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Britain First banned from Facebook in crackdown against far-right hate-speech - The company added: "Many different groups including representatives from the Jewish, Muslim, and LGBT communities, have reached out to us in the past to help us understand the threatening nature of content. "This requires us to make difficult decisions and balance concerns about free expression ...

Most Australian Indigenous languages came from just one place, research claims - The researchers used an adapted computer model originally designed to map the spread of viruses, and built a family tree of “cognates” – identical or similar words across multiple languages . Pama-Nyungan is one of 28 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language families. In contrast, Europe had four ...

Ask Izzy website figures show food is the top search for people in need - ACCESSING food has become a top concern for struggling Australians and it isn't confined to people who are homeless or in extreme poverty , ... legal, medical, employment and counselling support, and was developed by Infoxchange in partnership with Google, REA Group and News Corp Australia .

How one nun's lifelong service changed Australia's Tiwi community - Love them in their poverty , love them in their beauty, love them in their cultural ways, love them.” In an interview with CNA, Gardiner said this mandate of love was the advice given to her by Bishop Francis Xavier Gsill M.S.C. when she was asked to move to Bathurst Island of Australia's Tiwi islands in ...

Getting back to nature! Tim Dormer and his boyfriend Ash Toweel bare all as they enjoy a romantic ... - They are set to tie the knot after same-sex marriage was made legal in Australia last year. And loved-up Tim Dormer and Ash Toweel are enjoying a romantic getaway ahead of their self-described 'big gay wedding'. The happy couple are spending time at the River Island Nature Retreat in NSW this ...

The fake gay Christian with seven kids who avoided deportation anyway - A heterosexual Muslim man who appealed deportation by lying about being a gay Christian has won the right to the stay in Australia . That's the latest bizarre tale to emerge from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which found that the Iraqi man was lying, but still decided to overturn Immigration Minister ...

Same-sex couples can now adopt anywhere in Australia as final territory changes law - Finally, same-sex couples can adopt children anywhere in Australia . The Northern Territory (NT) just became the last state or territory to change its laws. The NT passed legislation allowing same-sex couples to adopt children on Tuesday (13 March). The law will allow couple to adopt whether or not they ...

Decriminalizing homosexuality : When archaic laws weigh down a young nation - In yet another crime stemming from deep homophobia and stigma surrounding homosexuals in India, an 18-year-old girl bludgeoned her mother to death in Ghaziabad last week because she didn't approve of her same-sex relationship with her 35-year-old teacher. It could have been prevented had ...

Plain cigarette packaging has arrived in New Zealand - We congratulate those in government who spearheaded this move, especially the Māori Affairs Select Committee and Dame Tariana Turia. We also believe that the benefits of plain packaging could be maximised by implementing this in tandem with other efforts to reduce its access, appeal and ...

Children's experience highlights education issues for Māori - “I know many of our schools are working hard to ensure that te reo Māori me ōna tikanga is valued and used meaningfully. We have come a long way but we need to go further in our education system, and work collectively to create a culturally-safe place that will make Māori students more comfortable, ...

Education Matters to Me reports provide intriguing insight - Among the issues covered in the reports are emotional wellbeing, engagement with learning and the experiences of tamariki and rangatahi Māori . Many Māori students expressed a desire to be better understood by their teachers and fellow students to increase their feeling of comfort at school. In the He ...

Korako moves up in Bridges' National bench - National's Maori development spokesperson sees more room for Maori in the party as a result of new leader Simon Bridges reshuffle. Nuk Korako moved up to number 37 in the 54-member caucus. National is working on boosting its Maori capacity, starting with setting up kahurangi blue groups in ...

School survey reveals culture gap - We're not saying, as some teachers might think, teachers are racist. This is a faithful attempt to depict the voices of our tamariki and rangatahi Maori and it is their experience, they're experts in their own lives, and think it should be viewed postively in one sense, that here is an opportunity for change," he ...

NZ Super, Maori fund to explore opportunities to collaborate on local investments - The NZ$39.1 billion ($28.3 billion) New Zealand Superannuation Fund and the Te Puia Tapapa Fund, a Maori investment fund, established a preferred partner relationship to explore areas of collaboration in pursuing new investment opportunities. Debbie Birch, a spokeswoman for the Te Puia Tapapa ...

Tribes preparing for climate emergencies - Mike Smith is one of the organisers of the Iwi Chairs Forum's emergency climate summit in Wellington later this month that brings together Maori leaders, scientists, and economic development experts. He says it's too late to stop climate change, but there is a chance to slow it down if everyone plays their ...

Queer music icon Perfume Genius finds the light - Real name Mike Hadreas, Perfume Genius is in Wellington for two New Zealand Festival shows. He says audiences can expect a more screaming, writhing performance, compared to the minimal piano-based shows he used to play. "I would just kind of get up there and make sure that I did it. But now I ...

Why are white people on Sunrise with no experience calling for Indigenous child removals? - The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) figures show that 68 per cent of Indigenous children are placed in the care of Indigenous people, which logic tells you then that the remaining 32 per cent must be with non- Indigenous families. With British and Irish being the most common ancestries ...

Indigenous child abusers 'should be kicked out of communities' -  National Children's Commissioner Megan Mitchell said indigenous kids made up a third of the children in Australia's child protection system. She said she supported the adoption of abused children in certain cases but it was preferable that a “safe family member'' care for them. “Children always have a ...

Tracking the spread of early hunter-gatherers through language - Language experts have long wondered how one language family—Pama-Nyungan—came to dominate most of Australia . Pama-Nyungan contains more than 75% of Australia's roughly 400 indigenous languages and is found across about 90% of the continent. Professor Atkinson, from the University of ...

Our coverage was racist': National Geographic admits bias against Indigenous people - Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless, like a 1916 story about Australia . Underneath photos of two Aboriginal people, the caption reads: "South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings". The exploration of National Geographic's ...