Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Mental Health Week is more than just a hashtag, experts say - Most Australians would be surprised to know that when it comes to the complex mental health conditions, according to the national mental health ..

Destigmatising mental health issues in the workplace - The Australia Institute believes that Australians work the highest number of hours in the developed world. The pace of change is relentless. We must ...

Our culture is our advantage, and all Australians can share it - Sharing Indigenous culture without being worthy or gloomy is easy. Our resilience, our harmony with country and the joy of the corroboree can heal ...

Indigenous Kids' Care Crisis Is 'Another Stolen Generation': Greens -  Australia is in danger of overseeing "another stolen generation" as the number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families and placed ...

Depressing figures about Australia's 'Generation Rent' in Swinburne University study - A paper released on Monday by Swinburne University found Australians ... To exacerbate the market gap, the social study showed older Australian  ...

Australians Rally Ahead of Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Vote - Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rallied in Australia's two largest cities on Saturday against a government plan to hold a ...

Majority of Aussies want marriage equality legalised by year's end - A new poll has found two thirds of Australian voters want parliament to ... election on the platform of repealing same sex marriage,” Tiernan said.

Welfare over culture: indigenous children have a right to safety - Such arguments risk perpetuating the gaps in social outcomes between the most disadvantaged indigenous Australians and other Australians .

Mental health problems plague Australia's entertainment industry - A new report highlights the prominence of mental health conditions, particularly suicide , among workers involved in Australia's entertainment industry.

Arts workers 'twice as likely' to attempt suicide - Working in the Australian Entertainment Industry: Final Report ​states that indicators of moderate to severe anxiety are 10 times higher in those ...

Australian Senate to consider supporting return of Aboriginal warrior's shield - The Australian Senate is to consider joining with the NSW Parliament in calling for the return of an Aboriginal warrior's shield used during Cook's first ...

Turnbull And Shorten Prove Opponents Can Unite On Racial Tolerance - While dedicating a section of his speech to Muslims, the PM also reserved a section for Australia's Indigenous people, and outlined his hope for ...

Former Miss Universe Renae Ayris said she's been spat on by Indigenous Australians in Perth - Former Miss Universe Australia Renae Ayris has said her contact with Aboriginal people 'hasn't been pleasant' as she's been verbally abused and ...

Israel no model for Aboriginal people - In October last year, he eloquently spoke about the impact of settler colonialism on Aboriginal Australia , noting: “The Australian Dream is rooted in ...

Sexism in Australia facts: 90 per cent of teen girls treated unequally, study finds - Plan International Australia deputy chief Susanne Legena said it was ... Our Watch chief executive Mary Barry said violence against women began ...

Victorian anti- violence campaigner Rosie Batty slams Trump - "It certainly wouldn't be tolerated in Australia ." Ms Batty has been widely celebrated for her advocacy against family violence after son Luke was ...

What do you get when you cross clever politics with terrible economics? - The New Zealand Initiative's analysis of the costs of the Interest-Free Student ... It makes sense, people react when matters affect them personally.

Māori -owned technology company finalist in Business Awards -  Māori -owned technology company Kiwa Digital has been recognised for their ... They have been named as a finalist in the New Zealand International ...

Homelessness recommendations good starting point - Huri Dennis - Marama Fox says, “The broken element of Housing New Zealand and WINZ ... Māori are disproportionate in the 40,000 homelessness figures, and ...

Plans afoot for West Papuan membership by year end - sure the prime ministers of Vanuatu and Solomon Islands understand the people of Vanuatu are 100 percent behind membership for West Papuans .

Appointment of first Cardinal from Papua New Guinea - It's wonderful for the people of Papua New Guinea, their first ever Cardinal, within which there is a significant Catholic population, but it is also great ...

Te Ara Hou: Māori succeeding as Māori - With the underlying premise that 'schools won't change unless the principal does,' the Māori Achievement Collaboratives (MACs) is a partnership ...

New Zealand children: UN Committee "deeply concerned" - Links to this set of Concluding Observations, and to further information on the government's proposal about Maori children in care, are included in this ...

Inquiry presents solutions to homelessness – Govt must act - Labour, the Green Party and the Māori Party are calling on the Government to immediately adopt the 20 recommendations set out in today'sEnding ...