Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Education and health are most important issues in Australia , new poll finds  -  Australians are more positive about the benefits of immigration but education and health and the most important issues facing the country today, ...

Australia's successful gun reforms could inform US policies, researchers say  - A new study from Australia shows how the country's sweeping gun law ... have again presented Australia as an example of successful gun reform. ... it seems ideology and politics are delaying standard public health measures,” ...

Mandatory reporting' of suspected child abuse is a mad, bad idea  - In 2010, those in the US received 3.3 million reports of possible child abuse, while in New South Wales, Australia , 10 per cent of all children had been ...

Growing a healthy future with traditional Aboriginal foods  - A healthier Australian diet could include some of the foods Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have used for millennia, if a South Australian  ...

The rate of all suicides and homicides in Australia has declined since the gun buyback  - The rate of all suicides and homicides in Australia has declined since the ... with an initial spike in suicide deaths immediately following the buyback ...

Local Government Association members support marriage equality  - The Australian Local Government Association have passed a motion at their ... to the Marriage Act to achieve marriage equality for same sex couples.

Adam Lambert joins The X Factor Australia as a judge  - Adam Lambert has announced that he's the third and final celebrity to take to the judging panel on Australia's own version of The X Factor this year.

7 things Vote Compass reveals about Australians ' views on same-sex marriage  - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has promised to hold a national vote on same- sex marriage if the Coalition is re-elected, while Labor leader Bill ...