia says that the behaviour between the two female gorillas was ...

Low income earners urged to take a stance on poverty  - "If there's one thing that a wealthy country like Australia should be able to do it is to say 'we're going to take poverty seriously'." The Coalition did not ...

Canada's progress shows indigenous reconciliation is a long-term process  -  Australia is being held back by its unresolved relationship with its Indigenous population. Drawing on attempts at reconciliation overseas, this series of ...

Federal election 2016: suicide warning over late NDIS 'bungling'  - The theory is that we ended up funding an oasis in the middle of a desert,” Mental Health Australia chief executive Frank Quinlan said. “We know from ...

Suicide risk greater in SA's South East following loss of funding for mental health program - The head of a national mental health service has said people in South Australia's South East will be at a higher risk of suicide following the end of ...

Professor Gillian Triggs calls for more education about human rights  - Speaking to the theme 'Re-imagining Human Rights in Australia ' Professor Trigg ... “I suggest that Australia fails to meet our international human rights ... Australian parliamentarians highlight the case in America where same sex  ...

Catholic Bishops enter election fray over gay marriage  -  Australian Marriage Equality estimates 72% of Australians support same-sex marriage, including 59% of Christians and 85% of people with children.

Driving Change program opens new roads for indigenous drivers - But through Driving Change, a program aimed at indigenous Australians being trialled in 12 areas across NSW, including Taree on the state's ...

Indigenous Language Lessons  - The town of Broome in Western Australia is pushing to become the first bilingual town in Australia by teaching all kids Yawuru, the local indigenous  ...

Nuclear dump protesters warn of 'cultural genocide' in South Australia  - Building a nuclear waste dump in South Australia would be "cultural genocide", an Indigenous Australian says, as a campaign against a potential ...

Victoria's Treaty talks welcomed by Congress  - The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples says a treaty is more likely to produce tangible outcomes for Indigenous Australians than ...

Cleverman first look review – wickedly exciting Aboriginal superhero story  - Early this year one great big why-haven't-we-seen-that- before box was ticked with the arrival of Spear, the world's first Indigenous Australian dance ...

Scrap Australia Day' says Indigenous federal candidate  - A record number of six Indigenous candidates from Western Australia are contesting this year's federal election for the major parties. Among Labor's ...

Tourists, you've driven NZ to this  -  NEW Zealand has a big problem with tourist drivers — and locals have ... “ People who come to this country are given the right to drive despite many of ...

Maths, science and global competence? - A researcher at the Council for Educational Research, Rachel Bolstad, said young New Zealanders should be good at global competence. "It aligns ...

What to do if you're suspicious about a 'bright' new banknote  - New "bright" $20, $50 and $100 banknotes have officially entered ... The new notes include the Maori name for New Zealand , Aotearoa, and The ...

New bullying prevention site launches on Bullying-free NZ Week  - This week is Bullying-free NZ Week (May 16-20) which schools around the country are marking with a range of bullying prevention awareness ...

Opportunity for Maori economy  - The Maori economy is substantial within New Zealand totalling around $42 billion and growing across a range of industries, including a considerable ...

Take back PNG – save your country,' Namah tells nation  - He said if the people did not do it now, they would never do it. ... He said the centre did not serve the interests of the people of Papua New Guinea.

IOM Helps Waria People Plan for Future Disasters  - IOM Helps Waria People Plan for Future Disasters ... Papua New Guinea is facing its economic challenges, and is also facing a continuing dry spell ...

NZ Rights Abuses and Environmental Degradation Highlighted  - This leadership also saw increases in outcome gaps between Maori and Non- Maori – all of which have been reported upon by UN special rapporteur ...

Accolade for supermarket innovator  - He told the audience at the Aotearoa NZ Maori Business Leaders Awards he's proud to be able to add value to the Maori economy where he can.

Is racism more than skin deep in New Zealand?  - A lot of urban liberals, myself included, as well as many Maori, such as ... New Plymouth is the centre of a region with a large Maori population but little ...