Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

This gay jock will leave you thirsty for rugby  - Dunn plays for the Sydney Convicts, Australia's first gay rugby squad. And they joined some 1,300 players in the Bingham Cup, the days-long ...

Bilingual nun Tess Ward honoured for her work in remote Indigenous community  - Class has been cancelled so the community can use their ancient culture to honour Sister Tess on her appointment to the Order of Australia for her ...

Mikayla George, 16, becomes the first Indigenous Winter Olympian for Australia  - A 16-year-old former gymnast is hoping to become Australia's first Indigenous athlete to attend a Winter Olympics. Mikayla George, from Melbourne, saw snow for the first time in July last year during a ski camp at Mount Buller but her natural talent has landed her on the Australian Aerial Skiing Development Squad less than a year later.

Exploring out-of-care home truths to help Aboriginal youth gain independence  - Hi I'm Emma, I'm new to Australia and looking for friends. ... at easing the burdens placed on young indigenous people moving out of care homes.

Mental health experts needed  - A report released by the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre last month looked at suicide rates in 28 electorates across Australia , including ...

Australia's increasing suicide rate linked to social crisis  - Clear evidence of a connection between rising suicide levels, job losses and worsening living conditions emerged last month when mental health ...

Holding The Man  - A moving and very emotional film about a gay couple during the height of the ... (In Australian Football holding the man occurs when a player is tackled ...

Gay sex in Australia: casual sex up, condom use down as drug reduces fear of HIV  - Chris Williams, a PrEP user, is one of a growing number of gay men using the drug in Melbourne to protect against HIV . Photo: Simon Schluter.

The ACT Has Just Introduced Australia's First 'Domestic Violence Tax'  -  Australia's first domestic violence tax has been introduced by the ACT ... The Victorian Government's spending also focuses on specialist Aboriginal  ...

Barker College sets up bush school in bid to close the gap for Aboriginal children  - It is a model that critics say is too expensive, but the local Aboriginal community says if Australia is serious about closing the gap, this is what it takes.

Vandals Destroyed 8000-Year-Old Aboriginal Artworks in Tasmania  - For millennia, Tasmania's Nirmena Nala rock shelter has preserved a set of stenciled handprints made by the ancestors of Australia's Aboriginal  ...

Unions weigh into retirement debate  - The document says that ever “since the invasion of Australia , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have had their lives controlled by failed ...

Federal election 2016: peak group demands indigenous treaty  - They will express “deep concern” that indigenous Australians continue to experience unacceptable disadvantage, are isolated to the margins of the ...

Aborigenes Were The First Australians  - Work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal on Monday puts to rest a controversy over the first Australians that has lingered for more than 150 years.

Language revitalisation a global issue for indigenous people  - Language revitalisation a global issue for indigenous people ... indigenous people of Japan is eerily similar to the one experienced by New Zealand's  ...

Seclusion expert to investigate detention in NZ  - concerns about the way Government agencies detain some New Zealanders and keep them in solitary confinement or seclusion," Mr Gibson said.

Māori children's books finalists in NZ Book awards  - Three books translated into Māori are finalists at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. One of the finalists is Haka also titled ...

Taranaki te reo pioneer honoured at inaugural language conference  - Waikerepuru believed the Maori language was in good health and that everyone in New Zealand played a role in keeping it alive. "Every hapu in the ...

Maori at the bottom of inverted pyramid' in count of Auckland city's rough sleepers  -  New Zealand ... high as the Government revealed a new move to house the homeless during winter. ... More than half of those people are Maori , and it has led for calls for politicians to work together to solve the problem. ... "And if the street count does one thing it reinforces that point that Maori are at the ...

Advice to boost Maori organ donation sought  - 

Maori half of rough sleepers  - As winter bites, the Auckland City Mission says it has identified a record 200-plus rough sleepers around the central city, more than half of them Maori .

Indigenous culture conquering the world with non-indigenous grapes  - The world's first Māori -owned wine company has its sights set on breaking into the UK market with a 500-year plan to promote its wines and preserve ...

The Politics of destruction and denial  - We must realise that these elected leaders are put in there by the people . No matter how bad a political leader can be, he is still being put there by the ...

Disgraceful shootings of students must be promptly investigated in Papua New Guinea  - The organization has received information that there are 38 people injured, including four in critical condition. Three people are still being assessed in ...