Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Talk of a treaty on recognition is not going to disappear quietly  - On Australia Day 2014 he deliberately revived the treaty debate. “Each indigenous nation who signs on to a treaty would formally recognise Australia  ...

Critics from Left and Right can't stomach Aurukun school model's successes  - What is the proportion in indigenous classrooms? .... The revival under our Cape York program, Andrew Penfold's Australian Indigenous Education ...

Future leader wins Aboriginal Student of the Year  - The Lloyd McDermott Development team is made up of indigenous rugby players from across Australia . Mr Charlton-Walker wants to continue with his ...

Labor will target 50% reduction in Suicides  -  Suicide affects far too many Australians . In 2014, 2,864 Australians lost their lives to suicide . Approximately seven Australians die from suicide every ...

Pregnant Teens In Australia Take Up Smoking To Have Smaller Babies: Study  - Girls as young as 16 are taking up smoking as they are more afraid of labour pains linked to having a large child .  

Neglect of ancient heritage  - Tasmania is the only state in Australia that still has this outdated archaeological approach to Aboriginal heritage protection. Even the State ..

Why does Australia have compulsory voting?  - When Indigenous Australians were given the right to vote at a federal level in Australia in 1962, it was on a voluntary basis. This changed in 1984 ...

triple j Unearthed High launches with new Indigenous initiative  - Over the past decade, triple j Unearthed has been discovering, sharing and providing opportunities to young Australian artists. As part of that, triple j's ...

Does the Great Barrier Reef's death haunt the dreams of coal's company directors?  - Rio Tinto has just celebrated the 20th anniversary of its historic turn to negotiation instead of confrontation with Australia's Indigenous peoples after the ...

Australia's ongoing cultural cringe -  Australia's inferiority complex is alive and well and needs to change before we .... Of course indigenous art should be celebrated on the world stage.

Labor will target 50% reduction in Suicides  - A Shorten Labor Government will commission Australia's first national data-set of suicide deaths and work with the States and Territories to establish a ...

Who and what makes the most noise in the Australian parliament?  - Labor leader Bill Shorten was one of the few MPs to ask about Indigenous affairs in parliament, a study shows. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the ...

Labor candidate Christian Kunde resigns but denies homophobic lecture   - “I am not homophobic and I believe in Australian democracy. ... Speaking to ABC radio today Kunde said his lecture ' Same Sex Marriage: an Islamic ... Kunde was previously a candidate for the 'Bullet Train for Australia ' party in the ...

Australian PM promises referendum on equal marriage  -  LGBT campaigners believe the swearing-in of Turnbull next month could see long-awaited progress on LGBT rights in Australia . The country, famous ...

Why Australia is going to run out of workers  - We all know Australia's population is ageing – by 2030, almost 20 per cent of the population will be older than 65. We also know that Australia's  ...

Care report highlights improvements needed in restructure - With 61% of the overall care population being Māori , and higher still in the Youth Justice area, there is an important task ahead to ensure all ...

Maori businesses seek Asia trade  -  Maori tourism, forestry, seafood and food and beverage companies have joined Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell for a six-day culture ...

Trauma care focus of research  - The Health Research Council is giving $1.2 million to Waikato University's Te Kotahi Research Institute for He Oranga Ngakau: Maori and Trauma ...

Maori -owned Moana New Zealand opens live lobster plant  - Moana New Zealand -- formerly known as Aotearoa Fisheries -- has opened a new energy efficient live lobster export facility in Auckland, which will ...

Youth justice age change would benefit Maori -  Just Speak is part of a coalition of 20 community and Maori organisations which have come together to push for the change. Julia Whaipooti says as ...

Ngāi Tahu announce formal partnership with NZOC   - Ngāi Tahu leaders and NZ Olympic committee announced their formal partnership. Ngāi Tahu have been supporting NZOC for over ten years by ...

LGBT expats in Beijing raise money for victims of US mass shooting  -  LGBT expats in Beijing raise money for victims of US mass shooting ... ago from New Zealand , is one of the members of the Beijing LGBT community.

West Papuan activists claim more big arrest numbers  - The West Papua National Committee, or KNPB, has claimed that more than 1,000 of its members were detained by police during a demonstration last ...