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LGBT+ in Australia
#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 federal government urged to steer clear of a gas-fired coronavirus recovery
There are also fears that an expansion of Australia's gas industry would disproportionately hurt Aboriginal communities, particularly in the Northern ... View article...
Understanding Aboriginal pain with Wyndham City's virtual exhibition
Wyndham City recognises the role and value of Aboriginal people and Australia's history and to showcase this in art form helps to build stronger ... View article...
'That thing in his head': Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal Australian caregiver responses to ...
Abstract Little is known about the significance of cultural differences to how caregivers receive a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disability. As part of ... View article...
Smoking rates for Indigenous Australians are dropping faster than the general population
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke ... For the first time, smoking among Indigenous Australians is declining at a ... View article...
Electronic cigarette use among university students aged 18-24 years in New Zealand: results of a ...
University students across New Zealand. ... years, 37.7% aged 21-24 years; 38.6% male, 61.4% female; 7.9% Māori and 92.1% non-Māori. View article...
Auckland Callery to survey Maori art
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art will open in December and feature more than 300 artworks by 120 Māori artists dating from the 1950s to today. View article...
Three months to create 22-hectare wetland at Te Pourepo o Kaituna
The Māori-owned Tumu Kawa block is adjacent to the Lower Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve which contains a small hectare remnant of the once ... View article...
Ire over lack of Māori academics in Māori research projects
Māori academics are questioning how a government-funded research body selected five projects that met with its goal of promoting Māori knowledge, ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
#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
Australia Sacred Sites Seen Remaining Under Threat After Mine Law Reform
Looming legislative changes aimed at boosting protection for Aboriginal heritage sites in Western Australia are unlikely to prevent their ... View article...
NSW Premier unveils one of Australia's first and largest 'groundscraper' buildings at South Eveleigh
Built on an historic Aboriginal site and the birthplace of Australia's rail network which first spurred the nation's industrialisation, it's the biggest of the ... View article...
more support for regional indigenous students
An Indigenous-managed research and education centre that contributes to positive social change for Aboriginal Australians; The RMIT Ngarara Willim ... View article...
Indigenous Australians want equal partnership in 'Closing the Gap'
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders want an elevated role for Indigenous-run organisations and equal partnership with government in renewed ... View article...
High School Mums should be a call to action
While the world lauds New Zealand and our prime minister for our apparent ... In response, former Māori Party leader Dame Tariana Turia called for ... View article...
Hayes keen on stronger Māori health authority
National's Māori development spokesperson says a proposed Māori heath authority needs to have the status of a ministry. Jo Hayes says the model ... View article...
Tamihere threatens Panuku with injunction over Papatoetoe housing project
Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere is threatening Auckland Council ... discriminate against Maori and Pacific people, the unemployed, the elderly, ... View article...
Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere explains why Pākehā are 'asymptomatic racists'
The Māori Party wants to tackle racism head-on with a policy that would require a quarter of all government spending go towards Māori projects. During ... View article...
LGBT+ in Australia
#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