Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Peccadillo Pictures to tour the UK with a line-up of LGBT films this summer  - It includes HOLDING THE MAN, the powerful Australia drama of gay love in 1980s; THE GIRL KING, a true-life Scandinavian royal lesbian love story; ...

A practical, constitutional promise to do things with Aborigines, not to them  - In asking for these forms of practical constitutional recognition, indigenous advocates understood precisely the purpose and nature of Australia's  ...

Indigenous tribes in Queensland seek balance between tradition, tourism  - Juan Walker, a member of the Kuku Yulanji aboriginal tribe, walks through a small bay in Cape Tribulation, Australia . Walker, a guide, explained what ...

A young campaigner's case against constitutional recognition  - According to Nayuka's personal beliefs, a treaty is a progressive step toward something "real and tangible" for Indigenous Australians . It would provide ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rate drops below 40%  - For the first time the rate of smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... However, the rate remains much higher than non- Indigenous Australians  ...

Queensland syphilis cases on the rise, spike in disease among Indigenous youth and gay men  - Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council spokesman Dion ... "This is probably the worst it's ever been, particularly in northern Australia ." ...

Young and old Aussies go crackers for biscuits  - Teenagers aged 14-17 and older Australians aged 65+ are the nation's most avid biscuit-eaters. The 65+ demographic is more likely to eat sweet ...

Aussie musos are Living Below the Line to raise poverty awareness  - For many, living in poverty , $2 a day and, sometimes, less is the norm and ... about social injustice and inequality in Australia and around the world.