Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Weaving Indigenous sounds and stories into yoga - A Sydney-based yoga organisation is fusing Indian and Indigenous yoga traditions, incorporating the spirit of Aboriginal Australia into the ancient ...

Helping farming communities deal with suicide and mental health - I was 30 years old, I didn't have a girlfriend and it hit me like a tonne of bricks," he said. Mr Kenna spent 10 days at a facility in Warrnambool after a breakdown, but came back with the help of family, especially his father who ensured his friends visited him. A few years later he met and married Betty and she was there for a second episode, prompted by the death of his father in 1999. 

We shouldn't wait for tragedy before making laws fairer - Both moves earn Weatherill and the government of the first state to decriminalise homosexuality in Australia a big thumbs up and a full-throated ...

Drive for indigenous recognition knocked off course by treaty demands - Constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians has been blindsided by more radical demands, with an official forum in Hobart insisting that plans ...

Key organiser of Pope John Paul II's meeting with Indigenous Australians recalls blessed day - Key organiser of Pope John Paul II's meeting with Indigenous Australians ... of the pope's meeting with indigenous people from across Australia .

Lost story of early sailors' first contact with Aboriginal people 'up there with Burke and Wills' says ... - It's also one of Australia's greatest cross-cultural stories," he said. The ship Sydney Cove was on a trade mission from India to the new colony at Port ...

Australia seeks UN rights body seat despite criticism -  Australia's abusive refugee policies and over-representation of indigenous people in prison are stains on Australia's human rights reputation,” she ...

Positive image of Indigenous Dads on Stage at Belvoir - All too often, the narrative around Indigenous Australians in the public sphere is negative and politicised. Indigenous theatre provides an opportunity ...