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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

How the 'famous Fanny Finch' became Australia's first female voter — 50 years before it was legal - Victorian women over the age of 21 (excluding Indigenous women) would not receive full unconditional suffrage until 1908. Victorian Indigenous  ...

The longed-for destination in the southern hemisphere - With the Working Holiday visa program Australia offers the opportunity to ... It is the flag of the indigenous people of Australia , the show you like is ...

Transport support urgently needed to improve road safety in remote communities: survey - The findings offer a glimpse into road safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote, rural and urban communities in Australia .

The truth about what really happens to your body when you cut carbs - Obesity is a major health issue for Australia . ... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are also more than twice as likely as non- Indigenous people to ...

Our system has implicit racism in it', coronial inquest hears - Ms Williams, an Aboriginal woman, was briefly monitored and given two ... "That stereotype is likely to be present in the mind of Australians , given its ...

12 Unique Sleeping Habits Around the World -  Australia , Aboriginal communities engage in “group sleep”—essentially large slumber parties, but with a more practical purpose. “Beds or ...

Voting Labor Will Turn Your Kids Into Gay Masturbators Claims New Campaign - And if a new print campaign for the rather obscure political party Advance Australia is any indication, then expect plenty of preposterous claims from ...

Democrats re-introduce Equality Act to Congress for the third time - When nearly half of all LGBTI people in the US live in states without workplace protections, such legislation becomes especially pressing.

The Best Countries For Citizenship 2019 - Early Maori settlers ceded sovereignty to British invaders with the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and European settlers flooded in. Today, 70 percent of ...

Trans netball team banned from competing in Malaysia - But, Lysa Asraf blamed UPSI for stoking ant- LGBTI attitudes. 'Thank you for burning the spirit of hatred in human hearts in Malaysia in particular' Lysa ...

Right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom launch another anti-trans campaign - From historically supporting laws that would make being LGBTI illegal to bluntly opposing marriage equality, the ADF agave a rather negative track ...

Kiwi students believe climate change is an 'urgent problem' - Students aged from 9 to 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) taking part in the statistics education project CensusAtSchool, or TataurangaKiTeKura in te reo Māori , ...

Maori show way in climate sense -  He says western technological society has lost its sense of being part of the earth and the environment, but that knowledge is still evident in Māori  ...

PNG's worsening battle against tuberculosis -  Papua New Guinea has some of the worst rates of tuberculosis in the world and they have got worse in recent years. The non government group, ...

Thousands of Papuans Displaced By Escalating Violence - At least 2,000 Papuans have been displaced by escalating violence in ... More than 2,000 people have become internally displaced persons (IDPs), ...

Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows - Calm has yet to return to Nduga regency in Indonesia's Papua province where pro-independence ... That will only prolong people's trauma,” he said.

Backing the strengths of Aboriginal young people - The report also found that over 60 per cent of Aboriginal young people ... and being Aboriginal is the most disadvantaged group in the Australia , the ...

Should native title rep body CEO's disclose their salaries? -  Australia has high expectations around Aboriginal funding accountability. Aboriginal corporations are already subject to stringent reporting and ...

You have a $20000 shed and a 20000-year-old sacred site. One has to go' - The relationship between DFES Aboriginal Advancement Unit and the ... that down here, as our landscape is different to most of Western Australia .”.

Landmark court ruling could spark land compensation claims for indigenous Australians - For Queensland and Western Australia in particular, the outcome will likely provide clarity on the significant amounts of compensation they may be ...

Genetic testing reveals empathy absent from Latham's DNA - Not even AncestryDNA, which has amassed more than 10 million samples, has enough to offer a "direct estimate of Aboriginal Australian ethnicity".

I am Visible” at National Gallery of Australia , Canberra - The exhibition presents 50m high images of young Aboriginal men, shown ... intertwined with musical lyrics and words from Indigenous languages .

Russia ignoring Chechnya torture and murder, say European investigators - Money raised will go directly to the Russian LGBT Network to help tackle the crisis and to aid LGBTI people to flee Chechyna and seek asylum ...

Republican support for LGBTI people dropped since Trump presidency - Fewer Republicans support laws protecting LGBTI people than before Trump became president, a new survey has found. Across all demographics ...

Half of LGBTI job seekers go through 'uncomfortable' interviews in Japan - About half of LGBTI students in Japan looking for their first job have had 'uncomfortable' experiences during interviews. Tokyo non profit, ReBit, ...

Australia's anti-equal marriage cardinal jailed for six years - He spoke out frequently against LGBTI rights and same-sex marriage. The Australian public voted to approve same-sex marriage legislation in a ...

Is this Aotearoa's next big Māori superstar? - She isn't a household name yet. But Kaaterama Pou may not be anonymous for much longer. At just 18 years old she's tipped to be the next big Māori  ...

Maori health infrastructure boost sought -  Maori health infrastructure boost sought. Maori claimants have put a pitch for 15 percent of the health budget. The Waitangi Tribunal is sitting in ...

End in sight for health outcomes claim -  Closing submissions start today on the Māori heath outcomes claim before the Waitangi Tribunal with claimants hoping it will lead to Māori getting ...

Debt picture grim for ageing Māori -  Māori heading for retirement could be in more dire circumstances than their Pākehā counterparts, but their plight is being overlooked. That's how New ...

Māori health infrastructure boost sought -  Māori claimants have put a pitch for 15 percent of the health budget. The Waitangi Tribunal is sitting in Wellington this week to hear closing ...

Call strong for community-level justice - Young Māori go to prison far more frequently than young Pākehā and they have worse outcomes. they get longer prison sentences than Pākehā do ...

Northern Territory set to hand back indigenous housing leases in remote communities - The Northern Territory will today tell Canberra it intends to hand back all indigenous housing leases in 44 remote communities, forcing the federal ...

A big jump': People might have lived in Australia twice as long as we thought - The research, with its contentious potential implications for Indigenous habitation of the continent that came to be Australia , has been presented to the ...

One Nation's Mark Latham addresses idea to DNA test people claiming Aboriginal ancestry - And I think it's a good idea in indigenous affairs.” Mr Latham told Today the “self-identification” system had turned the average Australian into “a bit of a ...

From $2500 extra a year to study to $4500 for moving expenses: The welfare privileges only open ... - An examination of Australia's welfare system shows indigenous people are entitled to an extra $2,500 a year for their studies compared to their ...

Indigenous Australians receive organ transplants at a quarter of the rate of non- Indigenous - The federal government has announced it will provide $2.3 million towards increasing the number of Indigenous Australians receiving donor kidneys.

How racial segregation was exposed at an Australian hotel - When two groups make identical bookings, the Aboriginal group receives a room .... Only three of those complaints came from Aboriginal Australians .

Cambridge man seeks justice for brother killed 30 years ago in Australia - Cambridge man seeks justice for brother killed 30 years ago in Australia ... In 2017 , a coroner concluded the death of Scott Johnson, who was gay , ...

Gay Qantas CEO responds in cutest way to 10 year old's letter -  Gay Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has invited a 10 year old for a meeting after the ... He asked the Australian CEO for general advice before saying that like ...

Locals blocking plans for LGBTI senior home say it's 'in no way' homophobic - New York City's first affordable LGBTI -welcoming senior housing development welcomes residents at the same time of the 50th anniversary of ...

Give LGBTI free gender transition services in government hospitals: Experts - This was proposed at the two-day national conference on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex ( LGBTI ) that concluded on Sunday at ...

Alcohol laws' effect on Maori questioned - South Auckland Maori warden David Ratu is asking the Waitangi Tribunal to investigate ... "It's putting a cap on the number of outlets in New Zealand .

New novel explores history through the eyes of young New Zealanders - Major themes of the book include the Treaty of Waitangi, Pākehā- Māori relations, and the New Zealand Wars. Dowling-Mitchell will launch the book, ...

Racism is real' - Māori woman verbally abused after alleged roading incident - Disturbing footage is going viral online showing a Māori woman being ... However the man has told the NZ Herald that he did not call her "a black ...

Worker verbally abuses Māori woman on camera, claims he was 'set up' - Footage has emerged of a Māori woman being verbally abused by a Pākehā alarm company worker on the side of a New Zealand road. In the video ...

Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot throws support behind protesters this afternoon - She said New Zealand had the opportunity to be an example to the world ... three of the four mandated trustees for the Makaurau Marae Maori Trust.

Should correct pronunciation of Māori names be compulsory in schools? - need for schools to teach the Māori history of New Zealand have resurfaced ... However, the ongoing issue of some teachers mispronouncing Māori  ...

A very tragic history': how the trauma of a 1926 massacre echoes through the years - 1926 tensions between Aboriginal people on the mission and residents of the ... They inflicted ruthless reprisal attacks on Aboriginal men, women and ... Western Australia's coroner at the time, Alastair Hope, said Oombulgurri was ...

One in 35 Australian children under protection, with Indigenous worst affected - The number of Australian children in the child protection system is on the rise, according to a study that shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ...

Living with the past: Indigenous reconciliation - the second episode of our series, we hear from Indigenous people in Australia , New Zealand and Canada about what reconciliation means in ...

Morrison government backs down on banning Milo Yiannopoulos in face of backlash - The department also listed a series of "controversial statements" Mr Yiannopoulos has made about Muslims, Indigenous Australians , African ...

Accor investigates ' Aboriginal segregation' at Australia hotel - Global hotel chain Accor is investigating claims that staff at one of its Australian hotels have been racially segregating guests. Aboriginal guests at the ...

The importance of Indigenous communities coming together - The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) held its second Indigenous Affairs conference, Reimagining Public Administration: ...

Stop demonizing LGBTI people, Malaysian politician demands - Both said local leaders and newspapers are sensationalizing the inclusion of LGBTI rights in the Women's March Malaysia to avoid the issues at stake.

Council plans for schools across Glasgow to introduce LGBTI inclusive education - Plans to include LGBTI inclusive education across Glasgow schools are one step closer to reality. At the end of last year, Scottish Ministers accepted ...

NSW election battlelines drawn as Liberals, Labor launch campaigns - will also ban the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy and will ask the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission to work with the ...

Alliance Francaise French Film Festival: 'Oui' All Love It! - Last year we launched the first LGBT section to celebrate the marriage equality in Australia , and we still have an LGBT section in this year. This year I ...

Metal meets Maori legends - Now, they're bringing the noise back to New Zealand for a six-date tour. ... And then adding the Te Reo Maori just adds another layer, so I guess I'm ...

What Cook missed when he landed - The current New Zealand innovator of the year, Ian Taylor, is on a mission to sear ... Taylor is Māori , and the room scanned as largely wealthy and Pākehā, so a ... Yet this is not the way most of Pākehā New Zealand understands its ...

60th anniversary of Barbie marked with career dolls, role models, and partnership with Singapore ... - Naomi Osaka, American actress Yara Shahidi, and the first ever Maori Barbie, modeled after New Zealand sports journalist Melodie Robinson.

Māori at an advantage in engagement with Asia trade - We now have the data to show that Māori can succeed in their engagement with Asia ... New Zealand an honest broker with a big role in shaping Asia.

Former Corrections officer wants prisoner voting ban end - The evidence highlighted that the gap is widening and 50.7% of the prison population is Māori . The incarceration rates have triggered national and ...

Māori at an advantage in engagement with Asia trade - talking about the research with people , I've noticed an interesting pattern: non- Māori are surprised by the findings, and Māori are not. We don't need ...

Julianne Moore reveals she was fired from an acclaimed LGBTI film - Julianne Moore revealed she almost had Melissa McCarthy's Oscar-nominated role in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, a critically acclaimed LGBTI film ...

Think being LGBTI has nothing to do with Brexit? Think again - If you think that your sexuality or gender identity has little to do with what you stand to lose from Brexit, then our report, LGBTI & THE EU: The LGBTI  ...

Most Pro-Brexit MPs don't support LGBTI rights, damning report shows - The original research by Gay Star News and LGBT+ for a People's Vote analysed the voting records on six key bills that sought to strengthen LGBTI  ...

Billie Eilish responds to backlash over new single Wish You Were Gay - Billie Eilish responds to backlash over new single Wish You Were Gay ... became her highest charting single in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.

Facebook and Stuff are allowing racism to flourish on their platforms - The People's Harassment Report, a study undertaken by ActionStation and UMR, found one in three Māori online faced racial abuse in 2018. Here we ...

Project Pepeha sees non- Māori participating in Māori customs - This initiative was designed to get more non- Māori involved in Māori culture and ... If New Zealand is your home you should learn the language, your ...

Pacific nations look to throw off legacy of 'crooked' Captain Cook -  New Zealand is now often called by its Maori name of Aotearoa — Land of the Long White Cloud. Mount Cook, its highest mountain, is now Aoraki.

How this Māori Principal turned a failing school into one of the top schools in the country - 90 percent of the Māori students, whether they were boy or girl, irrespective of which iwi they were from, couldn't read, couldn't write and couldn't do ...

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

An end to endings: how to stop more Australian species going extinct -  As Paul Keating stated in his landmark Redfern speech, we should all see Australia through Aboriginal eyes – more deeply feel the way the country's ...

Another Aboriginal reserve considers legal action over 'disgraceful' living conditions - Western Australia's Aboriginal Legal Service will look at whether there is a case to sue the government over "disgraceful" living conditions at a remote ...