Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia still hasn't equalised the age of consent for gay men  -  Australia is still lagging behind in terms of equality for gay and bisexual men. Not only is same-sex marriage still not available for couples but the age ...

Marriage equality: Are we open? - That the push-back on same sex marriage should come from the people who ... But if you are a sidelined minority, as gay people still are in Australia  ...

Julian Clary says he enjoyed 'graphically demystifying gay sex' through his comedy  - In Australia , same-sex marriage is still illegal, taking steps backwards rather than forwards when the Marriage Act 1961 was amended in 2004 officially ...

25 Percent Of Homeless People In Australia Are Indigenous - As the leader of an organisation that aims to reduce homelessness, I constantly grapple with the fact that Indigenous Australians make up 25 percent ...

Zero out of ten': Indigenous youth rate low levels of happiness  - The Mission Australia Youth Survey spoke to 18,727 people - 1,162 of whom identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Young Indigenous  ...

Australia Investigates Alleged Abuse of Minors in Juvenile Detention Center  -  Australian Aborigines have been victims of constant abuse since the colonization. Indigenous people were dispossessed of their land and were ...

Comedic Aussie lamb ad turns its back on 'too many perky white males'  -  It was criticised for anti-vegan bombast and lack of sensitivity to Indigenous ... " Australia is always changing and what the multicultural mix is always ...

We can't let our young people despair and lose hope, says Calma NEWS  - These are just some of the disturbing issues young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are facing at a higher level than other young Australians , ...

Helping Millions to Succeed  - The other area we focus on, picking up on our work with AIME [ Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience], is with Indigenous Australians, and we ...

Shocking' number of Indigenous teenagers rate happiness at zero  - Teenagers between 15 and 19 were asked to rate their usual mental state for Mission Australia's national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth ...

Indigenous Australians win scholarships to top UK universities -  Indigenous Australians awarded scholarships to study at top UK universities, thanks to funding from the Chevening programme.

The 10 best restaurants in Australia  - issue and features more than 400 restaurants from around Australia . Every year, guide editor Pat Nourse, also puts together a national Top 100, ...

One In 10 Young Indigenous Men Rate Their Happiness At 'Zero'  - The report by Mission Australia shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth are reporting higher levels of concern about issues such as bullying, ...

A dingo, a deer and a dolphin: short stories by Indigenous children – in pictures  - For Indigenous Literacy Day, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has released The Goanna Was Hungry, a new picture book comprised of stories ...

Indigenous youth rate levels of happiness - A number of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander's rate their happiness as ... The Mission Australia report found that Indigenous people suffer ...

Indigenous literacy: desert blooms with natural storytellers - Almost 80 per cent of schoolchildren in remote indigenous communities are functionally illiterate, and this is a really important day to remind Australia  ...

NZ businesses need to overcome bias about Maori  -  Maori currently make up 15 per cent of the country's population and that was expected to grow to almost 20 per cent by 2038 because the Maori  ...

Driver training could reduce offending  - New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says driving offences are often the first encounter young Maori males have with the police . . . so driving ...

Mana of Maori Land Court judges defended  - Ms Wall says that overturns a long standing convention that Maori Land Court judges are appointed on the advice or recommendation of the Maori  ...

Latest Labour market factsheets for Māori and Pacific Peoples released  - The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today released the Labour Market Factsheets for Māori and Pacific peoples for the ...

Rural nurse inspiration to peers - health provider Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngati Awa, was last night given New Zealand Nursing Association's Maori section's highest award. Te Runanga ...

Waiata awards encourage Maori talent -  Maori talent is being showcased this Friday at the ninth Waiata Maori Music Awards at the Hastings Sports Centre. Ellison Huata, who picked up the ...

Seven high-level findings from the RNZ/AUT Auckland mayoral debate  - Another New Thing to emerge during the debate was the position of the runaway favourite, Phil Goff, on Māori representation on Council. He said he'd ...

Not One More AcCatherine Delahunty presents petition - “The Public Works Act has been used time and time again to alienate Māori from their land, leading to the struggles for Bastion Point, the Raglan golf ...