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Lift age of criminal liability: doctors

Lift age of criminal liability: doctors - Around 600 Australian kids under 14 are locked up each year, nearly 70 per cent of which are indigenous , according to National Aboriginal and Torres ...

To stand up or not: How nations treat their national anthems

To stand up or not: How nations treat their national anthems - The correct protocol to be maintained and whether the national anthem ..... As per the protocol, Australians are required to stand when the national  ...

Shining A Spotlight On Canada's Missing And Murdered Women

Shining A Spotlight On Canada's Missing And Murdered Women - Every summer when the snow thaws, the family of missing Indigenous teenager Jennifer Catcheway begin their search in Manitoba, Canada, for her remains. Dressed in high-vis and with the help of an excavator, the Catcheway family sift through rubbish and debris in search for bones—likely all that ...

'Two-way transaction': MPs debate how to advance multiculturalism amid far-right rise

'Two-way transaction': MPs debate how to advance multiculturalism amid far-right rise - According to the last Census, nearly half of all Australians were born overseas or had at least one parent who was born in another country. Australians come from about 300 cultural backgrounds, and about the same number of languages are spoken, including Indigenous languages. It's against this ...

Push to rename electorate after trailblazer for Indigenous Australian rights

Push to rename electorate after trailblazer for Indigenous Australian rights - A trailblazing activist for Aboriginal rights could be recognised with the renaming of the federal electorate of Gellibrand in his honour. A push is under way for Gellibrand to be renamed Cooper, after Indigenous rights pioneer William Cooper, who helped to establish the Footscray-based Australian  ...

Job security for indigenous workers 'demands action'

Job security for indigenous workers 'demands action' - New research shows 60 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics and professional staff experience job insecurity, with more than one-third on fixed-term contracts. The survey by the National Tertiary Education Union of 183 staff found 43 per cent had been employed in a similar role ...

Politicians are blocking progress on Indigenous recognition, not the public

Politicians are blocking progress on Indigenous recognition, not the public - As the same-sex marriage result shows, Australians can be ahead of the politicians on social justice. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of the Uluru statement from the heart and his claim the Australian people would not support an Indigenous voice to parliament, must be equally interrogated.

Unlocking Indigenous pastoral potential

Unlocking Indigenous pastoral potential - The workshop is a first for South Australia , and is part of the North West Indigenous Pastoral Project, which has helped train and employ 67 pastoral ...

Australia's heartless 'House of Discards' refuse First Nations' fundamental rights

Australia's heartless 'House of Discards' refuse First Nations' fundamental rights - The consequence of today's control system is that hundreds of thousands of Australia's Indigenous people are trapped in poverty within this rich nation. The collapse of life is disturbing to witness at close hand. There is despair, suicide and an endless procession of early funerals for lives cut terribly short.

If you're looking to be inspired, you're in the wrong place

If you're looking to be inspired, you're in the wrong place - The pair feature prominently in the second season of Struggle Street, a documentary series about Australians living below the poverty line. At times, Jess and Michelle share heart-warming moments – but that's not the point. If you're hoping to be "inspired" by triumph-over-adversity tales, you've come to ..

Teenager charged for defacing George Michael mural after Australia same-sex marriage vote

Teenager charged for defacing George Michael mural after Australia same-sex marriage vote - Police spotted a group of men graffitiing the murals Tuesday, six days after Australia voted Yes, including a man spotted defacing the George Michael mural. He is the second person to be arrested for defacing the public art. Originally the painting was covered in black paint, before counter-protestors ...

Some of those on the side of SSM are showing a great deal of intolerance

Some of those on the side of SSM are showing a great deal of intolerance - his promise, made during the same sex marriage campaign, that he would protect the religious freedom of the 4.8 million Australians who voted No.

The voters Turnbull ignores at his peril

The voters Turnbull ignores at his peril - Mainly Maronite Catholics, they prayed together that Malcolm Turnbull would keep his promise, made during the same-sex marriage campaign, that he would protect the religious freedom of the 4.8 million Australians who voted 'No'. “We want to be free to express our religion,” says their spokesman, .

Why so few openly gay athletes? It's obvious

Why so few openly gay athletes? It's obvious - The following Sunday, when we ran the story on pages one, four and five, Ian Roberts became Australia's first openly gay professional rugby league player. Twenty two years later, we are still waiting for a second. Which is not to say that Roberts was the only gay footballer. In his book, Finding Out, ...

Australia baffled by politician's bizarre crocodile outburst during same-sex marriage interview

Australia baffled by politician's bizarre crocodile outburst during same-sex marriage interview -  Australians have been left baffled after an MP bizarrely made a comment about crocodiles during an interview on same-sex marriage. Veteran MP Bob Katter campaigned against same-sex marriage before last week's referendum, which saw an overwhelming majority vote in favour. The Independent ...

A New Movement of Rights and the Right in Australia

A New Movement of Rights and the Right in Australia - A New Movement of Rights and the Right in Australia ... It is not a “right” to not do (bake cakes for a gay wedding, for instance, or celebrate a wedding), ...

Jacinda Ardern makes visit as Prime Minister to Rotorua

Jacinda Ardern makes visit as Prime Minister to Rotorua - Ardern said the Bay of Plenty was one of the regions with the highest proportion of Maori population and also a region with a high unemployment rate and low household income. "I don't want us to rest until we achieve a country where someone's Maori heritage has no link at all to negative life outcomes.

Kiwis in New York celebrate in World Class style

Kiwis in New York celebrate in World Class style - Taika manages to connect people from around the world with New Zealand and our identity, shining a positive light on Māori culture. Kea's mission is ...

Māori successes to motivate future Māori health leaders

Māori successes to motivate future Māori health leaders -  Te Rau Matatini is proud to be launching 100 Māori Leaders website to contribute to the capacity building of the Māori health workforce. Māori leadership can be defined in various ways, in this resource Māori have identified whom they believe are leaders. Māori are under represented among most ...

Slow progress to drop smoking rates

Slow progress to drop smoking rates -  A Maori tobacco control researcher says the latest smoking data shows a positive trend, but it's still too slow. The 2016-17 New Zealand Heath Survey ...