Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia needs more than one transgender hero  - I was proud on Monday evening. Watching the Australian of the Year finalists on the stage crystallised the progress LGBT people had made in society.

Aboriginal communities hold the key to their future  - When the most clear-sighted and pragmatic among us despairs, so perhaps should we all. Noel Pearson, one of those best able in this country to judge the state of Indigenous affairs, believes progress in the field has stalled. His analysis in a speech to the National Press Club should cause all Australians to think seriously about this important issue.

History made addressing Aboriginal identity crisis  - To put this week's Australia Day speech by the Premier into perspective, ... because the Premier has recognised our rights as indigenous people.

This Indigenous Award Winner Won't Apologise After Refusing To Stand For The National Anthem  -  Australia , if it's to be one nation, we must work together,” Funnell said. Funnell also likened the incident to a non- Indigenous person refusing to stand ...

Australians at their best not just on one day  -  Aboriginal elder Noel Pearson has said: “ Australia Day should be a day to celebrate our indigenous heritage, our British inheritance and our ...

Australia's Metadata Retention Law Back in the News  - Just recently, a television commercial for lamb, called Operation Boomerang, caught ire for its apparent casual disregard for Indigenous Australians ' ...

Injured Messam joins All Blacks Sevens team  - Messam also played in the New Zealand sevens teams that won gold at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. But a lot has changed since then.

Canadian government to overhaul First Nation child welfare program  - The reforms are likely to look at New Zealand's models of whānaungatanga and customary care as a suitable model. This week's tribunal decision is a ...