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How e-cigarettes could 'health wash' the tobacco industry

How e-cigarettes could ' health wash' the tobacco industry - Regulatory authorities outside Australia have classified e-cigarettes as medical devices or smoking cessation aids, similar to nicotine replacement ...

Windschuttle takes detour on Constitutional recognition for Aborigines

Windschuttle takes detour on Constitutional recognition for Aborigines - Windschuttle's main thrust in The Break-Up of Australia is that the call for a reconciliation with the indigenous people through a national treaty and ...

Lack of progress on Aboriginal deaths in custody 'unforgivable'

Lack of progress on Aboriginal deaths in custody 'unforgivable' - Lack of progress on Aboriginal deaths in custody 'unforgivable' ... the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody,” she told Guardian Australia .

New study shows how Aboriginal people view white Australians

New study shows how Aboriginal people view white Australians - The Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation and the University of Tasmania have joined forces for a refreshing new study on Black–white relations in ...

Museums are returning indigenous human remains but progress on repatriating objects is slow

Museums are returning indigenous human remains but progress on repatriating objects is slow - But for countless Australian Aboriginal families, it's not voluntary service or even conscription that led to their ancestors' remains ending up overseas.

Dustin Martin's bikie dad claims Aboriginal heritage in bid to return to Australia

Dustin Martin's bikie dad claims Aboriginal heritage in bid to return to Australia - THE deported bikie dad of footy star Dustin Martin has made an astonishing bid to return to Australia — by claiming he has Aboriginal heritage.

Tasmanians commemorate the anniversary of Mannalargenna's death

Tasmanians commemorate the anniversary of Mannalargenna's death - The reason is that it was an incredibly bloody and devastating experience for Aboriginal people in Australia - and there was no better example of that ...

Disabled often excluded from work, society

Disabled often excluded from work, society -  Australia has one of the lowest rates of employment for people with ... per cent of people with disability in Australia live near or below the poverty line.

How to relieve poverty in India without endangering the planet

How to relieve poverty in India without endangering the planet - More than 53 million people have been lifted out of poverty here in India in that time — and that's more than twice the entire population of Australia .

Australians now get married older, stay married longer

Australians now get married older , stay married longer - The latest stats shows Australian couples are now tying the knot later in life, staying married for lengthier periods of time and increasingly engaging ...

Fifty years since the Aboriginal stockmen's strike

Fifty years since the Aboriginal stockmen's strike - Like their Aboriginal counterparts across rural and remote Australia , .... Australia's official suicide rate is 13 per 100,000 people; for the indigenous ...

Muslim drug dealeravoids being deportated from Australia by claiming he is gay

Muslim drug dealeravoids being deportated from Australia by claiming he is gay - A Muslim drug dealer who married an Australian woman in an effort to secure a visa has avoided being deported after convincing a tribunal he is in ...

LGBTIQ advocates have welcomed SA govt apology

LGBTIQ advocates have welcomed SA govt apology - Premier Weatherill said the apology “recognises that many lesbian, gay , ... 'Years of campaigning by LGBTIQ people in South Australia , including by ...

Gay panic laws Queensland: Father Paul Kelly on why he kept up the fight

Gay panic laws Queensland: Father Paul Kelly on why he kept up the fight - Queensland and South Australia are the only jurisdictions in Australia not to have repealed the gay panic defence. The successful application of ...

Philip Nitschke launches 'militant' campaign for unrestricted adult access to euthanasia

Philip Nitschke launches 'militant' campaign for unrestricted adult access to euthanasia - Exit Action believes that a peaceful death , and access to the best ... Go Gentle Australia released a video featuring doctors speaking against the AMA, ...

Desperation is rife among Australia's indigenous peoples

Desperation is rife among Australia's indigenous peoples -  Indigenous peoples are still doing poorly in wealthy Australia , as a new government report shows. And suicide and self-harm are becoming more and ...

Papua New Guinea landowners threaten violence if LNG project equities not paid

Papua New Guinea landowners threaten violence if LNG project equities not paid - Landowners at Papua New Guinea's biggest resources project are ... Mr Main said cash was not landowners' major concern — people wanted to ...

Tolley blind spot on systemic child abuse

Tolley blind spot on systemic child abuse -  Maori Women's Welfare League president Prue Kapua says the Government can't just walk away from the consequences of abuse of children and ...

Standing with Standing Rock

Standing with Standing Rock - It's wonderful when you see our people supporting indigenous people around the world. A number of Maori including well known personality Te ...

New generation HIV drugs bring normal life

New generation HIV drugs bring normal life - A new HIV drug has been hailed as a boon for Maori who may be concerned about the stigma of having the virus. It was World AIDs Day yesterday, ...

Appointments to NZ Film Commission Board

Appointments to NZ Film Commission Board - Pania Tyson-Nathan is the CEO of New Zealand Māori Tourism, a national organisation which represents over 200 Māori tourism businesses. Prior to ...

New Zealand Maori, Pasifika Community Perform Haka In Solidarity With Standing Rock Water ...

New Zealand Maori , Pasifika Community Perform Haka In Solidarity With Standing Rock Water ... - Members of Auckland's Pasifika and Maori community are to perform a haka in support of Native Americans protesting against the construction of a controversial pipeline. There have been protest camps on Sioux land at Standing Rock in North Dakota since April against plans to build an oil pipeline through the area.

Destiny Church to face 'big gay disco'

Destiny Church to face 'big gay disco' - Protest spokesperson Wayne Baker says it's important the gay community pushes back. "We just want to make a strong show of support in front of their church - that the LGBT community isn't going to tolerate or put up with bigotry."

NZ nun takes step toward sainthood

NZ nun takes step toward sainthood - She was a pioneer of New Zealand's health and welfare system and a friend to Maori throughout her life. Her tireless compassion and practical brand ...