Victorian government begin consulting on 'conversion therapy' ban
“What they really are is a most personal form of torture, a cruel practice that perpetuates the idea that LGBTI people are in some way broken.”. View article...
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3 new laws South Africa wants to introduce
It also seeks to align traditional courts with the Constitution on issues such as dignity, equality, sexism and LGBTI rights. The bill has faced controversy ... View article...
PFLAG targets Albanese over Religious Discrimination Bill
Explaining the move, Argent said: “LGBTI people, their friends and families are very disappointed in his silence and lack of commitment on this issue. View article...
Qld art therapy program for LGBTIQ youth wins mental health award
The PRIDE Art Therapy Program was announced as the winner in the LGBTI Award category at the awards last week, for its work in helping improve ... View article...
Hong Kong court rules against lifting ban on same-sex marriage and civil partnerships
It added: “This judgment must not be used as an excuse to further undermine the rights of LGBTI people. The Hong Kong government needs to step up ... View article...
Pastor's 'prayer cleansing' illustrates risks of 'religious freedoms'
Anti-LGBTI authors found to breach discrimination law will successfully plead innocent by way of exemption. And workplace inclusion programs would ... View article...
Why Indians are sharing their pronouns on social media
Earlier this year, India's first LGBTI job fair RISE in Bengaluru had name-badges with preferred pronouns. "Many of us assume that everyone identifies ... View article...
Some basic rights still a struggle for LGBTI in Nepal
Esan Regmi who identifies himself as an intersex person was not allowed to give his master's exams at Kailali Multiple Campus ... View article...
Can weather increase your chances of getting pneumonia?
Dr Oyelola Adegboye from James Cook University's Australian Institute of ... been little research on pneumonia attributable to weather effects in Australia. ... Similarly, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander group studied showed a ... View article...
Torres Strait kids raise awareness of healthy skin through hip hop
“A lot of health promotional material across Australia, although fabulous, is directed at Aboriginal Australia. Not really Torres Strait Island Australians.”. View article...
Craft beer meets indigenous culture
A team of Western Australian entrepreneurs is preparing to launch a new brewery designed to create employment opportunities for Aboriginal people, ... View article...
The demise of the Tasmanian Tiger may be exaggerated after reported sightings extinct marsupial
The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, was once a top predator of Australia but ... Engravings and rock art by Aboriginal people describe thylacine been ... View article...
Oxfam Australia report says policy rooted in self-determination is more successful
A recent report from Oxfam Australia has called for more policy focused on ... “We want to show the extent [to which] our Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... View article...
Maralinga nuclear test site used to house thousands of people, now there's just three
Now, Oak Valley to the north is the largest Aboriginal community on the ... Mr Petersen moved to Oak Valley from South Australia's Yorke Peninsula ... View article...
Adelaide Indigenous Festival celebrates the work of more than 1000 artists
Festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art 2019 features the work of more than 1000 artists from across Australia in a range of ... View article...
Brewarrina jail is closing and the community warns it will have a devastating effect
... pathway" in traditional language, was established on a remote sheep station in 2000 as Australia's first prison exclusively for young Aboriginal men. View article...
New statistics show Te Reo Maori protects against alcohol harm
Recently the Health Promotion Agency released a report into hazardous drinking in New Zealand. The report shows that MÄ ori who drink alcohol and ... View article...
How will NZ First carve out its own path to avoid election defeat?
New Zealand First's point of difference in past campaigns has been its ... The Māori vote is high in Northland and New Zealand First and Mr Jones are ... View article...
Winston Peters and the survival conundrum: will NZ First quit the coalition?
As the New Zealand First Party gathers for its annual conference, the ... The Māori vote is high in Northland and New Zealand First and Jones are well ... View article...
New Chief District Court Judge takes oath at Whale Rider location
Judge Heemi Taumaunu becomes the head of the largest court in Australasia and the first Māori in the role. Many of the country's top judges attended ... View article...
New statistics show Te Reo Maori protects against alcohol harm
Recently the Health Promotion Agency released a report into hazardous drinking in New Zealand. The report shows that MÄ ori who drink alcohol and ... View article...
Race Relations Commissioner supports local Māori push for councillor Andrew Hollis ...
"There is a general feeling out and around New Zealand where every ... many local Māori who are dismayed Hollis was elected, despite comments he ... View article...
'Jojo Rabbit' doesn't glorify Nazis — it's a lesson in how hate is taught
The film is written and directed by Taika Waititi, a Maori Jew most ... “Traditionally in New Zealand, there's been prejudice against Maori people. View article...
National awards for Otago scholars
Water was the giver of life for Maori, but also a source of tragedy, given that Maori comprised 20% to 25% of New Zealand's drownings, despite being ... View article...
GLAAD partners with UN on Spirit Day campaign
“The U.N. Human Rights office is proud to stand up for the human rights of young LGBTI people on Spirit Day — and every day,” said Veronica Birga, ... View article...
Israel Folau rejects Tribunal's decision and takes aim at 'biased' lawyer
... co-founder and member of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, which Folau points out is an organisation that advocated for the LGBTI community. View article...
LGBTI community does not want 'war' with the Church, seeks coexistence
Accept LGBTI Cyprus is holding a workshop next month to discuss their issues vis-à-vis the Church with whom they do not want a 'war', they said. View article...
Africa's LGBTI Community Incessantly Suffers Discrimination
The LGBTI community in Africa faces regular discrimination with individuals livelihoods being affected regularly. Will they receive legal recognition? View article...
Severe specialist shortage leaves thousands of Aboriginal children at risk of hearing loss
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's (AIHW) NT hearing health ... on average it affects 12 per cent of people in Aboriginal communities. View article...
Researcher to study Canada's success in preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
“A lot more work could be done in Australia,” she said. “FASD is not specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but the hurt and trauma ... View article...
Indigenous art gains currency at Tarnanthi festival with banknote exchange
People will be able to swap Australian dollars for Aboriginal “Blood Money” at a special currency exchange booth in the Art Gallery as part of the ... View article...
Important Aboriginal Water Reserves Legislation Passed
The legislationestablishes Aboriginal economic development as a new ... water policy reform, without anequivalent in other Australian jurisdictions. View article...
Number Of Indigenous Kids Removed From Families 'Increasing To Stolen Generation Rates'
... in child protection are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, despite Indigenous kids only making up 5.5% of the total number of kids in Australia. View article...
Melbourne's Port Phillip council to hold Australia Day 'morning of mourning'
A Melbourne council is set to mark Australia Day with a "morning of ... but to many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it represents the ... View article...
The Warburton teacher fighting to keep traditional language alive
Across WA, many people are fighting to keep Aboriginal languages alive. In Warburton — a community of about 500 people 900km north-east of ... View article...
Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peaks to hold two local Closing Gap engagements
Australian Capital Territory Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander Elected Body Chair,Katrina Fanning said we must ensure that Aboriginal and Torres ... View article...
National sticks with Māori seat boycott
National's Māori development spokesperson has failed in her push to be allowed to stand in a Māori seat in next year's election. Ms Hayes was keen ... View article...
Protest, climate change and racism in NZ
“Climate change, the growing gap between rich and poor, anti-Māori and ... Racism remains a persistent issue in New Zealand, said Jackson. In 1988 ... View article...
A Rare Judge of New Zealand Art
Many of the works were selected as Paul travelled around New Zealand hearing ... A work by Charles Goldie, the world's pre-eminent painter of Maori, ... View article...
India-New Zealand business summit shines light on opportunities for Kiwi companies
Trade between New Zealand and India was poised for growth over the ... of Employment and Associate Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson ... View article...
New Zealand's biggest 50 landowners revealed
At least 28 per cent of New Zealand's land is in Crown or other public ownership, while iwi and other Māori land-holding entities own about 7 per cent. View article...
Ellison brothers remain connected with Māori culture while living it up in Japan
The three brothers are proud Māori, and Leon says they do their best to teach .... This place is awesome but I will definitely head back to New Zealand. View article...
More than 500 educators graduate programme aimed at strengthening te reo in classrooms
More than 500 teachers and support staff have graduated from Te Ahu o te Reo Māori as the Government attempts to integrate Te Reo Māori into ... View article...
New Zealand impact investments set to grow six-fold over five years
Maori investors are expected to invest up $2 billion per year over the next ten ... “There is an opportunity and indeed increasing momentum for Maori ... View article...
Israel Folau accuses Rugby Australia panel member of bias
... that tribunal member Kate Eastman SC should not have been allowed to judge his case because she had=s previously advocated for LGBTI rights. View article...
Do more on aged care diversity, govt told
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTI communities and rural or remote areas, ... View article...
Cyprus press condemned for 'harassing British woman accused of falsifying gang rape allegations'
The organisations, which include the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, the Green party women's movement, Accept LGBTI, and the ... View article...
This is the state of LGBTI rights around the world in 2018.
While several countries still battle stigmatization and persecution, the data shows that LGBTI rights have inched forward this year. View article...
Southern Lights celebrate first six months
“Ice Hockey is a small community, so being able to find LGBTI people to play with is a really good thing,” Matthews said. “The team has formed a ... View article...
Christian Porter dismisses concerns about conversion therapy
The government's bill has been criticised by human rights, LGBTI rights groups and religious bodies and conservative groups. The Attorney General is ... View article...
Whether it's he, her, them, ze, or judy, getting pronouns right isn't so hard
When people want to make fun of the LGBTI community the go-to-gag is to add as many letters on to the acronym as possible, including TLC, BLT and ... View article...
The Horrific Nazi Treatment of the LGBTI Community
The Nazis treated many groups they saw as different terribly – and the LGBTI community was no exception. Here, Kim Barrett starts by considering Dr ... View article...
The advertising industry has been unable to get talent from the indigenous community
“It's relatively quite competitive to get indigenous people into companies ... There are more Indigenous kids going to university in Australia now than ... View article...
New exhibit to feature whales and Aboriginal connections
“The recent redevelopment of Flagstaff Hill saw a much-needed Aboriginal ... The Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme is ... View article...
Perth's $510 Million Australian Biome Project One Step Closer
Perth's $510 Million Australian Biome Project One Step Closer ... change the narrative and our interaction with Aboriginal Australians once and for all. View article...
Don't put off starting a business, waiting for the perfect time. That time is now
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country bootstrap the ... Ingenuity is a natural part of Indigenous business because often we start from ... Guardian Australia is proud to partner with IndigenousX to showcase the ... View article...
When farmers struggle, we all struggle
We need Australia to understand the profound impact of drought on Aboriginal people and the importance of Aboriginal culture and our connection to ... View article...
Katherine's crime rate debated in Parliament
In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are over-represented in the criminal justice system. They make up 27% of the adult prison ... View article...
An Art-Themed Adventure Down Under
Learn how Aboriginal people lived in ancient times and how they maintain their ... Following dinner, join the stars of Opera Australia for a concert of the ... View article...
'Bigger than the Beatles': The legacy of Lucky Dube
In remote communities across central Australia, desert reggae blares from car stereos .... And the lyrics resonated in remote Aboriginal Australia too. View article...
Let's Talk Cancer Hui
Speakers included two oncologists, a haematologist, psychologist, nurse educator, Rongoā Māori practitioners and two patients who talked about their ... View article...
Pākehā and Māori should acknowledge all of colonisation's consequences
It may not have credited Cook with discovering New Zealand, in so many ... That didn't stop Cook from recognising the admirable aspects of Māori ... View article...
Early learning success builds children's wellbeing
“This research is an urgent national priority in Aotearoa, New Zealand,” ... Māori children (aged 3-14 years) and 1.8 times more likely than non-Māori ... View article...
Proposal to use KiwiSaver for investment properties 'long overdue'
In the 1980s, 78 percent of New Zealanders owned the home they lived in. ... The initial proposal to alter how KiwiSaver works, came from a Māori ... View article...
India-NZ summit shines light on opportunities for Kiwis
Trade between New Zealand and India is poised for growth over the ... of Employment and Associate Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson ... View article...
First organ transplant hui designed to help break down barriers
"There are many barriers to transplant for patients with end stage renal disease that result in lower kidney transplant rates for Māori, compared with NZ ... View article...
NZ Maori Council launches new program, “Eke Runga”
“If we are truly to solve the challenge of poverty within the Te Ao Maori world we must lift our people from the low wage and low skills growth side of the ... View article...
The Maori Party could spoil Jacinda's dreams for a second term
The Māori Party have selected the exceptionally talented Debbie Ngarewa-Packer as their candidate in the very vulnerable seat of Te Tai Hauāuru ... View article...
Diversity, inclusion in businesses promote innovation, throw open niche markets: conference
A 2016 study by iSEE and UNDP found that on average 30 per cent of LGBTI respondents in Việt Nam reported being denied employment based on ... View article...
Paraguay: Amnesty International brings unconstitutionality proceedings against resolutions that ...
On 19 September, Diversxs Alto Paraná, a collective that defends the rights of LGBTI people, presented an official notice informing the mayor of ... View article...
South Australian aged care provider Eldercare was awarded the 'Rainbow Tick' this week.
Older LGBTI people are often fearful that they will face discrimination when entering aged care services. Eldercare is the first South Australian ... View article...
Trump Describes Democratic Rival Beto O'Rourke as “Wacko” For Anti-LGBTI Church Taxation ...
Democratic Presidential nominee hopeful Beto O'Rourke has been labelled a “wacko” by Trump after the Texas politician called for ... View article...
Air Canada axes 'ladies and gentlemen' for more inclusive language
... were also told to use “partner” or “spouse” instead of “husband and wife”, and “parents” instead of “mum and dad” to avoid excluding LGBTI families. View article...
Coalition's religious discrimination bill condemned by state and territory commissions
The joint submission echoes human rights and LGBTI groups' concerns the bill will license religious statements that breach other discrimination laws ... View article...
LGBTI group unveils Pride 2020 dates
“Pride Bahamas was re-conceptualized in 2018 as an effort to bolster LGBT advocacy efforts in the Bahamas and to provide in a platform where LGBT ... View article...
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety: Melbourne Hearing 2
It inquired into diversity in aged care, including culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTI groups, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ... View article...
Nursing home residents share scathing insights as bureaucrats admit aged care failings
Mr Campbell, a member of the Stolen Generations, is in a Melbourne facility tailored for Aboriginal Australians, run by the not-for-profit Aboriginal ... View article...
Unforgettable stories from down under
Another session which was a must-see was with Australia's Aboriginal Elder and storyteller Uncle Larry Walsh accompanied by well known didgeridoo ... View article...
Chef Curtis Stone's LA Restaurant Rotates Its Menu One Wine Region at a Time
Stone joined canine companions to hunt truffles in Umbria, Italy; learned ancient, noninvasive fishing methods from an aboriginal elder in Australia's ... View article...
Experiencing Australia's rich and complex history
I stood in awe of the descendant of the Aboriginal people, who had lived in Australia for thousands of years before British explorer Capt James Cook ... View article...
New program aims to build strong bonds between local cops and Aboriginal students
Aboriginal youth across the Illawarra will benefit from a specially designed police program, set to prevent and reduce reoffending, as well as ... View article...
5 experiences you can only find in Australia and New Zealand
Does your client fancy a culturally immersive experience that gives back to Indigenous people? Inspiring journeys offer a two-night Aboriginal-owned ... View article...
Aboriginal mural artist calls for more Indigenous artists within schools to tackle racism, stereotypes
Known for his striking murals across the country, Aboriginal artist and Arrernte ... Mr Rathman spends his days travelling throughout Australia painting ... View article...
Coalition of Peaks begins community engagement events
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative body is consulting directly ... That is Esme Bamblett, Chair of the Aboriginal Executive Council, ... of Peaks is determined to give communities across Australia the opportunity to ... View article...
Ngāi Tahu responds to vocational education legislation
“This has resulted in Māori being channelled towards low-skill, low-pay menial jobs that do not ultimately lead to improved whānau wellbeing. View article...
New Chief District Court Judge wants to see more focus on tikanga Māori
Judge Taumaunu, fluent in te reo himself, said an important part about holding a public position such as a judge was being able to pronounce Māori ... View article...
Putting a Superdiversity Framework on health and safety
“The 2018 Census data shows that superdiversity in New Zealand is ... of work-related claims for injury and illness among Maori, Pasifika, and people ... View article...
Taking her culture to the equestrian world
She is one of eight New Zealand riders selected to compete in the Cavan ... Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tuwharetoa descent, and speaks te reo Maori fluently. Rangihuna describes herself as a proud New Zealander who is ready to ... View article...
Clive Fugill master carver says design award the 'crowning glory' of his career
One of the first seven successful applicants accepted to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute's carver training course in 1967, Fugill credits ... View article...
Council orders archaeological assessment of Monkey Island
Māori artefacts were common in the area along with midden (historical rubbish sites), although there is not much European artifacts in the area, ... View article...
More candidates boosts Maori interest in polls
In her own South Taranaki area there was a noticeable increase in the number of Maori standing for councils and community boards, including a lot of ... View article...
Taranaki ready to vote for Maori candidates
A first time New Plymouth District Councilor is crediting a change in community attitudes for his election. Dinnie Moeahu secured a spot in Saturday's ... View article...
Congratulations to the 2019 GLOBE Community Awards winners
Dr Catherine Barrett was the winner of 'A Healthy Community' and is the Director of Alice's Garage, a social enterprise empowering older LGBTI ... View article...
Diversity, inclusion in businesses promote innovation, throw open niche markets: conference
A 2016 study by iSEE and UNDP found that on average 30 per cent of LGBTI respondents in Việt Nam reported being denied employment based on ... View article...
“Hateful Extremism” Behind Anti-LGBTI Protests Outside UK Schools
A new report on anti-LGBTI protests that occurred outside two UK schools teaching LGBTI rights, has revealed that homophobic pro-Islamist extremist ... View article...
Divided Poland goes to the polls
... populists look set to win after a flurry of welfare giveaways and attacks on LGBTI rights and Western values but their majority could be at risk. View article...
“Hateful Extremism” Behind Anti-LGBTI Protests Outside UK Schools
A new report on anti-LGBTI protests that occurred outside two UK schools teaching LGBTI rights, has revealed that homophobic pro-Islamist extremist ... View article...
We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why
We need to count LGBTI communities in the next census – here's why. – Related articles from other sources. We need to count LGBTI communities in ... View article...