Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Manhunt On For Three Accused Of Anti-Gay Assaults : When I ask for a bee-ah [beer] I must sound Australian to them. Although I do believe what Andrew said was way out of bounds, we do need to keep our focus on the fact there are serial gay bashers on the loose in San Francisco, or at least were, ...

Australian speaker steps aside amid gay sex scandal By Martin Parry (AFP) – 1 day ago SYDNEY — Australia's parliamentary speaker stood aside Sunday following claims he sexually harassed a male staffer and misused taxi services in a case that could hurt the nation's fragile government.

Uni players tackle gay rugbyteam on Diversity Day : Sydney University Football Club, the birthplace of Australian rugby which continues to breed many star Super Rugby and Wallaby greats, is teaming up with Australia's World Champion gay rugby team the Sydney Convicts to once more welcome diversity in ...

Marriage Equality Supporters to Crash Australian Family Association Rally in ... : Up to 100 students plan to gate- crash an Australian Family Association rally against gay marriage in Osborne Park tonight. The two sides are expected to face off outside Pastor Margaret Court's Victory Life Centre as AFA rally participants enter the ...

Gold Coast Gay Day - Everything You Need to Know : Gold Coast Gay Day's stellar entertainment line up with this year be headlined by dance superstar Zoe Badwi while former Australian Idol favourite and Young Diva Emily Williams will return by popular demand. Badwi has been one of the brightest stars on ... QNews

Sexual Abuse Keeps Girls Out of School in PNG : By Catherine Wilson GOROKA, Papua New Guinea -  Sexual harassment of school-going girls is one factor that may prevent this Pacific island nation from achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of eliminating gender disparity ...

Najib to announce minimum wage for private sector workers on Worker's Day : Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) secretary general Abdul Halim Mansor said the union's 12 year struggle for a minimum wage scheme had finally paid off. “With a better pay scale, workers' purchasing power will improve which will also be a boost for ...

Calls for Poverty Bay to go by Maori name : Manu Caddie says the place name has always painted Poverty Bay in an unfavourable light. Our reporter Murray Robertson says Poverty Bay was the first place James Cook named in New Zealand , and there's feeling that it shouldn't be given away lightly.