Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Recognise' push must face the political facts  - The designers of a new referendum proposal begin from recognition of indigenous priority in Australia but wish also to strike out the long-defunct racial ...

Rare 'painted turtles' found in Qld's Cape York region  - A species of turtle native to the tip of Queensland's Cape York, the Jardine River turtle, has been officially sighted for the first time in nearly 20 years. It was thought the turtle may have been extinct, even though Indigenous locals had unofficially reported some sightings.

A vision for preventing blindness in Indigenous communities  - The tragedy of vision loss and blindness in Indigenous communities is striking: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have six times more blindness than non-Indigenous adults and nearly three times as much vision loss.

Residents of indigenous communities gain right to own home  - For the first time in 200 years, indigenous Queenslanders will have access to the same property rights in their local ... "It is a first for Australia ," he said.

Aboriginal leader says visit not enough  - An Australian Aboriginal leader says the federal government needs to canvass more indigenous communities before developing policies for tangata ...

An Aboriginal Dance Company Explores Australia's Cultural History  - This true story of first contact has become the inspiration for a show touring Australia , put on by the country's leading indigenous dance company, ...

Indigenous Australians Predisposed To Facebook  - Six-in-ten adult Indigenous Australians use Facebook on a daily basis, compared to 42% of adult Australians nationally. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in metropolitan areas of the capital cities are the biggest Facebook users at 68%. In regional towns, the figures are slightly less at 61%. 

Heat take football to eager indigenous kids  -  A NEW program has been launched by the FNQ Heat at Cairns West State School in an effort to increase indigenous participation in the round-ball game.  Helped by funding from Football Federation Australia and Football Queensland, the Heat has created a “lunchtime club” to help spread the gospel of football at a school renowned for its multicultural student base and high indigenous enrolment.

National Indigenous Breast Cancer Roundtable to improve cancer outcomes   - Hosted by the National Indigenous Cancer Network (NiCan) and the Menzies School of Health Research, the roundtable brought together over 40 ...

Dealer joins dots between climate and Aboriginal art  - The change to the land now known as Australia has been almost as rapid as the change to Aboriginal art, which whipped up out of the desert like a ...

Great silence continues on frontier wars  - THEY want Australians to urgently broaden their understanding of Australian warfare to include the mass murder of Aboriginal people, particularly ...

State government provides training funding for Aboriginal communities  South Australia's Aboriginal communities will have the chance to access the skills and expertise of the business sector under a $1 million funding ...- 

Federal ministers urged to boycott 'bigoted' anti- gay , anti-abortion World Congress of Families ...  - Federal ministers urged to boycott 'bigoted' anti- gay , anti-abortion World Congress of Families conference. By political reporter Anna Henderson.

Mike Huckabee Signs Letter Calling Gays 'Sexual Radicals'  - to Australia that denounces activism by “sexual radicals” who are making things difficult for organizers of an anti- gay marriage conference intended ...

Social Inequality: is the elephant in the room strangling us all?  - Gordon Werner / Flickr A recent report by The Australia Institute highlights ... In Australia , the poorest 20%, comprising 1.73 million households, have less ... the health of our current society, but poverty generally creates poverty in the ...

Domestic violence comes out of the darkness  - Domestic violence is stepping out of the personal arena, with more and more organisations offering paid leave to those experiencing it. Paid leave provisions for victims of domestic violence now cover 1.6 million workers in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Victoria's crime rate rises as family violence , drug offences jump  - Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay tells ABC 774's Jon Faine the increase of rape and non-rape sex offences in the latest crime figures ...

New Zealand Becoming Popular with Indian Students  - Besides, there are a range of scholarships for people interested in studying there, including the recently announced New Zealand -India Sports ...

Women stand tall and proud  - The charity, which gives young people with disabilities the chance to ... Bartlett, who was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit last year, ...

Education and poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand  - Dr Carpenter hopes the book will inform people about education for children in poverty in New Zealand . “We didn't want it to be a really depressing ...