Whenever there are elections in India, its diversity is used as a tool by politicians of all persuasions to earn some political capital. This latest issue of wearing hijab in school classrooms or hijab protests is one such issue which would never have come up, were there no elections inRead More →
Changes to the Migration Act relating to the character test requirements to be met by all migrants who choose to live in Australia are being made in order to keep criminals out of Australia. After a fierce debate, the Labor opposition has allowed the proposed changes bill to be passedRead More →
With continuous better numbers on COVID, Victoria’s restrictions are set to ease from Friday, February 18. With hospitalisation numbers and community transmission decreasing and more than half of Victorians aged over 16 now vaccinated with three doses, a number of common-sense restrictions and recommendations in place during the state’s OmicronRead More →
The Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass will now consider an official referral from the Legislative Council for a new investigation after a private member’s motion was successfully passed. The referral requires, amongst other things, the Ombudsman to investigate the “Red Shirts” scheme, including the role of the Premier in relation to theRead More →
Dr S. Jaishankar, India’s minister for External Affairs visited Australia last week for QUAD security talks meeting his counterparts from Australia, the US and Japan. Dr S. Jaishankar also met the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese Federal leader of the Opposition and Federal Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke. InRead More →
Indians make history no matter where they are. And Kaushaliya Vaghela, the first Indian born Labor MP in Victoria, made history when she sensationally crossed the floor and delivered the crucial vote required to have the Andrews government’s infamous “red shirts” scandal reinvestigated? We sift through her political journey toRead More →
As part of the Andrews Labor Government’s reform of the VCE and VCAL system, Victorian senior secondary students will have their literacy and numeracy skills measured against new standards in a reformed General Achievement Test (GAT) from this year. Minister for Education James Merlino today announced the changes to theRead More →
Over the last few months, the global community has learnt that fundamentally we have two choices – PCRs or RATs – in determining whether we have COVID-19 or not, and just how our life needs to change around that outcome. The purported gold standard of COVID-19 testing is the invasiveRead More →
Former Labor power broker and minister Adem Somyurek is to move a motion in the upper house of the state’s legislature – the Legislative Council – to have the Labor State government’s infamous “red shirts” scandal referred to IBAC. According to the Herald Sun, the referral would include “the roleRead More →
Religious Freedom Bill may result in job losses, conversion pressure The Hindu Council of Australia has in a media release said that it opposes the government’s Religious Freedom Bill which is being introduced in the federal parliament. Although the media release says the bill is designed ‘to make discrimination onRead More →