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Polls show Islamophobia gaining a foothold in Australia

Polls show Islamophobia gaining a foothold in Australia - The far-right Australian politician who caused anger when he said that ... the party would push for DNA tests for people claiming Aboriginal ancestry.

North Queensland tourists are grounded with help of a beautiful Aboriginal model

North Queensland tourists are grounded with help of a beautiful Aboriginal model - Tourism North Queensland wants its visitors to feel grounded. A beautiful young and pure Australian lady made the cover of Vogue Australia and is ...

This bisexual teen is urging Mitch McConnell to ban conversion therapy nationally

This bisexual teen is urging Mitch McConnell to ban conversion therapy nationally - Mitch McConnell, a Republican Senator from Kentucky, is known for his opposition to LGBTI rights and protections. Last May, McConnell appointed ...

LGBTI festivals to help reduce drug harms

LGBTI festivals to help reduce drug harms - The 'What's My Scene' Greater Bendigo LGBTI Creative Arts Harm Reduction Project also involves creative arts workshops, community forums and ...

Trans debate rages around the world, pitting LGBT+ community against itself

Trans debate rages around the world, pitting LGBT+ community against itself - The only way to fight lesbian erasure within ' LGBT +' groups is to... create an ... In New Zealand , a lesbian group said on Wednesday that it had been ...

New Zealand attack hero tells of dramatic moment he grabbed shooter's gun and chased terrorist ...

New Zealand attack hero tells of dramatic moment he grabbed shooter's gun and chased terrorist ... -  New Zealand attack hero tells of dramatic moment he grabbed shooter's gun ... A HEROIC dad has revealed how he chased the New Zealand Mosque .... In 1999, as the LGBT community enjoyed drinks at central London pub the ...

White anger, White insecurity and global White terror

White anger, White insecurity and global White terror - Murderous rage in New Zealand , which left 50 people killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, is part of global, growing and deadly White ...

Pig hunter supports semi-automatic weapons ban

Pig hunter supports semi-automatic weapons ban - It's completely scarred the whole of New Zealand . They were New Zealanders. They were our people and they were killed and it's horrible," says ...

Turkey: Being gay could cost you your job

Turkey: Being gay could cost you your job - Metin*, a 34-year-old Turkish police officer in eastern Anatolia, has been suspended from duty because he is a gay. He can't believe what's happened.

Free training to highlight homelessness and abuse among LGBT young people

Free training to highlight homelessness and abuse among LGBT young people - Funded by Scottish Government, the commission is a group of young people from across Scotland working together to raise awareness of LGBTI  ...

Reaching Out for My Queer Muslim Community to Hold Me After Christchurch

Reaching Out for My Queer Muslim Community to Hold Me After Christchurch - On Friday afternoon in Christchurch, New Zealand , two mosques were attacked in a mass shooting, with 49 confirmed dead and 39 still in critical ...

Australia officially bans Milo Yiannopoulos after he made 'appalling' comments about Islam ...

Australia officially bans Milo Yiannopoulos after he made 'appalling' comments about Islam ... - was the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand history and one of the worst in the world. ... out for making controversial statements about members of the Islamic, LGBT , African American, and Indigenous Australian communities.

As New Zealand grieves over the Christchurch terrorist attack, it must come to terms with how ...

As New Zealand grieves over the Christchurch terrorist attack, it must come to terms with how ... -  New Zealand now must come to terms with how such a tragedy could happen in a ... It is also small, equating to about 1 per cent of the population .

Māori mothers to benefit from new South Auckland 'safe haven'

Māori mothers to benefit from new South Auckland 'safe haven' - There was no equity in how they were treated because they were young, often single and this area has a large Polynesian, Māori population .

Māori education: 'We certainly have got a lot of work to do'

Māori education: 'We certainly have got a lot of work to do' - The review taskforce is calling for a national Kaupapa Māori education hub committed to ... Māori make up 25 percent of the school-aged population .

Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be released

Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be released - Accounts emerge of heroism in New Zealand mosques; bodies to be ..... an estimated 1.5 million firearms in New Zealand , which has a population of ...

If you care about LGBT+ rights, you should be fighting for a second referendum

If you care about LGBT+ rights, you should be fighting for a second referendum - However it wasn't until I came across the LGBTI Brexit Impact Assessment report, published by Gay Star News, that I realised there were other issues.

Russia cancels youth festival for promoting LGBTI agenda

Russia cancels youth festival for promoting LGBTI agenda -  Police hauled the organizer of a youth festival in Russia in for questioning as she received online death threats. Yulia Tsvetkova put together the ...

A majority of Evangelicals now support LGBTI rights with the Equality Act

A majority of Evangelicals now support LGBTI rights with the Equality Act - A majority of Evangelical Christians have thrown support behind the Equality Act. This past week, House Democrats introduced the Equality Act for the ...

Lesbians are also being killed in Chechnya and no-one seems to care

Lesbians are also being killed in Chechnya and no-one seems to care - The woman – who remains anonymous for her safety – shared the horrors of growing up LGBTI in Chechnya and how she wasn't even safe from her ...

Illinois lawmakers approve bill on LGBTI history lessons in public schools

Illinois lawmakers approve bill on LGBTI history lessons in public schools - Illinois is working alongside Massachusetts and California in pioneering LGBTI education in US public schools. A staunch supporter of the Illinois bill ...

The Color Purple star: 'I do not believe homosexuality is right'

The Color Purple star: 'I do not believe homosexuality is right' - But she is the daughter of anti- LGBTI pastor, Adegboyega Omooba, whose group Christian Concern openly advocates for conversion therapy and ...

UK govt. appoints first National Adviser for LGBTI healthcare

UK govt. appoints first National Adviser for LGBTI healthcare - The government also announced the names of experts and LGBTI rights workers who will make up the new LGBT Advisory Panel as part of its LGBT ...

It's time for us to talk about women who have sex with women

It's time for us to talk about women who have sex with women - Sex and relationships education in schools that is fully inclusive of LGBTI people is similarly vital in improving the wellbeing of lesbian, bisexual and ...

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How the 'famous Fanny Finch' became Australia's first female voter — 50 years before it was legal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 - 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 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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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?

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

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

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

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 ...