Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

This non-binary Indigenous artist uses blood to explore the relationship between body and place - Sarah-Jane Norman bakes scones for the audience during 'Take this, for it is my body,' using their blood as one of the ingredients. It is one of three ...

New Zealanders used to flock to Australia : what happened? - On their last night aboard the Kiwis wipe themselves out on icy Australian beer, twice as strong as New Zealand's tepid national brew. They emerge ...

How an Interracial Couple's 'Criminal' Marriage Changed Gay Life - A year later, Davis continues to stick to her claim that same-sex couples do not deserve the right to marry. Meanwhile, same-sex couples from Australia  ...

Anglican Church leaders accuse Sydney Archbishop of silencing supporters -  In the wake of the likely failure of the plebiscite bill, a group of 58 priests and church leaders across Australia sign a petition urging the Archbishop of ...

Deep Water star William McInnes reflects on Australia's homophobic past - McInnes, a staple on Australian TV since the 1990s, said that as a young man he was confronted with the gay hate crimes sweeping through inner ...

Engaging Indigenous parents in their children's education - This resource sheet identifies the key factors behind successful school engagement programs for Indigenous parents in Australia . It reviews evaluation ...

Success factors for Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises - This paper identifies the key factors that have underpinned successful Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-based enterprises in Australia .

Welfare shake-up looms as grog violence eases - The federal government is preparing the next step in its mammoth welfare overhaul after receiving early proof that its stricter rules on payments are ­delivering results, with a confidential report showing reductions in alcohol-fuelled violence and other social gains from the new ­approach.

Indigenous ideas for empowerment - Adelaide-based Mr Fry, who is the chair of Indigenous Business Australia , co-authored a paper on the rise of indigenous entrepreneurs with KPMG ...

Life in the Northern Territory for Indigenous Australians 'distressing', royal commission hears - This was a version of Indigenous life in the Northern Territory given to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the ...

Indigenous suicide linked to bigger picture issues, psychologist says - A damning report on the rate of suicide among Indigenous Australians has revealed more than 680 Indigenous people have taken their lives since ...

Kimberley suicide rates: government urged to support Indigenous -led solutions - Broome cemetery in the Kimberley region of Western Australia . Rates of Indigenous suicide in the Kimberley are seven times higher than the national ...

Danny Ferguson sentenced to jail on top of traditional Aboriginal spearing over manslaughter - manslaughter of partner, Serena Amos, in the outback South Australian ... The court previously heard Ferguson, an initiated Aboriginal man, had ...

Black lives matter, and jobs are the answer - The problems disproportionately affecting Aboriginal people have been ... If that is not enough, Scott Wilson, director of South Australia's Aboriginal  ...

Australian rock formation may have been built 5k years earlier than Stonehenge - But more than just a random pattern, experts believe the first Australians ... In Aboriginal cultures, people have marked groups of stars differently to ...

Australian LGBTI Awards to launch in Sydney next year - The founder of the British LGBT Awards, Linda Riley, has launched an Australian counterpart to celebrate and recognise those who work towards ...

Poor parenting a by-product of poverty  - Ms Collins then said that in New Zealand there was money available to ... " People think, 'I live in the hood - who am I?' There's no way out for them, ...

Police gain greater understanding of mental health - “Police already do a good job of managing mental health-related incidents. This training further enables staff to recognise when people are in mental distress, respond appropriately and connect them to the relevant services available,” says Inspector Sue Douglas, Project Manager Mental Health Team at New Zealand Police.

MPR Speaker Calls for Greater Unity in Diversity - Jakarta. Zulkifli Hasan, speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, or MPR, has called on all parties to safeguard Indonesia's unity in diversity.

Papua Still Faces Massive Education Backlog - Many Papuan people are too lazy to work. They have been way too comfortable living off natural resources. The locals often get drunk and do not ...

Dawn raids part of shared struggle - Mana leader Hone Harawira says the Polynesian Panthers were a source of inspiration and support for the emerging Maori protest movement of the ...

New Zealanders used to flock to Australia: what happened? - Typical of young Pakehas of the era, they have scant knowledge of Maori culture or folklore, and were never taught to properly pronounce the Maori  ...

Dame Tariana sees new approach as top-down contrast to whanau ora - Elements of whanau ora have been picked up in the Government's social investment approach, but without consultation with Maori , leaving former ...

Coherent strategy needed for Maori education - Auditor General Lyn Provost wants all schools to implement the Ka Hikitia strategy to lift Maori educational achievement. Past Audit Office reports on ...