Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Newborn death rates improve, gap closing for Indigenous babies -  Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth. However, almost 1 in 100 pregnancies at or beyond 20 weeks gestation ends with the ...

One child every four hours': Australia's stillbirth rate unacceptable, experts say - One child every four hours': Australia's stillbirth rate unacceptable, experts say ... The rate of stillbirths among Indigenous mothers dropped 16%.

The tireless volunteers preventing suicide in Australia -  Suicide is the leading cause of death for Western Australians between the ages of 15 and 54, and over 55,000 West Australian's called Lifeline's crisis ...

Imminent death not a factor for euthanasia, says Steph Key - An architect of state legislation to introduce the right to die in Australia says euthanasia should be available to people not at imminent risk of death .

Time to improve treatment of the most costly disease in Australia - We may not be dealing with a fully fledged epidemic, but that is still an enormous amount of preventable suffering and premature death . Awareness is 

Opposing same-sex marriage is cruel. So, so cruel - How lovely it would be for my mother to know Australia finally sees her sons as the human beings she sees us as. It's so very cruel and I often wonder ...

Will Same-Sex Marriage Finally Be Legalised In Australia ? -  Same-sex marriage has come under the spotlight in Australia this year. It was a key talking point during the country's federal election in June, and ...

Agencies can't keep track of where kids are living, commission told - Ms Gwynne tied the problem to the Territory's statistically worst-in- Australia rates of Aboriginal placement — putting indigenous children with ...