Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

There's nothing fair about Australia's tax on sickness  - But timely access to affordable health care , first class education and justice before the law remain a struggle for many. It appears that both major ...

Gun Deaths Dropped Following Australian Gun Control Laws, Study Says  - They found that firearm deaths, both suicide and homicide, decreased at an even ... The fact that Australia has very low rates of gun deaths may make ...

Artist seeded Carrolup style - The West Australian  - Curator Annette Davis says there is circumstantial evidence the Carrolup style was influenced by the Noongar artist, who died in 1994 at the age of 79.

Children and young people in separated families  - This project aims to develop a better understanding of how children and young people fare after the separation of their parents.

Pauline Haycraft reveals how to know whether your child is at the right school for them  - Leading children's expert and former school counsellor Pauline Haycraft, from Sydney, has made the task a bit easier, telling Daily Mail Australia the ...

Young Australians are more political than we think, research suggests  - A survey conducted this year suggests young people are less engaged in politics than their elders are, but the difference is not as dramatic as the common stereotype makes out. The survey, which the Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA) designed and Ipsos conducted online, asked more than 1200 survey participants how interested they were in Australian politics. The survey used quotas and weighted results to reflect Australia’s population.

Officers cleared of lying over shooting of man with mental illness  - Four police officers accused of lying over the shooting of Adam Salter in 2009 have walked free from court after they were found not guilty of giving ...

Federal election 2016: facts don't get in way of scare campaign  - There will also be a significant announcement on mental health that Turnbull has been working on with the two Australians most expert in the field, ...

Adam Lambert joins The X Factor Australia  - Factor in Australia as a judge and am looking forward to helping people shine their brightest,' said the 34-year-old openly gay singer in a statement.

Transport Department investigate claims of racism after indigenous passengers allegedly ...  - ALLEGATIONS of racial discrimination against two indigenous men by up to 15 taxis drivers at a Darwin cab rank are being investigated by the Transport Department.

Treaty debate will only strengthen Indigenous recognition process  - Malcolm Turnbull's criticism of Bill Shorten's remarks on a treaty with Indigenous Australians reflects genuine anxiety that support for recognition is ...

Indigenous Australian culture seen through eyes of American photography students in outback  - American students are coming away with a strong understanding of Indigenous culture and contemporary Australia through a photography course ...

Descendant of Aboriginal first contact warrior wants shield returned to Australia  - A shield owned by Cooman, an Aboriginal warrior shot at Botany Bay in 1770, is at the centre of a dispute involving the British Museum. One of ...

Invasion Day is the proper term to describe the white occupation of Australia , argues Susie O'Brien  - Sure, it was the birth of the modern Australia , but it was also a time of ... In the years to follow, thousands of Indigenous Australians died as a result of ...

Stolen generations in New South Wales should be paid reparations, inquiry finds  - Scholarships and priority access to social housing would also help redress lost opportunities suffered by Indigenous Australians as a result of being ...

Indigenous obesity in the news: a media analysis of news representation of obesity in Australia's ...  - Obesity is a major contributor to Indigenous morbidity and mortality in Australia [6, 7, 8], and is a significant risk factor for a range of illnesses such as ...

NZ Institute of Directors: 'Cast a wide net to find the best people for the board'  - We need boards that reflect New Zealand's diversity, the global reach that many of our businesses have and also that of shareholder expectations,” ...

NZ gun community fed up with criticism after mass shootings  - The New Zealand gun community is sick of copping criticism every time there's ... The people that use those firearms, they are using them for legitimate ...

New Zealand needs to build regionality and specialist varieties  -  New Zealand must promote both grape varieties and its varied regionality if it is to continue its ... But for most people , brand New Zealand is enough.”.

Fusion of cultures to perform in Picton  - Taranaki Maori Irish collaboration band, Beneath the Words, will play at the ... The collaboration combines Maori , Gaelic and the English languages, ... the band has continued their collaborations, performing in both New Zealand , ...

Historical accounts from Māori nurses in Mental Health now online  - says evidence suggests that current and future nurses preparing for the workforce in New Zealand are mainly informed by text written by non- Māori .

Stories From the Border  - On his way back, however, he happened to see some people wearing ... explored the area surrounding Indonesia's border with Papua New Guinea.

Large scale language champion  - After running one of the country's largest Maori language teaching operations, Bentham Ohia should have some ideas about how to get te reo Maori  ...

UN and Jakarta focus on Papua rights abuses  - Mr Salato said his government received regular reports from Papua of ... the representatives of the West Papuans and respect their right as a people ," ...