Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous policy: academic Jon Altman and his 'hybrid economy'  - As insiders in the indigenous ­advance­ment business know, and concerned outsiders suspect, and politicians flinch from acknow­ledging, remote Aboriginal Australian communities are caught in a downward spiral and the prospects for the foreseeable ­future are bleak. Official statistics on Aboriginal social trends are artfully framed to blur the true picture

More jobs key to closing the gaps  - That's the view from three of the nation's leading indigenous experts who have called on the ALP and the Coalition to ensure our 6855 Aboriginals residents get a fair go this election. Aboriginal people make up 5.5% of Mackay's population compared to 1.7% of Brisbane's population and 3.3% of all Australians. 

Restoring indigenous languages key to preventing youth suicides, Trudeau says  - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a virtual town hall with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in Winnipeg in Friday that languages are at the ...

Gay wedding magazine launches in Australia , despite lack of marriage equality  - I thought to myself, there's nothing for gay weddings at all that I know of," he told Mashable Australia . "I've people in my own circle having celebrations ...

Presbyterians 'will cut state ties' over gay marriage  - In one of the most radical actions taken by a mainstream Christian denomination in Australia , the Presbyterians will divorce themselves from the state, ...

Here's how far we still have to go one year after the SCOTUS equal marriage ruling  - Currently only 24 countries in the world allow gay couples to marry legally. ... Australia's government has repeatedly struck down attempts to legalize ...

18 Things That Only Old Souls Will Truly Understand  - Wait . . . you're only how old ?!" If you've been hearing some variation of this phrase since before you can remember, then you're probably an old soul ...

Poverty porn' and 'pity charity' the dark underbelly of a Cambodia orphanage  - She looks dirty, dishevelled and miserable and is labelled a sex worker. Many Australians responded to a plea to save the pretty ...

UK Becomes First Country to Protect LGBT Couples Traveling Abroad  - Matters only went downhill from there when Australian authorities issued a death certificate classifying David as “single” because his foreign same-sex ...

Wurundjeri group seeks $200000 to bring William Barak picture home  - Barak was a prolific artist, whose works were sought not just in Australia but also ... The National Gallery of Victoria owns seven pictures by Barak, but ...

It's not all black and white in acheiving equality  - That's the view from three of the nation's leading indigenous experts who ... Australia's national labour force participation rate – that is the number of ...

Westpac community grant to support Indigenous kids - Westpac has a very proud history of supporting the Australian community. Grants are awarded to local not-for-profit organisations with big, and small, ...

Australian Aboriginal Gene Pool Has Remained Virtually Untouched for 50000 Years  - Anthropologists have long suspected that modern day Australian Aborigines descend from one of the first waves of migrants out of Africa.

School closed in remote Australian indigenous community  - Queensland's state Labor government last month withdrew teachers and shut down the only school in the remote Aboriginal township of Aurukun, ...

This New Mom Got an Unusual Reaction While Breastfeeding Her Son in Public  - Moms who breastfeed in public have been shamed by onlookers and social media commenters countless times before. But one New Zealand mother ...

'Zombie volcano' slowly grows beneath New Zealand  - 'Zombie volcano' slowly grows beneath New Zealand ... Geologists in New Zealand have discovered a magma chamber being born in a ... Elaine Smid, a volcanologist at the University of Auckland, notes that people in the area are ..

Reduce Immigration Now  - “Immigration must focus on benefits to New Zealand – people we need, not people who need us. “Those who have the skills to fill jobs in the regions ...

Campaign on its way to show Kiwis how to spot the warning signs of a stroke  - About 9000 New Zealanders have a stroke every year - that's 24 each day - and about a quarter of those people are under the age of 65.

Everything there is to know about it  - Mata Riki (Tiny Eyes) or Mata Ariki (Eyes of God) - is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or the ...

NZCER restructure upsets Maori researchers  -  Maori education researchers are raising the alarm at what they see as an attempt to whitestream the New Zealand Council of Education Research.

Maori inspiration for career seekers  - Careers New Zealand has turned to Maori businesses to give rangatahi a glimpse of the job opportunities awaiting them if they get the right skills.

Meet Maori people in Saigon  - Hundreds of people come to watch performances by Maori people from New Zealand Thursday night, which is part of the New Zealand festival in Ho ...

Māori organisations leading the charge on health - Hapai Te Hauora Māori Public Health ... "Normally at big events, or it could be any events anywhere in New Zealand you've got a ...

Indonesia's brutal crackdown in West Papua highlights our need for self-determination  - Over the past few days, around 600 West Papuan people have been reportedly arrested simply for peacefully demonstrating to call upon the Africa ...