Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Garma festival opens with call for 'strong agreement' on Indigenous lands  - A senior Indigenous leader has called for Australia to find a “strong agreement” to ensure Indigenous lands are protected “forever and a day”, at the ...

How the Northern Territory became Australia's shame  - The dark heart of Australia's race relations has been exposed. .... "History will judge how Australia treats Aboriginal people": John Lawrence, SC, ...

Divergent paths branch off from road to Indigenous recognition  - In a recent essay, Tony McAvoy, Australia's first indigenous silk, argues for “reframing” the recognition process as either a commission of inquiry to ...

Aussies overwhelmed with pride to represent Indigenous brothers and sisters  - Players and coaches of the Australian Indigenous All stars basketball team say playing for your country is one thing but representing your Indigenous ...

Calls for youth detention royal commission to go national  - Figures showing the massive over-representation of indigenous people in jail Australia -wide give support to a push to extend to other states and ...

Students asked about their sexuality for scholarships  - A leading education scholarship provider backed by some of Australia’s biggest businesses has begun quizzing high school students on their sexuality as part of its application process, sparking fresh concerns about the creeping influence of LGBTI rights activism on schools.

Plebiscite 'yes' campaign takes shape amid division between marriage equality supporters  - On Monday, Australian Marriage Equality will launch a petition and media blitz ... Veteran gay rights campaigner Rodney Croome this week wrote on ...

Will Australia vote to remove trans identity from the international list of mental disorders?  - In Australia , the ICD classification is used by psychiatrists for mental health diagnoses – making the proposed changes important to Australians .