Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Young believe e-cigarettes are the healthy alternative' to dodge smoking bans  - of young people choose them because they are seen as “not as bad for your health ”, say findings published in the Medical Journal of Australia .

New baby feeding guidelines clear confusion on when to start solids  - A new set of guidelines from an international summit of health professionals aims to halve the rate of peanut allergies in Australian children . How will ...

Pascoe's history a 'vision of an Australia yet to be' BOOKS  - Bunurong man, Aboriginal language guru and jack of all trades Bruce Pascoe has taken out one of the country's most prestigious literary awards with ...

Can we be Australian without eating indigenous food?  - By Australian food we mean the plants, fruits and animals that have grown here and sustained the indigenous people of the land for over 50,000 years. If we eat only the food brought by the first settlers and all those who followed, can we call ourselves Australian?

Catholic priest Father Paul Kelly fighting to repeal homophobic law  - A Catholic priest has labelled Australia an 'international disgrace' as he campaigns for the removal of the ' gay panic' defence which 'belongs in the ...

Springborg's gay law reform support: a fair and just thing to do  -  Australia is an international disgrace for still having this homophobic law on its books,” he said. “It's a demeaning, dangerous insult to gay people.

No kidding: parents of infants more likely than those of older children to take overseas holidays  - In 2015, more than 2.7 million Australians 14+ (or 13.9% of the population) reported travelling overseas on their last holiday. Just over 19% of those ...

Police headquarters to raise LGBT flag  - The LGBT pride flag is set to be flown outside Brisbane's police headquarters ... The Australian Christian Lobby has criticised Queensland Police for ...