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#Egaylity –— Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are afforded protection from discrimination and are equally regarded as individuals who possess the same rights and responsibilities as others egaylity.org/au

NAAJA calls for early release of some prisoners amid coronavirus crisis

THE North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) is calling for the early release of some Aboriginal prisoners from NT prisons in response to ... View article...

WA funds Aboriginal youth suicide response

The West Australian government's belated response to a spate of suicides by Aboriginal youths in the Kimberley region includes an initial $266.7 ... View article...

Coronavirus will devastate Aboriginal communities if we don't act now

For Aboriginal Australians, COVID-19 has great potential to wreak havoc in our communities. Around 50 per cent of adult First Nations people live with ... View article...

Aboriginal children stolen from families eligible to apply for redress under landmark scheme

The move brings Victoria into line with other states in Australia and will pave the way for a state Treaty with Aboriginal People. Premier Daniel ... View article...

Maori response to Covid-19 funded

The Government is putting $30 million into Māori health services to help them respond to the Covid-19 coronavirus threat. It's also giving an extra $15 ... View article...

Thousands find comfort in live-streamed karakia

For Māori, it's always been there, but it's just bringing it to the front." "We know as Māori we have the whare tapawhā. The taha wairua is one of the ... View article...

Maori orchardists capitalise on global demand for organic produce

Tapsell is one of the owners and sits on the executive committee of New Zealand Māori Kiwifruit Growers. He attended an organic summit in the United ... View article...

Maori economy hit early by virus

The chair of the Federation of Maori Authorities says Māori businesses were some of the first to feel the effect of the economic slow-down caused by ... View article...

LGBT+ in Australia

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#Egaylity –— Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are afforded protection from discrimination and are equally regarded as individuals who possess the same rights and responsibilities as others egaylity.org/au

Another Coronavirus Crisis

With the closure of Aboriginal lands to visitors, tourist visits have stopped ... Australians in remote Indigenous communities are highly vulnerable to ... View article...

Rottnest Island set to become a quarantine zone

“Western Australia is now in a war, the type of war we have never seen ... for now, excluding remote Aboriginal communities, “but that may change”. View article...

Water business a bottler

A Pilbara-based Aboriginal corporation has launched its own brand of bottled ... a commitment to supply the bottles at all its West Australian mine sites. View article...

Culinary reconciliation: Tabling Australia's food racism problem

Now Aboriginal people were starving, which made it possible to use rationing 'instead of violence as a mode of government'. Over time, Indigenous ... View article...

Kenny Rogers big influence on Maori songsters

Kenny Rogers, who became a firm favourite of kiwi country music fans after touring here extensively in the early 1970s, is being hailed as one of the ... View article...

NZ Maori Council Pushes For Freezes And Subsidies

The New Zealand Maori Council has called for a strategy around the rental market as many New Zealanders begin losing their jobs and yet the cost of ... View article...

Māori economist says Māori workers will be hit hard

Dr Matt Roskruge says while working class Māori are highly resilient, he's encouraging iwi to consider innovative ways they can support tribal members ... View article...

Māori leading indigenous tattoo resurgence

"Māori tattooing was exiled in the early 1900s with the Tohunga Suppression Act," she said. "Particularly facial tattoos, and anything that looked like ... View article...

Recap : Aboriginal Community

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Recap : Aboriginal Community

Recap : Māori | NZ

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Recap : Māori | NZ