Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

We owe it to our children to raise taxes on soft drinks  - Despite huge gains in oral health among children in Australia , tooth decay rates have increased dramatically over the past 20 years, and for the first ...

Dire warning for our young children  -  AUSTRALIA is among the world's worst for enrolment levels of children younger than three in early-learning programs, affecting their success when ...

Empower communities' to battle self-harm  - The Aboriginal residents of the small Western Australian community of Leonora have lost four young people to suicide since Christmas, and the grief ...

Plebiscite funding better spent on Canberra institutions: Andrew Barr  - Old Parliament House and the National Museum of Australia will remain the ... referendum on constitutional recognition for indigenous Australians .

Research into melanoma, prostate and breast cancer brings hope  - There are always new headlines about cancer. According to an update from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 72,048 males and 58,418 ...

Most Australians at risk of heart attack or stroke fail to take preventative medication  - Most Australians at risk of heart attack or stroke fail to take preventative medication ... It was published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia .

Aboriginal WWI veterens to have Hammond Park streets named after them  - TWELVE aboriginal men who served Australia in World War I will have streets named after them. The Geographical Names Committee and Lands ...

Indigenous groups disappointed in budget with 'little to offer'  - The government will loan $65m to the Indigenous Land Corporation, to help it out of debt after a widely criticised purchase of the Ayers Rock Resort for more than it was worth.