Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Let's remember why we need it  -  Hi I'm Emma, I'm new to Australia and looking for friends. .... of the Indigenous gap; I also mean lonely teenagers, frustrated Muslims, the forgotten ...

Why role model Magnolia Maymuru hopes to inspire other Indigenous women - Magnolia Maymuru made headlines as the first Indigenous woman to represent the Northern Territory in the Miss World Australia pageant in July.

How to make Australia the 'lucky country' for all children - One-in-six Australian children live in poverty , while thousands of Australians aged under 18 are homeless. Here are three ways we can help to reverse ...

730000 Aussie kids living in poverty - The number of Australian children living in poverty is rising, with more than 730,000 children now below the breadline in what has been described as ...

Whatever happened to Australia's 'no child shall live in poverty ' pledge? - The intervening period has seen economic growth deliver rising real incomes to most Australians but achieving the child poverty pledge remains a ...

Program wastes millions on making little boys feel ashamed - To tackle family violence , we need to tell the truth about the violence most children are experiencing in Australian homes, two-way violence involving ...

The Golden Age Of The Australian Gay Media - The late 20th century was a golden era for Australian gay magazines and newspapers: more than five million copies of publications were printed ...

Australian Reality Competitor Says Date With Kim Kardashian Led To Him 'Turning Gay ' - Most red-blooded men — and a few women — would kill for the chance to spend some one-on-one time with Kim Kardashian, but a contestant from an ...

Over-60s encouraged to consider this new career direction - With more than 30 per cent of the total wealth in Australia in the hands of over-60s, it became concerning to former model Brigitte Warne that older  ...

The limits of sport's influence - Outside football, non- Aboriginal Australians – and by that I specifically mean non- Aboriginal Australians of all races, colours and creeds – display little ...

Joanne Lees 'back in Australia to raise money for memorial to murdered boyfriend Peter Falconio' - THE victim in an outback crime which baffled Australia in 2001 has ... Funds will be raised for the memorial through a one-day sale of Aboriginal art in ...

Meet Aboriginal activist Millie Ingram: the "little black girl" who stood up for herself -  We're all custodians now. We all contributed to making Australia what it is, including us Aboriginals , despite what anybody says. Now we've all got to ...

Ancestors' long journey home - Lui Ned David, the co-chair of Australia's Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation, said he was grateful an injustice was being resolved to go ...

Perth entrepreneurs left frustrated by Indigenous business agency - Two West Australian companies say their plans to expand in Australia and overseas are in jeopardy because Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) will ...

Australia's Wurdi Youang may be older than Stonehenge - Researchers are investigating an ancient and historic aboriginal site in Australia that could very well be the world's oldest astronomical observatory, ...

Why Australia Day and Anzac Day helped create a national 'cult of forgetfulness' -  Australia Day celebrations in Sydney. Australia Day marks, for Indigenous Australians , dispossession and all its associated multi-generational ...

NZ lagging behind on cyber security  - NZ Tech chief executive Graeme Muller says New Zealand needs to take advantage. "There are not enough people being trained up to actually man ...

Employers challenged to create 500 jobs for young people - Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first ..

Budget to Focus on Core Service Delivery – Not Buying Votes Like Past Governments - The Prime Minister said the people of Papua New Guinea understand that global economic conditions are not favourable, and that the Government is ...

Climate Change Negative Effects on Children - According to Dr. Jones, Pacific and Maori children are more vulnerable to climate-sensitive health conditions, and they don't benefit from the medical ...

Michael Fowler looks back at the battle of Omaranui - About 100 armed Maori men belonging to a sect called the Hauhaus had camped at Petane around two weeks before, but made their way to a pa at ...

Whakatū meat workers reunite - Thirty years on since the Whakatū meat works closed its doors, some of its former workers gathered to pay tribute to those that have passed on. Next to ...

Initiative for pregnant women to be rolled out around region - She said the largest numbers of high-risk Māori will be attending the wananga and although the programme is based on tikanga Māori , all ethnicities ...

Kidnapping charge 'an insult to Māori community' -  Māori support is being voiced for Te Puea Marae chairman Hurimoana ... Willie Jackson said charging him was an insult to the Māori community.