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Are Gay Guys Even Dating Anymore?

Are Gay Guys Even Dating Anymore?  - Being a gay man in 2016 begs the question: are people even dating each other anymore? I recently went on a date where I ended up at a small ...

Islamic law out of date, declares gay imam

Islamic law out of date, declares gay imam  - The nation's first openly gay imam, Nur Wasame, says Islamic law is out of date and Australia's Muslim leaders who preach that homosexuals should ...

Ageing multicultural population struggles to find appropriate aged care

Ageing multicultural population struggles to find appropriate aged care  -  Australia has both a multicultural and ageing society, with the population ... but perhaps starting to deal with problems that might arise in older age," ...

Sex past seventy – aren't you too old for that sort of stuff?

Sex past seventy – aren't you too old for that sort of stuff?  - Using the words 'sex' and ' older people' usually results in a somewhat ... Meanwhile in Australia , a 2012 Kirby Institute report showed that within five ...

Do Our Pollies Care About Poverty?

Do Our Pollies Care About Poverty ?  - But where, in all of this talk of the economy, is the issue of poverty , both in Australia and abroad? What are the implications of the major parties' ...

Stolen Generations A 'Myth', Aboriginal People 'Better Off Before '60s', Says Federal Candidate

Stolen Generations A 'Myth', Aboriginal People 'Better Off Before '60s', Says Federal Candidate  - A candidate for the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) has told New Matilda that Aboriginal people were better off before the 1960s and that the Stolen ...

Google Doodle features eminent Australian indigenous rights leader

Google Doodle features eminent Australian indigenous rights leader -  On what would have been Eddie Mabo's 80th birthday, Google Australia has featured the Australian indigenous rights campaigner as Wednesday's ...

Which is the world's most indigenous city?

Which is the world's most indigenous city?  - An Indigenous Australian man leads a march through Sydney to mark the anniversary of the Aboriginal referendum.

Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australian Construction

Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australian Construction  - Over the last decade, this figure has dropped from 53.8 per cent to 47.5 per cent, while the number of employed non- Indigenous Australians rose in ...

The world's most remote community?

The world's most remote community? - Yet in the tiny indigenous Australian community of Wanarn in the middle of this desert, one architect has shown how deep consultation with a local ...

Mandurah to celebrate Aboriginal heritage

Mandurah to celebrate Aboriginal heritage  - NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia , in an attempt to give ...

Borneo's 37000-year-old Deep Skull not related to Indigenous Australians

Borneo's 37000-year-old Deep Skull not related to Indigenous Australians  - It shows the Deep Skull is from a middle-aged female rather than a teenage boy, and has few similarities to Indigenous Australians . Instead, it more ...

Remote Aboriginal aged care painting project drives intergenerational learning

Remote Aboriginal aged care painting project drives intergenerational learning  - An aged care painting project in a remote Western Australian Aboriginal community is helping to reconnect families and drive intergeneration learning.

LGBTI community loves shopping

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LGBTI community loves shopping  - While Australia's LGBT community represents just a small percentage of the total population, their attitude towards shopping is distinctively different ...

Are LGBT people just meant to give up on equality if the plebiscite is a no?

Are LGBT people just meant to give up on equality if the plebiscite is a no?  - Comedian Ben McLeay questions what this actually means for LGBT people. ... History is not going to look kindly on why it took so long for Australia to ...

First upstream petroleum company signs pledge for an LGBT-friendly Texas

First upstream petroleum company signs pledge for an LGBT -friendly Texas  - BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP), which is based in Australia but has its petroleum unit based in Houston, recently became the first upstream company to ...

Kiwi's problem-solving smarts rank high

Kiwi's problem-solving smarts rank high  - The OECD's Survey of Adult Skills has placed New Zealand fourth for ... However, the gap between Maori and Pasifika results and the New Zealand  ...

NZ drops in socially progressive rankings

NZ drops in socially progressive rankings  -  New Zealand has dropped from first to 10th most "socially progressive" ... 29% of Europeans, 12% of Asians, 47% f Maori and 66% of Pacific people.

Minister defends TPK's record on homelessness

Minister defends TPK's record on homelessness  - Homelessness is too big an issue for Te Puni Kōkiri to deal with on its own, the Minister of Māori Development has said, defending the department's ...

Naturally talented first time power-lifter wins at worlds

Naturally talented first time power-lifter wins at worlds  - While in Texas Tui also set a New Zealand bench press record of 85kg for the under 72kg masters division. Now she is looking for sponsorship for ...

LGBT rights and protections are scarce in constitutions around the world, UCLA study finds

LGBT rights and protections are scarce in constitutions around the world, UCLA study finds  - Five countries' constitutions provide protections solely based on sexual orientation -- Mexico, New Zealand , Portugal, South Africa and Sweden.

Alcohol cancer link hitting Maori harder

Alcohol cancer link hitting Maori harder  - He says while abstinence rates among Maori are higher than the general population, those who do drink tend to drink more, which is reflected in the ...

Risk tool to help heart treatment

Risk tool to help heart treatment  - Auckland University researchers are developing a tool that should accurately predict the risk of heart attack or stroke for Maori , Pacific and other New ...

Cultural gap still to be bridged for perinatal mortality investigation

Cultural gap still to be bridged for perinatal mortality investigation  - Of note in this year's report was the fact that perinatal related death is more common among Maori , Pasifika and Indian mothers than other groups.