Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

We Asked Young Doctors Why Their Peers Are Committing Suicide - The 29-year-old was the fourth junior NSW physician to commit suicide in recent months. The Australian Medical Association said Abbott was an ...

Leaders ask government, community for national plan to reduce suicide rate - There's a lot of suicide prevention efforts doing some incredible stuff across the state or across Australia , but we're not talking to each other,” Mr ...

Cherbourg health on the way to closing the gap - Nationwide statistics show 11% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have diabetes, three times higher than non-indigenous Australians and ...

Aboriginal drag queens compete in Miss First Nation - THE first of a series of new national drag queen competitions is all about our nation’s first people. Entries for Miss First Nation have been pouring in from Aboriginal drag queens and sistagirls since they opened yesterday. Izaak Field, aka Isla Fukyah, 22, said it was a great opportunity for our divas to be loud and proud. “Having such a big competition is going to bring a lot of fresh eyes on what we do and what we love,” she said.

10 Years On: The Northern Territory Intervention Continues To Cause Harm - Facing electoral annihilation and media pressure, the Howard Government launched an unprecedented assault on Aboriginal rights and communities.

Supporting research to improve the health of Indigenous children - The Academy has awarded the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship to Dr Bianca Middleton for her research on improving the health of Indigenous  ...

Indigenous hunters using Great Barrier Reef as 'supermarket' -  INDIGENOUS hunters are using the Great Barrier Reef as a "supermarket" for dugong and turtle meat in an uncurbed practice putting the species in ...

How a Rocky school uses hoodies to keep kids in the classroom - North Rockhampton State High School now rewards students with prizes for good attendance and behaviour with Indigenous students able to qualify ...

This Harmony Day, Australia Needs to Learn How to Live in a Global Community - If you wouldn't want to see a quarter of Australia's population living in poverty , then there is no way you would want to see that many children in one ...

Ethnic, migrant groups back multicultural integration focus - The Settlement Council of Australia welcomed the statement, which ... and settlement along with migration, ethnic minorities and indigenous Australia .

South Africa's San people issue ethics code to scientists - A 2011 study reporting the first genome of an Aboriginal Australian (taken from an early-twentieth-century hair sample) was nearly scrapped because ...

Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over 18C - Malcolm Turnbull tries to contain backlash from Indigenous and ethnic groups over ... The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples described the ...

Australia again denounced for treatment of Aborigines as UN investigates -  Australia came under fresh criticism over its treatment of its indigenous population on Tuesday as a UN investigator examined the impact of a ...

Gay Dads Write A Moving Thank You Letter To An Airline For Supporting Same-Sex Marriage - In a heartwarming letter to the airline, the dads wrote, "Thank you Qantas and its CEO Alan Joyce for supporting same-sex marriage here in Australia .

Gay rights activists target IBM executive - Marriage equality advocate IBM Australia is being targeted by militant gay rights activists who have condemned the company over a senior executive's ...

It's time for laws that protect workers of all sexual orientations in Hong Kong - Almost 56 per cent of Hongkongers surveyed ... agreed that LGBTI individuals should be protected by law. The Equal Opportunities Commission, ...

HIV remains critical threat in Papua New Guinea - According to the UNAIDS office in PNG, latest statistics estimated that almost 47,000 people were infected with HIV in a country whose population is ...

New Zealand can stand up against racism: Susan Devoy - Race Relations Commissioner Susan Devoy has called on New Zealanders to stand up against racist taunts and attacks, drawing an apparent ...

Record number of migrants flock to New Zealand - Population statistics senior manager Peter Dolan says about a third of all migrant arrivals for the year were people coming to New Zealand on work ...

In a big step for indigenous rights and the environment, the gov't has given a rainforest in Papua ... - The government of Indonesia has officially handed over control a large swath of Papua's rainforest to the area's indigenous people , establishing ...