Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

End-of-life care among six human service areas flagged for reform - Access to high quality end-of-life care varies within and between jurisdictions while indigenous Australians , those from culturally and linguistically ...

Teen survey reveals depth of discrimination -    Nearly 55 percent of Indigenous teenagers aged 15 to 19 years who were involved in Mission Australia’s Youth Survey for 2016 said they had experienced race discrimination compared to 28.3 percent of other teenagers. They were also more likely to experience unfair treatment or discrimination on the basis of mental health, age, physical health or ability, sexuality, religion and for other reasons.

Record number of calls placed to Lifeline - Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the nation's suicide rate is at a 10-year high, climbing above 3000 for the first time in 2015.

Zero tolerance needed on homophic bullying, top ref Nigel Owens says - Mr Owens, from Mynyddcerrig near Cross Hands, added that rugby was not a homophobic sport and that when problems arise rugby "does all it can to ...

Church gets homophobic abuse for flying rainbow flag, responds with second pro-LGBT banner - A church that got homophobic abuse for flying the rainbow flag has responded by putting up a second pro-LGBT banner. The Community Christian ...

Why Is Sitting On Santa's Lap Such A Contentious Issue? Parents Are Divided - Taking the kids to the mall to see Santa is a holiday tradition for many parents ... And in 2014, parents and child abuse advocates in Australia called for ...

Comparing family law in Australia v England and Wales - a world apart in more ways than one - The divorce process in Australia is entirely separate to the process of ... In most cases in Australia , child maintenance is determined by the parents or ...

Why Secure and Affordable Housing is an Increasing Worry for Age Pensioners - The average housing costs of older (65-plus) outright homeowners in lone-person households were $38 a week in 2013/14, the Australian Bureau of ...

Celebrate culture and diversity at Arabian Knights - “I have created a party where all LGBT wogs can come together and celebrate their culture and their ethnic background without feeling judged or ostracised. Arabian Knights is a place where we are not judged and can dance to our favourite Arabic, Greek, Persian and Turkish pop songs.”

Defending marriage discrimination fares no better in Australia than it did in the US - I wonder how many Australians have just assumed same-sex marriage has no consequences and haven't heard the case against the issue.

Vale Anne Deveson, LGBT advocate, dead at 86 - Following the impact of Jason's illness and subsequent death due to a drug overdose, Deveson went on to found Schizophrenia Australia Foundation, ...

NAPLAN shows Indigenous students improving - There's been a definite improvement among Indigenous primary school ... "But Australia still has a long way to go to close the achievement gap, ...

Skutta Tucker Indigenous health star rating helps improve Aboriginal diets - A new food labelling system is helping Indigenous people in remote ... is Aboriginal English for good food in the Kimberley in Western Australia , and is ...

Australia's Unnecessary Wars - They complained (apart from there being too much emphasis on Indigenous Australia ) and suggested that the pillars in the grand foyer be painted a ...

Is Lyme disease still a four letter word? - In my work within Indigenous health centres nationwide, I have seen enough ... In my view, the question of whether it is imported or native to Australia  ...

Compensation looms as South Australia turns to treaties - Historic negotiations costing $4.4 million over five years to create treaties with dozens of separate indigenous South Australian nations will be ...

New Zealand risks being complicit in Trump Administration abuses - Although pending formal election, Trump is building an administration that clearly prioritises opaque 'national security' concerns over democratic rights and freedoms. At the top of his policy goals is the elimination of 'intrusive regulation', which he intends to repeal by lining his Cabinet with officials who hold similar views. Top intelligence roles have already been handed to vocal supporters of the National Security Agency's  controversial mass surveillance programmes exposed by Edward Snowden. Mike Pompeo,  the next CIA director, staunchly opposes restrictions on data collection and is expected to overturn the few limits placed on digital surveillance since the 2013 Snowden leaks.

Significant, enduring' child poverty in New Zealand according to Child Poverty Monitor - New Zealand child poverty has hit a "crisis" point according to Auckland City ... Child poverty has been identified by New Zealanders in recent opinion ...

Government should be 'more patient, less reactive' on Papua issue - Government should be 'more patient, less reactive' on Papua issue ... But nowadays we have more people who studied in Japan, South Korea and ...

If You Cared About Standing Rock, You Need To Know About West Papua - The indigenous people of West Papua have Melanesian roots, and culturally and ethnically enjoy many similarities to the people of Papua New ...

Corruption is a threat to the national growth. - MANY current Papua New Guinean parliamentarians are highly respected individuals in their own areas, ... Voters put their trust in these people .

A Kaupapa Māori Educational Tour to New Zealand - I am going to Aotearoa/New Zealand with a wonderful group of educators convening from across the United States in order to see the incredible work ...

Māori Party supports call for plan to reduce child poverty - The Māori Party is supporting a call from the Children's Commissioner for the Government to lead the development of a plan to reduce child poverty in ...

Maori missing from senior ranks - The State Services Commission says Maori , Pacific and Asian people are still under-represented in management roles in the public service. The 2016 ...