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Higher risk of death for indigenous babies

Higher risk of death for indigenous babies -  Australia's Health 2018, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on Wednesday, says indigenous Australians have a shorter ...

Warakurna welcomes first all-Indigenous police station, aiming to repair a community's mistrust

Warakurna welcomes first all- Indigenous police station, aiming to repair a community's mistrust - The first entirely Indigenous -run police station in Australia is using cultural ties to ... Aboriginal elder, Daisy Ward, said the community had not been ...

New digital book delivers Tasmania's history to classrooms across Australia

New digital book delivers Tasmania's history to classrooms across Australia - Mr Broun expected the Aboriginal history unit would be widely accessed by teachers. " Australians know very, very little about Tasmania's first people ...

Government invests $150000 into digital labeling to combat fake Aboriginal art

Government invests $150000 into digital labeling to combat fake Aboriginal art - This week, the Australian Government confirmed that it will commit ... It is the next step in the fight against inauthentic Indigenous art and follows from ...

Remote community transformed by Indigenous-run police station

Remote community transformed by Indigenous -run police station - A remote Aboriginal community has been transformed since the introduction of Western Australia's first entirely Indigenous -run police station.

Deadly Questions billboards pulled by agency over fears of 'racial vilification'

Deadly Questions billboards pulled by agency over fears of 'racial vilification' - If it passes, it will be the first legislation formally signalling an intent to negotiate a treaty with Aboriginal people in any Australian jurisdiction.

Indigenous service men and women commemorated in For Country, For Nation

Indigenous service men and women commemorated in For Country, For Nation - In the canon of Australian military history, the courage of Aboriginal warriors in defence of their homelands, and the significant contribution of the first ...

Meet the gay, Indigenous designer who is changing the rules of fashion

Meet the gay, Indigenous designer who is changing the rules of fashion - It's a fashion label inspired by Edwards' art, which in turn were inspired by his home lands in northern Australia . He is the only Indigenous man in ...

Refugee camps face flood of babies conceived in military rape

Refugee camps face flood of babies conceived in military rape - The Burmese military has a long history of using sexual violence as a ... oblige countries like Australia to exclude perpetrators of sexual violence from ...

Ayla Cresswell wins right to use dead boyfriend's sperm to have children

Ayla Cresswell wins right to use dead boyfriend's sperm to have children - The decision marks a historic precedent for Australian women seeking to ... Readers seeking support and information about suicide prevention can ...

How marketers build a successful board profile

How marketers build a successful board profile - There's never been a better time for marketers to bring their open-minded, adaptive, customer-led approach to boards. So why aren't more making it to ...

No, I Don't Want Your Rainbow T-Shirt

No, I Don't Want Your Rainbow T-Shirt - The second resource is the set of Standards of Conduct for Business on Tackling Discrimination against LGBTI people, published by the U.N.'s Office ...

Three LGBTI Activists Killed in Mexico

Three LGBTI Activists Killed in Mexico - Three well-known LGBTI rights advocates in the Mexican state of Guerrero were killed over the weekend. Authorities on Sunday found the bodies of ...

Countries with anti-gay laws are missing out on billions in tourism and investment

Countries with anti- gay laws are missing out on billions in tourism and investment - Countries with anti- gay laws are missing out on billions in tourism and ... The top destinations are Australia , Canada, France, the UK and the US, ...

Australia's Anglican Church Doesn't Even Want Leaders Attending Gay Weddings

Australia's Anglican Church Doesn't Even Want Leaders Attending Gay Weddings - Now that same-sex marriage is legal in Australia , the Anglican Church has issued a resolution calling for a “need for humility and graciousness in ...

SC begins oral arguments on same-sex marriage

SC begins oral arguments on same-sex marriage - Falcis III, who admitted to being gay , filed the controversial petition for ... countries in the United States, Europe and Australia , the issue of same-sex  ...

Call for New Zealand's colonial history to be more widely taught in high school

Call for New Zealand's colonial history to be more widely taught in high school -  NZ History Teachers' Association chair Graeme Ball talks to the Maori Affairs select committee about the need for teaching the country's colonial ...

Orakei Marae to host indigenous youth summit

Orakei Marae to host indigenous youth summit - Patuwai also says this summit is a forum to celebrate the many indigenous cultures here in New Zealand and feels their point of view can contribute to ...

Govt relaxes foreign investors ban

Govt relaxes foreign investors ban - Foreign buyers will now be able to own 60% of large new apartment ... to statistics by Stats NZ in 2016, Māori and Pacific home-ownership rates fell by ...

Māori woman uncovers racist definition of 'bro' in Oxford Dictionary

Māori woman uncovers racist definition of 'bro' in Oxford Dictionary - Julia Rahui was talking with her neighbour when he brought out his copy of The Oxford New Zealand Dictionary: Words and their Origins to show her ...