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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 ...

Is Australia's Best Restaurant in a Van? - We always remain respectful of indigenous cultures.” Foraging has become trendy beyond Australia , but for the Aboriginal peoples it has been a way ...

A few resolutions to fix Australia in 2019 -  AUSTRALIA DAY: The date needs to change. It's very simple. It is unreasonable for non- indigenous Australians to expect indigenous Australians to ...

How 12 celebrities are living their best lives on Christmas -  LGBTI celebrities and icons are taking to social media to share what they're doing, and it's fabulous. Below are 12 celebrities' celebrations.

Thailand cabinet approves the first draft of same-sex civil union bill - However, some LGBTI activists aren't impressed by the news. They have called for the bill to be dropped, and for the Civil Code amended to allow full ...

LGBTI Health specialists in South Australia - Find LGBTI Health specialists in South Australia. Book an Appointment Online or View Opening Hours, Contact Details, Positive Customer Feedback ...

Legalize same-sex marriage despite referendum result, Human Rights Watch tells Taiwanese ... - Taiwan is widely considered to be the most LGBTI -friendly nation in Asia, and the results of the referendum were seen as a huge blow to the LGBTI  ...

New champion for ageing well calls time on loneliness - More than 60 percent of non- Māori women and more than half of Māori women in the study are living independently and alone. Men are more often ...

Mounts and mountains both engrossing - The New Zealand Horse goes a long way towards proving writer Deborah ... the affinity of Maori with these strange new beasts, the horses at war and at the ... The New Zealand Horse has almost 400 pages and there is a superb ...

Top things to see and do in Wellington, New Zealand - Known in Maori as Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand offers a comprehensive look at the history, indigenous culture, flora, and fauna ...

Hundreds of Māori students missing out on education programme - An academic course for Māori high school students is proving so popular .... and travels back to New Zealand frequently to support the programme.

Landmark moments for LGBT history in 2018 - In New Zealand , pride festivities this year were particularly eventful. Auckland Pride march saw for the first time the participation of the country's prime ...

Minister again fails Māori students - Under National Māori students achieving NCEA Level 2 increased from 44 per cent to over 74 per cent - an increase of around 30 per cent. We are ...

Christmas breakfast to be held for isolated LGBTI people in Melbourne - Christmas breakfast to be held for isolated LGBTI people in Melbourne. –

Gay affirming Church launches a day to Christmas in Uganda - They claim to provide pastoral care for LGBTI people and support pioneering efforts to establish an open an affirming African Christian movement.

It lasted less than a month: the LGBTI monument was destroyed - Combined Movement and Homosexual Leave (Movilh) said today that the first LGBTI monument that was inserted in Santa Lucia Hill was attacked by ...

Evangelicals Block Cuban Marriage Equality For Now - people will say, nor as far as we already [advanced] it from the activism for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people ( LGBTI ).”.

Merry Christmas! Here are some things to be cheerful about on Christmas Day 2018 in New Zealand - Health survey results show smoke-free New Zealand obtainable .... More than half of New Zealanders say te reo Māori should be a core subject in ...

Keeping road safe for Christmas - Caroline Perry, Kaiwhakahaere of Brake NZ says, "We know there are lots of people who will be heading off on the roads to see family and friends for ...

Christmas kai guest double for 2018 - The food is hot, the smiles wide and cheer is in the air at New Zealand's biggest Christmas lunch. Six hundred volunteers survived 2000 people.

NZDF soldiers celebrate Xmas aboard - Two hundred and twenty New Zealand Defence Force staff will be serving overseas ... She says Māori culture has found a place in their work culture.

Merry Christmas

2018 - Christmas eve

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Saturday recap : Aboriginal Community

Saturday recap : Māori | NZ

Kidney failure on the rise in Australians under 50 with type 2 diabetes - Kidney failure on the rise in Australians under 50 with type 2 diabetes ... A study of more than 1.3 million Australians with diabetes has found that kidney ... in Indigenous people compared to non- Indigenous people and those living in ...

Indigenous deaths in custody report 'largely worthless', academics say - an open letter published by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University on Thursday, 32 academics ...

Ancient DNA Analysis Could Return Aboriginal Remains to Native Peoples - Scores of Aboriginal Australians were taken from their homelands when Europeans colonized Australia . And today, native peoples and their ...

Australia and its Aboriginal prison population - But as Jenny Munro, Wiradjuri nation, has stated: “[A]s from time immemorial, we believe as Aboriginal people, Australia has been here from the first ...

Cairns Post counts down FNQ's five most beautiful people - Holland is a former Miss World Australia , beating 32 finalists to the title in July ... Jarron got his first break at Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and has since ...

Keeping Yawuru language alive - The Walalangga Yawuru Ngan-ga language program involves daily ... The importance of preserving and reviving Australia's Aboriginal and Torres ...

LGBTI inclusive sex education may become compulsory in Irish schools - Setting Australia's LGBTI agenda since 1979» ... LGBTI inclusive sex education may become compulsory in Irish schools. Setting Australia's LGBTI  ...

A Gay's Life' provides insights into life of LGBTI people in China -  Video game 'A Gay's Life' provides insights into life of LGBTI people in China. The Chinese-language game, created by Huang Gaole, is based on his ...

Another Blood Shortage, But Almost 300000 Australians Can't Donate - Once again, Australia is in danger of running out of blood, and yet almost 300,000 members of the public are unable to donate thanks to what ...

Did cutting of aid to Tanzania help to change its homophobic policies? - Even though African LGBTI advocates protested the move, the World Bank and Denmark cut aid to Tanzania because of its homophobic policies.

Celebrating success of Māori women 125 years after the vote - Tonight, an event celebrating the achievements of Māori women will be ... In 1893, the Women's Suffrage movement gave New Zealand women the ...

Survey reveals volume and nature of crimes committed in New Zealand last year - Of those who said they had been victims of crime, Māori and young people aged 20-29 made up the biggest numbers, while those over 65 were least ...

Ngāti Hine invest in Kiwifruit orchards - Ngāti Hine iwi members are set to benefit as the iwi works to build its asset base by exploring investment into Kiwifruit orchards. The Ngāti Hine ...

Birth education programme based on Māori practices kicks off in top of the south - General manager of Maori health and vulnerable populations Ditre Tamatea said over 80 per cent of Maori whanau in New Zealand did not access ...

New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute another step closer to iwi ownership - An internationally-famous tourism business in Rotorua is a step closer to iwi ownership after the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting ...

Former Māori Party MP Marama Fox admits drink-driving - Former Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox has admitted a charge of drink-driving. Fox appeared in the ... However, 250mcg is the new legal limit.

Prison guards lose bid to avoid giving evidence over Aboriginal death in custody - Prison guards will be required to give evidence over the death of an Aboriginal man in custody, after arguing that doing so could lead to criminal ...

Jessica Mauboy Tops End Of Year 2018 National Indigenous Music Chart - The charts, which were founded in November this year, create a weekly list of Australia's most heard Indigenous tracks using data supplied by ...

Indigenous knight's legacy lives on - Nicholls died in 1988 at 81, was the first Indigenous Australian to be knighted (for “distinguished services to the advancement of the Aboriginal  ...

The ugly past of Australia's 'lock hospitals' on Bernier and Dorre Islands slowly revealed - Between 1908 and 1919, more than 800 Aboriginal men, women and children were removed from their homelands across Western Australia and ...

Indigenous scholar shows art centres support health and wellbeing -  Indigenous scholar shows art centres support health and wellbeing ... “ Australia's art centre model has evolved from being craft and hobby drop-in ...

The Best Aboriginal Names for Your Baby - But now, it says, indigenous Australian names are becoming increasingly popular. SBS's Karina .... In other Aboriginal languages it can mean old tree.

Trump administration may end disciplinary protections for minority students - Only multi-racial, Native American, and Alaskan Native LGBTI student reported feeling unsafe due to their sexuality more than white LGBTI students.

15+ adorable photos of gay parent families getting ready for the holidays - All over the world, LGBTI parents and their kids are preparing for the holidays. Enjoy a few of their family photos and insights into what makes the ...

Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crime could improve how police and communities respond - This provided an alleged “ homosexual advance” was a partial defence to murder; South Australia is now the only state to maintain this defence.

Same-sex couple create gay wedding Barbie doll set for niece - It's not the first time Barbie has been given a makeover to reflect gay couples as Australian doll artist Betty Strachan-Otter created a lesbian family set ...

Alien Weaponry Have Hit America Just In Time - The three New Zealander teens of the Māori thrash-metal act have just ... many of which are sung in New Zealand's indigenous Māori language.

Forced Māori representation not the answer - The collection of essays, which takes the same name as his Te Ao Māori politics and current affairs analysis site Māui Street, provides interesting ...

Maori voices hidden from mental health inquiry - There's outrage that the secretariat assisting the Mental Health and Addictions inquiry withheld reports detailing the concerns of Māori . This month's ...

Biculturalism in our national museum can't be a one-way conversation - Puawai Cairns, head of mātauranga Māori for Te Papa museum, writes about what biculturalism can and should mean in an institution like a museum.

Māori and Pasifika students to benefit from Lincoln scholarships - Lincoln University is upping its efforts to boost the number of Māori and Pasifika students by introducing a suite of new scholarships. The $5000 ...

Te Rōpu ready to set anti violence strategy - The Maori advisory group to the Government's joint venture on family violence and sexual violence has been named, Prue Kapua will chair the panel ...

Five indigenous women join list of medical graduates from University of WA - There have been 49 indigenous medical graduates from UWA, including Australia's first indigenous doctor, Helen Milroy, who graduated in 1983.

Australia to be Divided into Two Nations, New Novel Prophesizes - The southern government has returned a large western area of New South Wales to the ownership of the indigenous population in which to live in ...