Melbourne, March 31: New migrants are finding it harder than they expect to find suitable work in Australia and low levels of English and a lack of local experience are the biggest barriers, a new study has found. And the lack of support for jobseekers newly arrived to Australia canRead More →
Oakleigh: The Festival of Colours, Holi with much fanfare and Rang – dry colours at Princes Highway Reserve here today. Attended by about 5,000 people until dusk on Sunday, the venue was mapped with long queues at the stalls with sumptuous and gastronomic fare, tinker stalls and kids rides including the most popular Camel-Ride, inRead More →
Kew: Melbourne’s Autumnal evening turned into colours of Spring that continued late into the night. In the Holi special Sahitya Sandhya, Chief Guest Tim Smith, Shadow Parliament Secretary, launched a book by Melbourne’s Rajendra Chopra at the Kew Library. Harihar Jha introduced Rajendra Chopra and summarized the poetic compilation, “SamayRead More →
With the prospect of a women’s football league in 2017, and a series of women’s exhibition matches scheduled for the current AFL season, it seems an opportune time to investigate not only how Australian women’s involvement in the AFL is tracking, but whether many women actually play Aussie Rules footballRead More →
Nitrate-rich beetroot juice might enhance performance among top level athletes according to a joint study from The University of Western Australia, the Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Institute of Sport. Dr Peter Peeling from UWA’s School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at UWA was one ofRead More →
Kolkata: The West Indies women’s cricket team put on a dominant show with the bat to emerge champions of the World Twenty20 as they beat Australia by eight wickets in the final at the Eden Gardens here on Sunday. For the West Indies, Hayley Matthews (66) and captain Stafanie TaylorRead More →
When he took over the Liberal leadership from Tony Abbott, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull committed to instituting what he described as a more traditional, Westminster-style government in which ministers would be consulted and decisions would be the product of careful thought, writes Dr Nick Economou. At that particular moment, voterRead More →
India based, Kuchipudi dancer, Madhurimaa Narla is in Melbourne and performed at NRISA last month. She earlier performed the Krishna Leela – a ballet depicting the love between Krishna and Radha for another NRISA event, last year. Madhurima is a performing artist, choreographer and propagator of Kuchipudi classical dance artRead More →
Brooklyn: Bollywood actress and much loved Sadhana passed away recently and in a trip down memory lane, Melbourne’s Om Music Group presented an enchanting evening. Ay Phoolon ki Rani Baharon ki Malika show held at the Brooklyn Lounge here presented a wonderful selection of all her hit songs and skillfullyRead More →
Melbourne, March 14: Cancer Council Victoria’s new campaign encouraging Indian women to 2-yearly pap tests, launched last week. Launching the campaign at the Atrium Room of the Immigration Museum in the CBD, Dr Hiranthi Perera, PapScreen Victoria Manager said that, “Regular Pap tests are recommended even if you are currentlyRead More →