Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

New school teachers in far west NSW learn a lesson from Aboriginal community members - Primary school teacher Natalie Elliott started working at Broken Hill this year after almost two decades of teaching, including at remote Indigenous  ...

One-third of police stations set up under NT 'intervention' sitting empty - has heard that since 2007, youth convictions for traffic and vehicle offences have doubled in the NT and added to Indigenous imprisonment rates.

Six Australian films set for world premieres at MIFF - 16 per cent included Indigenous themes and/or characters (including Bran Nue Dae), and nearly 7 per cent had Indigenous creative principals.

Mutitjulu, the community that was ground zero for the NT Intervention, ten years on - The Intervention saw the Commonwealth Government withhold 50% of welfare payments from Indigenous recipients, banned alcohol and ...

Our military could be making an actual difference to a real threat - Ultimately Australia responded to Washington's request with a token ... currently engaged in training and mentoring indigenous Afghan forces who appear ... Our policy makers are constrained by a pernicious 'Little Australia ' mindset.

Australia's founding document should not embody 'racist past', Pat ... - Labor Senator and Aboriginal leader Pat Dodson is demanding "the stubborn stains in our racist Constitution" be removed.

Lawyers call for legislative protection for Indigenous artists - An Australian arts law body has spoken out against the “prolific” appropriation of Indigenous arts and crafts, and urged the government to step in.

Top university post for former High Court judge - In the early 1970s he chaired the Justice Committee of the New Era Aboriginal Fellowship and the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia from ...

Brisbane, Melbourne city councils unimpressed by Hobart's Australia Day date change motion - Hobart City Lord Mayor Sue Hickey, who led the push for change, said Australia Day should not be on a date that many indigenous people regarded ...

Our country doesn't recognise Indigenous people enough': Buddy Franklin's wife Jesinta Campbell ... - And in the new edition of InStyle Magazine, Jesinta Franklin (nee Campbell) says Australia 'doesn't recognise Indigenous people enough.'.

Expert advice: making the most of Australia's Northern Territory - When people think of Australia's Northern Territory they tend to picture the magnificent monolith of Uluru or the ancient aboriginal rock art of Kakadu ...

Pride In London's first-ever TV ads are sure to make you cry - On the day, 50 special guests and supporters of LGBTI community will take over all continuity announcements on all of the broadcaster's channels, ...

TV star goes transphobic after being compared to Caitlyn Jenner - His name was trending on Twitter in Australia for most of the day. ... Pride in Sport (PIS) is Australia's first and only sporting inclusion program ... Its vice-president Andrew Purchas told Gay Star News he was disappointed with ...

Gay marriage advocates protest Court -  Gay marriage advocates blocked streets in Melbourne to protest against tennis great Margaret Court who was speaking at a Liberal party event.

Watch This Gay Australian Politician Shut Down Her Manterrupting Colleague -  Australian Labor Party Senator Penny Wong is used to a certain amount of badgering and manterrupting from her fellow colleagues, but in a ...

The dream of our ancestors': Victorian bill gives Indigenous owners custodianship of Yarra - This is recognition of language revival and the importance of Aboriginal ... been acknowledged by the parliament,” Wynne told Guardian Australia .

Unpaid student says scheme not Labour's fault, describes squalid conditions - An American student who flew to New Zealand at her own expense to work for a ... Some people had real mattresses but I had just a little foam insert.".

New social health and wellbeing qualifications launched -  Enrolments are open for Open Polytechnic's new fee-free New Zealand ... the Open Polytechnic one of New Zealand's major educators of people in ...

Net migration hits another record above 72000, so why has Auckland housing stalled? - It was also important to remember that it wasn't just about New Zealand being an attractive destination, it was about New Zealanders choosing not to ...

YWAM Medical Ships acknowledged by the Queen for service to PNG - We receive this wonderful honour on behalf of so many people who have worked tirelessly and voluntarily for the people of Papua New Guinea.