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The Allan Labor Government is continuing to back Victoria’s vibrant multicultural communities, with more support to host festivals and events that celebrate culture, heritage and inclusion. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ingrid Stitt has announced that 111 organisations will share in more than $780,000 in funding to deliver cultural festivals and events across metropolitan and regional Victoria from 1 July to 30 September 2025. The Multicultural Festivals and Events (MFE) Program and the Regional Multicultural Festivals and Events Fund support communities ...

The Victorian Liberals and Nationals are deeply concerned that the Allan Labor Government has chosen to politicise the urgent task of child safety reform by appointing one of its own, former Labor Premier Jay Weatherill, to lead yet another review – instead of taking immediate action. While the Liberals and Nationals welcome the government’s decision to commission an urgent review into childcare safety, it is disappointing that Labor has chosen to appoint a former Labor Premier to lead this process ...

Of the 242 people on board its London-bound Air India flight AI-171, 241 were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday 12 June. Of those on board, 230 were passengers and 12 crew members. The sole survivor, a British national of India origin, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, miraculously not only survived by walked out of the rubble, with some injuries to his chest. He is being treated in at the Civil Hospital, Asarwa, in ...

17,000 Young Victorian families expected to benefit stamp duty exemption in the first year The Victorian Liberals and Nationals will scrap stamp duty for first home buyers on all properties up to $1 million – established or off-the-plan – in a bold and visionary policy to restore the dream of home ownership for a new generation. This announcement will form a centrepiece of Shadow Treasurer James Newbury’s Budget Reply Speech today. Stamp duty is one of the most punitive taxes ...

A historic cinematic moment unfolded today as the muhurat of “Me No Pause Me Play” was held in Madh, Mumbai, marking the beginning of a first-of-its-kind global film focused entirely on a subject long neglected by both cinema and society — menopause. The film is directed by Samar K Mukherjee and written & produced by Manoj Kumar Sharma. The project is co-produced by Suraj Singh Mass, Shakil Qureshi and Manoj Kumar Sharma have penned the screenplay and dialogues, while Akram ...

Sonam Raghuvanshi’s brother asks for death penalty A simple looking Indore woman, Sonam Raghuvanshi, has become the centre of world attention for what is now allegedly a ‘Mangal Dosh’ remedy she came up with – to plotting to kill her husband of a weeklong marriage. To achieve her goal, she allegedly took the help of her boyfriend lover Raj Kushwaha and three other hitmen who executed the plan. In Meghalaya where the couple had gone on honeymoon. The marriage lasted ...

The Allan Labor Government has let down victims of family violence, including those within the Aboriginal community, by failing to complete key recommendations from the Victorian Auditor-General (VAGO) to improve The Orange Door network. The Orange Door provides critical frontline support to victims of family violence, yet Labor’s mismanagement has undermined its effectiveness especially for Aboriginal communities. A recent VAGO report found the government had failed to complete essential governance reforms, leaving local governance group members unclear about their roles ...

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Saket Gokhale has been in dispute with Lakshmi Puri, wife of Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. In 2021, Saket Gokhale tweeted about the real estate property Lakshmi Puri bought in Switzerland suggesting corruption and was sued for defamation. In 2021, in an interim order, the court restrained Saket Gokhale from posting “scandalous” tweets against Lakshmi Puri and her husband, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Justice C ...