Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous smoking rates cut down - The number of smoking-related deaths among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians is predicted to continue to increase, and to peak over ...

Sharing the task of ethical remembering: Ireland and Australia - Sharing the task of ethical remembering: Ireland and Australia ... formative events of its past, such as the treatment of Indigenous Australians , in a way ...

Heart disease kills more regional, rural and remote Australians - Inequality in heart disease is most evident among Indigenous Australians living in communities remote to central health services. For example ...

Homeownership among young people drops in Australia - Homeownership among young Australians has fallen by more than ... Indigenous people are seven times more likely to live in social housing, less ...

25 years of rural leadership saluted in Canberra - Today's festivities will also include a Regional Australia Leadership Assembly at the National Museum of Australia where the gala dinner will also be ...

Australia grilled on human rights by UN -  Mr Shany said it's "unacceptable" for Australia to "routinely reject" the ... He said violence against women and improving the lives of Indigenous and ...

41st Annual Margaret Mead Festival Begins with a Bang; Over 40 Documentaries on Tap - white nationalists of the Southern Cross—a constellation with great cultural importance to Australia's indigenous people—as a symbol of the “Aussie ...

United Nations attacks Australia's same-sex marriage vote – saying 'human rights shouldn't be ... - A United Nations examination into Australia's human rights record has ... He said violence against women and improving the lives of Indigenous and ...

Life and death decision would change the nation -  Australia's suicide rate — 3027 deaths from 65,000 attempts in 2015 — is already too high. Enlarging the powers of the state to encourage more ...

Depriving the jobless of 'frugal dignity' has to stop - The Catholic Church has chosen 'national anti- poverty week' to promote a powerful idea that would stop politicians using vulnerable Australians as ...

Ian Thorpe opens up about his battle with depression as same-sex marriage debate rages - Ian Thorpe opens up about his battle with depression as same-sex ... Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe at the 10th birthday of the Ian Thorpe ...

Hong Kong Aussies are coming together to vote 'yes' to marriage equality -  Gay Star News is hosting a massive Vote Yes party for Australians living in Hong Kong. It will be a chance for expats and travellers to come together to ...

Young gay men prepare for retirement better than their predecessors - Now that same-sex marriage is within reach in Australia and the path towards starting a family is easier than ever for younger gay men, many are ...

Tony Abbott To Visit Anti-LGBTQ 'Hate Group' Again - has supported the recriminalization of homosexuality in the U.S. and ... Abbott's speech will come just days before the result of Australia's postal survey ...

How has the debate during the marriage survey affected you? - The Australia Institute, with the support of the National LGBTI Health Alliance, is conducting a national research project on the effect of the marriage ...

I believe that everyone has equal rights': Australia's Muslim Miss World contender, 25, comes out ... -  Australia's Miss World contender first attracted national attention when it was revealed she is a Muslim. Now the brunette beauty has voiced her ...

The amusing origin story behind the spaceship names in Thor: Ragnarok - So, he hired local Aboriginal and Maori (Waititi has Maori roots) actors for the film, recruited local interns for the film's Australian shoots, and even ...

High tech company revenues top $10.0B, exports $7.3B - This year's report was the first to provide data on Māori tech companies. It estimated that five prominent Māori owned or Māori investment-backed ...

Resilience a lesson from NZ Wars - The organiser of a symposium on Maori and conflict says one of the lessons of the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s was how resilient the Maori people ...

Lyndon offers voters tangata whenua option - Certainly I'm excited about the challenge and think this could be a good opportunity to get diversity at the table as there is no Maori representation ...