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1400 Kiwis try poverty for a week : New Zealand's director for the Global Poverty Project that co-ordinates the challenge, Will Watterson, said at the beginning of the week that he was thrilled by the enthusiasm. "It's so exciting to see well over a thousand Kiwis standing in solidarity ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Ageing Aucklanders frisky but lonely : Auckland results from the New Zealand Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which surveyed 3317 Kiwis aged 50 to 84, have been analysed and released by Auckland Council. According to the survey, just under 80 per cent of those aged 50-64, had some sexual ...

A country without an ideology : It sounds very Israeli, as does the moral cloud that hangs over Australia's history. The British who settled in Australia at the end of the 18th century committed genocide against the Aborigines , who had settled in that land almost 50,000 years earlier ... Haaretz

A rare white whale has been spotted off Australia : A rare white humpback whale has been spotted off Australia's Gold Coast for the first time this year on his annual migration. The whale, named Migaloo - Aboriginal for "white fella" - was the first all-white humpback ever to be seen when he was first ... BBC News

Aboriginal suicide prevention resource launched Fifteen people have become the first graduates of a new program aimed at reducing high levels of suicide in remote Indigenous communities. The program teaches people how to identify others who might be at risk of suicide and the best ways to intervene.

Australian Landowner Group 'Hopeful' for Energy Resources Accord : A representative of the Aboriginal landowners in Australia's Northern Territory negotiating a uranium mining agreement with Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. said he's hopeful the talks will be completed soon. Energy Resources, the operator of the ...

Mental Healthcare on the Go – There's an App for That : A group of researchers in Australia have studied the effectiveness of a mobile phone program in several studies of a cohort of adolescents and young adults. The participants were 14 to 24 years old and had at least mild mental health ... By ... Brain Blogger (blog)

Australia opens up to the secrets of Chinese medicine : In July this year, TCM practitioners here joined Australia's national registration and accreditation scheme under the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA). With the inclusion of Chinese medicine under the national registration ...