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Remembering the Aboriginal Anzac heroes

Remembering the Aboriginal Anzac heroes -  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have long served in the Australian Defence Forces through both world wars, however in recent years they ...

Up Your Native-Australian Cooking Game With This Very Accessible New Cookbook

Up Your Native- Australian Cooking Game With This Very Accessible New Cookbook - Two of Australia's most passionate advocates for indigenous food and culture Rebecca Sullivan and Damien Coulthard want to get more native ...

When will we recognise Australia's frontier wars as part of our war history?

When will we recognise Australia's frontier wars as part of our war history? - ANZAC Day is a solemn day for Australians . As the ... of Australia saw the deaths of tens of thousands of Aboriginal people and at least 2000 settlers.

Visiting the Anzac history of Western Australia's Albany region

Visiting the Anzac history of Western Australia's Albany region - Until I had visited Albany, 430 kilometres south of Perth in Western Australia , I had no knowledge of its ... It has a rich Aboriginal and European history.

What young Australians think about Anzac Day

What young Australians think about Anzac Day - She said she had mixed feelings about Anzac Day because Indigenous ... The 25-year-old moved to Australia from Brazil eight months ago to study ...

Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war

Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war - Despite fighting and dying for Australia , Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still weren't considered citizens upon their return from the war. Many of ...

Countries in the Americas have obligation to expand LGBTI rights

Countries in the Americas have obligation to expand LGBTI rights - We want every country to investigate and to resolve any matter of LGBTI peoples and communities … We want every country to provide solutions for ...

We said yes': Lizzie Marvelly engaged almost one year after coming out as bisexual

We said yes': Lizzie Marvelly engaged almost one year after coming out as bisexual - The columnist and author speaks out about subject matters close to her heart, recently hitting back against Israel Folau's criticism of the LGBTI  ...

Far-right Facebook networks removed before Spanish election

Far-right Facebook networks removed before Spanish election - had created multiple and duplicate accounts whose pages peddled messages against Muslims, the LGBTI community, immigrants, and women.

This is what it's like to be a pen pal for LGBTI people in prison

This is what it's like to be a pen pal for LGBTI people in prison - Their only contact with other LGBTI people is through the letters they receive sometimes,' she adds. Shenje is part of Bent Bars, a UK-based program ...

This Trendy Natural Beauty Ingredient Has a Major Counterfeiting Problem

This Trendy Natural Beauty Ingredient Has a Major Counterfeiting Problem - Mānuka trees don't grow anywhere else in the world, and most are situated on lands that belong to the country's indigenous Māori people. Bees that ...

Papuans challenge Indonesian rule at country's highest court

Papuans challenge Indonesian rule at country's highest court - Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said the Papua issue is ... B.C. landmarks to glow green to urge people to become organ donors.

Will 'cannabusiness' turn around deprived groups?

Will 'cannabusiness' turn around deprived groups? - Having witnessed the fallout from drug and alcohol abuse in his struggling Maori community, Manu ...

NZ firms urge government to 'act quickly to reduce harm' wrought by new ...

NZ firms urge government to 'act quickly to reduce harm' wrought by new ... - Honey companies and Maori collectives have met with Kiwi government representatives at a hui ( Maori assembly), seeking faster government action ...

NZ's Ardern commemorates ANZAC Day

NZ's Ardern commemorates ANZAC Day - a Māori Television broadcast of the Auckland dawn service, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked the crowd to ''recommit'' to ''our ...

Māori-owned investment and financial advisory firm aims for $1 bill mark

Māori -owned investment and financial advisory firm aims for $1 bill mark - Taupō-based IWIinvestor, plans to significantly expand its business over the next five years on the back of the growing Māori economy with a goal of ...

In Australia, Are All Historic Losses Treated Equally?

In Australia , Are All Historic Losses Treated Equally? -  Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. .... Although Ms. Dickens, an Aboriginal Australian , has been a practicing artist ...

The Ham family have a habit of bobbing up on big days

The Ham family have a habit of bobbing up on big days - They love football in Bidyadanga, the biggest Aboriginal community in Western Australia with a population of more than 850 people. The Bidyadanga ...

Why Australia Should Never Go Nuclear

Why Australia Should Never Go Nuclear - The history of uranium mining and nuclear testing in Australia has been ... While many Aboriginal people were forcibly removed from their traditional ...

Ultimate insult to a war hero: Proud Aboriginal Anzac wrote a desperate letter asking for a fair go as ...

Ultimate insult to a war hero: Proud Aboriginal Anzac wrote a desperate letter asking for a fair go as ... - Percy Pepper was among 11,000 soldiers who applied for land allocation in Victoria and one of only two Aboriginal Australians granted it.

The language of colour, kinship and climate

The language of colour, kinship and climate - It's fascinating to think about how languages work and why we see the ... is interesting from an Australian perspective because Aboriginal languages  ...

Indigenous health and 'the gap' would be better served by focusing on positives, not negatives

Indigenous health and 'the gap' would be better served by focusing on positives, not negatives - When you think of Indigenous health, what is the first thing that comes to ... A study found that in Western Australia , three quarters of all media stories ...

Kuwaiti researcher claims homosexuality caused by anal worm

Kuwaiti researcher claims homosexuality caused by anal worm - The Jerusalem Post spotted this interview with Kuwaiti based researcher Mariam Al-Sohel. It's fair to say that she's not a supporter of the LGBTI  ...

Coalition takes tougher line on gay conversion therapy after Labor promises ban

Coalition takes tougher line on gay conversion therapy after Labor promises ban - The Morrison government remains committed to addressing the mental health of all Australians, including the LGBTI community, and this also relates ...

Eight LGBTI Nicaraguans killed during anti-government protests

Eight LGBTI Nicaraguans killed during anti-government protests - A report from Nicaragua indicates eight LGBTI people have been killed during anti-government protests that began in the Central American country ...

English football's 1st out gay referee: 'Coming out made me better at my job'

English football's 1st out gay referee: 'Coming out made me better at my job' - Optimistic about the future of LGBTI inclusion in sport, Atkin also described the scenario in which he thinks English football's first player will come out to ...

Electricity, partners and politics in Papua New Guinea

Electricity, partners and politics in Papua New Guinea - Launched in 2010, the policy called for 70 per cent of the country's people to be connected to electricity within 20 years. It projected that achieving the ...

Anne Frank's Diary translated into te reo Māori

Anne Frank's Diary translated into te reo Māori - Klap hopes the translation of Anne Frank's diary will lead not only to more people in Aotearoa/ New Zealand learning te reo Māori but to a greater ...

The Māori ward project is failing, and it's hurting New Zealand democracy

The Māori ward project is failing, and it's hurting New Zealand democracy - Traditional local council structures are shutting out indigenous voices. Māori wards were supposed to be the answer – so why are so few being ...

Love and solidarity': Posters against racism hit Christchurch streets

Love and solidarity': Posters against racism hit Christchurch streets - When I told him I was from New Zealand and was part Maori , he was disappointed saying he thought I was Tahitian and that he wouldn't let any of his ...

Taro part of early mix of Māori agriculture

Taro part of early mix of Māori agriculture - Taro part of early mix of Māori agriculture ... research has found that taro was part of the early mix of agricultural production by Māori in New Zealand .

Soldiers without guns': How unarmed Anzacs brought peace to war-ravaged Bougainville

Soldiers without guns': How unarmed Anzacs brought peace to war-ravaged Bougainville -  New Zealander Will Watson, director of Soldiers Without Guns, said the war is ... The Bougainvillean leaders were offered a traditional Pwhiri Maori  ...

UN's Empty Promises to World's Indigenous Peoples

UN's Empty Promises to World's Indigenous Peoples - It is no accident that the last four nation states to support the Declaration – Australia , New Zealand, Canada and the United States – were precisely ...

Millions for solutions to indigenous youth suicide

Millions for solutions to indigenous youth suicide -  Indigenous Australians die by suicide at twice the rate of other Australians and this rate is even higher for youth. So far this year, 12 indigenous boys ...

More women in Australia are going to prison than ever before. Here's why.

More women in Australia are going to prison than ever before. Here's why. - Just over a third of female prisoners in Australia are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is particularly significant given Indigenous women ...

Thousands of visitors take the Great Easter Egg Trail and enjoy a record 20000 eggs

Thousands of visitors take the Great Easter Egg Trail and enjoy a record 20000 eggs - Thousands of visitors flocked to the Museum of Australian Democracy ... facts about Australian democracy, including who Australia's first indigenous  ...

Lest we forget Indigenous Australians at war

Lest we forget Indigenous Australians at war - The term has been increasingly used by historians to speak of the violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians and European settlers during the ...

Gold Coast 2018 mascot Borobi reborn as champion for Indigenous languages

Gold Coast 2018 mascot Borobi reborn as champion for Indigenous languages - There used to be 250 Indigenous languages spoken in Australia , now 90 per cent are considered endangered. "Borobi will be a great asset in ...

Australian Greens comprehensive LGBTIQ+ policies

Australian Greens comprehensive LGBTIQ+ policies - The Greens will invest $1.7 million in the LGBTI Health Alliance and its partner organisations to facilitate health programs and initiatives that will ...

Australian Labor Party pledges to ban gay conversion therapy

Australian Labor Party pledges to ban gay conversion therapy - These include a dedicated LGBTI commissioner, extra funding for HIV prevention and treatment, and a clampdown on laws that allow discrimination ...

US Supreme Court will finally decide on LGBTI employment ...

US Supreme Court will finally decide on LGBTI employment ... - Supreme Court of the United States announced on Monday (22 April) they will review three cases dealing with LGBTI discrimination in the ...

LGBTI Inclusive Practice for Aged Care Workers Training

LGBTI Inclusive Practice for Aged Care Workers Training - This training will strengthen your understanding of the LGBTQI community, enabling you to deliver more inclusive, informed and appropriate care.

How a River Was Granted Personhood

How a River Was Granted Personhood - For more than 700 years, the Maori , the indigenous people of New Zealand, fought to maintain their spiritual connection to the Whanganui River.

Science sticking point in Manuka honey fight

Science sticking point in Manuka honey fight - We are going to try to identify where our government scientists are coming from and where the scientists representing the Māori interests and not only ...

Time to address 'invisible epidemic' of brain injuries and suicide says Elder

Time to address 'invisible epidemic' of brain injuries and suicide says Elder - She described a visit to Waikato a couple of year ago and hearing a group of young men talking about a young Māori farm labourer who had shot ...

New Zealand's Beloved Greenstone

New Zealand's Beloved Greenstone - Before pounamu was introduced to Maori , they were using things like basalt and argillite, and quite common rocks in the construction of tools and ...

New Place Names Lift Māori Culture in New Zealand's Capital

New Place Names Lift Māori Culture in New Zealand's Capital - A new policy in Wellington aims to revitalize the indigenous Māori language. First up: giving new, non-colonial names to sites around town.

How One New Zealand Couple Honoured Their Māori Roots On Their Wedding Day

How One New Zealand Couple Honoured Their Māori Roots On Their Wedding Day - No request is too big and no intricate detail is too small when it comes to the "Big Day." But why do we get married the way we do? World Wide Wed ...

Cycling to close the health gap

Cycling to close the health gap - South Australia's remote APY lands, a young man is cycling 700 kilometres a to bring about change in closing the gap in Indigenous communities.

An entirely preventable disease that kills

An entirely preventable disease that kills - The rate is about 122 times higher among Indigenous Australians than non- Indigenous people, and it kills two young Indigenous people each week.

Indulge in our native bush food

Indulge in our native bush food - the art of foraging, learn about native Australian ingredients and indigenous flavours and enjoy intimate conversations with some of ...

Avoidable emergency department visits costing SA taxpayers $22m each year

Avoidable emergency department visits costing SA taxpayers $22m each year - Avoidable and repeat emergency department visits by South Australia's most ... Indigenous South Australians were more than two times more likely to ...

Could Perth host a DC-style national museum of Aboriginal culture?

Could Perth host a DC-style national museum of Aboriginal culture? - For some time there's been talk of developing a similar precinct in Australia to celebrate Aboriginal culture. Indigenous tourism operators in Western ...

The Mayor Fighting to Save Her Island Home from Climate Change

The Mayor Fighting to Save Her Island Home from Climate Change - The Islanders are one of Australia's two distinct indigenous cultural groups, the other being the aboriginal people. About 4,000 Islanders live on the 18 ...

Trump supporter arrested for sending homophobic death threats to Democrats

Trump supporter arrested for sending homophobic death threats to Democrats - Kless targeted LGBTI ally Cory Booker on 16 April. He repeatedly called him the n-word and a 'monkey'. He added: 'we're going to have a war in this ...

New breed of terrorists in Northern Ireland

New breed of terrorists in Northern Ireland - In an emotional speech, Canning said McKee's murder left her "without the love of my life, ' and Northern Ireland's LGBTI community 'without a tireless ...

India's opposition party claims to take LGBTI issues 'seriously'

India's opposition party claims to take LGBTI issues 'seriously' - She said the INC's manifesto included LGBTI rights and the party president felt 'strongly' about it. This will trickle down to the bottom of the party, she ...

Inaccessibility to LGBTI spaces is leaving disabled people out in the cold

Inaccessibility to LGBTI spaces is leaving disabled people out in the cold - From Pride events to pubs, clubs and LGBTI safe spaces, inaccessibility is often a top priority. But more often than not, it's not their disability holding ...

Emilia Wickstead Enlists An Extraordinary Cast Of New Zealand Women To Model Her New ...

Emilia Wickstead Enlists An Extraordinary Cast Of New Zealand Women To Model Her New ... - In 1981, Te Awekotuku became the first Maori woman in New Zealand to gain a doctorate, and she is seen here wearing a cloak that her mother made ...

How McDonald's changed a farm

How McDonald's changed a farm - Whangara Farms, just north of Gisborne on SH35, is a partnership of three Māori incorporations running 75,000 stock units. Always a special farm, this ...

New Zealand rugby star gives Israel Folau the boot

New Zealand rugby star gives Israel Folau the boot - All Blacks and Chiefs prop Angus Ta'avao showed his support for the LGBT community in Saturday night's Super Rugby match between the Chiefs ...

Who is applying rights-of-nature laws?

Who is applying rights-of-nature laws? - This approach, some advocates say, could offer a new path toward ... A treaty settlement agreement reached by Maori tribes and the New Zealand  ...

The first 'te reo Māori' capital city in the world

The first 'te reo Māori ' capital city in the world - The first 'te reo Māori ' capital city in the world ... partnership to put the building blocks in place for a New Zealand that proudly speaks te reo Māori .

The Maori River in New Zealand is a legal person. Soon, the government will recognize a forest ...

The Maori River in New Zealand is a legal person. Soon, the government will recognize a forest ... - The great River flows from the mountains to the sea. I am the River, the River is me.” With these words, the Maori tribes of Whanganui, New Zealand , ...

Artist and director Lynette Wallworth uses virtual reality to forge cultural connections through film

Artist and director Lynette Wallworth uses virtual reality to forge cultural connections through film - Wallworth made “Collisions” and “Awavena” at the invitation of the Martu and Yamanawa, indigenous peoples of Western Australia and the Amazon, ...

Trump admin's gay, US ambassador compares Pete Buttigieg to Jussie Smollett

Trump admin's gay, US ambassador compares Pete Buttigieg to Jussie Smollett - A VP with a notorious record on LGBTI rights. Pence swore in Grenell as US ambassador to Germany last year, making Grenell the highest-ranking ...

11 intimate portraits of the transmasculine community

11 intimate portraits of the transmasculine community - Besides presenting their subjects' stories, American Boys also includes essays and a timeline on the advancement of LGBTI rights in the US.

If we're celebrating Easter, why not Passover and Ramadan, too?

If we're celebrating Easter, why not Passover and Ramadan, too? - On behalf of the LGBTI community, I was disgusted and furious. Thankfully, there has been a backlash and the sensible amongst us are condemning ...

Same-sex couples gear up for marriage deadline

Same-sex couples gear up for marriage deadline - To mark the historic day, the LGBTI rights organization also plans to arrange a traditional wedding banquet outside the Presidential Office Building in ...

Why the PM is shutting up about the culture wars in this campaign

Why the PM is shutting up about the culture wars in this campaign -  Morrison said the reason his government hadn't legislated yet for the LGBTI students was because Shorten had refused to allow a conscience vote on ...

US health department wants to cut information on LGBTI foster kids

US health department wants to cut information on LGBTI foster kids -  The Trump-Pence administration is proposing cutting another Obama-era regulation, this time having to do with LGBTI children in foster care. The US ...

Pete Buttigieg moves to third place in Democratic presidential run

Pete Buttigieg moves to third place in Democratic presidential run - The candidate has been particularly critical of Vice President Mike Pence, who hold anti- LGBTI rights beliefs on the grounds that they are not ...

What we missed in Rugby Australia's homophobia scandal

What we missed in Rugby Australia's homophobia scandal -  Today, Israel Folau's views on the LGBTI community are shockingly clear — according to the controversial rugby star, "hell awaits" them and other ...
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Where are some of Hobart's earliest gravesites and who is buried there?

Where are some of Hobart's earliest gravesites and who is buried there? -  Australia's second oldest city is home to numerous gravesites where church .... "At the end of the Black War when Aboriginal people were exiled to ...

How to be an ethical traveller on Aboriginal land

How to be an ethical traveller on Aboriginal land - We've taken some of the learnings from our successful Canadian program to our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Australia to see how it can benefit ...

The myth of 'the Queensland voter', Australia's trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition

The myth of 'the Queensland voter', Australia's trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition - Today we're bringing you a special discussion about the federal election that took place at the launch of a book of Conversation essays, Advancing ...

It's time to solve it, Australia!

It's time to solve it, Australia ! - From obesity to environmental degradation to Indigenous disadvantage, Australia is grappling with countless seemingly intractable social and ...

Indigenous groups front and centre of million dollar health promise

Indigenous groups front and centre of million dollar health promise - Our communities face a life expectancy gap of 10 years less than non- Indigenous Australians – and this gap is only widening. And the death rate of ...

Climate change costings a cause for concern as Coalition ups its attack on Labor's commitments

Climate change costings a cause for concern as Coalition ups its attack on Labor's commitments - Senator Dodson would be the first Indigenous Australian to hold the portfolio ... "What they want to do is scare Australians and say it is too hard to take ...

Loads of amazing LGBTI people made it on Time's 100 Most Influential People

Loads of amazing LGBTI people made it on Time's 100 Most Influential People -  Some expected (and unexpected) individuals made the list | Pictures: Instagram There's heaps of LGBTI people and allies making the cut of this year's ...