A new Graduate Certificate in Crime Prevention will be one of the first qualifications of its kind to be offered in Australia, thanks to support from the Andrews Labor Government. Designed by Victoria University in partnership with the Department of Justice and Community Safety, the four-unit course will see studentsRead More →
Victorian teachers will be supported to retrain as vocational specialists, and those working in in-demand trades can upskill to become teachers, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government’s huge boost to applied learning. Minister for Education Natalie Hutchins attended the opening of the EduTECH conference to announce an investment of $24.6 millionRead More →
Cleaning up Labor’s corrupt grants processes Victoria’s broad multicultural community has strengthened our economy and social structure and the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC), a statutory authority established under the Baillieu government in 2011, provides advice to government on policies and programs that are relevant to multicultural communities. Daniel Andrews andRead More →
It took a change of government to allow the family of Tamil asylum seekers – wife Priya, husband, Nades, and their Australian-born daughters Kopika, 6, and Tharnicaa, 4 to finally feel at home in Australia. They were held in detention for more than four years including the traumatic medical evacuationRead More →
The Albanese government has a record number of female frontbenchers. Prime minister Anthony Albanese has announced his team appointing Clare O’Neil as minister for home affairs and Tanya Plibersek minister for environment and water. A number of newcomers – including Anika Wells, Kristy McBain, Ged Kearney and Anne Aly –Read More →
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s headline agenda, which dominates media reporting, includes China, climate change, and a federal integrity commission. According to the Citizens party, besides those issues, he is now responsible for the unfinished business of the previous Parliament, on which his Labor Party took a position. Now that itRead More →
It is a great election 2022 success story. And it is not about Rachelle Miller, Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame. It is the story of Zaneta Mascarenhas, Cassandra Fernando and Michelle Ananda-Rajah – who have been elected to be law makers in Australia for the next three years. Zaneta Mascarenhas has beenRead More →
Anthony Albanese sworn in as 31 Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese has been sworn as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. He is due to fly to Japan to participate in QUAD talks – where he will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and the host JapaneseRead More →
Melbourne, February 15: A 36 year-old Tamil refugee, who was the victim of an alleged deliberate hit and run attack, was transferred by air ambulance to Australia late on Friday, 12 February. The incident which caused serious injuries – reportedly fractures to the back, shoulder, leg, hand and hip ofRead More →
When Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell met the chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, last month, he tweeted that RSS had been actively supporting the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The @RSSorg has been actively supporting the community during COVID19. I met with Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat whoRead More →