Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Ketamine May Be The Next Great Hope In Treating Mental Illness  - The largest clinical trial of ketamine for the ongoing treatment of depression has been launched across Australia and New Zealand this week.

Police given greater powers to combat domestic and family violence  - The government is also pushing to have the DVOs automatically recognised throughout Australia under a National Domestic Violence Order Scheme.

Parents should expect they'll have to help their kids buy a house  - That is causing some intergenerational issues in housing, which is a bigger question than “is there a housing bubble or not” according to RBA governor Glenn Stevens in the full transcript of his interview with the Australian and Wall Street Journal.

Research helps treatment of heart attacks and angina in Aboriginal people  - Research carried out by The University of Western Australia into the management of Aboriginal heart patients has found that while treatment is ...

Indigenous Australians fight nuclear dump plan on "sacred land"  - South Australia is at the heart of a debate over the nation's nuclear future that highlights a familiar tension between quick economic gain and long-term custodianship of land occupied by Aboriginal people for more than 50,000 years.

Hundreds of same-sex couples already getting married in Australia  -  Gay marriages in Australia are at an all-time high. ... figures have revealed hundreds of couples are already getting married on Australian shores.

ACTU votes to support marriage equality and oppose plebiscite  - The ACTU motion stated that “all people in Australia must be treated equally by the ... Australian Marriage Equality has welcomed the move, National ...

Tasmania seeks to protect 'freedom of religion' ahead of gay marriage debate  - Tasmania seeks to protect 'freedom of religion' ahead of gay marriage ... The Australian Christian Lobby's Mark Brown welcomed the Government's ...