Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

A New Prevention Program Uses Nine Strategies To Reduce Suicide Rates  - A new suicide prevention program expected to reduce suicide deaths by 20 percent and suicide attempts by 30 percent will use nine strategies targeting prevention, education, and specialised frontline care. The new "systems based" multi-strategy approach, called LifeSpan, is the first program of its kind targeting 

The land we play on: equality doesn't mean justice  - Sport, we're told, lies at the heart of what it means to be Australian. .... the past violence and discrimination against Australia's Indigenous peoples is ...

Indigenous people need to take responsibility over youth incarceration  - Noel Pearson said Indigenous responsibility was 'a crucial part of the solution' to the Northern Territory juvenile ... Australian Associated Press.

Northern Territory prison's treatment of intellectually disabled Aboriginal man referred to UN  -  Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs said it has received at least 10 complaints from the guardians of other intellectually ...

Australia's chlamydia problem is way older than Tinder, health experts say  - There was a chlamydia problem in Australia long before hookup apps like Tinder and Grindr. To be clear: Chlamydia is a big problem. It's the most ...

A 63-Year- Old Australian Woman Gave Birth For The First Time, Fertility Experts Call Her ...  - A 63-year- old Australian woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Monday, officially becoming the oldest woman in Australia to have given birth, ...

Refugees report abuse, violence in Australia's offshore refugee camp  - Slamming the Australian government for overlooking the abuse refugees face in its offshore detention camp in Nauru, an island ...

Domestic violence can and must be prevented  - Every Australian has a choice to create a country where violence against women and children is not tolerated and there are many organisations in ...

Federalism will help solve poverty  - According to figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), more than half (62.84 percent) of the country's gross domestic product has been concentrated in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon.

Australia bows to aboriginal pleas in youth crime probe  - TV footage of the mistreatment of youngsters, most of whom are aborigins- in an Australian juvenile detention center has recently created sensation.

Gassing of Indigenous Youth in Australian Detention System Reeks of Colonialism  - Activists display a sign decrying the murders of Aboriginal Australians in prison at an Invasion Day march and rally in Brisbane, Australia , on January ...

Celebrity Theatresports – comedy for a new Indigenous cause!  - This year's show is raising money for Impro Australia's new Indigenous Theatresports Youth Fund – aimed at bringing free Theatresports shows and ...

Ragnarok Director Is Making Hiring Indigenous People A Priority  - The director of forthcoming Marvel sequel 'Thor: Ragnarok' is making an conscious effort to hire indigenous people on the film's Australian set.

Study reveals gay and lesbian Australians earn more and have higher qualifications  - The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) has revealed gay , lesbian and bisexual Australians are better qualified ...

What can the Australian Christian Lobby do with their $7.5 million?  - Like America and its guns, Australia is just really struggling to get over that last hill with same sex marriage. While the rest of the western world decided ...

Rodney Croome quits Australian Marriage Equality role over plebiscite  - Veteran gay rights campaigner Rodney Croome has quit as the head of the marriage equality lobby group he founded, saying it is at odds with his ...

Have banks suddenly discovered there's more to life than wealth creation and endless ...  - His earlier comments suggested New Zealanders should simply take their medicine, stop their mithering, and be happy to live in one of the best cities ...

Growing discontent over low wage growth  -    We're also facing a crisis of housing. The response simply needs to be pay more for people to better afford the housing costs they're confronted with," ...

The mystery of NZ's ancient chooks  - Our results support the idea that chickens were introduced to New Zealand by Europeans, and provide new insights into Maori uptake and integration ...

Online News Reporters in PNG Should Face Legal Action for Misreporting  -  Papua New Guinea's Minister Communications Minister, Hon. ... and people from Australia to Europe are seeing a different Papua New Guinea.

New Māori Innovation Hub  - Cliff Curtis brought some Hollywood star power to the blessing of Te Whare a Māui, Callaghan Innovation's Māori Innovation Hub yesterday.

Auckland Council neglects Maori smokers with shoddy smokefree policy, review says  -  Maori smokers have been let down by Auckland Council's 'Smokefree by 2025' policy, a damning review has found.

Members' voices spark Fox turnaround  -  Maori Party founder Dame Tariana Turia is backing current co-leader Marama Fox's turnaround on supporting Helen Clark's run for UN secretary ...

Way cleared for wahakura roll out  -  The wahakura resonate better with whanau Maori and that 's what we are absolutely excited about, that this is going to make a big difference to our ...