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Freedom to have an abortion is no liberty at all

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Freedom to have an abortion is no liberty at all  - Reproductive Choice Australia co-president Jenny Eljack wants abortion treated as a health issue rather than a criminal issue. Whose health are we ...

It's OK to let your baby cry himself to sleep, study finds

It's OK to let your baby cry himself to sleep, study finds  - Researchers in Australia worked with 43 sets of parents who had babies ... They suspect this is because babies' sleep health improves naturally as ...

Call for candidates to address nation's rising suicide rate

Call for candidates to address nation's rising suicide rate  - The big central towns in Queensland, those areas in South Australia that are really changing, those areas of Western Australia where the mining ...

NT senator Nova Peris a frontrunner for AFL's top Indigenous job

NT senator Nova Peris a frontrunner for AFL's top Indigenous job  - It is understood the Olympian and first Aboriginal woman in federal ... Senator Peris became Australia's first female indigenous federal politician in ...

Woman says she suffered 'racist' treatment by parliament security guards who demanded she turn ...

Woman says she suffered 'racist' treatment by parliament security guards who demanded she turn ...  - An Indigenous woman said she 'felt like dirt' after a security guard at ... with racism from our institutions in this country,' she told Daily Mail Australia .

Over half of Australian migrants support same-sex marriage: poll

Over half of Australian migrants support same-sex marriage: poll  - Mr Lewis says while the 54 per cent figure is lower than Australia's overall support, it doesn't suggest that same-sex marriage is a more conservative ...

Christianity Must Exorcise Itself of Homophobia

Christianity Must Exorcise Itself of Homophobia - When Australia's most successful Olympian, Ian Thorpe, came out as gay in an interview with Sir Michael Parkinson in July 2014, he was inundated ...

Gay men receive apology more than 30 years after homosexuality decriminalised

Gay men receive apology more than 30 years after homosexuality decriminalised  - Human Rights Law Centre director of advocacy Anna Brown said there were young gay and lesbian people around Australia struggling with their ...

Suicide the tragic issue missing from Australia's national agenda

Suicide the tragic issue missing from Australia's national agenda  -  Indigenous Australians are particularly at risk; they have suicide rates double those of non- Indigenous people. In some areas, the rates are far higher ...

Adam Goodes racism row spurred Sydney Swans leader Dane Rampe to act on Indigenous issues

Adam Goodes racism row spurred Sydney Swans leader Dane Rampe to act on Indigenous issues  - Our game, and sport generally, will continue to lead the way in having discussions about race and the role of Indigenous Australians in our community ...

The Life and Myths of Ann Snell

The Life and Myths of Ann Snell  - Growing up, Ann Snell heard a lot about Indigenous life and culture, particularly around the dinner table. Her father, an architect, was interested in simplifying living to complement the human condition (which he referred to as "treading lightly on the earth"). So when

New hope versus old hate in Queensland Senate battle

New hope versus old hate in Queensland Senate battle  - Pauline Hanson could battle indigenous LNP Senator Jo Lindgren for the final ... "I live on hope that Australia in 2016 is not the best that we can do.

AFL hopes indigenous players speak up

AFL hopes indigenous players speak up  - Our game – and sport generally – will continue to lead the way in having discussions about race and the role of indigenous Australians in our ...

Victoria to become first government to apologise for gay convictions

Victoria to become first government to apologise for gay convictions  - Daniel Andrews will formally apologise to men convicted of having consensual sex with another man under historical laws.

New Zealand artist Benjamin Lloyd gives sick kids incredible tattoos

New Zealand artist Benjamin Lloyd gives sick kids incredible tattoos  - An airbrushing artist is giving sick children something to smile about by inking them up with fake tattoos. Benjamin Lloyd, based near Auckland on New Zealand's south island, shared pictures on social media of the 'tattoo' he gave to a friend's young son.

Fire and emergency services merger could be good news for rural New Zealand

Fire and emergency services merger could be good news for rural New Zealand   - Rural fire services could benefit from the merger of New Zealand's fire and ... The New Zealand Government is expected to allocate $303m of new funding ... to car crashes, through people's comprehensive motor vehicle insurance.

Video panorama reclaims Maori and Pacific Islander stories

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Video panorama reclaims Maori and Pacific Islander stories  -  New Zealand artist Lisa Reihana brings the clash of civilisations to life in her epic video work In Pursuit of Venus, at the National Gallery of Victoria ...

New Zealand and Samoa tattooing is generations-old tradition

New Zealand and Samoa tattooing is generations-old tradition  - Jodi Brooking with the New Zealand delegation at the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts told KUAM News, " Maori tattoo is an ancient art form that goes ...

Kaumatua insist on Maori representation plans for New Plymouth to be outlined before election

Kaumatua insist on Maori representation plans for New Plymouth to be outlined before election  - He listed the numerous regions and cities throughout New Zealand that have found ways to incorporate Maori into decision-making, particularly ...

Maori kids to learn skills of future leaders

Maori kids to learn skills of future leaders  - Young Engineers is taught in 13 countries and Paul secured the rights to roll it out in New Zealand . With business partner Jeanne Kerr, she also set up ...

Jakarta denies state-sponsored transmigration to Papua exists

Jakarta denies state-sponsored transmigration to Papua exists  - The official transmigration programme is not active anymore in Papua ... Transmigration is the relocation of people from crowded parts of Indonesia to ...

Falconer Museum and Weston Park return Māori skulls

Falconer Museum and Weston Park return Māori skulls  - The Falconer Museum in Moray, Scotland, and Weston Park Museum in Sheffield have both returned Māori human remains to representatives of the ...

Ngati Apa partners for literacy

Ngati Apa partners for literacy  - Our role is to put the programme together, to encourage employers to come on board and look after our people and Maori people generally," he says.

Charter schools for all sizes

Charter schools for all sizes  - The Maori Party has pledged to vote with ACT and National against a member's bill that would end the experiment of publicly-funded private schools.