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Cannabis policing 'worst waste of taxpayer money', former PM Helen Clark says

... bias in our justice system, which discriminates against Maori, we will end up with discretion being used in a way which is harmful to Maori,” she said. View article...

Amid Black Lives Matter protests, these incidents show the reality for Indigenous Australians.

... light to destroy ancient Aboriginal sites in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The area covers at least 40 significant indigenous sites, including the ... View article...

Aboriginal people sacrificed their lives in the frontier wars for us to be here. I wanted to honour them

I've always been interested in history, not just here in Australia but worldwide. The transmission of history is something Aboriginal people on this ... View article...

New agreement won't deliver the change Indigenous Australians need

Most Australians, especially Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, are frustrated with the annual parliamentary ritual of lamenting the lack of ... View article...

Cooking the books: how re-enactments of the Endeavour's voyage perpetuate myths of Australia's ...

Although an Aboriginal community lived at La Perouse on the opposite shore of Botany Bay, the re-enactment involved a troupe of Indigenous men from ... View article...

Smokers support Smokefree 2025 goal and measures to help achieve it

Professor Edwards says New Zealand is a long way off being able to achieve smokefree status by 2025, particularly for Māori and Pacific peoples. View article...

Majority of Māori want statues honouring colonists to be removed

“If it weren't for my kuia who came to look after me when our family suffered a car accident, I would have never connected with my Māori whakapapa. “ ... View article...

Put up more statues – of New Zealanders who deserve them

They are also invisible to most New Zealanders. While Māori kept their own beautiful, intimate records, overbearing proclamations of conquest hewn ... View article...

Marijuana not so bad for you, won't turn your hair green

More than 2000 people were charged with low-level cannabis offences in 2018, and Māori are three times more likely to be arrested and convicted of ... 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

Perth family focus of NITV series Family Rules

... show Australia that people shouldn't be making assumptions about Aboriginal ... I think that non-indigenous people and organisations need to better ... View article...

Traditional owners in Kakadu National Park call for resignation of Parks Australia executives

Kakadu National Park's independent board contains 10 Aboriginal traditional owners representing different clan groups, along with five non-Indigenous ... View article...

'You got a habit of telling lies'

“It's in response to the Aboriginal experience of Australia and the habits of ... The song urges Australians to face up to a “habit of telling lies”: “Say we ... View article...

'In My Blood It Runs' Teaches Us The Failures Of Mainstream Education On First Nations Children

... a young Aboriginal child, along with present-day Australia's rejection of the ... “I came here to speak to you because the Australian government is not ... View article...

'Whānau are whānau and an adoption certificate doesn't change that'

A woman whose legal link to her Māori father was cut when her stepfather adopted her, has convinced a court that a strong whānau link continued. View article...

Maori strongly support cannabis reform ahead of referendum

The research is commissioned by New Zealand's largest medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics. The latest survey conducted in June ... View article...

A story of what might have been: Whatever happened to the Māori Health Strategy for pharmacy?

Pharmacy services will be innovative in improving Māori wellbeing. In endorsing and ratifying the strategy, which MPA founder Leanne Te Karu says “ ... View article...

Takuta Ferris Signs Up To Ka Pao Te Tōrea – The Dawn Of Māori Futures

“Ka whati te tai: a generation disrupted - The challenges and opportunities for Māori in the new work order post COVID' is an incredible resource to help ... 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

Australians widen protests backing BLM, indigenous people

... result of Black Lives Matter comes as Australia holds an inquiry into mining giant Rio Tinto's destruction of two ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves. View article...