Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous man granted $1.3m compensation for wrongful conviction - An Indigenous man who spent almost five years in jail after being wrongfully accused of killing a non- Indigenous man in Broome in 2010 has been granted $1.3m in compensation from the Western Australian government. Gene Gibson, a Pintupi man from the remote community of Kiwirrkurra, ...

Australia and India should revitalise the Commonwealth: UK think tank -  Australia and India have been nominated as two countries who could take the lead in helping renovate the Commonwealth while the United ... This is in contrast to the recommendations of a report commissioned by the parliament's Trade out of Poverty group, which said greater multilateral ...

What's wrong with our child-bride laws? Despite 70 complaints last year, there have been no ... - She says that forced marriage cases in Australia are well and truly under-reported. “What we know is the tip of the tip of the iceberg,” Ms Stanger says of the number of cases which are reported. The young girls who are helped by the Salvation Army programs are generally aged between 16-19 years.

Australia's deputy Prime Minister has 'no view one way or another' on gay 'cure' therapy - The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia has said that he has “no view” on gay 'conversion' therapy. Michael McCormack, who is acting leader while Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, added that he had not even “looked into” the issue. .

Boris Johnson promises Tom Daley he'll raise LGBT rights with Commonwealth - Boris Johnson has told Radio 1 Newsbeat that he will raise gay rights with leaders of countries where homosexuality is illegal. The foreign secretary was responding to Tom Daley's call for Commonwealth countries to change their laws. The diver spoke out after winning gold at the recent games on the ..

World's First LGBT Rotary Club Launches In San Francisco - Other projects include “needle walks” to make neighborhoods safer, and an intergenerational LGBT brunch to take place the Friday before San Francisco Pride. The group may have started a trend: De Zordo shared that another LGBT Rotary Club just got its charter in Australia , and that a worldwide .

Meghan Markle steps out at first official Commonwealth event wearing Australian designers - The couple met about 40 young leaders, including Commonwealth Youth delegates, past winners of the Queen's Young Leaders Award, as well as Commonwealth LGBT activists at the Commonwealth Youth Forum, including Australian delegate Jacob Thomas. Meghan has just one month until the big ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle speak out in support of LGBT rights - Chatting to young people involved in the Commonwealth Equality Network, Ms Markle stressed the importance of its work challenging inequality based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Jacob Thomas, from Melbourne, Australia , who works with the Network, revealed: “She really laid down the ...

United Nations finds New Zealand has breached the rights of long-term prisoners - The United Nations has ruled the rights of two New Zealand rapists have been breached and their preventive detention sentences should be ... Justice minister Andrew Little said if preventive detention was "being administered in a way that breaches people's rights then we need to go back and look at it.

New Zealand's Prime Minister 'Extremely Angry' With People Saying She Is Like Trump - Ardern and Trump met last year at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Vietnam and the East Asia Summit in the Philippines, both of which took place in November. Ardern later told New Zealand's press that at the latter event, Trump had said in jest that "this lady caused a lot of upset in her country."

Rural GPs urged to build relationships with intellectually disabled patients - The average life expectancy of intellectually disabled New Zealanders is around 20 years shorter than the rest of the population , IHC community advocates say. They also have higher rates of polypharmacy and worse access to healthcare but continuity of care and a strong relationship with health ...

Getting the message across to population - For Chris McBride and Philip Kelly, former members of the collective which ran from 1978 to 1998, it is a fresh look at the collective's archives. "It shows the media, landscape, politics ... is not a neutral thing. "The idea of New Zealand being this neutral space in the South Pacific is erroneous," Kelly says.

New Zealand Band Faces Criticism for Scattering Ashes of Dead Member on Award Show Stage - TEEKS, a musician of Maori heritage who was nominated for a Taite Music Prize, tweeted that he was glad he didn't win because he “wouldn't have gotten on stage with those ashes under my feet.” “I was raised in a culture where that s—t isn't ok,” he continued. “I'm sure no offence [sic] was intended, ...

All Black Calls Out Israel Folau Over Comments About Gay People -  Notably, young Māori and Pasifika people". "Judge me and other gay people, judge them on the content of their character, not their sexuality". Rugby Australia has since decided not to sanction Folau. Weber, who played his only test for the All Blacks in 2015 and is likely to be in contention for selection ...

Mayors Taskforce for Jobs in Ruapehu - Mayor Cameron said that the Outward Bound Scholarships and the Tuia Rangatahi Leadership Programme for young Maori are both MTFJ programs that are part ... The Rangatahi Leadership Programme involves local Mayors selecting a young Maori from their district to mentor on a one-to-one basis.

Nigerian newspaper column claims Theresa May is a lesbian after LGBT rights intervention - But she could find a wife in France, Germany, Luxembourg, New Zealand , Denmark and other such countries that have embraced the prospect of extinction by endorsing same-sex marriage.” PinkNews contacted the Nigerian Guardian for comment but did not receive a reply by time of publication. Android Chrome Windows Mobile friendly AppsCenter

Indigenous culture at the heart of new home care project - CEO of Katungul ACC&MS Robert Skeen also emphasised the connection to country experienced by Aboriginal Elders that is a key driver of the project. “At the heart of our philosophy of Koori Health in Koori Hands is the health and wellbeing of our Elders,” he explains. “By our Elders maintaining their ...

Historian questions whether graffiti should have been left on Captain Cook statue - Dr Murray said the latest debates about public statues and history reflected an evolving understanding of the past that included the voices of Indigenous people. “James Cook was more than just a navigator,” she said. “In Australian history, the character of Captain Cook has come to symbolise ...

Treaty is connected self worth and empowerment for Aboriginal youth: Justin Mohamed - Justin Mohamed will take up the position next month, well credentialed as a former head of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, and a former chief executive of Reconciliation Australia . Victoria is the only state to have a Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young ...

Social media and health information sharing among Australian Indigenous people - Despite the enormous potential of social media for health promotion, there is an inadequate evidence base for how they can be used effectively to influence behaviour. In Australia , research suggests social media use is higher among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people than the ...