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We were once afraid of heroin. Now 13 people can die without notice

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We were once afraid of heroin. Now 13 people can die without notice  - I was a student in Melbourne during those years. This was before all the money was sloshing around – before laneway bars and pop-up restaurants. Melbourne felt different then. The economy was crawling, it always seemed to be cold, the city was a sort of badlands of shops up for lease, foreclosures, dirty awesome live music venues, old-man pubs, low-hanging skies.

Can Labor capture the grey vote?

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Can Labor capture the grey vote?  - If there's one stereotype for voters in Australia it is that younger Aussies tend to vote for Labor and the Greens, whereas older voters tend to flock ...

Marsupial mole makes rare appearance in WA

Marsupial mole makes rare appearance in WA  -  Aboriginal women in Western Australia's north have encountered a strange, silky-haired mole that is only spotted a handful of times each decade.

Labor announces Aboriginal legal services funding

Labor announces Aboriginal legal services funding  - The Law Council of Australia has commended an announcement by the Federal Labor Party that it would pump $20.4m in Aboriginal legal services ...

It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert

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It's so beautiful': Indigenous rangers spot rare golden-coloured mole in desert  - They had been driving at bilby-spotting speed near Marruwa, a place of Aboriginal significance on the West Australian side of Lake Mackay, which ...

Bill Shorten 'Up For' Treaty With Indigenous Australians

Bill Shorten 'Up For' Treaty With Indigenous Australians  - Bill Shorten has voiced support for investigating the possibility of a treaty with Australia's indigenous people, in addition to constitutional recognition of ...

Isolated cave system off Esperance reveals vibrant underwater world and ancient Aboriginal history

Isolated cave system off Esperance reveals vibrant underwater world and ancient Aboriginal history - A search for Aboriginal artefacts hidden in underwater caves patrolled by ... east of Esperance and 60km off the southern coast of Western Australia .

This golden mole is an exceptionally rare sight in Australia's outback

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This golden mole is an exceptionally rare sight in Australia's outback  - This one was spotted by rangers in the Kiwirrkurra Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in Western Australia , while they were documenting stories about ...

Malcolm Turnbull says colonisation of Australia could be described as 'invasion'

Malcolm Turnbull says colonisation of Australia could be described as 'invasion'  - Well, I think it can be fairly described as that and I've got no doubt obviously our first Aboriginal Australians describe it as an invasion,” he said.

Treaty talk is only one problem for Indigenous recognition referendum

Treaty talk is only one problem for Indigenous recognition referendum  - An Indigenous questioner referred to talk about a treaty when asking Shorten whether Australia was invaded by the British, to which Shorten replied ...

Why gay men are being turned away from Orlando blood banks

Why gay men are being turned away from Orlando blood banks  - Why gay men are being turned away from Orlando blood banks ... That's right: if you're a gay man in Australia , it's no sex for 12 months before giving ...

A Queer Continent? On Masculinity & Australia's Queer Origin Stories

A Queer Continent? On Masculinity & Australia's Queer Origin Stories  - As such, this meant that homosexual activity – particularly sodomy – was documented in Australia far beyond comparable crimes committed in Great ...

Australia reviews visa of Islamic scholar who preached about death for homosexual acts

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Australia reviews visa of Islamic scholar who preached about death for homosexual acts  -    Australia is urgently reviewing the visa of a British Islamic ... Mourners gather under an LGBT pride flag flying at half-mast for a ...

Troye Sivan Slams Malcolm Turnbull For "Segregating LGBT People" In Wake Of Orlando Shooting

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Troye Sivan Slams Malcolm Turnbull For "Segregating LGBT People" In Wake Of Orlando Shooting  - In a tweet posted yesterday, Mr Turnbull told his followers, “All Australians stand with the people of the United States today, against terror and against ...

We must keep Australia safe from gun terror

We must keep Australia safe from gun terror  - Quickly, an unedifying culture war has started. Conservatives want to frame the event as Islamist terrorism whose victims happen to be LGBT . Some on ...

Gun control, extremism are inextricably tied, says Aussie leader who banned guns

Gun control, extremism are inextricably tied, says Aussie leader who banned guns  - Howard, who served as Australia's prime minister from 1996 to 2007, ... Mourners gather under an LGBT pride flag in San Diego, California, during a ...

Facebook launches tools to help people struggling with suicidal thoughts

Facebook launches tools to help people struggling with suicidal thoughts   -  People expressing suicidal or self-harming thoughts on Facebook are to receive ... New Zealand's youth suicide rate was "too high", and needed to be ...

Maori safe-sleeping device celebrates ten-year anniversary

Maori safe-sleeping device celebrates ten-year anniversary  - The wahakura is a Maori safe-sleeping device developed by the Nukutere Weavers' Collective in 2005 and launched in Gisborne in 2006.

Health sector volunteers recognised

Health sector volunteers recognised  -  Maori Women's Welfare League past president Aroha Rereti-Crofts was runner up in the individual Maori /Pacific Health Volunteer section for her ...

Diversify or die: What New Zealand television can learn from our film industry

Diversify or die: What New Zealand television can learn from our film industry  - New Zealand is rightly proud of the multi-cultural society it's growing into. But why are there still minimal Māori , Pacific and Asian populations in prime ...

Sending our support to the victims and their loved ones

Sending our support to the victims and their loved ones  -  Māori Party Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says the party wants to extend its sympathies to the gay, lesbian and transgender community who are calling ...

Minister pays tribute to Charlie Petera

Minister pays tribute to Charlie Petera  -  Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell pays homage to the passing of Charlie Petera, the last survivor of the 28th Māori Battalion A Company.

Nip it In the Bud: Cannabis Use and Intimate Partner Violence

Nip it In the Bud: Cannabis Use and Intimate Partner Violence  - He adds that “based on results from a similar cohort, a likely consequence of this is that Māori participants will be overrepresented.” The Māori are the ...

Sky Tower glows in rainbow colours to support LGBT victims of Orlando massacre

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Sky Tower glows in rainbow colours to support LGBT victims of Orlando massacre  - The whopping 448kg haul outstrips the total amount of meth seized in New Zealand in the whole of 2015, and is worth almost half a billion dollars.