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Midwife empowers Indigenous women through outback maternity photoshoots - A north-west Queensland midwife offering free maternity photoshoots for Indigenous women says the experience is a great confidence booster for the ...

Walking in two worlds – making gains and giving back - is determined to change the landscape of Indigenous affairs in Australia . ... It's the idea that as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people we often ...

Can an Indigenous Expert Sort Out the Murray's Woes? - This will be an important step regarding the recognition of the indigenous Australians as the traditional custodians of the Murray-Darling Basin.

An Adelaide Hospital Has Employed Aboriginal Healers To Treat Indigenous Patients - Lyell McEwin hospital in Adelaide has employed Aboriginal healers (known as Ngangkari) to assist with treatment of Indigenous patients alongside ...

WA's top Aboriginal students recognised with Rob Riley Memorial Prize - WESTERN Australia's top-performing Aboriginal students have been recognised for their achievements with the Rob Riley Memorial Prize. Named in ...

Adani coal mine should be suspended, UN says - asked Australia to “consider suspending” the Adani project until consent was given by “all Indigenous peoples, including the Wangan and ...

What you as an LGBTI person can do to improve your mental health - Maintain or increase your involvement with LGBTI groups and organisations. There is no shortage of them in the Community Groups listings online at ...

84 per cent of LGBTI people believe parts of Australia are unsafe for the community - New research released to coincide with Mardi Gras shows that 84 per cent of queer Australians believe parts of the country are unsafe for LGBTI  ...

Well being wake up in whānau ora report - The review found whānau ora was effective in creating positive change for Māori and Pasifika families, but it was hampered by lack of support from ...

European Parliament calls on Commission to sustain its LGBTI strategy - The LGBTI List of Actions has been a key text for the EU's work on LGBTI rights. Even though it did not meet all the requests laid out in the Lunacek ...

Gay Muslim cartoonist 'terrified' after government tried to block him from Instagram - Local governments in Indonesia have been introducing anti- LGBTI laws and shutting down LGBTI organizations. There has been an increase in ...

A weighty issue for Auckland Māori - Seeing the impact of Māori health inequities within the community and my own whānau is something that has always upset me, especially when it ...

Maori radio thinking ahead of bureaucrats -  Maori radio thinking ahead of bureaucrats. A leading identity in iwi radio believes the bureaucrats are lagging behind Maori providers and need to ...

Speaking te reo Māori helps protect against type 2 diabetes: study - The ability to speak te reo Māori appears to have a protective effect against developing type 2 diabetes, independent of several lifestyle factors.

Alabama prep star drops suit against high school association -  Pike County Circuit Judge Sonny Reagan dismissed the suit Wednesday at the request of Maori Davenport's mother, Tara. The Charles Henderson ...

NZ Maori Council launches National Taskforce on Education - We also need to ensure that our schools in rural and regional New Zealand with high Maori population rates are treated equally in terms of access to ...

More NT land claims tipped - New Federal laws will enable more Aboriginal land claims in the NT. ... Across Australia , native title claims have been finalised over approximately 35 ...

Traditional Aboriginal healers using bush medicine are hired to work alongside doctors and nurses ... -  Aboriginal healers using traditional bush medicine have been hired to treat ... 'If you don't address the spirit of the Aboriginal people in the healing process ... mostly from the central desert areas of the APY Lands in South Australia .

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare releases new report on Aboriginal health and wellbeing - A new report of the health and welfare of the country's young Aboriginal population has shown the state's population has the highest employment rate ...

For us, they are not just numbers, they are real women who matter - We support Aboriginal women's voices and views through advocacy, ... family links to communities in the NT, South Australia and Western Australia .

New research calls for national database of Indigenous cultural heritage sites in Australia - New research from the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University calls for a national database of places of Indigenous historical and cultural ...

Chloe Barber following a practical path to medicine - Now Ms Barber wants to join record numbers of indigenous medical students across Australia via a bridging course at the University of Western ...

Courtney Act uses Dancing With The Stars to help Indigenous LGBTI people - If Act wins the season she plans to donate her winnings to Black Rainbow which is a suicide prevention organization for LGBTI Indigenous people.

Meet the Turkish designer duo who brought LGBTI politics to London Fashion Week - Genderless fashion brand DB Berdan brought LGBTI politics, looks and models to London Fashion Week on Sunday (17 February). DB Berdan are a ...

Trans Woman Killed in El Salvador After Being Deported From the United States - Aislinn Odaly's, an independent LGBTI rights advocate, told The Blade that Camila “migrated to the U.S. because of threats that she had received, but ...

Homosexuality and religion can coexist' - That was the thrust of several LGBTI activists' remarks on the theme “Homosexuality and Religion Can Coexist,” which was a focus of the Awadh ...

5G debate: a reminder of who actually owns what - The New Zealand Maori Council sees the building of a new 5G network as an opportunity to bridge the skills divide when it comes to the digital, ...

Māori support New Zealand China Relationships - The current New Zealand China relationship kerfuffle is all avoidable. In 2010 there had been several Iwi Māori Trade missions to China to ...

Surprise te reo Māori finding in prediabetes research - New research from the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge has found people who speak te reo Māori have a reduced risk of progressing from ...

It's time NZ children went on strike to shame adults over climate change inaction -  Māori Climate Commissioner, Donna Awatere Huata, says now is the time for Children to shame adults into climate change action. "On March 15th ...

Deep sea mining threatens indigenous culture in Papua New Guinea - For the people of the Duke of York Islands, deep sea mining disturbs a sense of who they are, including the spirits that inhabit their culture and beliefs.

Papua New Guinea — Land of the Unexpected - Why Papua New Guinea?” is often the first question people ask us when they learn we've traveled to this remote country. The next question is usually, ...

Indigenous art the turning point for how Australians see themselves - That Australia has somehow learnt to accept Aboriginal art as being Australian and able to be shown in lots of different contexts is partly due to the skill ...

Aboriginals over-represented in protection -  Aboriginal children and young people remain over-represented in child protection substantiations and out-of-home care, according to the Victorian ...

Missing Aboriginal bushman Harold Morton survives 17 days alone in the outback - Mr Morton's brother, Nigel Morton, told The Australian Harold Morton had survived by eating bush tucker and was now safely home with family.

Perth's Wildflower Experience gives a true sense of Australia - Over 300 types of Western Australia's unique flora, from orchids to she-oaks, can be found in Kings Park. Many have great significance to the ...

Linda Burney portrait unveiled: not just another painting of a suit - a portrait of the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to federal parliament. In a further touch, Rae painted the Aboriginal flag onto Burney's ring.

Indigenous treaty talks 'won't lead people astray' - We've got a problem with the foundation of Australia as a nation,” he said. “It's fundamentally flawed, and a treaty is an opportunity to fix that problem.

In The Game: Non-binary, trans and queer identities in sport - Simon Thuijs, founder of Perth Pythons LGBTI hockey club and mastermind behind the inaugural Perth Pride Sports Festival, said “To be really ...

How Queensland Police Service's LGBTI Liaison Officers Are Making A Difference - QNews Magazine talks to three LGBTI Liaison Officers in the Queensland Police Service who provide support and assistance to our community in ...

New evidence given to Tel Aviv police in unsolved LGBTI youth club shooting - The attack was described at the time as the worst anti- LGBTI attack in the country's history. This led to one of the biggest investigations in Israeli history ...

LGBTI domestic violence prevention resource Say It Out Loud receives federal funding - Say It Out Loud, an LGBTI domestic and family violence prevention campaign run by ACON, will be expanded nationally following a $340,000 funding ...

Community health, education and care is key to Maori nursing graduates - Two South Canterbury Maori nursing graduates hope to give back to the ... the Ministry looks at with regards to Maori grads for our Maori population .

King makes case for kindness - Mental health campaigner and Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Mike King has a message for Māori - take more care of your own. The former ...

Infant mortality rate drops - A fall in infant mortality for Māori has brought some of the lowest-ever infant mortality rates for New Zealand's total and Māori populations. Statistics NZ ...

Tech, science and Mātauranga Māori a powerful force -  Māori are enjoying a stellar year of innovation, with record numbers engaging in R&D, and making up nearly half the finalists in this year's New ...

How Australia made poisoning animals normal - Marsden went on to introduce sheep to New Zealand, followed by the mysterious disappearance of the Maori kuri dog in following ...

Australia Faces Another Border Security Election: QuickTake - The governments of Nauru and Papua New Guinea, which host the camps for Australia, say about 80 percent of the people they have processed are ...

Aboriginal foster parents needed to help increasing number of Aboriginal kids in out-of-home care - But a new program in Western Australia aims to in part address the problem by recruiting more Aboriginal carers. It is led by Life Without Barriers, ...

Free flu vaccines for Aboriginal children and $12 million to boost immunisation - The Liberal National Government will ensure 170,000 Aboriginal and ... I am proud to say that Australia's child immunisation rates are at record levels.

Aboriginal man facing deportation to NZ despite having no ties to country - My mum is Aboriginal – she's from South Australia . All my kids are Aboriginal , my missus is Aboriginal , and they're trying to send me to a foreign ...

Children under the age of 10 are sexually assaulting other kids in troubled Northern Territory towns - Another case involved a 14-year-old boy from South Australia's remote Aboriginal lands who was charged with the sexual assault of a child, believed ...

Prestigious private school teacher disciplined over insensitive Aboriginal culture lesson - of the nine-year-old students, telling them they could now relate to how Aboriginal Australians felt when they had everything taken away from them.

Adult literacy lessons transforming Aboriginal communities - The greatest gift that we as Australia can possibly give Aboriginal children is literate parents because if you have literate parents you're much more ...

55 Shades of Gay premiers in New York City - The play, which is subtitled the Balkan Spring of Sexual Revolution, is a comedy centered around LGBTI politics in the Balkans, and first premiered in ...

Labor opposed bid to protect gay students - Labor rejected a key recommendation that would have stopped LGBTI students from being expelled or denied enrolment from religious schools in an ...

LGBTI people with disability to champion public transport accessibility this Mardi Gras -  LGBTI people with disability will show their pride and raise awareness of public transport accessibility on the 'Fearless Express' at Mardi Gras this year ...

Courtney Act wows with first Dancing With The Stars Australia same-sex pairing - Courtney is the franchise's first drag act, but not the first same-sex pairing. Courtney is the first in Australia . The show's Italian equivalent, Ballando con ...

Policy of Jokowi`s infrastructure development could be felt by community - According to him, Jokowi also realized infrastructure development in Papua to ... is also felt by the people of Eastern Indonesia, including in Papua .

Report about Maori Nationalist organisations a “crock” -  Maori Council. The New Zealand Maori Council has called on the Department of Corrections to name names in a confidential internal ...

NZ Maori Council launches National Taskforce on Education - New Zealand Maori Council. New Zealand Maori Council launches new National Taskforce on Education the goal: create lifelong ...

Some of the thousands of people you should interview before Jordan Peterson - She runs the Hetet School of Māori Art. Veranoa has a BA in Maori Design and Art, an advanced certificate in Tertiary teaching and more than 30 ...

Prison scare story debunked - Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis has asked his department for a please explain over a claim so called Māori nationalist groups in prison could be a ...

Rangatira skills brought to Medical Council - High hopes in the Māori medical profession with the election of Curtis Walker to chair the New Zealand Medical Council. David Tipene Leach from the ...

German Health Minister confirms plans to ban gay 'cure' therapy - Many places have already introduced bans on the discredited practice of gay 'cure' therapy, including Malta and the Victoria state in Australia .

Mardi Gras 2019: 'It doesn't matter who you love, we are all the same' - It's here in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras workshop that Liz ... A runner-up on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia , ...

The conservative politician fighting for gay rights in Japan - The conservative politician fighting for gay rights in Japan .... While other developed countries, including the U.S., Australia and most of western ...

13 International Stories You Need to Know About - Two new stage productions explore gay parenting: 'On the London stage, you are still much more likely to see a show about the AIDS ..... AUSTRALIA .

Where are the Pasifika and Māori skilled tradies? - New school to cater to the rising demand for tradies in Auckland ... inequalities in the workforce was a matter of urgency for New Zealand as a whole.

Why Walker did not sing anthem; Meninga pushing for referendum - This was a different case in contrast to the Maori Side, who gave an inspiring performance of God Defend New Zealand , representing both the native ...

Te Papa's new nature zone biggest change in 21 years - Te Papa has today unveiled details of its new nature zone, the biggest change to ... Western science with mātauranga Māori , or traditional Māori knowledge. ... else in the world and every New Zealander should see it for themselves.

Parade organisers missed the meaning of pride - There has never been a better time to be LGBT in New Zealand , but to the Pride board that was not worthy of celebrating. This year's "walk" was a ...

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What are the causes of Indigenous suicides? - Dr Tracy Westerman is a proud Njamal woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia . Tracy is the Western Australia's Australian of the Year for ...

Close the Gap report promotes education strategies for Indigenous Australia - The latest iteration of the Close the Gap report has been handed down, with the principle focus now on improving Indigenous education and high ...

Closing the gap is a major problem in Canberra too - As the PM conceded, on almost every measure we're failing as a nation to close the gap between indigenous and non- indigenous Australians .

Australia admits 'failing' to improve Aboriginal lives -  More than a decade after vowing to "close the gap" between indigenous Australians and the rest of the country, the government on Thursday admitted ...