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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.

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Australia -| Number of indigenous heavy smokers drops

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Number of indigenous heavy smokers drops

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day almost halved between 1994 and 2008, a report in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday found. The rate dropped from 17.3 per cent of indigenous people ...

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Making waves in remote Queensland

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

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Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

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Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

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Rio Tinto bolsters Indigenous employment pathways

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

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Israel targets family of human rights defender killed by settler

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

In the days following, 19 of Awdah's family were unjustly detained and assaulted, while his killer walked free without charge. View article...

Aboriginal corporation lodges legal bid to protect site of future Olympic stadium

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

Under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984, the minister can make a declaration to protect areas and objects ... View article...

Rising rates of homelessness among First Nations families spurs calls for intervention

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As Australia's housing crisis pushes more Australians into housing stress, Homelessness Australia and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...

Working With Children Check legislation introduced to keep kids safe

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... Aboriginal people across the state. Ministerial media release. 4 August 2025. Minns Labor Government initiatives drive 61% drop in teacher vacancies. View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

Delivering Better Healthcare For First Nations Women

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

The Allan Labor Government is ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls can access culturally safe women's health care, ... View article...

ABC obtains voice note of police officer laughing about suicide of Aboriginal prisoner

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

The ABC has obtained a voice recording of a Western Australian police officer laughing about the suicide of an Aboriginal prisoner in Kalgoorlie. View article...

'Those paintings belong to us': how an Indigenous-led project is harnessing technology to ...

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

These paintings depict everything from extinct megafauna to Aboriginal peoples' experiences of European contact. They form part of a living cultural ... View article...

Wake up to the waves with new accommodation in Inverloch

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

We acknowledge the Traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria and pay our respects to them, their connections to land, sea, and ... View article...

Rio Tinto bolsters Indigenous employment pathways

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

Up to 40 Indigenous People from Perth and the Pilbara will partake in Rio Tinto's annual Aboriginal Training and Liaison (ATAL) program. View article...

Fierce moment Aboriginal elder clashes with protesters

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

In Melbourne, anti-immigration protesters clashed with counter protesters, with police deploying pepper spray and baton rounds in a bid to prevent ... View article...

SUPRA condemns anti-immigration rallies

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Australia always was and always will be Aboriginal land, and international students, migrants and refugees are all welcome here. If you are unsafe or ... View article...

SA joining 'race to the bottom' with new youth laws, legal groups say

Australian Eastern Time — Racial Xperience

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) chief executive Klynton Wanganeen said the laws would unnecessarily funnel more children into the justice ... View article...

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