Great Barrier Reef may be at risk from fossil fuels Melbourne, February 16: Indian conglomerate Adani Group’s plans to build Australia’s biggest coal mine, although portrayed as harbinger for jobs and local economy, yet is entering the fiercest round of its fight ‘against coal’ faction. As researchers, revealed that theyRead More →
Melbourne, February 15: Migrants who plan to become Australian citizens may now be tested for their attitude to Australia values. The scanning, proposed by Senator David Leyonhjelm, Liberal Democrat senator for NSW, is asking that the government introduce an “extreme vetting” test before immigrants to Australia can become citizens or receiveRead More →
Melbourne, February 14: More than 200 taxis blocked the Bolte Bridge, moving along at a walking pace on Monday morning, as part a planned protest by Victorian Taxi and Hire Car Families (VTHCF), to fight against any watered-down compensation for taxi license, bought from the Victorian government. Demanding full compensation,Read More →
An innovative approach to tackling water scarcity by Australia with Indian major Tata Group Canberra, January 29: The Australian Government is partnering with Indian major Tata Group and US-based XPRIZE and to run the ‘Water Abundance Prize’ – an open challenge to use technology to improve affordable access to cleanRead More →
Melbourne, January 11: “We are watching India closely to see if we can learn something from this (demonetisation) process.” Harinder Sidhu, Australia’s High Commissioner to India, said that following India’s demonetisation decision, there is talk in Australia about “demonetising our highest denomination note,” according to The Indian Express. Ms SidhuRead More →
Community groups including the Hindu Council of Australia, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, ISKCON, Kerala Hindu Society Melbourne and Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria are opposing attempts to a federal inquiry into 18C. Melbourne, January 7: As the debate on 18C continued from last year, the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils ofRead More →
Tarneit, December 19: Tarneit residents have been terrorised for weeks with brawlers, vandals and wild gangs roving the quiet suburbs, as young families try to sleep. Earlier this year, the Andrews Government had introduced tough new legislation against youth offences that included tough new penalties and statutory minimum sentences. ThisRead More →
Melbourne, December 2: In a shocking disclosure of a long known but unrecognised actuality, the Australian Population Research Institute (APRI) revealed that foreign IT workers represent the largest component of the 457 program. The erstwhile unpublished data showed that Indian nationals acquire more than three-quarters of the total IT openingsRead More →
Melbourne, Nov 28: Once believed to be dead, Australia’s most wanted Islamist terrorist, Neil Prakash, whose father is a Fiji-Indian, is reported to have been arrested while trying to cross over from war-torn Syria into Turkey. Prakash was arrested by Turkish officials in Turkey, when he tried to cross theRead More →
FECCA calls for balanced debate on temporary migrant workers Melbourne, November 21: The 457 visa scheme in Australia has been blasted by a legal expert, terming the regulations as “farcical” and “too lax”. Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Adelaide and Rhodes Scholar, Dr Joanna Howe, who hasRead More →