Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Canberra Writers Festival 2018 has a strong female presence -  Australia , "A lot of white men had a white wife and an Indigenous wife: there was a lot of polygamy and two sets of families and often men wouldn't ...

6 Gems Of Indigenous TV And Film That You May Have Missed - 2018 marks 25 years since the Indigenous Department at Screen Australia was established, resulting in some of the nation's most beloved films, ...

From the mission to Italy: The tragic story of two Indigenous boys stolen by a monk - Mounted guns rumbled past, horses shied and pawed the ground — and, from a balcony above, two Australian Aboriginal boys offered to enter the ...

Indigenous Australians Use Tech to Expose Police Abuse -  In one video, a black prisoner screams “I can't breathe” 12 times as he is pinned down by a group of guards. In another, a police ...

Aged care meets Indigenous art in remote communities - study is looking at collaboration between Indigenous art centres and aged care providers in remote parts of Australia in a project that could form the ...

Fraser Anning speech: Nigel Scullion should apologise for shaking hands with senator, Gunner says - That Senator Scullion, Indigenous Affairs Minister, would warmly embrace someone who called for the return to the White Australia policy beggars .

In an Age of Increasing Nationalism, Gay Games Encourages LGBTQ Globalism - an Age of Increasing Nationalism, Gay Games Encourages LGBTQ ... Marriage equality in Australia is even more recent, passing on January 9, ...

I've hooked up with one of my mates': Love Island Australia's Grant Crapp reveals his gay sexual ... - He made headlines after Love Island Australia fans discovered he had a 'secret girlfriend' back home despite coupling up with Tayla Damir on the ...

Five must-see LGBT films coming out in 2018 - year's festival put a specific spotlight on Australian queer film, honouring the parallels between Ireland and Australia's recent marriage equality ...

US professor, who says being transgender is a 'delusion', to speak at WA university - who says the transgender movement is based on ideology rather than science, will speak at the University of Western Australia despite pressure to ...

Targeting Māori youth not discriminatory - always enjoyed being part of the Maori Women's Leadership Development Programme. It was run over a number of years, usually in Auckland, just ...

Kiwi singer stuns Māori Affairs Committee with performance - A kiwi singer stunned politicians today in a surprise stand-up performance during a Māori Affairs Select Committee.

Te Ūpoko radio station facing potential closure - The country's first te reo Māori radio station, Te Ūpoko o te Ika could be facing closure unless iwi license holders give consent to broadcast. Te Ūpoko ...

Inquiry into who leaked Simon Bridges' travel expenses -  Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta says "Ministers have those privileges so this sort of thing is not new, particularly around the use of Crown ...

Cliff Curtis rules himself out of the running to play Māori James Bond villain - Cliff Curtis says he won't be putting his name forward to play the next James Bond henchman, after a search was launched last month for a Māori actor .

Global backlash against gay conversion therapy gathers pace - Legislative change is gathering speed around the world with New Zealand , Australia and Britain all considering laws against conversion therapy. ... policy at British LGBT rights group Stonewall, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

One hundred years of history reflected in extraordinary community-built Kimberley 'mother of pearl ... - With its stunning inlaid pearl shell altar making it arguably one of the most beautiful churches in Australia , the Sacred Heart Church at Beagle Bay on ...

Equal isn't the same for everybody', royal commission hears - This in turn has led to the superannuation balances 23 per cent lower than non- Indigenous Australians and mean balances at retirement 46 per cent ...

Extent of stolen generation's woes exposed - While the disadvantage gaps between indigenous and non- indigenous Australians are well known, the new study by the Australia Institute of Health ...

Protocol aims to close cancer gap - It works from the principle that indigenous Australians have specific cultural needs and their outcomes will be better if these are taken into account.