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Preserving and making Indigenous histories accessible at the National Library of Australia

Preserving and making Indigenous histories accessible at the National Library of Australia  - After completing studies at Macquarie University, Nicolette Suttor joined the library in 2013 and now works in the cataloguing team as the Indigenous literature specialist. At age 10, Nicolette was asked by an Aboriginal Elder what group she was from. Confused by the question, she ran home to her mother who confirmed that she was Indigenous. Since then she and her family have been searching for their group.

Breaking the cycle of violence

Breaking the cycle of violence  - Violence is a phenomenon – an injustice – that pervades the lives of people who are homeless and insecurely housed. Both the experience and threat of violence is the primary cause of homelessness in Australia, and a very significant cause in the UK. Moreover, people who are homeless, and those not officially defined as homeless but who reside in marginal

LGBTI Relationships Aren't Free From Domestic Violence. In Fact, They're Often More Difficult To ...

LGBTI Relationships Aren't Free From Domestic Violence . In Fact, They're Often More Difficult To ...  - For the same reason most victims of family violence stay. ... This means the average rate of violence in LGBTI relationships across Australia could be ...

Jeff Kennett on helping indigenous people in Australia: New thinking is vital

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Jeff Kennett on helping indigenous people in Australia : New thinking is vital  - LAST week I expressed my anger at how the ABC structured its Four Corners program to create an alarming report on juvenile detention in the ...

Here are the areas in Australia with the oldest populations

Here are the areas in Australia with the oldest populations  - It shows the top 50 council regions that have the highest percentage of Australians aged 65 years and older , the current cutoff to receive the old age ...

Efforts to improve indigenous aged care wins national award

Efforts to improve indigenous aged care wins national award  - While indigenous Australians are identified as a special needs group under the Aged Care Act, home care provider Annecto identified that very few ...

Changing the whitewash channel on Australian television

Changing the whitewash channel on Australian television  - However, the study found there has been a remarkable shift in Indigenous representation since 1999, with Indigenous Australians now making up 5 ...

TV drama marginalising minorites, with Indigenous community the 'notable exception', says Screen ...

TV drama marginalising minorites, with Indigenous community the 'notable exception', says Screen ...  -  Indigenous representation in Australian TV drama is outstripping their percentage of the population but non-Europeans are still being significantly ...

Miners to help pay for native title compensation claims

Miners to help pay for native title compensation claims  - The West Australian government will pass on the liability for future native title compensation claims onto third parties such as mining companies, in a ...

We compared the new words in the Australian and Oxford dictionaries, and now we don't know if ...

We compared the new words in the Australian and Oxford dictionaries, and now we don't know if ...  - The Australian National Dictionary was updated for the first time in 28 years this week, immortalizing 6,000 new words and phrases. Among the entries ...

A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat

A world with inequality everywhere is a moral and economic threat  - There's no guarantee Australia will always be the land of the fair go. ... There is growing evidence that inequality is increasing not only in Australia but ... How did we get back to societies and economies where absolute poverty is ...

Australia's Changing Attitudes to Adoption - How are gays and lesbian affected?

Australia's Changing Attitudes to Adoption - How are gays and lesbian affected?  - Andrew Shaw looks at issues around adoption in Australia , and specifically how proposed new laws in Queensland could benefit gay and lesbian ...

Viral Facebook post nails why country's marriage equality vote is a bad idea

Viral Facebook post nails why country's marriage equality vote is a bad idea  - Many commentators on this subject don't understand that for many gay and lesbian Australians hate speech is not abstract, it is part of our every day ...

Adoption, Foster Care and the Rights of the Child

Adoption, Foster Care and the Rights of the Child  - Barnardos Australia suggests the new laws should encourage open ... If adoption becomes legal for same-sex couples and singles in Queensland, ...

Georgie Stone is the role model young Australians need to propel change

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Georgie Stone is the role model young Australians need to propel change  - Georgie Stone is fast becoming a household name in Australia, and for ... her campaign to raise awareness for the struggles of Australia's LGBT youth.

Ancient indigenous art back in vogue

Ancient indigenous art back in vogue  - Now, art museums in Europe and the US are dedicated to showing Aboriginal art, which poet Les Murray described as “ Australia's equivalent of jazz” ...

Govt's 'silence' on detention camps condemned

Govt's 'silence' on detention camps condemned  - About 100 people were at the event protesting against the camps where asylum seekers and New Zealanders facing deportation are held. Organiser ...

How young people and their parents can better navigate issues around sex ...

How young people and their parents can better navigate issues around sex ...  - Sex mis-education: How young people and their parents can better ... ​ New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) spokeswoman Sarah ...

Corrections ignoring Maori advice

Corrections ignoring Maori advice  - The rejected recommendations included raising the youth justice age as a way to tackle the high number of young Maori entering the prison system, ...

Maori homeless create wider risk

Maori homeless create wider risk  - Almost two percent of Maori could be considered homeless, five times the rate for Pakeha. That's one of the findings from an analysis of census data ...