Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

The 10 riskiest industries for 2015-16 – and the 10 safest  - But on the other side of the coin are the industries with the least risk, many of which are growing due to increased demand from Australia's older  ...

Australian Sleep Researchers: Don't Provide Melatonin Use to Children  - Sleep researchers at the University of Adelaide are warning doctors and parents not to provide the drug melatonin to children to help control their ...

Opposites Attract study reports zero HIV transmissions  - Essentially, what we are seeing among the gay couples enrolled in ... an Australian study clearly indicating population health benefits for gay men.”.

Indigenous news doesn't rate': NITV News axed  - Staff at NITV News, one of the flagships of Australia's only indigenous television station, were told last Thursday that the half-hour nightly news ...

Law expert slams West Australian Labor for backing new mandatory sentencing  - A leading expert in Aboriginal criminal justice has accused the Labor party in Western Australia of political “cowardice” for not opposing additional ...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey to gauge WA Indigenous views  -  Researchers will be on the ground in regional Western Australia over the coming weeks, putting together a snapshot of the lifestyles and views of ...

Behind the Gap: breaking the education and unemployment cycle  - RN Drive speaks to Indigenous leaders about how Australia can improve its shocking Indigenous employment figures and solve the education ...

Aboriginal gargoyles of the Australian War Memorial evoke the essential spirit of Australia  - The Australian War Memorial holds a rich collection of material related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and servicewomen.

Canberra's National Museum of Australia announces major partnership with British Museum  - National Museum council member, and Indigenous advisory committee chairman, Peter Yu and National Museum director Mathew Trinca with ...

Australians Shake Up Internet With Indigenous  - In Australia , it is estimated had between 300 and 400 Indigenous languages at the time of British colonisation in 1788. Of those remaining today, ...

Yarrabah artists find their own way into the world  - Yarrabah, one of the oldest Aboriginal settlements in Australia , and by far the largest in north Queensland, is creating fresh symbols and emblems for ...

Celebrating some success in Tackling Indigenous Smoking  - Around one in eight Australians smoke, but that rate is significantly higher among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at close to one in two ...

Indigenous leaders reveal Tasmanian locations facing Aboriginal land rights claim  - It seems to me that in his latest speech on Australia Day the Premier's said that he wants to return more land to the Aboriginal community," he said.

Cancer survival rates lower in NZ  - A higher proportion of New Zealanders are dying from cancer than ... Those people may have had a better chance of survival in Australia , and there is ...

Full body transplant in two years time, surgeon says  - The NZ$14 million plus body swap would initially be used to give a new lease of life to paralysed people - including those with spinal cord injuries ...

Our role and our people  - Our role and our people . The Ministry of Education is the Government's lead advisor on the New Zealand education system, shaping direction for ...

Teachers, principals boycott new council  - The Government is facing a boycott of its new teacher registration and ... it will challenge the Government to choose people who represent teachers by ...

Programme aims to help transition from pre-school into school  - A programme aimed at helping children transition from pre-school into school has become popular amongst Māori and Pacific communities, and it's ...

Relationships between Māori families and schools must to be strengthened  - There's still work to be done between schools and Māori families to strengthen the relationship between the two, according to a report by the Office of ...

Minister surprised at hui topics.  - Minister for Maori Development Te Ururoa Flavell says he's surprised planned changes to laws covering Maori land and the language have not been ...