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The truth about how Aboriginal people are treated in Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services executive officer Roxanne Moore told news.com.au that many of the problems Indigenous people ... View article...

How Rio Tinto can ensure its Aboriginal heritage review is transparent and independent

The board has appointed Michael L'Estrange, an independent non-executive director of Rio Tinto and former Australian high commissioner to the UK, to ... View article...

No more grieving families, Qld rally urges

At least 432 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody in Australia since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in ... View article...

Failure of justice for Indigenous people

The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (South Australia) was unable to visit him that night, reportedly due to visitor restrictions under Covid-19. In the ... View article...

Pulling down statues risks forgetting lessons from our history

The Government has acknowledged the comparative lack of monuments to prominent Māori across New Zealand. Funding for new statues can now be ... View article...

Reo Māori tohu added to NZ Music Awards

It has been a long time coming, but performances in te reo Māori will now be acknowledged in the New Zealand Music Awards. The Mana Reo award ... View article...

Maori Party launch 2020 Election Campaign

The Māori Party are promising: Confirm that all government funding for projects over the next two years guarantees 25% Māori direct resourcing ... View article...

Māori Party says policies run by Pākehā always fail disadvantaged Māori

Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere told Morning Report the policy aimed to have Māori lead 25 per cent of all Covid-19 recovery initiatives and shovel ... 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

Parasuicide, self-harm and suicide in Aboriginal people in rural Australia

Parasuicide, Self-Harm and Suicide in Aboriginal People in Rural Australia: A Review of the Literature With Implications for Mental Health Nursing ... View article...

Cancer the leading cause of Indigenous deaths after large spike

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data from Victoria shows a similar trend, with cancer ... "He said, 'Don't Aboriginal people get lung cancer? View article...

Australian aboriginal groups file claim against Western Australian government over destruction of ...

Tjiwarl Aboriginal people have filed a claim against the Western Australian government over the destruction of cultural and heritage sites on land ... View article...

Indigenous health alliance warns against reopening borders

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance fears infected travellers could put Indigenous communities at risk. The alliance said it was disappointed it ... View article...

History is messier than we think

In Aotearoa New Zealand this same obscurity has long been raised by Māori. “In heaps of New Zealand history, Māori are not even present,” says Dr ... View article...

Māori media short changed by bureaucrats

The head of Māori screen guild Ngā Aho Whakaari says she's sick of bureaucrats telling people in the Māori media they're worth less than their ... View article...

Māori Party wants 25% of government contracts to be led by Māori

The Māori Party has launched its national campaign to reduce racism and inequity as it fights for a return to Parliament in 2020. Māori Party president ... View article...

Māori media rejig creates confusion, meets resistance

Currently the Māori broadcasting funding agency, Te Māngai Pāho, funds news and current affairs on Māori Television, as well as shows for other ... View article...

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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

Black Lives movement hits home in our region

... all about putting forward solutions through the Black Lives Matter movement that are parallel to the Aboriginal deaths in custody here in Australia. View article...