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Give every child the best start

Give every child the best start -  Australia's Indigenous population, and disadvantaged people, more .... Australia uses taxes and transfers to reduce inequality and child poverty to a ...

Nope, Married At First Sight's Gay Couple Did Not Set Marriage Equality Back

Nope, Married At First Sight's Gay Couple Did Not Set Marriage Equality Back - Yesterday, Huffington Post Australia ran an editorial that literally accused them of setting back the marriage equality cause. It was called Why The Gay  ...

Schools in Victoria to celebrate first LGBTI History Month

Schools in Victoria to celebrate first LGBTI History Month - The initiative was announced and will be led by the Safe Schools Coalition Victoria (SSCV), Minus18, and the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives ...

Youth homelessness: a personal story

Youth homelessness: a personal story - Young people from refugee backgrounds are six times more likely to become homeless, which explains why, as a refugee woman under the age of 25, I was destined to be homeless. We live in a society that blames homeless people for their situation. It is as if people choose to live in situations where they have no control over their lives, where they are completely alienated from society and blamed for their dire situation. 

New trade deals vital for Australia's future

New trade deals vital for Australia's future - has increased economic growth, jobs or reduced poverty without opening up to international trade. Australia has enjoyed 25 years of uninterrupted ...

Chansey Paech is Australia's first gay, Indigenous parliamentarian

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Chansey Paech is Australia's first gay, Indigenous parliamentarian - Chansey Paech spent the last several few weeks driving his silver Nissan four-wheel-drive around central Australia , meeting with small communities ...

Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems

Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems - Norris claimed that our paper was about the largest numbers in Australian Aboriginal languages that could extend beyond ten, but still didn't extend ...

Poverty a barrier to good parenting

Poverty a barrier to good parenting - Political empowerment means having a voice. Australia's indigenous population, and disadvantaged people more generally, are disempowered in all ...