A High Court appeal over a decision on worker entitlements that could see some casual employees claim permanent entitlements must end the crippling uncertainty facing small business owners especially leaving JobKeeper eligible employers especially vulnerable, according to Employsure, one of Australia’s largest workplace relations advisories. The call comes as labourRead More →
A beleaguered Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Saturday that the authorities had recorded 216 new Victorian cases of COVID-19 on July 10, following another 288 recorded on July 9. The state has until now recorded 3560 cases of coronavirus and 1249 of those are active cases in the state. OfRead More →
Victorians living in metro Melbourne and Mitchell Shire are now recommended to wear face masks in situations where they are leaving their home and physical distancing is not possible – to help slow the spread of coronavirus in the community. Premier Daniel Andrews announced the new recommendations from the ChiefRead More →
India is too complex when it comes to international investment. Currently it is the 18th most complex country for multinationals to do business in globally, and the seventh most complex in Asia, according to a new report by professional services firm TMF Group. The findings are particularly significant as the reportRead More →
With Victoria recording its worst numbers in COVID-19 infections in the last three weeks, the Andrews government yesterday placed the whole of Melbourne Metro with and the Shire of Mitchell under second lockdown with stage 3 restrictions applicable effective midnight tonight. the government believes it is necessary to help keepRead More →
Victoria is on the brink of a second state-wide lockdown. The state has recorded 191 new infections in its escalating COVID wave, the highest since the pandemic began. It has followed Monday’s 127 cases reported by the government and the state seems to be descending into a crisis with direRead More →
There is good news for those Indians who are stuck in Australia. Gaura Travels, a Melbourne based travel agency is organizing two charter flights with Singapore Airlines – one from Melbourne and one from Sydney taking Indians home. A lot of Indians stuck in Australia want to go back toRead More →
No word is more synonymous with China’s global conduct in the recent past than expansionism. Gorging countries with treacherous investment schemes through Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI)) is just a small offshoot of Beijing’s macro political agenda. Beijing knows India is no destination for its BRI schemes’ machiavellian results. ItRead More →
Victoria is in the reverse gear in its fight to arrest the spread of the virus. From 11.59pm on Wednesday 1 July, there will be changes in restrictions putting Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots back in lockdown, to respond to the increase in case numbers and to help reduce the risk ofRead More →
In an extensive survey conducted by the Lowy Institute, some surprising and some very unsurprising facts have come to light. The survey finds that in 2020, Australians are less trusting of most countries around the world than in the past. China is the clearest example: in the past two years,Read More →