Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Outback eye disease a ' national disgrace' -  Australia is the only developed country to still have trachoma, with what have been high rates of trachoma in the aboriginal communities,” he said.

We have a political correctness crisis, but it's not the one you think - Gorrie's by no means the only Indigenous person lately to butt up against the boundaries of Australian political correctness for daring to suggest that ...

Widen welfare rules to all jobless, says Tony Abbott - A draft report by Jobs Australia , the peak body for non-profit employment ... A spokeswoman for Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said the ...

Is suicide one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia ? - The federal government’s Medicare Benefits Schedule review is well underway. Teams of clinicians are looking at more than 5,700 items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) to see if health services are up to date and in line with the latest clinical evidence.

Queensland has highest rate of suicide in Australia - Queensland has the highest rates of suicide in the nation and is one of the regions, including Western Australia , Tasmania and the ACT, where suicide  ...

Marking the Infinite" free film series begins tonight at Tulane University - A three-part film series celebrates Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia , an exhibition at Tulane University's ...

Gus Worland documentary Man Up tackles the crisis in male suicide rates - Gus Worland with members of Australian veterans' support group ... Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for people aged 15-44. Last year ...

For Some Retirees, Affordable Living Means A Real Struggle To Survive - That's the subject of a new book published by the CSIRO, The Australian Dream: Housing Experiences of Older Australians , which draws on the ...