Jokowi kicks off construction of Papua market
Jokowi kicks off construction of Papua market - The Papua administration and people have campaigned for the building of the Mama-Mama market for 13 years. The market is designed to have three ...
Posts
Maori Authority boss puts cost of failing a struggling child at $145K a year
Maori Authority boss puts cost of failing a struggling child at $145K a year - National Urban Maori Authority boss Lance Norman puts the cost of failing a struggling child at $145,000 per year. He says an upfront investment of ...
When Pranab rubbed his nose with Maori chief!
When Pranab rubbed his nose with Maori chief! - President Pranab Mukherjee rubbed his nose with Maori chief and his wife as part of the traditional welcome accorded to him on his arrival ...
Reconciling child welfare with culture and identity
Reconciling child welfare with culture and identity - At the start of this century, 4000 Indigenous children , or 2 per cent of the total Indigenous child population, were in care across Australia ; today there ...
Children often hidden victims
Children often hidden victims - For too long, children have been seen as secondary or lesser victims and not as victims in their own right. The Council of Australian Government ...
Unknown stories of WA's Aboriginal Anzacs highlighted in Perth exhibition
Unknown stories of WA's Aboriginal Anzacs highlighted in Perth exhibition - The stories of the 13 Aboriginal soldiers from Western Australia who fought at Gallipoli are being told in an exhibition at Edith Cowan University.
Young Gay and Bisexual Men are 6 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide
Young Gay and Bisexual Men are 6 Times More Likely to Commit Suicide - A study published in the Journal of Public Health reveals that gay and bisexual men below the age of 26 are six times more likely to commit suicide or ...
Malcolm Turnbull predicts marriage equality plebiscite 'will be carried'
Malcolm Turnbull predicts marriage equality plebiscite 'will be carried' - Supporters of same-sex marriage are “unlikely to be disappointed” by the ... Debate in Australia has been marked by controversial material against ...
How Gay Pop Stars Are Winning Over America
How Gay Pop Stars Are Winning Over America - American teens are pining over openly gay male pop stars from the United Kingdom and Australia . Years & Years' lead singer Olly Alexander could be ...
Peccadillo Pictures to tour the UK with a line-up of LGBT films this summer
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
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
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
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%
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 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
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
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.
LGBT Youths Are Turning To Facebook To Find A Safe Place To Live
LGBT Youths Are Turning To Facebook To Find A Safe Place To Live - Increasingly, LGBT people like Jeremy and Jasper are turning to “Queer ... The groups have cropped up across Australia's biggest cities and beyond ...