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Bullied gay boy, 13, takes his life

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Bullied gay boy, 13, takes his life - A Brisbane high school principal has offered sympathies to the parents of a gay student who took his own life but says staff did not know he was being ...

Why will Aborigines and other townspeople celebrate Australia Day two days late?

Why will Aborigines and other townspeople celebrate Australia Day two days late? - Many Aboriginal communities argue that Australia Day is a day for mourning, not celebration, because it marks the arrival of the first ships from Britain.

National debate about racism gets more interesting

National debate about racism gets more interesting - He has devoted his life to the survival of a Aboriginal Australia , no mean feat. Pearson also has lived all his life battling racism, especially in large ...

'My door's always open'

'My door's always open' - Last year Wilson gave evidence at Australia's first royal commission into ... behavioural change programs did not work for Aboriginal men, she said.

I was set up for abuse by my childhood'

I was set up for abuse by my childhood' - Part of that, particularly with Aboriginal women is being criminalised ... The amendment was argued to be silencing Australia's Indigenous people, ...

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages - Last week the NSW Government announced new measures to protect Aboriginal languages . In the context of seeking to preserve part of Australia's  ...

Nedlands student turns own mental health struggles into way of helping others

Nedlands student turns own mental health struggles into way of helping others - “I believe it's a collective approach to solving mental illness in Australia and getting our experts together in one room to brainstorm how we can make it ...

UWA's 'world-first' pole-dancing study

UWA's 'world-first' pole-dancing study - It provides physical and mental benefits for women, who participate in it for exercise. University of Western Australia researcher Joanna Nicholas is investigating how significant those benefits are in what she says is a world-first study ...