Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Outback eye disease a ' national disgrace' -  Australia is the only developed country to still have trachoma, with what have been high rates of trachoma in the aboriginal communities,” he said.

We have a political correctness crisis, but it's not the one you think - Gorrie's by no means the only Indigenous person lately to butt up against the boundaries of Australian political correctness for daring to suggest that ...

Widen welfare rules to all jobless, says Tony Abbott - A draft report by Jobs Australia , the peak body for non-profit employment ... A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said the ...

Is suicide one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia ? - The federal government’s Medicare Benefits Schedule review is well underway. Teams of clinicians are looking at more than 5,700 items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to see if health services are up to date and in line with the latest clinical evidence.

Queensland has highest rate of suicide in Australia - Queensland has the highest rates of suicide in the nation and is one of the regions, including Western Australia , Tasmania and the ACT, where suicide  ...

Marking the Infinite" free film series begins tonight at Tulane University - A three-part film series celebrates Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia , an exhibition at Tulane University's ...

Gus Worland documentary Man Up tackles the crisis in male suicide rates - Gus Worland with members of Australian veterans' support group ... Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for people aged 15-44. Last year ...

For Some Retirees, Affordable Living Means A Real Struggle To Survive - That's the subject of a new book published by the CSIRO, The Australian Dream: Housing Experiences of Older Australians , which draws on the ...

Silicon Valley entrepreneur puts Aboriginal dot paintings on market - Silicon Valley entrepreneur puts Aboriginal dot paintings on market ... Several of the works have been on loan to institutions in Australia or on show at ...

How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places? - The return of land to Indigenous custodians in Australia over the past 20 years is a dramatic shift in Australian land tenure and management. Yet this ...

How fake works disrupt the market and disempower local artists - Art is an extension of its creator, and traditional cultural art from Indigenous Australians is a visual interpretation of the rich history of one of the oldest ...

Australia could learn a lot if it actually listened to Indigenous women on domestic violence - For two days last year, a crowd of mainly Aboriginal women from many communities across Central Australia gathered in Alice Springs to discuss the ...

Sorry to tell you, but not everything is racist - CLAIMS that Australia is a racist country, particularly against Aborigines , are common. What is less common is good evidence to support the claims.

Margot Robbie supports Australia marriage equality campaign - While countries such as the U.S. and the U.K. have legalised same-sex marriages, it is still illegal in Australia and actor Joshua, who is engaged to the ...

Australia's government is still dragging its feet on gay marriage - He is also one of Australia's most zealous advocates for making gay marriage legal. Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister, has called a non-binding ...

Christian lobby backs legal help for businesses refusing gay couples - An organisation founded by the Australian Christian Lobby plans to bankroll legal cases for business owners who refuse to provide services to gay  ...

Rotorua businesses help fundraise for medicinal cannabis cause - "This is a plant that can help our people here in New Zealand , it's hugely ... Fernleaf Motel owner Andrew Bell said in his view more people needed ...

Terminally ill mother raises breast cancer awareness - Each year, more than 3000 New Zealanders are diagnosed with breast ... According to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, Māori women are ...

Hundreds of jobs at risk in Ministry of Justice restructure - Mr Barclay says the changes will disproportionately affect Māori employees, and it's not clear Treaty partners have been consulted about changes to ...

Te Mātāwai first hui – a milestone for te reo Māori -  Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell said today's first meeting of Te Mātāwai signals the dawn of a new era for te reo Māori – New Zealand's ...

Experience readies Parr for new broadcast reality - Veteran producer Larry Parr, who has been managing the Maori broadcast funding agency's television and new media programmes, was picked to ...

Māori need answers on Land Court job losses -  Māori employees and Treaty partners need answers after a Ministry of Justice consultation document has revealed dozens of roles ...

Women encouraged to take on trades -  Maori and Pasifika Trades Training Auckland is backing an effort to get more women into the trades. Project manager Kirk Sargent says wahine are ...

Ancient DNA of First Inhabitants of Vanuatu and Tonga Points to Indigenous Taiwan Population - Formerly, the theory was that these people mixed with Papuan populations in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, who arrived around ...