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Brunei enacts Islamic law as sultan calls for 'stronger' Islam

Brunei enacts Islamic law as sultan calls for 'stronger' Islam - France and Australia also called on Brunei to renounce the measures, with both ... the death penalty for crimes including homosexuality , apostasy, blasphemy, ... Australia has raised our concerns with the Brunei government on the ...

Virgin cuts staff travel deal with Brunei carrier over sharia law push

Virgin cuts staff travel deal with Brunei carrier over sharia law push - Virgin Australia has axed its staff travel deal with Brunei's national carrier ... introduction of harsh new religious laws including the death penalty for gay sex. ... An email sent by Virgin Australia to staff said “given the harsh penalties ...

Our media institutions need a radical change

Our media institutions need a radical change - You might be Māori , Pacific, Asian (any kind of Asian will do), Middle Eastern, ... We are so far from giving a truly representative voice to New Zealand .

Ellen MacArthur Foundation hosts first Pacific Summit on circular economy

Ellen MacArthur Foundation hosts first Pacific Summit on circular economy - Mātauranga: What new approaches can we unlock when contemporary ... New Zealand ; Traci Houpapa, Chairman, Federation of Maori Authorities; ...

Stones shed light on early Maori settlement in South

Stones shed light on early Maori settlement in South - Heritage New Zealand said today the geochemical signatures of the three shaped scoria blocks found in three early Maori occupation sites have the ...

Maori Council to make a move on care and protection of kids

Maori Council to make a move on care and protection of kids - The New Zealand Maori Council is launching a new campaign to highlight the number of Maori Children in State Care and the increasing numbers ...

New Zealand First opposes affront to democracy

New Zealand First opposes affront to democracy - There is nothing stopping members from standing for election just like everyone else,” says New Zealand First Māori Affairs spokesperson Hon Shane ...

Stay strong': Senator's tearful message to grieving NZ amid Anning censure

Stay strong': Senator's tearful message to grieving NZ amid Anning censure - Struggling with his tears, Senator Dodson then addressed a phrase in the Maori language "to the people of New Zealand ", which he said meant "We ...

Stronger Together campaign to tackle national issue of Indigenous youth suicide

Stronger Together campaign to tackle national issue of Indigenous youth suicide - Stronger Together campaign to tackle national issue of Indigenous youth ... Merrilee Cox, CEO of Mental Health Association Central Australia , said ...

Supporting Next Generation Of Creative Start Ups

Supporting Next Generation Of Creative Start Ups - students an experience of what it's like to live and study in Australia . ... communities including young Indigenous people, the queer community and ...

A New Spotlight on Australia's Far-Right

A New Spotlight on Australia's Far-Right - But the New Zealand shootings are placing a new focus on Australia's ... By 1994 about 1 in 10 indigenous people over the age of 25 in Australia  ...

Suicide, Australia's leading cause of unnatural deaths — not a national priority

Suicide, Australia's leading cause of unnatural deaths — not a national priority - have helped found and established the National Indigenous Critical Response Service. At the upcoming two and a half years mark (28 June) of ...

Everyone is welcome': Adelaide Oval staff responds to racism claims

Everyone is welcome': Adelaide Oval staff responds to racism claims - Oval has apologised to the public after reports surfaced that staff members were turning away indigenous Australians from a sporting event.

Tech support for Indigenous peoples

Tech support for Indigenous peoples - One of Australia's most successful tech start-ups has kicked off a new ... charitable organisations focusing on opportunity creation for Aboriginal and ...

Want to boycott Brunei? These businesses are owned by the anti-LGBTI ruler

Want to boycott Brunei? These businesses are owned by the anti- LGBTI ruler - So the next time you want to treat yourself to a luxury holiday, avoid these businesses if you want to support LGBTI people in Brunei. And with those ...

Bosnia To Host Its First Gay Pride March In September

Bosnia To Host Its First Gay Pride March In September - Sarajevo, and will gather members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex ( LGBTI ) community from all over the country, activists and ...

Azerbaijan police are trying to 'hunt' transgender people through internet

Azerbaijan police are trying to 'hunt' transgender people through internet - According to reports from unnamed LGBTI people in Baku, the random arrests started last night (1 April). Police later took the detainees to the ...

What my transgender child can teach us about the workforce of the future

What my transgender child can teach us about the workforce of the future - some ways, LGBTI programming at Davos 2019 was a “rainbow wave“. The Forum's Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality launched, making it on to ...

Disney on Ice's Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand

Disney on Ice's Moana segment to be performed in Māori in New Zealand - The next Disney on Ice production coming to New Zealand will feature a Moana segment that for some shows will be presented in te reo Māori .

Workers to benefit after living wage increases today

Workers to benefit after living wage increases today - Not only has minimum wage been lifted today, but so has New Zealand's living wage. The Living Wage Movement made the announcement this ...