Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Can a DNA test reveal if you're an Indigenous Australian ?  - No one can tell Senator Lambie or her family how to feel about their heritage, nor the degree of affinity and pride they are entitled to draw from their family history. And Senator Lambie’s stated concern to use her political position to advocate on behalf of Indigenous people is welcome.

Indigenous child removal in Victoria 'highest since white settlement'  -  Indigenous flag More than one in six of the 6,500 children placed away from their parents in Victoria are Indigenous Australians .  

Peter Brokensha a driving force behind Aboriginal art  - In fact, he was in precisely the right place when the Australia Council created an Aboriginal Art Board led by anthropologist/director Bob Edwards, ...

Second Australia state introduces bill to clear historical gay sex convictions  - New South Wales today became the second Australian state to introduce a bill that will clear historical gay sex convictions, a day after Victoria ...

Are we in HIV hysteria?  - Daniel Reeders from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society takes a look at the hysteria around sex and tells us to calm down and get educated. In my inbox there’s an article on SBS News headlined ‘Gay culture is dying. Good riddance.’ On The Advocate there’s an editorial linking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to deliberate and deceptive transmission of HIV.

Syphilis diagnoses hit all-time Australian high  - Syphilis has reached its highest level ever recorded in Australia , with the increase almost exclusively among gay men. Health experts are calling for ...

South Coast children fall through poverty crack  - THREE in 20 children under the age of 15 are living in poverty in the ... half of the median after-tax incomes of all households or persons in Australia .

Scholarship great opportunity  - 'It's something I seriously push for in my New Zealand Young Farmers club and with any other young people I talk to.'' Four Lady Diana Isaac ...

Judgment day UK: Dark side of Scotland's big decision  - My wife was upset by what people were saying on the internet [after they came out in support of the Union]," said Alistair Macmillan, a signatory to a ...

Hate crimes up against Muslim, Jewish people  - uspected hate crimes against Jewish and Muslim people have increased in New York City following unrest overseas this summer, but the attacks are random and not from any organized group, police officials said Wednesday. Deputy Chief Michael Osgood, who heads the special victims division, said there's been an increase since July 1, when reports about the unrest in Gaza and the Islamic State group became front-page news.

Political endorsements rare in New Zealand  - The EPMU, New Zealand's largest private sector union, has, for instance, ... ''We're a broad church with 41 affiliates and we don't tell people how to ...

McDonald's urged to go free-range  - The director of SAFE in New Zealand , Hans Kriek, says people have to be prepared to pay more for free-range eggs and the price issue is always ...

Voting rort allegations with intellectually disabled  - Under New Zealand's electoral system there is no mental capacity test to ... People have all sorts of approaches to voting and in the end it's just going to ... However, Geddis said New Zealand's ageing population and increasing rates ...

Research on artificial sweeteners and glucose intolerance draws mixed response  - The study also found similar results in a study of about 400 people . An in-depth study over seven days of seven people who did not usually consume ...

Arrests follow Australian anti-terrorism raids  - At least a dozen people have been arrested in Sydney during the operation between NSW officers, Australian Federal Police and the Australian ...

Dementia care in south going from strength to strength  - This Alzheimer's Day, people with dementia and their families living in the South ... Careerforce and Health Workforce New Zealand to support the delivery of ... This new initiative will see approximately 2000 workers gaining skills in ...

Winstons Peters the likely kingmaker  -  People have decided it's time to make the new government more ... "Obviously, the people of New Zealand are saying National isn't doing what we ...

Youth enrolment low as election nears  - About 175,000 eligible people under the age of 30 have still not enrolled. ... The packed meeting at Auckland Town Hall heard new claims from ... on the Radio New Zealand's poll of polls, but Otago university political scientist Dr ...

New Zealand is a wealthy Pacific nation dominated...  - The precise date of early Maori settlement remains a matter of debate, but ... Maori New Zealanders make up 15.4 per cent of the current population.

Students, You Have a Choice, Vote!  - From the Māori Party to Internet MANA a majority of both the current and likely future Parliaments will restore the student voice on campus and ...