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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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Queenslanders dying earlier than most other Australians, with those in the bush most at risk

Australian Eastern Time — September 19, 2016

Queenslanders dying earlier than most other Australians, with those in the bush most at risk
- Rural Doctors Association of Australia chief executive Peta Rutherford. ... “(We) need to look at supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ...

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“I would like to know directly” - Police Commissioner and Minister rejects bias towards Māori

Australian Eastern Time — June 17, 2025

When it was released last year, it found that Māori are disproportionately impacted by police practices, and that systemic bias and structural issues ... View article...

Rural Māori missing out on care under PHO model

Australian Eastern Time — June 17, 2025

“[PHOs are] giving care to those people [who] can access it near them,” Dr Ratima says. This disproportionally affects Māori living rurally, who often ... View article...

Northern Territory Aboriginal owned businesses can now access funding for technology and ...

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

The Aboriginal Tourism Grant Program Round 9, is 50% co-funded under the Federal Funding Agreement's Strategic Indigenous Tourism Program (SITP) co- ... View article...

Racism against indigenous Australians jumps 15% in a decade, survey finds

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

A recent study found 54 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reporting racism last year, up from 39 per cent in 2014. View article...

Māori urged to engage on draft Infrastructure Plan - 'Where the investment goes matters.'

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

Māori experts in the sector are calling for assurances that tangata whenua will have a voice and share in the benefits. View article...

Kai Kara-France fights for Māori pride at UFC 317 title fight

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

“If I don't do it, who else is gonna do it? “There's no better time now than a Māori athlete putting all the spotlight on me and my culture. View article...

New gestational diabetes guidelines released to improve care for mothers and babies

Australian Eastern Time — June 24, 2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit Open submenu. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit. Connecting with community · Diabetes resources ... View article...

Sydney Youth Orchestra, Aboriginal rapper Dobby and a Sydney music teacher walk in to Mr ...

Australian Eastern Time — June 26, 2025

On Monday 16th June, Katie from the Sydney Youth Orchestra, Rhyan aka Dobby, and Adele, an experienced music teacher called into Mr Sean's rap ... View article...

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Top stories of the last 7 days

Māori Community Raises Alarm Over Upcoming iGaming Rollout

Australian Eastern Time — July 10, 2025

As New Zealand sets the stage for new rules governing online casinos, Māori leaders, industry veterans, and cultural advocates are voicing both ... View article...

Young Māori Woman Battles Rare Cancer as Pharmac Decision Looms

Australian Eastern Time — July 10, 2025

Pharmac's Kaituruki Māori , Trevor Simpson, explained that an application had to be made by a clinician and meet the NPPA policy principles. “This ... View article...

Aboriginal-led inquiry finds genocide committed against Indigenous Australians

Australian Eastern Time — July 10, 2025

The report also stresses that Aboriginal Australians continue to face systemic injustice. "Today, incarceration rates of Indigenous Australians are not the same, life expectancy is not the same; these are not problems that have gone away," Fathi added. View article...

New proposed bail law reforms are no real response to community safety concerns

Australian Eastern Time — July 10, 2025

Liberty Victoria is deeply concerned about proposed changes to Victoria's bail laws proposed by the Victorian Government under the “Tough Bail ... View article...

Threat to one of NZ's oldest burial sites the 'canary in the coal mine'

Australian Eastern Time — July 11, 2025

“So it's a significant site,” said Hebberd, “not just for us as Rangitāne, not just for us as Māori , but for the country as that place of first ... View article...

Why we are still protesting First Nations in custody

Australian Eastern Time — July 11, 2025

Nearly 600 First Nations people have died in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was tabled. View article...

History made as first major Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition opens in Europe

Australian Eastern Time — July 11, 2025

“As an Aboriginal woman, I feel it, but when I'm with my non-Indigenous colleagues and friends and visitors that have seen this exhibition at the ... View article...

Ten Years of Tarnanthi to celebrate a decade of Tarnanthi through more than 200 works

Australian Eastern Time — July 11, 2025

Tarnanthi, the Art Gallery of South Australia's festival of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, will mark its tenth ... View article...

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