Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia's Cigarette Wars Turn Violent  - The roots of Australia's problem with the black market stem at least in part from recent public health policies as successive governments have tried to ...

Museums increasingly use exhibitions to bring people together  - In similarly activist mould, the Victoria and Albert Museum, also based in London, launched an exhibition of works by Banksy and other British street artists in Tripoli and Benghazi in 2012 as an act of solidarity with the Libyan people, according to director ­Martin Roth.

Myth of extinction of Tasmanian Aborigines  - Turner's ignorance of this nation's indigenous people is revealed in an autobiography (quoted in Australia Through the Looking Glass) where she 

Inequality Creeps into the Land of the Fair Go  - There is growing evidence that inequality is increasing not only in Australia but also ... How did we get back to societies and economies where absolute poverty is ... In Australia , unlike most advanced industrial economies, we have ...

Is Konkani one of the 7k languages under threat?  - Citing the example of an indigenous tribe of Australia and how the government acted swiftly to preserve their language and tradition, Lobo said, "The ...

ACL cites study of 20 rainbow families in argument against marriage equality  - of children raised by same sex parents as something to ponder as we head towards a decision on allowing same sex couples to wed in Australia .

Greens don't want the people's opinion on marriage  -  Australia could do this too, but inclusion isn't the objective of the cultural elite and ... If a plebiscite rejected gay marriage but parliament still legalised it, ...

Why do Australians keep wearing blackface?  - Asked for an opinion on the latest blackface rumpus, Indigenous rapper Briggs said: " Australia has its own history of blackface that dates back ...

Aboriginal people feel pressured to lose values, culture to be successful, study says  - A new report suggests Aboriginal people are facing enormous pressure to lose their traditional culture in order to be successful in Australia . Larrakia ...

Supporting Indigenous Australians  -  Indigenous cultures in Australia represent ancient knowledge systems that are vital and unique to this land. Despite this deep history, and the ...

Jury still out on East Kimberley cashless welfare cards  - Kununurra-based Indigenous leader Ian Trust, who was one of the first community leaders to advocate for the trial, said he was aware there were still ...

Plans to further lift pension age 'terrifying' for some older unemployed people - The National Willing to Work report, recently released by the Australian Human Rights Commission, exposed widespread discrimination against older  ...

Australia's Greens will try to block public vote on same-sex marriage  -  Australia's Green Party will try and block a “harmful” public vote on same-sex ... The party says it has listened to LGBT members who “overwhelmingly” ...

Marriage equality plebiscite: I take this barrage of bigotry dressed up as 'debate' personally  - To say that the totemic civil rights issue of our times for Australia's LGBT community is not “truly important” just makes me shake my head with ...

Age shall not weary all of us equally  - of Physicians, as part of Choosing Wisely Australia , has recommended doctors reduce the use of multiple medicines among older people and not ...

Common prescription drugs behind a wave of Australian overdose deaths  - New data obtained by the Herald Sun reveals a surge in deaths among older Australians , with almost eight in 10 accidental overdose deaths now men ...

Pension age lift raises fears for Aussie workers  - The Australian government's move to raise the pension age to 70 by 2035 has "terrified" some older jobseekers, who said they were already struggling ...

Domino's Pizza to introduce drone delivery service in New Zealand  - Domino's will start testing the service in New Zealand later this year and is also ... New Zealand last year introduced new aviation rules to regulate and ... Domino's said it envisages people ordering pizzas using an app on their ...

Bad attitude blocks prison reform  - The chair of justice reform lobby group JustSpeak says a generation of young people are frustrated Corrections refuses to listen to Maori on ways to ...

Attempt to entrench Maori seats from Brash threat  -  The bill, which is in the ballot with 80 other member's bills, would require a 75 percent vote of parliament to change or abolish the Maori seats.

Kotahitanga big question for Kingitanga Day  - Kotahitanga, hauora Maori and language development are on the agenda for next month's Kiingitanga Day at Waikato University. It's the eighth year ...

Mahuta mulls future, rejects king's speech  - Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta is leaving the question of her own future open and doesn't think the Maori KingTuheiti's rejection of the Labour Party will ...

Bishops want West Papuans to join inter-governmental body - Catholic bishops from the Pacific region have voiced their support for the West Papuan people's desire to participate in the inter-governmental ...

Maori students in NZ march for West Papua - "We are standing up for up for the people of West Papua , we are standing their mana whenua. We are standing up for their tino rangatiratanga," she ...