Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Australia's Cigarette Wars Turn Violent  - The roots of Australia's problem with the black market stem at least in part from recent public health policies as successive governments have tried to ...

Museums increasingly use exhibitions to bring people together  - In similarly activist mould, the Victoria and Albert Museum, also based in London, launched an exhibition of works by Banksy and other British street artists in Tripoli and Benghazi in 2012 as an act of solidarity with the Libyan people, according to director ­Martin Roth.

Myth of extinction of Tasmanian Aborigines  - Turner's ignorance of this nation's indigenous people is revealed in an autobiography (quoted in Australia Through the Looking Glass) where she 

Inequality Creeps into the Land of the Fair Go  - There is growing evidence that inequality is increasing not only in Australia but also ... How did we get back to societies and economies where absolute poverty is ... In Australia , unlike most advanced industrial economies, we have ...

Is Konkani one of the 7k languages under threat?  - Citing the example of an indigenous tribe of Australia and how the government acted swiftly to preserve their language and tradition, Lobo said, "The ...

ACL cites study of 20 rainbow families in argument against marriage equality  - of children raised by same sex parents as something to ponder as we head towards a decision on allowing same sex couples to wed in Australia .

Greens don't want the people's opinion on marriage  -  Australia could do this too, but inclusion isn't the objective of the cultural elite and ... If a plebiscite rejected gay marriage but parliament still legalised it, ...

Why do Australians keep wearing blackface?  - Asked for an opinion on the latest blackface rumpus, Indigenous rapper Briggs said: " Australia has its own history of blackface that dates back ...