Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Aboriginal patients with heart issues foregoing angiograms  - Professor Alex Brown, from the Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, said the study also found Aboriginal patients were also more likely to ...

Middle Eastern dissidents increasingly supporting Israel  - Following the outbreak of the Arab Spring and renewed Iranian aggression in the Middle East region, an increasing number of Middle Eastern dissidents have started to outspokenly support the State of Israel.   From Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Balochistan, many of these dissidents

Mexico's Religious Conservatives Seek Anti- LGBT Constitutional Amendment, LGBT Activists ...  - The Washington Blade’s Michael Lavers published a wide-ranging interview with British activist Peter Tatchell, who spoke about his belief in the importance of LGBT people standing publicly with other human rights struggles. “In all these different places where I work on broad human rights issues — whether it be Russia, Iran, 

Gay couple 'kicked off London bus after driver launches disgusting homophobic rant'  - A theatre director claims he was kicked off a London bus after its driver launched a vile racist and homophobic tirade at him and his boyfriend.

Polygamy dating site is a warning: first same-sex marriage, next polygamy  - I warned Malcolm Turnbull and others of the Left that saying yes to same-sex marriage would make it hard to say no to polygamy. How could we say no to any three adults marrying once we've agreed to any two? A new dating site for Muslim polygamists suggests that argument is about to start.

New lamb ad features trans woman and gay dads  - A new ad campaign for lamb was released online last night, and two memorable moments include LGBT Australians : trans comedian Jordan ...

My boy's dead': Jayden Bennell's mother's search for answers after death in custody  -  Indigenous man Jayden Bennell who died at Casuarina prison. He was one of 400 Indigenous Australians to die in custody in the 25 years since the ...

Aussie aboriginal goes from non-citizen to lawmaker.  - Wearing a cloak decorated with the goanna lizard, the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's Lower House took her seat in Parliament ...

Victoria to transfer ownership of hundreds of homes under Indigenous plan  - We need these houses,” Ockwell told Guardian Australia . ... AHV manages the bulk of Indigenous community housing in Victoria but an additional ...

Why old theories on Indigenous counting just won't go away  - My Australian-educated friends tell me they were taught at school that all Aboriginal people only counted one, two, three, four and many. While it might be the case for some communities, there is also abundant evidence in others of complex Aboriginal number systems extending to high numbers.

Documentary maker Damon Gameau pays back Indigenous health initiative  - In the language of the Pitjantjatjara people of Central Australia , there is an expression — "Ngapartji Ngapartji". It means: "What are you going to give ...

The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians  - Group A streptococcal (GAS) infections contribute to the excess burden of ill-health in Indigenous Australians , causing superficial infection, invasive ...

Why old theories on Indigenous counting just won't go away  - For example, the distinguished Australian linguist Barry Blake famously said in his 1981 book, Australian Aboriginal Languages : A General ...

This is all I can say in my own language , and it is painful for me  - Jakelin Troy: 'All the knowledge embedded in our Indigenous languages is ... This is according to the latest national survey of Australian languages ...

Hey young people - do carry on moaning'  - It may be easier to have this sized group of social contacts in a small place like New Zealand , although I'm not so sure how long this will last.

Social workers' struggle to help homeless 'like working in war zone', inquiry told  - Housing New Zealand needed to build more houses, while the lack of ... improved, given it was often more secure for people to stay in state houses.

Three countries with unique provisions  - In New Zealand , which has an indigenous Maori minority and has become more diverse with significant immigration from Asia, the previous ...

Plantations affect biodiversity, provide few benefits for Papuans : Activists  - Tree kangaroos are one of Papua's endemic animals. ... in Papua , adding that it had also failed to improve the welfare of local people in the province.

Foreign capital key to future Maori wealth  -  Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell is keen for more Maori businesses to court Asian investors. Mr Flavell want to refresh his Maori  ...

Rongoā Māori for the skin  - This story of loss and revitalisation is true also of Māori medicine, known as Rongoā Māori . Originally practiced by Tohunga (medicine men), Rongoā ...

Do our councils have a diversity issue?  - In the 2013 census, 52 per cent of the Nelson region's population were women; 9.4 per cent Maori ; 4.4 per cent Asian; and 50 per cent under the ...

Pacific Coalition on West Papua Gains Momentum  - He said the right to self-determination being denied to the people of West Papua since the last 50 years is a fundamental principle of the United ...