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Senator Dodson on the burning issues of social equity, justice and respect

With his akubra braided with the colours of the Aboriginal flag, Western Australian Senator Pat Dodson is arguably the most recognised Indigenous ... View article...

Misogyny, violence, racism, classism: the toxic forces behind our shameful poverty rates

More than three million people in Australia, including 739,000 children, live ... The people affected include single-parent families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait .... We also see racism in Australia today reflected in migrant poverty. View article...

New Sydney franchise poaches Matildas coach

Croatia-based Milicic is back in Australia this week to name his 23-player ... the local Dharawal Aboriginal people on whose land the Macarthur region sits. ... communities here in the Macarthur region and from all over Australia." ... View article...

Time we stopped treating Aboriginal people like children

As Ironbark Aboriginal Corporation's Trevor Hutchinson says, "a fair day's work is a fair day's play" and indigenous Australians are just as entitled to a ... View article...

Indigenous issues top to-do list as super-rich urged to dig deep

"What has happened (to indigenous Australians) is a disgrace," he said yesterday. "It's the biggest stain on our history for 230 years. We talk about ... View article...

Star player inspired to be mentor for indigenous students

The University of the Sunshine Coast student was selected as part of Australia's first indigenous women's football team that recently competed at the ... View article...

Australia's oldest LGBT publication goes into administration

Australia's oldest LGBT publication goes into administration -  The Star Observer is an  LGBTI  community-owned not-for-profit that has always relied on advertising revenue to raise money. We do not receive any ...

Marriage equality was only a step on the way to equality for LGBTI+ Australians

Marriage equality was only a step on the way to equality for LGBTI+ Australians -  7,817,247 people said YES. That's the number of Australians who voted for Marriage Equality. The moment that number was announced a wave of ...

71 per cent of Australians want a more diverse parliament, poll reveals

71 per cent of Australians want a more diverse parliament, poll reveals -  And 17 per cent think more  LGBTI  individuals and Australians born overseas in parliament would be of benefit to Australia. The poll was conducted ...

UNAIDS calls on countries to remove discriminatory laws and enact laws that protect people from ...

UNAIDS calls on countries to remove discriminatory laws and enact laws that protect people from ... -  UNAIDS is calling on all countries to remove discriminatory laws against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people.

Otago Regional Council vote to include iwi representatives

"What you are doing with this piece of legislation is actually excluding non-iwi Māori from the role you think you are. "They're here to promote the ... View article...

'Sir Hek' remembered for proving Māori navigation skills to the world

Sir Hekenukumai Busby has been remembered as a "driving force" for waka building and traditional Māori navigation. About 3000 people gathered at ... View article...

Māori make up over 40 per cent of Auckland homeless - report

Its findings show of the 800 people estimated to have been living without shelter that night, nearly 43 per cent were Māori, with a similar number of ... View article...

Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled over-represented in Auckland homeless count

Figures released today from Ira Mata Ira Tangata: Auckland's Homeless Count show a disproportionate amount of Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled ... View article...

Keep Māori land in Māori hands

SAVE Tumu Kaituna have grave fears that more than 4000 Māori landowners will be cut out of 55 hectares of their land if a proposal - by Tumu ... View article...

No easy answers for why high number of Māori are homeless

Housing First Auckland programme manager Fiona Hamilton says solutions grounded in Kaupapa Māori have worked well at Te Puea Marae in ... View article...

Opportunities for Indigenous Australians in aid: what is needed?

Opportunities for  Indigenous Australians  in aid: what is needed? -  The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has set itself an ambitious agenda to increase the engagement of  Indigenous Australians  in the ...

Indigenous Aussies take govt to United Nations over climate change

Indigenous Aussies  take govt to United Nations over climate change -  In a complaint filed with the United Nations (UN) on Monday, an  indigenous  group accused the Aussie government of violating their human rights by ...

YMCA Anglesea skate program helps reconnect indigenous youth with country and culture

YMCA Anglesea skate program helps reconnect  indigenous  youth with country and culture -  Brodie is  Australia's  best known and highest ranking  Indigenous  skateboarder. As well as showing off his skills, he taught a grip tape and board ...

Boom or bust: the issues that matter in Australia's largest electorate

Boom or bust: the issues that matter in  Australia's  largest electorate -  But the end of WA's mining boom, pressures on farmers and a lack of progress in closing the gap with  Indigenous Australians  means that many in the ...

Environmental as anything

Environmental as anything -  Apparently there's some sort of election happening in  Australia  soon. Danielle Wood is one of  Australia's best economists and her summation of the ...

Senator Dodson on the burning issues of social equity, justice and respect

Senator Dodson on the burning issues of social equity, justice and respect -  With his akubra braided with the colours of the  Aboriginal  flag, Western  Australian  Senator Pat Dodson is arguably the most recognised  Indigenous  ...

LBQT Groups Begin Talks On Protecting The Rights Of LBQT Persons

LBQT Groups Begin Talks On Protecting The Rights Of LBQT Persons -  a significant number of Ghanaians (87%) are against allowing  LGBTI  persons holding public meetings to discuss  LGBTI  issues. Ninety-one per cent of ...

Aged care services taking action for LGBTI seniors

Aged care services taking action for  LGBTI  seniors -  The Just Better Care team are educating themselves about issues affecting the  LGBTI  community, which will help improve aged care services for ...

Less stigma around LGBTI community in India, say Tinder users

Less stigma around  LGBTI  community in India, say Tinder users -  Seventy percent of  LGBTI  Indians surveyed by dating app Tinder believe there is less stigma around the community than there was five years ago.

International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia -  However, discriminatory laws, policies and practices against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex ( LGBTI ) people are still in place around ...

More Police deployed to regions

Thirteen per cent of the new officers are Maori, 12 per cent are Pasifika and ... "Our objective is to make New Zealand the safest country in the world. View article...

I loved cannabis at first sight, but it didn't love my back

A 2012 report by the Human Rights Commission pointed out that Māori are three times as likely to be arrested than non-Māori for cannabis-related ... View article...

Captain Cook Semiquincentennial Celebrations upset Maori

Indigenous rights advocate Tina Ngata said that his landing was not a cause for celebration. " Māori are still very mamae and we are still labouring ... View article...

FW: Power shift needed to protect tamariki

Māori providers in Tāmaki Makaurau want Oranga Tamariki to give up some of the power it holds over Māori children and whānau. The providers ... View article...

Rotorua tourism director Tak Mutu wins prestigious Māori business award

Rotorua tourism director Tak Mutu wins prestigious Māori business award ... in adventure tourism guiding rafts and sledges on New Zealand rivers. View article...

'NZ's first pro wheelchair bodybuilder': Kiwi athlete Ephraim Gudgeon's inspiring journey

Help this young Maori boy achieve my goal of becoming the first pro ... Two years on and Gudgeon has his sights set on becoming New Zealand's first ... View article...

Joe Williams shares his mental health story with Moree Secondary College students during 2019 ...

We [Australia's Aboriginal population] didn't have suicides pre-colonisation. Now, we're one of the highest in the world in certain age demographics.". View article...

Human rights and climate change: Indigenous Australians lodge complaint with UN

 In a complaint filed with the United Nations (UN) on Monday, an indigenous group accused the Aussie government of violating ... View article...

'Unspeakable': how can Australia stop the Indigenous suicide epidemic?

Since the start of this year, 62 Aboriginal people – 15 of them children – have died by suicide. More than half of them were under 25 years old, and the ... View article...

Which political party will best champion Indigenous Australia?

Election wrap 2019: what each major party will do for Indigenous Australians. Still not sure who to vote for this coming Saturday? With the federal ... View article...

Indigenous islanders complain against Canberra over climate change

    The residents of the islands located in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea say the Australian government is not doing enough to ... View article...

Australian political leaders agree gays don't go to hell

Australian  political leaders agree  gays  don't go to hell -  The leaders of both of  Australia's  major political parties have agreed that  gays  don't go to hell because of their sexual ...

Australian PM Scott Morrison says gay people don't go to hell after being accused of dodging ...

Australian  PM Scott Morrison says  gay  people don't go to hell after being accused of dodging ... -  Australian  Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a Pentecostal Christian, has now told media he does not believe  gay  people go to hell - despite yesterday ...

Australia council announce their latest grant recipients

The Australia Council has just announced its latest round of grant recipients with ... regional touring and international opportunities for Australian artists. ... the council received 1,367 applications for funding across Aboriginal and ... View article...

Former A-League player Brennan becomes first openly gay Australian male footballer

Former A-League player Brennan becomes first openly  gay Australian  male footballer -  Former A-League player Brennan becomes first openly  gay Australian  male ... "It's taken me years to get comfortable saying this - I'm  gay ," he said.

Israel Folau drops hint that he's accepted fate, removes Twitter image of himself playing rugby

Israel Folau drops hint that he's accepted fate, removes Twitter image of himself playing rugby -  Having already rejected Rugby  Australia's  offer of a peace deal to let him resume playing, describing the offer as ... to be sacked after refusing to remove the anti- gay  posts after being told they were in breach of the Code of Conduct.

Equity – the only thing that matters in rebuilding a failed healthcare system

Equity – the only thing that matters in rebuilding a failed healthcare system -  Imagine if  Māori  experienced outcomes similar to non- Māori . Then, and only then, could Aotearoa's health system genuinely be considered high ...

Budget boost locks in prison system change

Budget boost locks in prison system change -  Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says a $98 million Budget injection is a chance to break cycles of  Māori  reoffending. The money is to create a new ...

Tāmaki Collective explores Oranga Tamariki partnership

Tāmaki Collective explores Oranga Tamariki partnership -  Māori  iwi and social service providers in Auckland are keen to form a partnership with Oranga Tamariki to give them more visibility of tamariki  Māori  in ...

Buy from Māori business conference call

Buy from  Māori  business conference call -  The lack of specific measures to support  Māori  businesses will be discussed at a conference in Auckland today. In countries such as Canada, ...

Connecting whānau with kai

I want to promote our own home grown cuisine that reflects who we are as Māori and as New Zealanders. I want to cook food which we can all relate ... View article...

Buy from Māori business conference call

In the past two years, the amount of services procured from indigenous owned businesses in Australia rose from $6 million to almost $2 billion, leading ... View article...

Most youths locked up in juvenile detention last year had not yet been sentenced

Most young people locked up across Australia last year had not even been ... Despite making up just 5 per cent of the populations, Indigenous youth ... View article...

WA government provides $11.6 million for solar+storage in remote indigenous communities

... ground mounted solar arrays will be installed in remote Aboriginal communities in the north of Western Australia. The new $11.6 million program, ... View article...

Indigenous first-aid training

An ambulance bearing Aboriginal artwork is in Kalgoorlie-Boulder to help provide first-aid training to remote Goldfields communities. For the past two ... View article...

Youth justice supervision numbers falling, but Indigenous representation rising

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) Youth Justice in Australia 2017–18 report, released on Friday, shows the rate of Indigenous ... View article...

WA to fund solar farms in six remote indigenous communities

Up to 4MW of solar will be installed across six remote indigenous communities in Western Australia, as part of an $11.6 million plan to slash the use of ... View article...

Australia election winners urged to take action against anti-LGBT+ schools

Australia  election winners urged to take action against anti-LGBT+ schools -  The next  Australian  government must prioritize laws to ban schools from expelling or discriminating ...

Australia has a fake news problem on WeChat and wants Tencent's help

Australia  has a fake news problem on WeChat and wants Tencent's help -  While the US is still dealing with the fallout of fake news campaigns in 2016,  Australia  is in the midst of its own misinformation campaign, and it's not ...

Federal Indigenous procurement spending tops $2 billion, but to whose benefit?

Federal Indigenous procurement spending tops $2 billion, but to whose ... Indigenous businesses — reflecting that Indigenous Australians are 3% of ... View article...

Suicide prevention and mental health

Suicide prevention and mental health -  NZ  Maori  Council releases its recommendations into suicide prevention and mental health: Its time the Government got on with it …. The New Zealand ...

Australian anti-LGBT Liberal Gurpal Singh will soon appear on Grindr

Australian  anti- LGBT  Liberal Gurpal Singh will soon appear on Grindr -  The  Australian  Labor Party is to run adverts against anti-LGBT+ Liberal candidate Gurpal Singh on the gay dating app Grindr ahead of a federal ...

Could Te Aroha become New Zealand's LGBT+ capital?Could Te Aroha become New Zealand's LGBT+ capital?

Could Te Aroha become New Zealand's LGBT+ capital? -  It's not the spas or the lush dairy lands in the Waikato town but the idea of following in the footsteps of Te Aroha's sister town of Daylesford in  Australia  ...

Anti-Cook protesters 'make themselves look silly'

Maori are still very mamae and we are still labouring under the historical and enduring rights violations as a result of the event that they are ... "The unchallenged account reported by Radio New Zealand is unsupported story-telling. View article...

New Zealand Olympic Committee presents its 2018 Annual Report

A continued focus on the New Zealand Olympic Committee's integrity ... on Tikanga Maori and ensuring its seamless inclusion across the organisation ... View article...

NZ Maori Council Backs ZERO Carbon Bill

The New Zealand Maori Council has come out in support of the Governments much anticipated Zero Carbon Bill and has welcomed a focus on the ... View article...

Critics say the $20 million Cook landing commemorations ignore Māori pain

A replica of the Endeavour will also arrive in New Zealand. "I hope that there is haka on the shore," Tamaki said. "Not in a good way, like a welcoming ... View article...

Historic graduation for Māori researcher at the University of Otago

At the first of the university's Māori pre-graduation Te Heika Pounamu ... and more broadly in Māori staffing within the New Zealand research system, ... View article...

Fears tourism providers exploiting Māori culture for profit

Fears tourism providers exploiting Māori culture for profit ... New Zealand still has a long way to go to properly value Māori culture and language, ... View article...

Ramadan: The holiest but loneliest time of year for many LGBTI Muslims

Ramadan: The holiest but loneliest time of year for many  LGBTI Muslims -  As the Muslim world gets stuck into observing and celebrating the holiest month on the Islamic calendar,  LGBTI  Muslims are preparing themselves in ...

LGBTI group compile 'Pink List' of queer-friendly Indian politicians

LGBTI  group compile 'Pink List' of queer-friendly Indian politicians -  The largest election in history is underway in India, and  LGBTI  groups are ...  LGBTI candidates feature in the first list as they are leading the way for ...

Defiant Cuban LGBTI activists hold unprecedented indie pride parade

Defiant Cuban  LGBTI  activists hold unprecedented indie pride parade -  Defiant Cuban  LGBTI  activists hold unprecedented indie pride parade Cuban gay rights activists held an unauthorised independent pride parade in ...

Eurovision gay host reveals why he's donating fee to LGBTI youth charity

Eurovision gay host reveals why he's donating fee to  LGBTI  youth charity -  Eurovision host Assi Azar responds to anti-Israel boycott | Photo: Instagram A lot of young queer kids growing up wishing they could host the ...

LGBTI advocates slam upcoming Dallas visit by Brazil's anti-gay president

LGBTI  advocates slam upcoming Dallas visit by Brazil's anti-gay president -  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro recently cancelled a trip to New York City after backlash promoted businesses to distance themselves from him.

California parents remove children from school over LGBTI-inclusivity lessons

California parents remove children from school over  LGBTI -inclusivity lessons -  Parents in California have removed 650 children from a school district in a one-day protest over  LGBTI -inclusivity lessons. Rocklin Unified School ...

Gay rugby boss says Israel Folau's Instagram posting dangerous

Gay rugby boss says Israel Folau's Instagram posting dangerous -  Jason Garrick, president of Queensland's gay and inclusive rugby club, the Brisbane Hustlers, has also been moved by the support for the  LGBTI  ...

Cuban LGBTI activists hold impromptu Pride march in defiance of government ban

Cuban  LGBTI  activists hold impromptu Pride march in defiance of government ban -  LGBTI  rights supporters have held an unauthorized Pride march in Cuba, despite government warnings not to. Over 100 people took to the streets of ...

Election comes to remote NT communities

    AEC officials are travelling around the remote NT to enable Aboriginal people to vote, but enrolment numbers remain well below the rest of Australia. View article...

Why museums still matter

MAGNT aspires to be a leader in finding a true path to reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. With 26% of the Northern ... View article...

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Major sponsor quits rugby player Israel Folau over anti-LGBT posts

Major sponsor quits rugby player Israel Folau over anti- LGBT  posts -  A major sponsor has ended its ties with  Australian  rugby player Israel Folau a day after he was found guilty of breach of contract for posting anti- LGBT  ...

Folau 'shouldn't suffer an employment penalty' for views, Shorten says

Folau 'shouldn't suffer an employment penalty' for views, Shorten says -  The controversy over Rugby  Australia's  response to Israel Folau posting anti- LGBT social media posts has crossed over into the election campaign ...