Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Jobs boost for mental health sector  - The NDIS is expected to create about 6000 new jobs in South Australia by the time the full scheme in is rolled out in July 2018, many of which will be ...

New community research to address domestic violence  - Understanding Australian community attitudes towards domestic violence is the focus of a ground-breaking new University of Tasmania study.

Baby boomers are getting richer while millennials are getting poorer -- and Brexit will make it worse  - The millennial generation is now the poorest in Britain while older people are getting richer, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies. The future ...

Ancient culture gets a protective arm  - Businesses that exploit Indigenous knowledge or culture for commercial ... had an archaeological element to them,” Harding told Guardian Australia .

Langi Kal Kal prisoners embrace art program  -  Koori art trail Koori prisoners created these pieces of art and combined them all to form an art trail at Langi Kal Kal prison. The Koori art trail comprises ...

Women the decision-makers when starting a family, study finds  - An Australian study has found a strong link between marriage, home ... than 6% of men and 9% of women were single when they had their first child .

Homeowners are a rapidly dying breed  - THE great Australian dream of owning a home is becoming more of a ... “Parents using child care are, in real terms, paying more than double the fees ...

Disability agencies call on UN to probe alleged children assaults in Australian schools  - THE United Nations could investigate scores of alleged assaults of children with disabilities in Australian schools after a plea for help from support ...

Stark divide between young and old as Australian household incomes and wealth stall  -  Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare - but overall economic wellbeing is no longer ...

Poll questions level of community support for same-sex marriage plebiscite  - Less than half of Australians want a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, a poll has found, with support for a national vote plummeting once voters are ...

Gay Queensland Dads Stuck In Legal Limbo With Their Toddler  - An Aussie gay couple are stuck in Canada after unsuccessful attempts to obtain an Australian passport for their newborn son born to a surrogate ...

Troye Sivan's mum calls for Safe Schools support  - Safe Schools Coalition aims to create a safer environment for gay , lesbian, bisexual and transgender students in schools across Australia .

The cape of good hope or no hope?  - He's a Wik lad, a descendant of the Aboriginal people who repelled the ..... Led by the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, the statement ...

Raising barriers to one race is not Aussie way  - There was social struggle and unease about the decisions to dump the White Australia policy; to dump laws which made indigenous people lesser; ...

Most voters back constitutional change on indigenous recognition  - Voters are ready and willing to approve the recognition of indigenous Australians in the Constitution, according to a new poll that highlights the scope ...

HIV Rates In The Indigenous Community Will Soar, Expert Warns  -  Australia's leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sexual health expert has warned of an increase in HIV cases in the Indigenous community ...

Petulant ministry denies Maori cultural reality  - The Maori Women's Welfare League is challenging the Health Ministry over its refusal to fund a programme that could save the lives of hundreds of ...

More seats vital for survival  - Tukoroirangi Morgan says the Maori Party is the only one that can offer an authentic voice for Maori and that must be its message to voters.

Urban Maori fisheries challenge upheld  - The High Court has upheld a challenge over the future of a $20 million trust fund set up to ensure urban Maori got a share of the Maori fisheries ...

Papuan students in Indonesian cities fearful - West Papuan university students in various Indonesian cities fear for their ... to 20 years jail for killing three people , including two toddlers, in Bintuni.

Treaty snub a deal breaker for charter school  - The chief executive of the National Urban Maori Authority says the organisation still supports the charter school model, despite Waipareira scrapping ...

Study confirms electorate poverty  - Manurewa MP Louisa Wall says a new University of Auckland study that found high levels of poverty among secondary schools students confirms ...

Educator fought for bicultural schooling - One of the champions of the Maori education workforce will be laid to rest today. Tauri Jumbo Morgan died last Friday, and hundreds of mourners ...

Maori showbands recognised for entertaining troops  - Recognition today for the work Maori showband members did entertaining New Zealand and other troops during the Vietnam War. Six musicians and ...