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Indigenous children 10 times more likely to be removed from families

Indigenous children 10 times more likely to be removed from families  -  Indigenous children are more than 10 times more likely to be removed from their families by child protection authorities than other Australian children, ...

The Number of Indigenous Children in Child Protection Is Projected to Triple

The Number of Indigenous Children in Child Protection Is Projected to Triple -  Co-Chair of Family Matters Natalie Lewis said that Australians should work together to ensure the future of Indigenous children. "The consequences of ...

Social worker laments cycle of violence

Social worker laments cycle of violence - Ms Leslie was one of 80 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from around Australia who added their voices to Oxfam Australia's Straight Talk ...

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's most famous rock because they are ...

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's most famous rock because they are ... - A remote indigenous community near Uluru has threatened to 'close the rock' ... But a spokesperson for Ayers Rock Resort told Daily Mail Australia the ...

Despite distrust of genetics, indigenous people express enthusiasm for epigenetics

Despite distrust of genetics, indigenous people express enthusiasm for epigenetics -  Indigenous scholars, writers and leaders from Australia , New Zealand, the United States and Canada have expressed enthusiasm for epigenetics as a ...

Australian Government opens first Health Care Homes grant round

Australian Government opens first Health Care Homes grant round - The Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, has announced that medical practices in ten Primary Health Network regions around Australia can apply for stage ...

Indigenous-led Tech Hub to Open in Australia

Indigenous -led Tech Hub to Open in Australia - Two Australian natives plan to establish technology hubs in Cairns, Australia , to cater to left out groups including the indigenous , migrants, and those ...

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community -  A remote indigenous community near Uluru has threatened to “close the rock” if ... Indigenous Australians made up 14 per cent of the national prison ...

Jordan Bruno reaches out to LGBTIQ youth with fundraising cookbook

Jordan Bruno reaches out to LGBTIQ youth with fundraising cookbook - The openly gay cook has used the platform to grow his social media presence and get to know Australia's LGBTI+ community. Bruno has just launched ...

Plebiscite's dead, so what next for gay marriage?

Plebiscite's dead, so what next for gay marriage? - With the plebiscite dead, lesbian and gay people, their loving parents, ... Across Australia people are having the respectful conversations that are ...

Obesity named as Australia's biggest health challenge

Obesity named as Australia's biggest health challenge - Obesity has overtaken smoking to become Australia's biggest public health ... " Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults consumedalmost one ...

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community

We'll close Uluru: Indigenous community - The Indigenous community of Mutitjulu has vowed to close Uluru if conditions in ... Aboriginal suicides are at record levels in remote Australia , and the ...

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's most famous rock because they are ...

Aboriginal community vows to cut tourist access to Australia's most famous rock because they are ... - A remote indigenous community near Uluru has threatened to 'close the rock' ... But a spokesperson for Ayers Rock Resort told Daily Mail Australia the ...

Australian satellite dish gets Aboriginal makeover

Australian satellite dish gets Aboriginal makeover - A dish in the Australian outback has had not just its technology updated, but its appearance - giving any would-be visitors to Earth a look at Aboriginal  ...

Number of children removed from Indigenous families set to triple in 20 years

Number of children removed from Indigenous families set to triple in 20 years - The number of Indigenous children removed from their families is set to triple in the next two decades on current trends, a new report has warned.

Australia failing to safeguard cultural connections for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care

Australia failing to safeguard cultural connections for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care - Policies and services designed to protect Aboriginal children's cultural connections are not being properly implemented.

Mental health sector in need of Pasifika staff

Mental health sector in need of Pasifika staff - A consumer consultant says New Zealand's mental health sector should customise its approach to Pasifika people suffering from mental distress.

Interest in Moving to Canada & New Zealand Soars with Trump Victory

Interest in Moving to Canada & New Zealand Soars with Trump Victory -  New Zealand immigration officials told Reuters that in the past week, ... This isn't the first time during the election cycle that people have wondered ...

Guide to make Māori language more visible

Guide to make Māori language more visible  - We must normalise te reo Māori and generating more bilingual signage in public places is one way of achieving that,” says Māori Development ...

Water claimants share frustration at mana denied

Water claimants share frustration at mana denied - The tribunal is sitting at Waiwhetu Marae in Lower Hutt for the second stage of a New Zealand Maori Council-led claim aimed at defining any rights ...

Māori Party deliver blow to local democracy

Māori Party deliver blow to local democracy -  The Māori Party's support for the Government's fatally flawed Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms is a blow to local democracy and flies in the ...

Pou Hononga, Maori and the Marine Environment

Pou Hononga, Maori and the Marine Environment - Environmental, Earth & Geosciences, We are seeking a dynamic professional to build and lead a wide portfolio of Maori research projects and ...

Exploring the ancestral whenua of the Amis people

 Exploring the ancestral whenua of the Amis people  - DNA research suggests that Māori originated from Taiwan. This week Te Kāea reporter Talisa Kupenga embarks on an Asia New Zealand  ...

Relief for homeowners on the way after Nats and Maori Party strike RMA deal

Relief for homeowners on the way after Nats and Maori Party strike RMA deal - The agreements have angered New Zealand First and the Act Party, who say they amount to preferential treatment for Maori . Fox said any fears about ...