Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Amnesty International Secretary Genral Tol Visit New Zealand : A long-term activist on poverty and justice, Salil Shetty leads the movement's worldwide work to end the abuse of human rights. He is the organization's chief political adviser, strategist and spokesperson and takes Amnesty International's campaigns to ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

Minister hails business mission to Australia : The minister said while in Kenya, she realised that there was a direct link between cooperatives and poverty eradication, adding that the government could benefit by including cooperatives in poverty eradication programmes. Countries like Kenya had ... Mmegi Online

Honour winners named : Both Gail and Libby have received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to community. Mark Alsop has been a DJ on the gay scene for over 25 years. He has won many awards going back to the 1980's and recently was recognised at The 80's are Back ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

Doctors mental health funding plea : "The committee knows that the cuts are unpopular and that many people with mental illness will be severely disadvantaged by not being able to access quality services through their local GP," he said. Dr Hambleton says delaying the cuts until November 1 ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

Locals use their Voices for Justice : This is the amount Australia and other rich nations promised under the Millennium Development Goals – a global strategy to halve extreme poverty by 2015. Australia's aid contribution is currently well below what is needed at just 0.35% GNI. ... Hills and Valley Messenger

Coalition flags race law changes after Bolt case : The Herald Sun columnist was found guilty of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act by vilifying a group of Indigenous Australians in two articles he wrote in 2009. Shadow attorney-general George Brandis says he is not questioning the judgment, ...

Why We Love : Rove McManus : Girls wanted to date him, guys wanted to be him and gay guys, well, wanted to have Cosmopolitans with him. And so when he called it quits after ten years of Rove on Network Ten in 2009, it was an end of an Aussie talk show era. But it didn't last long. ...

Kirby defends TV soaps : As an outspoken human rights campaigner, he remembers the days when 'nobody at all in Australia identified as gay '. He finds it difficult not to feel 'a bit resentful about the cruelty of those hard times'. 'So I hope that out there are people who know ...