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Australian Ethical members help choose recipients for $260K in community grants

Australian Ethical members help choose recipients for $260K in community grants - Helping Indigenous Australians start their own business, saving marine life from plastic bag pollution, and protecting young women from sex trafficking ...

Aboriginal communities struggle with world's highest rheumatic heart disease rates

Aboriginal communities struggle with world's highest rheumatic heart disease rates - Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is completely preventable, but children in Australian Aboriginal communities still have the highest rate in the world.

It shouldn't have taken a death to have lifesaving indigenous hotline to go national

It shouldn't have taken a death to have lifesaving indigenous hotline to go national - In jurisdictions like the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia , hundreds of Indigenous deaths in custody have been recorded since the ...

Hunting monsters in the unexplored Australia

Hunting monsters in the unexplored Australia - This is why it's important that more Indigenous Australians are given platforms to tell Australian stories. We shouldn't allow the narrative around the ...

The sound of lost languages

The sound of lost languages - It's estimated that 300 Indigenous languages were once spoken in Australia . Many have no native speakers left, while others are endangered.

Jail a 'rite of passage' for NT boys

Jail a 'rite of passage' for NT boys -  Aboriginal boys living in remote communities in the Northern Territory consider going to jail a rite of passage where they can pump iron and 'be like ...

Age-old equation for breeding

Age- old equation for breeding - Perth obstetrician and Australian Medical Association national chief Michael Gannon weighed into the debate when he called out a 62-year- old  ...

Bot everyone is equal in the digital world

Not everyone is equal in the digital world - It seems the most digitally excluded people in Australia are older people. It is sad that many from the generation who pioneered the circulation of ...

Horrific sight explains why Aussie farmers are being driven to suicide

Horrific sight explains why Aussie farmers are being driven to suicide - Horrific sight explains why Aussie farmers are being driven to suicide .... Across Australia , farmers are hanging dogs from bushes and fences to send ...

Aboriginal educator questions State Government language revitalisation program

Aboriginal educator questions State Government language revitalisation program - A leading Aboriginal language educator has criticised the Department of Education's management of Indigenous languages in NSW schools.

Marriage equality and the Australia-wide campaign for same-sex couples

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Marriage equality and the Australia -wide campaign for same-sex couples - On Monday The Equality Campaign was launched nationwide. The campaign is a joint initiative by Australians for Equality (A4E) and Australian  ...

Discovering the past: Australian Embassy holds exhibit showcasing Indigenous Australians of ...

Discovering the past: Australian Embassy holds exhibit showcasing Indigenous Australians of ... - Living in the modern times doesn't mean people these days don't have ways to discover the past. Using photographs, for instance, makes one ...

Aboriginal communities struggle with world's highest rheumatic heart disease rates

Aboriginal communities struggle with world's highest rheumatic heart disease rates - Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is completely preventable, but children in Australian Aboriginal communities still have the highest rate in the world.

South Metro students dance to reconnect with their culture

South Metro students dance to reconnect with their culture - I love making the connections with young people around Australia particularly indigenous young people, to open up their awareness so that they can ...

Aboriginal Astronomy

Aboriginal Astronomy - Scientists think they may have found the world's oldest astronomical map right here in Australia . The sacred Aboriginal site is believed to have been ...

Australia's status as a bastion of free speech is in peril

Australia's status as a bastion of free speech is in peril - Returning to Australia from Malaysia some years ago shortly after being ... Bill Leak's depiction of dysfunctional Aboriginal parenting, which is very ...

The Silver Lining When Bill Leak Wins His Racial Discrimination Case

The Silver Lining When Bill Leak Wins His Racial Discrimination Case - You win some, you lose some. And New Matilda editor Chris Graham thinks Aboriginal Australia is about to lose small, but ultimately win big.

More than 400 criminals deported from New Zealand in past five years

More than 400 criminals deported from New Zealand in past five years - More than 400 criminals deported from New Zealand in past five years ... More than 400 people have been deported for a criminal offence in the past ... Data released by Immigration New Zealand under the Official Information Act ...

Fassbender likes to 'leave people and technology behind'

Fassbender likes to 'leave people and technology behind' - Fassbender likes to 'leave people and technology behind' ... The cast and crew lived on location off the coast of New Zealand's south island, while ...

How New Zealand went from Better Britain to a multicultural country

How New Zealand went from Better Britain to a multicultural country - Since the land wars of the nineteenth century, New Zealand's indigenous Maori people had been largely shut out of national life. Progressive New ...

Wellington theatre royalty comes together for thought-provoking Maori comedy

Wellington theatre royalty comes together for thought-provoking Maori comedy - The cast of The Biggest, a comedy written and directed by Jamie McCaskill, about prejudice in rural New Zealand . From left, Apirana Taylor, Peter ...

The artworks and costumes of New Zealand's World of WearableArt

The artworks and costumes of New Zealand's World of WearableArt - Made of steel, the art work was crafted by New Zealand's Kelsey Roderick ... Not forgetting its New Zealand heritage, WOW paid tribute to Maori and ...

NZ Maori provide All Blacks with flexibility

NZ Maori provide All Blacks with flexibility  - The touring New Zealand Maori will give the All Blacks the opportunity to shuffle their decks during next month's end of year rugby campaign in the ...

Pioneering detective dies in head-on crash

Pioneering detective dies in head-on crash - at Nelson College for Girls, she joined the navy, then went on to join the police force, where she became New Zealand's first Maori woman detective.

Papua New Guinea women recognised for business achievements

Papua New Guinea women recognised for business achievements - A number of Papua New Guinea women have been honoured for their work achievements and leadership skills, in a country where gender inequality ...