Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Drug companies paying doctors millions, Medicines Australia report reveals - The doctors who received the highest payments during the six months were those with an interest in HIV. Gilead, the manufacturer of HIV treatments including a new preventive drug regimen, paid several doctors more than $10,000 each for educational events and other work.

Indigenous media is crucial to the Australian landscape and it needs to be self-sufficient  - Vibe was really an extension of Gavin's care and positive vision for Indigenous Australia and in losing Vibe he knew that the impact would be felt not ...

The Search for Justice for Julieka Dhu, Aboriginal Victim of Australian Police Violence - In Australia , human rights activists and the aboriginal community are demanding justice for the death of Julieka Dhu in police custody two years ago.

Australia PM warns about anti-Muslim extremism  - He said creating division and fomenting distrust of Muslims will make violence even more likely. Australian lawmakers are pressuring Turnbull to ban ...

Than 2500 calls to PNG family violence hotline  - Papua New Guinea's first freecall national counselling hotline, providing support for family and sexual violence issues, has received 2576 calls in its ...

I have journeyed to a powerful place  - Linda Burney slammed calls for the watering down of the Racial Discrimination Act and warned that Aboriginal Australians still suffered ...

Indigenous -led youth diversion programs being overlooked in Queensland: Amnesty International - She said the most successful programs were led by Aboriginal people. ... here in Australia shows that Indigenous -led solutions are far more effective," ...

First Indigenous female MP sworn in amid traditional song  - A prominent Indigenous rights activist and politician has officially become Australia's first female Aboriginal MP, giving her maiden speech in the ...

Australia Aboriginal MP Gives Maiden Speech in Native Language  -  Australia's first Aboriginal woman elected to Parliament has made history again by delivering her first maiden speech in her native Aboriginal  ...

Children born to women in 40s healthier and smarter, analysis shows  - be presented at the Fertility Society of Australia's annual scientific meeting next week, show children of older mums have fewer social and emotional ...

What's Going on With Same-Sex Marriage in Australia ? Here's a Breakdown  - With conversation heating up around Australia's potential same-sex marriage plebiscite, we thought it was worth dissecting what's actually going on.

Plebiscite white noise has diverted us from the facts on marriage equality  - IT'S a great time not to be gay in Australia . Lately, I've been giving thanks for being a straight male in this world. Firstly, I like the look of women.

Racist laws must not return: Dodson - Born before 1967, before indigenous Australians were counted in the census, the indigenous leader says his family, like many Aboriginal families, still ...

I'm a proud Indigenous sports person": Meet our Indigenous Paralympians  - Only 11 Indigenous Australian athletes have competed in the Paralympic Games since its inception in the early 1960s. And now, two young ...

Father of reconciliation' Pat Dodson slams racial superiority in maiden speech to Parliament  - Mr Dodson, who is known around the country for the work he has undertaken to bridge the divide between Indigenous and other Australians , said he ...

Evil Poofs”: Here's What Happened In Australia's Ugliest LGBT Debate  - As the marriage plebiscite dominates debate in Canberra, the LGBT community is looking to the acrimonious debate over decriminalising ...

Philanthropics sharpen focus as Waikato's diversity grows - What the population of Waikato looks like today. .... In Hamilton alone, the Maori population will go from 22 per cent to 27 per cent, the number of ...

Kohanga benefit not just for kids  -  Maori Party MP and former kohanga reo mum Marama Fox says the organisation has transformed the lives of generations of Maori women.

Unitary Plan move smart and strategic  - Auckland mayor Len Brown is defending two members of the Independent Maori Statutory Board who stepped aside to let the full council consider the ...

Maori Greens plan strategy  -  Maori Green Party members are meeting on Waiheke this weekend to identify issues of concern and look for ways to increase the party's Maori vote at ...

Maori roll for new charter schools  - Low income Maori teenagers will be the target for the two schools to come through the third round of charter school selection. Te Kopuku High in ...

NZ Human Rights Commission launches Race Relations Campaign  - We've always had a problem with racial intolerance in New Zealand – Maori New Zealanders know it is not new. But what's changed is we've also ...

Racism in NZ : Over 400 complaints a year  - Former refugee Adorate Mizero says despite living in New Zealand since she was a toddler, she is still frequently viewed as an outsider by other Kiwis.

Time to shake Land Wars taboo  - But that flag flew over battlefields on our own soil, marshalling the troops and settlers against Maori . Over 3000 people died in New Zealand during the ...