Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Workshops to help heart risk residents not to become a statistic -  ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander women are at least three times more likely to be hospitalised due to heart disease than their caucasian ...

Treated like animals' and isolated without toilets, Aboriginal Kids' Commissioner slams government - A damning report into Victoria's youth justice system has highlighted shocking cases of extended isolation, poor sanitary conditions and chronic ...

Donald Trump Is Really Like Andrew Jackson in this One Way - Donald Trump ran on a campaign to “Make America Great Again,” and in that vein during a recent visit to the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s home, Mr. Trump said he sees Jackson as a reflection of himself. The latter point is not surprising since the current President had previously hung a portrait of Old Hickory in the Oval office. There have been several apt comparisons of the two men, but most have missed an important point.

Octopus attacks and Indigenous harvests: the delicious history of oysters in Australia - Wild-caught oysters were hugely important for Aboriginal people ,” says Kate Barclay who researches the social aspects of fisheries at the University ...

The Western idea of private property is flawed. Indigenous peoples have it right - ' Indigenous people are on the front lines of movements fighting for a just ... For indigenous people , land and water are regarded as sacred, living ...

Downing Street issues warning to Tory rebels amid claims they could stop EU withdrawal - Downing Street has warned Tory rebels they will be defying the “will of the people” if they stymie the Government's legislation to make Brexit a reality.

Your favourite chocolate bars might shrink thanks to Brexit , Cadbury warns - There are obviously challenges and there are three things that we really care about in the context of the Brexit negotiations. First of all is making sure ...

Brexit revives Sinn Féin campaign for united Ireland vote - Sinn Féin's call for a referendum on creating a united Ireland is meeting resistance on both sides of the border, even though Brexit has ...

Little J and Big Cuz, Australia's first animated show to feature Aboriginals, offers 'relatable ... - The new TV show Little J and Big Cuz is the first animated kids show to feature Indigenous Australians and their culture. Award-winning Aboriginal  ...

Archives lifts lid on Indigenous records - The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has launched two new exhibitions on Indigenous Australians at war and the prejudice they faced when they ...

LGBTI asylum seekers lack adequate support - Nearly 80 countries worldwide still criminalise sexual orientation; in five the sentence can be death. Although such persecution is a ground for ...

Russia Just Released a Tourist Etiquette Guide and It's...Interesting - Acts of violence and harassment targeting LGBTI individuals occur." All of this advice from the Russian government may sound glaringly obvious (and ...

Mr Gay World Australia's search for a husband brings marriage equality into focus - Applications are now being taken for anyone interested in being Mr Gay Pride Australia's husband for a day. The photoshoot will take place in Sydney ...

Aboriginal pastor Geoffrey Stokes tells Kalgoorlie firearms trial he was defending cultural site - Prominent Aboriginal activist and pastor Geoffrey Stokes has told the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court he was defending a culturally significant location ...

Dom Barry quit the AFL to reconnect with his Aboriginal culture and study teaching - Dom Barry quit the AFL to reconnect with his Aboriginal culture and study teaching ... He left Central Australia for Victoria at 14 on a tennis scholarship.

Australian Aboriginal skater on brink of making Winter Olympic history - As you read this, two young figure skaters are training hard on an ice rink. They are in Moscow; they are on the brink of making history.

Does Indonesia Truly Benefit from People Migrating Out of the Country? - Pallavi Aiyar and Tan Chin Hwee might be the first to coin the term ‘two of a kind’ to signify similarities between Indonesia and India. “Instead of comparing India to China, why not to its civilisational sibling, Indonesia?” to infer their basic assumption. (The comparing of China and India began in tandem with their rise in global economy.) The similarity between India and Indonesia spans many spheres, including human development, religion, language, purchasing power parity, political system, and much more. Aiyar and Hwee explicate the resemblances through vast amount of variables. Notwithstanding that, there is something not so complete when we are not talking about the people’s global representation, say, what would the global citizen think about when they see Indian or Indonesian diasporas walking on the streets, in colleges, or offices?

What Chinese Winter Sports Can Learn From New Zealand -  New Zealand and China have good trade relations, there is a ... In the end, it's all about making connections and talking to people .

Heritage New Zealand lacks resources to protect Maori heritage, academic claims -  Maori heritage sites are being damaged nearly every day in New Zealand because the authority charged with protecting them is hamstrung by a lack ...

Omapere business thrives after bold decision to quit smokes - "Definitely the main reason we got rid of them was because Hokianga is predominantly Māori and we just didn't want to be part of a business where ...