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Aboriginal groups say coronavirus should not delay new targets

While Australians over 65 are considered at high risk of suffering the worst effects of Covid-19, in Aboriginal communities, where there is a higher ... View article...

Lady With Lamp Or Activist: Which Nightingale Must We Remember?

As the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives points out , her involvement did not help Indigenous Australians. Nor was ... View article...

South Australian Aboriginal community Davenport agrees to ease controversial coronavirus ...

The Davenport Aboriginal community near Port Augusta has moved to end a controversial coronavirus lockdown that has become a lightning rod for ... View article...

South Australian Aboriginal community Davenport agrees to ease controversial coronavirus ...

SA Davenport Aboriginal Community has begun process to end a coronavirus lockdown; Lockdown had created community unrest since it was ... View article...

Compulsory quarantine for all international travellers in Spain

The COVID-19 crisis may force New Zealand to do away with the traditional Maori greeting, the hongi, in which two people press their noses together, ... View article...

Māori tourism operators aim to thrive with renewed focus on domestic market

But Māori tourism operators are determined to thrive during alert level 2, and make the most of the opportunity to teach New Zealanders a thing or two ... View article...

New Zealand deputy PM warns traditional Maori hongi greeting might not return post-coronavirus

Mr Peters, a Ngati wai iwi member and the most senior Maori in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's government, made the suggestion on Tuesday as New ... View article...

Winston Peters urges Maori to rethink hongi in time of coronavirus

Peters, the most senior Maori in Jacinda Ardern's government, made the claim as New Zealand considers new practices and social norms due to the ... 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

Aboriginal place names for Australian landmarks held stories, overridden by Cook's arrival 250 ...

James Cook sailed the Endeavour up the east coast of Australia and north of Botany Bay 250 years ago, to an area now known as the Mid North Coast ... View article...

This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation

Myths of “wilderness” have no place on this continent when much of the land in Australia is culturally formed, created by millennia of Aboriginal ... View article...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders need recovery too

As our government pushes for us to return to work, it's clear that issues faced by Indigenous Australians are being overlooked, writes Paul Dutton. View article...

Fake Aboriginal Art legislation knocked back – again – by Parliament

How long should it take to protect Australia's First Nations artists from a raging trade in fake art and artefacts? It would seem too long if we are to leave ... View article...

Coronavirus pandemic poses special threat to indigenous health, culture

And some communities, like aboriginal ones in Australia, maybe ill-equipped to keep people safe because of poor infrastructure and crowding in ... View article...

Funding boost for domestic violence services after jump in those seeking refuge during lockdown

Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri spokesperson Joy Te Wiata said Māori whānau often presented with a high level of complexity and required highly experienced ... View article...

Fraudster who scammed Far North Māori trust suffers extreme shame, lawyer says

The Parengarenga 3G Trust managed a Māori land forestry block in the Far North on behalf of hundreds of landowners. Henare was made a trustee in ... View article...

Maori jobless numbers set to spike

Up to 40,000 Māori could lose their jobs over the next year. That's the estimate from Infometrics as it tries to consider the impact of the COVID-19 crisis ... View article...

Family violence funding: Māori NGO warns systemic overhaul needed

"We really struggle to find Māori staff because statutory organisations are able to offer higher salaries and Māori staff are snapped up really quickly," she ... 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

The Bush Fires in Australia Revealed a Man-Made System Older Than the Pyramids of Egypt

The fires that raged across Australiafor months revealed something very surprising. In the south of Victoria state, in the Aboriginal site Budj Bim, the ... View article...