Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

A New Prevention Program Uses Nine Strategies To Reduce Suicide Rates  - A new suicide prevention program expected to reduce suicide deaths by 20 percent and suicide attempts by 30 percent will use nine strategies targeting prevention, education, and specialised frontline care. The new "systems based" multi-strategy approach, called LifeSpan, is the first program of its kind targeting 

The land we play on: equality doesn't mean justice  - Sport, we're told, lies at the heart of what it means to be Australian. .... the past violence and discrimination against Australia's Indigenous peoples is ...

Indigenous people need to take responsibility over youth incarceration  - Noel Pearson said Indigenous responsibility was 'a crucial part of the solution' to the Northern Territory juvenile ... Australian Associated Press.

Northern Territory prison's treatment of intellectually disabled Aboriginal man referred to UN  -  Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs said it has received at least 10 complaints from the guardians of other intellectually ...

Australia's chlamydia problem is way older than Tinder, health experts say  - There was a chlamydia problem in Australia long before hookup apps like Tinder and Grindr. To be clear: Chlamydia is a big problem. It's the most ...

A 63-Year- Old Australian Woman Gave Birth For The First Time, Fertility Experts Call Her ...  - A 63-year- old Australian woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Monday, officially becoming the oldest woman in Australia to have given birth, ...

Refugees report abuse, violence in Australia's offshore refugee camp  - Slamming the Australian government for overlooking the abuse refugees face in its offshore detention camp in Nauru, an island ...

Domestic violence can and must be prevented  - Every Australian has a choice to create a country where violence against women and children is not tolerated and there are many organisations in ...