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Updates & Legacy — Stigmabase is a Canadian Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Initiative. Our mission is to inform about stigma around the world and make the data collected accessible for researchers. Stigmabase is very attentive to misinformation and lists only reliable sources. — The marginalization of individuals or categories of individuals is a too common phenomenon. Millions of people are facing this problem around the world and many complex factors are involved.

Asylum centre dismisses outspoken nurse

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, August 19, 2011

Asylum centre dismisses outspoken nurse:

Photo: James Brickwood A MENTAL health nurse has been sacked from a Darwin detention centre for saying she believes mandatory detention contributes to mental illness in asylum seekers. A letter sent by her employer, International Health and Medical ...

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Mineral explorers say 'costly, protracted' Aboriginal cultural heritage processes 'holding ...

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

WA is becoming less competitive for mining exploration due to Aboriginal cultural heritage compliance processes being allowed to balloon ... View article...

WA cultural heritage laws 'costly and outdated', says miners

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The cost of complying with Western Australia 's outdated Aboriginal cultural heritage laws has increased by almost 50 per cent in three years, ... View article...

Aotearoa Music Awards 2026: Marlon Williams, Lorde and Te Pāti Māori MP among winners

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 29, 2026

Marlon Williams has taken out the top honours at this year's Aotearoa Music Awards . The Lyttelton crooner is going out on a high, adding three ... View article...

Budget invests in Māori language and cultural capability

Australian Eastern Time — Friday, May 29, 2026

The Government is investing in te reo Māori by strengthening Māori broadcasting and supporting Māori cultural and creative capability, ... View article...

Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner steps down

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

During her time in the role, Andrea Kelly authored the landmark report Transforming Aged Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. View article...

Diabetes Australia is 'All In' for Reconciliation and better health outcomes

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, May 28, 2026

Overall, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are also almost four times more likely than non Indigenous Australians to live with diabetes or ... View article...

NZD $1 Million to grow Māori and Pasifika engineers

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

More than NZD $1 million in new funding is available to support more Māori and Pasifika young people into engineering and technology careers. View article...

Kate Ten Buuren on curating First People's Melbourne Art Trams

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, May 26, 2026

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. “We'd put on pop-up exhibitions , throw parties, host art-making workshops and impromptu poetry ... View article...

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Lisa Jane Spencer: Comedian under fire for 'diabolical' skit featuring mock Aboriginal ...

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 04, 2026

An Australian comedian has copped a wave of backlash over her controversial skit depicting a white woman 'transitioning' to being Aboriginal . View article...

'Highly sexualised workplace': Children's charity shut down amid claims of lewd behaviour

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 04, 2026

The allegations against Narang Bir-rong Aboriginal Corporation and its award-winning chief executive Heidi Bradshaw were first published by the ... View article...

Future of Tauranga's Māori ward to be decided by binding referendum

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 04, 2026

Tauranga City Council has agreed to hold a binding referendum letting voters decide whether its Te Awanui Māori ward stays or goes. View article...

Kiwifruit collective wins Ahuwhenua Trophy

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Young Māori Grower award is won by Te Rina Joe from Pakuratahi Orchard for Ngāti Pāhauwera Commercial Development Ltd. View article...

Poor communities hit by largest diphtheria outbreak on record

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, among the most oppressed layers of the population, account for 95 percent of infections. With case ... View article...

New study calls for fairer representation in Parliament

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Once aboriginal title is recognized or ceded in a particular area, the aboriginal ... For aboriginals living within the aboriginal title area, in ... View article...

Prisoners' rights the focus of groundbreaking project

Australian Eastern Time — Thursday, June 04, 2026

“The conditions in our prisons and the treatment of prisoners – who are disproportionately Māori and Pacific – continue to be criticised by United ... View article...

Making room for leadership in nursing

Australian Eastern Time — Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Professor Julia Slark steps aside to focus on stroke research, saying it is time for Josephine Davis's Māori leadership to shine. View article...

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