Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous leaders say Land Rights Act is not protecting them  - He said the Australian government gave little rights to Aboriginal people through legislation, and the land rights act was “now fast asleep”. “The truth of ...

Without your names we won't know how long you live say the experts  - Crudely adjusted for guesses about under-reporting, it showed Indigenous Australians dying an average of 17 years earlier than the rest of the ...

NZ natural health industry seen as second best to the Aussies, industry group says  - The Aussies are beating Kiwi natural health exporters in capturing big overseas contracts because of delays in passing the Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill, an industry body says.

Don Dale scandal may impact on referendum to recognise indigenous Australians  - The Northern Territory juvenile detention scandal is beginning to impact on the referendum to recognise Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders in the ...

Commission needs indigenous input: Dodson  - The federal opposition wants two indigenous Australians to preside over the royal commission into youth detention in the Northern Territory alongside ...

Hundreds rally to protest against child abuse in Australian prison  - Hundreds of people rallied in major cities across Australia on Saturday criticising the government's response to video showing aboriginal  ...

Aboriginal self-determination key to life-saving health efforts  - Let’s hope this speed is the starting point for a wider inquiry — one that looks not just at what’s happening in Northern Territory detention centres, but why young Aboriginal people are 25 times more likely to end up in detention centres than non-Aboriginal youth, and what is going so wrong in regions such as the Kimberley that Aboriginal children left behind are up to six times more likely to commit suicide than

Seniors' responses in upcoming Census crucial to future policy  - We are an ageing population and it is really important older Australians are represented accurately in the Census so they can get the services they ...

Garma festival opens with call for 'strong agreement' on Indigenous lands  - A senior Indigenous leader has called for Australia to find a “strong agreement” to ensure Indigenous lands are protected “forever and a day”, at the ...

How the Northern Territory became Australia's shame  - The dark heart of Australia's race relations has been exposed. .... "History will judge how Australia treats Aboriginal people": John Lawrence, SC, ...

Divergent paths branch off from road to Indigenous recognition  - In a recent essay, Tony McAvoy, Australia's first indigenous silk, argues for “reframing” the recognition process as either a commission of inquiry to ...

Aussies overwhelmed with pride to represent Indigenous brothers and sisters  - Players and coaches of the Australian Indigenous All stars basketball team say playing for your country is one thing but representing your Indigenous ...

Calls for youth detention royal commission to go national  - Figures showing the massive over-representation of indigenous people in jail Australia -wide give support to a push to extend to other states and ...

Students asked about their sexuality for scholarships  - A leading education scholarship provider backed by some of Australia’s biggest businesses has begun quizzing high school students on their sexuality as part of its application process, sparking fresh concerns about the creeping influence of LGBTI rights activism on schools.

Plebiscite 'yes' campaign takes shape amid division between marriage equality supporters  - On Monday, Australian Marriage Equality will launch a petition and media blitz ... Veteran gay rights campaigner Rodney Croome this week wrote on ...

Will Australia vote to remove trans identity from the international list of mental disorders?  - In Australia , the ICD classification is used by psychiatrists for mental health diagnoses – making the proposed changes important to Australians .

Dementia workshops by Alzheimers Taranaki prove popular  - Alzheimers Taranaki's free series of workshops for people interested in ... It's estimated there will be 150,000 people in New Zealand with dementia by ...

Opposition is constructive: Polye  - The Opposition wants honest and accountable leaders for Papua New ... tool for the Opposition to keep the government accountable to the people .

Prime Minister O'Neill Launches Sepik Plains Special Economic Zone Projects  - We want change, and the people of East Sepik want change that will have a ... “Agriculture is the backbone of Papua New Guinea's future and the ...

Mana, Maori Party want seats 'back in Maori hands' - Mrs McNab said she had recently talked with Māori Party's new president Tukoroirangi Morgan. "[There is] desire within Māoridom for Mana and the ...

Captain Cook statues defaced in NZ amid calls for Maori chiefs to take his place  - Another has had a white bikini painted on it as local people call for greater recognition of Maori leaders.

Parliament property rights grab echo of history  - The chief executive of Te Ohu Kaimoana says the creation of the giant Kermadecs ocean sanctuary shows institutionalised theft of Maori assets is not ...

Maori collective look for solutions  -  He says Maori landowners like his own Ngati Hine Forestry Trust have seen little return from a previous generation of lease deals which are now ...

Nature can be more than a backdrop in writing  - 'I am my mountain, because my mountain is my ancestor, and by mountain I am identified,' writes Maori novelist Patricia Grace.