Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Too poor to retire: More Australians than ever will work past 70  - And the government needs to stop talking down older Australians , and instead celebrate the fact that they are significant contributors and want to work ...

Near deaths in Australian prisons largely uninvestigated, human rights advocates say  - The figures that are available from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show serious incidents in Australian prisons are rising for both Indigenous  ...

Indigenous groups say ranger program is working, but needs more funding  - federal budget, claiming the government's program is working, but needs to be expanded if Australia is to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage ...

1.59 million supporters to call on Government to stop Australia becoming “the least generous we've ... - Mr Costello added: “ Australian Aid is an investment in reducing global poverty , in strengthening democracy, and providing health as well as education ...

Australian Government's Failed Intervention Leaves Aborigines Poor, Hungry, Suicidal and ...  - The Indigenous people of Australia continue to suffer from terrible living conditions and unfair criminalization years after the government began an ...

Constitutional challenge looks to revive aboriginal languages  - Leitch says aboriginal languages should be awarded "similar consideration" to French and English, which he says tend to dominate talk about ...

Indigenous cancer stats worse than thought, study says  -  Indigenous Australians are dying from lung cancer at eight times the rate of non- indigenous people, with concerns remoteness and disadvantage are ...

Classroom welcomes mums, bubs in Australian first EDUCATION  - The Cape York Girl Academy has welcomed its first teenage students – and their babies – in an Australian first that brings young Indigenous mums ...