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Brunei set to enact stoning of gays to death - first Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation next week to enforce draconian sharia law penalties such as death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, ...

UK's Natural History Museum returns remains of Indigenous Australians to elders - The ancestral remains of 37 Indigenous people will be returned to Australia ... The Australian government has welcomed the return of the 37 set of ...

Young researcher awarded for fight against blindness -  Indigenous Australians are over three times as likely to have diabetes and it's one of the leading causes of vision loss in Indigenous adults.

Indigenous suicide prevention campaign launched by RUOK - Suicide rates among Indigenous Australians are currently twice as frequent as the general population, according to RUOK. It is also the leading cause ...

Land commissioner rejects 'pedantic, ungracious' objections to Aboriginal claims over NT river ... - The Federal Aboriginal Land Commissioner has rejected the objections of recreational and commercial fishermen and cattle station owners to 16 ...

Indigenous groups to share decision-making under new agreement -  We are committed to working closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across Australia to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians .”.

Aussie rules club produces video to tackle racism -  An Australian rules team has taken a stand against racist abuse of players by producing a video that features indigenous  ...

LGBTQ Support Drops in Young Republicans -  LGBTQ acceptance has steadily been climbing throughout many different groups of people – Muslims, Mormons, the elderly, independents, and ...

I feel caught in the middle': queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row - If anyone knows how this feels it is the LGBTQ Muslims who have been watching the drama unfold. Amid the fury, how do they feel about the way their ...

New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked; many 'march for love' - Carrying placards with signs such as “He wanted to divide us, he only made us stronger”, “Muslims welcome, racists not”, and “Kia Kaha” - Maori for ...

Southern LGBTQ history collected, preserved in Alabama - A mission to increase the visibility of southern LGBTQ history has taken root in Birmingham. For the past three years, two Alabama natives leading a ...

6 surprising gay - and queer-friendly destinations - While Europe, Australia and the US are usually considered quite gay - and queer-friendly, there are other places in the world that might surprise you ...

Hastings council should reject voting tribal appointees - The proposal that “appropriately skilled non-elected tangata whenua members of the council's Maori Joint Committee be appointed, with voting rights, ...

The Four Key Essentials For A Functional Housing System - Statistically, only 23% of Māori own their own homes and are more likely to access social housing or experience homelessness and landlessness.

Teachers told to tackle racism - So what are we doing to engage with our Māori , what are we doing to create learning environments that are culturally appropriate for our young Māori  ...

Terrorism Comes to Laid Back New Zealand - Originally occupied by the Maori people, today the population of New Zealand is 74% of European descent, with the M?ori being only 14.9 percent.

Māori village gets housing revamp - The small Hawkes Bay community of Raupunga just north of the Mohaka viaduct is to get a boost thanks to a $1.2 million investment in Māori housing.

Climate change threatens Māori plant use - Climate change will likely shift the distribution of culturally important plants, hampering harvests and putting long Māori traditions and knowledge at ...

Christchurch massacre and the Australian Labor Party - have just voted for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the New South .... Having to know about Australia's indigenous heritage, their grieving and ...

Liam Ryan tells Australia to “educate yourself” on racism after being targeted by online trolls -  Liam Ryan tells Australia to “educate yourself” on racism after being ... On Monday night Ryan took to Instagram to explain why Aboriginal people ...

RU OK? launches Indigenous suicide prevention campaign - Mental health awareness organisation R U OK? has launched its new campaign addressing suicide prevention amongst Indigenous Australians .

24 young Indigenous people have died by suicide this year prompting a national campaign - year's Closing the Gap report card found Indigenous Australians still have lower health, education and employment outcomes, despite a ...

Australian War Memorial funding under fire - An open letter from over 80 prominent Australians has criticised the ... The conflicts between Indigenous Australians and early European colonists that ...

Indigenous suicide rates an outrage, says inquiry head - The higher suicide rate among indigenous Australians is an “outrage” that warrants greater attention, according to the head of a Productivity ...

All the top 10 happiest countries in the world have the best LGBTI rights - All of the top 10 didn't just come up top for happiness, but they all have extensive laws and legal protections to protect LGBTI people. The only ...

Indigenous LGBTI drop-in centre - Crystal and Ben invite you to our 1st "Indigenous LGBTI Drop In" event, we are hosting once a month. We welcome everyone and hope you can join us ...

From kura kaupapa kids to kapa haka champions - Bonded through their days as some of the first students of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae, alumni like Kororia Taumaunu and Jade ...

11 Gay Moments Were Cut from China's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Many Scenes 'Didn't Make ... - Feili Xie, a 28-year-old gay man from Beijing told ABC Australia that because the scene where Mercury comes out to his girlfriend as liking men was ...

Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict anti- LGBT laws - Brunei urged to halt introduction of strict anti- LGBT laws ... given a date and is rushing through implementation," said the Australia -based campaigner.

Rātana church satisfied with the government – but warns it shouldn't be forgotten - But he went on to criticise the government's actions for Māori , saying the Coalition simply didn't have a plan. The church had some gripes to make, ...

Obama in New Zealand with traditional Maori ceremony. Gives advice to pregnant PM before ... - Obama in New Zealand with traditional Maori ceremony. Gives advice to pregnant PM before speaking at closed-doors gala where he was paid ...

Knowledge gap drives Māori media fears -  Māori media organisations are urging members to have their say on a review of Māori television and radio. Māori Development Minister Nanaia ...

Awanuiārangi celebrates graduation of 3000 students -  Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta, will be among hundreds of iwi, government and local authority representatives, ...

Confessions of a former racist - didn't notice other people's skin colour but by heck I knew that reverse racism was a thing and the Māori were fleecing us Pākehā. I didn't know much ...

Racism undermines rheumatic fever follow up - Rheumatic fever rates among Māori and Pacific children in Aotearoa New Zealand are comparable to some of the highest in the world, despite the ...

Perth shows support for the local Muslim community - who gathered were members of Perth's jewish community, indigenous Australians , LGBTIQ+ leaders and politicians from across the political divide.

Ama calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14 years of age - The criminalisation of children in Australia is a nationwide problem that disproportionately impacts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Australian identity - is it relevant anymore? -  Australia's flag, ceremonial days, oaths of loyalty and citizenship ... Whilst indigenous imagery is celebrated locally and internationally through music, ...

The digital platform saving Indigenous languages from extinction -  Australia , 50 per cent of Indigenous languages are now extinct, and only 13 are considered strong and viable. On a global scale, every 14 days an ...

Video Games Show Us The Weird, Often Baffling Ways The World Imagines Australia - due to some clumsy narration which inadvertently drew parallels to Australia's poor treatment of Indigenous and First Nations people. What drew the ...

Eye health experts call for $86 million to increase services for Indigenous communities - According to Vision 2020, Indigenous Australians are three times more likely to suffer from blindness and vision loss than non- Indigenous people, ...

Switchboard Funded to Supporet LGBTI Senior Australians - Switchboard Victoria is a community-based not-for-profit organisation that provides peer-based support services for LGBTI people, their families and ...

WA surrogacy laws discriminate against gay men, review finds - Western Australia's “outdated” surrogacy and reproductive technology laws discriminate against gay couples and should be changed, a review of the ...

Bohemian Rhapsody premieres in China — but without any references to Freddie Mercury's ... - Feili Xie, a 28-year-old gay man from Beijing who was a big fan of the film, told the ABC that while he was in favour of Bohemian Rhapsody being ...

Neighbours casts its first transgender character - Stone is known as the youngest person in Australia to receive hormone ... and came just months after Australia finally legalized same-sex marriage.

LGBTI organisations call for decriminalization of sex work - As a young Maori sex worker I was arrested and convicted of prostitution and soliciting pre the decriminalization of prostitution. Doing street-based ...

Aspirations of Māori students boosted by Waikato initiative - In comparison to results from all student data, an even greater impact was seen on Māori students, particularly the extent to which SSEP has ...

Mātauranga Māori and Western science: two worlds meet to save the one we have - In episode two of the Good Ancestors podcast, John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy look at the role of mātauranga Māori in conservation in New ...

Nanaimo contingent learns about Maori during cultural exchange to New Zealand - Travellers with Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre embarked on a trip of a lifetime, flying across the many kilometres and time zones between Vancouver ...

New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked; many 'march for love' - Carrying placards with signs such as “He wanted to divide us, he only made us stronger”, “Muslims welcome, racists not”, and “Kia Kaha” - Maori for ...

Rise up!' NZ students heal with haka after mosque attacks - Though hakas were traditionally performed by the Maori people in ... White and Maori , Catholic and Muslim, they stood and performed a haka that held ...

How Facebook helps people with HIV shed the stigma and shame - He came out as a gay man just before his 50th birthday. He lived in the suburbs of Brisbane, on Australia's east coast, with his wife of 25 years and he ...

An Australian Man Who Was Using PrEP 'On Demand' Has Contracted HIV - For years now, PrEP has been a highly effective tool in the HIV prevention toolbox, not just for gay men but for all at-risk groups. The pill, also referred ...

How Malaysian newspapers are fueling LGBTI hatred - For the second time this month, LGBTI rights advocates in Malaysia have ... The country has seen a crackdown on LGBTI individuals spurred by the ...

These LGBTI people demand a second referendum on Brexit and here's why - Moreover, the end of free movement will deprive LGBTI couples of certain securities. Such as the reassurance of travelling to another country for work ...

New York City LGBTI center slammed for hosting Republican event - AIDS activist Jason Rosenberg tweeted a screenshot of an advert for the night in LGBTI publication Get Out Magazine. He's a member of ACT UP, who ...

Inverness theatre to host pioneering project for LGBTI elders - A radical community project aimed at older members of the LGBTI community is coming to Inverness as part of a year-long Scotland-wide programme.

United is first of US airlines to offer non-binary booking options - They also worked with LGBTI organizations the Human Rights Campaign and The Trevor Project to train their employees. This includes the correct ...

Only 55% of Americans think LGBTI people face a lot of discrimination - Compared to other groups in the United States, people's impression of discrimination has changed most dramatically in regards to the LGBTI  ...

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Generations of indigenous kids missed out: Tony Abbott - The sad thing is a couple of generations of indigenous kids have in some ... education it is difficult to be a well-functioning adult in modern Australia .”.

Scholarship opportunity for WA student or trainee - The yarning places are electronic networks that enable people with an interest in Indigenous health to share information, knowledge and experiences.

Aboriginal -led solutions key to “Close Gap” - Responding to the 2019 Close the Gap Campaign report released today – on National Close the Gap Day – Oxfam Australia's Aboriginal and Torres ...

Everybody deserves the right to a healthy future: Nurses and midwives support Close The Gap Day - The health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is considerably poorer than any other social group in Australia . Indigenous  ...

The Australian surfer taking on the world's best under the Aboriginal flag - He'll wear it on his right shoulder, with the Australian flag on his left. ... “I think he's going to be a great role model for Indigenous kids in Australia , ...

Celebrating 120000 years of First Nations art in Australia - We know in Australia that connecting with traditional languages has a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Do these celebs know their 'friend' is now overseeing the murder of LGBTs? - The Chechen dictator has continually denied even the existence of LGBTI people in the Russian republic. This is despite worldwide condemnation ...

Netflix Australia Is Getting Some Fantastic Content In April - A gay man with mild cerebral palsy decides to rewrite his identity as an ... A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay  ...

Every 'Queer Eye' Hero's Inspiring Makeover Before And After - Although AJ's changes were mainly personal instead of physical, at the end of the episode ("To Gay or Not Too Gay "), AJ is more confident and ...

Tomomi Inada's uphill battle to 'promote understanding' of LGBT issues in Japan - While other developed countries including the United States, Australia and most of Western Europe have moved to recognize same-sex marriage, ...

Are we as open minded as we think we are? - New Zealand has had a race relations problem ever since it was colonized by Britain as a settler colony in the early 1800s. The Maori population  ...

How xenophobia led to Christchurch terror attack - She addressed the nation, lamenting the violence that targeted the country's immigrant Muslim population , “who have chosen New Zealand as their ...

Some Maori leaders reject NZ PM's 'This is not us' line - Some Maori leaders are recalling ancient colonial atrocities as they reject Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's "this is not us" response to the killing of 50 ...

Haka ring out as NZ deals with trauma of shootings - thump their chests and stick out their tongues in a traditional Maori haka to commemorate the victims of last week's mass shootings in Christchurch.

Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit New Zealand House To Offer Condolences - Harry signed his name with “Arohanui,” which is Maori for “best wishes.” Reportedly, Meghan and Harry were requested by the Queen to pay a visit to ...

TVNZ to hand over control of Māori archive - Pressure from the New Zealand Māori Council and Māori screen industry organisation Ngā Aho Whakaari has resulted in TVNZ ruling out the sale of ...

Indigenous youth suicides continue - The deaths of four young Indigenous people over a two-day period in ... Australia's annual migration intake will be cut by 30,000 people under a plan ...

Eating fish may help prevent asthma -  A scientist from James Cook University in Australia says an innovative study has revealed new evidence ... In Australia , one in nine have asthma (about 2.7 million), and among Indigenous Australians this rate is almost twice as high.

South Australia and Northern Territory compete for funds for national Indigenous gallery project - there room for two national Indigenous art galleries in Australia ? ... the future of the stalled National Indigenous Art Gallery project in Alice Springs.