Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australian geoboffin discovers 3.7 billion year old fossils after ice melts  - Stromatolites are calcium carbonate deposits made by communities of ancient simple single-celled organisms. “When people think of fossils, they normally think of bones. But these were made by a group that belong to the first organisms on Earth,” Professor Allen Nutman, lead author and geologist at the University of Wollongong, Australia, told The Register .

More Australians opt to retire in less popular coastal areas  - CoreLogic analyst Cameron Kusher said more older people were looking to ... McGrath national sales director Matt Lahood said Australians were ...

The cool thing you won't notice about new $5 note  - Today's $5 note is Australia's first bank note that blind people can read, which I ... That's fine for the tuck shop, but what about when I get older ?

How death caused 'powder keg' town to erupt  - Mr Doughty said the indigenous community, including elders and ... attempt, and was charged with wilful damage of a vehicle, The Australian reported.

Newcastle to host Australian surfing's elite  - Newcastle will play host to the nation's surfing elite when the Australian ... The national final has been held on the Australia Day weekend in January ...

Aboriginal Boy's Death Sparks Racism Row In Australia  - An Aboriginal boy lost his life and Kalgoorlie became a backdrop to violence — a reminder of the long-standing division between the indigenous and ...

A Crazed Homophobe Put Hydrochloric Acid In The Lube Dispenser At Gay Sex Club  - An man has been arrested in Sydney, Australia after committing a horrible crime at a gay and bisexual nightclub. The unnamed man was found ...

Comedian Jim Jefferies Wants Marriage Equality In Australia , 'Gayest Place On Earth'  -  Australian stand-up comedian and actor Jim Jefferies told TMZ he wishes his home country would follow in America's footsteps on gay marriage.

Australia wants trans men and the cis gay , bi, queer men who love them to GRUNT  - Keep it safe” are the first words one sees when you launch the new website called GRUNT in your browser — after you verify you're over 18 years old ...

Australia's Opposition to propose own legislation to legalize gay marriage  - Labour leader Bill Shorten used the first meeting of Parliament since the election to announce that he would propose the bill on Wednesday.

Reforms to justice system essential to protect the rights of Indigenous youth  - Major reforms must be undertaken by the authorities in the Australian state of Queensland to protect the rights of Indigenous children from a youth ...

Australia's first female Aboriginal MP has given her maiden speech in parliament and it was epic  - Linda Burney, the first indigenous woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives, has given her maiden speech highlighting her ...

Australia police, protesters clash over teen death  - Hundreds protest the death of an aboriginal teenager in western Australia . Clashes erupt, arrests are made, and over a dozen officers are injured.

Indigenous work shunned by performing arts sector  - Lydia Miller, the Australia Council's executive director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, says the report shows there is an opportunity for ...

Aboriginal mum highlights 'hypocrisy' over Nic Nat blackface controversy  -  An Aboriginal mother has shared a photo of her daughter with her face painted white to highlight what she says is hypocrisy involving am Australian  ...

Waking our sleeping Indigenous languages : 'we're in the midst of a resurgence'  - It's never been a more exciting time to be a linguist working with Australian Indigenous languages – at least according to linguist Murray Garde.

New charter schools target Māori teens  - Backers of two new charter schools want to help Māori students who are doing ... different ethnicities and there was no place for them in New Zealand .

New book promotes diverse Māori perspectives in psychology  - Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa/ New Zealand is the embodiment of Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki's long-held vision to have ...

Changearound at Maori Statutory Baord  - The National Urban Maori Authority will have to decide whether it's worth ... back, along with former New Zealand First and National MP Tau Henare.

Manurewa helps find homes for whānau after years on the list  - We go housing New Zealand , every where it takes about two, three years, but over here it was you know just like that, like just within a week," said ...

Māori land programme boosts productivity and profitability  -  Māori land programme boosts productivity and profitability ... The Mana Whenua Project, www.manawhenuaproject. nz , funded through the Ministry of ...

Determining whether or not an LGBT athlete is 'publicly out' isn't always simple  - When New Zealand rower Robbie Manson came out, he did it via Outsports, leaving no doubt he was gay. The same is true for many other athletes, ...

Youth Blood Drive In Full Swing  - It was another great success with over 65 bags of blood collected, with another 50 plus people that wanted to donate, however, following initial ...

Life-Preserving Mangroves in Papua  - The people of Ohotya village in Papua , rely on mud crabs for their livelihood. The village chief works with the local fisheries agency to ensure the ...