Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

How oral cultures memorise so much information - Long before the ancient Celts, Aboriginal Australians were recording vast scores of knowledge to memory and passing it to successive generations.

Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull's art selection showcases Indigenous and female artists - Mr and Mrs Turnbull's choices from the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and Parliament House include works by Archibald Prize winners, ...

Scientists Name Aboriginal Australians Oldest Civilization on Earth - According to a recent DNA study performed by Australian scientists, the ancestry of indigenous Australians stretches back roughly 75,000 years.

Suicide rate in Australia reaches 10-year high - Lifeline Australia today called for the establishment of a National Summit to Stop Suicide.“We do not want 3000 lives lost to be the new tragic ...

Justice for black lives and essential Australian viewing - Today the West Australian coroner decided to again delay releasing vision of the death of an Indigenous woman in police custody. Australia's peak ...

The TOP Indigenous Entry Program - It provides opportunities to Indigenous Australians who may not have completed their HSC or acquired the necessary score for entry into their degree ...

Study shows Indigenous people lose 2.3 healthy years - A new report has found Indigenous Australians face a substantially higher burden of disease than their non- Indigenous  ...

Innovative art schools in Australia - One powerful way that Australian art schools are innovating is by ... And given the legacy of art created by Australia's indigenous people, this is an ...

Australia continues its nuclear war against Aborigines - Sixty-three years ago a mushroom cloud rose over the plains of Maralinga in outback South Australia . It was the first of seven nuclear weapons ...

Most unusual causes of death in Australia - The Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows suicide is the leading cause of ... Suicide continues to be the leading cause of death until the age of 44.

Australia's suicide rate the highest in 10 years -  Suicide will continue to be the main cause of death for Australians aged 15 to 44 unless proven prevention strategies are implemented, according to ...

Number of suicides rises in Canberra - Forty-six people died by suicide in the ACT last year, up from 38 in 2014, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed. Hayley Purdon ...

Half of Australia's LGBTI community afraid to 'come out of the closet' at work - One respondent sighted ' gay jokes' as the key problem at their work place but noted it improved when ...

New study showing homophobia still rampant in sport prompts renewed calls for action - A new study which found gay slurs is still regularly heard at live sporting ... Denison said the sporting landscapes of the UK and Australia are not ...

Who's to blame for gay marriage stalling? - Attorney-General George Brandis says Labor has pushed back gay ... A) Break the heart of Australia on marriage equality by refusing to introduce ...

A third of Australia's nurses are thinking of leaving the profession - Researchers said there is a looming shortage, with the majority of the nursing and midwifery workforce in Australia already aged 47 years or older and ...

Marae keen to house homeless - "According to some of our older members, they remember when they were young they catered for people who were less fortunate and they helped people who were passing through.

NZ air among world's cleanest, safest: report - It showed New Zealand was either in the top five or 10 nations with the best ... air pollution, with 0.3 (age-standardised) deaths per 100,000 people .

Anti-separatist' campaign launched against ' Maori favouritism' ahead of 2017 election - The campaign, Hobson's Pledge, is named after the first governor of New Zealand , Captain William Hobson, and his statement upon signing the ...

Bilingual radio show Maori Matters triumphs on SalientFM - The show on SalientFM, Victoria University's radio station, airs every Wednesday afternoon for two hours, and is a platform for Maori opinions and ...

Hollywood director James Cameron makes plea for Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary - Legislation to establish the sanctuary has been put on ice after a fierce backlash over a lack of consultation on the removal of Maori fishing rights in the ...

League looking for indigenous answers - The Maori Women's Welfare League is holding its annual conference in Tamaki Makaurau this week and president Prue Kapua says it's looking at ...

PNG's Envoy Hopes For More Growth In Trade Relations - On the inclusion of Papua New Guinea, which has a population of over seven million people into ASEAN, Vincent said that PNG has been an observer ...

Pacific Nations Condenm Indonesian Abuses in West Papua - Pacific Nations Condenm Indonesian Abuses in West Papua ... “I am really confident that people in the Pacific –- particularly across the Micronesia, ...