Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Newborn death rates improve, gap closing for Indigenous babies -  Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth. However, almost 1 in 100 pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks gestation ends with the ...

One child every four hours': Australia's stillbirth rate unacceptable, experts say - One child every four hours': Australia's stillbirth rate unacceptable, experts say ... The rate of stillbirths among Indigenous mothers dropped 16%.

The tireless volunteers preventing suicide in Australia -  Suicide is the leading cause of death for Western Australians between the ages of 15 and 54, and over 55,000 West Australian's called Lifeline's crisis ...

Imminent death not a factor for euthanasia, says Steph Key - An architect of state legislation to introduce the right to die in Australia says euthanasia should be available to people not at imminent risk of death .

Time to improve treatment of the most costly disease in Australia - We may not be dealing with a fully fledged epidemic, but that is still an enormous amount of preventable suffering and premature death . Awareness is 

Opposing same-sex marriage is cruel. So, so cruel - How lovely it would be for my mother to know Australia finally sees her sons as the human beings she sees us as. It's so very cruel and I often wonder ...

Will Same-Sex Marriage Finally Be Legalised In Australia ? -  Same-sex marriage has come under the spotlight in Australia this year. It was a key talking point during the country's federal election in June, and ...

Agencies can't keep track of where kids are living, commission told - Ms Gwynne tied the problem to the Territory's statistically worst-in- Australia rates of Aboriginal placement — putting indigenous children with ...

Call for cultural respect in indigenous worker drug tests - “When you look at some of the work we do with Aboriginal programs and employment companies in Western Australia , a lot of it is to do with helping ...

How Aboriginal astronomy provides clues to ancient life - How Aboriginal astronomy provides clues to ancient life ... An ancient Aboriginal site at a secret location in the Victorian bush could be the oldest ... to this stone arrangement here as Australia's version of Stonehenge," he said.

Aboriginal survival rests on success of royal commission  -  Aboriginal survival rests on success of royal commission – Indigenous ... The survival of Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory depends on the ... critique on Australia's long history of investigating issues without addressing them.

How to make Australia the 'lucky country' for all children - One-in-six Australian children live in poverty, while thousands of Australians ... The document also highlights that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...

Indigenous -led suicide prevention plan needed to fight Aboriginal death crisis  - A major report has concluded Aboriginal suicides are at record levels in remote Australia , and mainstream prevention programs are failing. The ABC ...

Is This The Solution To Australia's Retirement Living Time Bomb? - By 2030, the Australian Bureau of Statistics forecasts that over 19 per cent of the entire population will be older than 65, by 2050 that will amount to ...

Same-Sex Marriage Plebiscite Is Dead, and So May Be Hopes for Marriage Equality Any ... - Australia's Labor Party just blocked the same-sex marriage plebiscite, one of several parties that supports marriage equality but not at the expense of over $100 million dollars and the dignity of the LGBT community. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is demanding the nation weigh in with a non-binding resolution before lawmakers officially vote to extend marriage to same-sex couples, but equality supporters say civil rights should never be put up to a vote.

Here's Why Australia Just Took A Big Step Away From Marriage Equality  - That decision means same-sex marriage will probably be delayed in Australia for years to come. But LGBT Aussies are actually pretty ok with that.

Emotional submissions given at euthanasia hearing - She said she had two parents with dementia, both educated people now living in separate rest homes after 60 years of married life together.

Migrants' parents cost NZ 'tens of millions' - Parents of people who have moved to New Zealand are being stopped from migrating here because they're a multi-million dollar burden on taxpayers.

Information 'scarce' on effectiveness of Maori education programmes - The Auditor-General says progress for Maori in our education system is too slow. ... Significant improvement in Maori education is a realistic objective. ... itself, and another by a right-wing think tank called The New Zealand Initiative.

Winston Peters accuses Māori Party of dragging King Tuheitia into politics -  New Zealand First MP Winston Peters says King Tuheitia has been dragged into politics by the Māori Party. It follows after King Tuheitia sent a letter to ...

Understanding local government challenges in New Zealand - “We’ve written short, informative chapters in plain English, and the book is designed to dip in and out of – it doesn’t need to be read from start to finish,” Dr Cheyne says. “People struggle to understand the system and the process, but it’s very important to make your views and your voice heard.”

Polynesian Panthers mark 45 years of tautoko - If Maori were having a struggle, then Polynesians were having a struggle. We had seen how Maori had been ripped off, how Maori had been ...

More to Maori identity than DNA - A Maori social scientist says DNA tests aren't going to give people a Maori identity. Dr Carla Houkamau took part in presentation with an Ancestry ...

Auckland kura redevelopment upscaled - An additional $5.9 million will be invested in the redevelopment of Auckland's Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae, Education Minister Hekia Parata ...