Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Why it's important to check in with friends and family over the festive season - Earlier this year Lifeline launched a new campaign, YouCanTalk - for suicide prevention in Australia , led by beyondblue, Black Dog Institute, ...

The stories that made women hopeful this year - Here, five influential Australian women share the stories of 2018 that made them optimistic. ... Violence against women and children remains epidemic.

Goldfields inmate literacy plan to cut reoffending - Ian Kanini has a doctorate in education and has taught in Australia , ... change the culture of recidivism, especially among Aboriginal people,” says Ian.

Funding for Aboriginal art groups to preserve culture - Nine West Australian Aboriginal Arts Groups have shared in more than $300,000 worth of funding to develop projects supporting sustainability of ...

Sacked NT minister Ken Vowles accuses government of 'ripping off' Indigenous people - The sacked Northern Territory Aboriginal affairs minister Ken Vowles has ... then we'll spend it on a water park,” Vowles told Guardian Australia .

Agenda activism takes over university Australian history classes - Agenda-driven activism has subverted the teaching of Australian history at the nation's universities, with gender, race and class politics dominating ...

Chechnya LGBTQ Torture Campaign Continues - nation to take action against “overwhelming evidence that there have been grave violations of the rights of LGBTI persons in the Chechen Republic.”.

Here are the best stories about being the token 'gay cousin' this Christmas - The holiday season is typically all about spending time with family, but sometimes it can be hard being the only LGBTI person sitting around the dinner ...

Caribbean Reggae artist urged to denounce homophobic lyrics - A Caribbean LGBTI group has called for singer Buju Banton to publicly denounce his classic homophobic song, Boom Bye Bye.

Same-sex marriage out of the closet in Thailand - And while widely recognized as a firm step towards equal LGBTI rights, not everyone in the community is celebrating the so-called Civil Partnership ...

Papuans wish to celebrate Christmas in peace as nationwide security beefed up - The Kemah Injili (Kingmi) Church of Papua recently issued a statement ... “This is to ensure the safety of all the people of God from any slaughter.”.

Indonesian Army Accused of Using Banned Chemical Weapon in West Papua - Army Accused of Using Banned Chemical Weapon in West Papua ... in West Papua during assaults earlier this month that left seven people dead ...

Northern iwi keen on health reform - Northern iwi are looking at ways to work together to improve health delivery for Māori . Nine iwi and Tainui Health last week attended a hui called by ...

Māori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests - She got married, had a baby, and left the isolated, predominantly Māori village of Ruatāhuna in the Tuawhenua area of Te Urewera forest for the shiny ...

National's calling on the Government to further fund a Maori education programme - The Puhoro STEM Academy aims to raise Maori participation and achievement in science, technology, engineering and maths by engaging with ...

State Spying on Māori , environmentalists and activists requires immediate response - Since when were Māori who protested against possible pollution of their land a security threat that required military grade surveillance?

Call to ban 'buy now, pay later' alcohol sales in Australia - An associate professor of Indigenous health at RMIT university, Aunty Kerrie Doyle, said many vulnerable indigenous people in remote communities ...

Funding for Aboriginal art groups to preserve culture - Nine West Australian Aboriginal Arts Groups have shared in more than $300,000 worth of funding to develop projects supporting sustainability of ...

Susan Moylan-Coombs to run as an independent against Tony Abbott in Warringah - Television producer and Indigenous activist Susan Moylan-Coombs is the first independent candidate to put their hand up to run against former prime ...

Sacked NT minister Ken Vowles accuses government of 'ripping off' Indigenous people - Ousted Aboriginal affairs minister says Northern Territory ... Gunner told Guardian Australia the Territory was investing $1.1bn in remote ...