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Remote community of Yuendumu in Central Australia rapidly running out of drinking water

The largest remote Aboriginal community in Central Australia is rapidly ... The NT Government said it was also working with Geoscience Australia to ... View article...

Young Māori women lead the battle for indigenous rights

Maori, who account for about 15% of the population, were dispossessed of much of their land during colonization View article...

Dr John O'Sullivan awarded prestigious grant

Aboriginal Australians are affected disproportionately by this disease. Dr O'Sullivan is collaborating with indigenous researchers in Redfern NSW, and ... View article...

Sydney choir take musical stand for ecology

Deb explains how the song came about: "The choir were on the lookout for a song that gave voice to how we as non-indigenous Australians feel about ... View article...

Adelaide Festival Centre Presents OUR MOB 2019 - Art by South Australian Aboriginal Artists

Since 2006, Adelaide Festival Centre has showcased the quality and diversity of art created by South Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... View article...

Rio Tinto awards $41mn Koodaideri contracts to Aboriginal businesses

Bea Bea Creek quarry, the first indigenous-owned and operated quarry in Western Australia, will be established to fulfil the contract. Rio Tinto Iron Ore ... View article...

La Trobe offers new studies into Multicultural Australia and the Greek contribution

La Trobe offers new studies into Multicultural Australia and the Greek ... of reconciliation with Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. View article...

New antenatal and postnatal care unit for Aboriginal families

Aboriginal families having their baby at the Women's and Children's Hospital will now have access to South Australia's first ever purpose-built unit for ... View article...

Census fallout won't be solved easily

The Māori Council says that's absolutely not good enough. ... The report recommended that rather than a new census, Stats NZ would be better to hold ... View article...

Māori tourism 2019 Dragons' Den Winners are...

Expect to see Aotearoa's oldest dish more prominently on the menu after Tāmaki Makaurau's Hangi Master took out the New Zealand Māori Tourism's ... View article...

Follow rather than lead, says quality agency in challenge on Māori health

Ria Earp is chair of Te Rōpū Māori, the commission's Māori advisory group. New Zealand Doctor asked whether advisory groups and DHB Māori ... View article...

'They didn't listen' - Iwi leader on botched census

The country's biggest iwi says the botched 2018 Census has left Māori ... Stats NZ is confident it has plugged most of the data gaps, including Māori ... View article...

For the love of tikanga, please stop putting food on your head!

She called me out, and so she should, because upholding tikanga Māori is more important than my .... Now is an exciting time for New Zealand food. View article...

Rates pressure aims to shame

A far north Iwi leader says the Far North District Council's rating policy is designed to strike fear among Māori landowners, and it needs to change. View article...

Polytech offering first health science diploma with a Māori worldview

A Rotorua-based polytechnic is trying to turn around the region's poor health outcomes by offering the first health science diploma with a Māori ... View article...

Bayfair's IZAKAI wins “Outstanding New Venue” award

IZAKAI has won “Outstanding New Venue” in the Bay of Plenty Hospitality Awards. IZAKAI blends traditional Japanese food with a New Zealand Māori ... View article...

Here are the 10 most financially successful LGBTQ films in history

The late Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, the openly gay owner of a ... Starring Taron Egerton as the iconic British singer-songwriter, fantasy ... View article...

10 best LGBT shows of 2019 (so far)

Not only are there more LGBT TV characters on small screens this year, but many are also written with much more care than the gays of years past. View article...

Openly gay lawyer seeks Tunisian presidency in first for Arab world

Mounir Baatour heads the country's main LGBT rights group. ... and “recognising the rights of people of the Amazigh" ethnic group and LGBT rights. View article...

LGBT+ murders at 'alarming' levels in Latin America

The Regional Information Network on Violence against LGBTI People in Latin America and the Caribbean said it was the first time data had been ... View article...

Czech Republic needs to catch up on LGBTI rights

Activists drew attention to the fact that the liberalisation of Czech society and the reduction of stigmatisation of LGBTI people have stagnated for ... View article...

Hundreds of thousands attend Medellín's annual Flower Fair parade

There were no overt references to Medellín's LGBTI community among parade participants, but one of the flower arrangements did note the city's ... View article...

Trans Rights are Human Rights – Ellen Murray's Amnesty NI lecture at Belfast Pride

In an address titled Trans Rights are Human Rights, Murray argued that “we're currently in the middle of a backlash against LGBTI rights more broadly, ... View article...

Pride Week spotlight: Artistic freedom in LGBTI communities

In 2019, LGBTI artists and art continue to be at greater risk when it comes to expressing themselves artistically. These risks may vary from death ... View article...

'Virtuosic' Yolngu leader wins top prize at National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

The curator of Aboriginal art at the Museum and Gallery of the Northern ... Artist Kaylene Whiskey from Indulkana in South Australia won the painting ... View article...

Ban tourists to protect Australia's sacred sites

From mountains to beaches, Aboriginal groups across Australia are pushing back against public access to heritage sites in an attempt to preserve ... View article...

SBS and Screen Australia increase opportunities for under-represented screenwriters

These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally ... Lee Naimo, Screen Australia Investment Manager – Online adds:. View article...

A shocking lesson for Tasmania after centuries of forgetting

In 1992 the High Court threw this out, ruling that customary Aboriginal laws ... stories are also the stories of countless other Australian communities. View article...

The Sound of Violence

The multiple murders of Aboriginal Australians and settlers are depicted without gore, possessing instead a cold matter-of-factness. What remains ... View article...

Progress made on closing the vision gap for Indigenous Australians

Australia has made strong progress closing the eye health and vision gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but there is still a long way ... View article...

Diversity draws attention

The time's long gone when the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards were seen just as Australia's premier indigenous art awards. View article...

SBS partners with Screen Australia to increase opportunities for under-represented screenwriters

These include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with a ... View article...

Respected elder Romana's death investigated after 'unexplained' incident at housing complex

The death of Māori elder Romana Tautahi Romana is under investigation ... Māori Party president Che Wilson acknowledged Romana as a party ... a quiet, respected man who'd lived at the Housing New Zealand complex in Felix St ... View article...

New health degree offered at University of Waikato

He says New Zealand's health system is under increasing pressure to ... needs, including those with high numbers of Maori and Pacific residents. View article...

Amazon Alexa can now teach English and te reo Māori

New Zealand personality and author Miriama Kamo, and illustrator Zak Waipara, gifted their children's book, Stolen Stars of Matariki, for Alexa's use. View article...

New report on criminal justice from The Salvation Army

This year has seen an unusually large number of important New Zealand criminal justice ... and the more recent Māori hui's manifesto (Inaia Tonu Nei ... View article...

Reimagining Biodiversity in Aotearoa

In doing so, we could emulate the great Oceanic voyagers (Māori and Pākehā) ... Sadly, New Zealand biodiversity losses match this global decline. View article...

More than census data is compromised after resignation of chief statistician

The result? A national survey that failed to count one in 10 New Zealanders, that missed so many Māori, that failed to reach so many in the East Cape, ... View article...

Creating a place for Māori in the University of Otago's 150 year history

Initially, the proposal of a “New Zealand university” was rejected by ... “The increasing engagement with Māori led Otago to take note, at last, of its ... View article...

Iwi forging closer relationship with Stats NZ

Iwi forging closer relationship with Stats NZ over Māori data solutions. The Data Iwi Leaders Group supports the findings of an independent review into ... View article...

Murder of trans woman sparks fears of rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Ecuador

Diane Rodriguez, president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations and the first trans woman elected to Ecuador's National Assembly, ... View article...

Chilean Senate Once Again Begins Equal Marriage Debate

LGBTI activists and Eduardo Court, a civil law professor, attended it. Court referred to the advancement of equal marriage in Latin America, as well as ... View article...

Lawsuits in four Caribbean countries challenge colonial-era sodomy laws

LGBTI people in four Caribbean countries over the last year have filed lawsuits against their nations' colonial-era sodomy laws. Javin Johnson and ... View article...

LGBTI advisory centre deals with increasing number of discrimination cases

The LGBTI community turns to the inPoradňa advisory centre mostly due to discrimination. They witness it mostly in health care, employment and ... View article...

Polish archbishop compares LGBTI community to 'red plague'

Polish archbishop compares LGBTI community to 'red plague' ... A leading Polish archbishop has compared the country's LGBTI community to the “red ... View article...

Drag queens teach preschool children about 'inclusion and diversity' at local libraries - as critics ...

... has expressed his concern the events serve as a 'backdoor' for the Safe Schools campaign - which pushes for greater inclusion for LGBTI students. View article...

ACON praises Cricket Australia's trans inclusion policy

“Data from the National LGBTI Health Alliance state that trans and gender diverse adults are nearly eleven times more likely to attempt suicide than the ... View article...

Alcohol giant takes sober leap for parenthood

I'm not speaking for the whole LGBTI community, and I don't have much detail on the announcement; I am learning about the situation as it develops. View article...

$3 billion pledge to give Indigenous suppliers a bigger slice of business

Mr Smith is hoping a new Business Council of Australia program, pledging to buy $3 billion in supplies from Indigenous companies, will provide a ... View article...

Make remote school attendance a priority

... the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia with former indigenous envoy Tony Abbott, Dr Dillon said solutions should “start now”. View article...

ATO hones Indigenous super support

The Australian Tax Office has identified lack of awareness of multiple super accounts among remote Indigenous communities as a recurring theme ... View article...

'Raising the Bar' to build a successful and vibrant Indigenous business sector in Australia

In an effort to continue building a successful and vibrant Indigenous business sector in Australia, some of Australia's corporate giants will today pledge ... View article...

Indigenous Australians Minister rules out judicial inquiry into Native Title

In response to questions from The Transcontinental, Indigenous Australians ... "We do not have a position on the Aboriginal Reform Group of SA." ... View article...

One of world's oldest cultures turn to new technology to preserve languages

Australia is home to some of the world's oldest languages but ... Hoping to save Australia's vast diversity of Aboriginal languages, it is ... View article...

Men's Swimwear Brand Pays Tribute To Aboriginals' Artistic Heritage While Following Sustainable ...

While traveling in the secluded Kimberley region of North West Australia, Alexandre learned about tribal aboriginal art and began working closely with ... View article...

Aboriginal rapper's explosive attack on the national anthem is shown at Dickson College

'Essentially students wanted to get non-indigenous Australians thinking about why the anthem is such a hotly discussed topic and why indigenous ... View article...

'Being here makes me feel more Māori' - the night shift at Ihumātao

... the land at Māngere continues as protestors try and stop Fletcher Residential building several hundred houses on the site which is sacred to Māori. View article...

National won't support granting prisoners voting rights

A law change may hinge on New Zealand First's position, as Labour voted against the ... The high likelihood that Māori released from prison would not re-enrol to vote is shows a ... But New Zealand First's support would be needed. View article...

Dr Ann' spent her life putting others first

On one occasion she was taken by toa (Māori warriors) to tend Tītokowaru, the famous Māori resistance fighter of the New Zealand Wars, then living ... View article...

Exclusive top Māori language academy comes to an end

Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori trained some of the nation's best Māori orators and broadcasters to reach the pinnacle of the Māori language. View article...

'We are already home': Ihumātao group responds to Simon Bridges' comments

The land at Ihumātao, confiscated from Māori in 1863 and sold to the Wallace family in 1869, was designated a SHA in 2014 under the National-led ... View article...

Jacinda Ardern against blanket right to vote for all prisoners

But she will need the support of New Zealand First to bring about that ... that said a 2010 ban on prisoners voting had disproportionately hurt Māori and ... View article...

Izakai claims 'outstanding new venue' award

The restaurant, which blends Japanese food with a New Zealand Maori influence, is located in the new Bayfair dining precinct, and is centred on the ... View article...

National attacks 'all talk and no action' education plan

While New Zealand students left school with qualifications comparable to other developed countries, Maori, Pacific, students from low socio-economic ... View article...

FBI arrests Las Vegas man accused of plotting to attack synagogue or LGBT bar

Federal prosecutors said a southern Nevada man, who was employed as a security guard, was charged and arraigned in ... View article...

Perth LGBTI Professionals

Perth LGBTI Professionals. Join us in August for our usual evening of networking, drinks and new friends at The Stables Bar, on Wednesday August ... View article...

5 Stories from Europe You May Not Have Seen

How a hashtag looks set to offer LGBTI people a MeToo moment in Poland Ten days ago, approaching the main city square where Białystok's first ... View article...

Murder of trans woman sparks fears of rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Ecuador

Diane Rodriguez, president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBTI Organizations and the first trans woman elected to Ecuador's National Assembly, ... View article...

Scotland: street festival to be held in Edinburgh for transgender rights

Playwright Jo Clifford, who will perform at the event, said, “This is a difficult time for everyone in the LGBTI and queer community, and it's really ... View article...

Lights dim, but Australia's LGBTI media fights on

The community LGBTI radio station in Melbourne has been operating for 25 years and has about 550000 listeners a month, but last week it let go two ... View article...

Australia: Lights dim, but country's LGBTI media fights on

Australia: Lights dim, but country's LGBTI media fights on. Radio and print outlets say some companies splash the rainbow flag during pride month, but ... View article...

Poland's ruling party fuels anti-LGBT sentiment ahead of elections

“Bialystok and the things that happened around the march were a tipping point in the public discourse regarding LGBTI issues in Poland and this part ... View article...

Growing up in Australia isn't easy when you're made to feel different

So to the young African Australian that will experience micro and major aggressions ... Solicitor and contributor to Growing up Aboriginal in Australia. View article...

Why learning to love yourself can be harder for some

Growing up non-white in Australia can make you self-conscious about a lot of .... I'd go to castings and they'd be like, "You're not Aboriginal enough" or ... View article...

Australia needs a national plan to reduce sepsis deaths: researchers

Children and Indigenous Australians are among the most at risk, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Territory having the highest ... View article...

When rape onscreen is directed by a woman

She is accompanied by an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, played by ... Tasmania, off Australia's southeastern coast, with her first serious boyfriend. View article...

'We will return it to a pre-European state' – Australia's brave mission to rewild

Aboriginal people worked with the natural world – not living off it but living with it, realising this was the way to survive. Being an island, Australia was ... View article...

When mining royalties become radioactive for local communities

Decades later, he became South Australia's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission commissioner and then Native Title commissioner. View article...

An Aboriginal healing ceremony at Auschwitz

Represented Australia along with a cousin, Bruce Pascoe and assisted by Slow Foods Australia at the World Indigenous Conference for Sustainability ... View article...

Why are Darwin babies better vaccinated than Palmo bubs?

Aboriginal bubs in Darwin suburbs are more likely to be ... For non-Aboriginal bub — Darwin City babies were most likely to be ... said overall the NT coverage was “very similar” to the Australia-wide coverage. View article...

The man hijacking the Cook commemorations to tell the story of Polynesian exploration

Goldie's famous painting The Arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand portrays ... Generations of Māori and Pacific people have grown up without the ... View article...

Let's direct our anger to the real cause of child abuse, not the social workers

He became yet another symbol of New Zealand's child abuse rate – "our ... Last week, I interviewed Māori social workers who are proud to work for ... View article...

History of recent protests by Māori in New Zealand

Thousands of indigenous Māori are protesting in New Zealand, demanding land rights and more reforms for the community, ... View article...

Colonisation and archaic British law behind state welfare

“One in 12 Māori boys in Aotearoa New Zealand were placed in care between 1960 and 1980. One in a 1000 Pākehā boys were placed in care during ... View article...

Bridges criticises Jacinda Ardern for handling of Ihumātao land dispute, says she should tell ...

"She talked about solutions for Māori by Māori with no clear view on how to resolve matters," he said. "Since the Prime Minister's involvement, the ... View article...

In New Zealand, young Māori women lead the battle for indigenous rights

Using social media and crowd-funding websites, the groups are mobilising community support to demand land rights and other reforms for Māori in ... View article...

Kaipara catchment first for Govt's healthy waterways fund

He is a member of Kahui Wai Māori, the Government's Māori freshwater ... "Every New Zealander should be able to swim in their river without getting ... View article...

Death toll from typhoon in eastern China rises to 28

Thousands of indigenous Māori are protesting in New Zealand, demanding land rights and more reforms for the community, in the highest-profile ... View article...

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A new guidebook on mental health for LGBTQ community tackles associated stigma, misinformation

Due to long-standing stigma surrounding mental illnesses and the perception of the LGBTQIA+ community as a 'minuscule minority', no substantial ... View article...

What LGBTQ coming out stories and superhero origin comics have in common

The worlds of superheroes have long been allegories for people on the margins of society; Superhero origin stories are engineered, made up to ... View article...

The One Money Issue You Probably Won't See Coming

... people who have a mental of physical disability; those with poor financial literacy; people from LGBTI communities; people reliant on others for their ... View article...

Concerns emerge as company behind Australia LGBTI Awards liquidates

The future of the Australian LGBTI Awards are in doubt after the operating company Twin Media Group begins the liquidation process. ABC have ... View article...

Georgia's government is failing to take on right-wing extremism

Some of the worst violence has been inflicted upon members of the LGBTI community, with a violent anti-LGBTI pogrom taking place in Tbilisi in 2013, ... View article...

This Is Why Cricket Australia Just Launched A Transgender Policy

... cricket legend Alex Blackwell, who played 251 games for Australia in all formats of the game, and who is a leading advocate for LGBTI rights. View article...

LGBTI Discrimination in Swaziland Leads to Big Mental Health Issues, Report Finds

LGBTI people in Swaziland/eSwatini suffer mental health issues and many have attempted suicide because of the way they are discriminated against ... View article...

Australian LGBTI Awards in doubt after organisers go into liquidation

The future of the Australian LGBTI Awards are up in the air after organisers Twin Media Group were placed into liquidation as a result of a financial ... View article...

World's top content creators to capture beauty of Kimberley as GoPro summit ...

“Getting up close to marine wildlife in its natural environment, flying over Australia's only horizontal falls, learning about the Aboriginal history of the ... View article...

Children's Day a celebration of indigenous culture

FOR the past 30 years, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... It is also a way for all Australians to show their respect and support for ATSI ... View article...