Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Wollongong researchers trialling fishy solution to inmate aggression  - At least 45 per cent of prisoners in Australia are incarcerated for violent offences. Approximately 46 per cent of Australian prisoners have mental health ...

Study gives voice to people with dementia in CDC rollout  - wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) older Australians . ... inform strategies used to care for older people from CALD backgrounds.

Indigenous suicide : Thousands call for royal commission, prevention measures  - Remote communities in Western Australia are hit the hardest, with suicide rates among the worst in the world, according to a report published in the ...

Unicef urges Coalition to resettle asylum seeker children from Nauru by end of year  - And Unicef Australia , as part of a five-point agenda, says the re-elected ... to former levels and promote overseas programs to counter child poverty .

Her Bride, His Groom': A new local guide to same-sex weddings  - The founder of Australia's first same-sex wedding directory says he's sadly heard of same-sex couples being turned away by some suppliers – so he ...

Increases in shigellosis reported in NSW gay men  - The number of shigellosis cases among gay men in New South Wales is up this year and there is concern that the outbreak could worsen, according ...

Anglican Church of Canada Votes to Allow Gay Marriage Ceremonies  -  Gay activists staged mock weddings across Australia on Saturday as the governing Labor Party voted against changing its ban on gay marriage.

Star Trek' Actor George Takei Slams Decision to Make Legendary Character Hikaru Sulu Gay  - While Takei, 79, is openly gay and married in real life, he said that new ... Cho told Australia's Herald Sun that the decision to make Sulu gay was to ...

Fears Western Australia will close remote Indigenous communities 'by stealth'  - Roxley Foley, son of Aboriginal activist Gary Foley, demonstrates outside Parliament House in Canberra in March 2015 over the Western Australian  ...

EDUCATING Australians about the nation's indigenous - EDUCATING Australians about the nation's indigenous people could be the key to avoiding the level of racial tension America is experiencing.

Indigenous reform is the perfect opportunity for this Parliament to work together  -  Indigenous reform is the perfect opportunity for this Parliament to work ... by 22 Indigenous leaders representing eight regions across Australia .

4400 reasons to take diabetes seriously  -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are about three times more likely to have diabetes , 10 times more likely to be admitted for diabetic foot ...

Does Indigenous Australia Need a BlackLivesMatter Movement?  - Like African-Americans, Indigenous Australians are overrepresented in most bad statistics and underrepresented in most good statistic—particularly ...

Taking the long road  - When she heard that she had won, she said, “Barton has created history tonight in Australia by electing the first indigenous woman to the House of ...

These Women Are The Face Of A Heartbreaking Epidemic  - Just over a quarter of Aboriginal mothers who died in Western Australia between 1983 and 2010 were the victims of homicide. Aboriginal mothers are ...

The End of AIDS' in Australia ? Don't Be Misled  -  Australia's LGBT community continues to suffer the brunt of new infections rates, with about 70 percent of total new HIV cases occurring in men who ...

Why everyone wants to move to NZ  - Everyone seems to want to move to New Zealand , or is at least looking into the ... Kingdom, it's Brexit and not Trump that's leading people to New Zealand . ... In the UK, New Zealand was first choice for residents of Southampton, ...

How Māori TV's This is Piki is changing the face of New Zealand television  - This is Piki is the latest local show to hit Māori Television, a uniquely New Zealand drama that weaves social media, te reo and teen soap elements to ...

New brand Moana to take Maori fish to world  -  It's now Moana New Zealand , and it's hoping the rebrand will help it get more value of out its premium specials. Telling people what Aotearoa means ...

Maori Crusade to Eliminate Harm From Drugs  - I n Mangere, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand , Henry finds that although ... Through a joint Maori Warden/Church of Scientology campaign some ...

Archive admits Maori outreach lacking  - Nga Taonga Sound & Vision says it wants to engage more with iwi and Maori as part of a new strategic plan to connect more New Zealanders with its ...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople continues to break records  -  Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the number one New Zealand film of all time at the ... Hunt for the Wilderpeople proved popular in New Zealand and was ...

Stan Walker announces tour and new film   - Pop star Stan Walker has just announced his first NZ tour in three years. ... Born in Australia, that has never hindered his love for his Māori side. “I can't ...

Is Auckland Council too white?  -  Maori had consistently stood their best candidates in local elections who ... "I think there is a tendency for New Zealanders to think of 'Asian' as one ...