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Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine

Silence over Aboriginal violence condones it: Warren Mundine - Mr Mundine, who chairs the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, says indigenous women in Australia are 34 times more likely to be ...

International Labour Organisation seeks Australia's advice on violence in the workplace

International Labour Organisation seeks Australia's advice on violence in the workplace -  Australia's peak union and business organisations will help shape a new international convention on the impact of domestic violence and other forms ...

It's been a year since my gay wedding: can I call him my husband yet?

It's been a year since my gay wedding: can I call him my husband yet? - I was tempted to reply to her and explain that no, in Australia , in these times .... Today I find myself, like many gay and lesbian Australians who have ...

Margot Robbie supports Australian gay marriage on 'SNL'

Margot Robbie supports Australian gay marriage on 'SNL' - Margot Robbie hosted the 42nd season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and besides spoofing Ivanka Trump, the actress also publicly ...

Patrick McGorry and peak mental health group call on Malcolm Turnbull to abandon marriage ...

Patrick McGorry and peak mental health group call on Malcolm Turnbull to abandon marriage ... -  Australia's most prominent mental health advocate Patrick McGorry and the nation's peak mental health group have called for the same-sex marriage ...

Calls for national suicide summit

Calls for national suicide summit - The 2015 Causes of Death data found there were 3027 suicides in Australia , which is equal to more than eight per day or one every three hours.

Call to tackle housing affordability as number of older homeless women rises

Call to tackle housing affordability as number of older homeless women rises - Now she lives in a unit in Cambridge Park owned by Mission Australia ... the number of older women without secure housing would only rise unless ...

Drapht backs music on indigenous rights

Drapht backs music on indigenous rights -  These issues still haven't been resolved and this is a super important time for the indigenous people. It needs to happen and the Australian music ...

Legalise euthanasia, and compassionate society dies too

Legalise euthanasia, and compassionate society dies too - In Belgium, figures for sanctioned killings and assisted suicide rose from .... Vulnerable people are right to feel uneasy if Australia crosses the legal ...

Fewer people living below poverty line

Fewer people living below poverty line - The number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than 100 million across the world despite a sluggish global economy, the World ...

How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship?

How can Australia build on a century of struggle over Indigenous citizenship? -  Australia needs to recapture the urgency felt in the early 20th century about achieving an honourable and just settlement with Indigenous people.

'Imagine if it was reversed!' Job advert that explicitly asks for 'applicants of Aboriginal descent ...

'Imagine if it was reversed!' Job advert that explicitly asks for 'applicants of Aboriginal descent ... - Job advertisements which say only Indigenous people need apply have been labelled 'discrimination' by a talkback radio host. Recruitment and labour hire company New Start Australia advertised a series of casual positions on the jobseeker website Indeed at the weekend.

Jobs scheme doing 'more harm than good' in Indigenous communities

Jobs scheme doing 'more harm than good' in Indigenous communities - However a draft report from Jobs Australia , which represents non-government employment organisations, has said it is in fact far more restrictive than ...

Number of imprisoned indigenous people in Australia surged 54% over past 15yrs

Number of imprisoned indigenous people in Australia surged 54% over past 15yrs  - The number of indigenous people imprisoned in Australia grew by 54.3 percent over the past 15 years, according to a new study which suggests that ...

Allure of Australia's Uluru hard to resist

Allure of Australia's Uluru hard to resist - I know it's aboriginal land but there's aboriginal land all over Australia and we are doing all sorts of things on their land. “If you're going to start ...

Dolly Parton, Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia

Dolly Parton, Kylie Minogue and Joshua Sasse campaign to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia - Rumours have swirled that they're set to tie the knot in Australia later this year. And pop princess Kylie Minogue and her fiancé Joshua Sasse continue fight for the recognition of same-sex marriage in the country. The 28-year-old British actor has created the Say I Do Down Under campaign.

New dental grants for Kiwis who need it most

New dental grants for Kiwis who need it most - Children from low income families, Maori and Pacific Island communities, and the physically disabled are among those most at risk. This year, two ...

Maori not accessing mainstream health services: Ngai Tahu

Maori not accessing mainstream health services: Ngai Tahu - The Southern DHB needs to work more closely with Maori health providers if it is serious about closing the health gap between Maori and non- Maori , ...

Police Send Friendly Texts to Meth Users and Protests

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Police Send Friendly Texts to Meth Users and Protests  -  Auckland police are using phone numbers they uncover through meth busts to contact drug users—to offer them help. And a surprising amount of people are taking them up on it. Of the 140 texts police sent out to numbers found in a recent raid, 20 people got directly back to police. Detective Senior Sergeant Stan Brown told Newshub the scheme is about cutting the number of meth users they may have to deal with in the future, while also gathering intel on dealers.

Low turn out blights Maori board chances

Low turn out blights Maori board chances - A Maori local body candidate is concerned that low turnout means it will be very hard for Maori candidates to be elected. Will Flavell is standing for a ...

New guidelines provide a framework for biomedical research with Māori

New guidelines provide a framework for biomedical research with Māori - Associate Professor Maui Hudson led a team to develop culturally informed guidelines for ethical research to protect Māori interests in biobanking and ...

Celebration of Maori journalism

Celebration of Maori journalism -  Maori journalists have been doing an amazing job for many years and really gone unrecognised and it's a pretty tough gig being a Maori journalist.

Inspired by a land down under

Inspired by a land down under - No, not Australia; the land down under “where women glow and men plunder.”* But rather Australia's quirky cousin, New Zealand – home of Hobbits ...

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals the Polynesians may have come from Taiwan

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals the Polynesians may have come from Taiwan - This suggests that the Papuan people must have arrived on the islands at a later date and mixed with the people who were already living there around ...