Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Diabetes not being taken seriously enough - A survey in Tasmania done by EMRS in February showed 30 per cent of respondents identified, unprompted, that amputation and blindness were key health consequences of diabetes. Yet in Tasmania every four days a Tasmanian has a lower limb amputation related to diabetes, and one in four hospitalisations for diabetes are preventable.

Is it true that older people were promised a pension for life? - Many older people believe the age pension is rightfully theirs. ... bombarded with emails that readers had received from the Mature Australia Party.

NoongarPedia created as first Wikipedia site in Aboriginal language - In Noongar country, in the south-west of Western Australia , researchers are building the first Wikipedia site in an Aboriginal Australian language .

Chronic Conditions Decline with Better Prescription Planning - A new study finds that in regions where indigenous Australians most readily accepted a government incentive to lower ...

No investigation into Bill Leak cartoon after complaint dropped - In a cartoon about indigenous parental neglect, Leak depicts a police officer ... On Saturday The Australian reported that Jodie Ball, the commission ...

A New Documentary on Australian Ballet's First Indigenous Dancer - A New Documentary on Australian Ballet's First Indigenous Dancer. A new documentary offers a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the triumphs and ...

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has paid tribute to Aboriginal diggers who gave their ... -  Australians have gathered at Remembrance Day services across the country to mark the moment the guns fell silent across the Western Front at the ...

NZ gifts Aboriginal art to Australia - New Zealanders Dame Rosie and Michael Horton are gifting their significant private collection of contemporary Aboriginal art to the Art Gallery of New ...

Jeff Kennett: declare war on suicide by military veterans - Beyondblue chairman Jeff Kennett has urged former Australian Defence ... of mental illness, demanding the nation “declare war” on veteran suicide .

Marriage equality stance may cost Australian prime minister invite to Mardi Gras parade - Malcolm Turnbull, prime minister of Australia , addresses the summit meeting ... Advocacy group Just Equal held a survey of 5,500 LGBT Australians , ...

Documenting the Secret Lives of India's LGBTQ Youth - Both had been a part of India's queer scene for years. Gupta had been photographing LGBT Indians since the 1980s, and had recently moved back to ...

Why a lesbian Australian senator of Malaysian-Chinese descent opposed gay marriage vote - The 1994 Australian film Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. A country with one of the largest LGBT events has tied itself in a knot over the ...

Protesters gather in Melbourne to protest against election of Donald Trump - The crowd that included socialists, Latinos, feminists, LGBT people, ... Donald Trump will unleash and embolden various right wing forces in Australia .

Most of 260000 young Australians with chlamydia STI don't know -  Hundreds of thousands of young Australians are living with a sexually ... "There are some underlying risk factors for the Aboriginal and Torres Straight ...

Mixed report on Australia's sexual health - However, the rate of HIV infection among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men is now more than double the rate for non- indigenous Australians .

Grant to help online marketplace IndigiSpace showcase Aboriginal artists -  ABORIGINAL artists from across South Australia will soon be able to showcase their work to Australia and to the world through their own online market ...

New Kumeu school to cater to growing population - “More than a third of the country's population now lives in the Auckland region and Kumeu is a growing area. This new school will have capacity to ...

Māori businesses concerned about Trump trade policy - Again, what does that look like for the Māori economy has yet to be determined?” FOMA has been in discussions with the New Zealand Government ...

Maori artist designs 'disguises' in New Zealand's first drone-friendly town - Last year a small New Zealand town called Opotiki granted blanket approval for the use of drones on all publicly owned spaces, in a bid to attract more ...

Important data on suicide in New Zealand released - The figures paint a clear picture of the need for programmes aimed at Māori and Pasifika communities and young people. They indicate there is a ...

Kura successful despite charters - The Maori Party yesterday voted with ACT and National to strike down a bill from Labour's Chris Hipkins to scrap partnership schools or kura hourua.

Maniapoto mandate voting results confirmed - The Maniapoto Māori Trust Board (MMTB) is pleased to announce the result for the Maniapoto Mandating Process. This has been confirmed, with 72% ...

Parade honours modern NZ veterans -  New Zealand's Defence forces have served in peacekeeping missions in various conflicts. RSA Franklin President, Shelly Boyes says today is about ...

Treatment of terminally ill prisoner racist - Māori Party -  Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox said there was prejudice against Ms Letele because she was Māori . Ms Fox said a Pākehā woman convicted of ...