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 →
Canberra, November 14: The US will take in refugees, currently held in immigrant centres managed by the Australian government in Nauru and Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced, Sunday. It remains unknown how many refugees of the 1600 detainees on Manus Island and Nauru, the US will accept.Read More →
Ivan Hinton and Chris Tench were among the first couples in same-sex marriage, in Canberra in 2013 courtesy @ABC (AAP: Alan Porritt) Melbourne, November 8: Anxiety within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community will be a record high today, set to continue for some more time asRead More →
Melbourne, November 2: Amongst the surprise losses in the final results for the state’s councils votes, tallied, Monday included Indian origin councillors, the then, Wyndham Cr Gautam Gupta and Glen Eira Cr Oscar Lobo. Gupta was recontesting for Wyndham council from Chaffey ward and was noted to have worked heavilyRead More →
Get control of your borders or face instability: Malcolm Turnbull to UN, while Rudd attacks Turnbull Melbourne, November 2: Former PM, Kevin Rudd in a blistering attack over Malcolm Turnbull’s proposed boat-arrived asylum seeker policies, said that “Turnbull’s latest legislative folly should be opposed”. In his opinion piece published in Fairfax,Read More →
Canberra, Oct 30: Asylum seekers who use people smugglers to illegally come to Australia by boat will be given a lifetime ban from entering the country, under a government plan set to be put to Parliament next week. Even if they are found to be legitimate refugees, those who employRead More →
Melbourne, October 12: Anxiety within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community will be a record high today, set to continue for some more time as arguments and debate rage through for three more years. Labor MPs yesterday voted unanimously to oppose the plebiscite, effectively blocking the opportunityRead More →
Melbourne, October 10: If you haven’t bought a home by 45, you have probably “missed the boat”, warns Australian economist. For Australians today, a foothold in the property market by 45 years of age is a must; if you nurture any dreams to own your own home. Dr Andrea Sharam inRead More →
Melbourne, October 4: As more Australians find themselves unable to access the legal help they need, Justice Connect with the help of the Google Impact Challenge, is developing a ground-breaking new solution to connect tens of thousands of Australians with thousands of lawyers, helping to close the ‘justice gap’. JusticeRead More →
Melbourne, September 28: World leader in the wind turbine industry Tulsi Tanti has flagged a huge growth of renewables in Australia. During his whirlwind tour of Australia, the founder chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, Mr Tanti identified Australia as a future wind turbine manufacturing hub. He spoke ofRead More →